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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2019</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the President to (1) impose financial sanctions on, and prohibit U.S. entry by,&nbsp;nationals of Vietnam who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Vietnam; and (2) submit to Congress a publicly available list of individuals determined to be complicit in such human rights abuses.</p> <p>The President may waive sanctions to comply with international agreements or if in the U.S. national interest. </p> <p>Sanctions shall be terminated if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased using violence, detention, and abuse against Vietnamese nationals engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings, arrest, and abuse of such political activists and prosecuted those responsible. </p>]]></text>
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