3.0.0 3284 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z Senate S 2016-09-06 114 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-06T20:31:16Z Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2016 114 5708 HR 2016-09-22 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2016-09-06 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2016-09-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2016-09-28 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2016-12-07 False International Affairs Congressional oversight Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign aid and international relief Foreign loans and debt Human rights International organizations and cooperation Judicial procedure and administration Latin America Multilateral development programs Nicaragua Rule of law and government transparency Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status International Affairs 00 2016-09-06 Introduced in Senate 2016-11-25T21:48:12Z Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act of 2016

This bill directs the President to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to use U.S. influence to oppose any loan or other fund use for the government of Nicaragua's benefit, other than for basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless the Department of State certifies that Nicaragua is taking effective steps to: (1) hold elections overseen by credible domestic and international electoral observers, (2) promote democracy and an independent judiciary system and electoral council, (3) strengthen the rule of law, and (4) respect the right to freedom of association and expression.

The President shall direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States to use U.S. influence to advocate for an Electoral Observation Mission to be sent to Nicaragua in 2016 and 2017.

]]> Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act of 2016 Display Title Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to oppose loans at international financial institutions for the Government of Nicaragua unless the Government of Nicaragua is taking effective steps to hold free, fair, and transparent elections, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3284is/xml/BILLS-114s3284is.xml 2016-09-06 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.