,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bh1      
#bjba,mr4 ,steube 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,perry1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4 ,crawford1  
,mr4 ,burchett1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4        
,newhouse1 ,mr4 ,c4 ,scott ,franklin of 
,florida1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,banks1  
and ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina7   
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     
impose sanctions on persons engaging in 
transactions in ,afghanistan rare earth 
minerals4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,taliban ,rare      
,earth ,minerals ,sanctions ,act4  #b4  
,imposition of sanctions on persons     
engaging in transactions in ,afghanistan

 rare earth minerals  7a7 ,in general   
,on and after the date that is #ahj days
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,president shall impose the  
sanctions described in subsection 7d7   
with respect to a foreign person the    
,president determines knowingly1 on or  
after such date of enactment1 engages in
 a significant transaction with a person
 that is part of1 or operates for or on 
behalf of1 the rare earth mineral sector
 of ,afghanistan4  7b7 ,exception       
relating to importation of goods  7#a7  
,in general ,notwithstanding subsection 
7a71 the authorities and requirements to
 impose sanctions under subsection 7a7  
shall not include the authority or a    
requirement to impose sanctions on the  
importation of goods4  7#b7 ,good       
defined ,in this subsection1 the term   
good means any article1 natural or      
man-made substance1 material1 supply or 
manufactured product1 including         
inspection and test equipment1 and      
excluding technical data4  7c7          

,penalties ,a person that violates1     
attempts to violate1 conspires to       
violate1 or causes a violation of       
subsection 7a7 or any regulation1       
license1 or order issued to carry out   
subsection 7a7 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  7d7 ,sanctions   
described ,the sanctions to be imposed  
on a foreign person described in        
subsection 7a7 are the following3 7#a7  
,blocking of property ,the ,president   
shall block1 in accordance with the     
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et    
seq471 all transactions in all property 
and interests in property of any person 
subject to subsection 7a7 if such       
property and interests in property are  
in the ,united ,states1 come within the 

,united ,states1 or are or come within  
the possession or control of a ,united  
,states person4  7#b7 ,exclusion from   
,united ,states ,the ,secretary of      
,state shall deny a visa to1 and the    
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
exclude from the ,united ,states1 any   
person subject to subsection 7a7 that is
 an alien4