Urging the Government of Brazil to ensure that the October 2022 elections are conducted in a free, fair, credible, transparent, and peaceful manner that enables all citizens of Brazil to exercise the right to vote.

Bill: 117-hres-1335
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2022-09-09
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution urges the Brazilian government to ensure that the October 2022 elections are conducted in a free, fair, credible, transparent, and peaceful manner that enables all citizens of Brazil to exercise the right to vote. </p> <p>The resolution call for the U.S. government to immediately recognize the outcome of the election in Brazil, if that election is determined by international observers and organizations to have been free and fair. </p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1335 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2022 Ms. Jacobs of California (for herself, Ms. Wild , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Grijalva , and Mr. Johnson of Georgia ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Urging the Government of Brazil to ensure that the October 2022 elections are conducted in a free, fair, credible, transparent, and peaceful manner that enables all citizens of Brazil to exercise the right to vote.

Whereas, in 1822, the United States was the first country to recognize Brazil as an independent country; Whereas Brazil, as the fifth-largest country in the world, has the fourth-largest democracy and the seventh-largest economy; Whereas the protection of the Brazilian Amazon is of importance to Brazil, the United States, and like-minded nations around the world; Whereas actions or comments that seek to question or undermine Brazil’s democratic and electoral institutions must be resolutely rejected by the United States and Brazil; Whereas the United States and Brazil are 2 of the largest democracies and economies in the Western Hemisphere; and Whereas the United States and Brazil have a partnership that is rooted in a shared commitment to democracy and prosperity and the promotion of international peace, security, and respect for human rights: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) urges the Government of Brazil to ensure that the October 2022 elections are conducted in a free, fair, credible, transparent, and peaceful manner that enables all citizens of Brazil to exercise the right to vote; and (2) calls for the United States Government— (A) to continue to speak out against efforts to undermine the electoral process in Brazil and to hold the Government of Brazil accountable for respecting the rights of the citizens of Brazil in accordance with international obligations and the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil; and (B) to immediately recognize the outcome of the election in Brazil, if such election is determined by international observers and organizations to have been free and fair, and to clarify that the United States— (i) will review and reconsider its relationship with any government that comes to power in Brazil through undemocratic means, including a military coup; and (ii) will ensure United States security assistance and other forms of bilateral United States assistance to Brazil remains compliant with relevant United States statutes related to the peaceful and democratic transition of power, including longstanding restrictions on the provision of security assistance in the event of a military coup, and that United States assistance further remains consistent with the Brazilian Government’s and peoples’ historic commitment to prioritizing principles of democracy and human rights.