US Congress House Bill 4254 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: Introduced on March 14 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-04-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to: (1) impose financial and immigration/entry sanctions on listed nationals of Vietnam who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Vietnam; and (2) submit to Congress a publicly available list of individuals determined to be complicit in such human rights abuses. Authorizes the President to waive sanctions to comply with international agreements. Terminates sanctions if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has: (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased its practices of violence, detention, and abuse of citizens of Vietnam engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings, arrest, and abuse of such political activists and prosecuted those responsible.

Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act

Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2014-03-14	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2014-03-14	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2014-03-14	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2014-03-14	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2014-03-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4254/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4254/BILLS-113hr4254ih.pdf