§ 6473a. Designated persons list for particularly severe violations of religious freedom

• (a)
  • (1) The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Ambassador at Large and in consultation with relevant government and nongovernment experts, shall establish and maintain a list of foreign individuals to whom a consular post has denied a visa on the grounds of particularly severe violations of religious freedom under section 1182(a)(2)(G) of title 8 , or who are subject to financial sanctions or other measures for particularly severe violations of freedom religion.
  • (2) The list required under paragraph (1) shall be known as the “Designated Persons List for Particularly Severe Violations of Religious Freedom”.
• (b)
  • (1) The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that contains the list required under subsection (a), including, with respect to each foreign individual on the list—
    • (A) the name of the individual and a description of the particularly severe violation of religious freedom committed by the individual;
    • (B) the name of the country or other location in which such violation took place; and
    • (C) a description of the actions taken pursuant to this chapter or any other Act or Executive order in response to such violation.
  • (2) The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees—
    • (A) the initial report required under paragraph (1) not later than 180 days after December 16, 2016 ; and
    • (B) updates to the report every 180 days thereafter and as new information becomes available.
  • (3) The report required under paragraph (1) should be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
  • (4) In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
    • (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
    • (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
    • (C) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;
    • (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;
    • (E) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
    • (F) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.