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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="3889" measure-id="id113hr3889" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-01-15" update-date="2014-01-17">
<title>Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-01-15</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2014 - Prohibits FY2014 Department of Defense (DOD) funds from being made available to the government of Burma unless the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that: (1) Burma has taken steps toward establishing civilian oversight of the armed forces, addressing human rights abuses by the military, and terminating military relations with North Korea; (2) Burma has taken steps to establish a fair and inclusive process to amend the Constitution of Burma, including the full participation of the political opposition and ethnic minority groups; (3) Burma has amended its constitution and laws to ensure civilian control of the military; (4) Burma is promoting peace agreements or political reconciliation and is addressing the resettlement and humanitarian situation of displaced persons; and (5) the Burmese military is improving its human rights record, taking steps to withdraw forces from conflict zones, and implementing a code of conduct. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Defense to report annually to Congress on the status of military-to-military engagement between the U.S. Armed Forces and the Burmese military.</p>]]></summary-text>
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