§10504 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

Require the Secretary of State, working with the Secretary of the Treasury, to check if foreign people are involved in serious corruption so they can consider sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. The check must cover all countries named under section 10502(b) and anyone tied to planning, building, or running the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Within 180 days after the section 10502(b) list is provided, and every year after, the Secretary must send the appropriate congressional committees a report listing who was sanctioned, the sanction dates, the reasons, and a list of foreign people who engaged in corruption connected to Nord Stream 2. Reports must be unclassified but may have a classified annex. Instead of a written report (except for the Nord Stream 2 corruption list), the Secretary may brief the committees and give a written justification if that better serves U.S. national interests. The duties about Nord Stream 2 end five years after December 22, 2023.

Title 22, §10504

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(a)The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, should evaluate whether there are foreign persons engaged in significant corruption for the purposes of potential imposition of sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.)—

(1)in all countries identified pursuant to section 10502(b) of this title; and

(2)in relation to the planning or construction or any operation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

(b)Not later than 180 days after providing the list required by section 10502(b) of this title, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes—

(1)a list of foreign persons with respect to which the President imposed sanctions pursuant to the evaluation under subsection (a);

(2)the dates on which such sanctions were imposed;

(3)the reasons for imposing such sanctions; and

(4)a list of all foreign persons that have engaged in significant corruption in relation to the planning, construction, or operation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

(c)Each report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.

(d)The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, may, instead of submitting a written report required under subsection (b) (except with respect to the list required by subsection (b)(4)), provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing, together with a written justification, if doing so would better serve the national interests of the United States.

(e)The requirements under subsections (a)(2) and (b)(4) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after December 22, 2023.

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References in Text

The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is subtitle F (§§ 1261–1264) of title XII of div. A of Pub. L. 114–328, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2533, which is classified generally to chapter 108 (§ 10101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.

§10504 Imposition of sanctions under Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act