sons, other flagrant denial of the right to life, lib-
erty, or the security of person. 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(5) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 
foreign person the President determines, based on credible 
information— 
(1) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, tor-
ture, or other gross violations of internationally rec-
ognized human rights committed against individuals 
in any foreign country, particularly those individuals 
who seek— 
(A) to expose illegal activity carried out by 
government officials; or 
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(B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote 
internationally recognized human rights and 
freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, ex-
pression, association, and assembly, and the 
rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 
(2) acted as an agent of or on behalf of a for-
eign person in a matter relating to an activity de-
scribed in paragraph (1); 
(3) is a government official, or a senior asso-
ciate of such an official, that is responsible for, or 
complicit in, ordering, controlling, or otherwise di-
recting, acts of significant corruption, including the 
expropriation of private or public assets for personal 
gain, corruption related to government contracts or 
the extraction of natural resources, bribery, or the 
facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of corruption 
to foreign jurisdictions; or 
(4) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro-
vided financial, material, or technological support 
for, or goods or services in support of, an activity 
described in paragraph (3). 
(b) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) INADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES.—In 
the case of a foreign person who is an individual— 
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(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 
the United States or to be admitted to the 
United States; or 
(B) if the individual has been issued a visa 
or other documentation, revocation, in accord-
ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa 
or other documentation. 
(2) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The blocking, in ac-
cordance with the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
of all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of a foreign person if such property 
and interests in property are in the United 
States, come within the United States, or are or 
come within the possession or control of a 
United States person. 
(B) INAPPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL EMER-
GENCY
REQUIREMENT.—The requirements of 
section 202 of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall 
not apply for purposes of this section. 
(c) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN 
IMPOSING SANCTIONS.—In determining whether to im-
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pose sanctions under subsection (a), the President shall 
consider— 
(1) information provided by the chairperson and 
ranking member of each of the appropriate congres-
sional committees; and 
(2) credible information obtained by other coun-
tries and nongovernmental organizations that mon-
itor violations of human rights. 
(d) REQUESTS
BY CHAIRPERSON
AND RANKING 
MEMBER
OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
TEES.—Not later than 120 days after receiving a written 
request from the chairperson and ranking member of one 
of the appropriate congressional committees with respect 
to whether a foreign person has engaged in an activity 
described in subsection (a), the President shall— 
(1) determine if that person has engaged in 
such an activity; and 
(2) submit a report to the chairperson and 
ranking member of that committee with respect to 
that determination that includes— 
(A) a statement of whether or not the 
President imposed or intends to impose sanc-
tions with respect to the person; and 
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(B) if the President imposed or intends to 
impose sanctions, a description of those sanc-
tions. 
(e) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS.— 
The President may waive the application of sanctions 
under this section with respect to a person if the Presi-
dent— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States; and 
(2) not later than 15 days prior to granting 
such a waiver, submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees notice of, and a justification for, 
the waiver. 
(f) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NATIONS 
HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Sanctions under sub-
section (b)(1) shall not apply to an individual if admitting 
the individual into the United States is necessary to per-
mit the United States to comply with the Agreement re-
garding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 
at Lake Success 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. 
(g) ENFORCEMENT OF BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 
A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to 
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