A bill to strengthen the participation of elected national legislators in the activities of the Organization of American States and reaffirm United States support for Organization of American States human rights and anti-corruption initiatives, and for other purposes.
Organization of American States Legislative Engagement Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of State of State to establish procedures for the Organization of American States (OAS) that: increase the participation of elected national legislators from OAS member states in OAS activities, including activities that advance the principles of the Inter-American Democratic Charter; create an annual forum for the presidents of such legislatures to discuss issues of hemispheric importance, including efforts to combat corruption and defend human rights; permit such legislators to make presentations and provide expert advice to the OAS Secretariat, OAS Permanent Council, and OAS General Assembly; and strengthen OAS Secretariat programs that provide technical assistance for legislative modernization. The State Department shall: carry out diplomatic efforts to secure political and financial support for such procedures, and submit to Congress a strategy for supporting OAS anti-corruption and human rights promotion efforts.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
International Affairs
Congressional oversightDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsInternational organizations and cooperationLatin AmericaRule of law and government transparencySovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
A bill to strengthen the participation of elected national legislators in the activities of the Organization of American States and reaffirm United States support for Organization of American States human rights and anti-corruption initiatives, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-3607| Senate
| Updated: 10/11/2018
Organization of American States Legislative Engagement Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of State of State to establish procedures for the Organization of American States (OAS) that: increase the participation of elected national legislators from OAS member states in OAS activities, including activities that advance the principles of the Inter-American Democratic Charter; create an annual forum for the presidents of such legislatures to discuss issues of hemispheric importance, including efforts to combat corruption and defend human rights; permit such legislators to make presentations and provide expert advice to the OAS Secretariat, OAS Permanent Council, and OAS General Assembly; and strengthen OAS Secretariat programs that provide technical assistance for legislative modernization. The State Department shall: carry out diplomatic efforts to secure political and financial support for such procedures, and submit to Congress a strategy for supporting OAS anti-corruption and human rights promotion efforts.
Congressional oversightDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsInternational organizations and cooperationLatin AmericaRule of law and government transparencySovereignty, recognition, national governance and status