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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5613 

To require a review of whether individuals or entities subject to the imposition 

of certain sanctions through inclusion on certain sanctions lists should 

also be subject to the imposition of other sanctions and included on 

other sanctions lists. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 

Mr. WALTZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

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

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 a review of whether individuals or entities subject 

to the imposition of certain sanctions through inclusion 

on certain sanctions lists should also be subject to the 

imposition of other sanctions and included on other sanctions 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. REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS AND EN2 TITIES SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES SANC3 TIONS ON CERTAIN OTHER 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) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

15 the date on which a Federal official receives a notifi16 cation under subsection (a) of the inclusion of an in17 dividual or entity on one of the lists described in 

18 subsection (d), such Federal official shall— 

19 (A) conduct a review and make a deter20 mination of whether to include such individual 

21 or entity on such other lists; and 

22 (B) make available to the public, including 

23 by publishing in the Federal Register, the de24 termination made under subparagraph (A). 

25 (2) ADVANCE CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICA26 TION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a deter2 mination under paragraph (1)(A) not to include 

3 an individual or entity on such other lists, the 

4 Federal official shall, not later than 7 days 

5 after making the determination, submit the de6 termination to the appropriate congressional 

7 committees, including a justification for why 

8 the individual or entity did not meet the eligi9 bility criteria for inclusion on such other list. 

10 (B) FORM.—A notification required under 

11 this paragraph shall be submitted in unclassi12 fied form, but may contain a classified annex. 

13 (3) ADDITIONAL REVIEW.—In the case of a de14 termination under paragraph (1)(A) not to include 

15 an individual or entity on such other lists, the Fed16 eral official shall, not later than 1 year after making 

17 the determination, conduct an additional review to 

18 determine if the individual or entity should be in19 cluded on such other lists, particularly if there is a 

20 material change in the activities of the individual or 

21 entity. 

22 (c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS FOR DETER23 MINATIONS NOT TO LIST NEW INDIVIDUALS AND ENTI24 TIES.— 

25 (1) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

2 after the date on which a Federal agency, de3 partment, or office first conducts deliberations 

4 regarding the designation of a new individual or 

5 entity on any list described in subsection (d) 

6 and determines not to designate that individual 

7 or entity, the Federal official responsible for ad8 ministering such list shall notify the appro9 priate congressional committees of such nega10 tive determination and include with such notifi11 cation— 

12 (i) an identification of the nondes13 ignated individual or entity by name; 

14 (ii) an articulation of the reasons that 

15 the individual or entity was initially consid16 ered for designation; and 

17 (iii) a full explanation and justifica18 tion for the subsequent determination that 

19 the individual or entity did not meet the 

20 eligibility criteria for designation on the 

21 applicable list. 

22 (B) FORM.—A notification required under 

23 this paragraph shall be submitted in unclassi24 fied form, but may contain a classified annex. 


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1 (2) DELIBERATION DEFINED.—For purposes of 

2 the notifications under this subsection, the term ‘‘de3 liberation’’ includes any meeting where a Federal 

4 Government official with the power to place an indi5 vidual or an entity on one of the lists described in 

6 section 2(c) reviews the potential designation with 

7 one or more executive branch counterparts for a con8 clusive decision. 

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

10 subsection are the following: 

11 (1) The list of specially designated nationals 

12 and blocked persons maintained by the Office of 

13 Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 

14 Treasury. 

15 (2) The list maintained and set forth in Supple16 ment No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administra17 tion Regulations (commonly known as the ‘‘Entity 

18 List’’). 

19 (3) The Department of Defense’s list main20 tained and published under section 1237 of the 

21 Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization 

22 Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

23 (4) The Department of Defense’s list main24 tained and published under 1260H of the William 


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1 M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza2 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note). 

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

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

5 of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 

6 Treasury. 

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

8 Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 

9 Treasury. 

10 (7) The Unverified List of the Bureau of Indus11 try and Security of the Department of Commerce. 

12 (8) The Military End User List of the Bureau 

13 of Industry and Security of the Department of Com14 merce. 

15 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com18 mittees’’ means— 

19 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

20 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

21 the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 

22 Committee on Financial Services of the House 

23 of Representatives; and 

24 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

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1 mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Com2 mittee on Finance of the Senate. 

3 (2) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 

4 The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 

5 means the regulations set forth in subchapter C of 

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

7 or successor regulations. 

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