Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2019 This bill requires the President to (1) impose financial sanctions on, and prohibit U.S. entry by, 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. The President may waive sanctions to comply with international agreements or if in the U.S. national interest. Sanctions shall be terminated if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased using violence, detention, and abuse against Vietnamese nationals 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.
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Timeline
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
AsiaCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDetention of personsForeign propertyHuman rightsImmigration status and proceduresProtest and dissentReligionRule of law and government transparencySanctionsTrade restrictionsVietnamVisas and passports
Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-1369| Senate
| Updated: 5/8/2019
Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2019 This bill requires the President to (1) impose financial sanctions on, and prohibit U.S. entry by, 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. The President may waive sanctions to comply with international agreements or if in the U.S. national interest. Sanctions shall be terminated if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased using violence, detention, and abuse against Vietnamese nationals 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.
AsiaCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDetention of personsForeign propertyHuman rightsImmigration status and proceduresProtest and dissentReligionRule of law and government transparencySanctionsTrade restrictionsVietnamVisas and passports