S.3233: Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Committee On Foreign Relations. Reported By Senator Corker With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 10/03/2018
Houthis and Iran Sanctions Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-4603]
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[National Security ]
[Trade ]
[Human Rights ]
Houthis and Iran Sanctions Accountability Act of 2017 This bill continues certain sanctions blocking the property of persons threatening the peace or stability of Yemen. The President shall: determine and report to Congress whether certain Iranian persons are threatening Yemen's peace or stability, and if so, impose property blocking sanctions against each identified person; and impose property blocking and visa sanctions on foreign persons or entities that knowingly provide significant financial, material, or technological support for Ansar Allah
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HB-4603: Houthis and Iran Sanctions Accountability Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 12/07/2017
Condemning the violence, persecution, intimidation, and murders committed by the Government of Nicaragua against its citizens. [HR-981]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
Condemning the violence, persecution, intimidation, and murders committed by the Government of Nicaragua against its citizens. Condemns the violence, persecution, and murders of peaceful protesters by the government of Nicaragua. Calls on the United States to continue to condemn the atrocities in Nicaragua, demand the release of individuals wrongfully detained, and identify individuals whose involvement in the violence qualifies for the imposition of sanctions.
HR-981: Condemning the violence, persecution, intimidation, and murders committed by the Government of Nicaragua against its citizens.
Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch
Mr. Royce (ca) Moved To Suspend The Rules And Agree To The Resolution, As Amended. on 07/25/2018
HR-976: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that complete, verifiable, and irreversible human rights improvements in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea should be part of a United States strategy for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula and a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Introduced In House on 06/28/2018
You have voted HR-976: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that complete, verifiable, and irreversible human rights improvements in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea should be part of a United States strategy for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula and a free and open Indo-Pacific region..
SR-539: A resolution urging the President to strengthen efforts of the United States to combat religious freedom violations in Eurasia, especially the use of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or clandestine detention of those persons, and other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker
Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 06/11/2018
You have voted SR-539: A resolution urging the President to strengthen efforts of the United States to combat religious freedom violations in Eurasia, especially the use of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or clandestine detention of those persons, and other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons..
Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2017 [HB-4591]
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[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2017 This bill imposes property-blocking and U.S. entry/visa sanctions until January 1, 2022, against any foreign person or entity that: has knowingly committed, or poses a significant risk of committing, violence that threatens Iraq's stability or that undermines its economic reconstruction and political reform; has knowingly assisted, or provided financial, material, or technological support for any such activity; or is owned or controlled by, or has acted on behalf of, a foreign person that has
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HB-4591: Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 11/28/2018
Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to Finance Act [S.2167]
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[International ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to Finance Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, not later than 30 days after authorizing a U. S. or foreign financial institution to export or re-export a commercial passenger aircraft to Iran (or, for an authorization made after January 16, 2016, but before the enactment of this bill, not later than 60 days after such enactment) and every 180 days thereafter for the duration of the authorization, to submit to Congress a report containing: a list of financial institutions that have, after
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S.2167: Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to Finance Act
Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 11/28/2017
LEED Act Leverage to Enhance Effective Diplomacy Act of 2017 [HB-4027]
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[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
LEED Act Leverage to Enhance Effective Diplomacy Act of 2017 This bill directs the President to: (1) impose property-blocking sanctions against the North Korean government, business entities that trade with North Korea, including specified Chinese entities, and affiliated persons or entities; (2) prohibit the opening, and strictly control the maintaining in the United States, of correspondent or payable-through accounts by a foreign financial institution that assisted in the importation, sale, or transfer of North Korean goods or services; and (3)
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HB-4027: LEED Act Leverage to Enhance Effective Diplomacy Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Gallagher
Introduced In House on 10/11/2017
BURMA Act of 2017 Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-4223]
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[International ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
BURMA Act of 2017 Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2017 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the government of Burma (Myanmar) should ensure the safe and voluntary return of displaced people and fully implement the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State. The U.S. Executive Director of each international financial institution shall use U.S. influence to support only projects in Burma that do not partner or contract with or otherwise benefit any enterprise owned or controlled by the Burmese
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HB-4223: BURMA Act of 2017 Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 11/02/2017
SECURE Act of 2017 Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts Act [S.2192]
[Immigration ]
[Defense ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
SECURE Act of 2017 Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to achieve situational awareness and operational control of the U.S. southern border and to deter and detect illegal activity in high traffic areas. The bill authorizes National Guard and Department of Defense support to secure such border. DHS shall establish: (1) a National Border Security Advisory Committee, (2) the Integrated Border Enforcement Team program, (3) Tunnel Task Forces, and (4) a biometric
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S.2192: SECURE Act of 2017 Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 275. on 12/06/2017