H.R. 5044

Summary

H.R. 5044, the Safe Embassies Act, was introduced in the House on Aug 26, 2025 by Rep. Michael Lawler (R). It was referred to Foreign Affairs, and last saw action on Aug 26, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Record

Text

H.R. 5044 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 5044 IH: Safe Embassies Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-08-26
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5044  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   August 26, 2025   Mr. Lawler  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Foreign Affairs    A BILL
To amend the Diplomatic Security Act to require that congressional notifications relating to decisions to re-open high risk, high threat diplomatic posts include an explanation of the national security value of such decision.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Safe Embassies Act  .
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Modification to congressional notifications
Paragraph (1) of section 105(b) of the Diplomatic Security Act ( 22 U.S.C. 4804(b) ) is amended by inserting  , including a detailed explanation of the national security value of re-opening such a post  before the period at the end.

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To amend the Diplomatic Security Act to require that congressional notifications relating to decisions to re-open high risk, high threat diplomatic posts include an explanation of the national security value of such decision.

Sponsors

Rep. Michael Lawler (R) sponsors H.R. 5044 alone.

Michael Lawler

Rep. · R–NY-17 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 5044 went before 1 committee: Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Referred To · Aug 26, 2025 · 658 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5044 has taken 2 actions since Aug 26, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5044 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5044 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Safe Embassies Act — Display Title
• Safe Embassies Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Diplomatic Security Act to require that congressional notifications relating to decisions to re-open high risk, high threat diplomatic posts include an explanation of the national security value of such decision. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 3 firms and 12 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5044 in 16 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Trade (domestic/foreign), Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5044 under International Affairs, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5044’s is International Affairs.

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