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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 231 (Introduced in Senate) — To express the sense of Congress regarding the likely involvement of the Government of Saudi Arabia in assisting no f... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Restriction on foreign government ownership of real property in the United States

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Section 205(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 4305(b) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3)as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and by moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right; by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary ; and by adding at the end the following: Real property in the United States may not be maintained by any foreign mission of a foreign country if the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Attorney General, determines that such foreign mission has aided in the removal of a citizen or national of its country from the United States with the effect of evading the prosecution of such citizen or national for 1 or more criminal offenses committed in the United States. The President may waive the application of subparagraph
(A)if, not later than 60 days after the submission of the report required under section (4)(b) of the ESCAPE of Saudi Nationals Act , the President designates each individual identified in such report as enjoying diplomatic or consular immunity who protected a party from the criminal jurisdiction of the United States as a persona non grata. .
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