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Bill Huizenga (R-MI)

BRAVE Burma Act

H.R. 3190 · House bill International Affairs

A Republican bill with 11 Democratic cosponsors · See all 17 cosponsors

Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

In the other chamber's committee

Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.

The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House voice vote
  3. In Senate committee

The House by voice vote (members called out yes or no together): no member's position on it was recorded.

What this bill would do

This Act, known as the "BRAVE Burma Act," seeks to amend the Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2022. It requires the President to determine if certain entities meet criteria for sanctions. These entities include specific state-owned enterprises, Myanma Economic Bank, and foreign persons involved in the jet fuel sector. The President must make these determinations within 180 days of enactment and annually for seven years. Additionally, the bill directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to limit increases to Burma's shareholding if controlled by the State Administration Council.