Sanctions Lists Harmonization Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5613 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5613

 To require a review of whether individuals or entities subject to the 
imposition of certain sanctions through inclusion on certain sanctions 
 lists should also be subject to the imposition of other sanctions and 
                   included on other sanctions lists.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2023

  Mr. Waltz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a review of whether individuals or entities subject to the 
imposition of certain sanctions through inclusion on certain sanctions 
 lists should also be subject to the imposition of other sanctions and 
                   included on other sanctions lists.

    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 ``Sanctions Lists Harmonization Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES SUBJECT TO 
              UNITED STATES SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN OTHER SANCTIONS LISTS.

    (a) Notification to Other Federal Officials.--Not later than 30 
days after the date on which an individual or entity is included on one 
of the lists described in subsection (d), the Federal official 
responsible for administering such list shall notify the Federal 
officials responsible for administering the other lists described in 
subsection (d) of the inclusion of the individual or entity on such 
list.
    (b) Determination and Other Requirements of Other Federal 
Official.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date on 
        which a Federal official receives a notification under 
        subsection (a) of the inclusion of an individual or entity on 
        one of the lists described in subsection (d), such Federal 
        official shall--
                    (A) conduct a review and make a determination of 
                whether to include such individual or entity on such 
                other lists; and
                    (B) make available to the public, including by 
                publishing in the Federal Register, the determination 
                made under subparagraph (A).
            (2) Advance congressional notification.--
                    (A) In general.--In the case of a determination 
                under paragraph (1)(A) not to include an individual or 
                entity on such other lists, the Federal official shall, 
                not later than 7 days after making the determination, 
                submit the determination to the appropriate 
                congressional committees, including a justification for 
                why the individual or entity did not meet the 
                eligibility criteria for inclusion on such other list.
                    (B) Form.--A notification required under this 
                paragraph shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
                may contain a classified annex.
            (3) Additional review.--In the case of a determination 
        under paragraph (1)(A) not to include an individual or entity 
        on such other lists, the Federal official shall, not later than 
        1 year after making the determination, conduct an additional 
        review to determine if the individual or entity should be 
        included on such other lists, particularly if there is a 
        material change in the activities of the individual or entity.
    (c) Congressional Notifications for Determinations Not To List New 
Individuals and Entities.--
            (1) Notification to congress.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
                date on which a Federal agency, department, or office 
                first conducts deliberations regarding the designation 
                of a new individual or entity on any list described in 
                subsection (d) and determines not to designate that 
                individual or entity, the Federal official responsible 
                for administering such list shall notify the 
                appropriate congressional committees of such negative 
                determination and include with such notification--
                            (i) an identification of the nondesignated 
                        individual or entity by name;
                            (ii) an articulation of the reasons that 
                        the individual or entity was initially 
                        considered for designation; and
                            (iii) a full explanation and justification 
                        for the subsequent determination that the 
                        individual or entity did not meet the 
                        eligibility criteria for designation on the 
                        applicable list.
                    (B) Form.--A notification required under this 
                paragraph shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
                may contain a classified annex.
            (2) Deliberation defined.--For purposes of the 
        notifications under this subsection, the term ``deliberation'' 
        includes any meeting where a Federal Government official with 
        the power to place an individual or an entity on one of the 
        lists described in section 2(c) reviews the potential 
        designation with one or more executive branch counterparts for 
        a conclusive decision.
    (d) Lists Described.--The lists described in this subsection are 
the following:
            (1) The list of specially designated nationals and blocked 
        persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 
        the Department of the Treasury.
            (2) The list maintained and set forth in Supplement No. 4 
        to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (commonly 
        known as the ``Entity List'').
            (3) The Department of Defense's list maintained and 
        published under section 1237 of the Strom Thurmond National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
        note).
            (4) The Department of Defense's list maintained and 
        published under 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 
        U.S.C. 113 note).
            (5) The Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex 
        Companies (NS-CMIC) List of the Office of Foreign Assets 
        Control of the Department of the Treasury.
            (6) The Sectoral Sanctions List of the Office of Foreign 
        Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.
            (7) The Unverified List of the Bureau of Industry and 
        Security of the Department of Commerce.
            (8) The Military End User List of the Bureau of Industry 
        and Security of the Department of Commerce.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent 
                Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on 
                Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Financial 
                Services of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select 
                Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign 
                Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
            (2) Export administration regulations.--The term ``Export 
        Administration Regulations'' means the regulations set forth in 
        subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, or successor regulations.
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