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US HB969
Bill
Status
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Greg Steube
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AI Summary
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Sanctions take effect 180 days after enactment against foreign persons who knowingly engage in significant transactions with Afghanistan's rare earth mineral sector, including entities operating for or on behalf of the Taliban
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Sanctioned individuals face blocking of all property and property interests in the United States or controlled by U.S. persons under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
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Foreign nationals subject to sanctions will be denied U.S. visas and excluded from entering the United States
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Penalties for violations, attempted violations, or conspiracy to violate the sanctions follow those established in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705)
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Sanctions do not apply to the importation of goods, defined as articles, substances, materials, supplies, or manufactured products excluding technical data
Legislative Description
Taliban Rare Earth Minerals Sanctions Act
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2/4/2025