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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Positive Train Control Enforcement 
and Implementation Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING SAFE IMPLEMENTATION OF POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL ON 
              POISONOUS OR TOXIC-BY-INHALATION AND PASSENGER RAIL 
              LINES.

    Section 20157 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``18 months after the date of 
                enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008'' 
                and inserting ``60 days after the date of enactment of 
                the Positive Train Control Enforcement and 
                Implementation Act of 2015'';
                    (B) by striking ``develop'' and inserting 
                ``revise'';
                    (C) by striking ``December 31, 2015'' and inserting 
                ``December 31, 2018, or the deadline determined 
                appropriate by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph 
                (2)''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``parts'' and 
                inserting ``sections'';
            (2) by striking subsection (a)(2) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Authority to extend deadline.--
                    ``(A) The Secretary may extend the deadline 
                described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, 
                applicable to each carrier or entity required to submit 
                a plan under paragraph (1), for a period not to exceed 
                12 months if such a carrier or entity demonstrates to 
                the satisfaction of the Secretary that such carrier or 
                entity--
                            ``(i) will not be able to implement a 
                        positive train control system by the deadline 
                        described in paragraph (1) due to technical, 
                        programmatic, or operational challenges, such 
                        as availability of public funding, spectrum, 
                        technology, and interoperability standards;
                            ``(ii) has taken actions to address such 
                        challenges and mitigate risks to successful 
                        implementation of a positive train control 
                        system; and
                            ``(iii) has made good faith efforts to 
                        implement the plan described in paragraph (1).
                    ``(B)(i) The Secretary may grant an additional one-
                time extension of the deadline described in paragraph 
                (1), applicable to each carrier or entity required to 
                submit a plan under paragraph (1), not to exceed 12 
                months, if such a carrier or entity, or a group 
                thereof, is not able to fully implement a positive 
                train control system on or before the date that is the 
                last day of the extension granted under subparagraph 
                (A), and such carrier or entity--
                            ``(I) demonstrates to the satisfaction of 
                        the Secretary that implementing a positive 
                        train control system was delayed due to 1 or 
                        more circumstances beyond the control of the 
                        carrier or entity, such as a delay in Federal 
                        approval of a plan, testing, or certification; 
                        or
                            ``(II) demonstrates to the satisfaction of 
                        the Secretary--
                                    ``(aa) that such carrier or entity 
                                will not be able to implement a 
                                positive train control system by the 
                                deadline described in paragraph (1) due 
                                to technical, programmatic, or 
                                operational challenges;
                                    ``(bb) due diligence in its efforts 
                                to fully implement a positive train 
                                control system; and
                                    ``(cc) that substantial progress 
                                has been made in deploying positive 
                                train control, to the extent feasible.
                    ``(ii) A demonstrating carrier or entity under 
                clause (i) must certify to the Secretary in writing 
                that such carrier or entity will be in full compliance 
                with the requirements of this section on or before the 
                date that is the last date of the extension granted 
                under clause (i).
            ``(3) Implementation.--
                    ``(A) The revised plan shall--
                            ``(i) describe how the railroad carrier or 
                        entity will provide for interoperability of the 
                        system with movements of trains of other 
                        railroad carriers or entities over its lines;
                            ``(ii) to the extent practical, provide for 
                        implementation of the system in a manner that 
                        addresses areas of greater risk before areas of 
                        lesser risk;
                            ``(iii) comply with this section and 
                        subpart I of part 236 of title 49, Code of 
                        Federal Regulations; and
                            ``(iv) include a detailed schedule and 
                        sequence for fully implementing a positive 
                        train control system in accordance with this 
                        section and such regulations.
                    ``(B) The railroad carrier shall implement a 
                positive train control system in accordance with such 
                plan.'';
            (3) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(c) Progress Reports.--Not later than January 1, 2017, and 
annually thereafter until full implementation of positive train control 
systems has been completed, each railroad carrier or entity required to 
revise and transmit a plan under subsection (a) shall submit to the 
Secretary a report on the progress of such carrier or entity toward 
implementing positive train control systems.
    ``(d) Reports.--
            ``(1) Congressional notification.--Not later than April 1, 
        2018, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate a report on the progress of the 
        railroad carriers in implementing positive train control 
        systems.
            ``(2) Public availability.--The Secretary shall make 
        available to the public on the Department of Transportation's 
        Internet Web site each progress report submitted pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) and subsection (c).''; and
            (4) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Provisional operation.--In lieu of the requirements 
        of paragraph (1), the Secretary may authorize a railroad 
        carrier or other entity to commence operation in revenue 
        service of a positive train control system or component to the 
        extent necessary to enable the safe implementation of positive 
        train control systems in phases.''.
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Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015 This bill extends deadlines and modifies requirements for railroad carriers and providers of intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation to implement positive train control (PTC) systems.  (A PTC system is a communications and signaling system designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, incursions into established work zone limits, and the movement of a train through a switch left in the wrong position. Railroads which carry passengers or have high-volume freight traffic with certain hazardous materials are required to implement a PTC system.)  Within 60 days of enactment of this bill, each Class I railroad carrier (the largest operators by revenue) and provider of intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation must submit to the Department of Transportation (DOT) a plan for implementing PTC by December 31, 2018, instead of the December 31, 2015, deadline required under current law. DOT may extend the deadline if specified requirements are met.  The revised plan must include a detailed schedule and sequence for fully implementing PTC in a manner that complies with specified regulations, and railroads must implement PTC in accordance with the plan.  DOT may authorize a railroad carrier or other entity to begin the provisional operation of a PTC system without the required certification if it is necessary to enable the safe implementation of PTC in phases. 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Assessing Progress in Haiti Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) On January 12, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the 
        Richter magnitude scale struck the country of Haiti.
            (2) According to the United States Geological Survey 
        (USGS)--
                    (A) the earthquake epicenter was located 
                approximately 15 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the 
                capital of Haiti; and
                    (B) the earthquake was followed by 59 aftershocks 
                of magnitude 4.5 or greater, the most severe measuring 
                6.0.
            (3) According to the Government of Haiti, more than 316,000 
        people died as a result of the earthquake, including 103 
        citizens of the United States and more than 100 United Nations 
        personnel.
            (4) According to the United Nations and the International 
        Organization for Migration--
                    (A) an estimated 3,000,000 people were directly 
                affected by the disaster, nearly one-third of the 
                country's population; and
                    (B) more than 2,100,000 people were displaced from 
                their homes to settlements.
            (5) Casualty numbers and infrastructure damage, including 
        to roads, ports, hospitals, and residential dwellings, place 
        the earthquake as the worst cataclysm to hit Haiti in over two 
        centuries and, proportionally, one of the world's worst natural 
        disasters in modern times.
            (6) The Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) conducted by 
        the Government of Haiti, the United Nations, the World Bank, 
        the Inter-American Development Bank, and other experts 
        estimates that damage and economic losses totaled 
        $7,804,000,000, approximately 120 percent of Haiti's gross 
        domestic product in 2009.
            (7) Haiti is the poorest, least developed country in the 
        Western Hemisphere with, prior to the earthquake--
                    (A) more than 70 percent of Haitians living on less 
                than $2 per day; and
                    (B) a ranking of 149 out of 182 countries on the 
                United Nations Human Development Index.
            (8) House Resolution 1021, which was passed on January 21, 
        2010, on a vote of 411 to 1 expressed--
                    (A) the House of Representatives' ``deepest 
                condolences and sympathy for the horrific loss of 
                life'' caused by the earthquake; and
                    (B) bipartisan support for Haiti's recovery and 
                reconstruction.
            (9) The initial emergency response of the men and women of 
        the United States Government, led by the United States Agency 
        for International Development and United States Southern 
        Command, was swift and resolute.
            (10) United States urban search and rescue (USAR) teams 
        were immediately activated after the earthquake and deployed 
        from Fairfax County, Virginia, Los Angeles County, California, 
        Miami-Dade, Florida, the City of Miami, Florida, and Virginia 
        Beach, Virginia, to assist the United States Agency for 
        International Development (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response 
        Team (DART), and New York City's first responders asked the 
        Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to activate a 
        New York City urban search and rescue shortly thereafter.
            (11) A month after the earthquake, the House of 
        Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 1059 which 
        expressed gratitude to these USAR units, and highlighted that 
        the 511 United States rescue workers comprised roughly one-
        third of the entire international USAR effort in Haiti, and 
        more than 130 people were rescued from under the rubble in 
        Haiti by these units.
            (12) Individuals, businesses, and philanthropic 
        organizations across the United States and throughout the 
        international community responded in support of Haiti and its 
        populace during this crisis, sometimes in innovative ways such 
        as fundraising through text messaging.
            (13) The Haitian diaspora in the United States, which was 
        integral to emergency relief efforts--
                    (A) has annually contributed significant monetary 
                support to Haiti through remittances; and
                    (B) continues to seek opportunities to partner with 
                the United States Agency for International Development 
                and other agencies to substantively contribute to the 
                reconstruction of Haiti.
            (14) Significant challenges still remain in Haiti as it 
        works to recover and rebuild.
            (15) According to the International Organization for 
        Migration, approximately 680,000 people remain in spontaneous 
        and organized camps in Haiti.
            (16) According to numerous nongovernmental organizations 
        and United States contractors, the pace of reconstruction has 
        lagged significantly behind the original emergency relief 
        phase.
            (17) The widespread irregularities that occurred in the 
        elections held in Haiti on November 28, 2010, led to outbursts 
        of violence which undermined the recovery efforts.
            (18) On October 21, 2010, an outbreak of cholera was 
        detected in the Lower Artibonite region.
            (19) Initial efforts to contain the epidemic were disrupted 
        by Hurricane Tomas and resulting widespread flooding, which led 
        to the spreading and entrenchment of the disease throughout the 
        country.
            (20) According to the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and 
        Population, as of March 28, 2011--
                    (A) approximately 4,766 people have died from 
                cholera; and
                    (B) approximately 270,991 have been infected from 
                the disease.
            (21) According to the Pan American Health Organization and 
        the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cholera could 
        spread to as many as 400,000 people within the first year of 
        the epidemic, potentially causing 7,600 deaths at the current 
        case fatality rate.
            (22) The United States has provided more than $62,523,017 
        worth of assistance to combat the cholera epidemic, including 
        by assisting with stockpiling health commodities, equipping 
        cholera treatments centers, providing public information, and 
        improving water and sanitation systems.
            (23) The efforts to combat the cholera epidemic have helped 
        to drive the mortality rate from cholera down from nearly 7 
        percent to 1.7 percent of all contracted cases as of February 
        25, 2011.
            (24) Throughout the series of crises, the people of Haiti 
        continue to demonstrate unwavering resilience, dignity, and 
        courage.
            (25) On March 20, 2011, presidential and parliamentary 
        elections were held in Haiti without major disruptions or 
        problems.
            (26) At the international donors conference ``Towards a New 
        Future for Haiti'' held on March 31, 2010, 59 donors pledged 
        over $5,000,000,000 to support Haiti.
            (27) The United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for 
        Haiti estimates that nearly $1,900,000,000 has been disbursed, 
        with an additional amount of approximately $2,000,000,000 
        committed.
            (28) Haiti will need the support of the international 
        community in order to confront the ongoing cholera epidemic and 
        to promote reconstruction and development.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than six months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation with the 
heads of all relevant agencies, including the Department of State, the 
United States Agency for International Development, the Department of 
Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention shall transmit to Congress a report 
on the status of post-earthquake humanitarian, reconstruction, and 
development efforts in Haiti, including efforts to prevent the spread 
of cholera and treat persons infected with the disease.
    (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
a description, analysis, and evaluation of the--
            (1) overall progress of relief, recovery, and 
        reconstruction in Haiti, including--
                    (A) programs and projects of the United States 
                Government;
                    (B) programs and projects to protect vulnerable 
                populations, such as internally displaced persons, 
                children, women and girls, and persons with 
                disabilities; and
                    (C) projects to improve water, sanitation, and 
                health, and plans for improvements in these areas in 
                the long-term;
            (2) extent to which United States and international efforts 
        are in line with the priorities of the Government of Haiti and 
        are actively engaging and working through Haitian ministries 
        and local authorities;
            (3) coordination among United States Government agencies, 
        and coordination between the United States Government and 
        United Nations agencies, international financial institutions, 
        and other bilateral donors;
            (4) mechanisms for communicating the progress of recovery 
        and reconstruction efforts to Haitian citizens, as well as 
        recommendations on how these can be improved;
            (5) mechanisms through which Haitian civil society, 
        including vulnerable populations, is actively participating in 
        all major stages of recovery and reconstruction efforts, and 
        recommendations on how these can be improved;
            (6) mechanisms through which the Haitian diaspora is 
        involved in recovery and reconstruction efforts; and
            (7) suitability of Haiti to receive aliens who are removed, 
        excluded, or deported from the United States pursuant to United 
        States law, and steps Haiti is taking to strengthen its 
        capacity in this regard.
    (c) Use of Previously Appropriated Funds.--Funding for the report 
required under subsection (a) shall derive from existing discretionary 
funds of the departments and agencies specified in such subsection.
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Assessing Progress in Haiti Act - Directs the President to report to Congress on the status of post-earthquake humanitarian, reconstruction, and development efforts in Haiti, including efforts to prevent the spread of cholera and treat persons infected with the disease.

Requires such report to evaluate: (1) the overall progress of relief, recovery, and reconstruction in Haiti, including U.S. government programs, programs to protect vulnerable populations, and projects to improve water, sanitation, and health; (2) the extent to which U.S. and international efforts are in line with the government of Haiti's priorities and are working through Haitian ministries and local authorities; (3) coordination among U.S. government agencies and coordination between the U.S. government and U.N. agencies, international financial institutions, and other bilateral donors; (4) mechanisms for communicating the progress of recovery and reconstruction to Haitian citizens; (5) mechanisms through which Haitian civil society and the Haitian diaspora are participating in recovery and reconstruction; and (6) Haiti's suitability to receive aliens who are removed, excluded, or deported from the United States and steps Haiti is taking to strengthen its capacity in this regard.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Vietnam remains a one-party state, ruled and controlled 
        by the Communist Party of Vietnam, which continues to deny the 
        right of citizens to change their government.
            (2) Although in recent years the National Assembly of 
        Vietnam has on occasion played a role as a forum for 
        highlighting local concerns, corruption, and inefficiency, the 
        National Assembly remains subject to the direction of the 
        Communist Party of Vietnam and that party maintains control 
        over the selection of candidates in national and local 
        elections.
            (3) The Government of Vietnam forbids public challenge to 
        the legitimacy of the one-party state, restricts freedoms of 
        opinion, the press, assembly, and association, and tightly 
        limits access to the Internet and telecommunication. 
        Cyberattacks originating from Vietnam-based servers have 
        disabled dissident websites and the Government of Vietnam 
        introduced new restrictions on public internet shops while 
        continuing to restrict access to numerous overseas and domestic 
        blogs, news sites, and other websites perceived to carry 
        content critical of the Government of Vietnam.
            (4) The Government of Vietnam continues to detain, 
        imprison, place under house arrest, convict, and otherwise 
        restrict individuals for the peaceful expression of dissenting 
        political or religious views, including democracy and human 
        rights activists, independent trade union leaders, non-state-
        sanctioned publishers, journalists, bloggers, members of ethnic 
        minorities, and unsanctioned religious groups.
            (5) The Government of Vietnam has also failed to improve 
        labor rights, continues to harass, arrest, and imprison workers 
        rights activists, including Doan Huy Chuong, Do Thi Minh Hanh, 
        and Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung, and restricts the right to organize 
        independently.
            (6) The Government of Vietnam continues to limit freedom of 
        religion, pressure all religious groups to come under the 
        control of government- and party-controlled management boards, 
        and restrict the operation of independent religious 
        organizations, including the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam 
        and members of unsanctioned Mennonite, Cao Dai, Theravada 
        Buddhist, and Hoa Hao Buddhist religious groups and independent 
        Protestant house churches, primarily in the central and 
        northern highlands. Religious leaders who do not conform to the 
        Government's demands are often harassed, arrested, imprisoned, 
        or put under house arrest.
            (7) As noted in the October 2009 report of the United 
        States Commission on International Religious Freedom, ``[T]here 
        continue to be far too many serious abuses and restrictions of 
        religious freedom in the country. Individuals continue to be 
        imprisoned or detained for reasons related to their religious 
        activity or religious freedom advocacy; police and government 
        officials are not held fully accountable for abuses; 
        independent religious activity remains illegal; and legal 
        protection for government-approved religious organizations are 
        both vague and subject to arbitrary or discriminatory 
        interpretations based on political factors. In addition, 
        improvements experienced by some religious communities are not 
        experienced by others, including the Unified Buddhist Church of 
        Vietnam (UBCV), independent Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, and Protestant 
        groups, and some ethnic minority Protestants and Buddhists. 
        Also, over the past year, property disputes between the 
        government and the Catholic Church in Hanoi led to detention, 
        threats, harassment, and violence by `contract thugs' against 
        peaceful prayer vigils and religious leaders.''.
            (8) Despite reported progress in church openings and legal 
        registrations of religious venues, the Government of Vietnam 
        has halted most religious reforms since the Department of State 
        lifted the ``country of particular concern'' for religious 
        freedom violations designation for Vietnam in November 2006.
            (9) Unregistered ethnic minority Protestant congregations 
        suffer severe abuses because of actions by the Government of 
        Vietnam, which have included forced renunciations of faith, 
        pressure to join government-recognized religious groups, arrest 
        and harassment, the withholding of social programs provided for 
        the general population, destruction of churches and pagodas, 
        confiscation and destruction of property, and subjection to 
        severe beatings.
            (10) During peaceful Catholic prayer vigils calling for the 
        return of government-confiscated church properties during 2008 
        at the Thai Ha Church in Ha Noi, protestors were dispersed 
        after being harassed, some were detained, and some of the 
        church property was destroyed. Similar incidents happened at 
        Bau Sen, Loan Ly, and Tam Toa parishes in central Vietnam and 
        more recently at Dong Chiem parish in Hanoi, where religious 
        statues and a crucifix were destroyed and parishioners and 
        clergies were physically harmed, and at Con Dau parish, where 
        police forcibly dispersed a Catholic funeral ceremony in May 
        2010 to a cemetery located on disputed land. Afterwards, police 
        and members of the civilian defense forces arrested and 
        interrogated dozens of Con Dau parishioners, with one 
        parishioner dying from injuries sustained during a beating in 
        July 2010 by civilian defense forces and two women suffered 
        miscarriages resulted from police tortures. Catholics continue 
        to face some restrictions on selection of clergy, the 
        establishment of seminaries and seminary candidates, and 
        restrictions on individual cases of travel and church 
        registration. Dissident clerics such as Father Phan Van Loi and 
        Father Nguyen Van Ly are currently under house arrest.
            (11) The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam suffers 
        persecution as the Government of Vietnam continues to restrict 
        contacts and movement of senior clergy for refusing to join the 
        state-sponsored Buddhist organizations, the Government 
        restricts expression and assembly, and the Government continues 
        to harass and threaten monks, nuns, and youth leaders of the 
        Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam. The Supreme Patriarch of 
        Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, Thich Quang Do, is 
        currently under house arrest.
            (12) The Bat Nha Buddhists monastery in Lam Dong province 
        was attacked by government thugs in October 2009. About 400 
        monks and nuns were physically abused and forcibly evicted from 
        the monastery.
            (13) The Government of Vietnam continues to suppress the 
        activities of other religious adherents, including Cao Dai, Hoa 
        Hao, Mennonites, and Montagnard Christians belonging to 
        churches that lack official recognition or have chosen not to 
        affiliate with the state-sanctioned groups, including through 
        the use of detention and imprisonment.
            (14) Ethnic minority Hmong in the Northwest Highlands of 
        Vietnam also suffer restrictions, abuses, and persecution by 
        the Government of Vietnam, and although the Government is now 
        allowing some Hmong Protestants to organize and conduct 
        religious activity, some government officials continue to deny 
        or ignore additional applications for registration.
            (15) The Government of Vietnam controls all print and 
        electronic media, including access to the Internet, jams the 
        signals of some foreign radio stations, including Radio Free 
        Asia, and has detained and imprisoned individuals who have 
        posted, published, sent, or otherwise distributed democracy-
        related materials.
            (16) People arrested in Vietnam because of their political 
        or religious affiliations and activities and charged with 
        vaguely defined national security crimes are not accorded due 
        process of law. During the pre-trial investigatory phase of 
        their detention, religious and political prisoners are often 
        held incommunicado without access to legal counsel and family 
        members. They are routinely tortured during interrogation to 
        force them to confess to crimes they did not commit or to 
        falsely denounce others. Their trials are usually closed to 
        international press and diplomats and members of the public.
            (17) Vietnam continues to be a source country for the 
        commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor of women and 
        girls and for men and women legally entering into international 
        labor contracts who subsequently face conditions of debt 
        bondage or forced labor, and is a destination country for child 
        trafficking and continues to have internal human trafficking.
            (18) Congress has passed numerous resolutions condemning 
        human rights violations in Vietnam, indicating that although 
        there has been an expansion of relations with the Government of 
        Vietnam, it should not be construed as approval of the ongoing 
        and serious violations of fundamental human rights in Vietnam, 
        particularly those enshrined in the International Covenant on 
        Civil and Political Rights, of which Vietnam is a signatory.
            (19) Enhancement of relations between the United States and 
        Vietnam has provided an opportunity for a human rights 
        dialogue, but is unlikely to lead to future progress on human 
        rights issues in Vietnam unless the United States makes clear 
        that such progress is an essential prerequisite for further 
        enhancements in the bilateral relationship.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 
              COMPLICIT IN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST 
              NATIONALS OF VIETNAM OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (d), the 
President shall impose sanctions described in subsection (c) with 
respect to each individual on the list required by subsection (b).
    (b) List of Individuals Who Are Complicit in Certain Human Rights 
Abuses.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a list of individuals who 
        are nationals of Vietnam that the President determines are 
        complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of 
        Vietnam or their family members, regardless of whether such 
        abuses occurred in Vietnam.
            (2) Updates of list.--The President shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees an updated list under 
        paragraph (1) as new information becomes available and not less 
        frequently than annually.
            (3) Public availability.--The list required by paragraph 
        (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the 
        websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department 
        of State.
            (4) Consideration of data from other countries and 
        nongovernmental organizations.--In preparing the list required 
        by paragraph (1), the President shall consider data already 
        obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations, 
        including organizations in Vietnam, that monitor the human 
        rights abuses of the Government of Vietnam.
    (c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) Prohibition on entry and admission to the united 
        states.--An individual whose name appears on the list required 
        by subsection (b)(1) may not--
                    (A) be admitted to, enter, or transit through the 
                United States;
                    (B) receive any lawful immigration status in the 
                United States under the immigration laws, including any 
                relief under the Convention Against Torture; or
                    (C) file any application or petition to obtain such 
                admission, entry, or status.
            (2) Financial sanctions.--The President shall impose 
        sanctions authorized pursuant to section 203 of the 
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) 
        with respect to an individual whose name appears on the list 
        required by subsection (b)(1), including blocking of the 
        property of, and restricting or prohibiting financial 
        transactions and the exportation and importation of property 
        by, the individual.
    (d) Exceptions To Comply With International Agreements.--The 
President may, by regulation, authorize exceptions to the imposition of 
sanctions under this section to permit the United States to comply with 
the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of 
America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June 
26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, and other 
applicable international agreements.
    (e) Termination of Sanctions.--The provisions of this section shall 
cease to have force and effect on the date on which the President 
determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that the Government of Vietnam has--
            (1) unconditionally released all political prisoners;
            (2) ceased its practices of violence, unlawful detention, 
        torture, and abuse of citizens of Vietnam while engaging in 
        peaceful political activity; and
            (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the 
        killings, arrest, and abuse of peaceful political activists in 
        Vietnam and prosecuted those responsible.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Finance, the Committee on 
                Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee 
                on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee 
                on Financial Services, and the Committee on Foreign 
                Affairs of the House of Representatives.
            (2) Convention against torture.--The term ``Convention 
        Against Torture'' means the United Nations Convention Against 
        Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 
        Punishment, done at New York on December 10, 1984.
            (3) Immigration laws; national.--The terms ``immigration 
        laws'' and ``national'' have the meanings given those terms in 
        section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1101).
answer:

Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to: (1) impose financial and immigration/entry sanctions on listed nationals of Vietnam who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Vietnam; and (2) submit to Congress a publicly available list of individuals determined to be complicit in such human rights abuses.

Authorizes the President to waive sanctions to comply with international agreements.

Terminates sanctions if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has: (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased its practices of violence, detention, and abuse of citizens of Vietnam engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings, arrest, and abuse of such political activists and prosecuted those responsible.