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Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018
Introduced: April 26, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
20 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 8, 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-231.
Aug 8, 2018
Signed by President.
Aug 1, 2018
Presented to President.
Jul 25, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 25, 2018
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7670-7671)
Jul 25, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7670-7671)
Jul 25, 2018
Mr. Royce (CA) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
Jul 25, 2018
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7670-7672)
Jul 25, 2018
Held at the desk.
Jul 25, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 25, 2018
Received in the House.
Jul 25, 2018
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S5320)
Jul 25, 2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S5320)
Jul 25, 2018
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 25, 2018
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5319-5320)
Jun 28, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 499.
Jun 28, 2018
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jun 26, 2018
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 26, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Apr 26, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018
This bill revises statements of U.S. policy toward Zimbabwe, in particular by:
- stating support for Zimbabweans' efforts to reconstruct and rebuild the nation and come to terms with the past through a process of genuine reconciliation that acknowledges past human rights abuses and orders inquiries into disappearances, including those of human rights activists;
- stating conditions for a strengthened U.S.-Zimbabwe relationship;
- supporting inclusion of Australia, the United Kingdom, the African Union, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in consultations on ways to sanction individuals responsible for deliberate breakdown of the rule of law, politically motivated violence, and intimidation; and
- urging enforcement of the SADC tribunal rulings issued between 2007 and 2010, including disputes involving employment, commercial, and human rights cases surrounding dispossessed Zimbabwean commercial farmers and agricultural companies.
Regarding multilateral debt relief and assistance, the bill:
- urges the Department of the Treasury to direct each U.S. executive director of a multilateral development bank to support efforts to reevaluate plans to restructure, rebuild, reschedule, or eliminate Zimbabwe's sovereign debt held by that bank and provide an analysis based on reasonable financial options to achieve those goals;
- removes as a condition of presidential certification that conditions are met for providing multilateral assistance that the government is making a good faith effort to fulfill the terms of the agreement on ending the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and
- removes a requirement of consistency of the land reform program with agreements reached at the International Donors' Conference on Land Reform and Resettlement in Zimbabwe in September 1998.
The bill revises the purposes of U.S. assistance supporting land reform mechanisms to remove authority for the payment of acquisition and resettlement costs consistent with the International Donors' Conference. It adds authority for assistance to identify and recover stolen public assets.
What's happening now
Became Public Law No: 115-231.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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