Sec. 3. Sanctions with respect to foreign persons listed in the report of the Director National Intelligence on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
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On and after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the sanctions described in subsection
(b)shall be imposed with respect to each foreign person listed in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence report titled Assessing the Saudi Government’s Role in the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi , dated February 11, 2021. The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: Inadmissibility to the United States. Ineligibility to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States. Ineligibility to otherwise be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 110 et seq.). Revocation of any visa or other entry documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is or was issued. A revocation under clause
(i)shall— take effect immediately; and automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the foreign person’s possession. Sanctions under paragraph
(1)shall not apply with respect 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 other applicable international obligations. The President may waive for an individual entry into the United States the application of this section with respect to a foreign person who is A–1 visa eligible and who is present in or seeking admission into the United States for purposes of official business if the President determines and transmits to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified written notice and justification not later than 15 days before the granting of such waiver, that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States. The President may suspend in whole or in part the imposition of sanctions otherwise required under this section if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the following criteria have been met in Saudi Arabia: The Government of Saudi Arabia is not arbitrarily detaining citizens or legal residents of the United States or any other third country for arbitrary political reasons, including criticism of Saudi government policies, peaceful advocacy of political beliefs, or the pursuit of United States citizenship. The Government of Saudi Arabia is cooperating in outstanding criminal proceedings in the United States in which a Saudi citizen or national departed from the United States while the citizen or national was awaiting trial or sentencing for a criminal offense committed in the United States. The Government of Saudi Arabia has made significant numerical reductions in individuals detained for peaceful political reasons, including activists, journalists, bloggers, lawyers, or critics. The Government of Saudi Arabia has disbanded any units of its intelligence or security apparatus dedicated to the forced repatriation of dissidents or critical voices in other countries. The Government of Saudi Arabia has made meaningful commitments to a multilateral framework on the lawful use, sale, transfer of digital surveillance items and services that can be used to abuse human rights. The Government of Saudi Arabia has instituted meaningful legal reforms to protect the rights of freedom of expression, religion, women’s rights, and due process in its judicial system. Accompanying the certification described in paragraph (1), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains a detailed description of Saudi Arabia’s adherence to the criteria described in the certification. In this section: The terms admitted and alien have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 ). The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. The term foreign person has the meaning given such term in section 595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act), except that such term does not include an entity (as such term is described in such section). The term foreign person who is A–1 visa eligible means an alien described in section 101(a)(15)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(A)(i) ). The term United States person means— a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or an entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
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Sanctions with respect to foreign persons listed in the report of the Director National Intelligence on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
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