3.0.0 3678 2019-11-15T21:52:32Z 2019-11-15T21:52:32Z Senate S S 2008-10-01 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-10-02T01:58:03Z Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2007 110 3096 HR 2007-09-19 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2008-10-01 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2008-10-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10338-10339) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-10-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N International Affairs Arts, Culture, Religion Churches Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Cultural relations Democracy Diplomacy Dissenters East Asia Economic assistance Education Educational exchanges Employee rights Exchange of persons programs Expropriation Foreign Trade and International Finance Freedom of speech Freedom of the press Government Operations and Politics Higher education Human rights Immigration International broadcasting Labor and Employment Law Legislators Military assistance Negotiations Political prisoners Public demonstrations Radio broadcasting Refugees Religion Religious liberty Right of assembly Right of property Right to travel Rule of law Science, Technology, Communications Smuggling Tariff preferences Vietnam International Affairs 00 2008-10-01 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-06T21:41:55Z Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2008 - Prohibits the federal government from providing the government of Vietnam with nonhumanitarian development, trade, economic, and security assistance during any fiscal year that exceeds the amount of such assistance provided during FY2008, unless such increases are matched or exceeded by additional funding for programs focusing on human rights and democracy promotion.

Authorizes the President to waive such requirements if increased U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance would promote the purposes of this Act or it is otherwise in the U.S. national interest.

Prohibits the President from providing certain duty-free treatment for Vietnam until the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam protects freedom of association and does not engage in violations of workers' rights.

Authorizes the President to provide U.S. assistance through appropriate nongovernmental organizations and the Human Rights Defenders Fund for the support of individuals and organizations to promote human rights in Vietnam.

Expresses the sense of Congress regarding diplomacy with the government of Vietnam.

Declares it is U.S. policy: (1) to take such measures as are necessary to overcome the jamming of Radio Free Asia by the government of Vietnam; and (2) that educational and cultural exchange programs with Vietnam should promote progress toward freedom and democracy.

Declares it is U.S. policy to offer refugee resettlement to Vietnam nationals (including members of the Montagnard ethnic minority groups) who were eligible for the Humanitarian Resettlement program, the Orderly Departure program, the Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Returnees program, the Amerasian Homecoming Act of 1988, or any other U.S. refugee program, but who were deemed ineligible for reasons of administrative error or certain circumstances beyond their control.]]>

Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2008 Display Title Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote freedom, human rights, and the rule of law in Vietnam. Introduced in Senate 2008-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3678is/xml/BILLS-110s3678is.xml 2008-10-01 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.