Sec. 206. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons that destabilize certain countries or that are responsible for human rights abuses
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of each person the Secretary determines, based on credible evidence— has committed, or poses a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of— threatening the peace or stability of a covered country or the government of a covered country; undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in a covered country or to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of a covered country or Syria; or undermining the peace process in Syria; has been responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, or has participated in, the commission of human rights abuses in a covered country or Syria, including human rights abuses related to repression; has committed or facilitated, directly or indirectly, human rights abuses or other acts of violence, intimidation, or harassment, in Iran on or after June 12, 2009, on behalf of the Government of Iran; has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, an activity described in paragraph (1), (2), or
(3)or any person who engages in such an activity; has been responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals in Iran who seek— to expose illegal activity carried out by officials of the Government of Iran; or to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote internationally recognized human rights and freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, expression, association, and assembly, and the rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; has acted as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person in a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph (5); has been a government official, or a senior associate of such an official, responsible for, or complicit in, ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, acts of significant corruption in Iran, including the expropriation of private or public assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of corruption to foreign jurisdictions; or has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, an activity described in paragraph (7). The President may, in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ), block all transactions in all property and interests in property of a person on the list required by subsection
(a)if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person. The requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 ) shall not apply for purposes of this section. A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph
(1)or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out paragraph
(1)shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections
(b)and
(c)of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1705 ) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection
(a)of that section. In this section, the term covered country means Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, or Yemen.
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Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons that destabilize certain countries or that are responsible for human rights abuses
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