1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act ”.
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act
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.
2. Modifications to and reauthorization of sanctions with respect to human rights violations
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:
“(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.”
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:
“1262A. Sense of Congress
“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.”
Imposition of sanctions—
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:
“(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;
“(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—
“(i) corruption, including—
“(I) the misappropriation of state assets;
“(II) the expropriation of private assets for personal gain;
“(III) corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources; or
“(IV) bribery; or
“(ii) the transfer or facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of corruption;
“(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; 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;
“(D) has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of—
“(i) an activity described in subparagraph (A) or (B) that is conducted by a foreign person;
“(ii) a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section; or
“(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
“(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
“(2) any immediate family member of a person described in paragraph (1).”
Sanctions described— Clause (ii) of subsection (b)(2)(C) of such section is amended to read as follows:
“(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.”
Consideration of certain information— Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended by inserting “corruption and” after “monitor”.
Requests by Congress— Subsection (d) of such section is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “subsection (a)” and inserting “subsection (a)(1)”; and
in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting “or an immediate family member of the person”; and
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (A)—
in the subparagraph heading, by striking “human rights violations” and inserting “serious human rights abuse or violations of internationally recognized human rights”; and
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
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”.
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”.
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—
in paragraph (5), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(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.”
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.