,i #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #bfcc ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #c1 #bjbe,mr4 ,jackson of ,texas 7for himself and ,mr4 ,james7 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 a full review of the bilateral relationship between the ,united ,states and ,south ,africa and identify ,south ,african government officials and ,,anc leaders eligible for the imposition of sanctions1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,u4,s4-,south ,africa ,bilateral ,relations ,review ,act of #bjbe4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the actions of factions within the ,african ,national ,congress 7,,anc71 the political party that since #aiid has held a governing majority and controlled ,south ,africa's executive branch1 are inconsistent with the ,south ,african ,government's publicly stated policy of nonalignment in international affairs4 7#b7 ,the ,south ,african ,government has a history of siding with malign actors1 including ,hamas1 a ,united ,states designated ,foreign ,terrorist ,organization and a proxy of the ,iranian regime1 and continues to pursue closer ties with the ,people's ,republic of ,china 7,,prc7 and the ,russian ,federation4 7#c7 ,the ,south ,african ,government's support of ,hamas dates back to #aiid1 when the ,,anc first came into power1 taking a hardline stance of consistently accusing ,israel of practicing apartheid4 7#d7 ,following the unprovoked and unprecedented horrendous attack by ,hamas on ,israel on ,october #g1 #bjbc1 where ,hamas terrorists killed and kidnapped hundreds of ,israelis1 members of the ,south ,african ,government and leaders of the ,,anc have delivered a variety of antisemitic and anti-,israel-related statements and actions1 including-- 7,a7 on ,october #g1 #bjbc1 ,south ,africa's ,foreign ,ministry released a statement expressing concern of escalating violence1 urging ,israel's restraint in response1 and implicitly blaming ,israel for provoking the attack through continued illegal occupation of ,palestine land1 continued settlement expansion1 desecration of the ,al ,aqsa ,mosque and ,christian holy sites1 and ongoing oppression of the ,palestinian people2 7,b7 on ,october #h1 #bjbc1 the ,,anc's national spokesperson1 ,mahlengi ,bhengu-,motsiri1 said of the devastating ,hamas attack1 the decision by ,palestinians to respond to the brutality of the settler ,israeli apartheid regime is unsurprising2 7,c7 on ,october #ad1 #bjbc1 ,president ,cyril ,ramaphosa of ,south ,africa1 accused ,israel of genocide in statements during a pro-,palestinian rally2 7,d7 on ,october #ag1 #bjbc1 ,south ,african ,foreign ,minister ,naledi ,pandor accepted a call with ,hamas leader ,ismail ,haniyeh2 7,e7 on ,october #bb1 #bjbc1 ,south ,african ,foreign ,minister ,naledi ,pandor visited ,tehran and met with ,president ,raisi of the ,islamic ,republic of ,iran1 which is actively funding ,hamas2 7,f7 on ,november #g1 #bjbc1 in a parliamentary address1 ,foreign ,minister ,pandor called for the ,international ,criminal ,court to issue an immediate arrest warrant charging ,israeli ,prime ,minister ,benjamin ,netanyahu with violations of international criminal law2 7,g7 on ,november #ag1 #bjbc1 ,south ,africa1 along with #d other countries1 submitted a joint request to the ,international ,criminal ,court for an investigation into alleged war crimes being committed in the ,palestinian territories2 7,h7 on ,december #e1 #bjbc1 the ,,anc hosted #c members of ,hamas in ,pretoria1 including ,khaled ,qaddoumi1 ,hamas's representative to ,iran1 and ,bassem ,naim1 a member of ,hamas's political bureau in ,gaza2 7,i7 on ,december #bi1 #bjbc1 ,south ,africa filed a politically motivated suit in the ,international ,court of ,justice wrongfully accusing ,israel of committing genocide2 7,j7 in ,march #bjbd1 ,south ,african ,foreign ,minister ,pandor was quoted saying ,south ,africa will arrest ,israeli-,south ,africans who are fighting in the ,israeli ,defense ,forces upon their return home and could strip them of their ,south ,african citizenship4 ,minister ,pandor also implicitly encouraged protests outside of the ,united ,states ,embassy2 7,k7 on ,october #g1 #bjbd1 the ,,anc commemorated only the ,palestinian lives lost to ,israel1 while accusing ,israel of genocide2 7,l7 in ,october #bjbd1 ,south ,africa filed its ,memorial to the ,international ,court of ,justice1 accusing ,israel of genocidal actions to depopulate ,gaza through mass death and displacement2 7,m7 in ,november #bjbd1 ,south ,africa appointed ,ebrahim ,rasool as their ,ambassador to the ,united ,states1 who previously hosted senior ,hamas officials to ,south ,africa when he was the ,premier of the ,western ,cape and1 in #bjbj1 was a speaker at an annual event hosted by the ,iranian regime to celebrate ,hezbollah's resistance against ,israel2 and 7,n7 the ,,anc's ongoing attempt to rename the street that the ,united ,states ,consulate in ,johannesburg is located on as ,leila ,khaled ,drive1 including a quote from ,,anc first ,deputy ,secretary ,general ,nomvula ,mokonyane saying we want the ,united ,states of ,america embassy to change their letterhead to ,number #a ,leila ,khaled ,drive4 7#e7 ,the ,south ,african ,government and the ,,anc have maintained close relations with the ,russian ,federation1 which has been accused of perpetrating war crimes in ,ukraine and indiscriminately undermines human rights4 ,south ,africa's robust relationship with ,russia spans the military and political space1 including-- 7,a7 allowing a ,united ,states-sanctioned ,russian cargo ship1 the ,lady ,r1 to dock and transfer arms at a ,south ,african naval base in ,december #bjbb2 7,b7 hosting offshore naval exercises1 entitled ,operation ,mosi ,,ii1 carried out jointly with the ,,prc and ,russia1 between ,february #ag and #bg1 #bjbc1 corresponding with the #a-year anniversary of ,russia's unjustified and unprovoked invasion of ,ukraine2 7,c7 authorizing a ,united ,states-sanctioned ,russian military cargo airplane to land at a ,south ,african ,air ,force ,base2 7,d7 reneging on its initial call for the ,russian ,federation to immediately withdraw its forces from ,ukraine and actively seeking improved relations with ,moscow since ,february #bjbb2 7,e7 dispatching multiple high-level official delegations to ,russia to further political1 intelligence1 and military cooperation2 7,f7 ,united ,states sanctioned oligarch ,viktor ,vekselberg donating #hbf1jjj to the ,,anc in #bjbb2 and 7,g7 the ,,anc publishing an article in their newspaper1 ,,anc ,today1 in ,october #bjbd promoting ,russian propaganda about the war in ,ukraine4 7#f7 ,south ,african ,government interactions with the ,,prc ,government and ,,anc interactions with the ,chinese ,communist ,party 7,,ccp71 who are committing gross violations of human rights in the ,xinjiang province and implement economically coercive tactics around the globe1 undermine ,south ,africa's democratic constitutional system of governance1 as exemplified in-- 7,a7 ongoing ,,anc and ,,ccp inter-party cooperation1 especially with the fundamental incompatibility between the civil and democratic rights guaranteed in ,south ,africa's ,constitution and the ,,ccp's routine suppression of free expression and individual rights2 7,b7 allowing the private ,test ,flying ,academy of ,south ,africa1 which the ,department of ,commerce added to the ,entity ,list on ,june #ab1 #bjbc1 to recruit former ,united ,states and ,,nato fighter pilots to train ,chinese ,people's ,liberation ,army pilots2 7,c7 ,south ,africa's hosting of #f ,,prc ,government-backed and ,,ccp-linked ,confucius ,institutes1 a type of entity that a ,,ccp official characterized as an important part of the ,,ccp's external propaganda structure1 the most of any country in ,africa2 7,d7 ,south ,african ,government support for1 and ,,anc participation in1 a political training school opened in ,tanzania funded by the ,chinese ,communist ,party where it trains political members of the ruling liberation movements in #f ,southern ,african countries4 ,the school instills ,,ccp ideology into the next-generation of ,african leaders and attempts to export the ,,ccp's system of party-run authoritarian governance to the ,african continent2 7,e7 cooperation with the ,,prc under the ,,prc's global ,belt and ,road ,initiative which1 while trade and infrastructure-focused1 is designed to expand ,,prc global economic1 political1 and security sector-related influence2 7,f7 the widespread presence in ,south ,africa's media and technology sectors of ,,prc state linked firms that the ,united ,states has restricted due to threats to national security1 including ,huawei ,technologies1 ,,zte and ,hikvision1 which place ,south ,african sovereignty at risk and facilitate the ,,ccp's export of its model of digitally aided authoritarian governance underpinned by cyber controls1 social monitoring1 propaganda1 and surveillance2 and 7,g7 the ,south ,african government's clear appeasement to the ,,ccp in demanding that ,taiwan relocate its representative office out of ,pretoria and downgrade its status to that of a trade office4 7#g7 ,the ,,anc-led ,south ,african ,government has a history of substantially mismanaging a range of state resources and has often proven incapable of effectively delivering public services1 threatening the ,south ,african people and the ,south ,african economy1 as illustrated by-- 7,a7 ,president ,cyril ,ramaphosa's ,february #i1 #bjbc1 declaration of a national state of disaster over the worsening1 multi-year power crisis caused by the ,,anc's chronic mismanagement of the state-owned power company ,eskom1 resulting from endemic1 high-level corruption2 7,b7 the persistence of ,south ,african state-owned railway company ,transnet's insufficient capacity1 which has disrupted rail operations and hindered mining companies' export of iron ore1 coal1 and other commodities1 in part due to malfeasance and corruption by former ,transnet officials2 7,c7 outbreaks of cholera in #bjbc and #bjbd1 the worst in #ae years1 which were due in part to the ,south ,african ,government's disease prevention failures1 as ,president ,ramaphosa admitted on ,june #i1 #bjbc1 including a failure to provide clean water to households2 and 7,d7 rampant state capture1 that emerged and grew during the administration of former ,president ,jacob ,zuma and has damaged ,south ,africa's international standing and profoundly undermined the rule of law1 continues to negatively impact the economic development prospects and living standards of the ,south ,african people while deeply damaging public trust in state governance4 7#h7 ,in ,november #bjbd1 ,south ,africa appointed ,ebrahim ,rasool as ,ambassador to the ,united ,states4 ,rasool had previously made public comments describing ,president ,trump as extreme and in ,march #bjbe1 ,rasool characterized ,president ,trump as a white supremacist4 ,secretary of ,state ,marco ,rubio subsequently declared ,rasool as persona non grata in the ,united ,states4 #c4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 it is in the national security interest of the ,united ,states to deter strategic political and security cooperation and information sharing with the ,,prc and the ,russian ,federation1 particularly any form of cooperation that may aid or abet ,russia's war of aggression on ,ukraine or its international standing or influence2 and 7#b7 the ,south ,african ,government's foreign policy actions have long ceased to reflect its stated stance of nonalignment1 and now directly favor the ,,prc1 the ,russian ,federation1 and ,hamas1 a known proxy of ,iran1 and thereby undermine ,united ,states national security and foreign policy interests4 #d4 ,presidential certification of determination with respect to ,south ,africa 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #cj days after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,president1 in consultation with the ,secretary of ,state and the ,secretary of ,defense1 shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees and release publicly an unclassified determination explicitly stating whether ,south ,africa has engaged in activities that undermine ,united ,states national security or foreign policy interests4 7b7 ,accompanying report ,the certification required by subsection 7a7 shall be accompanied by an unclassified report submitted to the appropriate congressional committees1 with a classified annex if necessary1 providing the justification for the determination4 #e4 ,full review of the bilateral relationship 7a7 ,bilateral relationship review ,the ,president1 in consultation with the ,secretary of ,state1 the ,secretary of ,defense1 the ,united ,states ,trade ,representative1 and the heads of other ,federal departments and agencies that play a substantial role in ,united ,states relations with ,south ,africa1 shall conduct a comprehensive review of the bilateral relationship between the ,united ,states and ,south ,africa4 7b7 ,report on findings ,not later than #abj days after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,president shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the findings of the review required by subsection 7a74 #f4 ,report on sanctionable persons ,not later than #abj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,president1 in consultation with the ,secretary of ,state and the ,secretary of ,treasury1 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a classified report that includes-- 7#a7 a list of senior ,south ,african government officials and ,,anc leaders the ,president determines have engaged in corruption or human rights abuses that would be sufficient1 based on credible evidence1 to meet the criteria for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the authorities provided by the ,global ,magnitsky ,human ,rights ,accountability ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaja et seq472 and 7#b7 with respect to each person identified pursuant to paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 a detailed explanation describing the conduct forming the basis of the person's inclusion on the list2 and 7,b7 7i7 the expected timeline for sanctions described in paragraph 7#a7 to be imposed with respect to such person2 or 7ii7 if the ,president does not intend to impose sanctions with respect to such person1 a detailed justification describing the rationale and legal authorities underlying such negative determination4 #g4 ,definitions 7a7 ,,anc ,the term ,,anc means the ,african ,national ,congress4 7b7 ,appropriate congressional committees ,the term appropriate congressional committees means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of ,representatives2 and 7#b7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate4 7c7 ,,ccp ,the term ,,ccp means the ,chinese ,communist ,party4 7d7 ,,prc ,the term ,,prc means the ,people's ,republic of ,china4