Sec. 406. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons hindering humanitarian access and threatening the peace or stability of Yemen
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It is the sense of Congress that the President should continue to implement Executive Order 13611 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of persons threatening the peace, security, or stability of Yemen). Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection
(c)with respect to any foreign person that the President determines— knowingly blocks the transport or delivery of significant humanitarian goods or services through Yemeni ports, ports of entry, or other facilities used by actors engaged in legitimate humanitarian relief activities in Yemen; otherwise intentionally and significantly hinders humanitarian efforts of actors engaged in legitimate humanitarian relief activities in Yemen, including through the diversion of goods and services intended to provide relief to civilians in Yemen; knowingly engages in significant acts with the intent to undermine the United Nations-led political process to end the conflict in Yemen; or knowingly materially assists, sponsors, or provides significant financial, material, or technological support for, or significant goods or services to or in support of, acts described in paragraph (1), (2), or
(3)or any person the property and interests in property of which are blocked in connection with such acts. The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: The President shall, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of a person subject to subsection
(b)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 alien subject to subsection (b). The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of any such officer or Secretary) shall revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien subject to subsection (b), regardless of when the visa or other documentation was 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 under section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 ) shall not apply for purposes of paragraph (1)(A). Subsection (c)(1) shall not apply to any act incidental or necessary to the provision of humanitarian assistance. The requirement to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property under subsection (c)(1)(A) shall not include the authority to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. In this paragraph, the term good means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. Subsection (c)(1)(B) shall not apply with respect to the admission of an alien to the United States if such admission is necessary to comply with United States obligations under the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, under the Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or under other international obligations. 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. A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (c)(1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection 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. The President may— waive the application of this section for a period of not more than 180 days if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and may renew that waiver for additional periods of not more than 180 days each. Not later than 30 days after issuing a waiver under paragraph (1), and every 180 days thereafter while the waiver remains in effect, the President shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the reasons for the waiver. This section and sanctions imposed under this section shall terminate on the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a certification that all parties are making good faith efforts to implement the Stockholm Agreement, the Hudaydah Agreement, and any successor agreements, in an effort to end the conflict. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
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Sec. 406
Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons hindering humanitarian access and threatening the peace or stability of Yemen
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