A bill to prohibit Amnesty International and its employees from receiving financial assistance from the United States Government.

Bill: 117-s-3999
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-04-05
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill makes Amnesty International and its employees ineligible to receive financial assistance from the U.S. government.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3999 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 5, 2022 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Braun ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To prohibit Amnesty International and its employees from receiving financial assistance from the United States Government.

1. Ineligibility of Amnesty International and its employees for Federal assistance (a) Amnesty International Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Amnesty International is ineligible to receive any money or assets from the United States Government. (b) Employees of Amnesty International Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee of Amnesty International is ineligible to receive any direct financial benefit from the United States Government.