3.0.0 1627 2023-01-11T13:30:39Z 2023-01-11T13:30:39Z Senate S 2015-06-18 114 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-18T20:24:26Z 2015-06-18 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2015-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-06-18 True International Affairs Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Executive agency funding and structure Human rights International Affairs 00 2015-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-08T20:18:08Z Human Rights Accountability Act of 2015

This bill requires that 5% of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available for a fiscal year for the Department of State's diplomatic and consular programs (and not designated for worldwide security protection) be withheld from obligation for every 30 days the Department's human rights report is late.

]]> Human Rights Accountability Act of 2015 Display Title Human Rights Accountability Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure the Secretary of State complies fully with reporting requirements in section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Human Rights Accountability Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1627is/xml/BILLS-114s1627is.xml 2015-06-18 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.