IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4644 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To clarify United States policy toward Libya, advance a 

diplomatic solution to the conflict in Libya, and support 

the people of Libya. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Libya Stabilization Act’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings; statement of policy. 

TITLE I—IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES TO STABILITY IN LIBYA 

Sec. 101. Report on activities of certain foreign governments and actors in 

Libya. 

Sec. 102. Report of Russian activities and objectives in Libya. 

Sec. 103. Determination of sanctionable activities of the Libyan National Army 

with respect to Syria. 

TITLE II—ACTIONS TO ADDRESS FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN 

LIBYA 

Sec. 201. Sanctions with respect to foreign persons leading, directing, or supporting certain foreign government involvement in Libya. 

Sec. 202. Sanctions with respect to foreign persons threatening the peace or 

stability of Libya. 

Sec. 203. Sanctions with respect to foreign persons who are responsible for or 

complicit in gross violations of internationally recognized 

human rights committed in Libya. 

Sec. 204. Sanctions described. 

Sec. 205. Waiver. 

Sec. 206. Implementation and regulatory authority. 

Sec. 207. Exception relating to importation of goods. 

Sec. 208. Definitions. 

Sec. 209. Suspension of sanctions. 

Sec. 210. Sunset. 

TITLE III—ASSISTANCE FOR LIBYA 

Sec. 301. Humanitarian relief for the people of Libya and international refugees and migrants in Libya. 

Sec. 302. Support for democratic governance, elections, and civil society. 

Sec. 303. Engaging international financial institutions to advance Libyan economic recovery and improve public sector financial management. 

Sec. 304. Recovering assets stolen from the Libyan people. 

TITLE IV—DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

Sec. 401. Determination of budgetary effects. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find3 ings: 

4 (1) The stability and territorial unity of Libya 

5 is critical to the security of the United States, Eu6 rope, North Africa, and the Sahel, as well as mari7 time routes in the southern Mediterranean Sea. 

8 (2) United States Africa Command 

9 (AFRICOM) identifies containing instability in 

10 Libya as one of its six main lines of effort in Africa 

11 and works to support diplomatic efforts to reconsti12 tute the Libyan State and to disrupt terrorist orga13 nizations that impede that process or threaten 

14 United States interests. 

15 (3) According to the Defense Intelligence Agen16 cy, the Islamic State in Libya (ISIS-Libya) is ‘‘de17 graded’’. However, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper 

18 said in November 2019 that there is a continued 

19 need for lethal operations to keep ISIS-Libya in a 

20 degraded state. 

21 (4) On April 4, 2019, Khalifa Haftar, the com22 mander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) or23 dered forces loyal to him to begin a unilateral mili24 tary operation to take control of Tripoli, the capital 

25 of Libya and seat of the Government of National Ac26 cord (GNA), an interim body that emerged from 


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1 previous United Nations-backed negotiations which 

2 the United States Government and the United Na3 tions Security Council have recognized since 2015. 

4 (5) Both the LNA, the GNA, and their associ5 ated forces have failed to observe their obligations 

6 under international humanitarian law, increased the 

7 geographic scope of the conflict, ignored calls for de8 escalation and a ceasefire, recruited foreign merce9 naries, and intensified ground and air campaigns 

10 using heavy weapons, aircraft, and reportedly using 

11 armed drones provided by foreign powers. 

12 (6) According to then-United Nations Special 

13 Representative and Head of the United Nations 

14 Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ghassan 

15 Salame ́, weapons provided by foreign powers to the 

16 warring parties in violation of the United Nations 

17 arms embargo are being sold to or captured by ter18 rorist groups active in Libya. 

19 (7) According to the United Nations, since the 

20 LNA offensive began in April 2019, the conflict in 

21 Libya has led to the deaths of more than 2,200 peo22 ple and the displacement of more than 150,000 peo23 ple. 

24 (8) All sides of the conflict have requisitioned 

25 the houses of civilians, targeted medical facilities, 


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1 and inhibited humanitarian access to food, health, 

2 and other life-saving services, worsening humani3 tarian conditions. 

4 (9) More than 2,200 refugees and migrants are 

5 detained in detention facilities in Libya with serious 

6 risks of torture, starvation, sexual abuse, and death. 

7 On July 2, 2019, an airstrike against the Tajura 

8 Detention Center killed 53 and wounded 130 people 

9 trapped in the center. The United Nations has called 

10 for the immediate release, evacuation, and protection 

11 of refugees and migrants detained in conflict zones. 

12 (10) The Department of State’s 2020 Traf13 ficking in Persons Report states with regard to 

14 Libya, ‘‘Trafficking victims—including men, women, 

15 and children—are highly vulnerable to extreme vio16 lence and other human rights violations in Libya by 

17 governmental and non-state armed groups, includ18 ing: physical, sexual, and verbal assault; abduction 

19 for ransom; extortion; arbitrary killings; inhumane 

20 detention; and child soldiering. . .Migrants in Libya 

21 are extremely vulnerable to sex and labor trafficking 

22 [and . . .] are vulnerable to exploitation by state 

23 and non-state actors, including employers who refuse 

24 to pay laborers’ wages.’’. 


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1 (11) In November 2019, the GNA and the Gov2 ernment of Turkey signed a Memorandum of Under3 standing on maritime boundaries in the Mediterra4 nean Sea. 

5 (12) According to a July 2020 Department of 

6 Defense Inspector General report, the Wagner 

7 Group, a Russian private military company, has de8 ployed as many as 2,500 mercenary forces, including 

9 some Syrian fighters, advanced equipment, and ad10 vanced capabilities to support the LNA and Russian 

11 objectives in North Africa. 

12 (13) According to a July 2020 Department of 

13 Defense Inspector General report, ‘‘Turkey’s presi14 dent acknowledged that his country sent many Syr15 ian militants to Libya to support the Government of 

16 National Accord (GNA). . ..USAFRICOM esti17 mated that 3,500 Syrian mercenaries were in Libya 

18 supporting the GNA as of the end of March. Citing 

19 press reports, USAFRICOM stated that an addi20 tional 300 Turkish-supported ‘Syrian opposition’ 

21 fighters arrived in Libya in early April.’’. 

22 (14) In January 2020, LNA-aligned forces shut 

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1 sequences for the Libyan people and for the coun2 try’s economic and financial situation. 

3 (15) On January 19, 2020, at a peace con4 ference in Berlin, representatives of the Govern5 ments of Algeria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, 

6 Italy, Russia, Turkey, the Republic of Congo, the 

7 United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and 

8 the United States, as well as regional and multilat9 eral organizations, agreed to refrain from inter10 ference in Libya’s internal affairs, abide by the 

11 United Nations arms embargo, and advance a 55- 

12 point communique to resolve the conflict in Libya. 

13 (16) On January 30, 2020, then-United Na14 tions Special Representative Salame ́ asserted, ‘‘the 

15 warring parties have continued to receive advanced 

16 equipment, fighters, and advisors from foreign 

17 states, in violation of the UN arms embargo and 

18 pledges made by representatives of these countries in 

19 Berlin’’. 

20 (17) On February 12, 2020, the United States 

21 Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Af22 fairs testified before the Senate Foreign Relations 

23 Committee, ‘‘The task of bringing the Libyans back 

24 to the negotiating table has been complicated by the 

25 involvement of external actors. Libya is not the place 


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1 for Russian mercenaries, or fighters from Syria, 

2 Chad, and Sudan. It is not the place for the 

3 Emiratis, Russians, or Turks to be fighting battles 

4 on the ground through intermediaries they sponsor 

5 or support with sophisticated and deadly equipment 

6 in pursuit of their own agendas.’’. 

7 (18) On February 13, 2020, the United Na8 tions Security Council adopted Resolution 2510, 

9 which endorses the Conclusions of the International 

10 Conference on Libya held in Berlin, affirms the need 

11 for a lasting ceasefire, demands full compliance by 

12 all member states with the United Nations arms em13 bargo, and expresses unequivocal support for the 

14 United Nations Special Representative and the ongo15 ing UNSMIL-facilitated intra-Libyan dialogue. 

16 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

17 United States— 

18 (1) to advance a peaceful resolution to the con19 flict in Libya through a political process as the best 

20 way to secure United States interests, ensure a sta21 ble and unified Libya, reduce the threat of ter22 rorism, and provide peace and opportunity to the 

23 Libyan people; 

24 (2) to support the implementation of United 

25 Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 (2011) 


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1 and 1973 (2011), which established an arms embar2 go on Libya, and subsequent resolutions modifying 

3 and extending the embargo; 

4 (3) to enforce Executive Order 13726 (81 Fed. 

5 Reg. 23559; relating to blocking property and sus6 pending entry into the United States of persons con7 tributing to the situation in Libya (April 19, 2016)), 

8 designed to target individuals or entities who 

9 ‘‘threaten the peace, security, and stability of 

10 Libya’’; 

11 (4) to oppose attacks on civilians, medical work12 ers, and critical infrastructure, including water sup13 plies, in Libya, and to support accountability for 

14 those engaged in such heinous actions; 

15 (5) to support Libya’s sovereignty, independ16 ence, territorial integrity, and national unity con17 sistent with United Nations Security Council Resolu18 tion 2510 (2020) and all predecessor resolutions 

19 with respect to Libya, including by— 

20 (A) taking action to end the violence and 

21 flow of arms; 

22 (B) rejecting attempts by any party to il23 licitly export Libya’s oil; and 

24 (C) urging Libyan parties to eject foreign 

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1 (6) to leverage diplomatic relations to convince 

2 the parties to the conflict in Libya to immediately 

3 de-escalate and halt their current fighting and per4 suade foreign powers to stop providing personnel, in5 cluding mercenaries, weapons, and financing that ex6 acerbate the conflict; 

7 (7) to support building on the Libyan Political 

8 Agreement as a viable framework for the political so9 lution in Libya and to urge all Libyan parties to re10 sume the inclusive Libyan-led and Libyan-owned po11 litical process under the auspices of UNSMIL; 

12 (8) to support a negotiated and peaceful polit13 ical solution that includes a single, unified, inclusive, 

14 and effective Libyan Government approved by the 

15 Libyan House of Representatives, the end of a tran16 sitional period achieved through free, fair, inclusive, 

17 and credible elections, a fair and transparent alloca18 tion of resources, interim security arrangements, 

19 and a process for the reunification of Libyan govern20 ment ministries and Libyan sovereign institutions, 

21 including the Central Bank of Libya, the National 

22 Oil Corporation, and the Libyan Investment Author23 ity; 

24 (9) to support constant, unimpeded, and reli25 able humanitarian access to those in need and to 


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1 hold accountable those who impede or threaten the 

2 delivery of humanitarian assistance; 

3 (10) to seek to bring an end to trafficking in 

4 persons such as slavery, forced labor, and sexual ex5 ploitation, including with respect to migrants; 

6 (11) to advocate for the immediate release and 

7 safe evacuations of detained refugees and migrants 

8 trapped by the fighting in Libya; 

9 (12) to encourage implementation of 

10 UNSMIL’s plan for the organized and gradual clo11 sure of migrant detention centers in Libya; 

12 (13) to support current and future democratic 

13 and economic development; and 

14 (14) to discourage all parties from heightening 

15 tensions in the region, through unhelpful and pro16 vocative actions. 

17 TITLE I—IDENTIFYING CHAL18 LENGES TO STABILITY IN 

19 LIBYA 

20 SEC. 101. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN FOREIGN 

21 GOVERNMENTS AND ACTORS IN LIBYA. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

24 in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 


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1 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

2 a report that includes— 

3 (1) a description of the full extent of involve4 ment in Libya by foreign governments, including the 

5 Governments of Russia, Turkey, the United Arab 

6 Emirates, Egypt, Sudan, Chad, China, Saudi Ara7 bia, and Qatar, including— 

8 (A) a description of which governments are 

9 linked to drone and aircraft strikes; 

10 (B) a list of the types and estimated 

11 amounts of equipment transferred by each gov12 ernment described in this paragraph to the par13 ties to the conflict, including foreign military 

14 contractors, mercenaries, or paramilitary forces 

15 operating in Libya; and 

16 (C) an estimate of the financial support 

17 provided by each government described in this 

18 paragraph to the parties to the conflict, includ19 ing foreign military contractors, mercenaries, or 

20 paramilitary forces operating in Libya; 

21 (2) an analysis and determination of whether 

22 the actions by the governments described in para23 graph (1) violate the arms embargo with respect to 

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1 lution 2473 (2019) and other relevant Security 

2 Council resolutions; 

3 (3) a list of the specific offending materiel or fi4 nancial support transfers provided by a government 

5 described in paragraph (1) that violate the arms em6 bargo with respect to Libya under United Nations 

7 Security Council Resolution 2473 (2019) and other 

8 relevant Security Council resolutions; 

9 (4) a description of the activities of each foreign 

10 armed group, including the Russian Wagner Group, 

11 Turkish military contractors and mercenaries, affili12 ates of ISIS, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb 

13 (AQIM), and Ansar al-Sharia, in Libya; 

14 (5) a description of European Union and North 

15 Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) efforts to en16 force the United Nations arms embargo and facili17 tate a ceasefire; 

18 (6) a description of any violations of the arms 

19 embargo by European Union member states; and 

20 (7) a description of United States diplomatic 

21 engagement with the European Union and NATO 

22 regarding enforcement of the United Nations arms 

23 embargo. 


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1 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 

3 a classified annex. 

4 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE5 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres6 sional committees’’ means— 

7 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

8 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

9 House of Representatives; and 

10 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

11 the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

12 SEC. 102. REPORT OF RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES AND OBJEC13 TIVES IN LIBYA. 

14 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find15 ings: 

16 (1) General Stephen Townsend, Commander of 

17 United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), 

18 warned in January 2020 that in Libya, Russia seeks 

19 to ‘‘demonstrate itself as an alternative partner to 

20 the West’’ and seeks to position itself alongside the 

21 southern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi22 zation (NATO). 

23 (2) AFRICOM has also stated that the Russian 

24 military presence in Libya threatens future United 

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1 cooperation by impeding United States access to 

2 Libya. 

3 (3) In May 2020, AFRICOM reported that the 

4 Government of Russia deployed 14 MiG-29 and Su5 24 aircraft to Libya to support Russian state-spon6 sored private military contractors, including the 

7 Wagner Group. 

8 (b) REPORT.— 

9 (1) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

11 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

12 committees a report that contains an assessment of 

13 Russian activities and objectives in Libya, includ14 ing— 

15 (A) the potential threat such activities pose 

16 to the United States, southern Europe, NATO, 

17 and partners in the Mediterranean Sea and 

18 North African region; 

19 (B) the direct role of Russia in Libyan fi20 nancial affairs, to include issuing and printing 

21 currency; and 

22 (C) Russia’s use of mercenaries, military 

23 contractors, equipment, and paramilitary forces 

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1 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

2 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

3 contain a classified annex. 

4 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT5 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap6 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

8 the House of Representatives; and 

9 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

10 the Senate. 

11 SEC. 103. DETERMINATION OF SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES 

12 OF THE LIBYAN NATIONAL ARMY WITH RE13 SPECT TO SYRIA. 

14 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Com16 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

17 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

18 a list of members of the Libyan National Army (LNA), 

19 and details of their activities, that the President deter20 mines are knowingly responsible for sanctionable offenses 

21 pursuant to— 

22 (1) section 7412 of the Caesar Syria Civilian 

23 Protection Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 8791 note; 133 

24 Stat. 2292); or 


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1 (2) Executive Order 13582 (76 Fed. Reg. 

2 52209; relating to blocking property of the Govern3 ment of Syria and prohibiting certain transactions 

4 with respect to Syria (August 17, 2011)). 

5 TITLE II—ACTIONS TO ADDRESS 

6 FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN 

7 LIBYA 

8 SEC. 201. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PER9 SONS LEADING, DIRECTING, OR SUPPORTING 

10 CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INVOLVE11 MENT IN LIBYA. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im14 pose each of the sanctions described in section 204 with 

15 respect to each foreign person that the President deter16 mines knowingly engages in an activity described in sub17 section (b). 

18 (b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign person en19 gages in an activity described in this subsection if the per20 son leads, directs, or provides significant financial, mate21 rial, or technological support to, or knowingly engages in 

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1 (1) in Libya in a military or commercial capac2 ity as a military contractor, mercenary, or part of a 

3 paramilitary force; and 

4 (2) engaged in significant actions that threaten 

5 the peace, security, or stability of Libya. 

6 SEC. 202. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PER7 SONS THREATENING THE PEACE OR STA8 BILITY OF LIBYA. 

9 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 

10 impose each of the sanctions described in section 204 with 

11 respect to each foreign person on the list required by sub12 section (b). 

13 (b) LIST.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 

15 to the appropriate congressional committees a list of— 

16 (1) foreign persons, including senior govern17 ment officials, militia leaders, paramilitary leaders, 

18 and other persons who provide significant support to 

19 militia or paramilitary groups in Libya, that the 

20 President determines are knowingly— 

21 (A) engaged in significant actions or poli22 cies that threaten the peace, security, or sta23 bility of Libya, including any supply of arms or 

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1 Security Council resolution with respect to 

2 Libya; 

3 (B) engaged in significant actions or poli4 cies that obstruct, undermine, delay, or impede, 

5 or pose a significant risk of obstructing, under6 mining, delaying, or impeding the United Na7 tions-mediated political process that seeks a ne8 gotiated and peaceful solution to the Libyan 

9 crisis; 

10 (C) engaged in significant actions that may 

11 lead to or result in the misappropriation of sig12 nificant state assets of Libya; 

13 (D) involved in, or has been involved in, 

14 the significant illicit exploitation of crude oil or 

15 any other natural resources in Libya, including 

16 the significant illicit production, refining, 

17 brokering, sale, purchase, or export of Libyan 

18 oil; 

19 (E) significantly threatening or coercing 

20 Libyan state financial institutions or the Liby21 an National Oil Company; or 

22 (F) significantly responsible for actions or 

23 policies that are intended to undermine efforts 

24 to promote stabilization and economic recovery 

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1 (2) foreign persons that the President deter2 mines are successor entities to persons referred to in 

3 subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1); 

4 and 

5 (3) foreign persons that the President deter6 mines— 

7 (A) own or control, or are owned or con8 trolled by, a person referred to in any of sub9 paragraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1) 

10 or paragraph (2); and 

11 (B) have provided, or attempted to pro12 vide, significant financial, material, techno13 logical, or other support for, or goods or serv14 ices in support of, a person referred to in any 

15 of subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph 

16 (1) or paragraph (2) for purposes of engaging 

17 in any activity listed in such subparagraphs (A) 

18 through (F) of paragraph (1). 

19 (4) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall 

20 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

21 an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

22 (A) not later than 180 days after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act and annually 

24 thereafter for a period of 5 years; or 

25 (B) as new information becomes available. 


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1 (5) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in3 clude a classified annex. 

4 SEC. 203. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PER5 SONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OR 

6 COMPLICIT IN GROSS VIOLATIONS OF INTER7 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS 

8 COMMITTED IN LIBYA. 

9 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 

10 impose each of the sanctions described in section 204 with 

11 respect to each foreign person on the list required by sub12 section (b). 

13 (b) LIST OF PERSONS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

16 President shall submit to the appropriate congres17 sional committees a list of foreign persons, including 

18 senior government officials, militia leaders, para19 military leaders, and other persons who provide sig20 nificant support to militia or paramilitary groups in 

21 Libya, that the President determines are knowingly 

22 responsible for or complicit in, or have directly or in23 directly engaged in, gross violations of internation24 ally recognized human rights committed in Libya. 


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1 (2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall 

2 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

3 an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

4 (A) not later than 180 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act and annually 

6 thereafter for a period of 5 years; or 

7 (B) as new information becomes available. 

8 (3) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) 

9 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in10 clude a classified annex. 

11 SEC. 204. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 

12 (a) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be 

13 imposed with respect to a foreign person under section 

14 201, 202, or 203 are the following: 

15 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

16 shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi17 dent by the International Emergency Economic 

18 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that 

19 the requirements of section 202 of such Act (50 

20 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent nec21 essary to block and prohibit all transactions in prop22 erty and interests in property of the person if such 

23 property and interests in property are in the United 

24 States, come within the United States, or are or 


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1 come within the possession or control of a United 

2 States person. 

3 (2) INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVID4 UALS.— 

5 (A) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 

6 OR PAROLE.—A foreign person who meets any 

7 of the criteria described section 201, 202, or 

8 203 is— 

9 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

10 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

11 documentation to enter the United States; 

12 and 

13 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

14 or paroled into the United States or to re15 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra16 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

17 seq.). 

18 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—A foreign 

19 person subject to section 201, 202, or 203 is 

20 subject to the following: 

21 (i) Revocation of any visa or other 

22 entry documentation regardless of when 

23 the visa or other entry documentation is or 

24 was issued. 


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1 (ii) A revocation under clause (i) 

2 shall— 

3 (I) take effect immediately; and 

4 (II) automatically cancel any 

5 other valid visa or entry documenta6 tion that is in the foreign person’s 

7 possession. 

8 (b) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub9 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

10 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

11 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con12 spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro13 mulgated under section 306(2) to carry out subsection 

14 (a)(1) to the same extent that such penalties apply to a 

15 person that commits an unlawful act described in section 

16 206(a) of that Act. 

17 (c) EXCEPTION.—Sanctions under subsection (a)(2) 

18 shall not apply to an alien if admitting or paroling the 

19 alien into the United States is necessary to permit the 

20 United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 

21 Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Suc22 cess June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 

23 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, 

24 or other applicable international obligations of the United 

25 States. 


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1 (d) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL SECU2 RITY.—The following activities shall be exempt from sanc3 tions under this section: 

4 (1) Activities subject to the reporting require5 ments under title V of the National Security Act of 

6 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). 

7 (2) Any authorized intelligence or law enforce8 ment activities of the United States. 

9 SEC. 205. WAIVER. 

10 The President may waive the application of sanctions 

11 imposed on a foreign person under this title if the Presi12 dent— 

13 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the na14 tional interest of the United States; and 

15 (2) not later than the date on which such waiv16 er will take effect, submits to the appropriate con17 gressional committees a notice of and justification 

18 for such waiver. 

19 SEC. 206. IMPLEMENTATION AND REGULATORY AUTHOR20 ITY. 

21 The President— 

22 (1) is authorized to exercise all authorities pro23 vided to the President under sections 203 and 205 

24 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 


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1 Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this 

2 title; and 

3 (2) shall issue such regulations, licenses, and 

4 orders as are necessary to carry out this title. 

5 SEC. 207. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 

6 GOODS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and requirements 

8 to impose sanctions under this title shall not include the 

9 authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the im10 portation of goods. 

11 (b) GOOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

12 ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man-made sub13 stance, material, supply or manufactured product, includ14 ing inspection and test equipment and excluding technical 

15 data. 

16 SEC. 208. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this title: 

18 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

22 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

23 House of Representatives; and 


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1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

2 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

3 Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

4 (2) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 

5 and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

6 section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

7 (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

8 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per9 son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 

10 United States person. 

11 (4) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘for12 eign government’’ means any government of a coun13 try other than the United States. 

14 (5) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ with 

15 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 

16 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 

17 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 

18 result. 

19 (6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

20 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

21 (A) an individual who is a United States 

22 citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma23 nent residence to the United States; or 

24 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

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1 United States, including a foreign branch of 

2 such an entity; or 

3 (C) any person in the United States. 

4 (7) GROSS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONALLY

5 RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘gross vio6 lations of internationally recognized human rights’’ 

7 has the meaning given such term in section 

8 502B(d)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

9 (22 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)). 

10 SEC. 209. SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President may suspend in 

12 whole or in part the imposition of sanctions otherwise re13 quired under this title for periods not to exceed 90 days 

14 if the President determines that the parties to the conflict 

15 in Libya have agreed to and are upholding a sustainable, 

16 good-faith ceasefire in support of a lasting political solu17 tion in Libya. 

18 (b) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 

19 days after the date on which the President makes a deter20 mination to suspend the imposition of sanctions as de21 scribed in subsection (a), the President shall submit to the 

22 appropriate congressional committees a notification of the 

23 determination. 

24 (c) REIMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Any sanctions 

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1 President determines that the criteria described in that 

2 subsection are no longer being met. 

3 SEC. 210. SUNSET. 

4 The requirement to impose sanctions under this title 

5 shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2024. 

6 TITLE III—ASSISTANCE FOR 

7 LIBYA 

8 SEC. 301. HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE OF 

9 LIBYA AND INTERNATIONAL REFUGEES AND 

10 MIGRANTS IN LIBYA. 

11 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that— 

13 (1) the United States Government should— 

14 (A) continue efforts to address Libya’s hu15 manitarian crisis; 

16 (B) leverage diplomatic relations with the 

17 warring parties to guarantee constant, reliable 

18 humanitarian access by frontline providers in 

19 Libya; 

20 (C) leverage diplomatic relations with the 

21 warring parties, the United Nations, and the 

22 European Union to encourage the voluntary 

23 safe passage of detained vulnerable migrants 

24 and refugees from the conflict zones in Libya; 

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1 (D) support efforts to document and pub2 licize gross violations of internationally recog3 nized human rights and international humani4 tarian law, including efforts related to traf5 ficking in persons such as slavery, forced labor, 

6 and sexual exploitation, and hold perpetrators 

7 accountable; and 

8 (2) humanitarian assistance to address the cri9 sis in Libya should be targeted toward those most 

10 in need and delivered through partners that uphold 

11 internationally recognized humanitarian principles, 

12 with robust monitoring to ensure assistance is reach13 ing intended beneficiaries. 

14 (b) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator 

15 of the United States Agency for International Develop16 ment, in coordination with the Secretary of State, should 

17 continue to support humanitarian assistance to individuals 

18 and communities in Libya, including— 

19 (1) health assistance, including logistical and 

20 technical assistance to hospitals, ambulances, and 

21 health clinics in affected communities, including mi22 grant communities, and provision of basic public 

23 health commodities; 

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1 (3) assistance to provide— 

2 (A) protection, food, and shelter, including 

3 to migrant communities; and 

4 (B) water, sanitation, and hygiene (com5 monly referred to as ‘‘WASH’’); and 

6 (4) technical assistance to ensure health, food, 

7 and commodities are appropriately selected, pro8 cured, targeted, monitored, and distributed. 

9 (c) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

11 in coordination with the Administrator of the United 

12 States Agency for International Development, shall submit 

13 to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy on 

14 the following: 

15 (1) How the United States, working with rel16 evant foreign governments and multilateral organiza17 tions, plans to address the humanitarian situation in 

18 Libya. 

19 (2) Diplomatic efforts by the United States to 

20 encourage strategic burden-sharing with inter21 national donors, including foreign governments and 

22 multilateral organizations on efforts to improve the 

23 humanitarian situation in Libya. 

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1 and migrants, including protection from trafficking 

2 in persons such as slavery, forced labor, and sexual 

3 exploitation. 

4 (4) How the United States is mitigating risk, 

5 utilizing third party monitors, and ensuring effective 

6 delivery of assistance. 

7 (d) DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT.—The Secretary of 

8 State, in consultation with the Administrator of the 

9 United States Agency for International Development, 

10 should work with relevant foreign governments and multi11 lateral organizations to coordinate a high-level summit 

12 with respect to Libya in order to— 

13 (1) advance a ceasefire; 

14 (2) facilitate a political process to achieve such 

15 a ceasefire; and 

16 (3) coordinate donations to advance the provi17 sion of humanitarian assistance to the people of 

18 Libya and international migrants and refugees in 

19 Libya in order to carry out the strategy required by 

20 subsection (c). 

21 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE22 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres23 sional committees’’ means— 


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1 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

2 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives; and 

4 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

5 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

6 SEC. 302. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, ELEC7 TIONS, AND CIVIL SOCIETY. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall co9 ordinate United States Government efforts to— 

10 (1) support efforts to resolve the current civil 

11 conflict in Libya; 

12 (2) work to help the people of Libya and a fu13 ture Libyan government develop functioning, unified 

14 Libyan economic, security, and governing institu15 tions; 

16 (3) work to ensure free, fair, inclusive, and 

17 credible elections organized by an independent and 

18 effective High National Elections Commission in 

19 Libya, including through supporting electoral secu20 rity and international election observation and by 

21 providing training and technical assistance to insti22 tutions with election-related responsibilities, as ap23 propriate; 

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1 strengthen democratic governance, reinforce civilian 

2 institutions and support decentralization in order to 

3 address community grievances, promote social cohe4 sion, mitigate drivers of violent extremism, and help 

5 communities recover from Islamic State occupation; 

6 (5) defend against gross violations of inter7 nationally recognized human rights in Libya, includ8 ing by supporting efforts to document such viola9 tions; 

10 (6) to combat corruption and improve the 

11 transparency and accountability of Libyan govern12 ment institutions; and 

13 (7) to support the efforts of independent media 

14 outlets to broadcast, distribute, and share informa15 tion with the Libyan people. 

16 (b) RISK MITIGATION AND ASSISTANCE MONI17 TORING.—The Secretary of State and Administrator of 

18 the United States Agency for International Development 

19 shall ensure that appropriate steps are taken to mitigate 

20 risk of diversion of assistance for Libya and ensure reli21 able third-party monitoring is utilized for projects in Libya 

22 that United States Government personnel are unable to 

23 access and monitor. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

3 in coordination with the Administrator of the United 

4 States Agency for International Development, shall 

5 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

6 a report on the activities carried out under sub7 section (a). 

8 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap10 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

12 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

13 of Representatives; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

15 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

16 Senate. 

17 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

19 appropriated $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 to 

20 carry out subsection (a). 

21 (2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Any ex22 penditure of amounts made available to carry out 

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1 (A) expenditures from the Economic Sup2 port Fund under section 531(c) of the Foreign 

3 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346(c)); 

4 and 

5 (B) expenditures from the Development 

6 Assistance Fund under section 653(a) of the 

7 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

8 2413(a)). 

9 SEC. 303. ENGAGING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU10 TIONS TO ADVANCE LIBYAN ECONOMIC RE11 COVERY AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SECTOR FI12 NANCIAL MANAGEMENT. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

14 shall instruct the United States Executive Director at each 

15 international financial institution to use the voice, vote, 

16 and influence of the United States to support, in a way 

17 that is consistent with broader United States national in18 terests, a Libyan-led process to develop a framework for 

19 the economic recovery of Libya and improved public sector 

20 financial management, complementary to United Nations21 led peace efforts and in support of the future establish22 ment of a sovereign state with democratic institutions and 

23 the rule of law in Libya. 

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1 framework described in subsection (a) shall include the 

2 following policy proposals: 

3 (1) To restore, respect, and safeguard the in4 tegrity, unity, and lawful governance of Libya’s key 

5 economic ministries and institutions, in particular 

6 the Central Bank of Libya, the Libya Investment 

7 Authority, the National Oil Corporation, and the 

8 Audit Bureau (AB). 

9 (2) To improve the accountability and effective10 ness of Libyan authorities, including sovereign eco11 nomic institutions, in providing services and oppor12 tunity to the Libyan people. 

13 (3) To assist in improving public financial man14 agement and reconciling the public accounts of na15 tional financial institutions and letters of credit 

16 issued by private Libyan financial institutions as 

17 needed pursuant to a political process. 

18 (4) To restore the production, efficient manage19 ment, and development of Libya’s oil and gas indus20 tries so such industries are resilient against malign 

21 foreign influence and can generate prosperity on be22 half of the Libyan people. 

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1 (6) To improve the transparency and account2 ability of public sector employment and wage dis3 tribution. 

4 (7) To strengthen supervision of and reform of 

5 Libyan financial institutions. 

6 (8) To eliminate exploitation of price controls 

7 and market distorting subsidies in the Libyan econ8 omy. 

9 (9) To support opportunities for United States 

10 businesses. 

11 (c) CONSULTATION.—In supporting the framework 

12 described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury 

13 shall instruct the United States Executive Director at each 

14 international financial institution to encourage the institu15 tion to consult with relevant stakeholders in the financial, 

16 governance, and energy sectors. 

17 (d) DEFINITION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL IN18 STITUTION.—In this section, the term ‘‘international fi19 nancial institution’’ means the International Monetary 

20 Fund, International Bank for Reconstruction and Devel21 opment, European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop22 ment, International Development Association, Inter23 national Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment 

24 Guarantee Agency, African Development Bank, African 

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1 American Development Bank, Bank for Economic Co2 operation and Development in the Middle East and North 

3 Africa, and Inter-American Investment Corporation. 

4 (e) TERMINATION.—The requirements of this section 

5 shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2024. 

6 SEC. 304. RECOVERING ASSETS STOLEN FROM THE LIBYAN 

7 PEOPLE. 

8 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con9 gress that the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 

10 Treasury, and the Attorney General should, to the extent 

11 practicable, advance a coordinated international effort— 

12 (1) to carry out special financial investigations 

13 to identify and track assets taken from the people 

14 and institutions of Libya through theft, corruption, 

15 money laundering, or other illicit means; and 

16 (2) to work with foreign governments— 

17 (A) to share financial investigations intel18 ligence, as appropriate; 

19 (B) to oversee the assets identified pursu20 ant to paragraph (1); and 

21 (C) to provide technical assistance to help 

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1 (b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The coordinated inter2 national effort described in subsection (a) should include 

3 input from— 

4 (1) the Office of Terrorist Financing and Fi5 nancial Crimes of the Department of the Treasury; 

6 (2) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

7 of the Department of the Treasury; and 

8 (3) the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery 

9 Section of the Department of Justice. 

10 TITLE IV—DETERMINATION OF 

11 BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

12 SEC. 401. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

13 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

14 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

15 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

16 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

17 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

18 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro19 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

20 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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