3.0.0 2265 2023-01-11T13:39:05Z 2023-01-11T13:39:05Z Senate S 2017-12-21 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-12-21T19:47:31Z Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018 115 1918 HR 2018-12-20 Became Public Law No: 115-335. Related bill CRS Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017 115 972 S 2017-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2017-12-21 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2017-12-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2017-12-21 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-12-21 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-12-21 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-12-21 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-12-21 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2017-12-21 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2018-05-08 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2018-05-09 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2018-07-09 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2018-07-18 False International Affairs Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign aid and international relief Foreign loans and debt Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Human rights International organizations and cooperation Judicial procedure and administration Latin America Multilateral development programs News media and reporting Nicaragua Oil and gas Political parties and affiliation Protest and dissent Racial and ethnic relations Rule of law and government transparency Russia Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Venezuela International Affairs 00 2017-12-21 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-16T20:34:58Z Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017

This bill directs the President to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to oppose a loan for budget support for the government of Nicaragua unless the Department of State reports that Nicaragua is taking effective steps to (1) hold free elections; (2) promote democracy; (3) strengthen the rule of law; (4) combat corruption; (5) protect the right to freedom of expression; (6) protect the rights of indigenous people; and (7) protect the rights of political opposition parties, journalists, and other civil society activists to operate without interference.

]]> Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017 Display Title Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2265is/xml/BILLS-115s2265is.xml 2017-12-21 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.