[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1779 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1779
To direct the President to impose sanctions against foreign persons
determined to have knowingly engaged in significant corruption in
Mexico, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 24, 2023
Mr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To direct the President to impose sanctions against foreign persons
determined to have knowingly engaged in significant corruption in
Mexico, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.
(a) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President shall impose the
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign
person that the President determines has, on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act, knowingly engaged in significant corruption in
Mexico, including through the following acts:
(1) Corruption related to government contracts.
(2) Bribery or extortion.
(3) The transfer, or the facilitation of the transfer, of
the proceeds of corruption, including through money laundering.
(4) Acts of violence, harassment, or intimidation directed
at governmental or nongovernmental corruption investigators.
(5) The facilitation of, or involvement in, the production,
sale, or distribution of illicit fentanyl or fentanyl analogs.
(b) Sanctions Described.--
(1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection
are the following:
(A) Asset blocking.--The President shall exercise
all of the 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 property and interests in
property of a foreign person if such property or
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.
(B) Ineligibility for visas and admission to the
united states.--In the case of a foreign person who is
an individual, such foreign person is--
(i) inadmissible to the United States;
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other
documentation to enter the United States; and
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted
or paroled into the United States or to receive
any other benefit under the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
(C) Current visas revoked.--
(i) In general.--The issuing consular
officer or the Secretary of State, (or a
designee of the Secretary of State) shall, in
accordance with section 221(i) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry
documentation issued to a foreign person
regardless of when the visa or other entry
documentation is issued.
(ii) Effect of revocation.--A revocation
under clause (i) shall--
(I) take effect immediately; and
(II) automatically cancel any other
valid visa or entry documentation that
is in the possession of the foreign
person.
(2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of a
measure imposed pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation,
license, or order issued to carry out such paragraph shall be
subject to the penalties specified 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 such
section.
(3) Exception to comply with international obligations.--
Sanctions under subparagraph (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) shall
not apply with respect to a foreign person if admitting or
paroling such person 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.
(c) Implementation; Regulatory Authority.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all
authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and
1704) to carry out this section.
(2) Regulatory authority.--The President shall issue such
regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out
this section.
(d) National Security Waiver.--The President may waive, on a case-
by-case basis, the application of a sanction under subsection (b) with
respect to a foreign person if the President--
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the national
security interest of the United States; and
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a
notice of and justification for the waiver.
(e) Termination.--The authority to impose sanctions under
subsection (b), and any sanctions imposed pursuant to such authority,
shall expire on the date that is 3 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(f) Exception Relating to Importation of Goods.--The authorities
and requirements to impose sanctions authorized under this Act shall
not include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the
importation of goods.
(g) Reports Required.--
(1) Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that identifies each foreign
person in Mexico who the President determines to have knowingly
engaged in actions that facilitate the illicit production,
distribution, or sale of illicit fentanyl or fentanyl analogs,
including through the acts listed in paragraphs (1) through (5)
of subsection (a).
(2) Form.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee
on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
(2) Fentanyl analog.--The term ``fentanyl analog'' means a
controlled substance analogue (as defined in section 102 of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) of fentanyl.
(3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means any
person that is not a United States person.
(4) Good.--The term ``good'' means any article, natural or
man-made substance, material, supply or manufactured product,
including inspection and test equipment, and excluding
technical data.
(5) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means, with respect to a person who is an individual,
a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence to the United States.
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