S. 2060: Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-02 · International Affairs · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 307.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2018

Plain summary

Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017 This bill authorizes assistance to victims of the military's ethnic cleansing campaign targeting the Rohingya people in Rakhine State, Burma (Myanmar), as well as technical assistance to investigate and prosecute crimes related to ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State. The bill imposes restrictions on international financial institution assistance, security cooperation, and trade. It calls on the President to determine whether specified individuals should be included in the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. The Departments of State and the Treasury and the U.S. Agency for International Development shall submit to Congress an assistance strategy to promote broad-based economic development in Burma.

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Official text

Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · 24 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2060, Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2018 (2018-03-07)

Cosponsors on this site

Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Todd Young (R-IN), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s2060.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s2060 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115