S. 93: Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act

117th Congress

A bill to amend the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to modify the foreign persons subject to sanctions and to remove the sunset for the imposition of sanctions, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Benjamin Cardin — D — MD

Permanently authorizes the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions based on violations of human rights, and it revises the President's authority to impose these sanctions. The bill expands the actors and abuses currently eligible for these sanctions by implementing the standards of serious human rights abuse and violations of internationally recognized human rights for the imposition of sanctions. The...

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