MBS MBS Act
Bill: H.R.1511 | Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan (D-MN)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
MBS Must Be Sanctioned Act or MBS MBS Act
This bill requires the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions against the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, until specified actions are taken with respect to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and other grave human rights violations.

To impose sanctions with respect to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, 
               Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``MBS Must Be Sanctioned Act'' or 
``MBS MBS Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CROWN PRINCE OF 
              SAUDI ARABIA, MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions 
described in subsection (b) with respect to the Crown Prince of Saudi 
Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
    (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) Asset blocking.--The President shall exercise all of 
        the powers granted to the President under the International 
        Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except 
        that the requirements of section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
        1701) shall not apply) to the extent necessary to block and 
        prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property 
        of Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 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) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
                    (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--Mohammed bin 
                Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is--
                            (i) inadmissible to the United States;
                            (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
                        documentation to enter the United States; and
                            (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 
                        documentation issued to Mohammed bin Salman bin 
                        Abdulaziz Al Saud shall be revoked regardless 
                        of when the visa or other entry documentation 
                        is or was issued.
                            (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under 
                        clause (i) shall--
                                    (I) take effect immediately; and
                                    (II) cancel any other valid visa or 
                                entry documentation that is in Mohammed 
                                bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's 
                                possession.
    (c) Implementation; Penalties.--
            (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
        authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
        1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this section.
            (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
        violate, or causes a violation of subsection (b)(1), or any 
        regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that 
        subsection, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in 
        subsections (b) and (c) of section 2016 of the International 
        Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same 
        extent as a person who commits an unlawful act described in 
        subsection (a) of that section.
    (d) Exceptions.--
            (1) Exception to comply with international obligations and 
        for law enforcement activities.--Sanctions under subsection 
        (b)(2) shall not apply if admitting or paroling Mohammed bin 
        Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud into the United States is 
        necessary--
                    (A) to permit the United States to comply with the 
                Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United 
                Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
                entered into force November 21, 1947, between the 
                United Nations and the United States, or other 
                applicable international obligations; or
                    (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement activity 
                in the United States.
            (2) Exception related to the importation of goods.--
                    (A) In general.--The authorities and requirements 
                to impose sanctions authorized under this section shall 
                not include the authority or a requirement to impose 
                sanctions on the importation of goods.
                    (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term 
                ``good'' means any article, natural or manmade 
                substance, material, supply, or manufactured product, 
                including inspection and test equipment, and excluding 
                technical data.
    (e) Termination of Sanctions.--The President may terminate the 
application of sanctions under this section if the President determines 
and reports to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 
15 days before the termination takes effect that--
            (1) credible information exists that Mohammed bin Salman 
        bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was not involved in the murder of Jamal 
        Khashoggi, or any other instances of forced disappearance, 
        torture, extrajudicial killing, or other grave human rights 
        violations;
            (2) Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has been 
        prosecuted appropriately for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and 
        all other applicable instances of forced disappearance, 
        torture, extrajudicial killing, or other grave human rights 
        violations; and
            (3) Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has credibly 
        demonstrated a significant change in behavior, has paid an 
        appropriate consequence for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and 
        any other instances of forced disappearance, torture, 
        extrajudicial killing, and other grave human rights abuses, and 
        has credibly committed to not engage in such activities in the 
        future.
    (f) Regulatory Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall promulgate such 
        regulations as are necessary for the implementation of this 
        section.
            (2) Notification to congress.--Not less than 10 days before 
        the promulgation of regulations under paragraph (1), the 
        President shall notify and provide to the appropriate 
        congressional committees the proposed regulations and an 
        identification of the provisions of this section that the 
        regulations are implementing.
    (g) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Admitted; alien.--The terms ``admitted'' and ``alien'' 
        have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate.
            (3) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' means--
                    (A) an individual who is a United States citizen or 
                an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 
                the United States;
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
                United States or any jurisdiction within the United 
                States, including a foreign branch of such entity; or
                    (C) any person in the United States.
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