Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2018
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Nov 2, 2017)
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 just happenedFeb 12, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 307.
Who’s behind it
- Reported to SenateFeb 12, 2018
- Introduced in SenateNov 2, 2017
- Feb 12, 2018Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 307.
- Feb 12, 2018Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Foreign Relations Committee - Feb 12, 2018Committee14000
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Foreign Relations Committee - Feb 7, 2018Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Foreign Relations Committee - Nov 2, 2017IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Introduced in Senate