Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act

S BY OTHER GOVERNMENTS.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and 
leadership a report that evaluates the degree to which the governments 
of other countries have knowingly failed to--
        (1) close the representative offices of persons designated 
    under applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions;
        (2) expel any North Korean nationals, including diplomats, 
    working on behalf of such persons;
        (3) prohibit the opening of new branches, subsidiaries, or 
    representative offices of North Korean financial institutions 
    within the jurisdictions of such governments; or
        (4) expel any representatives of North Korean financial 
    institutions.
    (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees and Leadership Defined.--
In this section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees and 
leadership'' means--
        (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the majority and minority 
    leaders of the Senate; and
        (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
    Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the 
    Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of the House 
    of Representatives.
    SEC. 318. BRIEFING ON MEASURES TO DENY SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL 
      MESSAGING SERVICES TO DESIGNATED NORTH KOREAN FINANCIAL 
      INSTITUTIONS.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for 5 years, the 
President shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a 
briefing that includes the following information:
        (1) A list of each person or foreign government the President 
    has identified that directly provides specialized financial 
    messaging services to, or enables or facilitates direct or indirect 
    access to such messaging services for--
            (A) any North Korean financial institution (as such term is 
        defined in section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
        Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202)) designated under an 
        applicable United Nations Security Council resolution; or
            (B) any other North Korean person, on behalf of such a 
        North Korean financial institution.
        (2) A detailed assessment of the status of efforts by the 
    Secretary of the Treasury to work with the relevant authorities in 
    the home jurisdictions of such specialized financial messaging 
    providers to end such provision or access.
    (b) Form.--The briefing required under subsection (a) may be 
classified.

   Subtitle B--Sanctions With Respect to Human Rights Abuses by the 
                       Government of North Korea

    SEC. 321. SANCTIONS FOR FORCED LABOR AND SLAVERY OVERSEAS OF NORTH 
      KOREANS.
    (a) Sanctions for Trafficking in Persons.--
        (1) In general.--Section 302(b) of the North Korea Sanctions 
    and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241(b)) is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(3) a list of foreign persons that knowingly employ North 
    Korean laborers, as described in section 104(b)(1)(M).''.
        (2) Additional determinations; reports.--With respect to any 
    country identified in section 302(b)(2) of the North Korea 
    Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
    9241(b)(2)), as amended by paragraph (1), the report required under 
    section 302(a) of such Act shall--
            (A) include a determination whether each person identified 
        in section 302(b)(3) of such Act (as amended by paragraph (1)) 
        who is a national or a citizen of such identified country meets 
        the criteria for sanctions under--
                (i) section 111 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
            Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7108) (relating to the prevention of 
            trafficking in persons); or
                (ii) section 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the North Korea 
            Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
            9214(a)), as amended by section 101 of this Act;
            (B) be included in the report required under section 110(b) 
        of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
        7107(b)) (relating to the annual report on trafficking in 
        persons); and
            (C) be considered in any determination that the government 
        of such country has made serious and sustained efforts to 
        eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons, as such term 
        is defined for purposes of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
        Act of 2000.
    (b) Sanctions on Foreign Persons That Employ North Korean Labor.--
        (1) In general.--Title III of the North Korea Sanctions and 
    Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241 et seq.) is amended 
    by inserting after section 302 the following new sections:
``SEC. 302A. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION APPLICABLE TO GOODS MADE WITH NORTH 
KOREAN LABOR.
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any 
significant goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or 
manufactured wholly or in part by the labor of North Korean nationals 
or citizens shall be deemed to be prohibited under section 307 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) and shall not be entitled to entry 
at any of the ports of the United States.
    ``(b) Exception.--The prohibition described in subsection (a) shall 
not apply if the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the goods, wares, 
articles, or merchandise described in such paragraph were not produced 
with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal 
sanctions.
``SEC. 302B. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS EMPLOYING NORTH KOREAN LABOR.
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
President shall designate any person identified under section 302(b)(3) 
for the imposition of sanctions under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Imposition of Sanctions.--
        ``(1) In general.--The President shall impose the sanctions 
    described in paragraph (2) with respect to any person designated 
    under subsection (a).
        ``(2) Sanctions described.--The sanctions described in this 
    paragraph are sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency 
    Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to block and prohibit 
    all transactions in property and interests in property of a person 
    designated under subsection (a), if such property and interests in 
    property are in the United States, come within the United States, 
    or are or come within the possession or control of a United States 
    person.
    ``(c) Exception.--
        ``(1) In general.--A person may not be designated under 
    subsection (a) if the President certifies to the appropriate 
    congressional committees that the President has received reliable 
    assurances from such person that--
            ``(A) the employment of North Korean laborers does not 
        result in the direct or indirect transfer of convertible 
        currency, luxury goods, or other stores of value to the 
        Government of North Korea;
            ``(B) all wages and benefits are provided directly to the 
        laborers, and are held, as applicable, in accounts within the 
        jurisdiction in which they reside in locally denominated 
        currency; and
            ``(C) the laborers are subject to working conditions 
        consistent with international standards.
        ``(2) Recertification.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
    on which the President transmits to the appropriate congressional 
    committees an initial certification under paragraph (1), and every 
    180 days thereafter, the President shall--
            ``(A) transmit a recertification stating that the 
        conditions described in such paragraph continue to be met; or
            ``(B) if such recertification cannot be transmitted, impose 
        the sanctions described in subsection (b) beginning on the date 
        on which the President determines that such recertification 
        cannot be transmitted.''.
        (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) 
    of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 is 
    amended by inserting after the item relating to section 302 the 
    following new items:

``Sec. 302A. Rebuttable presumption applicable to goods made with North 
          Korean labor.
``Sec. 302B. Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean 
          labor.''.
    SEC. 322. MODIFICATIONS TO SANCTIONS SUSPENSION AND WAIVER 
      AUTHORITIES.
    (a) Exemptions.--Section 208(a) of the North Korea Sanctions and 
Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(a)) is amended in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1)--
        (1) by inserting ``201A,'' after ``104,''; and
        (2) by inserting ``302A, 302B,'' after ``209,''.
    (b) Humanitarian Waiver.--Section 208(b) of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(b)(1)) is 
amended--
        (1) by inserting ``201A,'' after ``104,'' in each place it 
    appears; and
        (2) by inserting ``302A, 302B,'' after ``209(b),'' in each 
    place it appears.
    (c) Waiver.--Section 208(c) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(c)) is amended in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1)--
        (1) by inserting ``201A,'' after ``104,''; and
        (2) by inserting ``302A, 302B,'' after ``209(b),''.
    SEC. 323. REWARD FOR INFORMANTS.
    Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
(22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ``or'' at the end;
        (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and 
    inserting a semicolon; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
        ``(11) the identification or location of any person who, while 
    acting at the direction of or under the control of a foreign 
    government, aids or abets a violation of section 1030 of title 18, 
    United States Code; or
        ``(12) the disruption of financial mechanisms of any person who 
    has engaged in the conduct described in sections 104(a) or 
    104(b)(1) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
    of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2914(a) or (b)(1)).''.
    SEC. 324. DETERMINATION ON DESIGNATION OF NORTH KOREA AS A STATE 
      SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.
    (a) Determination.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
    appropriate congressional committees a determination whether North 
    Korea meets the criteria for designation as a state sponsor of 
    terrorism.
        (2) Form.--The determination required by paragraph (1) shall be 
    submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex, 
    if appropriate.
    (b) State Sponsor of Terrorism Defined.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``state sponsor of terrorism'' means a country the 
government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes 
of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
4605(j)) (as in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2780), or any other provision of law, is a government that has 
repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.

                    Subtitle C--General Authorities

    SEC. 331. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE REPORTS.
    Any reports required to be submitted to the appropriate 
congressional committees under this title or any amendment made by this 
title that are subject to deadlines for submission consisting of 
similar units of time may be consolidated into a single report that is 
submitted to appropriate congressional committees pursuant to the 
earlier of such deadlines. The consolidated reports must contain all 
information required under this title or any amendment made by this 
title, in addition to all other elements mandated by previous law.
    SEC. 332. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
    Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit--
        (1) the authority or obligation of the President to apply the 
    sanctions described in section 104 of the North Korea Sanctions and 
    Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214), as amended by 
    section 311 of this Act, with regard to persons who meet the 
    criteria for designation under such section, or in any other 
    provision of law; or
        (2) the authorities of the President pursuant to the 
    International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
    seq.).
    SEC. 333. REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
    (a) In General.--The President shall, not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations as 
necessary for the implementation of this title and the amendments made 
by this title.
    (b) Notification to Congress.--Not fewer than 10 days before the 
promulgation of a regulation under subsection (a), the President shall 
notify and provide to the appropriate congressional committees the 
proposed regulation, specifying the provisions of this title or the 
amendments made by this title that the regulation is implementing.
    SEC. 334. LIMITATION ON FUNDS.
    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of 
this title or of the amendments made by this title. Such requirements 
shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

Summary: Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 This bill directs the President to impose sanctions against: (1) Iran's ballistic missile or weapons of mass destruction programs, (2) the sale or transfer to Iran of military equipment or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, and (3) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated foreign persons. The President may impose sanctions against persons responsible for violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals in Iran. The President may temporarily waive the imposition or continuation of sanctions under specified circumstances. Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 The President must submit for congressional review certain proposed actions to terminate or waive sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation. Specified executive order sanctions against Russia shall remain in effect. The President may waive specified cyber- and Ukraine-related sanctions. The bill provides sanctions for activities concerning: (1) cyber security, (2) crude oil projects, (3) financial institutions, (4) corruption, (5) human rights abuses, (6) evasion of sanctions, (7) transactions with Russian defense or intelligence sectors, (8) export pipelines, (9) privatization of state-owned assets by government officials, and (10) arms transfers to Syria. The Department of State shall work with the government of Ukraine to increase Ukraine's energy security. The bill: (1) directs the Department of the Treasury to develop a national strategy for combating the financing of terrorism, and (2) includes the Secretary of the Treasury on the National Security Council. Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act The bill modifies and increases the President's authority to impose sanctions on persons in violation of certain United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding North Korea. US financial institutions shall not establish or maintain correspondent accounts used by foreign financial institutions to provide indirect financial services to North Korea. A foreign government that provides to or receives from North Korea a defense article or service is prohibited from receiving certain types of US foreign assistance. The bill provides sanctions against: (1) North Korean cargo and shipping, (2) goods produced in whole or part by North Korean convict or forced labor, and (3) foreign persons that employ North Korean forced laborers. The State Department shall submit a determination regarding whether North Korea meets the criteria for designation as a state sponsor of terrorism.