HR 1079 United States House · 117th Congress

Desert Locust Control Act

Summary

Desert Locust Control Act This bill requires the President to establish an interagency working group to (1) coordinate the U.S. response to the ongoing desert locust outbreak in the East Africa region and its impact on food security and political stability, including in the context of restrictions relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019); (2) review the effectiveness of regional and multilateral efforts to eradicate the desert locust outbreak; and (3) develop and implement a plan to control the desert locust outbreak.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2021

Committee Review

Jul 2021

House Passage

Jul 2021

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Feb 15, 2021 Last action Jul 21, 2021

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Jul 21, 2021

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

upper

Jul 20, 2021

Lower · Passed

Pursuant to section 7 of H. Res. 535, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 678; H.R. 1036; H.R. 1079, as amended; H.R. 1158; H.R. 1250; H.R. 1754; H.R. 1833, as amended; H.R. 1850; H.R. 1871; H.R. 1877, as amended; H.R. 1893; H.R. 1895; H.R. 2118; H.R. 2795, as amended; H.R. 2928; H.R. 2980, as amended; H.R. 3003; H.R. 3138, as amended; H.R. 3223; H.R. 3263; and H.R. 3264; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 277; and H. Res. 294. (consideration: CR H3715-3730; text: CR H3716-3717)

lower

Jul 20, 2021

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 7 of H. Res. 535, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 678; H.R. 1036; H.R. 1079, as amended; H.R. 1158; H.R. 1250; H.R. 1754; H.R. 1833, as amended; H.R. 1850; H.R. 1871; H.R. 1877, as amended; H.R. 1893; H.R. 1895; H.R. 2118; H.R. 2795, as amended; H.R. 2928; H.R. 2980, as amended; H.R. 3003; H.R. 3138, as amended; H.R. 3223; H.R. 3263; and H.R. 3264; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 277; and H. Res. 294.(consideration: CR H3715-3730; text: CR H3716-3717)

lower

Jul 19, 2021

Introduced

Ms. Houlahan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Mar 25, 2021

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

lower

Mar 25, 2021

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

lower

Feb 15, 2021

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

lower

Feb 15, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors