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handle is hein.crs/govdaap0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -c r s c n ...........~ Updated April 17, 2020 FY2020 Foreign Operations Appropriations: Targeting Foreign Corruption and Human Rights Violations To promote anti-corruption and human ights, the United toEn Af F0 PS Secin 7031(c) on States prohibits foreign corrupt actors and human rights A....t.............iIHumn ights violators from entering the United States. Currently, ...may....e.fo..d.......i.....for.S. n y...g.i.i.i.i............. ........ Congress provides for such a visa restriction in Section ..icials and, by.ass.iio teiri e.iailymembers. ... 7 0 3 1 (c ) o f th e D ep artm e n t o f S tate , F o re ig n O p eratio n s, : ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7031(c)ii r of. the Deprten of State Forig Operations,.......... and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (SFOPS, W.at drao es t Division G, P.L. 116-94; 8 U.S.C. 1182 note). A variation SignifiCant o t nlcUdin r r t ntural of this provision has been in annual foreign operations resources.e.......... or...gross...ol.t.o..o..human-r----. ..... appropriations since FY2008. * Are tios cit:entia? The Secretary of State may desig.nte Ind, Wduals public Ir prvateybutcnua reods This provision requires the Secretary of State to bar from pertaiin thriff .etry for deignated U.S. entry foreign officials about whom the Secretary has ,:inh dividuals:ar e0t tohe con sidered:confide ti. . .... credible information indicating tat they have been Unerwhchcicmsan!ima ecpton o wivr involved, directly or indirectly, in significant corruption, aiiply toallowidiiduals oherise restricted from~~i~~i~~i~ including corruption related to the extraction of natural etteih te hie4$tte t iiExeioiin ~Sioniiiiiiiii resources, or a gross violation of human rights. The visa 7031c) include tose whoe entrywuld furherimportant US.~~iii restriction extends to immediate family members of the liiaw efortmet ojeives orwhose entry !s requited rnfulfi foreign kleptocrat or human rights violator. a pending U.S. uis. ob ) [ gte aions (UiN.)Hedqaier visa application need not exist to designate individuals. Agreement. The Stereray of State may also w irrict ionsiiiiiii Moreover, designations may be issued publicly-espite .. ...... Section 222(f0 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ircumtanes tat ausd th de~gnton avesfi~itndyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii (INA; 8 U.S.C. 1202(0)), which states generally that records changed. pertaining to the issuance or refusal of U.S. visas or permits Ho de Cnres odutovr it o Secioniiiiii~~~~~~~iiiiiii are to be kept confidential. itS i(4simpleentai h eceayofaei s required The origins of Section 7031l(c) can be traced to FY2008 Relaionl~rignAfirs ad iiar Cmittees not later iiiiii appropriations, which barred from U.S. entry foreign than 0 day aftr enatmen and very90 days thereafter i~~ii~ii~~ii~ kleptocrats involved in the extraction of natural resources (see Figure 1). Beginning in FY2012, Congress broadened descibtnits ue ding thprious 12 months and whether~iiii the provision to address significant corruption. In th rpotar rqire o epotd nth taeOeatmn human rights. In FY2015, Congress further clarified that Whn oe te eqiremnt ni Sion 7031 (c will endi~iiiiii designations may be made publicly or privately. For on Septembe 30,2020. nless Coiiinres xtndsit by a: ::i:i::i::::i::::i::i:i::i:i::i: FY2020, Congress added that the provision applies to cnining resolion or restatedin a new law. The proision ha:: foreign officials involved directly or indirectly in cotiue wthu firrrpto snc F20B corruption or a human rights violation. Figure I. Legislative History: Origins of Section 7031(c) and Evolution of Its Scope, FY2008-FY2020 ........ .....'. ou%8 yC FY 10 l i F Source: CRS, based on legislation available on Congress.gov. Wy-s ~'v1' . Qr 1 20 gm 10 0 MI'm

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