(14) An essential safeguard of democracy is ci-
vilian command and control of apolitical military and 
security forces, and the Constitution of Pakistan 
states that ‘‘the Federal Government shall have con-
trol and command of the Armed Forces’’, and the 
oath taken by members of the Armed Forces swears 
they will ‘‘uphold the Constitution’’ and ‘‘not engage 
in any political activities’’. 
(15) Democracy, development, rule of law, and 
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms 
are interdependent and mutually reinforcing. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
Congress— 
(1) affirms its strong support for democracy in 
Pakistan, including free and fair elections reflecting 
the will of the people of Pakistan; 
(2) calls on the President and the Secretary of 
State to strengthen engagement with the Govern-
ment of Pakistan to ensure democracy, human 
rights, and the rule of law are upheld; 
(3) urges the Government of Pakistan to up-
hold democratic and electoral institutions, human 
rights, and the rule of law, and respect the funda-
mental guarantees of due process, freedom of press, 
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freedom of assembly, and freedom of speech of the 
people of Pakistan; and 
(4) condemns attempts to suppress the people 
of Pakistan’s participation in their democracy, in-
cluding through harassment, intimidation, violence, 
arbitrary detention, restrictions on access to the 
internet and telecommunications, or any violation of 
their human, civil, or political rights. 
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS RELATING TO UNDERMINING DEMOC-
RACY IN PAKISTAN. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall transmit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report identifying— 
(A) any senior official or former senior of-
ficial of the government, military, or security 
forces of Pakistan who the President deter-
mines, based on credible evidence, is responsible 
for gross violations of human rights; 
(B) any senior official or former senior of-
ficial of the government, military, or security 
forces of Pakistan who the President deter-
mines has committed or directed gross viola-
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tions of human rights associated with under-
mining democracy in Pakistan; and 
(C) any entities owned or controlled by 
senior officials or former senior officials of the 
government, military, or security forces of Paki-
stan identified pursuant to subparagraphs (A) 
and (B). 
(2) FORM
OF
REPORT.—The report required 
under this subsection may be transmitted in classi-
fied form. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President may 
impose any or all of the sanctions described in the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 
2656 note) against any or all of the foreign persons identi-
fied in the report required by subsection (a). 
(1) EXCEPTION
TO
COMPLY
WITH
INTER-
NATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under para-
graph (2) shall not apply with respect to the admis-
sion of an alien if admitting or paroling the alien 
into the United States is necessary to permit the 
United States to comply with the Agreement regard-
ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 
at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 
force November 21, 1947, between the United Na-
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tions and the United States, or other applicable 
international obligations. 
(2) EXCEPTION RELATING TO THE PROVISION 
OF
HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—Sanctions under 
this section may not be imposed with respect to 
transactions or the facilitation of transactions for— 
(A) the sale of agricultural commodities, 
food, medicine, or medical devices; 
(B) the provision of humanitarian assist-
ance; 
(C) financial transactions relating to hu-
manitarian assistance; or 
(D) transporting goods or services that are 
necessary to carry out operations relating to 
humanitarian assistance. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW EN-
FORCEMENT, 
AND
NATIONAL
SECURITY
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 
to any authorized intelligence, law enforcement, or 
national security activities of the United States. 
SEC. 5. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 6. SUNSET. 
This Act shall terminate on September 30, 2030. 
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