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| Other short titles | RENACER Act |
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| Long title | To advance the strategic alignment of United States diplomatic tools toward the realization of free, fair, and transparent elections in Nicaragua and to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to protect the fundamental freedoms and human rights of the people of Nicaragua, and for other purposes. |
| Acronyms(colloquial) | RENACER |
| Enacted by | the117th United States Congress |
| Effective | November 10, 2021 |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 117–54 (text)(PDF) |
| Statutes at Large | 135 Stat. 413 |
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Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act of 2021, known as theRENACER Act for short, is a bill that extended United States sanctions againstNicaragua and that granted the President several measures to address acts of corruption and human rights violations by theDaniel Ortega administration, including the power to exclude Nicaragua from theDominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and to obstruct multilateral loans to the country. The bill was signed into law by PresidentJoe Biden in November 2021.[1]
