A bill to provide certain legal relief from politically motivated charges by the Government of Egypt.

Bill: 113-s-2649
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2014-07-23
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Egypt

Human rights

International organizations and cooperation

Middle East
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> Declares that, for purposes of U.S. law and for activities undertaken within the jurisdiction of the United States, no verdict, order, warrant, or writ issued by the government of Egypt or any court, administrative tribunal, or other Egyptian authority relating to the legal charges, trial proceedings, and convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012 against 43 staff of five international nongovernmental organizations shall be considered a conviction, and no person named in such verdict, order, warrant, or writ shall be considered to have been charged, accused, found guilty, or convicted. </p> <p>States that it is U.S. policy to recognize any related legal charges, trial proceedings, and convictions as being politically motivated and invalid.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2649 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 23, 2014 Mr. Graham (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Kirk , Mr. Kaine , and Mr. McCain ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To provide certain legal relief from politically motivated charges by the Government of Egypt.

1. Relief from politically motivated charges by Government of Egypt (a) Treatment of charges under United States law For purposes of United States law, and for activities undertaken within the jurisdiction of the United States, no verdict, order, warrant, or writ issued by the Government of Egypt or any court, administrative tribunal, or other authority of the Government of Egypt in any instance relating to the legal charges, trial proceedings, and convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012 against 43 staff of five international nongovernmental organizations shall be considered a conviction and no person named in such verdict, order, warrant, or writ shall be considered to have been charged, accused, found guilty, or convicted. (b) Recognition of charges as politically motivated It is the policy of the United States to recognize any legal charges, trial proceedings, and convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012 as being politically motivated in origin and invalid.