Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act
Latest action · Mar 23, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 5, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to: (1) impose financial and immigration/entry sanctions on listed nationals of Vietnam who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Vietnam; and (2) submit to Congress a publicly available list of individuals determined to be complicit in such human rights abuses.
Authorizes the President to waive sanctions to comply with international agreements.
Terminates sanctions if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has: (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased its practices of violence, detention, and abuse of citizens of Vietnam engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings, arrest, and abuse of such political activists and prosecuted those responsible.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2011 to Apr 17, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Mar 3, 2011 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Mar 17, 2011 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 16, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Apr 16, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Apr 17, 2012 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
- Mar 1, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
- Mar 1, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
- Jan 24, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
- Jan 14, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Human rights
- Immigration status and procedures
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- Protest and dissent
- Sanctions
- Vietnam
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House
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