3.0.0 716 2022-11-01T17:17:22Z 2022-11-01T17:17:22Z Senate S 2019-03-07 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-07T20:12:45Z Guatemala Rule of Law Accountability Act 116 1630 HR 2019-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS 2019-03-07 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-03-07 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-03-07 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-03-07 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-03-07 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-03-07 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-03-14 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-03-28 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-04-11 False International Affairs Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Drug trafficking and controlled substances Foreign aid and international relief Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Guatemala Latin America Military assistance, sales, and agreements Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Rule of law and government transparency Sanctions Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status International Affairs 00 2019-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-31T15:40:57Z Guatemala Rule of Law Accountability Act

This bill directs the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on certain foreign persons that have engaged in corruption, money laundering, or other specified activities in Guatemala. Specifically, the sanctions shall apply to a current or former Guatemalan official, or a foreign person acting in cooperation with such an official, that knowingly (1) committed or facilitated acts of significant corruption, money laundering, or narcotics trafficking; (2) obstructed investigations into any of those acts; (3) violated agreements related to the intended use of equipment provided by the U.S. government; or (4) disobeyed rulings of the Guatemalan Constitutional Court. The President shall report to Congress on the implementation of such sanctions.

In agreements to transfer equipment to Guatemala's military or national police, the Department of State shall include a provision allowing the United States to recover such equipment if it is used in a way that violates an end-use agreement.

]]> Guatemala Rule of Law Accountability Act Display Title Guatemala Rule of Law Accountability Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Guatemala Rule of Law Accountability Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to combat corruption, money laundering, and impunity in Guatemala, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s716is/xml/BILLS-116s716is.xml 2019-03-07 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.