(1) When public officials and their allies use the 
mechanisms of government to engage in extortion or 
bribery, they impoverish their countries’ economic 
health and harm citizens. 
(2) By empowering the United States Govern-
ment to hold to account foreign public officials and 
their associates who engage in extortion or bribery, 
the United States can deter malfeasance and ulti-
mately serve the citizens of fragile countries suffo-
cated by corrupt bureaucracies. 
(3) The Special Inspector General for Afghan 
Reconstruction’s 2016 report ‘‘Corruption in Con-
flict: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghani-
stan’’ included the recommendation, ‘‘Congress 
should consider enacting legislation that authorizes 
sanctions against foreign government officials or 
their associates who engage in corruption.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 
foreign person who is an individual the President deter-
mines— 
(1) engages in public corruption activities 
against a United States person, including— 
(A) soliciting or accepting bribes; 
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(B) using the authority of the state to ex-
tort payments; or 
(C) engaging in extortion; or 
(2) conspires to engage in, or knowingly and 
materially assists, sponsors, or provides significant 
financial, material, or technological support for any 
of the activities described in paragraph (1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMISSIONS 
TO THE UNITED STATES.—The foreign person shall 
be— 
(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. 1101 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-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke any 
visa or other entry documentation issued to the 
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foreign person 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. 
(c) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH LAW ENFORCE-
MENT OBJECTIVES AND AGREEMENT REGARDING THE 
HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS.—Sanctions 
under subsection (b) shall not apply to a foreign person 
if admitting the person into the United States— 
(1) would further important law enforcement 
objectives; or 
(2) is necessary to permit the United States to 
comply with the Agreement regarding the Head-
quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Suc-
cess June 26, 1947, and entered into force Novem-
ber 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 
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United States, or other applicable international obli-
gations of the United States. 
(d) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 
may terminate the application of sanctions under this sec-
tion with respect to a foreign person if the President deter-
mines and reports to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees not later than 15 days before the termination of 
the sanctions that— 
(1) the person is no longer engaged in the activ-
ity that was the basis for the sanctions or has taken 
significant verifiable steps toward stopping the activ-
ity; 
(2) the President has received reliable assur-
ances that the person will not knowingly engage in 
activity subject to sanctions under this part in the 
future; or 
(3) the termination of the sanctions is in the 
national security interests of the United States. 
(e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 
issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
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(1) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate. 
SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees, in accordance with 
subsection (b), a report that includes— 
(1) a list of each foreign person with respect to 
which the President imposed sanctions pursuant to 
section 3 during the year preceding the submission 
of the report; 
(2) the number of foreign persons with respect 
to which the President— 
(A) imposed sanctions under section 3(a) 
during that year; and 
(B) terminated sanctions under section 
3(f) during that year; 
(3) the dates on which such sanctions were im-
posed or terminated, as the case may be; 
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(4) the reasons for imposing or terminating 
such sanctions; 
(5) the total number of foreign persons consid-
ered under section 3(c) for whom sanctions were not 
imposed; and 
(6) recommendations as to whether the imposi-
tion of additional sanctions would be an added deter-
rent in preventing public corruption. 
(b) DATES FOR SUBMISSION.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—The President shall sub-
mit the initial report under subsection (a) not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS.—The President 
shall submit a subsequent report under subsection 
(a) on December 10, or the first day thereafter on 
which both Houses of Congress are in session, of— 
(A) the calendar year in which the initial 
report is submitted if the initial report is sub-
mitted before December 10 of that calendar 
year; and 
(B) each calendar year thereafter. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each report required by 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The name of a foreign person 
to be included in the list required by subsection 
(a)(1) may be submitted in the classified annex au-
thorized by paragraph (1) only if the President— 
(A) determines that it is vital for the na-
tional security interests of the United States to 
do so; and 
(B) uses the annex in a manner consistent 
with congressional intent and the purposes of 
this Act. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The unclassified portion of 
the report required by subsection (a) shall be made 
available to the public, including through publication 
in the Federal Register. 
(2) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF
CONFIDENTIALITY 
REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO VISA RECORDS.— 
The President shall publish the list required by sub-
section (a)(1) without regard to the requirements of 
section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with respect to confiden-
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tiality of records pertaining to the issuance or re-
fusal of visas or permits to enter the United States. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
SEC. 5. SUNSET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The authority to impose sanctions 
under section 3 and the requirements to submit reports 
under section 4 shall terminate on the date that is 6 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) CONTINUATION
IN EFFECT
OF SANCTIONS.— 
Sanctions imposed under section 3 on or before the date 
specified in subsection (a), and in effect as of such date, 
shall remain in effect until terminated in accordance with 
the requirements of section 3(d). 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a part-
nership, association, trust, joint venture, corpora-
tion, group, subgroup, or other organization. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
(3) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means a person that is a 
United States citizen, permanent resident alien, enti-
ty organized under the laws of the United States or 
any jurisdiction within the United States (including 
foreign branches), or any person in the United 
States. 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(5) PUBLIC
CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘public 
corruption’’ means the unlawful exercise of entrusted 
public power for private gain, including by bribery, 
nepotism, fraud, or embezzlement. 
Æ 
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