[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4935-S4936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5566. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 1276. MODIFICATIONS TO SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN 
                   RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--
       (1) In general.--The Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
     Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by 
     inserting after section 1262 the following:

     ``SEC. 1262A. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       ``It is the sense of Congress that the President should 
     establish and regularize information sharing and sanctions-
     related decision making with like-minded governments 
     possessing human rights and anti-corruption sanctions 
     programs similar in nature to those authorized under this 
     subtitle.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 
     2(b) and in title XII of division A of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) 
     are each amended by inserting after the items relating to 
     section 1262 the following:

``Sec. 1262A. Sense of Congress.''.
       (b) Imposition of Sanctions.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1263(a) of the Global Magnitsky 
     Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10102) is amended 
     by striking paragraphs (2) through (4) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) is a current or former government official, or a 
     person acting for or on behalf of such an official, who is 
     responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or 
     indirectly engaged in--
       ``(A) corruption, including--
       ``(i) the misappropriation of state assets;
       ``(ii) the expropriation of private assets for personal 
     gain;
       ``(iii) corruption related to government contracts or the 
     extraction of natural resources; or
       ``(iv) bribery; or
       ``(B) the transfer or facilitation of the transfer of the 
     proceeds of corruption;
       ``(3) is or has been a leader or official of--
       ``(A) an entity, including a government entity, that has 
     engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the 
     activities described in paragraph (1) or (2) related to the 
     tenure of the leader or official; or
       ``(B) an entity whose property and interests in property 
     are blocked pursuant to this section as a result of 
     activities related to the tenure of the leader or official;
       ``(4) has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
     financial, material, or technological support for, or goods 
     or services to or in support of--
       ``(A) an activity described in paragraph (1) or (2) that is 
     conducted by a foreign person;
       ``(B) a person whose property and interests in property are 
     blocked pursuant to this section; or
       ``(C) an entity, including a government entity, that has 
     engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, an activity 
     described in paragraph (1) or (2) conducted by a foreign 
     person; or
       ``(5) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or been 
     purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, 
     a person whose property and interests in property are blocked 
     pursuant to this section.''.
       (2) Consideration of certain information.--Subsection 
     (c)(2) of such section is amended by inserting ``corruption 
     and'' after ``monitor''.
       (3) Requests by congress.--Subsection (d)(2) of such 
     section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) Requirements.--A request under paragraph (1) with 
     respect to whether a foreign person has engaged in an 
     activity described in subsection (a) shall be submitted to 
     the President in writing jointly by the chairperson and 
     ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional 
     committees.''.

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       (c) Reports to Congress.--Section 1264(a) of the Global 
     Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 
     10103(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) a description of additional steps taken by the 
     President through diplomacy, international engagement, and 
     assistance to foreign or security sectors to address 
     persistent underlying causes of conduct giving rise to the 
     imposition of sanctions under this section, as amended on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, in each 
     country in which foreign persons with respect to which such 
     sanctions have been imposed are located; and
       ``(8) a description of additional steps taken by the 
     President to ensure the pursuit of judicial accountability in 
     appropriate jurisdictions with respect to foreign persons 
     subject to sanctions under this section.''.
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