Sec. 6. Sanctions with respect to certain foreign persons
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Beginning on and after the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection
(c)on a person described in subsection (b). A person described in this subsection is a foreign person that the President determines knowingly provides significant financial, material, or technological support for— Ansar Allah in Yemen; a person designated pursuant to an applicable Executive order; a person that the President determines is in violation of an applicable United Nations Security Council resolution; an Iranian person identified in the report submitted to the appropriate congressional committees under section 5(a)(3); or a foreign person owned or controlled by a foreign person described in paragraphs
(1)through (4). The sanctions to be imposed on a person described in subsection
(b)are the following: The President shall exercise all of the powers granted to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of the person 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. An alien who the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security determines is a foreign person described in subsection
(b)is— inadmissible to the United States; ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). Any visa or other documentation issued to an alien who is a foreign person described in subsection (b), regardless of when such visa or other documentation was issued, shall be revoked and such alien shall be denied admission to the United States. A revocation under clause (i)— shall take effect immediately; and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or documentation that is in the possession of the alien who is the subject of such revocation. Sanctions under paragraph
(2)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 penalties provided for in subsections
(b)and
(c)of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1705 ) shall apply to a person that knowingly violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations promulgated under subsection
(f)to carry out paragraph
(1)of this subsection to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of such 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 Act. The President shall, not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the implementation of this Act. In this section: The terms admitted and alien have meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 ). The term applicable Executive order means— Executive Order 13611 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen); or any Executive order adopted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, to the extent that such Executive order authorizes the imposition of sanctions on persons for conduct with respect to Yemen. The term applicable United Nations Security Council resolution means— United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216; or any United Nations Security Council resolution adopted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act that authorizes the imposition of sanctions on persons for conduct with respect to Yemen. The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. The term entity — means a partnership, association, corporation, or other organization, group, or subgroup; and includes a governmental entity. The term foreign person means— an individual who is not a United States person or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the United States; or a corporation, partnership, or other entity which is not a United States person. The term person means an individual or entity. The term United States person means a United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States (including foreign branches), or a person in the United States.
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Sanctions with respect to certain foreign persons
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