8 U.S.C. § 1182d — Denial of visas to confiscators of American property

(a) Denial of visas. Except as section 6091 of title 22 otherwise provides, and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of State^* may deny a visa to an alien^* who—

(1) abuses a position, including a government or political-party position, to convert, or has converted, for personal gain real property that was confiscated or expropriated and to which a United States national owns a claim, or who helps someone else carry out such a conversion; or

(2) causes another person to take or fail to take any action described in paragraph (1).

(a) uses the term “alien.” This section does not define that term.

(b) Exceptions. Subsection (a) does not apply to—

(1) a country created by an international mandate through the United Nations; or

(2) a territory that the United States Government recognizes as being disputed.

(c) Reporting requirement. Within 6 months after October 21, 1998, and every 12 months after that, the Secretary of State must send the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations a report that includes—

(1) a list of aliens who were denied a visa under this subsection; and

(2) a list of aliens who could have been denied a visa under subsection (a) but were issued a visa, together with an explanation of why each visa was issued.