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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 363 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To impose sanctions with respect to foreign governments that resist efforts |
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| 6 | 6 | | to repatriate their citizens who have unlawfully entered the United States |
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| 7 | 7 | | and foreign governments and foreign persons that knowingly facilitate |
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| 8 | 8 | | unlawful immigration into the United States, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY3, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | COTTof South Carolina (for himself and Mr. MORENO) introduced the |
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| 13 | 13 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on |
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| 14 | 14 | | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To impose sanctions with respect to foreign governments |
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| 17 | 17 | | that resist efforts to repatriate their citizens who have |
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| 18 | 18 | | unlawfully entered the United States and foreign govern- |
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| 19 | 19 | | ments and foreign persons that knowingly facilitate un- |
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| 20 | 20 | | lawful immigration into the United States, and for other |
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| 21 | 21 | | purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stifling Transnational 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Operations and Proliferators by Mitigating Activities that 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Drive Narcotics, Exploitation, and Smuggling Sanctions 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP MADNESS Act’’. 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | It is the sense of Congress that— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) migrants who have unlawfully entered the 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | United States— 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (A) are a threat to national security; and 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) should be repatriated to their countries 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of origin; 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) if a country of origin resists repatriation of 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | its citizens that unlawfully entered the United 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | States, that country should be subject to economic 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | sanctions, denying the country access to the United 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | States financial system; and 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) any country, entity, or individual that know-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ingly facilitates unlawful immigration into the 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | United States should be subject to economic sanc-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | tions, denying them access to the United States fi-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | nancial system. 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | In this Act: 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) A |
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| 52 | 52 | | PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | mittees’’ means— 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | the Committee on Financial Services of the 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | House of Representatives. 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (2) F |
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| 64 | 64 | | OREIGN GOVERNMENT .—The term ‘‘for-6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | eign government’’— 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (A) means any governing body or political 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | organization that exercises control over a for-9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | eign country or a substantial portion of a for-10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | eign country; and 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (B) includes— 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (i) a ministry, department, agency, or 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | instrumentality of a body or organization 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | described in subparagraph (A); 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (ii) an official, representative, or other 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | individual acting on behalf of such a body 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | or organization, including an individual 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | who holds a formal or informal role of au-19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | thority; and 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (iii) an entity— 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (I) owned or controlled by such a 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | body or organization; or 23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (II) that acts on behalf of or is 1 |
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| 86 | 86 | | directed by such a body or organiza-2 |
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| 87 | 87 | | tion. 3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (3) F |
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| 89 | 89 | | OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | son’’— 5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (A) means an individual or entity that is 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | not a United States person; and 7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (B) does not include a foreign government. 8 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (4) K |
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| 95 | 95 | | NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 9 |
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| 96 | 96 | | respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 10 |
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| 97 | 97 | | means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 11 |
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| 98 | 98 | | have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 12 |
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| 99 | 99 | | result. 13 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (5) U |
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| 101 | 101 | | NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 14 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘United States person’’ means— 15 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (A) a United States citizen; 16 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (B) an alien lawfully admitted for perma-17 |
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| 105 | 105 | | nent residence to the United States; 18 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (C) an alien lawfully admitted to the 19 |
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| 107 | 107 | | United States, including any alien admitted for 20 |
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| 108 | 108 | | temporary residence, tourism, or employment, 21 |
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| 109 | 109 | | or to pursue a course of study; or 22 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (D) an entity organized under the laws of 23 |
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| 111 | 111 | | the United States or of any jurisdiction within 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | the United States, including a foreign branch of 1 |
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| 116 | 116 | | such an entity. 2 |
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| 117 | 117 | | SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. 3 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (a) S |
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| 119 | 119 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-4 |
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| 120 | 120 | | gress that— 5 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (1) foreign governments that refuse or obstruct 6 |
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| 122 | 122 | | the efforts of the United States to repatriate their 7 |
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| 123 | 123 | | citizens who have unlawfully entered the United 8 |
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| 124 | 124 | | States constitute an unusual and extraordinary 9 |
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| 125 | 125 | | threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 10 |
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| 126 | 126 | | economy of the United States, and pose a national 11 |
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| 127 | 127 | | emergency; and 12 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (2) foreign governments and foreign persons 13 |
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| 129 | 129 | | that knowingly facilitate unlawful immigration into 14 |
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| 130 | 130 | | the United States constitute an unusual and extraor-15 |
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| 131 | 131 | | dinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, 16 |
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| 132 | 132 | | and economy of the United States, and pose a na-17 |
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| 133 | 133 | | tional emergency. 18 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (b) S |
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| 135 | 135 | | TATEMENT OFPOLICY.—It is the policy of the 19 |
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| 136 | 136 | | United States, in order to protect the national security 20 |
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| 137 | 137 | | of the United States, to apply economic and other finan-21 |
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| 138 | 138 | | cial sanctions with respect to— 22 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (1) foreign governments that resist efforts to 23 |
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| 140 | 140 | | repatriate their citizens who have unlawfully entered 24 |
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| 141 | 141 | | the United States; and 25 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (2) foreign governments and foreign persons 1 |
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| 146 | 146 | | that knowingly facilitate unlawful immigration into 2 |
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| 147 | 147 | | the United States. 3 |
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| 148 | 148 | | SEC. 5. USE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY AUTHORITIES; RE-4 |
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| 149 | 149 | | PORTING. 5 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (a) I |
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| 151 | 151 | | NGENERAL.—The President may exercise all 6 |
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| 152 | 152 | | authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 7 |
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| 153 | 153 | | International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 8 |
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| 154 | 154 | | U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this Act. 9 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (b) R |
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| 156 | 156 | | EPORTREQUIRED.— 10 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (1) I |
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| 158 | 158 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 11 |
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| 159 | 159 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-12 |
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| 160 | 160 | | nually thereafter until the date that is 7 years after 13 |
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| 161 | 161 | | such date of enactment, the President shall submit 14 |
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| 162 | 162 | | to the appropriate congressional committees a report 15 |
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| 163 | 163 | | on actions taken by the executive branch pursuant 16 |
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| 164 | 164 | | to this Act and any national emergency declared 17 |
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| 165 | 165 | | with respect to the facilitation of unlawful immigra-18 |
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| 166 | 166 | | tion to the United States, including— 19 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (A) the issuance of any new or revised reg-20 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ulations, policies, or guidance; 21 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (B) the imposition of sanctions; 22 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (C) the collection of relevant information 23 |
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| 171 | 171 | | from outside parties; 24 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (D) the issuance or termination of general 1 |
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| 176 | 176 | | licenses, specific licenses, and statements of li-2 |
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| 177 | 177 | | censing policy by the Office of Foreign Assets 3 |
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| 178 | 178 | | Control of the Department of the Treasury; 4 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (E) any pending enforcement actions; or 5 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (F) the implementation of mitigation pro-6 |
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| 181 | 181 | | cedures. 7 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (2) F |
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| 183 | 183 | | ORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 8 |
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| 184 | 184 | | by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 9 |
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| 185 | 185 | | form, but may include the matters required by sub-10 |
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| 186 | 186 | | paragraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F) of that paragraph 11 |
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| 187 | 187 | | in a classified annex. 12 |
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| 188 | 188 | | SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO EF-13 |
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| 189 | 189 | | FORTS TO RESIST REPATRIATION OR FACILI-14 |
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| 190 | 190 | | TATE UNLAWFUL IMMIGRATION. 15 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (a) I |
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| 192 | 192 | | NGENERAL.—The President may impose the 16 |
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| 193 | 193 | | sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to— 17 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (1) any foreign government the President deter-18 |
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| 195 | 195 | | mines knowingly refuses or obstructs the efforts of 19 |
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| 196 | 196 | | the United States to repatriate its citizens who have 20 |
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| 197 | 197 | | unlawfully entered the United States; and 21 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (2) any foreign government or foreign person 22 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the President determines knowingly facilitates un-23 |
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| 200 | 200 | | lawful immigration into the United States. 24 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (b) SANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The President may, 1 |
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| 205 | 205 | | pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Pow-2 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block and prohibit all 3 |
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| 207 | 207 | | transactions in property and interests in property of a for-4 |
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| 208 | 208 | | eign government or foreign person described in subsection 5 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (a) if such property and interests in property are in the 6 |
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| 210 | 210 | | United States, come within the United States, or are or 7 |
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| 211 | 211 | | come within the possession or control of a United States 8 |
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| 212 | 212 | | person. 9 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (c) R |
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| 214 | 214 | | EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 10 |
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| 215 | 215 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 11 |
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| 216 | 216 | | thereafter until the date that is 7 years after such date 12 |
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| 217 | 217 | | of enactment, the President shall submit to the appro-13 |
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| 218 | 218 | | priate congressional committees a report on actions taken 14 |
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| 219 | 219 | | by the executive branch with respect to the foreign govern-15 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ments and foreign persons identified under subsection (a). 16 |
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| 221 | 221 | | SEC. 7. PENALTIES; WAIVERS; EXCEPTIONS. 17 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (a) P |
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| 223 | 223 | | ENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 18 |
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| 224 | 224 | | violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 19 |
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| 225 | 225 | | Act or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out 20 |
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| 226 | 226 | | this Act shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-21 |
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| 227 | 227 | | sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 22 |
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| 228 | 228 | | Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 23 |
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| 229 | 229 | | same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-24 |
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| 230 | 230 | | scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 25 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (b) NATIONALSECURITYWAIVER.—The President 1 |
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| 235 | 235 | | may waive the application of sanctions under this Act with 2 |
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| 236 | 236 | | respect to a foreign government or foreign person if the 3 |
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| 237 | 237 | | President determines that the waiver is in the national se-4 |
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| 238 | 238 | | curity interest of the United States. 5 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (c) E |
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| 240 | 240 | | XCEPTIONS FORINTELLIGENCE AND LAWEN-6 |
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| 241 | 241 | | FORCEMENTACTIVITIES.—This Act shall not apply with 7 |
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| 242 | 242 | | respect to— 8 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (1) activities subject to the reporting require-9 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ments under title V of the National Security Act of 10 |
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| 245 | 245 | | 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized in-11 |
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| 246 | 246 | | telligence activities of the United States; or 12 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (2) activities necessary to carry out or assist 13 |
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| 248 | 248 | | law enforcement activity of the United States. 14 |
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