section, the President may do so without regard to 
the requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with re-
spect to confidentiality of records pertaining to the 
issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the 
United States. 
SEC. 5. LIMITING VISAS TO EXECUTIVES OF STATE-OWNED 
NEWS AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS OPER-
ATING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) POLICY STATEMENT.—Given the critical impor-
tance of the press freedoms and the free flow of cross- 
border information for diplomatic, political, and financial 
relations globally, and for purposes of investors, busi-
nesses, and politicians making informed decisions, it 
should be the policy of the United States Government to 
respond strongly and persuasively to the growing number 
of restrictions, threats, detentions, harassment, arrests, 
pervasive surveillance, killings, and delays or denials of 
visas faced by foreign journalists and their domestic em-
ployees, especially the blockage and censorship of the 
websites of news corporations. 
(b) LIMITATION ON I–VISAS.—Section 101(a)(15)(I) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(I)) is amended by inserting ‘‘subject to sec-
tion 214(s),’’ before ‘‘upon a basis’’. 
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(c) RESTRICTIONS
ON VISAS
TO EXECUTIVES
OF 
STATE-OWNED MEDIA.—Section 214 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(s) RESTRICTIONS ON VISAS TO EXECUTIVES OF 
STATE-OWNED MEDIA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an alien who 
is an executive of a state-owned media organization 
of a foreign state and is applying for a visa under 
section 101(a)(15)(I) during a fiscal year, the visa 
shall be refused if any United States journalist or 
news organization personnel were expelled, had visas 
denied, or faced intimidation or violence or other re-
strictions in the course of working in the foreign 
state during the previous fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘executive of a state-owned media 
organization of a foreign state’ means a representa-
tive, operating in a managerial or executive capacity 
of a media organization that is majority owned, op-
erated, or controlled by a foreign government oper-
ating in the United States.’’. 
(d) TRANSITION RULE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may order the 
immediate revocation, delay, or refusal of visas 
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under section 101(a)(15)(I) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(I)) issued to, 
or sought by, executives of a state-owned media or-
ganization of a foreign state before the date of the 
enactment of this Act in proportion to the expul-
sions, visa delays or denials, and intimidation experi-
enced by United States journalists or news organiza-
tion personnel in the course of working in the for-
eign state during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 
year in which this Act is enacted. 
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), the term ‘‘executive of a state-owned media or-
ganization of a foreign state’’ means a representa-
tive, operating in a managerial or executive capacity 
of a media organization that is majority owned, op-
erated, or controlled by a foreign government oper-
ating in the United States. 
SEC. 6. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELAT-
ING TO RESTRICTIONS FACED BY JOURNAL-
ISTS WORLDWIDE IN THE ANNUAL COUNTRY 
REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES. 
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
116(d)(12) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2151n(d)(12))— 
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(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) for each country— 
‘‘(i) a detailed description of the re-
strictions imposed against journalists and 
their domestic personnel, including a de-
scription of surveillance, harassment, de-
tentions, death threats or physical attacks, 
censorship, including on the Internet, deni-
als or delays of visas or travel documents, 
direct sources of pressure or intimidation, 
or any other restrictions that limit the abil-
ity to report information freely or restricts 
the free flow of information whether by 
governments, military, intelligence or police 
forces or criminal groups, armed extrem-
ists, or rebel groups; and 
‘‘(ii) a brief assessment of the coun-
try’s practices with respect to foreign jour-
nalists and their domestic personnel by de-
scribing the country’s practices as ‘very re-
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strictive’, ‘restrictive’, ‘partially restrictive’, 
or ‘mostly free’; and’’; and 
(2) in the first subsection (i) of section 502B 
(22 U.S.C. 2304)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) for each country— 
‘‘(5) 
‘‘(A) a detailed description of the restric-
tions imposed against journalists and their do-
mestic personnel, including a description of sur-
veillance, harassment, detentions, death threats 
or physical attacks, censorship, including on the 
Internet, denials or delays of visas or travel 
documents, direct sources of pressure or intimi-
dation, or any other restrictions that limit the 
ability to report information freely or restricts 
the free flow of information whether by govern-
ments, military, intelligence or police forces or 
criminal groups, armed extremists, or rebel 
groups; and 
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