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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 3045 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prevent violence in the West Bank and authorize the imposition of sanc- |
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| 6 | 6 | | tions with respect to any foreign person endangering United States |
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| 7 | 7 | | national security and undermining prospects for a two-state solution |
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| 8 | 8 | | by committing illegal violent acts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL28, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. N |
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| 12 | 12 | | ADLER(for himself, Mr. SMITHof Washington, and Mr. HIMES) intro- |
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| 13 | 13 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign |
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| 14 | 14 | | Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period |
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| 15 | 15 | | to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee |
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| 17 | 17 | | concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To prevent violence in the West Bank and authorize the |
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| 20 | 20 | | imposition of sanctions with respect to any foreign per- |
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| 21 | 21 | | son endangering United States national security and un- |
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| 22 | 22 | | dermining prospects for a two-state solution by commit- |
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| 23 | 23 | | ting illegal violent acts. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘West Bank Violence 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Prevention Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Congress makes the following findings: 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) The situation in the West Bank—in par-3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ticular high levels of extremist settler violence, 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | forced displacement of people and villages, and prop-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | erty destruction—has reached intolerable levels and 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | constitutes a serious threat to the peace, security, 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | and stability of the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and the broader Middle East region. 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) These actions undermine the foreign policy 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | objectives of the United States, including the viabil-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ity of a two-state solution and ensuring Israelis and 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Palestinians can attain equal measures of security, 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | prosperity, and freedom. 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (3) They also undermine the security of Israel 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and have the potential to lead to broader regional 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | destabilization across the Middle East, threatening 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | United States personnel and interests. 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (4) These actions constitute an unusual and ex-19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | traordinary threat to the national security and for-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | eign policy of the United States. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | SEC. 3. SANCTIONS. 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (a) I |
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| 55 | 55 | | NGENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc-23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | tions described in subsection (b) with respect to any for-24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | eign person determined by the President to meet any of 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the following: 26 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) To be responsible for or complicit in, or to 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | have directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | engage in any of the following: 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (A) Actions, including directing, enacting, 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | implementing, enforcing, or failing to enforce 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | policies, that threaten the peace, security, or 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | stability of the West Bank. 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (B) Planning, ordering, otherwise direct-8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ing, or participating in any of the following ac-9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | tions affecting the West Bank: 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (i) An act of violence or threat of vio-11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | lence targeting civilians. 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (ii) Efforts to place civilians in rea-13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | sonable fear of violence with the purpose or 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | effect of necessitating a change of resi-15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | dence to avoid such violence. 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (iii) Property destruction. 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (iv) Seizure or dispossession of prop-18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | erty by private actors. 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (2) To be or have been a leader or official of— 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (A) an entity, including any government 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | entity, that has engaged in, or whose members 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | have engaged in, any of the activities described 23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | in paragraph (1), (5), or (6) related to the lead-24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | er’s or official’s tenure; or 25 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (B) an entity whose property and interests 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | in property are blocked under this Act as a re-2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | sult of activities relating to the leader’s or offi-3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | cial’s tenure. 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (3) To have materially assisted, sponsored, or 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | provided financial, material, or technological support 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | for, or goods or services to or in support of, any per-7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | son blocked under this Act. 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (4) To be owned or controlled by, or to have 9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly 10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | or indirectly, any person whose property and inter-11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection 12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (b)(1). 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (5) To have committed or have attempted to 14 |
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| 104 | 104 | | commit, to pose a significant risk of committing, or 15 |
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| 105 | 105 | | to have participated in training to commit acts of 16 |
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| 106 | 106 | | terrorism affecting the West Bank. 17 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (6) To be a leader or official of an entity sanc-18 |
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| 108 | 108 | | tioned pursuant to paragraph (5). 19 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (b) S |
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| 110 | 110 | | ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-20 |
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| 111 | 111 | | scribed in this subsection are the following: 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (1) A |
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| 113 | 113 | | SSET BLOCKING.— 22 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (A) I |
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| 115 | 115 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 23 |
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| 116 | 116 | | requirements of section 202 of the International 24 |
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| 117 | 117 | | Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 25 |
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| 121 | 121 | | 1701), the President shall exercise all powers 1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | granted to the President by that Act to the ex-2 |
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| 123 | 123 | | tent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | actions in all property and interests in property 4 |
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| 125 | 125 | | of any foreign person described in subsection 5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (a) of this section, if such property and inter-6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ests in property are in the United States, come 7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | within the United States, or are or come within 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | the possession or control of a United States 9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | person, including any foreign branch. 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (B) M |
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| 132 | 132 | | ATTERS TO BE INCLUDED .—The 11 |
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| 133 | 133 | | prohibitions in subparagraph (A) include— 12 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (i) the making of any contribution or 13 |
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| 135 | 135 | | provision of funds, goods, or services by, 14 |
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| 136 | 136 | | to, or for the benefit of any person whose 15 |
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| 137 | 137 | | property and interests in property are 16 |
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| 138 | 138 | | blocked pursuant to subparagraph (A); and 17 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (ii) the receipt of any contribution or 18 |
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| 140 | 140 | | provision of funds, goods, or services from 19 |
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| 141 | 141 | | any such person. 20 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (2) V |
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| 143 | 143 | | ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (A) I |
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| 145 | 145 | | N GENERAL.—An alien who the Sec-22 |
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| 146 | 146 | | retary of State or the Secretary of Homeland 23 |
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| 147 | 147 | | Security (or a designee of one of such Secre-24 |
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| 151 | 151 | | taries) knows, or has reason to believe, is de-1 |
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| 152 | 152 | | scribed in subsection (a) is— 2 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (i) inadmissible to the United States; 3 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (ii) ineligible for a visa or other docu-4 |
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| 155 | 155 | | mentation to enter the United States; and 5 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 6 |
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| 157 | 157 | | or paroled into the United States or to re-7 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-8 |
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| 159 | 159 | | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 9 |
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| 160 | 160 | | seq.). 10 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (B) C |
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| 162 | 162 | | URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 11 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (i) I |
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| 164 | 164 | | N GENERAL.—The issuing con-12 |
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| 165 | 165 | | sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 13 |
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| 166 | 166 | | Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-14 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 15 |
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| 168 | 168 | | accordance with section 221(i) of the Im-16 |
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| 169 | 169 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 17 |
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| 170 | 170 | | 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 18 |
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| 171 | 171 | | documentation issued to an alien described 19 |
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| 172 | 172 | | in subparagraph (A) regardless of when 20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | the visa or other entry documentation is 21 |
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| 174 | 174 | | issued. 22 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (ii) E |
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| 176 | 176 | | FFECT OF REVOCATION .—A rev-23 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ocation under clause (i)— 24 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (I) shall take effect immediately; 1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | and 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (II) shall automatically cancel 3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | any other valid visa or entry docu-4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | mentation that is in the alien’s pos-5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | session. 6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (c) E |
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| 188 | 188 | | XCEPTIONS.— 7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (1) E |
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| 190 | 190 | | XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -8 |
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| 191 | 191 | | NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS .—Sanctions under sub-9 |
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| 192 | 192 | | section (b)(2) shall not apply with respect to the ad-10 |
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| 193 | 193 | | mission of an alien if admitting or paroling the alien 11 |
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| 194 | 194 | | into the United States is necessary to permit the 12 |
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| 195 | 195 | | United States to comply with the Agreement regard-13 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 14 |
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| 197 | 197 | | at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 15 |
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| 198 | 198 | | force November 21, 1947, between the United Na-16 |
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| 199 | 199 | | tions and the United States, or other applicable 17 |
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| 200 | 200 | | international obligations. 18 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (2) E |
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| 202 | 202 | | XCEPTION RELATING TO LAW ENFORCE -19 |
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| 203 | 203 | | MENT OBJECTIVES.—Sanctions under section (b)(2) 20 |
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| 204 | 204 | | may not be imposed if the Secretary of State or the 21 |
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| 205 | 205 | | Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, so 22 |
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| 206 | 206 | | determines, based on a recommendation of the At-23 |
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| 207 | 207 | | torney General, that the person’s entry would fur-24 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ther important United States law enforcement objec-1 |
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| 212 | 212 | | tives. 2 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (d) W |
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| 214 | 214 | | AIVERS.— 3 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (1) N |
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| 216 | 216 | | ATIONAL SECURITY.—The Secretary of 4 |
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| 217 | 217 | | State or the Secretary of Homeland Security may 5 |
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| 218 | 218 | | waive the imposition of sanctions under section 6 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (b)(2) if the Secretary of State or the Secretary of 7 |
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| 220 | 220 | | Homeland Security, as appropriate, determines that 8 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the person’s entry would not be contrary to the in-9 |
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| 222 | 222 | | terests of the United States. 10 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (2) P |
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| 224 | 224 | | RIOR NOTICE INAPPLICABLE .—The Sec-11 |
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| 225 | 225 | | retary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Secu-12 |
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| 226 | 226 | | rity, as appropriate, may, due to the threat to na-13 |
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| 227 | 227 | | tional security risks individuals sanctioned under 14 |
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| 228 | 228 | | this section and their actions pose and because of 15 |
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| 229 | 229 | | the ability to transfer funds and other assets instan-16 |
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| 230 | 230 | | taneously, waive prior notice to such persons of 17 |
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| 231 | 231 | | measures to be taken pursuant to this section as 18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | such notice would render those measures ineffectual, 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | including for those persons whose property and in-20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | terests in property are blocked or affected by this 21 |
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| 235 | 235 | | section who might have a constitutional presence in 22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | the United States. 23 |
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| 240 | 240 | | SEC. 4. REPORT. 1 |
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| 241 | 241 | | Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-2 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Sec-3 |
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| 243 | 243 | | retary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 4 |
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| 244 | 244 | | of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 5 |
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| 245 | 245 | | committees a report on the implementation of this Act, 6 |
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| 246 | 246 | | including the names of any persons sanctioned by this Act. 7 |
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| 247 | 247 | | SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 8 |
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| 248 | 248 | | In this Act— 9 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-10 |
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| 250 | 250 | | mittees’’ means— 11 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 12 |
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| 252 | 252 | | the Committee on Finance of the House of Rep-13 |
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| 253 | 253 | | resentatives; and 14 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 15 |
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| 255 | 255 | | and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 16 |
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| 256 | 256 | | Urban Affairs of the Senate; 17 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (2) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, as-18 |
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| 258 | 258 | | sociation, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, 19 |
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| 259 | 259 | | subgroup, or other organization; 20 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (3) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or 21 |
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| 261 | 261 | | entity; 22 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (4) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means— 23 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (A) a United States citizen; 24 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (B) a permanent resident alien of the 25 |
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| 265 | 265 | | United States; 26 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (C) an entity organized under the laws of 1 |
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| 270 | 270 | | the United States or of any jurisdiction within 2 |
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| 271 | 271 | | the United States, including a foreign branch of 3 |
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| 272 | 272 | | such an entity; or 4 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (D) a person in the United States; and 5 |
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| 274 | 274 | | (5) the term ‘‘terrorism’’ means an activity 6 |
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| 275 | 275 | | that— 7 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (A) involves a violent act or an act dan-8 |
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| 277 | 277 | | gerous to human life, property, or infrastruc-9 |
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| 278 | 278 | | ture; and 10 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (B) appears to be intended— 11 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian 12 |
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| 281 | 281 | | population; 13 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (ii) to influence the policy of a govern-14 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ment by intimidation or coercion; or 15 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (iii) to affect the conduct of a govern-16 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ment by mass destruction, assassination, 17 |
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| 286 | 286 | | kidnapping, or hostage-taking. 18 |
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