II 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 93 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 28, 2021 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. WICKER) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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. 

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 ‘‘Global Magnitsky 

5 Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act’’. 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
2 

•S 93 IS

1 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO AND REAUTHORIZATION OF 

2 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN 

3 RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1262 of the Global 

5 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F 

6 of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) 

7 is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(2) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.—The term 

10 ‘immediate family member’, with respect to a foreign 

11 person, means the spouse, parent, sibling, or adult 

12 child of the person.’’. 

13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Global Magnitsky 

14 Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F of title XII 

15 of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended 

16 by inserting after section 1262 the following new section: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 1262A. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

18 ‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the President should 

19 establish and regularize information sharing and sanc20 tions-related decision making with like-minded govern21 ments possessing human rights and anti-corruption sanc22 tions programs similar in nature to those authorized under 

23 this subtitle.’’. 

24 (c) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 

26 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights AcVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:08 Feb 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S93.IS S93

pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
3 

•S 93 IS

1 countability Act (Subtitle F of title XII of Public 

2 Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended to 

3 read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may impose the 

5 sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to— 

6 ‘‘(1) any foreign person that the President de7 termines, based on credible information— 

8 ‘‘(A) is responsible for or complicit in, or 

9 has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious 

10 human rights abuse or any violation of inter11 nationally recognized human rights; 

12 ‘‘(B) is a current or former government of13 ficial, or a person acting for or on behalf of 

14 such an official, who is responsible for or 

15 complicit in, or has directly or indirectly en16 gaged in— 

17 ‘‘(i) corruption, including— 

18 ‘‘(I) the misappropriation of state 

19 assets; 

20 ‘‘(II) the expropriation of private 

21 assets for personal gain; 

22 ‘‘(III) corruption related to gov23 ernment contracts or the extraction of 

24 natural resources; or 

25 ‘‘(IV) bribery; or 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
4 

•S 93 IS

1 ‘‘(ii) the transfer or facilitation of the 

2 transfer of the proceeds of corruption; 

3 ‘‘(C) is or has been a leader or official of— 

4 ‘‘(i) an entity, including a government 

5 entity, that has engaged in, or whose mem6 bers have engaged in, any of the activities 

7 described in subparagraph (A) or (B) dur8 ing the tenure of the leader or official; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) an entity whose property and in10 terests in property are blocked pursuant to 

11 this section as a result of activities during 

12 the tenure of the leader or official; 

13 ‘‘(D) has materially assisted, sponsored, or 

14 provided financial, material, or technological 

15 support for, or goods or services to or in sup16 port of— 

17 ‘‘(i) an activity described in subpara18 graph (A) or (B) that is conducted by a 

19 foreign person; 

20 ‘‘(ii) a person whose property and in21 terests in property are blocked pursuant to 

22 this section; or 

23 ‘‘(iii) an entity, including a govern24 ment entity, that has engaged in, or whose 

25 members have engaged in, an activity deVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:08 Feb 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S93.IS S93

pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
5 

•S 93 IS

1 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) con2 ducted by a foreign person; or 

3 ‘‘(E) is owned or controlled by, or acts or 

4 is purported to act for or on behalf of, directly 

5 or indirectly, a person whose property and in6 terests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

7 section; and 

8 ‘‘(2) any immediate family member of a person 

9 described in paragraph (1).’’. 

10 (2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—Clause (ii) of sub11 section (b)(2)(C) of such section is amended to read 

12 as follows: 

13 ‘‘(ii) GOOD.—In this subparagraph, 

14 the term ‘good’ means any article, natural 

15 or manmade substance, material, supply, 

16 or manufactured product, including inspec17 tion and test equipment, and excluding 

18 technical data.’’. 

19 (3) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN INFORMA20 TION.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended 

21 by inserting ‘‘corruption and’’ after ‘‘monitor’’. 

22 (4) REQUESTS BY CONGRESS.—Subsection (d) 

23 of such section is amended— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1)— 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
6 

•S 93 IS

1 (i) in the matter preceding subpara2 graph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by insert5 ing ‘‘or an immediate family member of 

6 the person’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

9 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

10 by striking ‘‘HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLA11 TIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘SERIOUS

12 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE OR VIOLA13 TIONS OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOG14 NIZED HUMAN RIGHTS’’; and 

15 (II) by striking ‘‘described in 

16 paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 

17 (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘described in sub18 section (a)(1) relating to serious 

19 human rights abuse or any violation 

20 of internationally recognized human 

21 rights’’; and 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the mat23 ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘de24 scribed in paragraph (3) or (4) of sub25 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘described in 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
7 

•S 93 IS

1 subsection (a)(1) relating to corruption or 

2 the transfer or facilitation of the transfer 

3 of the proceeds of corruption’’. 

4 (5) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—Subsection 

5 (g) of such section is amended, in the matter pre6 ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the imme7 diate family members of that person’’ after ‘‘a per8 son’’. 

9 (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 1264(a) of the 

10 Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Sub11 title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 

12 2656 note) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

14 inserting a semicolon; 

15 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

16 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(7) A description of additional steps taken by 

19 the President through diplomacy and assistance to 

20 foreign or security sectors to address persistent un21 derlying causes of serious human rights abuse, viola22 tions of internationally recognized human rights, 

23 and corruption in each country in which foreign per24 sons with respect to which sanctions have been im25 posed under section 1263 are located.’’. 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
8 

•S 93 IS

1 (e) REPEAL OF SUNSET.—Section 1265 of the Global 

2 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F 

3 of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) 

4 is repealed. 

Æ 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS