RENACER Act

Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act of 2021

Other short titles	RENACER Act
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	the 117th United States Congress
Effective	November 10, 2021
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 117–54 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	135 Stat. 413
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1064 by Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on March 25, 2021 Committee consideration by Senate Foreign Relations Passed the Senate on November 1, 2021 (Unanimous Consent) Passed the House on November 3, 2021 (387-35) Signed into law by President Joe Biden on November 10, 2021

Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act of 2021, known as the RENACER Act for short, is a bill that extended United States sanctions against Nicaragua and that granted the President several measures to address acts of corruption and human rights violations by the Daniel Ortega administration, including the power to exclude Nicaragua from the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and to obstruct multilateral loans to the country. The bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden in November 2021.^[1]

• NICA Act

• S.1064 - RENACER Act - Congress.gov