[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 196 (Wednesday, December 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7516]
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  SA 4086. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the joint resolution S.J. Res. 54, to direct the removal of 
United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen 
that have not been authorized by Congress; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO OFFICIALS OF 
                   THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA RESPONSIBLE FOR 
                   HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

       (a) List Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a list of all senior 
     officials of the Government of Saudi Arabia, including senior 
     officials of the military and security forces of Saudi 
     Arabia, that the President determines have played a direct 
     and substantial role in the commission of human rights 
     abuses, including torture of political prisoners.
       (2) Updates.--Not less frequently than every 180 days, the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees an updated version of the list required by 
     paragraph (1).
       (b) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President shall impose 
     the following sanctions with respect to each individual on 
     the list required by subsection (a):
       (1) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers granted to 
     the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
     and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests 
     in property of the individual if such property and 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) Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa 
     or other documentation.--Denial of a visa to, and exclusion 
     from the United States of, the individual, and revocation in 
     accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other 
     documentation of the individual.
       (c) Exceptions.--
       (1) Exception relating to importation of goods.--The 
     requirement to block and prohibit all transactions in all 
     property and interests in property under subsection (b)(1) 
     shall not include the authority to impose sanctions on the 
     importation of goods.
       (2) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
     agreement.--Sanctions under subsection (b)(2) shall not apply 
     to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is 
     necessary to permit the United States to comply with the 
     Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
     signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
     November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
     States, or other applicable international obligations.
       (d) National Security Waiver.--The President may waive the 
     imposition of sanctions under subsection (b) if the President 
     determines, and reports to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that the waiver is in the national security 
     interests of the United States.
       (e) Implementation; Penalties.--
       (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
     authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 
     205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
     U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out subsection (b)(1).
       (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of 
     subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
     to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the 
     penalties set forth 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 that section.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
     and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) 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 any jurisdiction within the United States, including a 
     foreign branch of such an entity.
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