US Congress House Bill 4223 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-02 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

BURMA Act of 2017 Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2017 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the government of Burma (Myanmar) should ensure the safe and voluntary return of displaced people and fully implement the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State. The U.S. Executive Director of each international financial institution shall use U.S. influence to support only projects in Burma that do not partner or contract with or otherwise benefit any enterprise owned or controlled by the Burmese military. The United States may not supply security assistance or engage in military programs with the Burmese armed forces or security forces until the Department of Defense certifies that such armed forces have demonstrated significant progress in abiding by international human rights standards and are undertaking significant security sector reform. U.S. import restrictions on Burmese jadeite and rubies shall remain in effect until the President certifies that Burma has taken substantial measures to reform its gemstone industry. The President shall: (1) submit a list of each senior Burmese military or security official who has played a substantial role in the commission of human rights abuses or who has failed to investigate human rights abuses, and (2) exclude any such individual from U.S. entry. The President shall 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 Department of State, Treasury, and the U.S. Agency for International Development shall jointly submit to Congress an assistance strategy to promote broad-based economic development in Burma.

BURMA Act of 2017 Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2017

Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Steve Russell [R-OK]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Thomas Garrett [R-VA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-11-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-11-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-11-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-11-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-11-02	House	Introduced in House

SB2060 (Related) 2018-02-12 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 307.
SB3696 (Related) 2018-11-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4223/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4223/BILLS-115hr4223ih.pdf