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S 4577 Advanced toward a vote

Requires a State Department reassessment of U.S. relations with Tanzania, names Tanzanian officials to be listed for rights abuses, and restricts certain U.S. financing and development funds for Tanzania until the government meets specified conditions.

Official title: Reassessing the United States-Tanzania Bilateral Relationship Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote
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Senate
Introduced 19-MAY-2026
Referred 19-MAY-2026
Approved by committee 17-JUN-2026
Reported 27-JUL-2026
On the calendar 27-JUL-2026
Key points
  • Directs the Secretary of State, with the Defense Secretary and U.S. Trade Representative, to reassess the U.S.-Tanzania relationship and report to Congress within 90 days.
  • Requires a report within 180 days listing senior Tanzanian officials responsible for abductions, censorship, religious persecution, or other human rights abuses.
  • Allows the President to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act on those listed.
  • Bars financing from the Development Finance Corporation, Export-Import Bank, and Trade and Development Agency for Tanzanian entities until the Secretary certifies election and justice reforms, with a national interest waiver; humanitarian, health, and democracy aid are exempt.
  • Bars Millennium Challenge Corporation funds for Tanzania until a certification of democratic governance, and ends after 5 years.
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International Affairs

Sponsor Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Cosponsors · 2
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2 Republicans