[20200417]IF10905_2020财年国外运营拨款：针对外国腐败和侵犯人权行为.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 17, 2020FY2020 Foreign Operations Appropriations: Targeting Foreign Corruption and Human Rights ViolationsTo promote anti-corruption and human rights, the United States prohibits foreign corrupt actors and human rights violators from entering the United States. Currently, Congress provides for such a visa restriction in Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (SFOPS, Division G, P.L. 116-94; 8 U.S.C. 1182 note). A variation of this provision has been in annual foreign operations appropriations since FY2008. This provision requires the Secretary of State to bar from U.S. entry foreign officials about whom the Secretary has credible information indicating that they “have been involved, directly or indirectly, in significant corruption, including corruption related to the extraction of natural resources, or a gross violation of human rights.” The visa restriction extends to immediate family members of the foreign kleptocrat or human rights violator. A pending U.S. visa application need not exist to designate individuals. Moreover, designations may be issued publiclydespi