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Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act

Introduced: January 5, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
Mar 1, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
Mar 1, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Jan 24, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Jan 14, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 5, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 5, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 23, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.

 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1