3.0.0 972 2023-01-11T13:36:55Z 2023-01-11T13:36:55Z Senate S 2017-04-27 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-27T18:55:35Z 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 2265 S 2017-12-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2017-04-27 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2017-04-27 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 2017-04-27 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-04-27 True International Affairs Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign aid and international relief Foreign loans and debt 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 Political parties and affiliation Protest and dissent Rule of law and government transparency Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status International Affairs 00 2017-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-26T19:30:27Z 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 use U.S. influence to oppose any loan 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:

  • hold free elections overseen by credible domestic and international electoral observers;
  • promote democracy and an independent judicial system and electoral council;
  • strengthen the rule of law;
  • respect the right to freedom of association and expression;
  • combat corruption, including investigating and prosecuting government officials credibly alleged to be corrupt; and
  • protect the right of political opposition parties, journalists, trade unionists, human rights defenders, and other civil society activists to operate without interference.

The Department of the Treasury shall submit to Congress a report assessing: (1) the effectiveness of the international financial institutions in enforcing applicable program safeguards in Nicaragua, and (2) the effects of specified constitutional and election concerns in Nicaragua on long-term prospects for positive development outcomes there.

The President may waive such requirements in the U.S. national interest.

The bill requires: (1) the President to 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 2017, and (2) the State Department to report on the involvement of senior Nicaraguan government officials in acts of public corruption or human rights violations.

]]> 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 on Nicaragua, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s972is/xml/BILLS-115s972is.xml 2017-04-27 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.