Sense of Congress on accountability for human rights violations

It is the sense of Congress that if the Government of Turkey does not promptly take effective steps to address the human rights violations described in this Act— (1) the President of the United States should impose sanctions pursuant to the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) with respect to officials of the Government of Turkey determined to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged in— (A) the detention of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners; (B) the politically motivated detention of journalists; (C) restricting of freedom of free expression through social media; and (D) other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; (2) the President should confirm that United States security assistance provided to the Government of Turkey is fully consistent with the conditions mandated in section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) and the human rights provisions contained in section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d); (3) the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to oppose any loan, grant, policy, or strategy determined to be directly enabling the Government of Turkey to violate the human rights of its citizens; and (4) the Secretary of State should impose visa restrictions under the announced Khashoggi Ban, pursuant to section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(C)) on— (A) individuals who, acting on behalf of the government, are believed to have been directly engaged in serious, extraterritorial counter-dissident activities, including those who— (i) suppress, harass, surveil, threaten, or harm journalists, activists, or other persons perceived to be dissidents for their work; or (ii) engage in such activities with respect to the families or other close associates of such persons; and (B) family members of individuals described in subparagraph (A), as appropriate.