[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2784 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2784

To suspend United States assistance to Brazil until such time as Brazil 
 amends its laws to remove the prohibition on extradition of nationals 
                     of Brazil to other countries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2015

 Mr. Ryan of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Johnson of Ohio) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To suspend United States assistance to Brazil until such time as Brazil 
 amends its laws to remove the prohibition on extradition of nationals 
                     of Brazil to other countries.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Karl Hoerig Foreign Aid Suspension 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO BRAZIL UNTIL BRAZIL 
              AMENDS ITS LAWS TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON EXTRADITION 
              OF NATIONALS OF BRAZIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES.

    (a) Suspension of Assistance.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, no funds made available to any Federal department or agency may 
be used to provide assistance to Brazil until the President determines 
and certifies to Congress that the Government of Brazil has amended its 
laws to remove the prohibition on extradition of nationals of Brazil to 
other countries.
    (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of subsection 
(a) on a case-by-case basis if the President determines and certifies 
to Congress that is in the national interests of the United States to 
do so.
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act takes effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and applies with respect to funds made available 
to any Federal department or agency for any fiscal year after fiscal 
year 2015.
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