1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Sense of Congress on advancing a negotiated solution to Nicaragua's crisis. Sec. 4. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons responsible for human rights violations and corruption in Nicaragua. Sec. 5. Certification and waiver. Sec. 6. Report on human rights violations and corruption in Nicaragua. Sec. 7. Definitions. 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) On April 19, 2018, protests began in Managua, Nicaragua, as a result of changes made to the social security system by the Government of Nicaragua that would have raised workers’ contributions and cut retirees’ pensions. (2) The Government of Nicaragua has responded to antigovernment protests with excessive force and killings perpetrated by its public security forces and, as of July 17, 2018, more than 273 people have been killed in the context of those protests, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States. (3) On May 21, 2018, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued a statement that described the excessive use of force by Nicaraguan security forces and armed irregular groups that resulted in dozens of persons killed and hundreds wounded; illegal and arbitrary detentions; practices of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; censorship and attacks on the press