Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2018
USA115th CongressS-2060| Senate
| Updated: 2/12/2018
John McCain
Republican Senator
Arizona
Cosponsors (24)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Todd Young (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Claire McCaskill (Democratic)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)
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Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017 This bill authorizes assistance to victims of the military's ethnic cleansing campaign targeting the Rohingya people in Rakhine State, Burma (Myanmar), as well as technical assistance to investigate and prosecute crimes related to ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State. The bill imposes restrictions on international financial institution assistance, security cooperation, and trade. It calls on the President to determine whether specified individuals should be included in the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. The Departments of State and the Treasury and the U.S. Agency for International Development shall submit to Congress an assistance strategy to promote broad-based economic development in Burma.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 307.
International Affairs
AsiaBangladeshBank accounts, deposits, capitalBurmaChild safety and welfareConflicts and warsCongressional oversightCrimes against childrenCrimes against womenCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEconomic developmentElections, voting, political campaign regulationElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservationEvidence and witnessesFarmlandForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international bankingForeign loans and debtForeign propertyGovernment liabilityHistorical and cultural resourcesHuman rightsInternational organizations and cooperationLand use and conservationMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary operations and strategyMiningMultilateral development programsNews media and reportingNorth KoreaPolitical movements and philosophiesRacial and ethnic relationsRefugees, asylum, displaced personsReligionRule of law and government transparencySanctionsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationSex offensesSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusTerrorismTrade restrictionsUnited NationsU.S. and foreign investmentsViolent crimeVisas and passportsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2018
USA115th CongressS-2060| Senate
| Updated: 2/12/2018
Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017 This bill authorizes assistance to victims of the military's ethnic cleansing campaign targeting the Rohingya people in Rakhine State, Burma (Myanmar), as well as technical assistance to investigate and prosecute crimes related to ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State. The bill imposes restrictions on international financial institution assistance, security cooperation, and trade. It calls on the President to determine whether specified individuals should be included in the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. The Departments of State and the Treasury and the U.S. Agency for International Development shall submit to Congress an assistance strategy to promote broad-based economic development in Burma.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 307.
John McCain
Republican Senator
Arizona
Cosponsors (24)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Todd Young (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Claire McCaskill (Democratic)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)
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AsiaBangladeshBank accounts, deposits, capitalBurmaChild safety and welfareConflicts and warsCongressional oversightCrimes against childrenCrimes against womenCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEconomic developmentElections, voting, political campaign regulationElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservationEvidence and witnessesFarmlandForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international bankingForeign loans and debtForeign propertyGovernment liabilityHistorical and cultural resourcesHuman rightsInternational organizations and cooperationLand use and conservationMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary operations and strategyMiningMultilateral development programsNews media and reportingNorth KoreaPolitical movements and philosophiesRacial and ethnic relationsRefugees, asylum, displaced personsReligionRule of law and government transparencySanctionsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationSex offensesSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusTerrorismTrade restrictionsUnited NationsU.S. and foreign investmentsViolent crimeVisas and passportsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity