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HR 5740 114th Congress House

War Crimes Accountability Act of 2016

Official title: To hold war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals accountable by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute, extradite, deport, or accept f… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To hold war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals accountable by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute, extradite, deport, or accept for deportation such war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 12, 2016 See on congress.gov
International Affairs Congressional oversightCongressional tributesCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationEurope
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GermanyMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsSanctionsTrade restrictionsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

War Crimes Accountability Act of 2016

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should actively encourage prosecution of war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals.

The President shall submit a report for each of FY2017-FY2021 that identifies each country that is failing to: (1) cooperate with relevant jurisdictions in extraditing or deporting war crimes suspects or Nazi war criminals to the appropriate jurisdiction; (2) enforce arrest warrants issued by an international tribunal against war crimes suspects; (3) accept Nazi war criminals deported from the United States; or (4) effectively prosecute war crimes suspects or Nazi war criminals within such country's jurisdiction, including Nazi war criminals who resided in the United States and were deported from or extradited by the United States or left the United States voluntarily.

The President may not issue a letter of offer to sell defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act for $7 million or more to an identified country.

The President may waive such prohibition in the U.S. national security interest.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5740: War Crimes Accountability Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5740/
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"H.R. 5740: War Crimes Accountability Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5740/.
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H.R. 5740, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5740/.
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