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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4723 
To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons 
undermining the Dayton Peace Agreement or threatening the security 
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2023 
Mrs. WAGNER (for herself, Ms. WILD, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, and Mr. 
TURNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Finan-
cial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to 
foreign persons undermining the Dayton Peace Agree-
ment or threatening the security of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Upholding the Dayton 
Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to support Bosnia and Herzegovina’s sov-
ereignty, territorial integrity, multi-ethnic character 
and the prosperity of the Republika Srpska entity, 
the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, 
and the Brcko District within one Bosnia and 
Herzegovina; 
(2) to support Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 
progress towards Euro-Atlantic integration; 
(3) to encourage officials in Bosnia and 
Herzegovina to resume institutional participation at 
all levels of government to advance functionality and 
common-sense reforms for greater prosperity; 
(4) to call on Bosnia and Herzegovina to imple-
ment the rulings of the European Court of Human 
Rights; 
(5) to support the robust use of targeted sanc-
tions against persons who undermine the Dayton 
Peace Agreement, as well as the democratic institu-
tions and Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
to support peace and stability in that country; 
(6) to urge the European Union to join the 
United States and United Kingdom in sanctioning 
Milorad Dodik, a member of the Presidency of Bos-
nia and Herzegovina, for his actions that undermine 
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the stability and territorial integrity of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina; 
(7) to expose and condemn the Government of 
Russia for its role in fueling instability in Bosnia 
and Herzegovina and undermining the Dayton Peace 
Agreement, the role of the Office of the High Rep-
resentative, and the European Union Force in BiH’s 
Operation Althea; 
(8) to work with other regional states, including 
Serbia and Croatia, to support the territorial integ-
rity and stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and 
(9) to encourage the United States to use its 
voice and vote at the United Nations, the Peace Im-
plementation Council and its Steering Board, and 
other relevant international bodies to support the 
Office of the High Representative. 
SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-
EIGN PERSONS UNDERMINING THE DAYTON 
PEACE AGREEMENT OR THREATENING THE 
SECURITY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
(1) LIST REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit 
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the Office of the High Representative, the 
Peace Implementation Council, or its Steering 
Board; 
(D) to be a member, official, or senior 
leader of an illegal parallel institution or any 
other institution that engages in activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C), as de-
termined by the Secretary of State; 
(E) to be responsible for or complicit in, or 
to have directly or indirectly engaged in, or at-
tempted to engage in, corruption related to 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, including corruption 
by, on behalf of, or otherwise related to the gov-
ernment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, or a cur-
rent or former government official at any level 
of government in Bosnia and Herzegovina, such 
as the misappropriation of public assets, expro-
priation of private assets for personal gain or 
political purposes, corruption related to govern-
ment contracts or the extraction of natural re-
sources or bribery; 
(F) to be an adult family member of any 
foreign person described in subparagraph (A), 
(B), (C), (D), or (E); 
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(G) to have knowingly facilitated a signifi-
cant transaction or transactions for or on be-
half of a foreign person described in subpara-
graph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E); 
(H) to be owned or controlled by, or to 
have acted or purported to act for or on behalf 
of, directly or indirectly, a foreign person de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or 
(E); or 
(I) to have knowingly materially assisted, 
sponsored, or provided financial, material, or 
technological support for, or goods or services 
to or in support of, a foreign person described 
in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E). 
(2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Upon the sub-
mission of each list required by paragraph (1), the 
President shall impose the sanctions described in 
subsection (c) with respect to each foreign person 
identified on the list. 
(b) ADDITIONAL MEASURE RELATING TO FACILITA-
TION OF TRANSACTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
may, in consultation with the Secretary of State, prohibit 
or impose strict conditions on the opening or maintaining 
in the United States of a correspondent account or pay-
able-through account by a foreign financial institution 
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that the President determines has, on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, knowingly conducted or fa-
cilitated a significant transaction or transactions on behalf 
of a foreign person on the list required by subsection 
(a)(1). 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) PROPERTY
BLOCKING.—Notwithstanding 
the requirements of section 202 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), 
the President may exercise of all powers granted to 
the President by that Act to the extent necessary to 
block and prohibit all transactions in all property 
and interests in property of the 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. 
(2) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMIS-
SION, OR PAROLE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An alien on the list re-
quired by subsection (a)(1) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible for a visa or travel to the 
United States; and 
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(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.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other 
documentation issued to an alien on the 
list required by subsection (a)(1) shall be 
revoked, regardless of when such visa or 
other documentation is or was issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A visa 
or other entry documentation revoked 
under clause (i) shall, in accordance with 
section 221(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), no longer 
be valid for travel to the United States. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW EN-
FORCEMENT, 
AND
NATIONAL
SECURITY
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 
to any authorized intelligence, law enforcement, or 
national security activities of the United States. 
(2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA-
TIONS
HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 
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under subsection (c)(2) shall not apply with respect 
to the admission of an alien to the United States if 
the admission of the alien is necessary to permit the 
United States to comply with the Agreement regard-
ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 
at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 
force November 21, 1947, between the United Na-
tions and the United States, the Convention on Con-
sular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and 
entered into force March 19, 1967, or other applica-
ble international obligations. 
(e) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, on a 
case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 180 
days each, waive the application of sanctions or re-
strictions imposed with respect to a foreign person 
under this section if the President certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees not later than 
15 days before such waiver is to take effect that the 
waiver is vital to the national security interests of 
the United States. 
(2) SUNSET.—The authority to issue a waiver 
under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date 
that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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