{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-8038","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 8038","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"21st Century Peace through Strength Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","official_title":"To authorize the President to impose certain sanctions with respect to Russia and Iran, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To authorize the President to impose certain sanctions with respect to Russia and Iran, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"21st Century Peace through Strength Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"MAHSA Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"SHIP Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"FEND Off Fentanyl Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence Off Fentanyl"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"Fight CRIME Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"Fight and Combat Rampant Iranian Missile Exports Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"21st Century Peace through Strength Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-04-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-04-20","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h145","question":"On Passage","title":"21st Century Peace through Strength Act","result":"Passed","yea":360,"nay":58,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll145.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1160, H.R. 8038 is laid on the table.","date":"2024-04-23"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 889","sponsor":"Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]","purpose":"Amendment requires the Treasury Department to report and brief Congress identifying all assets of the Iranian Government or covered persons valued at more than $5 million and requires a list of all licenses, statements of licensing policy, action letters, and all other sanction exemptions relating to Iran.","result":"Agreed to","date":"2024-04-20","yea":249,"nay":167,"present":0,"not_voting":20,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll144.xml"}],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-04-20","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Agreed to","yea":249,"nay":167,"present":0,"not_voting":20,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll144.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-04-20","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"21st Century Peace Through Strength Act"},{"k":"h","t":"Highlights:"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes law on various foreign policy matters. For example, the bill"},{"k":"li","t":"requires the President to impose property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons (i.e., individuals and entities) associated with transnational criminal organizations that traffic fentanyl;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"authorizes the President to seize and transfer certain Russian sovereign assets to fund Ukrainian war compensation or reconstruction;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"prohibits entities in the United States from distributing, updating, or maintaining a website or application operated by ByteDance, Ltd., TikTok, or certain other entities;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"prohibits data brokers from providing personally identifiable sensitive data of U.S. persons to foreign adversary countries;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"imposes property-, docking-, and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons operating ports, ships, and refineries supporting Iranian petroleum exports;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"imposes property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons supporting Iranian missile programs and on certain Iranian leaders;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"imposes property-blocking sanctions on foreign states providing material support to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad; requires the United States to regulate exports of certain foreign-produced items related to Iran;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"extends the authority of the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons using human shields;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"imposes property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons involved in the trafficking of captagon;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"requires U.S. financial institutions to close certain accounts related to Iranian leaders and the Department of the Treasury to seek the closure of such accounts in foreign financial institutions; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"prohibits U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining certain accounts with Chinese financial institutions that support Iranian petroleum exports.","d":1},{"k":"h","t":"Full Summary:"},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION A--FEND OFF FENTANYL ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence Off Fentanyl or the FEND Off Fentanyl Act"},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE I--SANCTIONS MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Sanctions in Response to National Emergency Relating to Fentanyl Trafficking"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3101) This section expresses that the policy of the United States is to apply economic and other financial sanctions to those who engage in the international trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other related opioids."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3102) This section provides statutory authority for the President to exercise national emergency authorities to impose sanctions on those engaged in international fentanyl trafficking and requires the President to report to Congress on actions taken related to such sanctions or the declaration of a related national emergency."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3103) The President shall impose property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons (i.e., individuals and entities) associated with transnational criminal organizations that traffic fentanyl."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3104) This section applies civil and criminal penalties for violations associated with presidential emergency economic powers to international trafficking of fentanyl; it also provides for a waiver for sanctions if the President determines it is in U.S. national security interests and exceptions for intelligence activities, law enforcement, international obligations, and humanitarian assistance."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3105) This section requires any forfeited property from the imposition of sanctions on certain transnational criminal organizations to be deposited in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3111) This section establishes a 10-year statute of limitations on violations of sanctions imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act or the Trading With The Enemy Act."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3112) Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control must provide a classified report and briefing to Congress on its staffing."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3113) This section requires Treasury to provide a classified report and briefing to Congress on efforts to target drug transportation routes and modalities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3114) This section requires Treasury to provide a classified report and briefing to Congress on Chinese actions with respect to persons involved in the trafficking of fentanyl."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE II--ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3201) This section authorizes Treasury, to address money laundering in connection with illicit opioid trafficking, to (1) prohibit or impose conditions on transmittals of funds by domestic financial institutions, or (2) require such institutions to take special measures for certain accounts or transactions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3202) This section requires Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to issue guidance or instructions to U.S. financial institutions for filing reports on suspicious transactions related to suspected fentanyl trafficking by transnational criminal organizations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3203) Treasury must report to Congress (in its first update to a currently required strategy on combating the financing of terrorism) on trade-based money laundering originating in Mexico or China and involving Burma."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE III--EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF GOODS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3301) This section excepts the importation of goods from any authorization or requirement for imposing sanctions under this division."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION B--REBUILDING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR UKRAINIANS ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE I"},{"k":"p","t":"Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Ukrainians Act or the REPO for Ukrainians Act"},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE II--REPURPOSING OF RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSETS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 103) This section prohibits the release of any Russian sovereign asset (funds of the Russian Central Bank, the Russian National Wealth Fund, or the Russian Ministry of Finance, as well as any other funds or property owned by the Russian government) until the President certifies to Congress that certain conditions are met regarding compensation for Ukraine. A release may be prohibited by a joint resolution of disapproval enacted into law."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 104) This section requires financial institutions to notify Treasury of any Russian sovereign assetslocated at the institution. The President must report to Congress where Russian sovereign assets are located and may seize, confiscate, transfer, or vest any Russian (or Belarusian, if Belarus has engaged in an act of war against Ukraine) sovereign assets and transfer them to a Ukraine Support Fund. The Ukraine Support Fund shall fund war compensation or reconstruction in Ukraine."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 105) The President shall coordinate with the G7, the European Union, Australia, and other partners and allies regarding the disposition of immobilized Russian or Belarusian assets to establish an international mechanism for assisting Ukraine, which may include the establishment of an international Ukraine Compensation Fund to which seized assets transferred to the Ukraine Support Fund may be transferred."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION C--OTHER MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1) This section requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons (1) currently subject to certain European Union or United Kingdom sanctions, and (2) who meet the criteria for imposition of certain U.S. sanctions. The President must identify to Congress each foreign person who meets these criteria."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION D--PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2) This section prohibits entities from distributing, maintaining, or updating a website, desktop application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology that is operated, directly or indirectly, by ByteDance, Ltd., TikTok, or by an entity that (1) is owned or controlled by a foreign adversary, and (2) the President determines poses a threat to national security. The prohibition comes into effect 270 days after enactment for ByteDance or TikTok, or 270 days after the presidential determination for any other foreign adversary application. The prohibition does not apply if the application is divested from foreign adversary control prior to the end of the 270-day period. Upon certain certifications, the President may extend the deadlines by up to 90 days one time."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3) This section grants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit exclusive jurisdiction over challenges to this division."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION E--PROTECTING AMERICANS' DATA FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARIES ACT OF 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2) This section prohibits data brokers from selling, licensing, renting, trading, transferring, releasing, disclosing, providing access to, or otherwise making available personally identifiable sensitive data of U.S. individuals to (1) any foreign adversary country, or (2) any entity controlled by a foreign adversary."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION F--SHIP ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act or the SHIP Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3) This section requires the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons operating ports, ships, and refineries supporting Iranian petroleum exports. The President may impose sanctions prohibiting docking of vessels as well. Sanctions under this section shall not apply to transactions for the provision of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices, or humanitarian assistance. The President may waive the imposition of such sanctions for up to 180 days for national security interests."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4) The Energy Information Administration shall report annually on Iran's exports of petroleum and petroleum products."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5) This section requires the Department of State to provide a strategy and briefing to Congress on the role of China in the evasion of U.S.-imposed sanctions with respect to Iranian-origin petroleum products."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION G--FIGHT CRIME ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"Fight and Combat Rampant Iranian Missile Exports Act or the Fight CRIME Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4) This section requires the Department of State to report to Congress on various topics, including (1) a diplomatic strategy to renew international restrictions on certain missile-related activities set forth in Annex B of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, which concerns restrictions on arms transfers to and from Iran; (2) the identities of foreign persons engaging in restricted activity under Annex B; and (3) an analysis of the foreign and domestic supply chains that facilitate Iran's missile or drone programs."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5) This section requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons (i.e., foreign individuals, entities, and states) that are knowingly involved with Iran or Iran-aligned entities in certain missile-related activities, such as (1) acquiring, possessing, developing, transporting, transferring, or deploying missiles or related items and technology that are covered by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), or (2) developing missile or drone technologies. (The MTCR is an informal political understanding among states that seek to limit missile proliferation.)"},{"k":"p","t":"The President must also impose sanctions on (1) certain adult family members of those who are subject to the sanctions discussed above, and (2) foreign persons who knowingly provide significant support to or engage in a significant transaction with those subject to the sanctions."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION H--MAHSA ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act or the MAHSA Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2) This section requires the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on certain foreign persons (individuals and entities) affiliated with Iran."},{"k":"p","t":"The President must periodically make determinations about whether certain existing sanctions apply to specified foreign persons and impose the applicable sanctions, including determinations concerning (1) the Supreme Leader of Iran and any official in the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran, (2) the President of Iran and any official in the Office of the President of Iran, and (3) any entity overseen by the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran which is complicit in supporting human rights abuses or terrorism."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION I--HAMAS AND OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST GROUPS INTERNATIONAL FINANCING PREVENTION ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3) This section imposes sanctions targeting Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion's Den, and any affiliate or successor groups."},{"k":"p","t":"The President must impose property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons that knowingly (1) provide certain types of support (such as significant financial or technological support) for acts of terrorism, or (2) engage in a significant transaction with a senior member of the targeted groups or with a senior member of a foreign terrorist organization providing support to the targeted groups."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4) This section requires the President to impose measures on foreign states that (1) provide significant material and financial support for acts of international terrorism, (2) provide significant material support to the targeted groups, or (3) engage in significant transactions that materially contribute to the terrorist activities of the targeted groups. The President must bar these governments for one year from receiving U.S. assistance and exports of controlled munitions and other items. Treasury must instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions to oppose providing assistance to an identified government for one year.(Sec. 5) This section requires the President to periodically report to Congress on specified topics related to the targeted groups, such as the groups' assets and activities and a list of foreign states that conduct significant fundraising, financing, or money laundering activities for the groups."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION J--NO TECHNOLOGY FOR TERROR ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"No Technology for Terror Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2) This section requires the United States to regulate the export of certain foreign-produced items destined for Iran. Such foreign-produced items to be controlled are items that are direct products of or produced in a plant that is a direct product of U.S.-origin technology subject to the Export Administration Regulations and specified in a covered Export Control Classification Number. A license shall be required to export, re-export, or in-country transfer such controlled items."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION K--STRENGTHENING TOOLS TO COUNTER THE USE OF HUMAN SHIELDS ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3) This section extends the authority of the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons using human shields through 2030 and requires the President to impose such sanctions on each foreign person determined to be a member of Palestine Islamic Jihad who orders, controls, or otherwise directs the use of human shields. Currently, such sanctions are (1) required for users of human shields who are members of Hamas or Hezbollah or supporters of those groups, and (2) authorized for other users of human shields."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4) The Department of Defense must report to Congress on the implications of the use of human shields by Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestine Islamic Jihad."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5) This section authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons determined to have been responsible for or contributed to foreign cyber-enabled activities that pose a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economic health of the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6) This section requires the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons determined to have ordered, directed, or taken material steps to carry out any use of violence or threatened to use violence against current or former U.S. government officials."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION L--ILLICIT CAPTAGON TRAFFICKING SUPPRESSION ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"Illicit Captagon Trafficking Suppression Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4) This section requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons determined to engage in activities or transactions to contribute to the illicit production and proliferation of captagon. Captagon is a marketing name for amphetamine-type stimulants. The bill requires sanctions on any foreign person the President determines (1) engages in activities or transactions contributing to the illicit production and international trafficking of captagon, or (2) knowingly receives property from those activities. The sanctions include blocking of property; ineligibility for U.S. visas, admission, or parole; and revocation of current visas."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5) The President must report to Congress on whether certain Syrian and Hezbollah leaders meet the criteria established in this division for imposing sanctions."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION M--END FINANCING FOR HAMAS AND STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"End Financing for Hamas and State Sponsors of Terrorism Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2) This section requires Treasury to report to Congress on the major sources of funding to Hamas, with an evaluation of U.S. efforts to undermine Hamas's ability to finance armed hostilities against Israel."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3) Treasury shall develop a strategy, in coordination with allies and partners, to ensure that Hamas is incapable of financing armed hostilities against Israel."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION N--HOLDING IRANIAN LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE ACT"},{"k":"p","t":"Holding Iranian Leaders Accountable Act of 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3) This section requires the President to report on the estimated total funds held in domestic and international financial institutions by certain Iranian leaders."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4) U.S. financial institutions must close reported accounts and Treasury shall seek the closure of such accounts in foreign financial institutions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5) This section provides for certain exceptions and waivers, such as for transactions that would serve vital U.S. national interests."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION O--IRAN-CHINA ENERGY SANCTIONS ACT OF 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2) This section prohibits U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining certain accounts with foreign financial institutions that (1) are Chinese and engaged in the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran; or (2) engaged in the purchase of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAV parts, or related systems."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION P--BUDGETARY EFFECTS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1) This section exempts the budgetary effects of this division from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO), (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping rules."}],"words":2642},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Sets out sixteen divisions of sanctions, export controls, financial restrictions, restrictions on certain applications and data transfers, and reporting requirements, covering fentanyl trafficking, Russian sovereign assets, Iran, Hamas and related groups, and foreign adversaries.","cites":[{"label":"Division A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H347948FBCB704CB1867631D50D10B3D2"},{"label":"Division B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H4E444798030B4410B37F9EE24A12291B"},{"label":"Division 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International Emergency Economic Powers Act on foreign persons determined to be knowingly involved in significant trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors or other related opioids.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H9F77E5F39D324FCAB150BA448A4DA90E"}},{"text":"Authorizes the President to seize, confiscate, transfer or vest Russian aggressor state sovereign assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction and deposit them in a Ukraine Support Fund for assistance to Ukraine, starting 30 days after a required certification.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 104","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-HED99594C85574398883269DA1A9998E9"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful for an entity to distribute, maintain or update an application operated by ByteDance, Ltd., TikTok, or a covered company controlled by a foreign adversary that the President determines presents a significant national security threat.","cite":{"label":"Division D, Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-HA90B4270C291485E9911950A2789C181"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful for a data broker to sell, license, transfer or otherwise make available personally identifiable sensitive data of a United States individual to a foreign adversary country or an entity controlled by a foreign adversary, with enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission.","cite":{"label":"Division E, Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-HAB02B7F18C0C4491947446A7F030EA35"}},{"text":"Requires the President to impose sanctions, including blocking of property and visa ineligibility, on foreign persons determined to knowingly own or operate ports, vessels or refineries in significant dealings in petroleum originating from Iran.","cite":{"label":"Division F, Sec. 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President determines engage in activities contributing to the illicit production and international proliferation of captagon or knowingly receive related property.","cite":{"label":"Division L, Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H5C4C925FE0D9488DA4DD385C873AA088"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3112","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-HDDC3A1A6D8D8450D837C22F839285499"},"heading":"Classified report and briefing on staffing of office of foreign assets control","effect":"Requires the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control to give Congress a classified report and briefing on the office's staffing, broken down by each sanctions program and each country or issue.","amount":null,"quote":"a classified report and briefing on the staffing of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, disaggregated by staffing dedicated to each sanctions program and each country or issue"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 108","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H882BC6B463C94A4EBDB9531C318DA1FB"},"heading":"Extensions","effect":"Amends section 5(a) of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018, changing \"six years\" to \"12 years\".","amount":null,"quote":"by striking “six years” and inserting “12 years”"},{"cite":{"label":"Division C, Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H134D565496304EA0B873947A969529ED"},"heading":"Report and imposition of sanctions to harmonize with allied sanctions","effect":"Requires a report on foreign persons sanctioned by the European Union or the United Kingdom, and requires the President to impose U.S. sanctions on those who meet U.S. criteria and are not already sanctioned.","amount":null,"quote":"The President shall impose the sanctions authorized by the applicable provision of law listed in subsection (a)(2) with respect to each foreign person identified in the report"},{"cite":{"label":"Division K, Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H8FC290B46E0E4E47B071054CF420C877"},"heading":"Report on countering the use of human shields","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report within 120 days on lessons learned, Department of Defense guidance changes, and participation in multinational centers of excellence regarding the use of human shields.","amount":null,"quote":"to incorporate the lessons learned as identified in paragraph (1) into Department of Defense operating guidance, relevant capabilities, and tactics, techniques, and procedures"},{"cite":{"label":"Division K, Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H0D062305E860460DA6976FFEA2B8FB0D"},"heading":"Confronting asymmetric and malicious cyber activities","effect":"Authorizes the President to impose visa and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons engaged in significant cyber-enabled activities, and sets a process for congressional committee requests about such persons.","amount":null,"quote":"significant cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States"},{"cite":{"label":"Division K, Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-HDBC0FE71ED2642A99DB6F3E97A1C1C79"},"heading":"Sanctions with respect to threats to current or former united states officials","effect":"Requires the President to impose visa and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons who use or threaten violence against current or former United States officials, with a 4-year sunset on the requirement.","amount":null,"quote":"ordered, directed, or taken material steps to carry out any use of violence or has attempted or threatened to use violence against any current or former official of the Government of the United States"},{"cite":{"label":"Division P, Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-HC9FB6445EF7147AB8B5C9D45C778E3D2"},"heading":"Budgetary effects","effect":"Provides that the budgetary effects of division A and each later division are not entered on the PAYGO scorecards and are not estimated for certain budget-enforcement purposes.","amount":null,"quote":"budgetary effects of division A and each subsequent division of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H2E5788F2CDF5439985E997B92AE2527C"},"heading":"Exception relating to importation of goods","effect":"Provides that the blocking authority or requirement in Division A does not include sanctions on the importation of goods.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not include the authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods"},{"cite":{"label":"Division D, Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-HA90B4270C291485E9911950A2789C181"},"heading":"Prohibition of foreign adversary controlled applications","effect":"Defines a covered company for the application prohibition and excludes entities whose primary purpose is to allow users to post product, business or travel reviews.","amount":null,"quote":"does not include an entity that operates a website, desktop application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology application whose primary purpose is to allow users to post product reviews"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3104","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H5E21A4AB36454A8EA23F444E82FCEBE7"},"heading":"Penalties; waivers; exceptions","effect":"Sets penalties and a national security waiver for the fentanyl sanctions. It also exempts intelligence activities, certain admissions of aliens, and transactions for agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices or humanitarian assistance.","amount":null,"quote":"The President may not impose sanctions under this subtitle with respect to any person for conducting or facilitating a transaction for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices"},{"cite":{"label":"Division F, Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H8E1463478E4C40BB97B8D1E46F609C82"},"heading":"Imposition of sanctions with respect to Iranian petroleum","effect":"Requires sanctions on foreign persons engaged in Iranian petroleum activities. It exempts humanitarian transactions and persons providing provisions for the safety, care, or maintenance of a sanctioned vessel and its crew.","amount":null,"quote":"Sanctions under this section shall not apply with respect to a person providing provisions to a vessel otherwise subject to sanctions under this section"},{"cite":{"label":"Division G, Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-HCD8E02E37F2E4C3CA2C8B3887E4E5BE9"},"heading":"Sanctions to combat the proliferation of Iranian missiles","effect":"Sets sanctions on foreign persons involved in Iranian missile and drone technology. It exempts activities subject to intelligence reporting requirements or authorized intelligence activities, and certain admissions of aliens.","amount":null,"quote":"Sanctions under this section shall not apply to any activity subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities of the United States."},{"cite":{"label":"Division I, Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-HC7D057C1A0D54CD0B80A0776877E31FB"},"heading":"Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons supporting acts of terrorism or engaging in significant transactions with senior members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad and other Palestinian terrorist organizations","effect":"Requires sanctions on foreign persons supporting terrorism or transacting with senior members of named groups. It exempts transactions for agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices, and humanitarian assistance.","amount":null,"quote":"the conduct or facilitation of a transaction for the provision of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices, or humanitarian assistance, or for humanitarian purposes; or"},{"cite":{"label":"Division I, Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-HED3AD9C2EDF84A24BD674B1302CF5DB2"},"heading":"Imposition of measures with respect to foreign states providing support to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad and other Palestinian terrorist organizations","effect":"Requires measures against foreign states that support named groups. It lets the President exempt a state where measures would conflict with status of forces agreements or basing obligations, and exempts intelligence activities and humanitarian transactions.","amount":null,"quote":"The President may exempt the application of measures under this section with respect to a foreign state if the application of such measures would prevent the United States from meeting the terms of any status of forces agreement"},{"cite":{"label":"Division J, Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H4BE02A3CF5524AB89FD56050DBB2C089"},"heading":"Application of foreign-direct product rules to Iran","effect":"Applies export regulations to certain foreign-produced items bound for Iran and requires a license. It exempts food, medicine, medical devices, and certain communications-related services, software, and hardware from the license requirement.","amount":null,"quote":"The license requirements of paragraph (1) shall not apply to—"},{"cite":{"label":"Division L, Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H5C4C925FE0D9488DA4DD385C873AA088"},"heading":"Imposition of sanctions with respect to illicit captagon trafficking","effect":"Requires sanctions on foreign persons tied to illicit captagon production and proliferation. It exempts intelligence activities, certain admissions of aliens, and humanitarian transactions.","amount":null,"quote":"Sanctions under this section shall not apply to any activity subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities of the United States."},{"cite":{"label":"Division N, Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih#toc-H071850A5EB2E44E782784365FD70489B"},"heading":"Exceptions for national security; implementation authority","effect":"Exempts three kinds of activity from the report and financial institution restrictions in sections 3 and 4: intelligence activities, certain alien admissions under international agreements, and transactions for food, medicine, medical devices, or humanitarian assistance to Iran.","amount":null,"quote":"The following activities shall be exempt from requirements under sections 3 and 4:"}]}],"version":{"type":"Introduced in House","date":"2024-04-17","rule":"nearest","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text/ih"},"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/8038","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8038/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-8038.png","v":"93d192f7c2b5","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8038, 118th Congress: 21st Century Peace through Strength Act. House: 360 Yea, 58 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 20 Apr 2024."}}