Sec. 102. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain foreign persons threatening peace or stability in Iraq and Syria
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The President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b)(1) with respect to any foreign person that— is responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly or indirectly— actions that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Iraq or Syria; actions or policies that undermine efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq; or the obstruction of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, humanitarian assistance to the people of Iraq or Syria; has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any activity described in subparagraph (A), (B), or
(C)of paragraph (1); or is owned or controlled by, or has acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a foreign person that has carried out any activity described in subparagraph (A), (B), or
(C)of paragraph
(1)or paragraph (2). The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: The President shall block, in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ), all transactions in all property and interests in property of a person subject to 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 Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any person subject to subsection
(a)that is an alien. The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien subject to subsection (a), regardless of when issued. A revocation under subclause
(I)shall take effect immediately and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession. The requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 ) shall not apply for purposes of the imposition of sanctions under this section. A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that paragraph 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. Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations. The President may, on a case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 180 days, waive the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person, and may renew the waiver for additional periods of not more than 180 days, if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees at least 15 days before the waiver or renewal of the waiver is to take effect that the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the United States. A report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. The provisions of this subsection and any waivers issued pursuant to this subsection shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. The President may exercise all authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of carrying out this section. The President shall, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the implementation of this section. Not less than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations under paragraph (1), the President shall notify and provide to the appropriate congressional committees the proposed regulations and the provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act that the regulations are implementing. In this section: The terms admitted and alien have the meanings given those terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ). The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. The term foreign person means— an individual who is not a United States person; a corporation, partnership, or other nongovernmental entity that is not a United States person; or any representative, agent or instrumentality of, or an individual working on behalf of a foreign government. The term Government of Iraq has the meaning given that term in section 576.310 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). The term Government of Syria has the meaning given that term in section 542.305 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). The term knowingly , with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. The term person means an individual or entity. The terms property and property interest have the meanings given those terms in section 576.312 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). The term United States person has the meaning given that term in section 576.319 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). This section shall cease to be effective beginning on January 1, 2022.
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Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain foreign persons threatening peace or stability in Iraq and Syria
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