Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8934 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8934 To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons engaged in piracy, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 5, 2024 Mr. Jackson of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons engaged in piracy, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) In 2011, there were 212 attempted attacks against vessels off of the Somali coast, more than 1,000 crew were held hostage, and 35 seafarers were killed. (2) Over the past decade through the beginning of 2023, rates of piracy in the Western Indian Ocean subsided. (3) Houthi attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel on October 7th have impacted global shipping markets. (4) There has been a surge in Somali pirate attacks, beginning in the fall of 2023 and lasting into 2024, that has coincided with and taken advantage of Houthi aggression. (5) On March 12, 2024, Somali pirates hijacked a Bangladeshi-flagged ship and took its crew hostage. SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the United States Government should seek to sto