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Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017

Introduced: November 2, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 307.
Feb 12, 2018
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Feb 7, 2018
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Nov 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Nov 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017

This bill authorizes assistance to victims of the military's ethnic cleansing campaign targeting the Rohingya people in Rakhine State, Burma (Myanmar), as well as technical assistance to investigate and prosecute crimes related to ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State.

The bill imposes restrictions on international financial institution assistance, security cooperation, and trade. It calls on the President to determine whether specified individuals should be included in the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

The Departments of State and the Treasury and the U.S. Agency for International Development shall submit to Congress an assistance strategy to promote broad-based economic development in Burma.

What's happening now February 12, 2018

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 307.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 3696 Related bill Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2018
  • HR 4223 Related bill BURMA Act of 2017
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 16 Republican 2
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Jun 28, 2018
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jun 14, 2018
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jun 4, 2018
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 11, 2018
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 13, 2018
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Mar 13, 2018
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Nov 7, 2017
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Nov 6, 2017
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Nov 2, 2017
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 2, 2017
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 2, 2017
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Nov 2, 2017
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 2, 2017
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 2, 2017
 D
Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Nov 2, 2017
 D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Nov 2, 2017
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Nov 2, 2017
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Young, Todd
Indiana · Nov 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2060: Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2060/
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