# 117-hr-7025: Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022

117-hr-7025, Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7025
- Congress: 117
- Title: Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Introduced: 2022-03-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022 This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to take actions to ensure that the international financial assistance it provides does not go to any foreign security force unit (e.g., a military or paramilitary unit) where there is a reasonable belief that the unit has committed a gross violation of internationally recognized human rights. The USFWS must conduct risk analysis to ensure that a recipient (or subgrantee) of a grant does not fund or support any such unit. The prohibition against providing funding to such a unit shall not apply if the applicable government is taking effective steps to (1) bring the responsible members of the unit to justice, and (2) prevent gross violations of internationally recognized human rights by the unit in the future. The USFWS must take other actions to prevent funding such a unit, such as (1) coordinating with the Department of State on procedures for vetting potential assistance recipients, (2) publicly identifying units that are barred from receiving assistance, (3) requiring assistance recipients to provide certain information and to implement a safeguards plan, and (4) requiring periodic financial and programmatic audits of assistance recipients.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2022-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-07-19T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 379 | 43 |

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7025 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7025)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7025 (as of 2025-11-18).