Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB4681 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
	1	+	I
1	2		118THCONGRESS
2		-	2
3		-	DSESSION H. R. 4681
4		-	AN ACT
	3	+	1
	4	+	STSESSION H. R. 4681
	5	+	To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to illicit captagon
	6	+	trafficking.
	7	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	8	+	JULY17, 2023
	9	+	Mr. H
	10	+	ILL(for himself and Mr. MOSKOWITZ) introduced the following bill;
	11	+	which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition
	12	+	to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
	13	+	mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
	14	+	as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
	15	+	A BILL
5	16		To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to
6	17		illicit captagon trafficking.
7	18		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
8		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
9		-	•HR 4681 EH
10		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
11		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illicit Captagon Traf-2
12		-	ficking Suppression Act of 2023’’. 3
13		-	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 4
14		-	Congress finds the following: 5
15		-	(1) Industrial scale production of the amphet-6
16		-	amine-type stimulant also known as captagon, and 7
17		-	the illicit production of precursor chemicals, in terri-8
18		-	tories held by the regime of President Bashar al 9
19		-	Assad in Syria are becoming more sophisticated and 10
20		-	pose a severe challenge to regional and international 11
21		-	security. 12
22		-	(2) Elements of the Government of Syria are 13
23		-	key drivers of illicit trafficking in captagon, with 14
24		-	ministerial-level complicity in production and smug-15
25		-	gling, using other armed groups such as Hizballah 16
26		-	for technical and logistical support in captagon pro-17
27		-	duction and trafficking. 18
28		-	(3) As affiliates of the Government of Syria and 19
29		-	other actors seek to export captagon, they under-20
30		-	mine regional security by empowering a broad range 21
31		-	of criminal networks, militant groups, mafia syn-22
32		-	dicates, and autocratic governments. 23
33		-	SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 24
34		-	It is the policy of the United States to target individ-25
35		-	uals, entities, and networks associated with the Govern-26 3
36		-	•HR 4681 EH
37		-	ment of Syria to dismantle and degrade the transnational 1
38		-	criminal organizations, including narcotics trafficking net-2
39		-	works, associated with the regime of President Bashar al 3
40		-	Assad in Syria and Hizballah. 4
41		-	SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IL-5
42		-	LICIT CAPTAGON TRAFFICKING. 6
	19	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	20	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	21	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illicit Captagon Traf-4
	22	+	ficking Suppression Act of 2023’’. 5
	23	+	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
	24	+	Congress finds the following: 7
	25	+	(1) Industrial scale production of the amphet-8
	26	+	amine-type stimulant also known as captagon, and 9
	27	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	28	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2
	29	+	•HR 4681 IH
	30	+	the illicit production of precursor chemicals, in terri-1
	31	+	tories held by the regime of President Bashar al 2
	32	+	Assad in Syria are becoming more sophisticated and 3
	33	+	pose a severe challenge to regional and international 4
	34	+	security. 5
	35	+	(2) Elements of the Government of Syria are 6
	36	+	key drivers of illicit trafficking in captagon, with 7
	37	+	ministerial-level complicity in production and smug-8
	38	+	gling, using other armed groups such as Hizballah 9
	39	+	for technical and logistical support in captagon pro-10
	40	+	duction and trafficking. 11
	41	+	(3) As affiliates of the Government of Syria and 12
	42	+	other actors seek to export captagon, they under-13
	43	+	mine regional security by empowering a broad range 14
	44	+	of criminal networks, militant groups, mafia syn-15
	45	+	dicates, and autocratic governments. 16
	46	+	SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 17
	47	+	It is the policy of the United States to target individ-18
	48	+	uals, entities, and networks associated with the Govern-19
	49	+	ment of Syria to dismantle and degrade the transnational 20
	50	+	criminal organizations, including narcotics trafficking net-21
	51	+	works, associated with the regime of President Bashar al 22
	52	+	Assad in Syria and Hizballah. 23
	53	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	54	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3
	55	+	•HR 4681 IH
	56	+	SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IL-1
	57	+	LICIT CAPTAGON TRAFFICKING. 2
43	58		(a) I
44		-	NGENERAL.—The sanctions described in sub-7
45		-	section (b) shall be imposed with respect to any foreign 8
46		-	person the President determines, on or after the date of 9
47		-	enactment of this Act— 10
48		-	(1) engages in, or attempts to engage in, activi-11
49		-	ties or transactions that have materially contributed 12
50		-	to, or pose a significant risk of materially contrib-13
51		-	uting to, the illicit production and international il-14
52		-	licit proliferation of captagon; or 15
53		-	(2) knowingly receives any property or interest 16
54		-	in property that the foreign person knows— 17
55		-	(A) constitutes or is derived from proceeds 18
56		-	of activities or transactions that have materially 19
57		-	contributed to, or pose a significant risk of ma-20
58		-	terially contributing to, the illicit production 21
59		-	and international illicit proliferation of 22
60		-	captagon; or 23
61		-	(B) was used or intended to be used to 24
62		-	commit or to facilitate activities or transactions 25 4
63		-	•HR 4681 EH
64		-	that have materially contributed to, or pose a 1
65		-	significant risk of materially contributing to, 2
66		-	the illicit production and international illicit 3
67		-	proliferation of captagon. 4
68		-	(b) S
69		-	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-5
70		-	scribed in this subsection are the following: 6
	59	+	NGENERAL.—The sanctions described in sub-3
	60	+	section (b) shall be imposed with respect to any foreign 4
	61	+	person the President determines, on or after the date of 5
	62	+	enactment of this Act— 6
	63	+	(1) engages in, or attempts to engage in, activi-7
	64	+	ties or transactions that have materially contributed 8
	65	+	to, or pose a significant risk of materially contrib-9
	66	+	uting to, the illicit production and international il-10
	67	+	licit proliferation of captagon; or 11
	68	+	(2) knowingly receives any property or interest 12
	69	+	in property that the foreign person knows— 13
	70	+	(A) constitutes or is derived from proceeds 14
	71	+	of activities or transactions that have materially 15
	72	+	contributed to, or pose a significant risk of ma-16
	73	+	terially contributing to, the illicit production 17
	74	+	and international illicit proliferation of 18
	75	+	captagon; or 19
	76	+	(B) was used or intended to be used to 20
	77	+	commit or to facilitate activities or transactions 21
	78	+	that have materially contributed to, or pose a 22
	79	+	significant risk of materially contributing to, 23
	80	+	the illicit production and international illicit 24
	81	+	proliferation of captagon. 25
	82	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	83	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4
	84	+	•HR 4681 IH
	85	+	(b) SANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-1
	86	+	scribed in this subsection are the following: 2
71	87		(1) B
72		-	LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 7
73		-	shall exercise all authorities granted under the Inter-8
74		-	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 9
75		-	U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 10
76		-	and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-11
77		-	ests in property of the foreign person if such prop-12
78		-	erty and interests in property are in the United 13
79		-	States, come within the United States, or come with-14
80		-	in the possession or control of a United States per-15
81		-	son. 16
	88	+	LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 3
	89	+	shall exercise all authorities granted under the Inter-4
	90	+	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 5
	91	+	U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 6
	92	+	and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-7
	93	+	ests in property of the foreign person if such prop-8
	94	+	erty and interests in property are in the United 9
	95	+	States, come within the United States, or come with-10
	96	+	in the possession or control of a United States per-11
	97	+	son. 12
82	98		(2) I
83		-	NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 17
84		-	PAROLE.— 18
	99	+	NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 13
	100	+	PAROLE.— 14
85	101		(A) V
86		-	ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 19
87		-	alien described in subsection (a) shall be— 20
88		-	(i) inadmissible to the United States; 21
89		-	(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 22
90		-	documentation to enter the United States; 23
91		-	and 24 5
92		-	•HR 4681 EH
93		-	(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 1
94		-	or paroled into the United States or to re-2
95		-	ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-3
96		-	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 4
97		-	seq.). 5
98		-	(B) C
99		-	URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 6
	102	+	ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 15
	103	+	alien described in subsection (a) shall be— 16
	104	+	(i) inadmissible to the United States; 17
	105	+	(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 18
	106	+	documentation to enter the United States; 19
	107	+	and 20
	108	+	(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 21
	109	+	or paroled into the United States or to re-22
	110	+	ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-23
	111	+	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 24
	112	+	seq.). 25
	113	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	114	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5
	115	+	•HR 4681 IH
	116	+	(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 1
100	117		(i) I
101		-	N GENERAL.—The visa or other 7
102		-	entry documentation of any alien described 8
103		-	in subsection (a) is subject to revocation 9
104		-	regardless of the issue date of the visa or 10
105		-	other entry documentation. 11
	118	+	N GENERAL.—The visa or other 2
	119	+	entry documentation of any alien described 3
	120	+	in subsection (a) is subject to revocation 4
	121	+	regardless of the issue date of the visa or 5
	122	+	other entry documentation. 6
106	123		(ii) I
107		-	MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-12
108		-	tion under clause (i) shall, in accordance 13
109		-	with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 14
110		-	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))— 15
111		-	(I) take effect immediately; and 16
112		-	(II) cancel any other valid visa or 17
113		-	entry documentation that is in the 18
114		-	possession of the alien. 19
	124	+	MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-7
	125	+	tion under clause (i) shall, in accordance 8
	126	+	with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 9
	127	+	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))— 10
	128	+	(I) take effect immediately; and 11
	129	+	(II) cancel any other valid visa or 12
	130	+	entry documentation that is in the 13
	131	+	possession of the alien. 14
115	132		(c) P
116		-	ENALTIES.—Any person that violates, or at-20
117		-	tempts to violate, subsection (b) or any regulation, license, 21
118		-	or order issued pursuant to that subsection, shall be sub-22
119		-	ject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 23
120		-	of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic 24
121		-	Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a per-25 6
122		-	•HR 4681 EH
123		-	son that commits an unlawful act described in subsection 1
124		-	(a) of that section. 2
	133	+	ENALTIES.—Any person that violates, or at-15
	134	+	tempts to violate, subsection (b) or any regulation, license, 16
	135	+	or order issued pursuant to that subsection, shall be sub-17
	136	+	ject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 18
	137	+	of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic 19
	138	+	Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a per-20
	139	+	son that commits an unlawful act described in subsection 21
	140	+	(a) of that section. 22
125	141		(d) W
126		-	AIVER.— 3
	142	+	AIVER.— 23
127	143		(1) I
128		-	N GENERAL.—The President may waive 4
129		-	the application of sanctions under this section with 5
130		-	respect to a foreign person only if, not later than 15 6
131		-	days prior to the date on which the waiver is to take 7
132		-	effect, the President submits to the appropriate con-8
133		-	gressional committees a written determination and 9
134		-	justification that the waiver is important to the na-10
135		-	tional security interests of the United States. 11
	144	+	N GENERAL.—The President may waive 24
	145	+	the application of sanctions under this section with 25
	146	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	147	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 6
	148	+	•HR 4681 IH
	149	+	respect to a foreign person only if, not later than 15 1
	150	+	days prior to the date on which the waiver is to take 2
	151	+	effect, the President submits to the appropriate con-3
	152	+	gressional committees a written determination and 4
	153	+	justification that the waiver is in the vital national 5
	154	+	security interests of the United States. 6
136	155		(2) B
137		-	RIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after 12
138		-	the issuance of a waiver under paragraph (1), and 13
139		-	every 180 days thereafter while the waiver remains 14
140		-	in effect, the President shall brief the appropriate 15
141		-	congressional committees on the reasons for the 16
142		-	waiver. 17
143		-	(e) H
144		-	UMANITARIANWAIVER.— 18
	156	+	RIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after 7
	157	+	the issuance of a waiver under paragraph (1), and 8
	158	+	every 180 days thereafter while the waiver remains 9
	159	+	in effect, the President shall brief the appropriate 10
	160	+	congressional committees on the reasons for the 11
	161	+	waiver. 12
	162	+	(e) I
	163	+	MPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 13
	164	+	all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 14
	165	+	International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 15
	166	+	U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. 16
	167	+	(f) R
	168	+	EGULATIONS.— 17
145	169		(1) I
146		-	N GENERAL.—The President may waive, 19
147		-	for renewable periods not to exceed 2 years, the ap-20
148		-	plication of sanctions with respect to a nongovern-21
149		-	mental organization providing humanitarian assist-22
150		-	ance if the President certifies to the appropriate 23
151		-	congressional committees that such a waiver is im-24
152		-	portant to address a humanitarian need and is con-25 7
153		-	•HR 4681 EH
154		-	sistent with the national security interests of the 1
155		-	United States. 2
156		-	(2) B
157		-	RIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after 3
158		-	the issuance of a waiver under paragraph (1), and 4
159		-	every 180 days thereafter while the waiver remains 5
160		-	in effect, the President shall brief the appropriate 6
161		-	congressional committees on the reasons for the 7
162		-	waiver. 8
163		-	(f) I
164		-	MPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 9
165		-	all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 10
166		-	International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 11
167		-	U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. 12
168		-	(g) R
169		-	EGULATIONS.— 13
170		-	(1) I
171		-	N GENERAL.—The President shall, not 14
172		-	later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 15
173		-	of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for 16
174		-	the implementation of this section. 17
	170	+	N GENERAL.—The President shall, not 18
	171	+	later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 19
	172	+	of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for 20
	173	+	the implementation of this section. 21
175	174		(2) N
176		-	OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not later 18
177		-	than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 19
178		-	under this subsection, the President shall notify the 20
179		-	appropriate congressional committees of the pro-21
180		-	posed regulations and the provisions of this section 22
181		-	that the regulations are implementing. 23
182		-	(h) E
183		-	XCEPTIONS.— 24 8
184		-	•HR 4681 EH
185		-	(1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI -1
186		-	TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 2
187		-	to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 3
188		-	under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 4
189		-	(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-5
190		-	ligence activities of the United States. 6
	175	+	OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not later 22
	176	+	than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 23
	177	+	under this subsection, the President shall notify the 24
	178	+	appropriate congressional committees of the pro-25
	179	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	180	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 7
	181	+	•HR 4681 IH
	182	+	posed regulations and the provisions of this section 1
	183	+	that the regulations are implementing. 2
	184	+	(g) E
	185	+	XCEPTIONS.— 3
	186	+	(1) E
	187	+	XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI -4
	188	+	TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 5
	189	+	to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 6
	190	+	under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 7
	191	+	(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-8
	192	+	ligence activities of the United States. 9
191	193		(2) E
192		-	XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -7
193		-	NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE -8
194		-	MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this section 9
195		-	shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 10
196		-	or paroling the alien into the United States is nec-11
197		-	essary— 12
198		-	(A) to permit the United States to comply 13
199		-	with the Agreement regarding the Head-14
200		-	quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 15
201		-	Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 16
202		-	November 21, 1947, between the United Na-17
203		-	tions and the United States, or other applicable 18
204		-	international obligations; or 19
205		-	(B) to carry out or assist authorized law 20
206		-	enforcement activity in the United States. 21
207		-	(i) E
208		-	XCEPTIONRELATING TO THEIMPORTATION OF 22
209		-	G
210		-	OODS.— 23
211		-	(1) I
212		-	N GENERAL.—The authorities and require-24
213		-	ments under this section shall not include the au-25 9
214		-	•HR 4681 EH
215		-	thority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the 1
216		-	importation of goods. 2
217		-	(2) G
218		-	OOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 3
219		-	‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade sub-4
220		-	stance, material, supply, or manufactured product, 5
221		-	including inspection and test equipment, and exclud-6
222		-	ing technical data. 7
223		-	SEC. 5. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE GOVERN-8
224		-	MENT OF SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, AND NETWORKS 9
225		-	AFFILIATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF 10
226		-	SYRIA OR HIZBALLAH. 11
	194	+	XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -10
	195	+	NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE -11
	196	+	MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this section 12
	197	+	shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 13
	198	+	or paroling the alien into the United States is nec-14
	199	+	essary— 15
	200	+	(A) to permit the United States to comply 16
	201	+	with the Agreement regarding the Head-17
	202	+	quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 18
	203	+	Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 19
	204	+	November 21, 1947, between the United Na-20
	205	+	tions and the United States, or other applicable 21
	206	+	international obligations; or 22
	207	+	(B) to carry out or assist authorized law 23
	208	+	enforcement activity in the United States. 24
	209	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	210	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 8
	211	+	•HR 4681 IH
	212	+	SEC. 5. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE GOVERN-1
	213	+	MENT OF SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, AND NETWORKS 2
	214	+	AFFILIATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF 3
	215	+	SYRIA OR HIZBALLAH. 4
227	216		(a) I
228		-	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 12
229		-	date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— 13
230		-	(1) determine whether each foreign person de-14
231		-	scribed in subsection (b) meets the criteria for sanc-15
232		-	tions under this Act; and 16
233		-	(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 17
234		-	committees a report containing— 18
235		-	(A) a list of all foreign persons described 19
236		-	in subsection (b) that meet the criteria for im-20
237		-	position of sanctions under this Act; 21
238		-	(B) for each foreign person identified pur-22
239		-	suant to subparagraph (A), a statement of 23
240		-	whether sanctions have been imposed or will be 24 10
241		-	•HR 4681 EH
242		-	imposed within 30 days of the submission of the 1
243		-	report; and 2
244		-	(C) with respect to any person identified 3
245		-	pursuant to subparagraph (A) for whom sanc-4
246		-	tions have not been imposed and will not be im-5
247		-	posed within 30 days of the submission of the 6
248		-	report, the specific authority under which other-7
249		-	wise applicable sanctions are being waived, have 8
250		-	otherwise been determined not to apply, or are 9
251		-	not being imposed and a complete justification 10
252		-	of the decision to waive or otherwise not apply 11
253		-	such sanctions. 12
	217	+	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 5
	218	+	date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— 6
	219	+	(1) determine whether each foreign person de-7
	220	+	scribed in subsection (b) meets the criteria for sanc-8
	221	+	tions under this Act; and 9
	222	+	(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 10
	223	+	committees a report containing— 11
	224	+	(A) a list of all foreign persons described 12
	225	+	in subsection (b) that meet the criteria for im-13
	226	+	position of sanctions under this Act; 14
	227	+	(B) for each foreign person identified pur-15
	228	+	suant to subparagraph (A), a statement of 16
	229	+	whether sanctions have been imposed or will be 17
	230	+	imposed within 30 days of the submission of the 18
	231	+	report; and 19
	232	+	(C) with respect to any person identified 20
	233	+	pursuant to subparagraph (A) for whom sanc-21
	234	+	tions have not been imposed and will not be im-22
	235	+	posed within 30 days of the submission of the 23
	236	+	report, the specific authority under which other-24
	237	+	wise applicable sanctions are being waived, have 25
	238	+	otherwise been determined not to apply, or are 26
	239	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	240	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 9
	241	+	•HR 4681 IH
	242	+	not being imposed and a complete justification 1
	243	+	of the decision to waive or otherwise not apply 2
	244	+	such sanctions. 3
254	245		(b) F
255		-	OREIGNPERSONSDESCRIBED.—The foreign 13
256		-	persons described in this subsection are the following: 14
257		-	(1) Maher Al Assad. 15
258		-	(2) Imad Abu Zureiq. 16
259		-	(3) Amer Taysir Khiti. 17
260		-	(4) Taher al-Kayyali. 18
261		-	(5) Raji Falhout. 19
262		-	(6) Mohammed Asif Issa Shalish. 20
263		-	(7) Abdellatif Hamid. 21
264		-	(8) Mustafa Al Masalmeh. 22
265		-	SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 23
266		-	In this Act: 24 11
267		-	•HR 4681 EH
268		-	(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1
269		-	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2
270		-	mittees’’ means— 3
271		-	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 4
272		-	the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 5
273		-	Representatives; and 6
274		-	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 7
275		-	the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 8
276		-	Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-9
277		-	ciary of the Senate. 10
278		-	(2) C
279		-	APTAGON.—The term ‘‘captagon’’ means 11
280		-	any compound, mixture, or preparation which con-12
281		-	tains any quantity of a stimulant in schedule I or II 13
282		-	of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 14
283		-	U.S.C. 812), including— 15
284		-	(A) amphetamine, methamphetamine, and 16
285		-	fenethylline; 17
286		-	(B) any immediate precursor or controlled 18
287		-	substance analogue of such a stimulant, as de-19
288		-	fined in section 102 of the Controlled Sub-20
289		-	stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); and 21
290		-	(C) any isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and 22
291		-	salts of isomers, esters, and ethers of such a 23
292		-	stimulant, whenever the existence of such iso-24 12
293		-	•HR 4681 EH
294		-	mers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within 1
295		-	the specific chemical designation. 2
	246	+	OREIGNPERSONSDESCRIBED.—The foreign 4
	247	+	persons described in this subsection are the following: 5
	248	+	(1) Maher Al Assad. 6
	249	+	(2) Imad Abu Zureiq. 7
	250	+	(3) Amer Taysir Khiti. 8
	251	+	(4) Taher al-Kayyali. 9
	252	+	(5) Raji Falhout. 10
	253	+	(6) Mohammed Asif Issa Shalish. 11
	254	+	(7) Abdellatif Hamid, a Syrian national. 12
	255	+	(8) Mustafa Al Masalmeh. 13
	256	+	SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 14
	257	+	In this Act: 15
	258	+	(1) A
	259	+	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -16
	260	+	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-17
	261	+	mittees’’ means— 18
	262	+	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 19
	263	+	the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 20
	264	+	Representatives; and 21
	265	+	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 22
	266	+	the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 23
	267	+	Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-24
	268	+	ciary of the Senate. 25
	269	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	270	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 10
	271	+	•HR 4681 IH
	272	+	(2) CAPTAGON.—The term ‘‘captagon’’ means 1
	273	+	any compound, mixture, or preparation which con-2
	274	+	tains any quantity of a stimulant in schedule I or II 3
	275	+	of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 4
	276	+	U.S.C. 812), including— 5
	277	+	(A) amphetamine, methamphetamine, and 6
	278	+	fenethylline; 7
	279	+	(B) any immediate precursor or controlled 8
	280	+	substance analogue of such a stimulant, as de-9
	281	+	fined in section 102 of the Controlled Sub-10
	282	+	stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); and 11
	283	+	(C) any isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and 12
	284	+	salts of isomers, esters, and ethers of such a 13
	285	+	stimulant, whenever the existence of such iso-14
	286	+	mers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within 15
	287	+	the specific chemical designation. 16
296	288		(3) F
297		-	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-3
298		-	son’’— 4
299		-	(A) means an individual or entity that is 5
300		-	not a United States person; and 6
301		-	(B) includes a foreign state (as such term 7
302		-	is defined in section 1603 of title 28, United 8
303		-	States Code). 9
	289	+	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-17
	290	+	son’’— 18
	291	+	(A) means an individual or entity that is 19
	292	+	not a United States person; and 20
	293	+	(B) includes a foreign state (as such term 21
	294	+	is defined in section 1603 of title 28, United 22
	295	+	States Code). 23
304	296		(4) I
305		-	LLICIT PROLIFERATION.—The term ‘‘illicit 10
306		-	proliferation’’ refers to any illicit activity to produce, 11
307		-	manufacture, distribute, sell, or knowingly finance or 12
308		-	transport. 13
	297	+	LLICIT PROLIFERATION.—The term ‘‘illicit 24
	298	+	proliferation’’ refers to any illicit activity to produce, 25
	299	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	300	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 11
	301	+	•HR 4681 IH
	302	+	manufacture, distribute, sell, or knowingly finance or 1
	303	+	transport. 2
309	304		(5) K
310		-	NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 14
311		-	the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 15
312		-	Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 16
313		-	50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 17
	305	+	NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 3
	306	+	the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 4
	307	+	Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 5
	308	+	50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 6
314	309		(6) U
315		-	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 18
316		-	‘‘United States person’’ means— 19
317		-	(A) a United States citizen; 20
318		-	(B) a permanent resident alien of the 21
319		-	United States; 22
320		-	(C) an entity organized under the laws of 23
321		-	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 24 13
322		-	•HR 4681 EH
323		-	the United States, including a foreign branch of 1
324		-	such an entity; or 2
325		-	(D) a person in the United States. 3
326		-	Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2024.
327		-	Attest:
328		-	Clerk. 118
329		-	TH
330		-	CONGRESS
331		-	2
332		-	D
333		-	S
334		-	ESSION
335		-
336		-	H. R. 4681
337		-	AN ACT
338		-	To provide for the imposition of sanctions with
339		-	respect to illicit captagon trafficking.
	310	+	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 7
	311	+	‘‘United States person’’ means— 8
	312	+	(A) a United States citizen; 9
	313	+	(B) a permanent resident alien of the 10
	314	+	United States; 11
	315	+	(C) an entity organized under the laws of 12
	316	+	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 13
	317	+	the United States, including a foreign branch of 14
	318	+	such an entity; or 15
	319	+	(D) a person in the United States. 16
	320	+	Æ
	321	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4681.IH H4681
	322	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB