A bill to reassess the United States-Tanzania bilateral relationship, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4577 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4577 To reassess the United States-Tanzania bilateral relationship, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 19, 2026 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reassess the United States-Tanzania bilateral relationship, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Reassessing the United States- Tanzania Bilateral Relationship Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Tanzania is one of Africa's fastest growing economies with strong economic growth over the past decade due to the expansion of key sectors, including agriculture, mining, and tourism. (2) Tanzania's reliability as a partner to the United States is increasingly in question due to ongoing political repression, violations of religious freedom and freedom of expression, and persistent barriers to United States investment. (3) The October 29, 2025, general elections were marked by significant political interference, including ballot manipulation and vote tabulation irregularities, which favored incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan and other candidates of Tanzania's parliamentary majority party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). (4) Leading up to the general elections in Tanzania's October 29, 2025, election, multiple incidents of political abductions and disappearances occurred in Tanzania, most recently the abduction and subsequent disappearance of Tanzanian Ambassador Humphrey Polepole on October 6, 2025. (5) A range of