S.Amdt. 1402

1. Adds SEC. 1230. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, PERSONS IN PAKISTAN THAT SUPPORT ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND OTHER VIOLENT ATTACKS at the end of subtitle B of title XII

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   (c) Submittal to Congress.--The President shall include the most current set of benchmarks established pursuant to subsection (a) with each report on progress toward security and stability in Afghanistan that is submitted to Congress under sections 1230 and 1231 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 385, 390).

   Inserted: SEC. 1230. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, PERSONS IN PAKISTAN THAT SUPPORT ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND OTHER VIOLENT ATTACKS.

   Inserted: (a) List of Persons in Pakistan Who Are Supporting Terrorism.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a list of persons in Pakistan, including officials and former officials of the Government of Pakistan, that the President determines, based on credible evidence, are providing material support for, or are responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, individuals or groups, including the Haqqani Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, and Al Qaeda, that carry out acts of international terrorism or other violent attacks against the Armed Forces of the United States, civilian personnel of the United States, or the civilian population or other populations of foreign nationals in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, or the United States.

   Inserted: (2) Updates of list.--The President shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an updated list under paragraph (1)--

   Inserted: (A) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter; and

   Inserted: (B) as new information becomes available.

   Inserted: (3) Form of report; public availability.--

   Inserted: (A) Form.--The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.

   Inserted: (B) Public availability.--The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.

   Inserted: (b) Imposition of Sanctions.--

   Inserted: (1) Ineligibility for visas.--An alien on the list required by subsection (a), and any family member of such an alien, shall be ineligible to receive a visa to enter the United States and ineligible to be admitted to the United States.

   Inserted: (2) Financial sanctions.--The President shall impose, with respect to a person on the list required by subsection (a), sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), including blocking of property and restrictions or prohibitions on financial transactions and the exportation and importation of property.

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   Inserted: (c) Termination of Sanctions.--The President may terminate the sanctions imposed under subsection (b) with respect to a person on the list required by subsection (a) on the date on which the President determines and certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that the person no longer meets the criteria for inclusion in the list.

   Inserted: (d) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) if the President--

   Inserted: (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and

   Inserted: (2) submits to the appropriate committees of Congress an explanation for the waiver.

   Inserted: (e) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--

   Inserted: (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

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   At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:

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