3.0.0 735 2022-01-12T15:07:35Z 2022-01-12T15:07:35Z Senate S S 2011-04-06 112 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-04-06T15:26:32Z 2011-04-06 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2011-04-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-07-18 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-07-18 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-08-01 False H.R.515 https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/515 International Affairs Belarus Congressional oversight Europe European Union Foreign aid and international relief Human rights International exchange and broadcasting International organizations and cooperation Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media News media and reporting Political parties and affiliation Protest and dissent Rule of law and government transparency Russia Sanctions Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status International Affairs 00 2011-04-06 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-04T12:32:46Z Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 to authorize assistance to promote democracy and civil society in Belarus.

Includes Internet broadcasting within the scope of support and funding for broadcasting from within and to Belarus.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should continue to support Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America broadcasting to the people of Belarus to ensure access to objective and timely information about domestic and global public affairs.

Includes among the criteria that the government of Belarus must meet in order to end U.S. sanctions the release of individuals who were jailed based on political beliefs or human rights violations in connection with the repression that attended the December 2010 presidential election.

]]> Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2011 Display Title Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004. Introduced in Senate 2011-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s735is/xml/BILLS-112s735is.xml 2011-04-06 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.