(c) LEGAL PROCESS ISSUED IN VIOLATION OF THIS 
SECTION IS VOID.—A summons, subpoena, writ, judg-
ment, attachment, or execution issued in violation of any 
provision of this section shall be void. 
(d) DISMISSAL
OF ACTIONS BROUGHT
OR MAIN-
TAINED IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.—If it appears 
to a court in or of the United States that an action 
brought in the court constitutes, or is in furtherance of, 
sovereign debt profiteering, the court shall, on its own ini-
tiative or at the request of any interested party, promptly 
dismiss the action. 
(e) ENTITLEMENT TO DISCOVERY.—A party against 
whom a summons, subpoena, writ, judgment, attachment, 
or execution is sought in an action brought with respect 
to collection of sovereign debt of a foreign state, and the 
foreign state, shall be entitled to discovery to determine 
the veracity of the matters attested to in any affidavit re-
quired by subsection (b). 
(f) REQUIREMENT TO SERVE AFFIDAVITS ON ALL 
PERSONS AGAINST WHOM ANY LEGAL PROCESS IS 
SOUGHT.—Each party seeking a summons, subpoena, 
writ, judgment, attachment, or execution pursuant to sub-
section (b) shall serve on each person against whom any 
legal process is sought a copy of this Act, a copy of the 
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complaint or initial process in which the claim is stated, 
and copies of the affidavits required by subsection (b). 
(g) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED TO 
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.—Each party seeking a 
summons, subpoena, writ, judgment, attachment, or exe-
cution pursuant to subsection (b) shall present to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury— 
(1) written notice of the claim involved; and 
(2) copies of the affidavits required by sub-
section (b)(3). 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
actions brought or pending on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. 
(a) MAINTENANCE OF LISTS.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall compile and maintain, and make available 
to the public— 
(1) an up-to-date list of the foreign states that 
are eligible for financing from the International De-
velopment Association but not from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development; 
and 
(2) an up-to-date list of the foreign states listed 
under paragraph (1) with respect to which the Sec-
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retary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, has not determined that— 
(A) the government of the state (including 
its military or other security forces) engages in 
a pattern of gross violations of internationally 
recognized human rights (as defined in section 
116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(Public Law 87–195)); 
(B) the government of the state has an ex-
cessive level of military expenditures; 
(C) the government of the state has pro-
vided support for acts of international ter-
rorism, as determined by the Secretary of State 
under section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), 
or section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); or 
(D) the government of the state is failing 
to cooperate with the United States on inter-
national narcotics control matters. 
(b) MAINTENANCE
OF
AFFIDAVITS
AS
PUBLIC 
RECORDS.—On presentation of an affidavit pursuant to 
section 5(g), the Secretary of the Treasury shall accept 
the affidavit and maintain the affidavit as a public record. 
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(c) NOTIFICATION
OF POOR COUNTRIES
OF
THE 
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.—Within 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall provide written notice to each foreign state referred 
to in subsection (a)(1) of the provisions of this Act. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Within 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually on the anniver-
sary of the date the first report is submitted under this 
subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to 
the Committees on Financial Services and on the Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives and the Committees 
on Foreign Relations and on the Judiciary of the Senate, 
and make available to the public, a report that— 
(1) explains how the Secretary determined 
which countries would be included in the list of for-
eign states maintained under subsection (a)(2); 
(2) summarizes the affidavits presented to the 
Secretary pursuant to subsection (b) during the pe-
riod covered by the report; and 
(3) discusses how this Act has advanced the 
policies of the United States with respect to poor 
countries and supported the goals and purposes of 
the Enhanced HIPC Initiative (as defined in section 
1625(e)(3) of the International Financial Institu-
tions Act), the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, 
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and other international efforts to provide debt relief 
to poor countries. 
SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAW. 
In the event of a conflict between this Act and a pro-
vision of State law, this Act shall control. 
SEC. 8. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the application thereof 
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the inva-
lidity does not affect other provisions or applications of 
this Act which can be given effect without the invalid pro-
vision or application, and to this end, the provisions of 
this Act are severable. 
Æ 
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