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House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Address Libyan Conflict

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Libya Stabilization Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, Ranking Member Joe Wilson (SC-02), Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33), and Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07). Since April 2019, Libya has increasingly endured foreign intervention in an escalating conflict that undermines U.S. interests and regional stability. The war has provided Russia a foothold in North Africa and influence over Libya’s energy industry, undermined NATO solidarity and threatened European security, destabilized Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean more broadly, and exacerbated a humanitarian and migrant crisis. The Libya Stabilization Act sanctions...