3.0.0 1885 2023-01-11T13:23:31Z 2023-01-11T13:23:31Z Senate S S 2013-12-20 113 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-12-20T18:05:05Z Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2014 113 3889 HR 2014-01-15 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2014 113 4377 HR 2014-09-09 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent . Related bill CRS 2013-12-20 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2013-12-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2013-12-20 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2013-12-20 True C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2013-12-20 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2014-06-18 False International Affairs Asia Burma Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Defense spending Department of Defense Executive agency funding and structure Human rights Human trafficking Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military command and structure North Korea Protest and dissent Racial and ethnic relations Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Rule of law and government transparency Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status International Affairs 00 2013-12-20 Introduced in Senate 2014-01-06T22:29:50Z Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2013 - Prohibits FY2014 Department of Defense (DOD) funds from being made available to the government of Burma unless the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that: (1) Burma has taken steps toward establishing civilian oversight of the armed forces, addressing human rights abuses by the military, and terminating military relations with North Korea; (2) Burma has taken steps to establish a fair and inclusive process to amend the Constitution of Burma, including the full participation of the political opposition and ethnic minority groups; (3) Burma has amended its constitution and laws to ensure civilian control of the military; (4) Burma is promoting peace agreements or political reconciliation and is addressing the resettlement and humanitarian situation of displaced persons; and (5) the Burmese military is improving its human rights record, taking steps to withdraw forces from conflict zones, and implementing a code of conduct.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to report annually to Congress on the status of military-to-military engagement between the U.S. Armed Forces and the Burmese military.

]]> Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2013 Display Title Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to place conditions on assistance to the Government of Burma. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-12-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1885is/xml/BILLS-113s1885is.xml 2013-12-20 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.