3.0.0 4506 2023-01-11T13:50:17Z 2023-01-11T13:50:17Z Senate S 2022-07-12 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-07-12T18:52:24Z Upholding Human Rights Abroad Act 117 8333 HR 2022-07-12 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2022-07-12 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2022-07-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2022-07-12 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2022-07-12 True International Affairs International Affairs 00 2022-07-12 Introduced in Senate 2023-01-05T16:25:32Z Upholding Human Rights Abroad Act

This bill prohibits, with some exceptions, the Department of Defense (DOD) from providing certain support to forces (e.g., foreign forces or irregular forces) engaged in U.S. special operations if DOD has credible information that the force in question has committed a gross violation of human rights.

]]> Upholding Human Rights Abroad Act Display Title Upholding Human Rights Abroad Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Upholding Human Rights Abroad Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the consideration of the human rights records of recipients of support of special operations to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4506is/xml/BILLS-117s4506is.xml 2022-07-12 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.