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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Protect American Democracy Act of
2016''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Admitted; alien.--The terms ''admitted'' and ''alien''
have the meanings given such 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) in the House of Representatives--
(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs;
(ii) the Committee on Homeland Security;
(iii) the Committee on Financial Services;
(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; and
(v) the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence; and
(B) in the Senate--
(i) the Committee on Foreign Relations;
(ii) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs;
(iii) the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs;
(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; and
(v) the Select Committee on Intelligence.
(3) Financial institution.--The term ''financial
institution'' has the meaning given such term in section 5312
of title 31, United States Code.
(4) Foreign person.--The term ''foreign person'' means--
(A) a natural person who is not a United States
person under paragraph (5)(A); or
(B) a foreign entity or foreign government.
(5) United states person.--The term ''United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or of any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTIONS TO
UNLAWFULLY ACCESS, DISRUPT, INFLUENCE, OR IN ANY WAY
ALTER INFORMATION OR INFORMATION SYSTEMS RELATED TO
UNITED STATES POLITICAL PARTIES OR ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL
OFFICE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a list of each foreign person that
the Secretary determines--
(1) was, at any time since January 1, 2015, involved in
actions to unlawfully access, disrupt, influence, or in any way
alter information or information systems related to United
States political parties, candidates in elections for Federal
office, or the administration of elections for Federal office;
or
(2) acted as an agent of or on behalf of such a foreign
person in a matter relating to an activity described in
paragraph (1).
(b) Updates.--The Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees an update of the list required
under subsection (a) as new information becomes available.
(c) Form.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
list required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in
unclassified form.
(2) Exception.--The name of a foreign person to be included
in the list required under subsection (a) may be submitted in a
classified annex only if the Secretary of State--
(A) determines that it is in the national security
interests of the United States to do so; and
(B) 15 days prior to submitting any such name in
such a classified annex, provides to the appropriate
congressional committees notice of, and a justification
for, including or continuing to include any such
foreign person in any such classified annex despite any
publicly available information indicating that such
foreign person is described in paragraph (1) or (2) of
such subsection.
(3) Public availability; nonapplicability of
confidentiality requirement with respect to visa records.--The
unclassified portion of the list required under subsection (a)
shall be made available to the public and published in the
Federal Register, without regard to the requirements of section
222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1202(f)) with respect to confidentiality of records pertaining
to the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the
United States.

SEC. 4. INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN ALIENS.

(a) Ineligibility for Visas.--An alien is ineligible to receive a
visa to enter the United States and ineligible to be admitted to the
United States if such alien is a foreign person on the list required
under section 3(a).
(b) Current Visas Revoked.--The Secretary of State shall revoke, in
accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), the visa or other documentation of any alien who is
a foreign person on the list required under section 3(a) and who would
therefore be ineligible to receive such a visa or documentation under
subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Applicability to Foreign Entities and Foreign Governments.--
Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall apply to aliens who are
officials of, working or acting on behalf of, or otherwise associated
with a foreign entity or foreign government that is a foreign person
included on the list required under section 3(a) if such aliens are
determined by the Secretary of State to have authorized or otherwise
knowingly furthered the actions described in such section 3(a).
(d) Waiver for National Security Interests.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State may waive the
application of subsection (a) or (b) in the case of an alien
if--
(A) the Secretary determines that such a waiver--
(i) is necessary 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, or other applicable
international obligations of the United States;
or
(ii) is in the national security interests
of the United States; and
(B) prior to granting such a waiver, the Secretary
provides to the appropriate congressional committees
notice of, and a justification for, such waiver.
(2) Timing for certain waivers.--Notification under
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall be made not later than
15 days prior to granting a waiver under such paragraph if the
Secretary of State grants such waiver in the national security
interests of the United States in accordance with subparagraph
(A)(ii) of such paragraph.
(e) Regulatory Authority.--The Secretary of State shall prescribe
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 5. FINANCIAL MEASURES.

(a) Freezing of Assets.--
(1) In general.--The President, acting through the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall exercise all powers granted by
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 freeze and prohibit all transactions in all property and
interests in property of a foreign person that is on the list
required under section 3(a) of this Act if such property or
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) Applicability to foreign entities and foreign
governments.--Paragraph (1) shall apply to aliens who are
officials of, working or acting on behalf of, or otherwise
associated with a foreign entity or foreign government that is
a foreign person included on the list required under section
3(a) if such aliens are determined by the President, acting
through the Secretary of the Treasury, to have authorized or
otherwise knowingly furthered the actions described in such
section 3(a).
(b) Waiver for National Security Interests.--The Secretary of the
Treasury may waive the application of subsection (a) if the Secretary
determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of
the United States. Not less than 15 days prior to granting such a
waiver, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional
committees notice of, and a justification for, such waiver.
(c) Enforcement.--
(1) Penalties.--A foreign person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this
section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry
out this section shall be subject to the penalties specified 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 such section.
(2) Applicability to foreign entities and foreign
governments.--Paragraph (1) shall apply to aliens who are
officials of, working or acting on behalf of, or otherwise
associated with a foreign entity or foreign government that is
a foreign person included on the list required under section
3(a) if such aliens are determined by the President, acting
through the Secretary of the Treasury, to have authorized or
otherwise knowingly furthered the actions described in such
section 3(a).
(3) Requirements for financial institutions.--Not later
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
President, acting through the Secretary of the Treasury, shall
prescribe or amend regulations as needed to require each
financial institution that is a United States person and has
within its possession or control assets that are property or
interests in property of a foreign person that is on the list
required under section 3(a) if such property or 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 to certify to the Secretary that, to the best of
the knowledge of such financial institution, such financial
institution has frozen all assets within the possession or
control of such financial institution that are required to be
frozen pursuant to subsection (a).
(d) Regulatory Authority.--The President, acting through the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall issue such regulations, licenses, and
orders as are necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 6. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the
heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the actions taken to
carry out this Act, including--
(1) a description of each foreign person on the list
required under section 3(a);
(2) the dates on which such foreign persons were added to
such list; and
(3) a description of the actions described in such section
that were undertaken by each such foreign person.
(b) Timing.--The Secretary of State shall submit the first report
required under this section not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall submit subsequent
reports under this section not later than 60 days after the date of
each regularly scheduled general election for Federal office, beginning
with the election held in 2018.
(c) Form.--Each report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex if
such is in the national security interests of the United States. If a
classified annex is included in any such report, the Secretary of State
shall include in such report a specific national security justification
for such classified annex.
Protect American Democracy Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of State to submit within 120 days a list of each foreign person that: (1) was at any time since January 1, 2015, involved in actions to unlawfully access, disrupt, influence, or alter information related to U.S. political parties, federal election candidates, or the administration of federal elections; or (2) acted as an agent of, or on behalf of, such foreign person. The unclassified portion of such list shall be made available to the public and published in the Federal Register. A listed alien shall be ineligible to receive a U.S. entry visa, and any current visa shall be revoked. Such prohibitions shall also apply to an alien who is an official of, or acting on behalf of, a listed foreign entity or government if such alien knowingly furthered such prohibited actions. The President, through the Department of the Treasury, shall: (1) freeze and prohibit a listed foreign person's transactions in property and property interests that are in the United States or controlled a U.S. person, and (2) require each financial institution that is a U.S. person and has within its possession or control such property or property interests to certify that it has frozen all such assets.