Sec. 5. SANCTIONS ON PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE IN VENEZUELA
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## SEC. 5 SANCTIONS ON PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE IN VENEZUELA ###
(a)In General The President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection
(b)with respect to any foreign person, including any current or former official of the Government of Venezuela or any person acting on behalf of that Government, that the President determines— ####
(1)has perpetrated, or is responsible for ordering or otherwise directing, significant acts of violence or serious human rights abuses in Venezuela against persons associated with the antigovernment protests in Venezuela that began on February 4, 2014; ####
(2)has ordered or otherwise directed the arrest or prosecution of a person in Venezuela primarily because of the person’s legitimate exercise of freedom of expression or assembly; or ####
(3)has knowingly materially assisted, sponsored, or provided significant financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, the commission of acts described in paragraph
(1)or (2). ###
(b)Sanctions Described ####
(1)In General The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: #####
(A)Asset blocking The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of a person determined by the President to be subject to subsection
(a)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. #####
(B)Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa or other documentation In the case of an alien determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a), denial of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other documentation of the alien. ####
(2)Penalties A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out paragraph (1)(A) 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. ####
(3)Exception relating to importation of goods The requirement to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property under paragraph (1)(A) shall not include the authority to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. ####
(4)Exception to comply with united nations headquarters agreement Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) 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. ###
(c)Waiver The President may waive the application of sanctions under subsection
(b)with respect to a person if the President— ####
(1)determines that such a waiver is in the national interest of the United States; and ####
(2)on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, submits to 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 a notice of and justification for the waiver. ###
(d)Regulatory Authority The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this section. ###
(e)Termination The requirement to impose sanctions under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2023. ###
(f)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Admitted; alien The terms “admitted” and “alien” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). ####
(2)Financial institution The term “financial institution” has the meaning given that term in section 5312 of title 31, United States Code. ####
(3)Foreign person The term “foreign person” means a person that is not a United States person. ####
(4)Good The term “good” has the meaning given that term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). ####
(5)Knowingly The term “knowingly”, with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. ####
(6)Materially assisted The term “materially assisted” means the provision of assistance that is significant and of a kind directly relevant to acts described in paragraph
(1)or
(2)of subsection (a). ####
(7)United states person The term “United States person” means— #####
(A)a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or #####
(B)an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
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SANCTIONS ON PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE IN VENEZUELA
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