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S 93 — Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act

Last action — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 89.

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The revised bill removes the title "Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act" and eliminates specific provisions related to definitions of sanctions and the President's actions regarding human rights violations. It also modifies the definition of "immediate family member" to include only the spouse, parent, sibling, or adult child of a foreign person. These changes may affect how sanctions are applied and who is considered a target under the law, potentially impacting enforcement and oversight.

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93 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S.
93 Reported in Senate (RS)] <DOC> Calendar No.
89 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S.
Cardin (for himself and Mr.
Cardin (for himself, Mr.
Wicker) introduced the following bill;
Wicker, Mr.
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to modify the foreign persons subject to sanctions and to remove the sunset for the imposition of sanctions, and for other purposes.
Coons, and Mr.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1.
Whitehouse) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations June 24, 2021 Reported by Mr.
Menendez, with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to modify the foreign persons subject to sanctions and to remove the sunset for the imposition of sanctions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <DELETED>SECTION 1.
SHORT TITLE.</DELETED> <DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act''.</DELETED> <DELETED>SEC.
2.
MODIFICATIONS TO AND REAUTHORIZATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.</DELETED> <DELETED> (a) Definitions.--Section 1262 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 by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(2) Immediate family member.--The term `immediate family member', with respect to a foreign person, means the spouse, parent, sibling, or adult child of the person.''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (b) Sense of Congress.--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 the following new section:</DELETED> <DELETED>``SEC.
1262A.
SENSE OF CONGRESS.</DELETED> <DELETED> ``It is the sense of Congress that the President should establish and regularize information sharing and sanctions-related decision making with like-minded governments possessing human rights and anti-corruption sanctions programs similar in nature to those authorized under this subtitle.''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (c) Imposition of Sanctions.--</DELETED> <DELETED> (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:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(a) In General.--The President may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(1) any foreign person that the President determines, based on credible information--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(A) is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse or any violation of internationally recognized human rights;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(B) 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--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(i) corruption, including-- </DELETED> <DELETED> ``(I) the misappropriation of state assets;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(II) the expropriation of private assets for personal gain;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(III) corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources;
or</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(IV) bribery;
or</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(ii) the transfer or facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of corruption;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(C) is or has been a leader or official of--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(i) an entity, including a government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in subparagraph (A) or (B) during the tenure of the leader or official;
or</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(ii) 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;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(D) has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of-- </DELETED> <DELETED> ``(i) an activity described in subparagraph (A) or (B) that is conducted by a foreign person;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(ii) a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section;
or</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(iii) an entity, including a government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, an activity described in subparagraph (A) or (B) conducted by a foreign person;
or</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(E) is owned or controlled by, or acts or is 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;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(2) any immediate family member of a person described in paragraph (1).''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) Sanctions described.--Clause (ii) of subsection (b)(2)(C) of such section is amended to read as follows:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(ii) Good.--In this subparagraph, the term `good' means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply, or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data.''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (3) Consideration of certain information.-- Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended by inserting ``corruption and'' after ``monitor''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (4) Requests by congress.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED> <DELETED> (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsection (a)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting ``or an immediate family member of the person'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED> <DELETED> (i) in subparagraph (A)-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``human rights violations'' and inserting ``serious human rights abuse or violations of internationally recognized human rights'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (II) by striking ``described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)'' and inserting ``described in subsection (a)(1) relating to serious human rights abuse or any violation of internationally recognized human rights'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``described in paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a)'' and inserting ``described in subsection (a)(1) relating to corruption or the transfer or facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of corruption''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (5) Termination of sanctions.--Subsection (g) of such section is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``and the immediate family members of that person'' after ``a person''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (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--</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a semicolon;</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
and'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(7) A description of additional steps taken by the President through diplomacy and assistance to foreign or security sectors to address persistent underlying causes of serious human rights abuse, violations of internationally recognized human rights, and corruption in each country in which foreign persons with respect to which sanctions have been imposed under section 1263 are located.''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (e) Repeal of Sunset.--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.</DELETED> SECTION 1.
``(a) In General.--The President may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to-- ``(1) any foreign person that the President determines, based on credible information-- ``(A) is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse or any violation of internationally recognized human rights;
``(a) In General.--The President may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to-- ``(1) any foreign person that the President determines, based on credible information-- ``(A) is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse;
``(C) is or has been a leader or official of-- ``(i) an entity, including a government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in subparagraph (A) or (B) during the tenure of the leader or official;
``(C) is or has been a leader or official of-- ``(i) an entity, including a government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in subparagraph (A) or (B) related to the tenure of the leader or official;
or ``(ii) 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;
or ``(ii) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section as a result of activities related to the tenure of the leader or official;
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or ``(E) is owned or controlled by, or acts or is 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;
or ``(E) 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;
(2) Sanctions described.--Clause (ii) of subsection (b)(2)(C) of such section is amended to read as follows:
(2) Consideration of certain information.--Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended by inserting ``corruption and'' after ``monitor''.
``(ii) Good.--In this subparagraph, the term `good' means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply, or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data.''.
(3) Requests by congress.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended-- (A) in paragraph (1)-- (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsection (a)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)'';
(3) Consideration of certain information.--Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended by inserting ``corruption and'' after ``monitor''.
(4) Requests by congress.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended-- (A) in paragraph (1)-- (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsection (a)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)'';
and (B) in paragraph (2)-- (i) in subparagraph (A)-- (I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``human rights violations'' and inserting ``serious human rights abuse or violations of internationally recognized human rights'';
and (B) in paragraph (2)-- (i) in subparagraph (A)-- (I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``human rights violations'' and inserting ``serious human rights abuse'';
and (II) by striking ``described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)'' and inserting ``described in subsection (a)(1) relating to serious human rights abuse or any violation of internationally recognized human rights'';
and (II) by striking ``described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)'' and inserting ``described in subsection (a)(1) relating to serious human rights abuse'';
and (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``described in paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a)'' and inserting ``described in subsection (a)(1) relating to corruption or the transfer or facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of corruption''.
and (ii) in subparagraph (B)-- (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``described in paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a)'' and inserting ``described in subsection (a)(1) relating to corruption or the transfer or facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of corruption'';
(5) Termination of sanctions.--Subsection (g) of such section is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``and the immediate family members of that person'' after ``a person''.
and (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''.
(4) Termination of sanctions.--Subsection (g) of such section is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``and the immediate family members of that person'' after ``a person''.
``(7) A description of additional steps taken by the President through diplomacy and assistance to foreign or security sectors to address persistent underlying causes of serious human rights abuse, violations of internationally recognized human rights, and corruption in each country in which foreign persons with respect to which sanctions have been imposed under section 1263 are located.''.
``(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.''.
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Calendar No.
89 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S.
93 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to modify the foreign persons subject to sanctions and to remove the sunset for the imposition of sanctions, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________ June 24, 2021 Reported with an amendment
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  1. Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  2. Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  3. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 89.

  4. Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  5. Introduced in Senate

  6. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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