Sec. 107. 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 (77 Fed. Reg. 29533), 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 each person that the President determines— is knowingly blocking access to Yemeni ports, ports of entry, or other facilities used by the United Nations, its specialized agencies and implementing partners, national and international nongovernmental organizations, or any other actors engaged in humanitarian relief activities in Yemen; or is otherwise hindering the efforts of such organizations to deliver humanitarian relief, including through diversion of goods and materials intended to provide relief to civilians in Yemen; is knowingly threatening the humanitarian actors referred to in paragraph (1)(A); or is engaging in acts of violence against such actors in Yemen or across conflict lines and borders; is responsible for actions or policies that are intended to undermine— the United Nations-led political process to end the conflict in Yemen; or efforts to promote stabilization and reconstruction in Yemen; is a successor entity to a person referred to in paragraphs
(1)through (3); owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, a person referred to in paragraphs
(1)through (3); is acting for or, on behalf of, a person referred to in paragraphs
(1)through (3); or has knowingly provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services in support of, a person referred to in paragraphs
(1)through (3). The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: In accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the President shall block 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; are transported into the United States; or are in, or come into, 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 such visa 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 the imposition of sanctions under this section. Any person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation described in subsection (b), or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out such 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 such section.
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Sec. 107
Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons hindering humanitarian access and threatening the peace or stability of Yemen
Fed. Reg.77 FR 29533
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