S.Amdt. 4086

SA 4086. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the joint resolution S.J. Res. 54, to direct the removal of
United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen
that have not been authorized by Congress; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO OFFICIALS OF
THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA RESPONSIBLE FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

(a) List Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a list of all senior
officials of the Government of Saudi Arabia, including senior
officials of the military and security forces of Saudi
Arabia, that the President determines have played a direct
and substantial role in the commission of human rights
abuses, including torture of political prisoners.
(2) Updates.--Not less frequently than every 180 days, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees an updated version of the list required by
paragraph (1).
(b) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President shall impose
the following sanctions with respect to each individual on
the list required by subsection (a):
(1) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers granted to
the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block
and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests
in property of the individual if such property and interests
in property are in the United States, come within the United
States, or are or come within the possession or control of a
United States person.
(2) Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa
or other documentation.--Denial of a visa to, and exclusion
from the United States of, the individual, and revocation in
accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other
documentation of the individual.
(c) Exceptions.--
(1) Exception relating to importation of goods.--The
requirement to block and prohibit all transactions in all
property and interests in property under subsection (b)(1)
shall not include the authority to impose sanctions on the
importation of goods.
(2) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters
agreement.--Sanctions under subsection (b)(2) shall not apply
to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is
necessary to permit the United States to comply with the
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations,
signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force
November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United
States, or other applicable international obligations.
(d) National Security Waiver.--The President may waive the
imposition of sanctions under subsection (b) if the President
determines, and reports to the appropriate congressional
committees that the waiver is in the national security
interests of the United States.
(e) Implementation; Penalties.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all
authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and
205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out subsection (b)(1).
(2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of
subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued
to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the
penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206
of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful
act described in subsection (a) of that section.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence to the United States; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States
or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a
foreign branch of such an entity.
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