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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1132 

To require publicly available information relating to sanctions to be both 

user-friendly and consolidated on a publicly accessible website, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 

Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. COHEN, and 

Ms. SALAZAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 

Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require publicly available information relating to sanctions 

to be both user-friendly and consolidated on a publicly 

accessible website, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparent and Ac5 cessible Sanctions Coordinating Office Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘TASCO Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress as follows: 

3 (1) The United States will increasingly use 

4 sanctions as an important foreign policy tool in hold5 ing accountable malign actors in the international 

6 community and to compel state and non-state actors 

7 to conform to international norms. 

8 (2) The increasing volume of data related to 

9 United States sanctions will become more crucial in 

10 determining its efficacy. 

11 (3) The data related to United States sanctions 

12 must be centralized and regularly managed. 

13 (4) Data from various departments and agen14 cies must be aggregated and updated, including 

15 travel sanctions, financial sanctions, trade sanctions, 

16 and export controls. Although various agencies will 

17 still maintain their jurisdiction over implementing 

18 these various sanctions, one office must be respon19 sible for compiling and displaying such data in an 

20 easily accessible format. Various systems handing 

21 such data should interface and automatically update 

22 such data in regular and frequent intervals. 

23 (5) The United States will make available this 

24 critical data related to United States sanctions to in25 dividuals, academic institutions, media outlets, and 


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1 non-governmental organizations, conducting analysis 

2 on sanctions programs through an online platform. 

3 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRANSPARENT AND ACCES4 SIBLE SANCTIONS COORDINATING OFFICE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall take such 

6 steps as may be necessary to ensure that all materials re7 lating to the imposition of sanctions, including guidance, 

8 lists of sanctioned persons, and procedures relating to gen9 eral and specific licenses, are made available in a consoli10 dated, machine-readable database. 

11 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the ex12 ecutive branch of the Federal Government the Trans13 parent and Accessible Sanctions Coordinating Office 

14 (‘‘TASCO’’), which shall be responsible for carrying out 

15 the duties described in subsection (d). 

16 (c) DIRECTOR AND STAFF.— 

17 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The head of the TASCO 

18 shall be a Director appointed by the Secretary of 

19 State. The position of Director shall be a career po20 sition in the civil service. 

21 (2) STAFF.—The Director of the TASCO may 

22 appoint personnel as the Director considers appro23 priate. 

24 (3) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE

25 LAWS.—The Director and the staff of the TASCO 


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1 shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 

2 5, United States Code, governing appointments 

3 made in the competitive service, and shall be paid in 

4 accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and 

5 subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to 

6 classification and General Schedule Pay rates. 

7 (d) DUTIES.— 

8 (1) DATABASE.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

10 days after the enactment of this Act, the Direc11 tor of the TASCO shall establish a publicly 

12 available, downloadable, searchable, sortable, 

13 and machine-readable database of individuals 

14 and entities subject to United States sanctions. 

15 Such database shall be published on a publicly 

16 available website of the TASCO. 

17 (B) STANDARDIZED FORMAT.—In devel18 oping the database under subparagraph (A), 

19 the Director of the TASCO, in consultation 

20 with each covered Federal actor, shall establish 

21 a standardized format for the compilation, stor22 age, and display of all data included in such 

23 database. 


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1 (C) REQUIRED CONSOLIDATION OF SANC2 TIONS LISTS.—The database under subpara3 graph (A) shall include the following— 

4 (i) The List of Specially Designated 

5 Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained 

6 by the Office of Foreign Asset Control of 

7 the Department of the Treasury. 

8 (ii) The Entity List maintained by the 

9 Bureau of Industry and Security of the 

10 Department of Commerce. 

11 (iii) Individuals or entities subject to 

12 sanctions maintained and enforced by the 

13 Office of Economic Sanctions Policy and 

14 Implementation of the Department of 

15 State. 

16 (iv) Any other individual or entity 

17 subject to sanctions imposed under United 

18 States law, including sanctions relating to 

19 ineligibility for visas or other authorization 

20 to enter the United States. 

21 (D) MINIMUM DATA ATTRIBUTE REQUIRE22 MENTS.—The Director of the TASCO shall en23 sure that the data for each sanction included in 

24 the database under subparagraph (A) includes, 

25 at a minimum, the following: 


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1 (i) The name, and any alias, of the 

2 sanctioned individual or entity (including 

3 an aircraft or vessel). 

4 (ii) The country of origin or citizen5 ship of such individual or entity. 

6 (iii) The industry type, if applicable. 

7 (iv) The position of the individual in 

8 their organization, if applicable. 

9 (v) The reason for sanction, including 

10 but not limited to the criminal violation or 

11 malign act. 

12 (vi) The date of sanction. 

13 (vii) The region of sanction and if 

14 available, address of registration. 

15 (viii) If available, any unique tax iden16 tification number. 

17 (ix) The type of sanctions, including 

18 but not limited to travel, financial, and/or 

19 trade. 

20 (x) Harmonized System code, if appli21 cable. 

22 (xi) Any other data attribute relevant 

23 to the notification and reporting of sanc24 tions activities. 


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1 (E) MAINTENANCE OF CURRENCY OF

2 DATABASE AND WEBSITE.—Beginning not later 

3 than 90 days after the date of the establish4 ment of the database under subparagraph (A), 

5 and not later than 30 days after the entry into 

6 force of any new statutory authority or Execu7 tive order relating to new or additional sanc8 tions, the Director of the TASCO shall update 

9 the database, and the website on which the 

10 database is published. 

11 (F) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this 

12 paragraph, the Director of the TASCO shall co13 ordinate, as appropriate, with covered Federal 

14 actors. 

15 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one 

16 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

17 Secretary of State, acting through the Director of 

18 the TASCO and in consultation with each covered 

19 Federal actor, shall submit to the appropriate con20 gressional committees a report on the transparency 

21 and accessibility of the database under subpara22 graph (A) and the website on which the database is 

23 published. Such report shall identify the following: 

24 (A) The number of individual users who 

25 have accessed the database through the website. 


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1 (B) Any technical actions that have been 

2 taken to ensure the accessibility and trans3 parency of data available on the database. 

4 (C) Any stakeholder engagement that has 

5 been conducted to ensure that all relevant par6 ties, including those with decision-making au7 thority, members of the business community, 

8 and other members of civil society, may effec9 tively access such data. 

10 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

15 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

16 House of Representatives; and 

17 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

18 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 

19 (2) CIVIL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘civil service’’ 

20 has the meaning given that term in section 2101 of 

21 title 5, United States Code. 

22 (3) COVERED FEDERAL ACTOR.—The term 

23 ‘‘covered Federal actor’’ means the following: 

24 (A) The Secretary of State. 

25 (B) The Secretary of the Treasury. 


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1 (C) The Secretary of Commerce. 

2 (D) The head of any other Federal depart3 ment or agency relevant to the imposition or 

4 enforcement of United States sanctions. 

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