Skip to main content
HR 4254 113th Congress House International Affairs Asia Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign and international banking Foreign property Government information and archives Human rights Immigration status and procedures Protest and dissent Religion Sanctions Vietnam Visas and passports

Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act

Introduced: March 14, 2014 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 16, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Mar 14, 2014
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.
Mar 14, 2014
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 April 16, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1