Sec. 205. Presidential actions
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Except as provided in subsection (c), the Presidential actions referred to in this subsection are the following: A private demarche. An official public demarche. A public condemnation. A public condemnation within one or more multilateral fora. The delay or cancellation of one or more scientific exchanges. The delay or cancellation of one or more cultural exchanges. The denial of one or more working, official, or state visits. The delay or cancellation of one or more working, official, or state visits.
A formal request to the foreign country concerned to extradite the individual who is engaged in abduction. The restriction of the number of visas issued to nationals of such country pursuant to subparagraphs (F), (J), or
(M)of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)). The withdrawal, limitation, or suspension of United States development assistance in accordance with section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n). Directing the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, or the Trade and Development Agency not to approve the issuance of any (or a specified number of) guarantees, insurance, extensions of credit, or participations in the extension of credit with respect to such government or the agency or instrumentality of such government determined by the President to be responsible for such unresolved case or pattern of noncooperation, as applicable. The withdrawal, limitation, or suspension of United States security assistance in accordance with section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304). In accordance with section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act of 1977 (22 U.S.C. 262d), directing the United States executive directors of international financial institutions to oppose and vote against loans primarily benefitting such government or the agency or instrumentality of such government determined by the President to be responsible for such unresolved case or pattern of noncooperation, as applicable. The denial, withdrawal, suspension, or limitation of benefits provided pursuant to title V of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq. ), relating to the Generalized System of Preferences. Ordering the heads of the appropriate United States agencies not to issue any (or a specified number of) specific licenses, and not to grant any other specific authority (or a specified number of authorities), to export any goods or technology to such government or to the agency or instrumentality of such government determined by the President to be responsible for such unresolved case or pattern of noncooperation, as applicable, under— the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act); the Arms Export Control Act; the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or any other statute that requires the prior review and approval of the United States Government as a condition for the export or re-export of goods or services. Prohibiting any United States financial institution from making loans or providing credits totaling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month period to such government or to the agency or instrumentality of such government determined by the President to be responsible for such unresolved case or pattern of noncooperation, as applicable. Prohibiting the United States Government from procuring, or entering into any contract for the procurement of, any goods or services from such government or from the agency or instrumentality of such government determined by the President to be responsible for such unresolved case or pattern of noncooperation, as applicable. Except as provided in subsection (c), the President may substitute any other action authorized by law for any action described in subsection
(a)if such action is commensurate in effect to the action substituted and if such action would further the purposes of this Act as specified in section 2(c). The President shall seek to take all appropriate and feasible actions authorized by law to resolve the unresolved case or to obtain the cessation of such pattern of noncooperation, as applicable. If commensurate action is taken under this subsection, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on such action, together with an explanation for taking such action. Any action taken pursuant to subsection
(a)or
(b)may not prohibit or restrict the provision of medicine, medical equipment or supplies, food, or other life-saving humanitarian assistance.
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