2022: Fitzpatrick Voted For The Georgia Support Act, Which Required
The Review Of Assistance To Improve Georgia's Ability To Defend Their
Sovereignty From Russian Aggression, Develop Strategies To Combat
Russian Disinformation, And Imposed Visa And Property-Blocking Sanctions
To Individuals Complicit In Violating Human Rights In Russian-Occupied
Georgian Regions. In April 2022, according to Congressional Quarterly,
Fitzpatrick voted for the Georgia Support Act, which would "require the
State Department to take a number of actions to review and bolster U.S.
assistance to Georgia. Specifically, it would require the State
Department to review existing U.S. security assistance and assess the
assistance needed to improve Georgia's capacity to defend its
sovereignty and territorial integrity from further Russian aggression or
territorial encroachment; develop a strategy to enhance Georgia's
capacity to combat Russian disinformation and propaganda; and submit
reports to congress assessing U.S. democracy and governance assistance
to Georgia and cybersecurity cooperation with Georgia. The bill would
also require the president to impose visa and property-blocking
sanctions against foreign persons responsible for or complicit in
committing human rights abuses in the Russian-occupied Georgian regions
of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and against entities that have materially
assisted or are controlled by such persons." The vote was on passage.
The House passed the bill by a vote of 406-20, thus the bill was sent to
the Senate. [House Vote 131,
4/27/22; Congressional
Quarterly, 4/27/22;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
923]