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consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
State shall— 
(A) determine if that person has engaged in such an 
activity; and 
(B) submit a classified or unclassified report to the 
chairperson and ranking member of the committee or 
committees that submitted the request with respect to that 
determination that includes— 
(i) a statement of whether or not the Secretary 
of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral and the Secretary of State imposed or intends 
to impose sanctions with respect to the person; 
(ii) if the President imposed or intends to impose 
sanctions, a description of those sanctions; and 
(iii) if the President does not intend to impose 
sanctions, a description of actions that meet the 
threshold for the President to impose sanctions. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A request under paragraph (1) with 
respect to whether a foreign person has engaged in an activity 
described in subsection (a) shall be submitted to the President 
in writing jointly by the chairperson and ranking member of 
one of the appropriate congressional committees. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Financial Services, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
SEC. 6. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO CURRENT OR 
FORMER UNITED STATES OFFICIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this division, the President 
shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect 
to any foreign person the President determines has, on or after 
such date of enactment, ordered, directed, or taken material steps 
to carry out any use of violence or has attempted or threatened 
to use violence against any current or former official of the Govern-
ment of the United States. 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) INADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES.—In the case of a 
foreign person who is an individual— 
(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 accordance 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.—The blocking, in accordance 
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
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the United States, or are or come within the possession or 
control of a United States person. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT OF BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—A person that 
violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a viola-
tion of a sanction described in subsection (b)(2) that is imposed 
by the President or any regulation, license, or order issued to 
carry out such a sanction shall be subject to the penalties set 
forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same 
extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in 
subsection (a) of that section. 
(d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the application of sanc-
tions under this section for renewable periods not to exceed 180 
days if the President— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the vital national 
security interests of the United States; and 
(2) not less than 15 days before the granting of the waiver, 
submits to the appropriate congressional committees a notice 
of and justification for the waiver. 
(e) TERMINATION AND SUNSET.— 
(1) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President may termi-
nate the application of sanctions under this section with respect 
to a person if the President determines and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days 
before the termination of the sanctions that— 
(A) credible information exists that the person did not 
engage in the activity for which sanctions were imposed; 
(B) the person has credibly demonstrated a significant 
change in behavior, has paid an appropriate consequence 
for the activity for which sanctions were imposed, and 
has credibly committed to not engage in an activity 
described in subsection (a) in the future; or 
(C) the termination of the sanctions is in the vital 
national security interests of the United States. 
(2) SUNSET.—The requirement to impose sanctions under 
this section shall terminate on the date that is 4 years after 
the date of the enactment of this division. 
(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
on the Judiciary; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on the Judiciary. 
DIVISION P—ILLICIT CAPTAGON 
TRAFFICKING SUPPRESSION ACT 
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Illicit Captagon Trafficking 
Suppression Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Industrial scale production of the amphetamine-type 
stimulant also known as captagon, and the illicit production
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of precursor chemicals, in territories held by the regime of 
President Bashar al Assad in Syria are becoming more sophisti-
cated and pose a severe challenge to regional and international 
security. 
(2) Elements of the Government of Syria are key drivers 
of illicit trafficking in captagon, with ministerial-level com-
plicity in production and smuggling, using other armed groups 
such as Hizballah for technical and logistical support in 
captagon production and trafficking. 
(3) As affiliates of the Government of Syria and other 
actors seek to export captagon, they undermine regional secu-
rity by empowering a broad range of criminal networks, militant 
groups, mafia syndicates, and autocratic governments. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to target individuals, 
entities, and networks associated with the Government of Syria 
to dismantle and degrade the transnational criminal organizations, 
including narcotics trafficking networks, associated with the regime 
of President Bashar al Assad in Syria and Hizballah. 
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ILLICIT 
CAPTAGON TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in subsection (b) 
shall be imposed with respect to any foreign person the President 
determines, on or after the date of enactment of this division— 
(1) engages in, or attempts to engage in, activities or trans-
actions that have materially contributed to, or pose a significant 
risk of materially contributing to, the illicit production and 
international illicit proliferation of captagon; or 
(2) knowingly receives any property or interest in property 
that the foreign person knows— 
(A) constitutes or is derived from proceeds of activities 
or transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose 
a significant risk of materially contributing to, the illicit 
production 
and 
international 
illicit 
proliferation 
of 
captagon; or 
(B) was used or intended to be used to commit or 
to facilitate activities or transactions that have materially 
contributed to, or pose a significant risk of materially 
contributing to, the illicit production and international 
illicit proliferation of captagon. 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President shall exercise 
all authorities granted under the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent nec-
essary to block and prohibit all transactions in 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 come within the possession or control 
of a United States person. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An alien described 
in subsection (a) shall be— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documenta-
tion to enter the United States; and
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(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled 
into the United States or to receive any other benefit 
under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101 et seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The visa or other entry docu-
mentation of any alien described in subsection (a) is 
subject to revocation regardless of the issue date of 
the visa or other entry documentation. 
(ii) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revocation under clause 
(i) shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))— 
(I) take effect immediately; and 
(II) cancel any other valid visa or entry docu-
mentation that is in the possession of the alien. 
(c) PENALTIES.—Any person that violates, or attempts to violate, 
subsection (b) or any regulation, license, or order issued pursuant 
to that subsection, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a 
person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 
of that section. 
(d) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive the application 
of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person 
only if, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which 
the waiver is to take effect, the President submits to the appro-
priate congressional committees a written determination and 
justification that the waiver is important to the national secu-
rity interests of the United States. 
(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after the issuance 
of a waiver under paragraph (1), and every 180 days thereafter 
while the waiver remains in effect, the President shall brief 
the appropriate congressional committees on the reasons for 
the waiver. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all authori-
ties provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry 
out this section. 
(f) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this division, promulgate 
regulations as necessary for the implementation of this section. 
(2) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 10 days 
before the promulgation of regulations under this subsection, 
the President shall notify the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of the proposed regulations and the provisions of this 
section that the regulations are implementing. 
(g) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) EXCEPTION
FOR
INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions 
under this section shall not apply to any activity subject to 
the reporting requirements under title V of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized 
intelligence activities of the United States. 
(2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL OBLIGA-
TIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under