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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1779 
To direct the President to impose sanctions against foreign persons deter-
mined to have knowingly engaged in significant corruption in Mexico, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2023 
Mr. MORAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
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 direct the President to impose sanctions against foreign 
persons determined to have knowingly engaged in signifi-
cant corruption in Mexico, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 
impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with re-
spect to any foreign person that the President determines 
has, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
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knowingly engaged in significant corruption in Mexico, in-
cluding through the following acts: 
(1) Corruption related to government contracts. 
(2) Bribery or extortion. 
(3) The transfer, or the facilitation of the 
transfer, of the proceeds of corruption, including 
through money laundering. 
(4) Acts of violence, harassment, or intimida-
tion directed at governmental or nongovernmental 
corruption investigators. 
(5) The facilitation of, or involvement in, the 
production, sale, or distribution of illicit fentanyl or 
fentanyl analogs. 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(A) ASSET
BLOCKING.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the 
President by the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to 
the extent necessary to block and prohibit all 
transactions in property and interests in prop-
erty of a foreign person if such property or in-
terests in property are in the United States, 
come within the United States, or are or come 
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within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(B) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMIS-
SION TO THE UNITED STATES.—In the case of 
a foreign person who is an individual, such for-
eign person is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(C) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The issuing con-
sular officer or the Secretary of State, (or 
a designee of the Secretary of State) shall, 
in accordance with section 221(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 
documentation issued to a foreign person 
regardless of when the visa or other entry 
documentation is issued. 
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(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev-
ocation under clause (i) shall— 
(I) take effect immediately; and 
(II) automatically cancel any 
other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the possession of the 
foreign person. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of a measure imposed pursuant to para-
graph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order 
issued to carry out such paragraph shall be subject 
to the penalties specified in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of such section. 
(3) EXCEPTION
TO
COMPLY
WITH
INTER-
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under subpara-
graph (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) shall not apply 
with respect to a foreign person if admitting or pa-
roling such person into the United States is nec-
essary to permit the United States to comply with 
the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 
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1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 
between the United Nations and the United States, 
or other applicable international obligations. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President 
shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as 
are necessary to carry out this section. 
(d) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 
may waive, on a case-by-case basis, the application of a 
sanction under subsection (b) with respect to a foreign 
person if the President— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional security interest of the United States; and 
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notice of and justification for the waiv-
er. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The authority to impose sanc-
tions under subsection (b), and any sanctions imposed 
pursuant to such authority, shall expire on the date that 
is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(f) EXCEPTION RELATING
TO IMPORTATION
OF 
GOODS.—The authorities and requirements to impose 
sanctions authorized under this Act shall not include the 
authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the im-
portation of goods. 
(g) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less 
frequently than annually thereafter, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that identifies each foreign person 
in Mexico who the President determines to have 
knowingly engaged in actions that facilitate the illicit 
production, distribution, or sale of illicit fentanyl or 
fentanyl analogs, including through the acts listed in 
paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a). 
(2) FORM.—Each report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-
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mittee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate. 
(2) FENTANYL ANALOG.—The term ‘‘fentanyl 
analog’’ means a controlled substance analogue (as 
defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances 
Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) of fentanyl. 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means any person that is not a United States 
person. 
(4) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ means any arti-
cle, natural or man-made substance, material, supply 
or manufactured product, including inspection and 
test equipment, and excluding technical data. 
(5) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means, with respect to a 
person who is an individual, a United States citizen 
or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence to the United States. 
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