A resolution congratulating the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team for winning the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association College Football Playoff National Championship.
- Last Action
- 3/3/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-24Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 89.
- 2021-06-24Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2021-06-24Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2021-06-22Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2021-01-28Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 2021-01-28Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-24 (25)
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act
This bill permanently authorizes the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions based on violations of human rights, and it revises the President's authority to impose these sanctions.
The bill expands the actors and abuses currently eligible for these sanctions by implementing the standard of serious human rights abuse for the imposition of sanctions.
The bill authorizes the President to impose sanctions on any foreign person (or any immediate family member of a person) who (1) is responsible for serious human rights abuse, (2) is a current or former government official who is responsible for or complicit in corruption, (3) is or has been a leader or official of an entity that has engaged in any of these activities, (4) has provided support for any of these activities, or (5) is owned or controlled by a person subject to these sanctions.
The President must report on additional steps taken through diplomacy, international engagement, and assistance to foreign or security sectors to address causes of serious human rights abuse and corruption.
Cosponsors (3)
- Roger Wicker (R-MS)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Family relationships
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign property
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Human rights
- International organizations and cooperation
- Sanctions
- Trade restrictions
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