S.Amdt. 3898Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 3898
Sponsored by
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Submitted October 26, 2021
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October 26, 2021
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SA 3898. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following: SEC. 1264. REPORT ON ALL COMPREHENSIVE SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the head of any other relevant Federal department or agency that the Comptroller General determines necessary, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on all comprehensive sanctions imposed, under any provision of law, on-- (1) de jure or de facto governments of foreign countries; and (2) non-state actors that exercise significant de facto governmental control over a foreign civilian population. (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include-- (1) an assessment of the effect of sanctions imposed on each government described in paragraph (1) of that subsection and each non-state actor described in paragraph (2) of that subsection on-- (A) the ability of the civilian population to access water, food, sanitation, and public health services, including all humanitarian aid and supplies related to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19; (B) the changes to the general mortality rate, maternal mortality rate, life expectancy, and literacy rate; (C) the extent to which there is an increase in refugees or migration to or from the country or an increase in internally displaced people in the country; (D) the degree of compliance and non-compliance of the government or non-state actor with international humanitarian assistance efforts; and (E) the licensing of transactions to allow access to essential goods and services to vulnerable populations, including-- (i) the number of licenses applied for, approved, or denied; (ii) in cases of license applications that were denied, the reasons why such application were denied; and (iii) the average time to receive a decision; and (2) a description of the purpose of sanctions imposed on each such government and non-state actor and the required legal or political authority, including-- (A) an assessment of the role of United States national security; (B) an assessment of whether the stated foreign policy goals of the sanctions are being met; (C) the degree of international support or opposition to the sanctions; and (D) an assessment of the effect of such sanctions on United States businesses, consumers, and financial institutions. (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. The unclassified portion of the report shall be published on a publicly available internet website of the Government of the United States. (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. ______