Requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons the President determines knowingly engage in piracy, including freezing their U.S. assets and revoking or barring their visas.

• Requires the President to sanction any foreign person the President determines knowingly engages in piracy, defined as acts that violate federal piracy law in chapter 81 of title 18, United States Code.
• Allows the President to block and prohibit transactions in the sanctioned person's property within U.S. jurisdiction, using authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
• Makes sanctioned aliens inadmissible, revokes their existing visas, and cancels other entry documents they hold.
• Exempts humanitarian assistance, food, medicine, medical devices, and intelligence, law enforcement, and national security activities, and lets the President waive sanctions after certifying to Congress 15 days in advance that the waiver serves national security interests.

• Judiciary Committee (House)
• Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
• Foreign Relations Committee (Senate)

International Affairs