US Congress Senate Bill 1369 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on May 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the President to (1) impose financial sanctions on, and prohibit U.S. entry by, 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. The President may waive sanctions to comply with international agreements or if in the U.S. national interest. Sanctions shall be terminated if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased using violence, detention, and abuse against Vietnamese nationals 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 of 2019

Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]

Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]

Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1369/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1369/BILLS-116s1369is.pdf