Sec. 6. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Venezuela that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses
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The President shall impose sanctions described in section 5(b) with respect to each person on the list required under subsection
(b)of this section. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons who the President determines have knowingly engaged in an activity described in paragraph
(2)on or after such date of enactment. A person knowingly engages in an activity described in this paragraph if the person— transfers, or facilitates the transfer of, goods or technologies described in subparagraph
(C)to Venezuela, any person organized under the laws of Venezuela, or any national of Venezuela, for use in or with respect to Venezuela; or provides services (including services relating to hardware, software, and specialized information, and professional consulting, engineering, and support services) with respect to goods or technologies described in subparagraph
(C)after such goods or technologies are transferred to Venezuela. A person engages in an activity described in subparagraph
(A)without regard to whether the activity is carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Goods or technologies described in this subparagraph are goods or technologies that the President determines are to be used by the Government of Venezuela or any of the agencies or instrumentalities of the Government of Venezuela (or by any other person on behalf of the Government of Venezuela or any of such agencies or instrumentalities) to commit serious human rights abuses against the people of Venezuela, including— firearms or ammunition (as such terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code), rubber bullets, police batons, pepper or chemical sprays, stun grenades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, water cannons, or surveillance technology; or sensitive technology. For purposes of clause (i)(II), the term sensitive technology means hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology, that the President determines is to be used specifically— to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Venezuela; or to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Venezuela. The term sensitive technology does not include information or informational materials the exportation of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 203(b)(3) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3) ). The President shall not be required to include a person on the list required under paragraph
(1)if— the President determines that the person is no longer engaging in, or has taken significant credible steps toward stopping (including winding down contracts or other agreements that were in effect prior to the date of the enactment of this Act) the activity described in paragraph
(2)for which the President would otherwise have included the person on the list; and the President has received reliable assurances that such person will not knowingly engage in any new activity described in such paragraph (2). The President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)— not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and as new information becomes available. The list required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. The unclassified portion of the list required under paragraph
(1)shall be made available to the public and posted on the Web site of the Department of State. The President may waive the application of sanctions described in section 5(b) with respect to a person on the list required under subsection
(b)of this section if the President— determines that such a waiver is in the national interests of the United States and on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, submits to the appropriate congressional committees a notice of and justification for the waiver; or determines that the conditions in Venezuela have improved with regard to respect for peaceful protest and basic human rights and on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, submits to the appropriate congressional committees a notice of and justification for the waiver. The President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. The authority to impose sanctions under paragraph
(1)shall not include the authority to impose sanctions relating to the importation of goods. In subparagraph (A), the term good has the meaning given that term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 ( 50 U.S.C. App. 2415 ) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. )).
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Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Venezuela that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses
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