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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5043 

To require coordination among Federal agencies that administer sanctions 

lists with respect to the inclusion of individuals and entities on such lists. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require coordination among Federal agencies that administer sanctions lists with respect to the inclusion of individuals and entities on such lists. 

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 ‘‘Sanctions Lists Har5 monization Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COORDINATION WITH RESPECT TO 

2 INCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES 

3 ON SANCTIONS LISTS. 

4 (a) NOTIFICATION TO OTHER FEDERAL OFFI5 CIALS.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which 

6 an individual or entity is included on one of the lists de7 scribed in subsection (d), the Federal official responsible 

8 for administering such list shall notify the Federal officials 

9 responsible for administering the other lists described in 

10 subsection (d) of the inclusion of the individual or entity 

11 on such list. 

12 (b) DETERMINATION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

13 OF OTHER FEDERAL OFFICIAL.— 

14 (1) REVIEW.—Not later than 30 days after the 

15 date on which a Federal official receives a notifica16 tion under subsection (a) of the inclusion of an indi17 vidual or entity on one of the lists described in sub18 section (d), such Federal official shall initiate a re19 view regarding whether such individual or entity 

20 warrants inclusion on such other lists. 

21 (2) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 90 days 

22 after the date on which a Federal official receives a 

23 notification under subsection (a) of the inclusion of 

24 an individual or entity on one of the lists described 

25 in subsection (d), such Federal official shall make a 


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1 determination of whether to include such individual 

2 or entity on such other lists. 

3 (c) REPORT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

5 after the enactment of this Act, each Federal agency 

6 maintaining a list described in subsection (d) shall 

7 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

8 a report— 

9 (A) certifying compliance with subsections 

10 (a) and (b); 

11 (B) explaining the agency’s deliberative 

12 process to meet the requirements in subsections 

13 (a) and (b); and 

14 (C) enumerating any instances in which 

15 the requirements in subsections (a) and (b) led 

16 to the inclusion of additional individuals or enti17 ties on one of the lists described in subsection 

18 (d). 

19 (2) FORM.—The report required by this sub20 section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

21 may contain a classified annex. 

22 (d) LISTS DESCRIBED.—The lists described in this 

23 subsection are the following: 

24 (1) The list of specially designated nationals 

25 and blocked persons maintained by the Office of 


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1 Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 

2 Treasury. 

3 (2) The Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial 

4 Complex Companies (NS–CMIC) List of the Office 

5 of Foreign Assets Control. 

6 (3) The Sectoral Sanctions List of the Office of 

7 Foreign Assets Control. 

8 (4) The Entity List maintained and set forth in 

9 Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Admin10 istration Regulations. 

11 (5) The Military End-User List maintained and 

12 set forth in Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of the 

13 Export Administration Regulations. 

14 (6) The list of Chinese military companies oper15 ating directly or indirectly in the United States 

16 maintained by the Secretary of Defense under sec17 tion 1260H(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

18 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

19 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 

20 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT22 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com23 mittees’’ means— 

24 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

25 Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent 


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1 Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com2 mittee on Financial Services of the House of 

3 Representatives; and 

4 (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

5 and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Armed 

6 Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, 

7 the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 

8 Committee on Finance of the Senate. 

9 (2) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 

10 The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 

11 means the regulations set forth in subchapter C of 

12 chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, 

13 or successor regulations. 

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