{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-4723","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 4723","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons undermining the Dayton Peace Agreement or threatening the security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons undermining the Dayton Peace Agreement or threatening the security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-07-18","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-03-19","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h87","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act","result":"Passed","yea":365,"nay":30,"present":0,"not_voting":36,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll087.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2024-03-20"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-07-18","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill imposes visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons (i.e., individuals or entities) that are involved in certain actions that threaten the peace, stability, or democracy of Bosnia and Herzegovina."},{"k":"p","t":"The President must impose such sanctions on certain foreign persons, including those that are responsible for or engaged in corruption or certain acts or policies that seek to (1) threaten the peace, security, stability, or territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina; (2) undermine democratic processes or institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina; or (3) undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement or certain authorities related to the agreement. (The agreement brought an end to the Bosnian War, and Bosnia and Herzegovina's constitution stems in part from the agreement.)"},{"k":"p","t":"The Department of the Treasury may impose certain prohibitions and restrictions on a foreign financial institution that knowingly conducts or facilitates a significant transaction for a foreign person subject to sanctions under this bill."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also provides statutory authority for sanctions imposed under Executive Order 13219 and Executive Order 14033 (both orders impose sanctions on persons threatening stability in the Western Balkans)."}],"words":187},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the President to list and impose sanctions on foreign persons found to threaten the security of Bosnia and Herzegovina or to undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement, and keeps in effect sanctions under two existing Executive orders on the Western Balkans.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text/eh#H0854993E686C495AB89C856961D12220"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text/eh#H79B902BD460B4D0B96DD8CF563BE0F2F"}]},"core_areas":["Sanctions on foreign persons undermining the Dayton Peace Agreement or Bosnia and Herzegovina's security","Continuation of Western Balkans sanctions under Executive Orders 13219 and 14033","Congressional requests for sanctions determinations"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the President, within 180 days after enactment and every 180 days after that, to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of foreign persons determined to have taken actions that threaten Bosnia and Herzegovina's peace, security, stability or territorial integrity, undermine its democratic processes, obstruct the Dayton Peace Agreement, or engage in corruption.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text/eh#H0854993E686C495AB89C856961D12220"}},{"text":"Requires the President to impose sanctions on each foreign person on the list, which include blocking property under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and making listed aliens inadmissible, ineligible for visas, and subject to revocation of current visas.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text/eh#H0854993E686C495AB89C856961D12220"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to prohibit or impose strict conditions on a correspondent account or payable-through account in the United States held by a foreign financial institution that knowingly facilitated a significant transaction for a listed foreign person.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text/eh#H0854993E686C495AB89C856961D12220"}},{"text":"Allows the President to waive sanctions case by case for periods of up to 180 days each, if the President certifies to the committees that the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text/eh#H0854993E686C495AB89C856961D12220"}},{"text":"Keeps in effect each sanction imposed under Executive Order 13219 and Executive Order 14033 as of the date of enactment, unless the President terminates it after making the certifications the section lists.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text/eh#H79B902BD460B4D0B96DD8CF563BE0F2F"}},{"text":"Requires the President, within 60 days of a request from the chairman and ranking member of an appropriate committee, to determine whether a named person meets the sanctions criteria and to report whether sanctions were or will be imposed, with this requirement ending 5 years after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text/eh#H5C80F44BDC144E7D81816922682431BB"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text/eh#H0854993E686C495AB89C856961D12220"},"heading":"Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons undermining the Dayton Peace Agreement or threatening the security of Bosnia and Herzegovina","effect":"Sanctions under this section may not be imposed on transactions for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine or medical devices, or for humanitarian assistance. Separate exceptions cover intelligence and law enforcement activities, UN headquarters obligations, and the importation of goods.","amount":null,"quote":"Sanctions under this section may not be imposed with respect to transactions or the facilitation of transactions for"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-03-19","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4723/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-4723.png","v":"7e120205c295","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4723, 118th Congress: Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act. House: 365 Yea, 30 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 19 Mar 2024."}}