Imposition of sanctions on certain foreign persons supporting terrorism

(a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an ongoing basis thereafter, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) on— (1) any foreign person that— (A) has served in a position as a representative, minister, official, or employee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Authority, or any other foreign person that has directed, authorized, been responsible for, materially assisted with, enacted, implemented, or otherwise facilitated the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority system of compensation supporting acts of terrorism; or (B) has provided payments, salaries, and benefits to terrorists and the families of terrorists as part of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority system of compensation supporting acts of terrorism; (2) any entity that directly or indirectly has operated, ordered, controlled, directed, or otherwise facilitated the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority system of compensation supporting acts of terrorism including the Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners, the Institute for the Care of the Families of the Martyrs and the Wounded, the Palestine National Fund, National Association of the Families of the Martyrs of Palestine, or any successor, agency, instrumentality, organization, or affiliated entities thereof; or (3) any foreign person that has knowingly provided significant financial, technological, or material support and resources support to, or knowingly engaged in a significant transaction with a foreign person described in subparagraphs (1) or (2). (b) Sanctions described The sanctions that shall be imposed with respect to a foreign person described in subsection (a) are the following: (1) Blocking of property The President shall exercise all of the powers granted to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 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) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole (A) Visas, admission, or parole An alien described in subsection (a) is— (i) inadmissible to the United States; (ii) ineligible to receive 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 An alien described in subsection (a) is subject to revocation of any visa or other entry documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is or was issued. (ii) Immediate effect A revocation under clause (i) shall— (I) take effect immediately; and (II) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession. (iii) 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 this section or any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. (c) Congressional requests Not later than 30 days after receiving a request from the chairman or ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional committees with respect to whether a person meets the criteria of a person described in subsection (a), the President shall— (1) determine if the person meets such criteria; and (2) submit a classified or unclassified report to the chairman or ranking member, that submitted the request with respect to that determination that includes a statement of whether or not the President imposed or intends to impose sanctions with respect to the person. (d) Implementation; regulations (1) In general The President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of carrying out this section. (2) Regulations Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall issue such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary for the implementation of this section. (e) Material support or resources defined In this section, the term material support or resources has the meaning given that term in section 2339A(b) of title 18, United States Code.