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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1291 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To identify and evaluate the compliance of foreign free trade zones with |
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| 6 | 6 | | international standards, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ASSIDY(for himself and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To identify and evaluate the compliance of foreign free trade |
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| 14 | 14 | | zones with international standards, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Containing and Lim-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | iting the Extensive Abuses Noticed in Free Trade Zones 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act of 2025’’or the ‘‘CLEAN FTZ Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | In this Act: 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) COMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | sioner’’ means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | and Border Protection. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | LLICIT INTERNATIONAL TRADE .—The term 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘illicit international trade’’ means any practice or 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | conduct that— 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) is prohibited by United States law or 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | in violation of relevant international standards, 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | including the guidelines and standards de-9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | scribed in section 4(b)(3); and 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) relates to production, shipment, re-11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ceipt, possession, distribution, sale, or purchase 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of any goods, including any practice or conduct 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | intended to facilitate such activity. 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) N |
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| 42 | 42 | | ON-UNITED STATES FREE TRADE ZONE ; 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ZONE.— 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (A) I |
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| 45 | 45 | | N GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘non-United 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | States free trade zone’’ and ‘‘zone’’ mean a des-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ignated area within the customs territory of a 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | foreign country that is treated for purposes of 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | payment of duties or taxes as though the area 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | were located outside the customs territory of 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | that country. 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (B) S |
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| 53 | 53 | | YNONYMOUS TERMS .—Synonymous 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | terms commonly used to refer to zones de-25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | scribed in subparagraph (A) include ‘‘free 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | zones’’, ‘‘special economic zones’’, ‘‘export proc-2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | essing zones’’, ‘‘free economic zones’’, and 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘freeports’’. 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (4) P |
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| 63 | 63 | | ERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | dividual or entity. 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ZONES. 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (a) I |
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| 68 | 68 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner, in 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec-11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | retary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | United States Trade Representative, shall identify and 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | publish, on a publicly accessible internet website, a list of 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | non-United States free trade zones that includes the iden-15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tity, location, and administrators of each such zone. 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (b) P |
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| 77 | 77 | | ERIODICREVIEWS.—The Commissioner shall 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | review the list of non-United State free trade zones re-18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | quired by subsection (a) on a periodic basis, and not less 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | frequently than annually— 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (1) to ensure the information included for each 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | zone is correct; 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (2) to add new zones to the list; and 23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (3) to remove zones no longer in existence from 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | the list. 25 |
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| 89 | 89 | | SEC. 4. CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES INTO TIERS. 1 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (a) I |
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| 91 | 91 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | list of zones required by section 3 is published, the Com-3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | missioner, in consultation with the Secretary of Com-4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | merce, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treas-5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ury, and the United States Trade Representative, shall 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | publish, on a publicly accessible internet website, a classi-7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | fication of the countries in which those zones are located 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | into tiers as provided by this section. 9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (b) M |
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| 100 | 100 | | ETHODOLOGY.—The Commissioner shall base 10 |
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| 101 | 101 | | the tier classification of countries under subsection (a) on 11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | the following standards: 12 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (1) Maintenance of a low level of transnational 13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | criminal activity in illegally trading narcotics, arms, 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | persons, tobacco, counterfeit consumer goods, com-15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | modities, and wildlife occurring in zones located in 16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | a country. 17 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (2) Effective efforts by the government of the 18 |
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| 109 | 109 | | country to counter illicit international trade in zones 19 |
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| 110 | 110 | | located in the country, including the effectiveness of 20 |
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| 111 | 111 | | penalties and sanctions imposed on countering such 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | trade, compliance with United States and United 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | Nations sanctions regimes, screening practices to de-23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | tect illicit goods, and eliminating criminal activities 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | related to illicit international trade. 25 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (3) The compliance of zones located in the 1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | country with the international guidelines and stand-2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ards set forth in— 3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (A) the document of the Organisation for 4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | Economic Co-operation and Development enti-5 |
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| 124 | 124 | | tled ‘‘Recommendation on Countering Illicit 6 |
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| 125 | 125 | | Trade: Enhancing Transparency in Free Trade 7 |
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| 126 | 126 | | Zones’’; 8 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (B) chapter 2 of Specific Annex D of the 9 |
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| 128 | 128 | | International Convention on the Simplification 10 |
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| 129 | 129 | | and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, 11 |
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| 130 | 130 | | done at Kyoto, Japan, on May 18, 1973, as 12 |
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| 131 | 131 | | amended by the Protocol of Amendment, done 13 |
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| 132 | 132 | | at Brussels, Belgium, on June 26, 1999 (com-14 |
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| 133 | 133 | | monly referred to as the ‘‘Revised Kyoto Con-15 |
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| 134 | 134 | | vention’’); 16 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (C) the United Nations Convention against 17 |
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| 136 | 136 | | Transnational Organized Crime, done at New 18 |
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| 137 | 137 | | York November 15, 2000, and entered into 19 |
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| 138 | 138 | | force September 29, 2003 (TIAS 13127); 20 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (D) the United Nations Convention against 21 |
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| 140 | 140 | | Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psycho-22 |
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| 141 | 141 | | tropic Substances, done at Vienna December 23 |
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| 142 | 142 | | 20, 1988; 24 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (E) the international standards on com-1 |
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| 147 | 147 | | bating money laundering and the financing of 2 |
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| 148 | 148 | | terrorism and proliferation of the Financial Ac-3 |
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| 149 | 149 | | tion Task Force; 4 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (F) the United Nations Convention against 5 |
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| 151 | 151 | | Corruption, signed at Merida December 9, 6 |
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| 152 | 152 | | 2003; 7 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (G) the Practical Guidance on Free Zones 8 |
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| 154 | 154 | | of the World Customs Organization; 9 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (H) the Agreement on Trade Facilitation 10 |
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| 156 | 156 | | of the World Trade Organization; 11 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (I) the Agreement on Trade-Related As-12 |
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| 158 | 158 | | pects of Intellectual Property Rights of the 13 |
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| 159 | 159 | | World Trade Organization (commonly referred 14 |
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| 160 | 160 | | to as the ‘‘TRIPS Agreement’’); and 15 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (J) best practices and guidelines of multi-16 |
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| 162 | 162 | | lateral export control regimes of which the 17 |
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| 163 | 163 | | United States is a member, including practices 18 |
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| 164 | 164 | | and guidelines related to implementation of con-19 |
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| 165 | 165 | | trols on transit and transshipment of export- 20 |
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| 166 | 166 | | controlled commodities, software, and tech-21 |
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| 167 | 167 | | nology. 22 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (4) Such other standards as the Commissioner 23 |
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| 169 | 169 | | considers relevant. 24 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (c) TIERS.—The Commissioner, in consultation with 1 |
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| 174 | 174 | | the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of State, the 2 |
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| 175 | 175 | | Secretary of the Treasury, and the United States Trade 3 |
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| 176 | 176 | | Representative, shall classify each country in which zones 4 |
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| 177 | 177 | | on the list required by section 3 are located into one of 5 |
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| 178 | 178 | | the following 4 tiers: 6 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (1) Countries with zones that fully comply with 7 |
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| 180 | 180 | | standards described in subsection (b) (to be known 8 |
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| 181 | 181 | | as ‘‘tier I countries’’). 9 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (2) Countries with zones that do not fully com-10 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ply with those standards but are making significant 11 |
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| 184 | 184 | | efforts to bring themselves into compliance with 12 |
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| 185 | 185 | | those standards (to be known as ‘‘tier II countries’’). 13 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (3) Countries (to be known as ‘‘tier III coun-14 |
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| 187 | 187 | | tries’’) with zones that do not fully comply with 15 |
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| 188 | 188 | | those standards and are making efforts to bring 16 |
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| 189 | 189 | | themselves into compliance with those standards, 17 |
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| 190 | 190 | | but— 18 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (A) the volume of goods or type of goods 19 |
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| 192 | 192 | | processed in those zones is significant and the 20 |
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| 193 | 193 | | country is not taking proportional concrete ac-21 |
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| 194 | 194 | | tions; or 22 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (B) there is a failure to provide evidence of 23 |
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| 196 | 196 | | increasing efforts to combat illicit international 24 |
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| 197 | 197 | | trade in those zones from the previous year. 25 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (4) Countries with zones that do not comply 1 |
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| 202 | 202 | | with those standards and are not making efforts to 2 |
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| 203 | 203 | | bring themselves into compliance with those stand-3 |
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| 204 | 204 | | ards (to be known as ‘‘tier IV countries’’). 4 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (d) P |
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| 206 | 206 | | UBLICATION OFCLASSIFICATIONCRITERIA.— 5 |
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| 207 | 207 | | The Commissioner shall publish the assessment criteria 6 |
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| 208 | 208 | | and methodology used to classify countries into the tiers 7 |
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| 209 | 209 | | described in subsection (c). 8 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (e) C |
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| 211 | 211 | | LASSIFICATIONCHANGE.— 9 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (1) P |
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| 213 | 213 | | ROGRESS IN MEETING STANDARDS .—A 10 |
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| 214 | 214 | | tier II, tier III, or tier IV country may be reclassi-11 |
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| 215 | 215 | | fied as a tier I, tier II, or tier III country, respec-12 |
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| 216 | 216 | | tively, if the zones located in the country show sig-13 |
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| 217 | 217 | | nificant progress in complying with the standards 14 |
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| 218 | 218 | | described in subsection (b), as determined by the 15 |
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| 219 | 219 | | Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of 16 |
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| 220 | 220 | | Commerce, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 17 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the Treasury, and the United States Trade Rep-18 |
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| 222 | 222 | | resentative. 19 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (2) D |
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| 224 | 224 | | ECREASING COMPLIANCE WITH STAND -20 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ARDS.—A tier I, tier II, or tier III country may be 21 |
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| 226 | 226 | | reclassified as a tier II, tier III, or tier IV country, 22 |
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| 227 | 227 | | respectively, if the zones located in the country show 23 |
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| 228 | 228 | | decreasing compliance with the standards described 24 |
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| 229 | 229 | | in subsection (b), as determined by the Commis-25 |
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| 233 | 233 | | sioner, in consultation with the Secretary of Com-1 |
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| 234 | 234 | | merce, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 2 |
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| 235 | 235 | | Treasury, and the United States Trade Representa-3 |
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| 236 | 236 | | tive. 4 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (f) N |
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| 238 | 238 | | OTIFICATION TOZONES.—Not later than 240 5 |
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| 239 | 239 | | days after publishing the classification of countries re-6 |
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| 240 | 240 | | quired by subsection (a), the Commissioner shall notify the 7 |
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| 241 | 241 | | government of each country of the tier to which the coun-8 |
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| 242 | 242 | | try was classified. 9 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (g) P |
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| 244 | 244 | | ERIODICREVIEWS.—The Commissioner shall 10 |
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| 245 | 245 | | review each country in which zones on the list required 11 |
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| 246 | 246 | | by section 3 are located on a periodic basis, and not less 12 |
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| 247 | 247 | | frequently than annually, to determine whether the coun-13 |
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| 248 | 248 | | try is correctly classified under this section. 14 |
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| 249 | 249 | | SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO TIER II, TIER III, 15 |
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| 250 | 250 | | AND TIER IV COUNTRIES. 16 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (a) I |
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| 252 | 252 | | NGENERAL.—The Commissioner may provide 17 |
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| 253 | 253 | | recommendations and best practice methodologies to coun-18 |
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| 254 | 254 | | tries classified as tier II, tier III, or tier IV countries 19 |
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| 255 | 255 | | under section 4 to improve the effectiveness of law en-20 |
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| 256 | 256 | | forcement and to combat illicit international trade in the 21 |
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| 257 | 257 | | zones located in those countries. 22 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (b) F |
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| 259 | 259 | | OREIGNCOMMERCIALSERVICESTRATEGY.— 23 |
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| 260 | 260 | | The Commissioner shall consider the list of zones required 24 |
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| 261 | 261 | | by section 3 in the development of strategies regarding 25 |
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| 265 | 265 | | the distribution, priorities, and activities of foreign com-1 |
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| 266 | 266 | | mercial service officers in countries classified as tier II, 2 |
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| 267 | 267 | | tier III, or tier IV countries under section 4. 3 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (c) S |
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| 269 | 269 | | CRUTINYUNDERSANCTIONSLAWS.—The Com-4 |
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| 270 | 270 | | missioner shall monitor countries classified as tier II, tier 5 |
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| 271 | 271 | | III, or tier IV countries under section 4 to determine if 6 |
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| 272 | 272 | | the President may impose the measures under section 6 7 |
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| 273 | 273 | | to ensure greater implementation in the zones located in 8 |
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| 274 | 274 | | those countries of the standards described in section 4(b). 9 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (d) P |
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| 276 | 276 | | HONEHOTLINE ANDSECUREWEBSITE FOR 10 |
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| 277 | 277 | | R |
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| 278 | 278 | | EPORTING.—The Commissioner shall establish and 11 |
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| 279 | 279 | | maintain a dedicated, publicly accessible telephone hotline 12 |
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| 280 | 280 | | and secure internet website for entities operating in a zone 13 |
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| 281 | 281 | | located in a tier I, tier II, tier III, or tier IV country to 14 |
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| 282 | 282 | | report instances of illicit international trade in that zone 15 |
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| 283 | 283 | | that— 16 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (1) impact or potentially impact their oper-17 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ations; or 18 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (2) may justify reclassification of the country 19 |
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| 291 | 291 | | SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND VISA 1 |
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| 292 | 292 | | RESTRICTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FACILITA-2 |
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| 293 | 293 | | TION AND SUPPORT OF ILLICIT INTER-3 |
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| 294 | 294 | | NATIONAL TRADE IN TIER II, TIER III, AND 4 |
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| 295 | 295 | | TIER IV COUNTRIES. 5 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (a) I |
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| 297 | 297 | | NGENERAL.—The President may impose the 6 |
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| 298 | 298 | | measures described in subsection (b) with respect to any 7 |
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| 299 | 299 | | foreign person that the President determines, on or after 8 |
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| 300 | 300 | | the date of the enactment of this Act and based on credible 9 |
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| 301 | 301 | | evidence— 10 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (1) has organized, arranged, financed, con-11 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ducted, or participated in illicit international trade 12 |
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| 304 | 304 | | within a zone located in a country classified as a tier 13 |
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| 305 | 305 | | II, tier III, or tier IV country under section 4; 14 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (2) has acted as an agent of or on behalf of an-15 |
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| 307 | 307 | | other foreign person in facilitating an action leading 16 |
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| 308 | 308 | | to illicit international trade occurring in such a zone; 17 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (3) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro-18 |
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| 310 | 310 | | vided financial, material, or technological support 19 |
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| 311 | 311 | | for, or goods or services in support of, illicit inter-20 |
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| 312 | 312 | | national trade occurring in such a zone; or 21 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (4) has conducted or facilitated corruption or 22 |
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| 314 | 314 | | money laundering occurring in such a zone. 23 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (b) M |
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| 321 | 321 | | (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 1 |
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| 322 | 322 | | may exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-2 |
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| 323 | 323 | | dent under the International Emergency Economic 3 |
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| 324 | 324 | | Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent 4 |
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| 325 | 325 | | necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 5 |
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| 326 | 326 | | property and interests in property of a foreign per-6 |
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| 327 | 327 | | son described in subsection (a) if such property and 7 |
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| 328 | 328 | | interests in property are in the United States, come 8 |
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| 329 | 329 | | within the United States, or are or come within the 9 |
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| 330 | 330 | | possession or control of a United States person. 10 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (2) I |
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| 332 | 332 | | NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 11 |
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| 333 | 333 | | PAROLE.— 12 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (A) V |
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| 335 | 335 | | ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—A 13 |
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| 336 | 336 | | noncitizen described in subsection (a) is— 14 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (i) inadmissible to the United States; 15 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 16 |
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| 339 | 339 | | documentation to enter the United States; 17 |
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| 340 | 340 | | and 18 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 19 |
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| 342 | 342 | | or paroled into the United States or to re-20 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-21 |
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| 344 | 344 | | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 22 |
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| 345 | 345 | | seq.). 23 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (B) C |
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| 347 | 347 | | URRENT VISAS REVOKED .—A noncit-24 |
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| 348 | 348 | | izen described in subparagraph (A) is subject to 25 |
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| 352 | 352 | | revocation and cancellation, in accordance with 1 |
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| 353 | 353 | | section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nation-2 |
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| 354 | 354 | | ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or 3 |
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| 355 | 355 | | other entry documentation in the possession of 4 |
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| 356 | 356 | | the noncitizen, regardless of when the visa or 5 |
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| 357 | 357 | | other entry documentation is or was issued. 6 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (c) I |
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| 359 | 359 | | MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 7 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (1) I |
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| 361 | 361 | | MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-8 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 9 |
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| 363 | 363 | | and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 10 |
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| 364 | 364 | | Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 11 |
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| 365 | 365 | | this section, including investigating, regulating, or 12 |
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| 366 | 366 | | prohibiting— 13 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (A) any transactions in foreign exchange 14 |
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| 368 | 368 | | by any person, or with respect to any property, 15 |
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| 369 | 369 | | subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; 16 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (B) transfers of credit or payments be-17 |
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| 371 | 371 | | tween, by, through, or to any banking institu-18 |
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| 372 | 372 | | tion, to the extent that such transfers or pay-19 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ments involve— 20 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (i) any interest of any foreign country 21 |
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| 375 | 375 | | or national of a foreign country; and 22 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (ii) any person, or with respect to any 23 |
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| 377 | 377 | | property, subject to the jurisdiction of the 24 |
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| 378 | 378 | | United States; and 25 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (C) the importing or exporting of cur-1 |
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| 383 | 383 | | rencies or securities any person, or with respect 2 |
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| 384 | 384 | | to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of 3 |
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| 385 | 385 | | the United States. 4 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (2) P |
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| 387 | 387 | | ENALTIES.—Any person that violates, at-5 |
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| 388 | 388 | | tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 6 |
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| 389 | 389 | | violation of subsection (b)(1) or a regulation, license, 7 |
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| 390 | 390 | | or order issued to carry out that subsection shall be 8 |
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| 391 | 391 | | subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 9 |
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| 392 | 392 | | and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-10 |
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| 393 | 393 | | gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 11 |
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| 394 | 394 | | same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 12 |
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| 395 | 395 | | act described in subsection (a) of that section. 13 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (d) E |
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| 397 | 397 | | XCEPTIONTOCOMPLYWITHUNITEDNATIONS 14 |
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| 398 | 398 | | H |
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| 399 | 399 | | EADQUARTERS AGREEMENT AND LAWENFORCEMENT 15 |
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| 400 | 400 | | O |
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| 401 | 401 | | BJECTIVES.—Subsection (b)(2) shall not apply with re-16 |
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| 402 | 402 | | spect to a noncitizen if admitting or paroling the noncit-17 |
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| 403 | 403 | | izen into the United States— 18 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (1) would further important law enforcement 19 |
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| 405 | 405 | | objectives; or 20 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (2) is necessary to permit the United States to 21 |
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| 407 | 407 | | comply with the Agreement regarding the Head-22 |
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| 408 | 408 | | quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Suc-23 |
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| 409 | 409 | | cess June 26, 1947, and entered into force Novem-24 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ber 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 25 |
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| 414 | 414 | | United States, or other applicable international obli-1 |
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| 415 | 415 | | gations of the United States. 2 |
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| 416 | 416 | | (e) D |
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| 417 | 417 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (1) A |
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| 419 | 419 | | DMISSION; ADMITTED.—The terms ‘‘ad-4 |
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| 420 | 420 | | mission’’ and ‘‘admitted’’ have the meanings given 5 |
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| 421 | 421 | | those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and 6 |
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| 422 | 422 | | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 7 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (2) F |
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| 424 | 424 | | OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-8 |
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| 425 | 425 | | son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 9 |
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| 426 | 426 | | United States person. 10 |
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| 427 | 427 | | (3) N |
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| 428 | 428 | | ONCITIZEN.—The term ‘‘noncitizen’’ 11 |
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| 429 | 429 | | means an individual who is not a citizen or national 12 |
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| 430 | 430 | | of the United States (as defined in section 101 of 13 |
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| 431 | 431 | | the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 14 |
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| 432 | 432 | | 1101)). 15 |
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| 433 | 433 | | (4) U |
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| 434 | 434 | | NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 16 |
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| 435 | 435 | | ‘‘United States person’’ means— 17 |
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| 436 | 436 | | (A) an individual who is a United States 18 |
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| 437 | 437 | | citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-19 |
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| 438 | 438 | | nent residence to the United States; or 20 |
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| 439 | 439 | | (B) an entity organized under the laws of 21 |
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| 440 | 440 | | the United States or any jurisdiction within the 22 |
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| 441 | 441 | | United States, including a foreign branch of 23 |
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| 442 | 442 | | such an entity. 24 |
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| 446 | 446 | | SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1 |
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| 447 | 447 | | (a) I |
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| 448 | 448 | | NGENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-2 |
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| 449 | 449 | | priated to the Commissioner, without fiscal year limita-3 |
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| 450 | 450 | | tion, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 4 |
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| 451 | 451 | | (b) A |
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| 452 | 452 | | VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.—Amounts appro-5 |
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| 453 | 453 | | priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 6 |
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| 454 | 454 | | under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. 7 |
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| 455 | 455 | | (c) S |
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| 456 | 456 | | UPPLEMENTNOTSUPPLANT.—Amounts appro-8 |
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| 457 | 457 | | priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 9 |
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| 458 | 458 | | under subsection (a) shall supplement and not supplant 10 |
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| 459 | 459 | | other amounts available for such purposes. 11 |
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