3.0.0 218 2023-01-11T13:25:02Z 2023-01-11T13:25:02Z House H HRES 2013-05-16 113 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing hsfa05 Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Referred to 2013-06-07T17:35:07Z hsfa16 Africa Subcommittee Referred to 2013-06-07T17:32:25Z Referred to 2013-05-16T14:02:45Z 2013-06-07 hsfa05 Indo-Pacific Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. Committee 2013-06-07 hsfa16 Africa Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Committee 2013-05-16 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2013-05-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-05-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000487 Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] ED ROYCE R CA 39 N S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2013-05-16 True C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2013-05-16 True P000373 Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] JOSEPH PITTS R PA R. 16 2013-05-16 True L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 19 2013-05-16 True S001150 Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] ADAM SCHIFF D CA B. 28 2013-05-16 True P000592 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Ted Poe R TX 2 2013-05-17 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2013-05-17 False W000672 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] FRANK WOLF R VA R. 10 2013-05-17 False S000030 Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46] LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA 46 2013-05-20 False F000445 Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4] J. Forbes R VA Randy 4 2013-06-12 False R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 27 2013-06-12 False S000344 Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30] BRAD SHERMAN D CA 30 2013-06-12 False C000266 Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] STEVE CHABOT R OH 1 2013-06-12 False L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 2013-08-02 False G000566 Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4] Trey Gowdy R SC 4 2013-12-12 False D000615 Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] Jeff Duncan R SC 3 2014-01-13 False International Affairs Asia Detention of persons Human rights Religion Vietnam International Affairs 00 2013-05-16 Introduced in House 2013-07-16T14:30:35Z Encourages the Department of State to place Vietnam on the list of "Countries of Particular Concern" for particularly severe violations of religious freedom.

Condemns the ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom in Vietnam, including the detention of religious leaders and the long-term imprisonment of individuals engaged in peaceful advocacy.

Calls on Vietnam to lift restrictions on religious freedom, cease all expropriations of church properties, and implement necessary legal and political reforms to protect religious freedom.

Urges the State Department to demonstrate clearly that the expansion of bilateral ties will depend on improvements in religious freedom and related rights.

]]> Calling on the Secretary of State to list the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as a "Country of Particular Concern" with respect to religious freedom. Display Title Calling on the Secretary of State to list the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as a "Country of Particular Concern" with respect to religious freedom. Official Title as Introduced Calling on the Secretary of State to list the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as a "Country of Particular Concern" with respect to religious freedom. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2013-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hres218ih/xml/BILLS-113hres218ih.xml 2013-06-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. 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.