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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2311
5	5	To authorize the imposition of sanctions with respect to certain foreign
6	6	persons who have knowingly engaged in the wrongful persecution and
7	7	imprisonment of political opponents in Pakistan, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH24, 2025
10	10	Mr. W
11	11	ILSONof South Carolina (for himself and Mr. PANETTA) introduced the
12	12	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
13	13	and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be
14	14	subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
15	15	of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
16	16	cerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To authorize the imposition of sanctions with respect to
19	19	certain foreign persons who have knowingly engaged in
20	20	the wrongful persecution and imprisonment of political
21	21	opponents in Pakistan, and for other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
25	25	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pakistan Democracy 4
26	26	Act’’. 5
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29	29	•HR 2311 IH
30	30	SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 1
31	31	It is the policy of the United States to support a 2
32	32	democratic Pakistan, including free and fair elections, that 3
33	33	is based upon civilian rule, restoration of judicial inde-4
34	34	pendence, rule of law, human rights, and due process of 5
35	35	law for all of the people of Pakistan. 6
36	36	SEC. 3. DETERMINATION REGARDING GENERAL ASIM 7
37	37	MUNIR. 8
38	38	(a) S
39	39	ANCTIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the 9
40	40	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 10
41	41	acting in conjunction with the Secretary of the Treasury, 11
42	42	shall impose sanctions on General Asim Munir, Chief of 12
43	43	Army Staff of Pakistan, the Global Magnitsky Human 13
44	44	Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.). 14
45	45	(b) W
46	46	AIVER.—The President may waive subsection 15
47	47	(a) if the President certifies to the House Committee on 16
48	48	Foreign Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Foreign 17
49	49	Relations that— 18
50	50	(1) military rule has ended in Pakistan and rule 19
51	51	of law and civilian-led democracy has been restored; 20
52	52	and 21
53	53	(2) all wrongfully detained political detainees 22
54	54	have been released from detention. 23
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58	58	SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF SANCTIONS. 1
59	59	(a) I
60	60	NADMISSIBILITY OF OFFICIALS ANDINDIVID-2
61	61	UALSINVOLVED IN THE WRONGFULPERSECUTION AND 3
62	62	I
63	63	MPRISONMENT OF IMRANKHAN.— 4
64	64	(1) I
65	65	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 5
66	66	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 6
67	67	President shall identify key individuals who are 7
68	68	knowingly engaged the wrongful persecution and im-8
69	69	prisonment of political detainees in Pakistan includ-9
70	70	ing but not limited to former Prime Minister Imran 10
71	71	Khan or significantly undermined democracy and 11
72	72	furthered military rule for the people of Pakistan in-12
73	73	cluding— 13
74	74	(A) such individuals who have served as a 14
75	75	member of the Government or military of Paki-15
76	76	stan; and 16
77	77	(B) such individuals who are serving as an 17
78	78	official in a leadership position working on be-18
79	79	half of the Government or military of Pakistan, 19
80	80	including law enforcement, intelligence, judicial, 20
81	81	or local or municipal government. 21
82	82	(2) I
83	83	NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 22
84	84	PAROLE.— 23
85	85	(A) V
86	86	ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 24
87	87	alien with respect to which the President has 25
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91	91	made an affirmative decision under paragraph 1
92	92	(1) shall be— 2
93	93	(i) inadmissible to the United States; 3
94	94	(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 4
95	95	documentation to enter the United States; 5
96	96	and 6
97	97	(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 7
98	98	or paroled into the United States or to re-8
99	99	ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-9
100	100	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 10
101	101	16 seq.). 11
102	102	(B) C
103	103	URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 12
104	104	(i) I
105	105	N GENERAL.—The visa or other 13
106	106	entry documentation of any alien described 14
107	107	in paragraph (1) is subject to revocation 15
108	108	regardless of the issue date of the visa or 16
109	109	other entry documentation. 17
110	110	(ii) I
111	111	MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-18
112	112	tion under subclause (I) shall, in accord-19
113	113	ance with section 221(i) of the Immigra-20
114	114	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 21
115	115	1201(i)) take effect immediately, and can-22
116	116	cel any other valid visa or entry docu-23
117	117	mentation that is in the possession of the 24
118	118	alien. 25
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122	122	(3) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after 1
123	123	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 2
124	124	of State shall brief the appropriate committees of 3
125	125	Congress with respect to— 4
126	126	(A) any foreign person with respect to 5
127	127	which the President has made an affirmative 6
128	128	determination under paragraph (1); and 7
129	129	(B) the specific facts that justify each such 8
130	130	affirmative determination. 9
131	131	(4) W
132	132	AIVER.—The President may waive imposi-10
133	133	tion of sanctions under this subsection on a case-by- 11
134	134	case basis if the President determines and certifies 12
135	135	to the appropriate committees of Congress that— 13
136	136	(A) such waiver would serve national inter-14
137	137	ests; or 15
138	138	(B) the circumstances which caused the in-16
139	139	dividual to be ineligible have sufficiently 17
140	140	changed. 18
141	141	(b) D
142	142	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19
143	143	(1) A
144	144	DMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms 20
145	145	‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the 21
146	146	meanings given such terms in section 101 of the Im-22
147	147	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 23
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151	151	(2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -1
152	152	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-2
153	153	gress’’ means— 3
154	154	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 4
155	155	Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-5
156	156	mittee on Financial Services of the House of 6
157	157	Representatives; and 7
158	158	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 8
159	159	the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-9
160	160	mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 10
161	161	of the Senate. 11
162	162	(3) F
163	163	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-12
164	164	son’’ means any individual that is not a United 13
165	165	States person. 14
166	166	(4) I
167	167	MMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS .—The term 15
168	168	‘‘immediate family members’’ has the meaning given 16
169	169	the term ‘‘immediate relatives’’ in section 17
170	170	1151(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 18
171	171	Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)). 19
172	172	(5) K
173	173	NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 20
174	174	respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 21
175	175	means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 22
176	176	have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 23
177	177	result. 24
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181	181	(6) UNITED STATES PERSON .—The term 1
182	182	‘‘United States person’’ means— 2
183	183	(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-3
184	184	fully admitted for permanent residence to the 4
185	185	United States; or 5
186	186	(B) any person within the United States. 6
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