community and the United Nations to the maximum ex-
tent possible.
(d) INCREASE IN DEMOCRACY BUILDING AND RULE
OF LAW ASSISTANCE.—The Congress declares that the fi-
nite foreign assistance resources of the United States Gov-
ernment provided to Nigeria should be re-prioritized with-
in present budget levels in order that more funds can be
expended for democracy building and the promotion of the
rule of law through nongovernmental organizations in
Nigeria.
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGE-
RIA.
(a) UNITED STATES MEASURES TO PROMOTE DE-
MOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.—
(1) NO ASSISTANCE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), no assistance may be made
available under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 or the Arms Export Control Act to the
Government of Nigeria.
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibition in sub-
paragraph (A) shall not apply to assistance for
democracy building and the promotion of the
rule of law through nongovernmental organiza-
tions.
(2) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—The President shall instruct the United
States Executive Director of each international fi-
nancial institution to vote against any loan or other
utilization of the funds of the respective institution
to or from Nigeria.
(3) AIR TRANSPORTATION.—Air transportation
with Nigeria shall be prohibited in accordance with
subsection (b).
(4) DEFENSE
ARTICLES
AND
SERVICES.—No
defense article or defense service may be sold or fi-
nanced with respect to Nigeria, and no license to ex-
port to Nigeria a defense article or service may be
issued.
(5) EXCLUSION
OF
NIGERIANS
FROM
ADMIS-
SION TO THE UNITED STATES.—Except as required
by United States treaty obligations, any Nigerian
national who formulates, implements, or benefits
from policies which hinder Nigeria’s transition to de-
mocracy and members of their immediate families
shall be ineligible to receive a visa and shall be ex-
cluded from admission into the United States.
(6) EXIMBANK, OPIC, AND
TDA.—No funds
available to the Export-Import Bank of the United
States, the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion, or the Trade and Development Agency may be
used with respect to Nigeria.
(7) PROHIBITION OF NEW INVESTMENT.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—No national of the
United States may, directly or through another
person, make any new investment in Nigeria,
including new investments in the energy sector.
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The prohibition
contained in subparagraph (A) shall take effect
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
(8) ASSETS
FREEZE.—The President, acting
through the Secretary of the Treasury, shall exercise
the authority of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act to block the assets of any Nige-
rian national who formulates, implements, or bene-
fits from policies which hinder Nigeria’s transition
to democracy and members of their immediate fami-
lies.
(b) PROHIBITION OF AIR TRANSPORTATION WITH
NIGERIA.—
(1) PROHIBITION ON NIGERIAN AIR CARRIER.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
President shall direct the Secretary of Trans-
portation to revoke the right of any air carrier
designated by the Government of Nigeria under
any air transport agreement between the
United States and Nigeria to service the routes
provided in the agreement.
(B) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall
immediately notify the Government of Nigeria
of his intention to suspend, in accordance with
subparagraph (A), the rights of any air carrier
designated by the Government of Nigeria under
any such air transport agreement.
(2) PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES AIR CAR-
RIER.—Not later than 10 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall direct the
Secretary of Transportation not to permit or other-
wise designate any United States air carrier to pro-
vide service between the United States and Nigeria
pursuant to any air transport agreement between
the United States and Nigeria.
(3) TERMINATION OF AIR TRANSPORT AGREE-
MENTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of State shall terminate any air
transport agreement between the Government
of the United States and the Government of Ni-
geria in accordance with the provisions of that
agreement.
(B) PROHIBITION
ON
NIGERIAN
AIR-
CRAFT.—Upon termination of such agreement,
the Secretary of Transportation shall prohibit
any aircraft of a foreign air carrier owned, di-
rectly or indirectly, by the Government of Nige-
ria or by Nigerian nationals from engaging in
air transportation with respect to the United
States.
(C) PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES AIR-
CRAFT.—The Secretary of Transportation shall
prohibit the takeoff and landing in Nigeria of
any aircraft by an air carrier owned, directly or
indirectly, or controlled by a national of the
United States or by any corporation or other
entity organized under the laws of the United
States or of any State.
(4) WAIVERS.—The President may waive the
prohibitions contained in paragraph (1), (2), or (3)
if the President determines and certifies to the Con-
gress that the air transportation prohibited under ei-
ther such paragraph is important to the national in-
terest of the United States, including emergencies in
which the safety of an aircraft or its crew or pas-
sengers is threatened.
(5) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this
subsection, the terms ‘‘aircraft’’, ‘‘air transpor-
tation’’, and ‘‘foreign air carrier’’ have the meanings
given those terms in section 101 of the Federal
Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301).
(c) MULTILATERAL MEASURES TO PROMOTE DE-
MOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.—The President shall in-
struct the United States Permanent Representative to the
United Nations to actively pursue the passage of any reso-
lution by the United Nations Security Council that en-
hances the cooperation of other nations in the application
of the spirit and intent of the sanctions contained in this
section.
(d) WAIVER
OF SANCTIONS.—The President may
waive any of the sanctions contained in this section if the
President determines and certifies to the Congress that
such a waiver is important to the national interest of the
United States.
SEC. 5. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the United States should follow the prece-
dent of the Federation of International Football As-
sociations which withdrew its invitation for Nigeria