Sec. 302. Requests by appropriate congressional committees
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Not later than 120 days after receiving a request from the chairperson or ranking member of one or more of the appropriate congressional committees with respect to whether a foreign person meets the criteria described in paragraph
(1)or
(2)of section 102 for purposes of applying a directive described in such section with respect to the person, or have engaged in any conduct described in section 201 for the imposition of the sanction described in section 202, the President shall— determine if that person meets the requirements described in the applicable section; and submit to the chairperson and ranking member of the committee or committees a report that includes— a statement of whether or not the President imposed or intends to impose such sanction with respect to the person; and if applicable, a description of the sanction so imposed or intended to be imposed. Any information obtained at any time with respect to the President making a determination with respect to a foreign person under subsection (a), or under any review of the foreign person through other United States Government national security review processes, shall be made available to a committee or subcommittee of Congress of appropriate jurisdiction, upon the request of the chairman or ranking minority member of such committee or subcommittee. No such committee or subcommittee, or member thereof, may disclose any information made available under clause (i), that is submitted on a confidential basis unless the full committee determines that the withholding of that information is contrary to the national interest. Each determination described in subsection (a)(1), and each report under subsection (a)(2), may be submitted in classified or unclassified form, and any supporting documentation to such determination or report may contain a classified annex.