3.0.0 4712 2023-01-11T13:44:41Z 2023-01-11T13:44:41Z Senate S 2020-09-24 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-24T20:18:03Z 2020-09-24 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2020-09-24 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2020-09-24 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-11-09 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-11-09 False International Affairs Congressional oversight Firearms and explosives Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign aid and international relief Government studies and investigations Human rights International organizations and cooperation Judicial procedure and administration Licensing and registrations Military assistance, sales, and agreements Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Terrorism Trade restrictions War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity International Affairs 00 2020-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-17T12:28:36Z Safeguarding Human Rights in Arms Exports Act of 2020 or the SAFEGUARD Act

This bill establishes specified measures, such as the prohibition of arms sales to countries committing genocide or war crimes, to prevent the sale, export, or transfer of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries for use in violation of international humanitarian law or internationally recognized human rights.

]]> SAFEGUARD Act Display Title SAFEGUARD Act Short Title(s) as Introduced SAFEGUARD Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Safeguarding Human Rights in Arms Exports Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance the consideration of human rights in arms exports. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4712is/xml/BILLS-116s4712is.xml 2020-09-24 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.