tia or paramilitary groups in Libya, that the Presi-
dent determines are knowingly— 
(A) engaged in significant actions or poli-
cies that threaten the peace, security, or stability 
of Libya, including any supply of arms or re-
lated materiel in violation of a United Nations 
Security Council resolution with respect to 
Libya; 
(B) engaged in significant actions or poli-
cies that obstruct, undermine, delay, or impede, 
or pose a significant risk of obstructing, under-
mining, delaying, or impeding the United Na-
tions-mediated political process that seeks a ne-
gotiated and peaceful solution to the Libyan cri-
sis; 
(C) engaged in significant actions that may 
lead to or result in the misappropriation of sig-
nificant state assets of Libya; 
(D) involved in, or has been involved in, the 
significant illicit exploitation of crude oil or any 
other natural resources in Libya, including the 
significant illicit production, refining, brokering, 
sale, purchase, or export of Libyan oil; 
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(E) significantly threatening or coercing 
Libyan state financial institutions or the Libyan 
National Oil Company; or 
(F) significantly responsible for actions or 
policies that are intended to undermine efforts to 
promote stabilization and economic recovery in 
Libya; 
(2) foreign persons that the President determines 
are successor entities to persons referred to in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1); and 
(3) foreign persons that the President deter-
mines— 
(A) own or control, or are owned or con-
trolled by, a person referred to in any of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1) or 
paragraph (2); and 
(B) have provided, or attempted to provide, 
significant financial, material, technological, or 
other support for, or goods or services in support 
of, a person referred to in any of subparagraphs 
(A) through (F) of paragraph (1) or paragraph 
(2) for purposes of engaging in any activity list-
ed in such subparagraphs (A) through (F) of 
paragraph (1). 
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(c) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees an updated list 
under subsection (b)— 
(1) not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for a 
period of 5 years; or 
(2) as new information becomes available. 
(d) FORM.—The list required by subsection (b) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
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. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 
impose each of the sanctions described in section 204 with 
respect to each foreign person on the list required by sub-
section (b). 
(b) LIST OF PERSONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a list of foreign persons, including senior govern-
ment officials, militia leaders, paramilitary leaders, 
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and other persons who provide significant support to 
militia or paramilitary groups in Libya, that the 
President determines are knowingly responsible for or 
complicit in, or have directly or indirectly engaged 
in, gross violations of internationally recognized 
human rights committed in Libya. 
(2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees an 
updated list under paragraph (1)— 
(A) not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and annually there-
after for a period of 5 years; or 
(B) as new information becomes available. 
(3) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
SEC. 204. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 
(a) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be im-
posed with respect to a foreign person under section 201, 
202, or 203 are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING
OF
PROPERTY.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-
dent by the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the re-
quirements of section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
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1701) shall not apply) to the extent necessary to block 
and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-
ests in property of the person if such property and in-
terests in property are in the United States, come 
within the United States, or are or come within the 
possession or control of a United States person. 
(2) INADMISSIBILITY
OF
CERTAIN
INDIVID-
UALS.— 
(A) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.—A foreign person who meets any of 
the criteria described section 201, 202, or 203 
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.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—A foreign 
person subject to section 201, 202, or 203 is sub-
ject to the following: 
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(i) Revocation of any visa or other 
entry documentation regardless of when the 
visa or other entry documentation is or was 
issued. 
(ii) A revocation under clause (i) 
shall— 
(I) take effect immediately; and 
(II) automatically cancel any 
other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the foreign person’s pos-
session. 
(b) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 
apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro-
mulgated under section 306(2) to carry out subsection 
(a)(1) to the same extent that such penalties apply to a 
person that commits an unlawful act described in section 
206(a) of that Act. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—Sanctions under subsection (a)(2) 
shall not apply to an alien if admitting or paroling the 
alien into the United States is necessary to permit the 
United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success 
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June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 
between the United Nations and the United States, or other 
applicable international obligations of the United States. 
(d) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL SECU-
RITY.—The following activities shall be exempt from sanc-
tions under this section: 
(1) Activities subject to the reporting require-
ments under title V of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). 
(2) Any authorized intelligence or law enforce-
ment activities of the United States. 
SEC. 205. WAIVER. 
The President may waive the application of sanctions 
imposed on a foreign person under this title if the Presi-
dent— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional interest of the United States; and 
(2) not later than the date on which such waiver 
will take effect, submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a notice of and justification for 
such waiver. 
SEC. 206. IMPLEMENTATION AND REGULATORY AUTHOR-
ITY. 
The President— 
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(1) is authorized to exercise all authorities pro-
vided to the President under sections 203 and 205 of 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this title; and 
(2) shall issue such regulations, licenses, and or-
ders as are necessary to carry out this title. 
SEC. 207. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 
GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and requirements 
to impose sanctions under this title shall not include the 
authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the impor-
tation of goods. 
(b) GOOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘good’’ 
means any article, natural or man-made substance, mate-
rial, supply or manufactured product, including inspection 
and test equipment and excluding technical data. 
SEC. 208. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 
United States person. 
(4) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘foreign 
government’’ means any government of a country 
other than the United States. 
(5) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ with 
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means 
that a person has actual knowledge, or should have 
known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. 
(6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 
States person’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a United States 
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence to the United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
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United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(C) any person in the United States. 
(7) GROSS
VIOLATIONS
OF
INTERNATIONALLY 
RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘gross viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 502B(d)(1) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2304(d)(1)). 
SEC. 209. SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may suspend in 
whole or in part the imposition of sanctions otherwise re-
quired under this title for periods not to exceed 90 days 
if the President determines that the parties to the conflict 
in Libya have agreed to and are upholding a sustainable, 
good-faith ceasefire in support of a lasting political solution 
in Libya. 
(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the President makes a determina-
tion to suspend the imposition of sanctions as described in 
subsection (a), the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a notification of the determina-
tion. 
(c) REIMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Any sanctions sus-
pended under subsection (a) shall be reimposed if the Presi-
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dent determines that the criteria described in that sub-
section are no longer being met. 
SEC. 210. SUNSET. 
The requirement to impose sanctions under this title 
shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2024. 
TITLE III—ASSISTANCE FOR 
LIBYA 
SEC. 301. HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE OF 
LIBYA AND INTERNATIONAL REFUGEES AND 
MIGRANTS IN LIBYA. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the United States Government should— 
(A) continue efforts to address Libya’s hu-
manitarian crisis; 
(B) leverage diplomatic relations with the 
warring parties to guarantee constant, reliable 
humanitarian access by frontline providers in 
Libya; 
(C) leverage diplomatic relations with the 
warring parties, the United Nations, and the 
European Union to encourage the voluntary safe 
passage of detained vulnerable migrants and ref-
ugees from the conflict zones in Libya; and 
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(D) support efforts to document and pub-
licize gross violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights and international humani-
tarian law, including efforts related to traf-
ficking in persons such as slavery, forced labor, 
and sexual exploitation, and hold perpetrators 
accountable; and 
(2) humanitarian assistance to address the crisis 
in Libya should be targeted toward those most in need 
and delivered through partners that uphold inter-
nationally recognized humanitarian principles, with 
robust monitoring to ensure assistance is reaching in-
tended beneficiaries. 
(b) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, should continue 
to support humanitarian assistance to individuals and 
communities in Libya, including— 
(1) health assistance, including logistical and 
technical assistance to hospitals, ambulances, and 
health clinics in affected communities, including mi-
grant communities, and provision of basic public 
health commodities; 
(2) services, such as medicines and medical sup-
plies and equipment; 
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(3) assistance to provide— 
(A) protection, food, and shelter, including 
to migrant communities; and 
(B) water, sanitation, and hygiene (com-
monly referred to as ‘‘WASH’’); and 
(4) technical assistance to ensure health, food, 
and commodities are appropriately selected, procured, 
targeted, monitored, and distributed. 
(c) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a strategy on the fol-
lowing: 
(1) How the United States, working with rel-
evant foreign governments and multilateral organiza-
tions, plans to address the humanitarian situation in 
Libya. 
(2) Diplomatic efforts by the United States to 
encourage strategic burden-sharing with international 
donors, including foreign governments and multilat-
eral organizations on efforts to improve the humani-
tarian situation in Libya. 
(3) How to address humanitarian access chal-
lenges and ensure protection for vulnerable refugees 
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and migrants, including protection from trafficking 
in persons such as slavery, forced labor, and sexual 
exploitation. 
(4) How the United States is mitigating risk, 
utilizing third party monitors, and ensuring effective 
delivery of assistance. 
(d) DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, should work 
with relevant foreign governments and multilateral organi-
zations to coordinate a high-level summit with respect to 
Libya in order to— 
(1) advance a ceasefire; 
(2) facilitate a political process to achieve such 
a ceasefire; and 
(3) coordinate donations to advance the provi-
sion of humanitarian assistance to the people of 
Libya and international migrants and refugees in 
Libya in order to carry out the strategy required by 
subsection (c). 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
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(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 302. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, ELEC-
TIONS, AND CIVIL SOCIETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall coordi-
nate United States Government efforts to— 
(1) support efforts to resolve the current civil 
conflict in Libya; 
(2) work to help the people of Libya and a future 
Libyan government develop functioning, unified Liby-
an economic, security, and governing institutions; 
(3) work to ensure free, fair, inclusive, and cred-
ible elections organized by an independent and effec-
tive High National Elections Commission in Libya, 
including through supporting electoral security and 
international election observation and by providing 
training and technical assistance to institutions with 
election-related responsibilities, as appropriate; 
(4) work with the people of Libya, nongovern-
mental organizations, and Libyan institutions to 
strengthen democratic governance, reinforce civilian 
institutions and support decentralization in order to 
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address community grievances, promote social cohe-
sion, mitigate drivers of violent extremism, and help 
communities recover from Islamic State occupation; 
(5) defend against gross violations of inter-
nationally recognized human rights in Libya, includ-
ing by supporting efforts to document such violations; 
(6) to combat corruption and improve the trans-
parency and accountability of Libyan government in-
stitutions; and 
(7) to support the efforts of independent media 
outlets to broadcast, distribute, and share information 
with the Libyan people. 
(b) RISK
MITIGATION
AND
ASSISTANCE
MONI-
TORING.—The Secretary of State and Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development shall 
ensure that appropriate steps are taken to mitigate risk of 
diversion of assistance for Libya and ensure reliable third- 
party monitoring is utilized for projects in Libya that 
United States Government personnel are unable to access 
and monitor. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, shall 
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submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the activities carried out under subsection 
(a). 
(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 to carry 
out subsection (a). 
(2) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Any ex-
penditure of amounts made available to carry out 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the notification re-
quirements applicable to— 
(A) expenditures from the Economic Sup-
port Fund under section 531(c) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346(c)); and 
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