The United States Congress is currently debating a law that would impose asset freezes and visa bans on the 60 people identified as having had some responsibility for Magnitsky's detention and death. Many of the law’s supporters want it to replace the so-called Jackson-Vanik amendment, a Cold War-era law that restricts US trade with Russia – and that the Obama administration is pushing to repeal.
美国国会目前正在讨论一项法律，该法律上将会对那些已经确定的对马格尼茨基的拘留和死亡负有责任的60余人实行冻结资产和签证禁令。许多该法律的支持者希望它代替所谓的杰克逊 ·瓦尼克修正案，这是一项冷战时期限制美国与俄罗斯贸易的法律，奥巴马政府正在推动废除该项法律。这种变化将加倍有益——既增强贸易，又使那些侵犯人权之人伏法。