Sec. 6. Authorization of imposition of sanctions
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The President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection
(b)with respect to any foreign person the President determines, based on credible evidence— is responsible for the jailing, killing, or torture of journalists or media personnel or significant efforts to harass or restrict the activities, terminate the visas, or threaten the safety of journalists or media personnel, including United States journalists or media personnel; acted as an agent, or on behalf, of a foreign person in a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph (1); or is a government official, or a senior associate of such an official, that is responsible for or complicit in, ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing an activity described in paragraph (1). The sanctions to be imposed with respect to a foreign person under subsection
(a)are the following: The foreign person is— inadmissible to the United States; ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). The foreign person is subject to the following: Revocation of any visa or other entry documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is or was issued. A revocation under subparagraph
(A)shall— take effect immediately; and automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the foreign person’s possession. Sanctions under subsection
(b)shall not apply to a foreign person if admitting or paroling the person into the United States— is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or any other applicable international obligation of the United States; or is necessary to carry out or assist law enforcement activity in the United States. The President may waive the application of sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign person under subsection
(b)if the President— determines that such a waiver is in the national interest of the United States; and not later than the date on which such waiver will take effect, submits a notice of and justification for such waiver to the appropriate congressional committees. The President may terminate the application of sanctions under subsection
(b)with respect to a foreign person if the President makes a determination that— credible information exists that the person did not engage in the activity for which visa ineligibility was imposed; the person has been prosecuted appropriately for the activity for which visa ineligibility was imposed; the person has— credibly demonstrated a significant change in behavior; been subject to an appropriate consequence for the activity for which visa ineligibility was imposed; and credibly committed to not engage in an activity described in that subsection in the future; or the termination of the application of sanctions is in the national security interests of the United States. Not later than 15 days before the date on which the application of sanctions is terminated under paragraph
(1)with respect to a foreign person, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that— describes the evidence and justification for the necessity of the termination; and explains how the termination of the application of sanctions is in the national security interests of the United States. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the President shall submit to the congressional committees specified in subsection (e)(2) a report that identifies the exact number of foreign persons with respect to which sanctions have been imposed under subsection
(b)during the preceding year and the exact number of foreign persons with respect to which sanctions that have been terminated under subsection
(c)during the preceding year, including their country of origin and the dates on which such sanctions were imposed or terminated, as the case may be. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The President may not include any personally identifiable information of any United States citizen in any of the reports submitted under paragraph (1). Any information obtained by the President to complete the report required under paragraph
(1)shall be subject to section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Privacy Act ).
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