HR 1263
Passed a chamber
Requires the Secretary of State to submit a strategy for strengthening cooperation with the Quad (the United States, Australia, India, and Japan) and directs efforts to create a Quad Inter-Parliamentary Working Group.
Official title: Strengthening the Quad Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
12-FEB-2025
Referred
12-FEB-2025
Passed
19-MAY-2025
Senate
Received
20-MAY-2025
- Requires the Secretary of State to submit a Quad cooperation strategy to Congress within 180 days of enactment, covering past and current initiatives and barriers to cooperation.
- Directs the Secretary of State to seek a written agreement with Australia, India, and Japan to establish a Quad Inter-Parliamentary Working Group within 60 days of enactment.
- Provides for a U.S. Group of up to 24 Members of Congress, split between the House and Senate, to meet at least once a year with partner legislatures.
- Requires the U.S. Group to submit an annual report to the House and Senate foreign affairs committees.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (12-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 19-MAY-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
- Foreign Relations Committee (Senate)
International Affairs
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3 Democrats
2 Republicans