A bill to require the reimposition of sanctions with respect to the FARC.
Bill: S.4600 | Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted (R-TX)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This bill directs the President to designate the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as a foreign terrorist organization and impose sanctions on FARC and any foreign person affiliated with FARC.

To require the reimposition of sanctions with respect to the FARC.

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

SECTION 1. REIMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE FARC.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall--
            (1) designate the FARC as a foreign terrorist organization 
        pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1189); and
            (2) impose, with respect to FARC and any foreign person the 
        President determines is an official, agent, or affiliate of 
        FARC, the sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign person 
        pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
        relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 
        persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism).
    (b) Determination Required.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the President 
        makes the designation required by paragraph (1) of subsection 
        (a) and imposes the sanctions required by paragraph (2) of that 
        subsection, the President shall--
                    (A) submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
                the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
                House of Representatives a determination regarding 
                whether the foreign persons specified in paragraph (2) 
                are officials, agents, or affiliates of the FARC; and
                    (B) impose the sanctions described in subsection 
                (a)(2) with respect to each such person the President 
                determines is an official, agent, or affiliate of the 
                FARC.
            (2) Foreign persons specified.--The foreign persons 
        specified in this paragraph are the following:
                    (A) Jose Benito Cabrera (also known as Jose Benito 
                Cabrera Cuevas, El Mono Fabian, and Fabian Ramirez), 
                born either July 6, 1963, or July 5, 1965, in El 
                Paujil, Caqueta, Colombia.
                    (B) Erasmo Traslavina Benavides (also known as 
                Ismardo Murcia Lozada, Isnardo Murcia Lozada, and Jimmy 
                Guerrero), born June 19, 1958, in Guacamayo, Santander, 
                Colombia.
                    (C) Emiro del Carmen Ropero Suarez (also known as 
                Ruben Zamora), born September 2, 1962, in Municipio de 
                Nueva Granada, Norte de Santander, Colombia.
                    (D) Guillermo Enrique Torres Cueter (also known as 
                Julian Conrado), born August 17, 1954, in Turbaco, 
                Bolivar, Colombia.
                    (E) Rodrigo Granda Escobar (also known as Arturo 
                Campos, Gallopinto, and Ricardo Gonzalez), born April 
                9, 1949, in Frontino, Antioquia, Colombia.
                    (F) Piedad Esneda Cordoba Ruiz, born January 25, 
                1955, in Colombia.
                    (G) Sandra Ramirez Lobo Silva (also known as Sandra 
                Ramirez and Griselda Lobo), born in 1965 in Colombia.
    (c) Limitation on Revocation.--The President may not revoke the 
designation under subsection (a)(1), or sanctions imposed with respect 
to a foreign person under subsection (a)(2) or (b), until the date that 
is 10 years after the date of the designation or the imposition of such 
sanctions, as the case may be.
    (d) FARC Defined.--In this section, the term ``FARC'' means the 
group known as the FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, 
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or any other alias.
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