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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5613 
To require a review of whether individuals or entities subject to the imposition 
of certain sanctions through inclusion on certain sanctions lists should 
also be subject to the imposition of other sanctions and included on 
other sanctions lists. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 
Mr. WALTZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require a review of whether individuals or entities subject 
to the imposition of certain sanctions through inclusion 
on certain sanctions lists should also be subject to the 
imposition of other sanctions and included on other sanc-
tions lists. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctions Lists Har-
monization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS AND EN-
TITIES SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES SANC-
TIONS ON CERTAIN OTHER SANCTIONS LISTS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION
TO
OTHER
FEDERAL
OFFI-
CIALS.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
an individual or entity is included on one of the lists de-
scribed in subsection (d), the Federal official responsible 
for administering such list shall notify the Federal officials 
responsible for administering the other lists described in 
subsection (d) of the inclusion of the individual or entity 
on such list. 
(b) DETERMINATION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS 
OF OTHER FEDERAL OFFICIAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date on which a Federal official receives a notifi-
cation under subsection (a) of the inclusion of an in-
dividual or entity on one of the lists described in 
subsection (d), such Federal official shall— 
(A) conduct a review and make a deter-
mination of whether to include such individual 
or entity on such other lists; and 
(B) make available to the public, including 
by publishing in the Federal Register, the de-
termination made under subparagraph (A). 
(2) 
ADVANCE
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICA-
TION.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a deter-
mination under paragraph (1)(A) not to include 
an individual or entity on such other lists, the 
Federal official shall, not later than 7 days 
after making the determination, submit the de-
termination to the appropriate congressional 
committees, including a justification for why 
the individual or entity did not meet the eligi-
bility criteria for inclusion on such other list. 
(B) FORM.—A notification required under 
this paragraph shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may contain a classified annex. 
(3) ADDITIONAL REVIEW.—In the case of a de-
termination under paragraph (1)(A) not to include 
an individual or entity on such other lists, the Fed-
eral official shall, not later than 1 year after making 
the determination, conduct an additional review to 
determine if the individual or entity should be in-
cluded on such other lists, particularly if there is a 
material change in the activities of the individual or 
entity. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS
FOR DETER-
MINATIONS NOT TO LIST NEW INDIVIDUALS AND ENTI-
TIES.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which a Federal agency, de-
partment, or office first conducts deliberations 
regarding the designation of a new individual or 
entity on any list described in subsection (d) 
and determines not to designate that individual 
or entity, the Federal official responsible for ad-
ministering such list shall notify the appro-
priate congressional committees of such nega-
tive determination and include with such notifi-
cation— 
(i) an identification of the nondes-
ignated individual or entity by name; 
(ii) an articulation of the reasons that 
the individual or entity was initially consid-
ered for designation; and 
(iii) a full explanation and justifica-
tion for the subsequent determination that 
the individual or entity did not meet the 
eligibility criteria for designation on the 
applicable list. 
(B) FORM.—A notification required under 
this paragraph shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may contain a classified annex. 
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(2) DELIBERATION DEFINED.—For purposes of 
the notifications under this subsection, the term ‘‘de-
liberation’’ includes any meeting where a Federal 
Government official with the power to place an indi-
vidual or an entity on one of the lists described in 
section 2(c) reviews the potential designation with 
one or more executive branch counterparts for a con-
clusive decision. 
(d) LISTS DESCRIBED.—The lists described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) The list of specially designated nationals 
and blocked persons maintained by the Office of 
Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 
Treasury. 
(2) The list maintained and set forth in Supple-
ment No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administra-
tion Regulations (commonly known as the ‘‘Entity 
List’’). 
(3) The Department of Defense’s list main-
tained and published under section 1237 of the 
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(4) The Department of Defense’s list main-
tained and published under 1260H of the William 
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M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note). 
(5) The Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial 
Complex Companies (NS–CMIC) List of the Office 
of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 
Treasury. 
(6) The Sectoral Sanctions List of the Office of 
Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 
Treasury. 
(7) The Unverified List of the Bureau of Indus-
try and Security of the Department of Commerce. 
(8) The Military End User List of the Bureau 
of Industry and Security of the Department of Com-
merce. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Select Committee on Intelligence, the Com-
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mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate. 
(2) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 
The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 
means the regulations set forth in subchapter C of 
chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, 
or successor regulations. 
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