108th Congress / Bills / S 1215

Title

A bill to sanction the ruling Burmese military junta, to strengthen Burma's democratic forces and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as the legitimate representative of the Burmese people, and for other purposes.

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Categories (What are categories?)

Access to health care | Administrative procedure | Alien property | Armed forces | Arrest | Bank deposits | Bank records | Banks and banking | Burma | Child labor | Children | Children's rights | Civil liberties | Civil rights | Civil-military relations | Communications | Compulsory military service | Congress | Congress and foreign policy | Congressional oversight | Congressional reporting requirements | Criminal justice | Defense policy | Democracy | Department of the Treasury | Development credit institutions | Diplomacy | Dispute settlement | Dissenters | Drug abuse | Drug law enforcement | Drug traffic | East Asia | Economic assistance | Economic development | Economic policy | Education | Elections | Electronic government information | Elementary and secondary education | Embassies | Employee rights | Ethnic relations | Europe | European Union | Expedited congressional procedure | Extradition | Finance | Forced labor | Foreign aid | Foreign banks and banking | Foreign corporations | Foreign leaders | Foreign loans | Foreign policy | Free trade | Freedom of association | Freedom of speech | Freedom of the press | Government information | Government ownership | Government paperwork | Government publicity | Health policy | Higher education | Human rights | Immigration | Import restrictions | International affairs | International cooperation | International finance | Internet | Labor | Law | Legislative resolutions | Medical care | Methamphetamine | Military personnel | Military regimes | Minorities | Money laundering | Myanmar | Officer personnel | Opposition (Political science) | Political parties | Political prisoners | Politics and government | President and foreign policy | Presidents | Public health | Rape | Regionalism (International organization) | Religion | Religious liberty | Rule of law | Sanctions (International law) | Searches and seizures | Technical assistance | Technology | Telecommunication | Trade | Visas | Web sites | Women

Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
6/11/03	Senate	Passed	Session 1, roll call 220: On Passage of the Bill S. 1215 As Amended; Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003