3.0.0 3457 2019-11-15T21:52:04Z 2019-11-15T21:52:04Z Senate S S 2008-09-09 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-09T19:37:27Z 2008-09-09 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2008-09-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8182) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2008-09-09 True International Affairs Administration of justice Africa (Sub-Saharan) Boundaries Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Constitutions Democracy Diplomacy Economic development Economics and Public Finance Eritrea Ethiopia Ethnic groups Extremist movements in politics Freedom of the press Government Operations and Politics Human rights International broadcasting Law Minorities Radio broadcasting Rule of law Science, Technology, Communications Somalia United Nations Women Women's rights International Affairs 00 2008-09-09 Introduced in Senate 2008-12-08T21:12:25Z Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2008 - States that the President should take additional steps to support the implementation of democracy and governance institutions and organizations in Ethiopia consistent with the Ethiopian Constitution of 1994 and related national law, including: (1) support of democracy development; (2) promotion of judicial independence; (3) support of human rights programs, especially regarding women and minorities; (4) expansion of the Voice of America (VOA) and other independent media; (5) support of international efforts to gain full access to the Ogaden and other conflict-affected regions; and (6) support of a United Nations Special Envoy to launch a dialogue to bring about the normalization of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea and who works with both governments to address issues of stability both along their border as well as more broadly across the Horn of Africa, including in Somalia.

Authorizes appropriations.

]]> Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2008 Display Title Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reaffirm United States objectives in Ethiopia and encourage critical democratic and humanitarian principles and practices, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3457is/xml/BILLS-110s3457is.xml 2008-09-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.