Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act

Summary

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: (1) to comply with international agreements; and (2) if in the U.S. national interest. 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.

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Timeline

1. 18 November 2010

   Introduced

   Referred to House Foreign Affairs

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 November 2010

   Introduced

   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.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 November 2010

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 18 November 2010

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 20 December 2010

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

   Source: Committee

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• Introduced in House · 18 November 2010 · Download file

Documents

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Sponsors

• Rep. Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46] · D · Sponsor
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