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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 
crisis; 
(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; 
(E) significantly threatening or coercing 
Libyan state financial institutions or the Liby-
an 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 who the President deter-
mines are successor entities to persons referred to in 
subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1); 
and 
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(3) foreign persons who 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 pro-
vide, significant financial, material, techno-
logical, or other support for, or goods or serv-
ices 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 listed in such subparagraphs (A) 
through (F) of paragraph (1). 
(4) UPDATES
OF
LIST.—The President shall 
submit 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 
thereafter for a period of 5 years; or 
(B) as new information becomes available. 
(5) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
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(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate. 
SEC. 203. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PER-
SONS 
WHO 
ARE 
RESPONSIBLE 
FOR 
OR 
COMPLICIT IN GROSS VIOLATIONS OF INTER-
NATIONALLY 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 congres-
sional committees a list of foreign persons, including 
senior government officials, militia leaders, para-
military leaders, and other persons who provide sig-
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nificant support to militia or paramilitary groups in 
Libya, that the President determines are knowingly 
responsible for or complicit in, or have directly or in-
directly engaged in, gross violations of internation-
ally recognized human rights committed in Libya. 
(2) UPDATES
OF
LIST.—The President shall 
submit 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 
thereafter 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. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate. 
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SEC. 204. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 
(a) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be 
imposed 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 
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 nec-
essary to block and prohibit all transactions in prop-
erty and interests in property of the person 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) 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 
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(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 
subject to the following: 
(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 
possession. 
(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 who violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations issued 
under section 206(2) of this Act to carry out subsection 
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(a)(1) to the same extent that such penalties apply to a 
person who commits an unlawful act described in section 
206(a) of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
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 Suc-
cess 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. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, for one 
or more periods not to exceed 90 days, the application of 
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sanctions imposed on a foreign person under this title if 
the President— 
(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 waiv-
er will take effect, submits to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a notice of and justification 
for such waiver. 
(b) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate. 
SEC. 206. IMPLEMENTATION AND REGULATORY AUTHOR-
ITY. 
The President— 
(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 
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(2) shall issue such regulations, licenses, and 
orders 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 im-
portation of goods. 
(b) GOOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man-made sub-
stance, material, supply or manufactured product, includ-
ing inspection and test equipment and excluding technical 
data. 
SEC. 208. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) 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). 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means an individual or entity who is not a 
United States person. 
(3) FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘for-
eign government’’ means any government of a coun-
try other than the United States. 
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(4) 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. 
(5) 
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; 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(C) any person in the United States. 
(6) GROSS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONALLY 
RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘gross vio-
lations 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 
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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 solu-
tion in Libya. 
(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which the President makes a deter-
mination to suspend the imposition of sanctions as de-
scribed in subsection (a), the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a notification of the 
determination. 
(c) REIMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Any sanctions 
suspended under subsection (a) shall be reimposed if the 
President determines that the criteria described in that 
subsection are no longer being met. 
SEC. 210. SUNSET. 
The requirement to impose sanctions under this title 
shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2026. 
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 Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States Government should— 
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