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To provide certain legal relief from politically motivated charges by the Government of Egypt.

S. 2649 · 113th Congress · Jul 23, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Relief from politically motivated charges by Government of Egypt

(a)
Treatment of charges under United States law— For purposes of United States law, and for activities undertaken within the jurisdiction of the United States, no verdict, order, warrant, or writ issued by the Government of Egypt or any court, administrative tribunal, or other authority of the Government of Egypt in any instance relating to the legal charges, trial proceedings, and convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in “Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012” against 43 staff of five international nongovernmental organizations shall be considered a conviction and no person named in such verdict, order, warrant, or writ shall be considered to have been charged, accused, found guilty, or convicted.
(b)
Recognition of charges as politically motivated— It is the policy of the United States to recognize any legal charges, trial proceedings, and convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in “Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012” as being politically motivated in origin and invalid.