S.Amdt. 5013

1. Rewrites section 6

   Replaces

   In H.R. 7108 · Engrossed in House

   SEC. 6. [struck: MODIFICATIONS TO AND ]REAUTHORIZATION OF SANCTIONS [struck: UNDER THE GLOBAL MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT ]WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

   [struck: (a) Definitions.--]Section [struck: 1262][inserted: 1265] of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ([struck: subtitle][inserted: Subtitle] F of title XII of Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended by striking [struck: paragraph (2)][inserted: "6 years" and inserting "12 years"].

   Struck: (b) Sense of Congress.--

   Struck: (1) In general.--The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114- 328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended by inserting after section 1262 (as amended by subsection (a)) the following new section:

   Struck: "SEC. 1262A. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

   Struck: "It is the sense of Congress that the President should establish and regularize information sharing and sanctions-related decisionmaking with like-minded governments possessing human rights and anti- corruption sanctions programs similar in nature to those authorized under this subtitle.".

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   Struck: (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 2(b) and in title XII of division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) are each amended by inserting after the items relating to section 1262 the following:

   Struck: "Sec. 1262A. Sense of Congress.".

   Struck: (c) Imposition of Sanctions.--

   Struck: (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended to read as follows:

   Struck: "(a) In General.--The President may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign person that the President determines, based on credible information--

   Struck: "(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse;

   Struck: "(2) is a current or former government official, or a person acting for or on behalf of such an official, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in--

   Struck: "(A) corruption, including--

   Struck: "(i) the misappropriation of state assets;

   Struck: "(ii) the expropriation of private assets for personal gain;

   Struck: "(iii) corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources; or

   Struck: "(iv) bribery; or

   Struck: "(B) the transfer or facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of corruption;

   Struck: "(3) is or has been a leader or official of--

   Struck: "(A) an entity, including a government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in paragraph (1) or (2) during the tenure of the leader or official; or

   Struck: "(B) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section as a result of activities during the tenure of the leader or official;

   Struck: "(4) has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of--

   Struck: "(A) an activity described in paragraph (1) or (2) that is conducted by a foreign person;

   Struck: "(B) a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section; or

   Struck: "(C) an entity, including a government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, an activity described in paragraph (1) or (2) conducted by a foreign person; or

   Struck: "(5) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or been purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section.".

   Struck: (2) Consideration of certain information.--Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended by striking "violations of human rights" and inserting "corruption and human rights abuses".

   Struck: (3) Requests by congress.--Subsection (d)(2) of such section is amended--

   Struck: (A) in subparagraph (A)--

   Struck: (i) in the subparagraph heading, by striking "Human rights violations" and inserting "Serious human rights abuse";

   Struck: (ii) by striking "described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)" and inserting "described in subsection (a) relating to serious human rights abuse"; and

   Struck: (B) in subparagraph (B)--

   Struck: (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking "described in paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a)" and inserting "described in subsection (a) relating to corruption or the transfer or facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of corruption"; and

   Struck: (ii) by striking "ranking member of--" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting "ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional committees.".

   Struck: (d) Reports to Congress.--Section 1264(a) of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended--

   Struck: (1) in paragraph (5), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;

   Struck: (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

   Struck: (3) by adding at the end the following:

   Struck: "(7) a description of additional steps taken by the President through diplomacy, international engagement, and assistance to foreign or security sectors to address persistent underlying causes of serious human rights abuse and corruption in each country in which foreign persons with respect to which sanctions have been imposed under section 1263 are located; and

   Struck: "(8) a description of additional steps taken by the President to ensure the pursuit of judicial accountability in appropriate jurisdictions with respect to those foreign persons subject to sanctions under section 1263 for serious human rights abuse and corruption.".

   Struck: (e) Repeal of Sunset.--

   Struck: (1) In general.--Section 1265 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is repealed.

   Struck: (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 2(b) and in title XII of division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) are each amended by striking the items relating to section 1265.

   Struck: Passed the House of Representatives March 17, 2022.

   Original wording

   Strike section 6 and insert the following:

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