,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #i1        
#bjai,mr4 ,gallagher introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the imposition of
 sanctions pursuant to the ,global      
,magnitsky ,human ,rights               
,accountability ,act to combat          
corruption and human rights violations  
perpetrated by officials in the ,mexican
 ,government1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,supporting ,mexico ,against    
,corruption ,act4  #b4 ,global          
,magnitsky sanctions with respect to    
certain government officials that engage
 in corruption or human rights abuses in

 ,mexico  7a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #abj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 and as          
appropriate thereafter1 the ,president  
shall impose the sanctions described in 
subsection 7c7 with respect to each     
foreign person described in subsection  
7b7 if the ,president has credible      
evidence that the foreign person has    
knowingly engaged in any of the         
activities described in section         
#abfc7;a77#c7 of the ,global ,magnitsky 
,human ,rights ,accountability ,act     
7subtitle ,f of title ,,xii of ,public  
,law #aad-cbh2 #bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef      
note74  7b7 ,foreign persons described  
,a foreign person described in this     
subsection is a foreign person who is-- 
7#a7 a current or former official of the
 ,government of ,mexico2 or  7#b7 acting
 on behalf of1 or in cooperation with1  
an official of such ,government4  7c7   
,sanctions described  7#a7 ,in general  
,the sanctions described in this        
subsection are the sanctions described  

in section #abfc7;b7 of the ,global     
,magnitsky ,human ,rights               
,accountability ,act 7subtitle ,f of    
title ,,xii of ,public ,law #aad-cbh2   
#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note74  7#b7        
,exception for intelligence activities  
,the requirement to impose sanctions    
under this section shall not apply with 
respect to activities subject to the    
reporting requirements under title ,v of
 the ,national ,security ,act of #aidg  
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjia et seq471 or any   
authorized intelligence activities of   
the ,united ,states4  7d7 ,waiver ,the  
,president may waive the imposition of  
the sanctions under this section with   
respect to a foreign person if the      
,president determines and reports to the
 appropriate congressional committees   
that such waiver is--  7#a7 in the      
national security interests of the      
,united ,states2 or  7#b7 necessary to  
prevent undue economic harm to the      
people of ,mexico4  7e7 ,implementation 
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,president may    

exercise all authorities provided to the
 ,president under sections #bjc and #bje
 of the ,international ,emergency       
,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4   
#agjb and #agjd7 to carry out this      
section4  7#b7 ,exception relating to   
the importation of goods ,the           
authorities and requirements to impose  
sanctions authorized under this ,act    
shall not include the authority or      
requirement to impose sanctions on the  
importation of goods4  7#c7 ,good       
defined ,in this subsection1 the term   
good means any article1 natural or      
manmade substance1 material1 supply or  
manufactured product1 including         
inspection and test equipment and       
excluding technical data4  7f7          
,penalties ,a person that violates1     
attempts to violate1 conspires to       
violate1 or causes a violation of this  
section or any regulation1 license1 or  
order issued to carry out this section  
shall be subject to the penalties set   
forth in subsections 7b7 and 7c7 of     

section #bjf of the ,international      
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #agje7 to the same extent as a
 person that commits an unlawful act    
described in subsection 7a7 of that     
section4  7g7 ,report on implementation 
,not later than #ae days after imposing 
sanctions under subsection 7a71 the     
,president shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional committees a  
report regarding measures taken to      
implement this section4  #c4            
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,appropriate congressional committees   
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means--  7,a7 the ,committee 
on ,foreign ,affairs1 the ,committee on 
,armed ,services1 the ,permanent ,select
 ,committee on ,intelligence1 the       
,committee on ,financial ,services1 the 
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and the   
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives2 and  7,b7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations1  
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 the 

,select ,committee on ,intelligence1 the
 ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and  
,urban ,affairs1 the ,committee on the  
,judiciary1 and the ,committee on       
,appropriations of the ,senate4  7#b7   
,foreign person ,the term foreign person
 means an individual or entity that is  
not a ,united ,states person4  7#c7     
,united ,states person ,the term ,united
 ,states person means--  7,a7 a ,united 
,states citizen or an alien lawfully    
admitted for permanent residence to the 
,united ,states2 or  7,b7 an entity     
organized under the laws of the ,united 
,states or of any jurisdiction within   
the ,united ,states1 including a foreign
 branch of such an entity4