quest under paragraph (2), the President shall pro-
vide to the relevant Chair or Ranking Member of 
one of the appropriate congressional committees any 
information that contributed to such decision. 
(4) FORM.—The President may transmit a re-
sponse required by paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) 
in classified form if the President determines that it 
is necessary for the national security interests of the 
United States to do so. 
(e) INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMISSION 
TO THE UNITED STATES.—A foreign person on the 
list required by subsection (a) is— 
(A) inadmissible to the United States; 
(B) ineligible to receive a visa or other doc-
umentation to enter the United States; and 
(C) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or 
paroled into the United States or to receive any 
other benefit under the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. et seq.). 
(2) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The issuing consular 
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 Na-
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tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke any 
visa or other entry documentation issued to a 
foreign person on the list required by subsection 
(a) regardless of when the visa or other entry 
documentation is issued. 
(B) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A revoca-
tion under subparagraph (A) shall— 
(i) take effect immediately; and 
(ii) automatically cancel any other 
valid visa or entry documentation that is in 
the foreign person’s possession. 
(C) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall pre-
scribe such regulations as are necessary to 
carry out this subsection. 
(D) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER-
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under this 
subsection shall not apply with respect to a for-
eign person if admitting or paroling such per-
son into the United States is necessary to per-
mit the United States to comply with the 
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations, signed at Lake Success, June 
26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 
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1947, between the United Nations and the 
United States, or other applicable international 
obligations. 
(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO 
ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President should impose additional 
targeted sanctions with respect to foreign persons on 
the list required by subsection (a) to push for ac-
countability for flagrant denials of the right to life, 
liberty, or the security of the person, through the 
use of designations and targeted sanctions provided 
for such conduct under other existing authorities. 
(4) WAIVERS IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL 
SECURITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may 
waive the application of paragraph (1) or (2) 
with respect to a foreign person included in the 
list required by subsection (a) if the President 
determines and transmits to the appropriate 
congressional committees notice and justifica-
tion, that such a waiver— 
(i) is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement be-
tween the United Nations and the United 
States of America regarding the Head-
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quarters of the United Nations, signed 
June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, or other applicable inter-
national obligations of the United States; 
or 
(ii) is in the national security interests 
of the United States. 
(B) TIMING
OF
CERTAIN
WAIVERS.—A 
waiver pursuant to a determination under 
clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be trans-
mitted not later than 15 days before the grant-
ing of such waiver. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the President, acting through the Secretary of 
State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on— 
(1) the actions taken to carry out this section, 
including— 
(A) the number of foreign persons added 
to or removed from the list required by sub-
section (a) during the year preceding each such 
report, the dates on which such persons were so 
added or removed, and the reasons for so add-
ing or removing such persons; and 
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(B) an analysis that compares increases or 
decreases in the number of such persons added 
or removed year-over-year and the reasons 
therefor; and 
(2) any efforts by the President to coordinate 
with the governments of other countries, as appro-
priate, to impose sanctions that are similar to the 
sanctions imposed under this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Homeland Security, and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as 
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