3.0.0 6532 2023-01-11T13:21:12Z 2023-01-11T13:21:12Z House H HR 2010-12-16 111 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-12-16T15:02:35Z 2010-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2010-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 N International Affairs Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Criminal procedure and sentencing Evidence and witnesses Executive Office of the President Judicial review and appeals Sanctions Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax-exempt organizations War and emergency powers International Affairs 00 2010-12-16 Introduced in House 2010-12-29T17:56:08Z Procedures for Sanctions Against Charities Act - Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to allow a sanction to be imposed that blocks the property of a charity only pursuant to a warrant obtained in the same manner as provided for a search warrant under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Permits a court to issue such warrant if the United States demonstrates that there is probable cause to believe that: (1) the property with respect to which the warrant is sought is subject to the sanction; and (2) the property may be moved outside the jurisdiction of the United States.

Permits imposing a sanction prior to applying to the court for a warrant if there is reason to believe that delay may have an adverse result, including: (1) endangering the life or physical safety of an individual; (2) flight from prosecution; (3) destruction of or tampering with evidence; (4) intimidation of potential witnesses; or (5) otherwise seriously jeopardizing an investigation.

Directs the President to establish specified procedures with respect to the imposition of a sanction that blocks the property of a charity.

Sets forth appeal procedures for affected charities.

]]> Procedures for Sanctions Against Charities Act Display Title Procedures for Sanctions Against Charities Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to establish certain procedures with respect to blocking property of charities. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Procedures for Sanctions Against Charities Act Introduced in House 2010-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr6532ih/xml/BILLS-111hr6532ih.xml 2010-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 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.