Vietnam Human Rights Act

3172

118th Congress

In Committee

Summary

Vietnam Human Rights Act This bill requires actions related to human rights in Vietnam and addresses related issues. The Department of State must assist eligible individuals and entities working to secure the release of political and religious prisoners in Vietnam. The Office of Internet Freedom within the U.S. Agency for Global Media and the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor within the State Department shall prioritize (1) the immediate distribution of censorship circumvention tools for computers and smartphones in Vietnam; and (2) projects to ensure the safety and privacy of bloggers, journalists, and human rights defenders in Vietnam. Foreign assistance may not be used to assist any unit of the Vietnamese government engaged in cyberespionage activities. The State Department may establish programs to (1) monitor and halt sex trafficking of women from Vietnam and other Asian countries, and (2) address Vietnam's growing sex-ratio disparity. The bill also requires various reports to Congress, including reports on (1) persons subject to U.S. sanctions for human rights violations in Vietnam, (2) a strategy to promote internet freedom in Vietnam, and (3) cyberespionage activities sanctioned by the Vietnamese government targeting Vietnamese dissidents and human rights advocates living outside of Vietnam.

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BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP (2)PEN AMERICA (4)

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2024 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Human Rights Defenders Protection Act - (S.3705/H.R.7175): support a visa category for human rights defenders and broad protections for human rights defenders Vietnam Human Rights Act - (H.R.3172): support for free expression and human rights in Vietnam and accountability for violators of human rights Transnational Repression Policy Act - (H.R.3654/S.831): inclusion of broad definition of individuals impacted by transnational repression, specifically focused on writers/artists Stop Transnational Repression Act - (H.R.5907): inclusion of broad definition of individuals impacted by transnational repression, specifically focused on writers/artists

Actions (2)

May 10, 2023

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.

May 10, 2023

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H