3.0.0 3974 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z Senate S S 2010-11-18 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-11-19T00:26:16Z Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act 111 6433 HR 2010-12-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Identical bill CRS 2010-11-18 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2010-11-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2010-11-18 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2010-11-18 True International Affairs Asia Bank accounts, deposits, capital Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Human rights Immigration status and procedures International law and treaties Protest and dissent Sanctions Vietnam Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2010-11-18 Introduced in Senate 2010-12-07T16:14:40Z Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to: (1) impose financial and immigration/entry sanctions on listed nationals of Vietnam who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Vietnam; and (2) submit to Congress a publicly available list of individuals determined to be complicit in such human rights abuses.

Authorizes the President to waive sanctions: (1) to comply with international agreements; and (2) if in the U.S. national interest.

Terminates sanctions if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has: (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased its practices of violence, detention, and abuse of citizens of Vietnam engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings, arrest, and abuse of such political activists and prosecuted those responsible.

]]> Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act Display Title Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose sanctions on individuals who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act Introduced in Senate 2010-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3974is/xml/BILLS-111s3974is.xml 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 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.