22 U.S.C. § 6473a — Designated persons list for particularly severe violations of religious freedom

(a) List. (1) The Secretary of State, coordinating with the Ambassador at Large^* and consulting government^* and nongovernment experts, must create and maintain a list of foreign individuals whose visas were denied by a consular post for particularly severe religious-freedom violations under section 1182(a)(2)(G) of title 8, or who face financial sanctions or other measures for such violations. (2) The list is called the “Designated Persons List for Particularly Severe Violations of Religious Freedom^*.” (b) Report. (1) The Secretary must send the list to the appropriate congressional committees. For each person, the report must give the person's name and describe the violation, identify the country or other place where it occurred, and describe actions taken under this chapter or another Act or Executive order in response. (2) The initial report was due within 180 days after December 16, 2016; updates are due every 180 days and when new information becomes available. (3) The report should be unclassified but may have a classified annex. (4) “Appropriate congressional committees” means the Senate Foreign Relations, Appropriations, and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committees, and the House Foreign Affairs, Appropriations, and Financial Services Committees.