H.R. 6600 · 117th Congress

Ethiopia Stabilization, Peace, and Democracy Act

Introduced on Feb 4, 2022 by Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7). 20 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Nov 1, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 4, 2022
Cosponsors
20
4 from the other party
Policy area
International Affairs
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To support stabilization, peace, and democracy efforts in Ethiopia.

Subjects

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Bank accounts, deposits, capital
  • China
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congressional oversight
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Europe
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Foreign and international banking
  • Foreign loans and debt
  • Foreign property
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Human rights
  • International law and treaties
  • Iran
  • Mental health
  • Middle East
  • Military assistance, sales, and agreements
  • Military operations and strategy
  • Multilateral development programs
  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
  • Rule of law and government transparency
  • Russia
  • Sanctions
  • Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
  • Sudan
  • Trade restrictions
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Visas and passports
  • War and emergency powers
  • War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
  • Women's rights
  • World health

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 4, 2022). Public domain.

Ethiopia Stabilization, Peace, and Democracy Act

This bill imposes sanctions and addresses other issues related to the conflict in Ethiopia.

The President must impose property-blocking sanctions (and visa-blocking sanctions in the case of an individual) against a foreign entity or individual that has taken certain actions to expand or extend the civil war or other conflicts in Ethiopia.

The bill prohibits assistance, with certain exceptions, to Ethiopia's security forces unless the Department of State certifies to Congress that Ethiopia's government has ceased all military operations associated with the civil war and met other specified conditions.

The Department of the Treasury must instruct U.S. representatives at international financial institutions to oppose, with some exceptions, such institutions providing loans or assistance to the governments of Ethiopia or Eritrea. Furthermore, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation may not provide certain support for projects in Ethiopia. These restrictions must terminate after the State Department certifies that certain conditions, such as a cessation of military operations associated with the civil war in Ethiopia, have been met.

The President may provide support for activities necessary to preserve evidence of atrocities in Ethiopia and to pursue accountability for such atrocities.

Within 90 days of this bill's enactment, the State Department must report to Congress a determination of whether actions in Ethiopia by the armed forces of Ethiopia and Eritrea, the Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front, and other armed actors constitute genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tom MalinowskiD-NJ-7Sponsor

Democrats · 16

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Feb 4, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Feb 4, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Feb 4, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Feb 4, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Feb 4, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  6. Feb 4, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  7. Feb 8, 2022 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  8. Feb 9, 2022 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  9. Feb 9, 2022 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  10. Nov 1, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.