Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5271
Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act
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Introduced 2025-09-10Topic: civil rights · elections democracy · governance ethicsSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would require the President, within 180 days, to send Congress a report naming current or former senior officials of Pakistan's government, military, or security forces found responsible for gross violations of human rights, including those tied to undermining democracy, along with entities they own or control. The report may be classified. The President could then impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act on those named. Sanctions would not apply to humanitarian aid, sales of food or medicine, certain U.N.-related admissions, or authorized U.S. intelligence, law enforcement, and national security activities. The law would end on September 30, 2030.
Sponsors
- Bill Huizenga Republican sponsor
- 111 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-10 | House | 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. | refer |
| 2025-09-10 | House | 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. | refer |
| 2025-09-10 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-09-10 | Introduced in House | introduce |