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Sergei Magnitsky, or was involved in the criminal conspiracy 
uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky; 
(2) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other 
gross violations of internationally recognized human rights com-
mitted against individuals seeking— 
(A) to expose illegal activity carried out by officials 
of the Government of the Russian Federation; or 
(B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote internation-
ally recognized human rights and freedoms, such as the 
freedoms of religion, expression, association, and assembly, 
and the rights to a fair trial and democratic elections, 
in Russia; or 
(3) acted as an agent of or on behalf of a person in a 
matter relating to an activity described in paragraph (1) or 
(2). 
(b) UPDATES.—The President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees an update of the list required by sub-
section (a) as new information becomes available. 
(c) FORM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The list required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The name of a person to be included in 
the list required by subsection (a) may be submitted in a 
classified annex only if the President— 
(A) determines that it is vital for the national security 
interests of the United States to do so; 
(B) uses the annex in such a manner consistent with 
congressional intent and the purposes of this Act; and 
(C) 15 days prior to submitting the name in a classified 
annex, provides to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees notice of, and a justification for, including or continuing 
to include each person in the classified annex despite any 
publicly available credible information indicating that the 
person engaged in an activity described in paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3) of subsection (a). 
(3) CONSIDERATION OF DATA FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND 
NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS.—In preparing the list 
required by subsection (a), the President shall consider informa-
tion provided by the chairperson and ranking member of each 
of the appropriate congressional committees and credible data 
obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organiza-
tions, including organizations inside Russia, that monitor the 
human rights abuses of the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion of the 
list required by subsection (a) shall be made available to the 
public and published in the Federal Register. 
(d) REMOVAL FROM LIST.—A person may be removed from the 
list required by subsection (a) if the President determines and 
reports to the appropriate congressional committees not less than 
15 days prior to the removal of the person from the list that— 
(1) credible information exists that the person did not 
engage in the activity for which the person was added to 
the list; 
(2) the person has been prosecuted appropriately for the 
activity in which the person engaged; or
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(3) the person has credibly demonstrated a significant 
change in behavior, has paid an appropriate consequence for 
the activities in which the person engaged, and has credibly 
committed to not engage in the types of activities specified 
in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a). 
(e) REQUESTS
BY CHAIRPERSON
AND RANKING MEMBER
OF 
APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after receiving 
a written request from the chairperson and ranking member 
of one of the appropriate congressional committees with respect 
to whether a person meets the criteria for being added to 
the list required by subsection (a), the President shall submit 
a response to the chairperson and ranking member of the 
committee which made the request with respect to the status 
of the person. 
(2) FORM.—The President may submit a response required 
by paragraph (1) in classified form if the President determines 
that it is necessary for the national security interests of the 
United States to do so. 
(3) REMOVAL.—If the President removes from the list 
required by subsection (a) a person who has been placed on 
the list at the request of the chairperson and ranking member 
of one of the appropriate congressional committees, the Presi-
dent shall provide the chairperson and ranking member with 
any information that contributed to the removal decision. The 
President may submit such information in classified form if 
the President determines that such is necessary for the national 
security interests of the United States. 
(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENT WITH 
RESPECT TO VISA RECORDS.—The President shall publish the list 
required by subsection (a) without regard to the requirements of 
section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1202(f)) with respect to confidentiality of records pertaining to the 
issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States. 
SEC. 405. INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN ALIENS. 
(a) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS.—An alien is ineligible to receive 
a visa to enter the United States and ineligible to be admitted 
to the United States if the alien is on the list required by section 
404(a). 
(b) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—The Secretary of State shall 
revoke, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), the visa or other documentation 
of any alien who would be ineligible to receive such a visa or 
documentation under subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
application of subsection (a) or (b) in the case of an alien 
if— 
(A) the Secretary determines that such a waiver— 
(i) is necessary to permit the United States to 
comply with the Agreement between the United 
Nations and the United States of America regarding 
the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June 
26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 
or other applicable international obligations of the 
United States; or
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(ii) is in the national security interests of the 
United States; and 
(B) prior to granting such a waiver, the Secretary 
provides to the appropriate congressional committees notice 
of, and a justification for, the waiver. 
(2) TIMING
FOR
CERTAIN
WAIVERS.—Notification under 
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall be made not later 
than 15 days prior to granting a waiver under such paragraph 
if the Secretary grants such waiver in the national security 
interests of the United States in accordance with subparagraph 
(A)(ii) of such paragraph. 
(d) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of State shall pre-
scribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 406. FINANCIAL MEASURES. 
(a) FREEZING OF ASSETS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall exercise all powers 
granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 
202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent 
necessary to freeze and prohibit all transactions in all property 
and interests in property of a person who is on the list required 
by section 404(a) of this Act if such property and interests 
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) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to persons 
included on the classified annex under section 404(c)(2) if the 
President determines that such an exception is vital for the 
national security interests of the United States. 
(b) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury may waive the application of subsection (a) if 
the Secretary determines that such a waiver is in the national 
security interests of the United States. Not less than 15 days 
prior to granting such a waiver, the Secretary shall provide to 
the appropriate congressional committees notice of, and a justifica-
tion for, the waiver. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or 
any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out this section 
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person 
that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of 
such section. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe or amend regula-
tions as needed to require each financial institution that is 
a United States person and has within its possession or control 
assets that are property or interests in property of a person 
who is on the list required by section 404(a) if such property 
and interests in property are in the United States to certify 
to the Secretary that, to the best of the knowledge of the 
financial institution, the financial institution has frozen all
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assets within the possession or control of the financial institu-
tion that are required to be frozen pursuant to subsection 
(a). 
(d) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 407. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on— 
(1) the actions taken to carry out this title, including— 
(A) the number of persons added to or removed from 
the list required by section 404(a) during the year preceding 
the report, the dates on which such persons have been 
added or removed, and the reasons for adding or removing 
them; and 
(B) if few or no such persons have been added to 
that list during that year, the reasons for not adding more 
such persons to the list; and 
(2) efforts by the executive branch to encourage the govern-
ments of other countries to impose sanctions that are similar 
to the sanctions imposed under this title. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.