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S 1627 114th Congress Senate International Affairs Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Executive agency funding and structure Human rights

Human Rights Accountability Act of 2015

Introduced: June 18, 2015 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Human Rights Accountability Act of 2015

This bill requires that 5% of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available for a fiscal year for the Department of State's diplomatic and consular programs (and not designated for worldwide security protection) be withheld from obligation for every 30 days the Department's human rights report is late.

What's happening now June 18, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1627: Human Rights Accountability Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1627/
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"S. 1627: Human Rights Accountability Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1627/.
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S. 1627, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1627/.
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