3.0.0 2228 2023-01-11T15:47:56Z 2023-01-11T15:47:56Z House H HR 2007-05-09 110 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-05-09T14:01:00Z Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007 110 2003 HR 2007-10-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2007-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2007-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 N L000517 Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] DANIEL LUNGREN R CA EDWARD 3 2007-05-09 True R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 46 2007-05-09 True W000672 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] FRANK WOLF R VA R. 10 2007-06-28 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2007-07-19 False International Affairs Africa (Sub-Saharan) Agricultural assistance Agriculture and Food American investments Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Compensation (Law) Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Democracy Economic assistance Economic development Economics and Public Finance Election administration Electronic mail systems Energy Ethiopia Export finance Expropriation Extradition Famines Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign leaders Free enterprise Freedom of the press Government Operations and Politics Human rights Hydroelectric power Immigration International broadcasting Internet Investment guaranty insurance Irrigation Joint ventures Law Law enforcement officers Legal aid Licenses Opposition (Political science) Parliamentary government Police Political participation Political parties Political persecution Political prisoners Political violence Prisoners' rights Public demonstrations Punishment Radio broadcasting Right of property Right to counsel Rule of law Sanctions (International law) Science, Technology, Communications Small business Speedy trial Sustainable development Technical assistance Television broadcasting Terrorism Torture Victims of crimes Visas Voter registration Water Resources Development International Affairs 00 2007-05-09 Introduced in House 2007-05-30T21:28:53Z Ethiopia Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Advancement Act of 2007 - States that is U.S. policy to: (1) support human rights, democracy, independence of the judiciary, freedom of the press, peacekeeping capacity building, and economic development in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; (2) collaborate with Ethiopia in the Global War on Terror; (3) seek the release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia; (4) foster stability, democracy, and economic development in the region; and (5) strengthen U.S.-Ethiopian relations.

Directs the Secretary of State to take specified actions to support human rights and democratization in Ethiopia.

Prohibits until the President makes specified congressional certifications: (1) security assistance to Ethiopia, with exceptions for peacekeeping or counter-terrorism assistance; and (2) U.S. entry of any Ethiopian official involved in giving orders to use lethal force against peaceful demonstrators or accused of gross human rights violations, government security personnel involved in specified shootings of demonstrators, and Ethiopian civilians involved in specified killings of Ethiopian policemen.

Directs the President to provide assistance for the rehabilitation of Ethiopian torture victims.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should: (1) encourage the government of Ethiopia to enter into discussions with the Oromo Liberation Front to bring them into full participation in Ethiopia's political and economic affairs; and (2) provide necessary assistance to help achieve such goal.

Directs the President to provide Ethiopia with: (1) economic policy assistance; (2) financing for U.S.-Ethiopian commercial ventures; and (3) resource policy assistance.

]]> Ethiopia Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Advancement Act of 2007 Display Title Ethiopia Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Advancement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom in Ethiopia. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Ethiopia Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Advancement Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2228ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2228ih.xml 2007-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.