[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1627 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1627

    To ensure the Secretary of State complies fully with reporting 
 requirements in section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2015

  Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Kirk) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
    To ensure the Secretary of State complies fully with reporting 
 requirements in section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

    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 ``Human Rights Accountability Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON 
              HUMAN RIGHTS AND SEVERE FORMS OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

    Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available for a fiscal 
year for the Department of State for ``Diplomatic and Consular 
Programs'' and not designated for Worldwide Security Protection, 5 
percent shall be withheld from obligation for every 30 days after the 
deadline specified in subsection (d) of section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) that the Secretary of State 
submits the report required under such subsection.
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