3.0.0 2069 2022-11-01T13:50:43Z 2022-11-01T13:50:43Z Senate S 2019-07-10 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-10T14:39:59Z Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act 116 2327 HR 2019-09-25 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2019-07-10 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-07-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2019-07-10 True International Affairs Asia Burma Child safety and welfare Conflicts and wars Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign aid and international relief Health care costs and insurance Human rights Legal fees and court costs Mental health Military personnel and dependents News media and reporting Protest and dissent Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Transportation costs International Affairs 00 2019-07-10 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-13T15:25:35Z Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act

This bill directs the Department of State to assist civil society organizations in Burma (Myanmar) working to release political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. Such assistance shall include support for (1) documenting human rights violations against such prisoners, (2) raising awareness of prisoner issues, and (3) helping former prisoners resume a normal life.

]]> Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act Display Title Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to assist prisoners of conscience in Burma, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2069is/xml/BILLS-116s2069is.xml 2019-07-10 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.