Sec. 1289. Report on all comprehensive sanctions imposed on foreign governments
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and relevant nongovernmental organizations, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on all comprehensive sanctions imposed on governments of foreign countries under any provision of law. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include— an assessment of the effect of sanctions imposed on the government of each foreign country described in subsection
(a)on— the ability of civilian population of the country to access water, sanitation, and public health services; the changes to the general mortality rate, maternal mortality rate, life expectancy, and literacy; the environmental impacts experienced by the country that may be associated with the sanctions, to include fossil fuel usage; the delivery of economic aid and development projects in the country; the extent to which there is an increase in refugees or migration to or from the country or an increase in internally displaced people in the country; the economic, political, and military impacts on the country; the reactions of the country to the imposed sanctions, including policy changes and internal sentiment; the degree of international compliance and non-compliance of the country; and the licensing of transactions to allow access to essential goods and services to vulnerable populations, including women, children, elderly individuals, and individuals with disabilities; and a description of the purpose of sanctions imposed on the government of each foreign country described in subsection
(a)and the required legal or political authority, including— an assessment of United States national security; an assessment of whether the stated foreign policy goals of the sanctions are being met; the degree of international support or opposition that can be anticipated; an assessment of such sanctions on United States businesses and consumers; criteria for lifting the sanctions; and prospects for commitment to enforcing the sanctions. The President shall submit to Congress an updated report under subsection (a)— not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 10 years; and with respect to a new comprehensive sanction imposed on a government of a foreign country under any provision of law, not later than 180 days after the date on which the sanctions are imposed on the government. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. The unclassified portion of the report shall be published on a publicly-available website of the Government of the United States. Upon receipt of the report required by subsection (a), Congress shall examine the report with a focus on the humanitarian impacts of comprehensive sanctions described in the report, including with respect to human rights, medical services, food and malnutrition and access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. The term comprehensive sanctions means any prohibition on significant commercial and financial activity with a foreign government that is imposed by the United States for reasons of foreign policy or national security.