Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, announced Sept. 15 that he has introduced a bill to authorize the president to sanction current and former Pakistani officials under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act for allegedly violating human rights and undermining democracy.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., urged Congress Sept. 15 to pass two pending Russia sanctions bills to pressure Moscow to end its war against Ukraine.
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced Sept. 14 that he won’t run for reelection to his House seat next year but will serve out the rest of his current term.
Three Republican senators urged the Treasury Department Sept. 11 to place Chinese lidar company Hesai Technology on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List (NS-CMIC List), which would restrict the firm’s access to U.S. public investment, including stocks.
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., asked the Treasury Department Sept. 15 whether it analyzed the national security consequences of its decision to narrow the scope of a rule implementing the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).
The Trump administration is looking to reduce barriers to U.S. exports of agricultural and energy products as part of its ongoing trade negotiations with India (see 2509100062), said Sergio Gor, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to India.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced a bill Sept. 9 to impose property-blocking sanctions on Nigerian officials who permit or promote the persecution of Christians and other religious minorities.
The four lawmakers who lead the U.S. Helsinki Commission, also known as the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, urged the Trump administration last week to sanction additional Russian officials and private citizens involved in corruption or human rights abuses.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Sept. 10 that he’s working to increase support for his bill to require the executive branch to designate the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee unveiled legislation Sept. 10 that would consolidate the State Department’s sanctions activities into a new Sanctions Policy Bureau.