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United States, or other applicable inter-
national obligations of the United States. 
(D) TERMINATION
OF
SANCTIONS.—The 
Secretary of State may terminate the applica-
tion of sanctions under this paragraph with re-
spect to a foreign person if the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees not later than 15 days 
before the termination of the sanctions that— 
(i) the person is no longer engaged in 
the activity that was the basis for the sanc-
tions or has taken significant verifiable 
steps toward stopping the activity; 
(ii) the Secretary of State has re-
ceived reliable assurances that the person 
will not knowingly engage in activity sub-
ject to sanctions under this part in the fu-
ture; or 
(iii) the termination of the sanctions 
is in the national security interests of the 
United States. 
(E) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary of State shall issue such regulations, li-
censes, and orders as are necessary to carry out 
this paragraph. 
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(F) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(i) the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate. 
(3) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees, in accordance with subparagraph 
(B), a report that includes— 
(i) a list of each foreign person with 
respect to whom the Secretary of State im-
posed sanctions pursuant to paragraph (2) 
during the year preceding the submission 
of the report; 
(ii) the number of foreign persons 
with respect to which the Secretary of 
State— 
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(I) 
imposed 
sanctions 
under 
paragraph (2)(A) during that year; 
and 
(II) terminated sanctions under 
paragraph (2)(D) during that year; 
(iii) the dates on which such sanctions 
were imposed or terminated, as the case 
may be; 
(iv) the reasons for imposing or termi-
nating such sanctions; 
(v) the total number of foreign per-
sons considered under paragraph (2)C) for 
whom sanctions were not imposed; and 
(vi) recommendations as to whether 
the imposition of additional sanctions 
would be an added deterrent in preventing 
public corruption. 
(B) DATES FOR SUBMISSION.— 
(i) INITIAL REPORT.—The Secretary 
of State shall submit the initial report 
under subparagraph (A) not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(ii) 
SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS.—The 
Secretary of State shall submit a subse-
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quent report under subparagraph (A) on 
December 10, or the first day thereafter 
on which both Houses of Congress are in 
session, of— 
(I) the calendar year in which the 
initial report is submitted if the initial 
report is submitted before December 
10 of that calendar year; and 
(II) each calendar year there-
after. 
(C) FORM OF REPORT.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Each report re-
quired by subparagraph (A) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(ii) EXCEPTION.—The name of a for-
eign person to be included in the list re-
quired by subparagraph (A)(i) may be sub-
mitted in the classified annex authorized 
by clause (i) only if the Secretary of 
State— 
(I) determines that it is vital for 
the national security interests of the 
United States to do so; and 
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(II) uses the annex in a manner 
consistent with congressional intent 
and the purposes of this subsection. 
(D) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The unclassified 
portion of the report required by subpara-
graph (A) shall be made available to the 
public, including through publication in the 
Federal Register. 
(ii) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CONFIDEN-
TIALITY REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO 
VISA
RECORDS.—The Secretary of State 
shall publish the list required by subpara-
graph (A)(i) without regard to the require-
ments of section 222(f) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) 
with respect to confidentiality of records 
pertaining to the issuance or refusal of 
visas or permits to enter the United 
States. 
(E) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
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(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate. 
(4) SUNSET.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The authority to im-
pose sanctions under paragraph (2) and the re-
quirements to submit reports under paragraph 
(3) shall terminate on the date that is 6 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANC-
TIONS.—Sanctions imposed under paragraph 
(2) on or before the date specified in subpara-
graph (A), and in effect as of such date, shall 
remain in effect until terminated in accordance 
with the requirements of paragraph (2)(D). 
(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a 
partnership, association, trust, joint venture, 
corporation, group, subgroup, or other organi-
zation. 
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