[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3898. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1264. REPORT ON ALL COMPREHENSIVE SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON 
                   FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, and the head of any other 
     relevant Federal department or agency that the Comptroller 
     General determines necessary, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on all comprehensive 
     sanctions imposed, under any provision of law, on--
       (1) de jure or de facto governments of foreign countries; 
     and
       (2) non-state actors that exercise significant de facto 
     governmental control over a foreign civilian population.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by 
     subsection (a) shall include--
       (1) an assessment of the effect of sanctions imposed on 
     each government described in paragraph (1) of that subsection 
     and each non-state actor described in paragraph (2) of that 
     subsection on--
       (A) the ability of the civilian population to access water, 
     food, sanitation, and public health services, including all 
     humanitarian aid and supplies related to the prevention, 
     diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19;
       (B) the changes to the general mortality rate, maternal 
     mortality rate, life expectancy, and literacy rate;
       (C) the extent to which there is an increase in refugees or 
     migration to or from the country or an increase in internally 
     displaced people in the country;
       (D) the degree of compliance and non-compliance of the 
     government or non-state actor with international humanitarian 
     assistance efforts; and
       (E) the licensing of transactions to allow access to 
     essential goods and services to vulnerable populations, 
     including--
       (i) the number of licenses applied for, approved, or 
     denied;
       (ii) in cases of license applications that were denied, the 
     reasons why such application were denied; and
       (iii) the average time to receive a decision; and
       (2) a description of the purpose of sanctions imposed on 
     each such government and non-state actor and the required 
     legal or political authority, including--
       (A) an assessment of the role of United States national 
     security;
       (B) an assessment of whether the stated foreign policy 
     goals of the sanctions are being met;
       (C) the degree of international support or opposition to 
     the sanctions; and
       (D) an assessment of the effect of such sanctions on United 
     States businesses, consumers, and financial institutions.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
     annex. The unclassified portion of the report shall be 
     published on a publicly available internet website of the 
     Government of the United States.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and Means of 
     the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on 
     Finance of the Senate.
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