(13) Ordering the heads of the appropriate 
United States agencies not to issue any (or a speci-
fied number of) specific licenses, and not to grant 
any other specific authority (or a specified number 
of authorities), to export any goods or technology to 
the specific foreign government, agency, instrumen-
tality, or official found or determined by the Presi-
dent to be responsible for the violations under sec-
tion 401 or 402, under— 
(A) the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(as continued in effect under the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act); 
(B) the Arms Export Control Act; 
(C) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or 
(D) any other statute that requires the 
prior review and approval of the United States 
Government as a condition for the export or re-
export of goods or services. 
(14) Prohibiting any United States financial in-
stitution from making loans or providing credits to-
taling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month pe-
riod to the specific foreign government, agency, in-
strumentality, or official found or determined by the 
President to be responsible for the violations under 
section 401 or 402. 
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(15) Prohibiting the United States Government 
from procuring, or entering into any contract for the 
procurement of, any goods or services from the for-
eign government, agency, instrumentality, or official 
found or determined by the President to be respon-
sible for the violations under section 401 or 402. 
(b) COMMENSURATE ACTION.—Except as provided in 
subsection (d), the President may substitute any other ac-
tion authorized by law for any action described in para-
graphs (1) through (15) of subsection (a) if such action 
is commensurate in effect to the action substituted and 
if the action would further the policy of the United States 
set forth in section 2(b) of this Act. The President shall 
seek to take all appropriate and feasible actions authorized 
by law to obtain the cessation of the violations. If commen-
surate action is taken, the President shall report such ac-
tion, together with an explanation for taking such action, 
to the appropriate congressional committees. 
(c) BINDING AGREEMENTS.—The President may ne-
gotiate and enter into a binding agreement with a foreign 
government against which sanctions would otherwise be 
imposed that obligates that government to cease, or take 
substantial steps to address and phase out, the act, policy, 
or practice constituting the violation or violations of wom-
en’s rights. The entry into force of a binding agreement 
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for the cessation of the violations shall be a primary objec-
tive for the President in responding to a foreign govern-
ment that has engaged in or tolerated particularly severe 
violations of women’s rights. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Any action taken pursuant to 
subsection (a) or (b) may not prohibit or restrict the provi-
sion of medicine, medical equipment or supplies, food, or 
other humanitarian assistance. 
SEC. 406. EFFECTS ON EXISTING CONTRACTS. 
The President shall not be required to apply or main-
tain any Presidential action under this subtitle— 
(1) in the case of procurement of defense arti-
cles or defense services— 
(A) under existing contracts or sub-
contracts, including the exercise of options for 
production quantities, to satisfy requirements 
essential to the national security of the United 
States; 
(B) if the President determines in writing 
and so reports to the Congress that the person 
or other entity to which the Presidential action 
would otherwise be applied is a sole source sup-
plier of the defense articles or services, that the 
defense articles or services are essential, and 
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that alternative sources are not readily or rea-
sonably available; or 
(C) if the President determines in writing 
and so reports to the Congress that such arti-
cles or services are essential to the national se-
curity under defense coproduction agreements; 
or 
(2) to products or services provided under con-
tracts entered into before the date on which the 
President publishes his intention to take the Presi-
dential action. 
SEC. 407. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
President may waive the application of any of the actions 
described in paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 405(a) 
(or commensurate action in substitution therefor) with re-
spect to a country, if the President determines and so re-
ports to the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the government of that country has ceased 
the violations giving rise to the Presidential action; 
(2) the exercise of such waiver authority would 
further the purposes of this Act; or 
(3) the important national interest of the 
United States requires the exercise of such waiver 
authority. 
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(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
the date of the exercise of a waiver under subsection (a), 
the President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees of the waiver or the intention to exercise the 
waiver, together with a detailed justification therefor. 
SEC. 408. PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
President shall cause to be published in the Federal Reg-
ister the following: 
(1) DETERMINATIONS OF GOVERNMENTS, OFFI-
CIALS, AND ENTITIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.— 
Any designation of a country of particular concern 
for women’s rights under section 402(b)(1), together 
with, when applicable and to the extent practicable, 
the identities of the officials or entities determined 
to be responsible for the violations under section 
402(b)(2). 
(2) PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.—A description of 
any Presidential action under paragraphs (9) 
through (15) of section 405(a) (or commensurate ac-
tion in substitution therefor) and the effective date 
of the Presidential action. 
(3) DELAYS
IN
TRANSMITTAL
OF
PRESI-
DENTIAL
ACTION
REPORTS.—Any delay in trans-
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mittal of a Presidential action report, as described 
in section 404(b). 
(4) WAIVERS.—Any waiver under section 407. 
(b) LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.—The 
President may limit publication of information under this 
section in the same manner and to the same extent as 
the President may limit the publication of findings and 
determinations described in section 654(c) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2414(c)), if the Presi-
dent determines that the publication of information under 
this section— 
(1) would be harmful to the national security of 
the United States; or 
(2) would not further the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 409. TERMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS. 
Any Presidential action taken under this Act with re-
spect to a foreign country shall terminate on the earlier 
of the following dates: 
(1) TERMINATION DATE.—The date that is 2 
years after the effective date of the Presidential ac-
tion, unless expressly reauthorized by law. 
(2) FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT
ACTIONS.—The 
date on which the President determines, in consulta-
tion with the Commission, and certifies to the Con-
gress that the government of the foreign country has 
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ceased or taken substantial and verifiable steps to 
cease the particularly severe violations of women’s 
rights. 
SEC. 410. PRECLUSION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
No court shall have jurisdiction to review any Presi-
dential determination or agency action under this Act or 
any amendment made by this Act. 
Subtitle B—Strengthening Existing 
Law 
SEC. 421. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION
OF PROHIBITION
ON ECO-
NOMIC ASSISTANCE.—Section 116(c) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘and the Ambassador at Large for Inter-
national Women’s Rights’’ after ‘‘Religious Free-
dom’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2); 
(3) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) whether the government— 
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‘‘(A) has engaged in or tolerated particu-
larly severe violations of women’s rights, as de-
fined in section 3 of the International Women’s 
Freedom Act of 2011; or 
‘‘(B) has failed to undertake serious and 
sustained efforts to combat particularly severe 
violations of women’s rights (as defined in sec-
tion 3 of the International Women’s Freedom 
Act of 2011), when such efforts could have been 
reasonably undertaken.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROHIBITION ON MILITARY 
ASSISTANCE.—Section 502B(a)(4) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(a)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)(i)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii)’’; 
(3) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; or’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) has engaged in or tolerated particularly 
severe violations of women’s rights, as defined in 
section 3 of the International Women’s Freedom Act 
of 2011; or 
‘‘(ii) has failed to undertake serious and sus-
tained efforts to combat particularly severe viola-
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tions of women’s rights when such efforts could have 
been reasonably undertaken.’’. 
SEC. 422. MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 701 of the International Financial Institu-
tions Act (22 U.S.C. 262d) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (g) 
as subsection (h); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i) In determining whether the government of a 
country engages in a pattern of gross violations of inter-
nationally recognized human rights, as described in sub-
section (a), the President shall give particular consider-
ation to whether a foreign government— 
‘‘(1) has engaged in or tolerated particularly se-
vere violations of women’s rights, as defined in sec-
tion 3 of the International Women’s Freedom Act of 
2011; or 
‘‘(2) has failed to undertake serious and sus-
tained efforts to combat particularly severe viola-
tions of women’s rights when such efforts could have 
been reasonably undertaken.’’. 
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SEC. 423. EXPORTS OF CERTAIN ITEMS USED IN PARTICU-
LARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS. 
(a) MANDATORY LICENSING.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Commerce, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall include 
on the list of crime control and detection instruments or 
equipment controlled for export and reexport under sec-
tion 6(n) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 
U.S.C. App. 2405(n)) (as continued in effect under the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act), or under 
any other provision of law, items being exported or reex-
ported to countries of particular concern for women’s 
rights that the Secretary of Commerce, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State, and in consultation with 
appropriate officials including the Under Secretary of 
State for Democracy and Global Affairs, the Assistant 
Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, and the Ambassador at Large, determines are 
being used or are intended for use directly and in signifi-
cant measure to carry out particularly severe violations of 
women’s rights. 
(b) LICENSING
BAN.—The prohibition on the 
issuance of a license for export of crime control and detec-
tion instruments or equipment under section 502B(a)(2) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
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2304(a)(2)) shall apply to the export and reexport of any 
item included under subsection (a) on the list of crime con-
trol instruments. 
TITLE V—PROMOTION OF 
WOMEN’S RIGHTS 
SEC. 501. ASSISTANCE FOR PROMOTING WOMEN’S RIGHTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) In many countries where severe violations of 
women’s rights occur, there is insufficient statutory 
legal protection for women, a lack of enforcement of 
the law, or insufficient cultural and social under-
standing of international norms of women’s rights. 
(2) Accordingly, in the provision of foreign as-
sistance, the United States should make a priority of 
promoting and developing legal protections and en-
forcement, as well as cultural respect for women’s 
rights. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR INCREASED PRO-
MOTION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS.—Section 116(e) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(e)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and the rights of women’’ after 
‘‘free religious belief and practice’’. 
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SEC. 502. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING. 
Section 303(a)(8) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202(a)(8)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and women’s rights’’ after ‘‘reli-
gion’’. 
SEC. 503. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 
Section 102(b) of the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after paragraph (11); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (12) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) promoting respect for and guarantees of 
women’s rights abroad by interchanges and visits be-
tween the United States and other nations of lead-
ers, scholars, and legal experts in the field of wom-
en’s rights.’’. 
SEC. 504. FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS. 
(a) PERFORMANCE PAY.—Section 405(d) of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965(d)) is amended 
in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘and women’s rights’’ 
after ‘‘freedom of religion’’. 
(b) FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS.—Section 614 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4013) is amended 
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in the last sentence by inserting ‘‘and women’s rights,’’ 
after ‘‘freedom of religion’’. 
TITLE VI—REFUGEE, ASYLUM, 
AND CONSULAR MATTERS 
SEC. 601. USE OF ANNUAL REPORT. 
The Annual Report, together with other relevant doc-
umentation, shall serve as a resource for immigration 
judges and consular, refugee, and asylum officers in cases 
involving claims of mistreatment on the grounds of gender. 
Absence of reference by the Annual Report to conditions 
described by the alien shall not constitute the sole grounds 
for a denial of the alien’s claim. 
SEC. 602. REFUGEE TRAINING. 
(a) TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS.— 
Section 708(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4028(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘and on religious 
persecution’’ and inserting ‘‘, on religious persecution, and 
on gender-based discrimination’’. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS CONCERNING 
ADMISSIONS OF REFUGEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 207 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (d)(1), in the first sen-
tence, by inserting ‘‘, information relating to 
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gender-based discrimination against such refu-
gees in their countries of nationality or last ha-
bitual residence,’’ after ‘‘resettlement during 
the fiscal year’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of State 
and’’ before ‘‘designated’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8); and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (6) 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) A description of any gender-based dis-
crimination experienced by such refugees in their 
countries of nationality or last habitual residence.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect beginning with the 
first fiscal year that begins after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(c) GUIDELINES AND TRAINING FOR OFFICIALS AD-
JUDICATING REFUGEE CASES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (f), by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, shall develop and 
implement training guidelines related to nondiscrimination 
in the adjudication of such cases as a result of the gender, 
race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular so-
cial group, or political opinion of the alien applying to be 
admitted as a refugee under this section. Such training 
guidelines shall be culturally sensitive and shall provide 
the officials subject to such training with the tools to pro-
vide a nonbiased and nonadversarial atmosphere for the 
purpose of adjudicating such cases.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, shall promulgate 
regulations to ensure— 
‘‘(A) uniform procedures for the establishment 
of agreements between the United States Govern-
ment and designated entities and personnel respon-
sible for the preparation of refugee case files for use 
in refugee adjudications; and 
‘‘(B) uniform procedures regarding the prepara-
tion of such files by such entities and personnel. 
‘‘(2) Such regulations shall ensure that— 
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‘‘(A) such files accurately reflect the informa-
tion provided by the alien seeking admission as a 
refugee under this section; and 
‘‘(B) such aliens are not disadvantaged or de-
nied such admission as a result of faulty case file 
preparation.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect and apply with re-
spect to aliens seeking admission as refugees under 
section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1157) beginning with the first fiscal year 
that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 603. REFORM OF ASYLUM POLICY. 
(a) LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 208(d) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall promulgate regulations 
that provide that the United States does not 
use the language translation services of an indi-
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vidual who demonstrates a bias or potential 
bias on the grounds of gender, race, religion, 
nationality, membership in a particular social 
group, or political opinion in connection with 
the giving of testimony by an alien before the 
trier of fact under subsection (b)(1)(B) or an 
asylum officer under section 235(b)(1)(B). 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
BY 
CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall promulgate regulations 
to provide that the United States does not use 
the language translation services of an indi-
vidual who is an interpreter for or other em-
ployee of an airline owned by a country the gov-
ernment of which the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, has determined has engaged in persecu-
tion on the grounds of gender, race, religion, 
nationality, membership in a particular social 
group, or political opinion in connection with 
the giving of testimony by an alien before the 
trier of fact under subsection (b)(1)(B) or an 
asylum officer under section 235(b)(1)(B).’’. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply to the use of language 
translation services after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) TRAINING FOR OFFICIALS.—Section 208 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) TRAINING FOR OFFICIALS.—In addition to the 
training that is provided to officers adjudicating asylum 
cases under this section and asylum officers under section 
235(b)(1)(E), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, the Ambassador at 
Large for International Women’s Rights of the Depart-
ment of State, the Director of the George P. Shultz Na-
tional Foreign Affairs Training Center (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘Foreign Service Institute’), and other ap-
propriate officials, shall provide to such officers training 
relating to the nature of gender-based discrimination in 
foreign countries (including country-specific conditions), 
instruction concerning internationally recognized women’s 
rights, and information regarding state sponsored and 
non-state sponsored applicable distinctions in a foreign 
country between the treatment of men and women.’’. 
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(c) TRAINING
FOR
IMMIGRATION
JUDGES
CON-
DUCTING PROCEEDINGS FOR DECIDING THE INADMIS-
SIBILITY OR DEPORTABILITY OF AN ALIEN.—Section 240 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) TRAINING
FOR IMMIGRATION JUDGES CON-
DUCTING PROCEEDINGS FOR DECIDING THE INADMIS-
SIBILITY OR DEPORTABILITY OF AN ALIEN.—The Attor-
ney General shall provide to immigration judges training 
related to the nature of gender-based discrimination in 
foreign countries (including country-specific conditions), 
instruction concerning internationally recognized women’s 
rights, and information regarding state sponsored and 
non-state sponsored distinctions in a foreign country be-
tween the treatment of men and women.’’. 
SEC. 604. INADMISSIBILITY OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OF-
FICIALS WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN PARTICU-
LARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS. 
(a) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMISSION TO 
THE UNITED STATES.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
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‘‘(J) FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS 
WHO
HAVE
ENGAGED
IN
PARTICULARLY
SE-
VERE VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS.—Any 
alien who, while serving as a foreign govern-
ment official, was responsible for or directly 
carried out, at any time during the preceding 
24-month period, particularly severe violations 
of women’s rights, as defined in section 3 of the 
International Women’s Freedom Act of 2011, 
and the spouse, son, or daughter, if any, of 
such official, is inadmissible.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to determinations of admissi-
bility made on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 605. STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF EXPEDITED REMOVAL 
PROVISIONS ON ASYLUM CLAIMS. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) 
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—The 
Comp-
troller General of the United States shall conduct a 
study alone or, upon request by the Commission 
under paragraph (2), in cooperation with experts in-
vited by the Commission, to determine whether im-
migration officers (including asylum officers (as de-
fined in section 235(b)(1)(E) of the Immigration 
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and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(E))) per-
forming duties under section 235(b) of such Act 
with respect to aliens who may be eligible for asylum 
are engaging in any of the following conduct: 
(A) Failing to inform an alien of the right 
to seek protection in the United States if (s)he 
has any reason to fear persecution in his or her 
home country. 
(B) Encouraging aliens expressing a fear 
of gender-based persecution to withdraw their 
applications for admission. 
(C) Determining aliens are ineligible for 
asylum before referring such aliens for an inter-
view by an asylum officer for a determination of 
whether they have a credible fear of persecution 
(within the meaning of section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) 
of such Act). 
(D) Incorrectly failing to keep complete 
records of a decision to enforce expedited re-
moval and an alien’s reasons for the withdrawal 
of an asylum application. 
(E) Improperly using detention as a deter-
rent to an alien’s pursuing an asylum claim. 
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(F) Improperly detaining asylum seekers 
who establish a credible fear, identity, commu-
nity ties, and who do not pose a security risk. 
(G) Improperly detaining asylum seekers 
in jail-like facilities where staff is not given spe-
cific training on the special needs of asylum 
seekers. 
(2) COMMISSION REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION 
BY EXPERTS ON REFUGEE AND ASYLUM ISSUES.— 
The Commission may invite experts who are recog-
nized for their expertise and knowledge of refugee 
and asylum issues to cooperate with the Comptroller 
General in carrying out paragraph (1). 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on the Ju-
diciary of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report 
containing the findings of the study conducted under 
subsection (a). If the experts referred to in such 
subsection were involved in conducting such study, 
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