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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 332
5	5	To require the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Global Magnitsky
6	6	Human Rights Accountability Act to combat corruption and human
7	7	rights violations perpetrated by officials in the Mexican Government,
8	8	and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	JANUARY12, 2023
11	11	Mr. G
12	12	ALLAGHERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
13	13	mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judi-
14	14	ciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
15	15	case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
16	16	the committee concerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To require the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Global
19	19	Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to combat
20	20	corruption and human rights violations perpetrated by
21	21	officials in the Mexican Government, and for other pur-
22	22	poses.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
26	26	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Mexico 4
27	27	Against Corruption Act’’. 5
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31	31	SEC. 2. GLOBAL MAGNITSKY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 1
32	32	CERTAIN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAT EN-2
33	33	GAGE IN CORRUPTION OR HUMAN RIGHTS 3
34	34	ABUSES IN MEXICO. 4
35	35	(a) I
36	36	NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 5
37	37	date of the enactment of this Act, and as appropriate 6
38	38	thereafter, the President shall impose the sanctions de-7
39	39	scribed in subsection (c) with respect to each foreign per-8
40	40	son described in subsection (b) if the President has cred-9
41	41	ible evidence that the foreign person has knowingly en-10
42	42	gaged in any of the activities described in section 11
43	43	1263(a)(3) of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac-12
44	44	countability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 13
45	45	114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 14
46	46	(b) F
47	47	OREIGNPERSONSDESCRIBED.—A foreign per-15
48	48	son described in this subsection is a foreign person who 16
49	49	is— 17
50	50	(1) a current or former official of the Govern-18
51	51	ment of Mexico; or 19
52	52	(2) acting on behalf of, or in cooperation with, 20
53	53	an official of such Government. 21
54	54	(c) S
55	55	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.— 22
56	56	(1) I
57	57	N GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 23
58	58	this subsection are the sanctions described in section 24
59	59	1263(b) of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac-25
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63	63	countability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public 1
64	64	Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 2
65	65	(2) E
66	66	XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI -3
67	67	TIES.—The requirement to impose sanctions under 4
68	68	this section shall not apply with respect to activities 5
69	69	subject to the reporting requirements under title V 6
70	70	of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 7
71	71	3091 et seq.), or any authorized intelligence activi-8
72	72	ties of the United States. 9
73	73	(d) W
74	74	AIVER.—The President may waive the imposi-10
75	75	tion of the sanctions under this section with respect to 11
76	76	a foreign person if the President determines and reports 12
77	77	to the appropriate congressional committees that such 13
78	78	waiver is— 14
79	79	(1) in the national security interests of the 15
80	80	United States; or 16
81	81	(2) necessary to prevent undue economic harm 17
82	82	to the people of Mexico. 18
83	83	(e) I
84	84	MPLEMENTATION.— 19
85	85	(1) I
86	86	N GENERAL.—The President may exercise 20
87	87	all authorities provided to the President under sec-21
88	88	tions 203 and 205 of the International Emergency 22
89	89	Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to 23
90	90	carry out this section. 24
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94	94	(2) EXCEPTION RELATING TO THE IMPORTA -1
95	95	TION OF GOODS.—The authorities and requirements 2
96	96	to impose sanctions authorized under this Act shall 3
97	97	not include the authority or requirement to impose 4
98	98	sanctions on the importation of goods. 5
99	99	(3) G
100	100	OOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 6
101	101	term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade 7
102	102	substance, material, supply or manufactured prod-8
103	103	uct, including inspection and test equipment and ex-9
104	104	cluding technical data. 10
105	105	(f) P
106	106	ENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 11
107	107	violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 12
108	108	section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 13
109	109	out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth 14
110	110	in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-15
111	111	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 16
112	112	1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an 17
113	113	unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 18
114	114	(g) R
115	115	EPORT ONIMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 19
116	116	15 days after imposing sanctions under subsection (a), the 20
117	117	President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 21
118	118	committees a report regarding measures taken to imple-22
119	119	ment this section. 23
120	120	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 24
121	121	In this Act: 25
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125	125	(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1
126	126	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2
127	127	mittees’’ means— 3
128	128	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 4
129	129	Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent 5
130	130	Select Committee on Intelligence, the Com-6
131	131	mittee on Financial Services, the Committee on 7
132	132	the Judiciary, and the Committee on Appro-8
133	133	priations of the House of Representatives; and 9
134	134	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 10
135	135	the Committee on Armed Services, the Select 11
136	136	Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on 12
137	137	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the 13
138	138	Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-14
139	139	mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 15
140	140	(2) F
141	141	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-16
142	142	son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 17
143	143	United States person. 18
144	144	(3) U
145	145	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 19
146	146	‘‘United States person’’ means— 20
147	147	(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-21
148	148	fully admitted for permanent residence to the 22
149	149	United States; or 23
150	150	(B) an entity organized under the laws of 24
151	151	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 25
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155	155	the United States, including a foreign branch of 1
156	156	such an entity. 2
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