HR7159-118

In Committee

To bolster United States engagement with the Pacific Islands region, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jan 31, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To bolster United States engagement with the Pacific Islands region, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients. The main policy domain is Foreign Policy, Defense, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HE24F30F11B14449495EF0FA7278CB300: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pacific Partnership Act.
  • Section H3A42AFE3DA244EB989C33F1BF8029CE5: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress as follows: The United States has longstanding and enduring cultural, historic, economic, strategic, and...
  • Section H572F49450A3845A697F7B292359CF1DA: 3. Strategy for Pacific Partnership Not later than January 1, 2026, and again not later than January 1, 2030, the President, in coordination with the Secretary...
  • Section H7436CB96751542019074A909D50851B6: 4. Extension of diplomatic immunities to the pacific islands forum The provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) may...
  • Section H00D6262B76AF499C9471DFAB6BF6A215: 5. Reports on implementation Not later than 180 days after the date of submission of a strategy detailed in section 3(a), the President shall submit to the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To bolster United States engagement with the Pacific Islands region, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.

Key Policy Areas

Foreign Policy, Defense, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, To bolster United States engagement with the Pacific Islands region, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.

Policy Domains

Foreign Policy Defense Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 10, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign …

Jan 31, 2024

Mr. Case (for himself, Mr. Barr, Mrs. Radewagen, Mrs. Wagner, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Foreign Policy Defense Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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