US Congress Senate Bill 1075 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any senior government official of Turkey who the President determines is responsible for the wrongful and prolonged detention of any U.S. citizens in Turkey or locally employed staff of U.S. diplomatic missions. The President may waive the application of sanctions for national security purposes. The President shall periodically report to Congress on the status of any such wrongfully detained persons and on the persons sanctioned under this bill.

Defending United States Citizens and Diplomatic Staff from Political Prosecutions Act of 2019

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1075/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1075/BILLS-116s1075is.pdf