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(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 
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 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 102. REPORT OF RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES AND OBJEC-
TIVES IN LIBYA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) General Stephen Townsend, Commander of 
United 
States 
Africa 
Command 
(AFRICOM), 
warned in January 2020 that in Libya, Russia seeks 
to ‘‘demonstrate itself as an alternative partner to 
the West’’ and seeks to position itself alongside the 
southern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation (NATO). 
(2) AFRICOM has also stated that the Russian 
military presence in Libya threatens future United 
States military partnerships and counterterrorism 
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cooperation by impeding United States access to 
Libya. 
(3) In May 2020, AFRICOM reported that the 
Government of Russia deployed 14 MiG-29 and Su- 
24 aircraft to Libya to support Russian state-spon-
sored private military contractors, including the 
Wagner Group. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that contains an assessment of 
Russian activities and objectives in Libya, includ-
ing— 
(A) the potential threat such activities pose 
to the United States, southern Europe, NATO, 
and partners in the Mediterranean Sea and 
North African region; 
(B) the direct role of Russia in Libyan fi-
nancial affairs, to include issuing and printing 
currency; and 
(C) Russia’s use of mercenaries, military 
contractors, equipment, and paramilitary forces 
in Libya. 
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(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
contain a classified annex. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
SEC. 103. DETERMINATION OF SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES 
OF THE LIBYAN NATIONAL ARMY WITH RE-
SPECT TO SYRIA. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
a list of members of the Libyan National Army (LNA), 
and details of their activities, that the President deter-
mines are knowingly responsible for sanctionable offenses 
pursuant to— 
(1) section 7412 of the Caesar Syria Civilian 
Protection Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 8791 note; 133 
Stat. 2292); or 
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(2) Executive Order 13582 (76 Fed. Reg. 
52209; relating to blocking property of the Govern-
ment of Syria and prohibiting certain transactions 
with respect to Syria (August 17, 2011)). 
TITLE II—ACTIONS TO ADDRESS 
FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN 
LIBYA 
SEC. 201. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PER-
SONS LEADING, DIRECTING, OR SUPPORTING 
CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INVOLVE-
MENT IN LIBYA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im-
pose each of the sanctions described in section 204 with 
respect to each foreign person that the President deter-
mines knowingly engages in an activity described in sub-
section (b). 
(b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign person en-
gages in an activity described in this subsection if the per-
son leads, directs, or provides significant financial, mate-
rial, or technological support to, or knowingly engages in 
a significant transaction with, a non-Libyan foreign per-
son that is— 
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(1) in Libya in a military or commercial capac-
ity as a military contractor, mercenary, or part of a 
paramilitary force; and 
(2) engaged in significant actions that threaten 
the peace, security, or stability of Libya. 
SEC. 202. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PER-
SONS THREATENING THE PEACE OR STA-
BILITY OF 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.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a list of— 
(1) foreign persons, including senior govern-
ment officials, militia leaders, paramilitary leaders, 
and other persons who provide significant support to 
militia or paramilitary groups in Libya, that the 
President determines are knowingly— 
(A) engaged in significant actions or poli-
cies that threaten the peace, security, or sta-
bility of Libya, including any supply of arms or 
related materiel in violation of a United Nations 
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Security Council resolution with respect to 
Libya; 
(B) engaged in significant actions or poli-
cies that obstruct, undermine, delay, or impede, 
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; 
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(5) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
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-
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. 
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(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. 
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 
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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 
(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. 
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(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 that violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro-
mulgated under section 306(2) to carry out subsection 
(a)(1) to the same extent that such penalties apply to a 
person that commits an unlawful act described in section 
206(a) of that 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. 
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(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. 
The President may waive the application of sanctions 
imposed on a foreign person under this title if the Presi-
dent— 
(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. 
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 
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Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this 
title; and 
(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) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) 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). 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 
United States person. 
(4) FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘for-
eign government’’ means any government of a coun-
try other than the United States. 
(5) 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. 
(6) 
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; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
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United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(C) any person in the United States. 
(7) 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 
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 
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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, 2024. 
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— 
(A) continue efforts to address Libya’s hu-
manitarian crisis; 
(B) leverage diplomatic relations with the 
warring parties to guarantee constant, reliable 
humanitarian access by frontline providers in 
Libya; 
(C) leverage diplomatic relations with the 
warring parties, the United Nations, and the 
European Union to encourage the voluntary 
safe passage of detained vulnerable migrants 
and refugees from the conflict zones in Libya; 
and 
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(D) support efforts to document and pub-
licize gross violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights and international humani-
tarian law, including efforts related to traf-
ficking in persons such as slavery, forced labor, 
and sexual exploitation, and hold perpetrators 
accountable; and 
(2) humanitarian assistance to address the cri-
sis in Libya should be targeted toward those most 
in need and delivered through partners that uphold 
internationally recognized humanitarian principles, 
with robust monitoring to ensure assistance is reach-
ing intended beneficiaries. 
(b) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, in coordination with the Secretary of State, should 
continue to support humanitarian assistance to individuals 
and communities in Libya, including— 
(1) health assistance, including logistical and 
technical assistance to hospitals, ambulances, and 
health clinics in affected communities, including mi-
grant communities, and provision of basic public 
health commodities; 
(2) services, such as medicines and medical sup-
plies and equipment; 
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(3) assistance to provide— 
(A) protection, food, and shelter, including 
to migrant communities; and 
(B) water, sanitation, and hygiene (com-
monly referred to as ‘‘WASH’’); and 
(4) technical assistance to ensure health, food, 
and commodities are appropriately selected, pro-
cured, targeted, monitored, and distributed. 
(c) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy on 
the following: 
(1) How the United States, working with rel-
evant foreign governments and multilateral organiza-
tions, plans to address the humanitarian situation in 
Libya. 
(2) Diplomatic efforts by the United States to 
encourage strategic burden-sharing with inter-
national donors, including foreign governments and 
multilateral organizations on efforts to improve the 
humanitarian situation in Libya. 
(3) How to address humanitarian access chal-
lenges and ensure protection for vulnerable refugees 
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