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Calendar No. 89 

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, Mr. WICKER, Mr. COONS, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

JUNE 24, 2021 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Magnitsky 

3 Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO AND REAUTHORIZATION OF 

5 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN 

6 RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. 

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

8 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F 

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

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

11 following: 

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

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

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

15 child of the person.’’. 

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

17 Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F of title XII 

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

19 by inserting after section 1262 the following new section: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 1262A. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

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

22 establish and regularize information sharing and sanc23 tions-related decision making with like-minded govern24 ments possessing human rights and anti-corruption sanc25 tions programs similar in nature to those authorized under 

26 this subtitle.’’. 


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1 (c) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

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

3 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac4 countability Act (Subtitle F of title XII of Public 

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

6 read as follows: 

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

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

9 ‘‘(1) any foreign person that the President de10 termines, based on credible information— 

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

12 has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious 

13 human rights abuse or any violation of inter14 nationally recognized human rights; 

15 ‘‘(B) is a current or former government of16 ficial, or a person acting for or on behalf of 

17 such an official, who is responsible for or 

18 complicit in, or has directly or indirectly en19 gaged in— 

20 ‘‘(i) corruption, including— 

21 ‘‘(I) the misappropriation of state 

22 assets; 

23 ‘‘(II) the expropriation of private 

24 assets for personal gain; 


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1 ‘‘(III) corruption related to gov2 ernment contracts or the extraction of 

3 natural resources; or 

4 ‘‘(IV) bribery; or 

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

6 transfer of the proceeds of corruption; 

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

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

9 entity, that has engaged in, or whose mem10 bers have engaged in, any of the activities 

11 described in subparagraph (A) or (B) dur12 ing the tenure of the leader or official; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) an entity whose property and in14 terests in property are blocked pursuant to 

15 this section as a result of activities during 

16 the tenure of the leader or official; 

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

18 provided financial, material, or technological 

19 support for, or goods or services to or in sup20 port of— 

21 ‘‘(i) an activity described in subpara22 graph (A) or (B) that is conducted by a 

23 foreign person; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) a person whose property and in2 terests in property are blocked pursuant to 

3 this section; or 

4 ‘‘(iii) an entity, including a govern5 ment entity, that has engaged in, or whose 

6 members have engaged in, an activity de7 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) con8 ducted by a foreign person; or 

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

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

11 or indirectly, a person whose property and in12 terests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

13 section; and 

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

15 described in paragraph (1).’’. 

16 (2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—Clause (ii) of sub17 section (b)(2)(C) of such section is amended to read 

18 as follows: 

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

20 the term ‘good’ means any article, natural 

21 or manmade substance, material, supply, 

22 or manufactured product, including inspec23 tion and test equipment, and excluding 

24 technical data.’’. 


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1 (3) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN INFORMA2 TION.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended 

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

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

5 of such section is amended— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) in the matter preceding subpara8 graph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ 

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

10 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by insert11 ing ‘‘or an immediate family member of 

12 the person’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

15 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

16 by striking ‘‘HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLA17 TIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘SERIOUS

18 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE OR VIOLA19 TIONS OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOG20 NIZED HUMAN RIGHTS’’; and 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘described in 

22 paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 

23 (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘described in sub24 section (a)(1) relating to serious 

25 human rights abuse or any violation 


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1 of internationally recognized human 

2 rights’’; and 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the mat4 ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘de5 scribed in paragraph (3) or (4) of sub6 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘described in 

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

8 the transfer or facilitation of the transfer 

9 of the proceeds of corruption’’. 

10 (5) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—Subsection 

11 (g) of such section is amended, in the matter pre12 ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the imme13 diate family members of that person’’ after ‘‘a per14 son’’. 

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

16 Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Sub17 title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 

18 2656 note) is amended— 

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

20 inserting a semicolon; 

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

22 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

25 the President through diplomacy and assistance to 


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1 foreign or security sectors to address persistent un2 derlying causes of serious human rights abuse, viola3 tions of internationally recognized human rights, 

4 and corruption in each country in which foreign per5 sons with respect to which sanctions have been im6 posed under section 1263 are located.’’. 

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

8 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F 

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

10 is repealed. 

11 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Magnitsky 

13 Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act’’. 

14 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO AND REAUTHORIZATION OF 

15 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN 

16 RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. 

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

18 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F 

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

20 is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol21 lowing: 

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

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

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

25 child of the person.’’. 


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

2 Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F of title XII 

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

4 by inserting after section 1262 the following new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1262A. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

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

7 establish and regularize information sharing and sanctions8 related decision making with like-minded governments pos9 sessing human rights and anti-corruption sanctions pro10 grams similar in nature to those authorized under this sub11 title.’’. 

12 (c) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1263 

14 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Account15 ability Act (Subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 

16 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended to read as 

17 follows: 

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

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

20 ‘‘(1) any foreign person that the President deter21 mines, based on credible information— 

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

23 has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious 

24 human rights abuse; 


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1 ‘‘(B) is a current or former government offi2 cial, or a person acting for or on behalf of such 

3 an official, who is responsible for or complicit 

4 in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in— 

5 ‘‘(i) corruption, including— 

6 ‘‘(I) the misappropriation of state 

7 assets; 

8 ‘‘(II) the expropriation of private 

9 assets for personal gain; 

10 ‘‘(III) corruption related to gov11 ernment contracts or the extraction of 

12 natural resources; or 

13 ‘‘(IV) bribery; or 

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

15 transfer of the proceeds of corruption; 

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

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

18 entity, that has engaged in, or whose mem19 bers have engaged in, any of the activities 

20 described in subparagraph (A) or (B) re21 lated to the tenure of the leader or official; 

22 or 

23 ‘‘(ii) an entity whose property and in24 terests in property are blocked pursuant to 


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1 this section as a result of activities related 

2 to the tenure of the leader or official; 

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

4 provided financial, material, or technological 

5 support for, or goods or services to or in support 

6 of— 

7 ‘‘(i) an activity described in subpara8 graph (A) or (B) that is conducted by a for9 eign person; 

10 ‘‘(ii) a person whose property and in11 terests in property are blocked pursuant to 

12 this section; or 

13 ‘‘(iii) an entity, including a govern14 ment entity, that has engaged in, or whose 

15 members have engaged in, an activity de16 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) con17 ducted by a foreign person; or 

18 ‘‘(E) is owned or controlled by, or has acted 

19 or been purported to act for or on behalf of, di20 rectly or indirectly, a person whose property and 

21 interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

22 section; and 

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

24 described in paragraph (1).’’. 


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1 (2) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN INFORMA2 TION.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended 

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

4 (3) REQUESTS BY CONGRESS.—Subsection (d) of 

5 such section is amended— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) in the matter preceding subpara8 graph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and 

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

10 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by insert11 ing ‘‘or an immediate family member of the 

12 person’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

15 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

16 by striking ‘‘HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLA17 TIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘SERIOUS

18 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘described in 

20 paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘described in subsection 

22 (a)(1) relating to serious human rights 

23 abuse’’; and 

24 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 


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1 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

2 (i), by striking ‘‘described in para3 graph (3) or (4) of subsection (a)’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘described in subsection 

5 (a)(1) relating to corruption or the 

6 transfer or facilitation of the transfer 

7 of the proceeds of corruption’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘ranking member 

9 of’’ and all that follows through the pe10 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘ranking 

11 member of one of the appropriate con12 gressional committees’’. 

13 (4) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—Subsection 

14 (g) of such section is amended, in the matter pre15 ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the imme16 diate family members of that person’’ after ‘‘a per17 son’’. 

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

19 Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Sub20 title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 

21 note) is amended— 

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

23 inserting a semicolon; 

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

25 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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

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

3 the President through diplomacy, international en4 gagement, and assistance to foreign or security sectors 

5 to address persistent underlying causes of serious 

6 human rights abuse and corruption in each country 

7 in which foreign persons with respect to which sanc8 tions have been imposed under section 1263 are lo9 cated.’’. 

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

11 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F 

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

13 is repealed. 


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Calendar No. 89 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 93 

A BILL 

To amend the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Acposes. the imposition of sanctions, and for other pur- subject to sanctions and to remove the sunset for countability Act to modify the foreign persons 

JUNE 24, 2021 

Reported with an amendment 


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