Stop the Settlements Act

participated in activities related to the financing, planning, construction, expansion, or maintenance of Israeli settlements or outposts that the President determines undermines the viability of a future Palestinian state; (2) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any person with respect to which sanctions have been imposed under this Act; or (3) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person with respect to which sanctions have been imposed under this Act. (c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: (1) Asset blocking.--Notwithstanding the requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), the President may exercise all powers granted to the President by that Act to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of the foreign person if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person. (2) Visas, admission, or parole.-- (A) In general.--A foreign national who the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason to believe, is a foreign person described in subsection (a) or (b) is-- (i) inadmissible to the United States; (ii) ineligible for a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). (B) Current visas revoked.-- (i) In general.--The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to a foreign national described in subparagraph (A) regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is issued. (ii) Effect of revocation.--A revocation under clause (i)-- (I) shall take effect immediately; and (II) shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the foreign national's possession. (d) Exceptions.-- (1) Exception to comply with international obligations.-- Sanctions under subsection (c)(2) shall not apply with respect to the admission of an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations. (2) Exception for intelligence, law enforcement, and national security activities.--Sanctions under this section shall not apply to any authorized intelligence, law enforcement, or national security activities of the United States. (3) Exception for humanitarian assistance.--Sanctions under this section shall not apply to-- (A) the conduct or facilitation of a transaction for the provision of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices, humanitarian assistance, or for humanitarian purposes; or (B) transactions that are necessary for, or ordinarily incident to, the activities described in subparagraph (A). (e) Implementation; Penalties.-- (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. (2) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations promulgated to carry out this section to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person who commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. (f) Waiver.-- (1) In general.--The President may, on a case-by-case basis, waive for a period of not more than 12 months the application of sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign person under this section if the President-- (A) certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, not later than 15 days before such waiver is to take effect, that the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the United States; and (B) includes in such certification information describing-- (i) the foreign person to which the waiver applies; and (ii) the activities that the foreign person has engaged in. (2) Subsequent renewal of waiver.--The President may, at the conclusion of the period of a waiver under paragraph (1), renew the waiver for one additional period not to exceed 12 months if the President determines for such renewal that, in accordance with the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), it is appropriate to do so. (g) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes-- (1) an assessment of the implementation of this section including-- (A) the names of any foreign persons that have been designated for the imposition of sanctions under this Act; (B) a description of the sanctions considered and imposed with respect to each such person; and (C) a description of the activity each such person has engaged in that was the basis for the sanctions; (2) a list of foreign persons for which the imposition of sanctions were waived under subsection (f) and a detailed, specific description of the activity each such person engaged in that would have been the basis for imposing sanctions but for the waiver; (3) a description of the status of Israeli settlement and outpost expansion in the West Bank or Gaza; (4) an assessment of to what extent United States persons, including United States financial institutions and financial services providers, provided materials or services to construct or expand settlements and outposts, or facilitate such construction or expansion; and (5) a description of the actions that the United States Government and regional partners are taking to protect the viability of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. (h) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means-- (A) any individual who is not a United States person; or (B) any entity that is not organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign financial institution, corporation, partnership, association, trust, joint venture, organization, or any other legal entity. SEC. 3. FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK GUIDANCE CONCERNING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS OR OUTPOSTS IN THE WEST BANK OR GAZA. (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, shall issue guidance to financial institutions relating to the activities described in sections 2(a) and 2(b). (b) Update.--The Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shall update the guidance required by subsection (a) not less than every 180 days after the date of the issuance of the initial guidance required by subsection (a). SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON TRADE IN ISRAELI GOODS FROM ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS OR OUTPOSTS IN THE WEST BANK OR GAZA. (a) In General.--Beginning on the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, no goods produced or manufactured wholly or in part in any Israeli settlements or outposts in the West Bank or Gaza may be imported into the United States. (b) List.--The President shall develop and continually update a list that includes the Israeli settlements or outposts in the West Bank or Gaza for purposes of the prohibition in subsection (a). (c) Exception for Personal Baggage.-- (1) In general.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to goods imported into the United States as accompanied baggage by an individual arriving in the United States, if such goods-- (A) are for the personal use of the individual, including for use as a bona fide gift; and (B) are not in commercial quantities and are not imported for sale or resale. (2) Unaccompanied shipments.--The exception under paragraph (1) shall not apply to goods sent by mail, express courier, or any other means of shipment not accompanying the individual. (d) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each relevant Federal department and agency shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this section. SEC. 5. SUNSET. This Act shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>