[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3327 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3327
To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to officials of the
Government of Lebanon responsible for the wrongful or unlawful
detention of citizens and nationals of the United States held in
Lebanon.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 24, 2020
Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to officials of the
Government of Lebanon responsible for the wrongful or unlawful
detention of citizens and nationals of the United States held in
Lebanon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Zero Tolerance for Unlawful
Detentions of United States Citizens in Lebanon Act''.
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.
(a) Identification of Officials.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall develop a
list of each individual--
(A) who is a current or former official of the
Government of Lebanon (including the judiciary and the
Military Court); and
(B) with respect to whom the Secretary has credible
information indicating that the individual was involved
in or facilitated the wrongful, unlawful, or inhumane
arrest, detention, or abuse of a citizen or national of
the United States being held in Lebanon as of the date
of the list.
(2) Submission to congress.--The Secretary shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees--
(A) the list required by paragraph (1) not later
than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act; and
(B) an update to the list not less frequently than
every 30 days thereafter and as new information becomes
available.
(3) Form.--The list required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form and published in the Federal
Register.
(4) Removal from list.--An individual may be removed from
the list required by paragraph (1) if the President determines
and reports to the appropriate congressional committees not
less than 15 days before the removal of the individual from the
list that all citizens and nationals of the United States who
were wrongfully, unlawfully, or inhumanely held in Lebanon have
been released.
(b) Inadmissibility to the United States of Identified Individuals,
Family Members, and Associates.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall deny a visa
to an alien described in paragraph (2) and revoke, in
accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), any visa of such an alien,
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude any such
alien from the United States.
(2) Aliens described.--An alien described in this paragraph
is an alien who is--
(A) an individual on the list required by
subsection (a);
(B) an immediate family member of such an
individual; or
(C) an associate of an individual described in
subparagraph (A) or (B).
(3) Exception to comply with international agreements.--
Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect 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 of the United States.
(c) Blocking of Property of Identified Individuals.--
(1) In general.--The President shall block and prohibit, in
accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all property and
interests in property of any individual on the list required by
subsection (a) if such property and interests 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) Inapplicability of national emergency requirement.--The
requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply for
purposes of this section.
(3) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
(A) In general.--The authorities and requirements
to impose sanctions authorized under this subsection
shall not include the authority or a requirement to
impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
(B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term
``good'' means any article, natural or manmade
substance, material, supply, or manufactured product,
including inspection and test equipment, and excluding
technical data.
(d) Implementation; Penalties.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all
authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and
1704) to carry out this section.
(2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of
subsection (c)(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.
(e) Nonapplicability of Confidentiality Requirement With Respect to
Visa Records.--The President shall publish the list required by
subsection (a) without regard to the requirements of section 222(f) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with respect to
confidentiality of records pertaining to the issuance or refusal of
visas or permits to enter the United States.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Alien.--The terms ``admitted'' and ``alien'' have the
meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee
on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
(3) 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 of any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
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