Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act
USA118th CongressS-1651| Senate
| Updated: 5/7/2024
Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic Senator
New Hampshire
Cosponsors (6)
Foreign Relations Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act This bill addresses economic and political development in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia), including by supporting anti-corruption and trade initiatives. The President must also submit any proposed termination of certain sanctions, waiver of such sanctions, or licensing actions related to the Western Balkans to Congress for a specified review period prior to implementation.
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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 Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 369.
International Affairs
AlbaniaAlliancesBosnia and HerzegovinaCollective securityCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCultural exchanges and relationsElections, voting, political campaign regulationEuropeForeign loans and debtForeign propertyHigher educationHuman rightsInfrastructure developmentInternational exchange and broadcastingInternational law and treatiesKosovoLegislative rules and procedureMontenegroMultilateral development programsNews media and reportingNorth MacedoniaPeace CorpsPublic-private cooperationReconstruction and stabilizationRule of law and government transparencySanctionsSerbiaSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusU.S. and foreign investmentsU.S. International Development Finance CorporationVisas and passports
Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act
USA118th CongressS-1651| Senate
| Updated: 5/7/2024
Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act This bill addresses economic and political development in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia), including by supporting anti-corruption and trade initiatives. The President must also submit any proposed termination of certain sanctions, waiver of such sanctions, or licensing actions related to the Western Balkans to Congress for a specified review period prior to implementation.
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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 Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 369.
Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic Senator
New Hampshire
Cosponsors (6)
Foreign Relations Committee
International Affairs
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AlbaniaAlliancesBosnia and HerzegovinaCollective securityCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCultural exchanges and relationsElections, voting, political campaign regulationEuropeForeign loans and debtForeign propertyHigher educationHuman rightsInfrastructure developmentInternational exchange and broadcastingInternational law and treatiesKosovoLegislative rules and procedureMontenegroMultilateral development programsNews media and reportingNorth MacedoniaPeace CorpsPublic-private cooperationReconstruction and stabilizationRule of law and government transparencySanctionsSerbiaSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusU.S. and foreign investmentsU.S. International Development Finance CorporationVisas and passports