Sec. 6. Authorization of imposition of sanctions
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The President may impose the sanctions described in subsection
(b)with respect to any foreign person the President determines, based on credible evidence— is responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the unlawful or wrongful detention abroad of a United States national; acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person in a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph (1); or materially assists, sponsors, or provides financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, an activity described in paragraph (1). The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: In the case of a foreign person who is an individual— ineligibility to receive a visa to enter the United States or to be admitted to the United States; or if the individual has been issued a visa or other documentation, revocation, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1201(i) ), of the visa or other documentation. Sanctions under subparagraph
(A)shall not apply to an individual if admitting the individual into the United States would further important law enforcement objectives or 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 of the United States. The blocking, in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all transactions in all property and interests in property of a foreign 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. 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. The authority to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property under subparagraph
(A)shall not include the authority to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. In this subparagraph, the term good means any article, natural or man-made substance, material, supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (b)(2) 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 terminate the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a person if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days before the termination of the sanctions that— credible information exists that the person did not engage in the activity for which sanctions were imposed; the person has been prosecuted appropriately for the activity for which sanctions were imposed; the person has credibly demonstrated a significant change in behavior, has paid an appropriate consequence for the activity for which sanctions were imposed, and has credibly committed to not engage in an activity described in subsection
(a)in the future; or the termination of the sanctions is in the national security interests of the United States. The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this section. In this section: The term foreign person has the meaning given that term in section 595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act). The term United States person has the meaning given that term in section 595.315 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act).
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