Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6683
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2018-08-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Firearms and explosives
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Human rights
Latin America
News media and reporting
Nicaragua
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions
Venezuela
Violent crime
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-28
text: 

Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the President to impose sanctions against persons responsible for violence and human rights abuses in Nicaragua.
 
The President shall transmit to Congress a list of persons who: 
 
 
transfer goods or technologies that are likely to be used to commit serious rights abuses in Nicaragua to the government of Nicaragua or to any Nicaraguan entity or national, or 
 
provide services with respect to such goods or technologies after their transfer to Nicaragua. 
 
 
The President shall impose asset-blocking and U.S. exclusion sanctions against any person, including a current or former official of the government of Nicaragua or a person acting on behalf of such government, who: 
 
 
perpetrated or is responsible for acts of violence or human rights abuses against individuals participating in protests in Nicaragua that began on April 18, 2018; 
 
ordered the arrest or prosecution of a person primarily because of the person's exercise of freedom of expression or assembly in relation to such protests; 
 
knowingly assisted or provided significant financial, material, or technological support for such acts; 
 
engaged in censorship against individuals or media outlets disseminating information related to such protests; 
 
is responsible for acts of significant corruption; or 
 
is associated with conducting business with Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. or its subsidiary in Nicaragua, Alba de Nicaragua S.A.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-08-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2018-08-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2018-08-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-08-28
text: Introduced in House