3.0.0 270 2019-11-15T21:50:59Z 2019-11-15T21:50:59Z Senate S S 2005-02-02 109 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-02-02T22:37:52Z 2005-02-02 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2005-02-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S904-905) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2005-03-01 False International Affairs Administrative procedure Agricultural economics Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade American investments Armed Forces and National Security Arms control agreements Aviation agreements Biological warfare Chemical warfare Citizen participation Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional Record Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Congressional-executive relations Contracts Copyright Cost effectiveness Crime and Law Enforcement Decision making Democracy Developing countries Development credit institutions Diplomacy Drug abuse Drug law enforcement Drug traffic Economic growth Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Executive orders Executive reorganization Export controls Export finance Farm income Federal mandates Finance and Financial Sector Food relief Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign investments Foreign loans Foreign trade promotion Government Operations and Politics Health House rules and procedure Human rights Import restrictions Intellectual property International competitiveness International cooperation International environmental cooperation International relief Investment guaranty insurance Job creation Labor and Employment Law Legislation Legislative resolutions Medical supplies Most favored nation principle Negotiations Nongovernmental organizations Normal trade relations Nuclear nonproliferation Patents President and foreign policy Presidential powers Reinsurance Right to travel Sanctions (International law) Science, Technology, Communications Senate rules and procedure Tariff Technology transfer Terrorism Trade agreements Trademarks Transportation and Public Works Treaties United Nations Weapons of mass destruction International Affairs 00 2005-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2005-02-23T17:53:58Z Sanctions Policy Reform Act - Prescribes procedural guidelines and informational requirements for legislation and executive actions that must be met before imposition of unilateral economic sanctions intended to achieve foreign policy goals. (Excludes from this Act any trade remedies or trade sanctions imposed because of market access restrictions, unfair trade practices, or violations of U.S. commercial or trade laws.)

Requires both legislation and executive actions to: (1) terminate within two years; (2) provide contract sanctity; (3) target a sanction as narrowly as possible on foreign governments, entities, and officials responsible for the targeted conduct; (4) exclude restrictions on the provision of medicine, medical equipment, or food; (5) minimize any adverse impact on the humanitarian activities of U.S. and foreign nongovernmental organizations in any sanctioned country; and (6) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to expand agricultural export assistance to offset potential damage to incomes of producers of any affected agricultural commodity.

Requires any such legislation to authorize the President to waive or adjust the timing and scope of the sanction if in the national interest.

Requires Congress to consider findings by executive branch officials that evaluate the impact of proposed sanctions on American agriculture, energy requirements, and capital markets.

Requires the President, before imposing any new unilateral economic sanction, to report to specified congressional committees certain explanations, including an assessment of the sanction's likelihood to achieve specific foreign policy or national security objectives.

Establishes an executive branch Sanctions Review Committee to coordinate U.S. policy regarding unilateral economic sanctions, evaluate the effect of any proposed sanctions, and provide appropriate recommendations to the President before their imposition.

Authorizes the President to waive the application of any sanction or prohibition under the Arms Export Control Act, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or the Export Import Bank Act of 1945 if such waiver would advance the purposes of such Acts or U.S. national security interests. Requires the President to consult with the appropriate congressional committees before exercising such waiver authority.

]]> Sanctions Policy Reform Act Short Titles as Introduced Sanctions Policy Reform Act Display Title Sanctions Policy Reform Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide a framework for consideration by the legislative and executive branches of proposed unilateral economic sanctions in order to ensure coordination of United States policy with respect to trade, security, and human rights. Introduced in Senate 2005-02-02T05:00:00Z 2005-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.