“A bill to require the imposition of sanctions on the Popular Resistance Committees and other associated entities, and for other purposes.”
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This section requires the President, on and after 90 days after enactment, to impose sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) on the Popular Resistance Committees; its officials, agents, or affiliates; foreign persons owned or controlled by them; and armed organizations operating under their umbrella. Such sanctions include (1) blocking and prohibiting all transactions in any property or interests in property of designated persons located in the United States, coming within the United States, or in the possession or control of a U.S. person; and (2) rendering designated aliens inadmissible to the United States, ineligible for visas, admission, parole, or benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), and subject to immediate visa revocation. The section authorizes IEEPA implementation and penalty provisions (50 U.S.C. 1702-1705); provides exceptions for U.N. Headquarters Agreement compliance and U.S. intelligence, law enforcement, or national security activities; and allows the President to waive sanctions for one or more periods of up to 180 days each.
This section requires the Secretary of State to submit to the appropriate congressional committees (1) not later than 90 days after enactment, a report assessing whether the Lions' Den meets the criteria for designation as a specially designated global terrorist (SDGT) under E.O. 13224 or as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) under 8 U.S.C. 1189 and whether the Popular Resistance Committees meets SDGT criteria under E.O. 13224, including detailed justifications for any negative determinations; and (2) not later than one year after enactment and every two years thereafter, a report identifying new entities operating under the umbrella of or as successors to the Popular Resistance Committees and determining whether each meets SDGT or FTO criteria or warrants sanctions under section 2 of this Act, with detailed justifications for any negative determinations. The reports shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
This section establishes definitions for terms used in the Act: (1) "admitted," "alien," and "lawfully admitted for permanent residence" (as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101); (2) "appropriate committees of Congress" (i.e., the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and the Judiciary and the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary); (3) "entity" (i.e., a partnership, association, corporation, or other organization, group, or subgroup); (4) "foreign person" (i.e., an individual or entity that is not a United States person, excluding the government of a foreign country); (5) "foreign terrorist organization" (i.e., an entity designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1189); and (6) "United States person" (i.e., a U.S. citizen or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, an entity organized under U.S. laws, or any person in the United States).