El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025

Key Points

• Requires the President to sanction El Salvador’s president and other top officials, plus others tied to serious human rights abuses or related schemes.
• Sanctions would freeze any of their U.S.-linked assets, block many money transfers, stop U.S. banks from lending to them, and restrict visas and U.S. entry.
• Orders reports to Congress: within 10 days after sanctions are imposed, and then yearly lists explaining who was sanctioned and why, plus any U.S. assistance and agreements.
• Tells Treasury to push international lenders to stop loans or assistance to El Salvador’s government, with a carve-out for humanitarian help like food and medicine.
• Bars U.S. funds from going to El Salvador’s government until a later certification; also requires a public report on whether cryptocurrency is being used for corruption or to dodge sanctions.