Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act

Sponsor: Bill Huizenga (Republican-MI)

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Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

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.

US would sanction Pakistani officials for human rights abuses and undermining democracy.

This bill would require the President to identify Pakistani government, military, and security officials, and entities they control, who are responsible for serious human rights violations or undermining democracy. Once identified, the President could impose sanctions on these individuals and entities, such as visa bans or freezing assets. This aims to support democracy and human rights for the people of Pakistan.

What Would Change

Today, the President is not required by this specific framework to identify or sanction individuals in Pakistan for undermining democracy or gross human rights violations. If this bill becomes law, the President would be required to identify such individuals and entities within 180 days and would then have the power to impose targeted sanctions on them.

Key Provisions

Requires the President to identify senior Pakistani officials and entities linked to serious human rights abuses or undermining democracy.
Lets the President impose sanctions, like visa bans and asset freezes, on those identified Pakistani officials and entities.
Protects humanitarian aid, food, and medicine from being affected by these sanctions.
Ends the bill's authority on September 30, 2030.

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Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act

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