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Authorizes expanded U.S. support for Belarusian democracy, civil society, independent media, and victims of repression; tightens and clarifies sanctions against Belarusian and linked actors; requires new intelligence and Treasury reporting on Belarus’s role in Russia’s war in Ukraine (including deportations of Ukrainian children); and updates definitions to reflect Belarus’s close ties with Russia. It also sets programmatic priorities and minimum funding guidance for democracy and human-rights assistance for fiscal years 2026–2027.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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.
Introduced May 7, 2025 by Christopher Henry Smith · Last progress May 7, 2025
