Sec. 5. Sanctions on individuals responsible for violations of human rights against LGBTQI people
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In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate ; the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate ; the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate ; the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives ; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives .
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). The term immediate family member has the meaning given such term for purposes of section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117–328 ). The term person has the meaning given such term in section 591.308 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act).
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and biannually thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of each foreign person the President determines, based on credible information, including information obtained by other countries or by nongovernmental organizations that monitor violations of human rights— is responsible for or complicit in, with respect to persons based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics— torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; prolonged detention without charges and trial; causing the disappearance of such persons by the abduction and clandestine detention of such persons; or other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of such persons; and acted as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person in a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph (1).
The list required under subsection
(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form and published in the Federal Register without regard to the requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1202(f) ) with respect to confidentiality of records pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States, except that the President may include a foreign person in a classified, unpublished annex to such list if the President— determines that— such annex is vital for the national security interests of the United States; and the use of such annex, and the inclusion of such person in such annex, would not undermine the overall purpose of this section to publicly identify foreign persons engaging in the conduct described in subsection
(b)in order to increase accountability for such conduct; and not later than 15 days before including such person in a classified annex, provides to the appropriate congressional committees notice of, and a justification for, including or continuing to include each foreign person in such annex despite the existence of any publicly available credible information indicating that each such foreign person engaged in an activity described in subsection (b). The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an update of the list required under subsection
(b)as new information becomes available. A foreign person may be removed from the list required under subsection
(b)if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days before the removal of such person from such list that— credible information exists that such person did not engage in the activity for which the person was included in such list; such person has been prosecuted appropriately for the activity in which such person engaged; such person has credibly demonstrated a significant change in behavior, has paid an appropriate consequence for the activities in which such person engaged, and has credibly committed to not engage in an activity described in subsection (b); or removal from such list is in the vital national security interests of the United States. The President shall issue public guidance, including through United States diplomatic and consular posts, setting forth the manner by which the names of foreign persons that may meet the criteria to be included on the list required under subsection
(b)may be submitted to the Department of State for evaluation. In addition to the guidance issued pursuant to subsection (d), the President shall also consider information provided by the Chair or Ranking Member of each of the appropriate congressional committees in determining whether to include a foreign person in the list required under subsection (b). Not later than 120 days after receiving a written request from the Chair or Ranking Member of one of the appropriate congressional committees with respect to whether a foreign person meets the criteria for being included in the list required under subsection (b), the President shall respond to such Chair or Ranking Member, as the case may be, with respect to the President’s determination relating to such foreign person. If the President removes a foreign person from the list required under subsection
(b)that had been included in such list pursuant to a request under paragraph (2), the President shall provide to the relevant Chair or Ranking Member of one of the appropriate congressional committees any information that contributed to such decision. The President may submit the response required under paragraph
(2)or paragraph
(3)in classified form if the President determines that such form is necessary for the national security interests of the United States. A foreign person on the list required under subsection (b), and each immediate family member of such 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 issuing consular officer or the Secretary of State, (or a designee of the Secretary of State), in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1201(i) ), shall revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to a foreign person on the list required under subsection (b), and any visa or other entry documentation issued to any immediate family member of such person, regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is 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. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. This section shall not apply with respect to— activities subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq. ); or any authorized intelligence or law enforcement activities of the United States. Restrictions under this subsection shall not apply with respect to a foreign person if admitting or paroling such 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, 194.7, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations. A covered individual shall not be subject to sanctions under this section if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, in accordance with clause (ii), that such individual has a reasonable fear of persecution based on— actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics; race, religion, or nationality; or political opinion or membership in a particular social group. A certification under clause
(i)shall be made not later than 30 days after the date of the determination required by such clause. Any proceedings relating to such determination shall not be publicly available. In this subparagraph, the term covered individual means an individual who is an immediate family member of a foreign person on the list required under subsection (b). It is the sense of Congress that the President should impose additional targeted sanctions with respect to foreign persons on the list required under subsection
(b)to push for accountability for flagrant denials of the right to life, liberty, or the security of the person, through the use of designations and targeted sanctions provided for such conduct under other existing authorities. The President may waive the application of paragraph
(1)or
(2)with respect to a foreign person included in the list required under subsection
(b)if the President determines, and submits to the appropriate congressional committees notice of, and justification for, such determination, that such a waiver— is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, or other applicable international obligations of the United States; or is in the national security interests of the United States. A waiver pursuant to a determination under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be submitted not later than 15 days before the granting of such waiver. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President, acting through the Secretary of State, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes— the actions taken to carry out this section, including— the number of foreign persons added to or removed from the list required under subsection
(b)during the year immediately preceding each such report; the dates on which such persons were added or removed; the reasons for adding or removing such persons; and an analysis that compares increases or decreases in the number of such persons added or removed year-over-year and the reasons for such increases or decreases; any efforts by the President to coordinate with the governments of other countries, as appropriate, to impose restrictions that are similar to the restrictions imposed pursuant to this section; the impact of restrictions imposed pursuant to this section with respect to altering the behavior of each of the foreign persons included, as of the date of submission of the report, in the list required under subsection (b); and steps the Department could take to improve coordination with foreign governments, civil society groups, and the private sector, to prevent the commission of the human rights violations described in subsection (b)(1) against persons based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.
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