I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3441 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of 
State to make available to the public records pertaining to the refusal 
of a visa or permit based on an alien’s involvement in a violation 
of human rights or acts of significant corruption, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2019 
Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. CURTIS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow 
the Secretary of State to make available to the public 
records pertaining to the refusal of a visa or permit 
based on an alien’s involvement in a violation of human 
rights or acts of significant corruption, 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 ‘‘Kleptocrat Exposure 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITING CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 222(f) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) records pertaining to the refusal of a visa 
or permit of an individual alien, or any member of 
the individual alien’s immediate family who has at-
tained 18 years of age, may be made available to the 
public at the discretion of the Secretary of State in 
the case that such refusal is based on credible evi-
dence that— 
‘‘(A) the individual alien is responsible for 
extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross vio-
lations of internationally recognized human 
rights (as such term is defined in section 
502B(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961) 
committed against individuals in any foreign 
country who seek— 
‘‘(i) to expose illegal activity carried 
out by government officials; or 
‘‘(ii) to obtain, exercise, defend, or 
promote internationally recognized human 
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rights and freedoms, such as the freedoms 
of religion, expression, association, and as-
sembly, and the rights to a fair trial and 
democratic elections; 
‘‘(B) the individual alien acted as an agent 
of or on behalf of a foreign person in a matter 
relating to an activity described in subpara-
graph (A); 
‘‘(C) the individual alien is a government 
official, or a senior associate of such an official, 
that is responsible for, or complicit in, ordering, 
controlling, or otherwise directing, acts of sig-
nificant corruption, including the expropriation 
of private or public assets for personal gain, 
corruption related to government contracts or 
the extraction of natural resources, bribery, or 
the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of 
corruption to foreign jurisdictions; 
‘‘(D) the individual alien has materially as-
sisted, sponsored, or provided financial, mate-
rial, or technological support for, or goods or 
services in support of, an activity described in 
subparagraph (C); or 
‘‘(E) the individual alien’s entry or pro-
posed activities in the United States would have 
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potentially serious adverse foreign policy con-
sequences for the United States as determined 
by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (C) 
of section 212(a)(3).’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—This Act and the amendments 
made by this Act shall apply with respect to any applica-
tion for a visa or permit filed before, on, or after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
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