ing in human or resource trafficking, or perpetrating 
gross human rights violations in the Democratic Re-
public of the Congo. 
SEC. 4. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE 
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—United States sanctions provided 
for in Executive Order 13671 (79 Fed. Reg. 39947; relat-
ing to taking additional steps to address the national 
emergency with respect to the conflict in the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo) and Executive Order 13413 (71 
Fed. Reg. 64103; relating to blocking property of certain 
persons contributing to the conflict in the Democratic Re-
public of the Congo), as in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect 
for the 7-year period beginning on such date of enactment 
unless the President determines and certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that the Government of 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo— 
(1) is making significant progress towards hold-
ing free and fair elections and respecting the free-
doms of press, expression, and assembly, as de-
scribed in the December 2016 Saint Sylvestre agree-
ment and in United Nations Security Council Reso-
lution 2348 (2017); or 
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(2) has held free and fair presidential elections 
in accordance with the Constitution of the Demo-
cratic Republic of the Congo and a democratically 
elected President has been sworn in and taken of-
fice. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (a) may 
not be construed to restrict the authority of the President 
to impose additional United States sanctions with respect 
to the Democratic Republic of the Congo pursuant to the 
executive orders listed in that subsection. 
(c) LIST OF SENIOR POLITICAL FIGURES.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a list of each senior foreign political fig-
ure, as such term is defined in section 1010.605 of title 
31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day 
before the date of the enactment of this Act), of the Gov-
ernment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
(d) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS DETERMINATION RE-
QUIRED.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report listing each 
person included in the list required by subsection (c) that 
the President determines meets the criteria to be 
sanctionable pursuant to one or more of the following: 
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(1) Executive Order 13671 (79 Fed. Reg. 
39947; relating to taking additional steps to address 
the national emergency with respect to the conflict 
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo). 
(2) Executive Order 13413 (71 Fed. Reg. 
64103; relating to blocking property of certain per-
sons contributing to the conflict in the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo). 
(3) Executive Order 13818 (82 Fed. Reg. 
60839; relating to blocking the property of persons 
involved in serious human rights abuse or corrup-
tion). 
(4) Paragraph (3) or (4) of section 1263(a) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
(e) REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND COR-
RUPTION
IN
THE
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
OF
THE 
CONGO.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report describ-
ing each of the following: 
(1) The extent to which government officials in 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including 
members of the military and security services, are 
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responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses 
against civilians, including by deliberately impeding 
humanitarian access to civilians. 
(2) The methods used to transfer and conceal 
financial assets of senior officials of the Government 
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that are 
acquired through acts of corruption. 
(3) United States actions to combat such cor-
ruption, including through the issuance of a 
FinCEN Advisory by the Department of the Treas-
ury or the imposition of targeted sanctions. 
(4) To what extent and in what manner such 
corruption threatens the security of the surrounding 
region or United States national security interests. 
(5) Any assistance provided by the United 
States to facilitate oversight, transparency, and ad-
herence to due diligence and accountability measures 
within the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s min-
erals, forestry, and agribusiness sectors. 
(f) FORM; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) FORM.—The list required by subsection (c) 
and the reports required by subsections (d) and (e) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may con-
tain a classified annex. 
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(2) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified 
portion of the report required by subsection (e) shall 
be published on a publicly available website of the 
Department of State. 
(g) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services, and the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
Æ 
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