48 | | - | SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 3 |
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49 | | - | InthisAct: 4 |
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50 | | - | (1)ADMITTED.—Theterm‘‘admitted’’hasthe 5 |
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51 | | - | meaninggiventhatterminsection101(a)(13)(A)of 6 |
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52 | | - | theImmigrationandNationalityAct(8U.S.C. 7 |
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53 | | - | 1101(a)(13)(A)). 8 |
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54 | | - | (2)AGENCYORINSTRUMENTALITY OFAFOR-9 |
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55 | | - | EIGNSTATE.—Theterm‘‘agencyorinstrumentality 10 |
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56 | | - | ofaforeignstate’’hasthemeaninggiventhatterm 11 |
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57 | | - | insection1603(b)oftitle28,UnitedStatesCode. 12 |
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58 | | - | (3)APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-13 |
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59 | | - | TEES.—Theterm‘‘appropriatecongressionalcom-14 |
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60 | | - | mittees’’meanstheCommitteeonForeignRelations 15 |
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61 | | - | oftheSenateandtheCommitteeonForeignAffairs 16 |
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62 | | - | oftheHouseofRepresentatives. 17 |
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63 | | - | (4)FOREIGNPERSON.—Theterm‘‘foreignper-18 |
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64 | | - | son’’means— 19 |
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68 | | - | (A)anindividualwhoisnotaUnited 1 |
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69 | | - | Statesperson;or 2 |
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70 | | - | (B)acorporation,partnership,orother 3 |
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71 | | - | nongovernmentalentitythatisnotaUnited 4 |
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72 | | - | Statesperson. 5 |
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73 | | - | (5)MATERIALSUPPORT.—Theterm‘‘material 6 |
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74 | | - | support’’hasthemeaninggiventheterm‘‘material 7 |
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75 | | - | supportorresources’’insection2339Aoftitle18, 8 |
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76 | | - | UnitedStatesCode. 9 |
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77 | | - | (6)PERSON.—Theterm‘‘person’’meansanin-10 |
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78 | | - | dividualorentity. 11 |
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79 | | - | (7)UNITED STATES PERSON.—Theterm 12 |
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80 | | - | ‘‘UnitedStatesperson’’means— 13 |
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81 | | - | (A)aUnitedStatescitizenoranalienlaw-14 |
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82 | | - | fullyadmittedforpermanentresidencetothe 15 |
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83 | | - | UnitedStates; 16 |
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84 | | - | (B)anentityorganizedunderthelawsof 17 |
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85 | | - | theUnitedStatesorofanyjurisdictionwithin 18 |
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86 | | - | theUnitedStates,includingaforeignbranchof 19 |
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87 | | - | suchanentity;or 20 |
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88 | | - | (C)apersonintheUnitedStates. 21 |
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89 | | - | SEC.3.STATEMENT OFPOLICY. 22 |
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90 | | - | ItisthepolicyoftheUnitedStates— 23 |
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94 | | - | (1)topreventHamas,thePalestinianIslamic 1 |
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95 | | - | Jihad,oranyaffiliateorsuccessorthereoffromac-2 |
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96 | | - | cessingitsinternationalsupportnetworks; 3 |
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97 | | - | (2)toopposeHamas,thePalestinianIslamic 4 |
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98 | | - | Jihad,oranyaffiliateorsuccessorthereoffromat-5 |
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99 | | - | temptingtousegoods,includingmedicineanddual- 6 |
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100 | | - | useitems,tosmuggleweaponsandothermaterials 7 |
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101 | | - | tofurtheractsofterrorism;and 8 |
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102 | | - | (3)toholdaccountableHamas,thePalestinian 9 |
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103 | | - | IslamicJihad,andtheirinternationalsupportnet-10 |
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104 | | - | worksfortheirattackagainstIsraelonOctober7, 11 |
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105 | | - | 2023. 12 |
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106 | | - | SEC.4.IMPOSITION OFSANCTIONS WITHRESPECT TOFOR-13 |
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107 | | - | EIGNPERSONS ANDAGENCIES ANDINSTRU-14 |
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108 | | - | MENTALITIES OFFOREIGN STATES SUP-15 |
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109 | | - | PORTING HAMAS,THEPALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 16 |
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110 | | - | JIHAD,ORANYAFFILIATE ORSUCCESSOR 17 |
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111 | | - | THEREOF. 18 |
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112 | | - | (a)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthe 19 |
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113 | | - | dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,thePresidentshallim-20 |
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114 | | - | posethesanctionsrequiredundersubsection(c)withre-21 |
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115 | | - | specttoanyforeignpersonandanyagencyorinstrumen-22 |
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116 | | - | talityofaforeignstatethatthePresidentdetermines 23 |
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117 | | - | knowingly— 24 |
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121 | | - | (1)assistsin,sponsors,orprovidessignificant 1 |
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122 | | - | financialormaterialsupportfor,orfinancialor 2 |
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123 | | - | otherservicestoorinsupportofanypersonde-3 |
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124 | | - | scribedinsubsection(b);or 4 |
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125 | | - | (2)directlyorindirectly,materiallyengagesin 5 |
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126 | | - | asignificanttransactionwithanypersondescribed 6 |
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127 | | - | insubsection(b). 7 |
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128 | | - | (b)PERSONDESCRIBED.— 8 |
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129 | | - | (1)INGENERAL.—Apersondescribedinthis 9 |
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130 | | - | subsectionisaforeignpersonthatthePresidentde-10 |
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131 | | - | termines— 11 |
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132 | | - | (A)isaseniormemberofHamas,thePal-12 |
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133 | | - | estinianIslamicJihad,oranyaffiliateorsuc-13 |
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134 | | - | cessorthereof; 14 |
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135 | | - | (B)isaseniormemberoftheAl-Aqsa 15 |
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136 | | - | Martyr’sBrigade,Lion’sDen,oranyotheren-16 |
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137 | | - | titythatthePresidentdeterminesispartofthe 17 |
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138 | | - | terroristinfrastructureintheWestBankand 18 |
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139 | | - | Gaza; 19 |
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140 | | - | (C)isaseniormemberofaforeignter-20 |
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141 | | - | roristorganizationdesignatedpursuanttosec-21 |
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142 | | - | tion219oftheImmigrationandNationality 22 |
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143 | | - | Act(8U.S.C.1189)whosemembersdirectlyor 23 |
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144 | | - | indirectlysupportanyoftheactivitiesof,know-24 |
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145 | | - | inglyengageinasignificanttransactionwith, 25 |
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149 | | - | orprovidefinancialormaterialsupportfor 1 |
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150 | | - | Hamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,anyaffil-2 |
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151 | | - | iateorsuccessorthereof,oranypersonde-3 |
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152 | | - | scribedinsubparagraph(A)or(B);or 4 |
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153 | | - | (D)knowinglyprovidesorhasprovided 5 |
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154 | | - | materialassistance,financialormaterialsup-6 |
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155 | | - | port,orgoodsorservicesthatdirectlyorindi-7 |
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156 | | - | rectlysupportstheterroristactivitiesofany 8 |
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157 | | - | foreignpersondescribedinsubparagraph(A)or 9 |
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158 | | - | (B). 10 |
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159 | | - | (2)REQUIREMENT TOISSUEGUIDANCE.—Not 11 |
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160 | | - | laterthan60daysafterthedateoftheenactment 12 |
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161 | | - | ofthisAct,andnotlaterthan180daysthereafter, 13 |
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162 | | - | thePresidentshallissueregulationsorotherguid-14 |
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163 | | - | ancetoidentifythepersonsdescribedinthissub-15 |
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164 | | - | section. 16 |
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165 | | - | (c)SANCTIONSREQUIRED.— 17 |
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166 | | - | (1)FOREIGNPERSONS.—Withrespecttoafor-18 |
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167 | | - | eignpersonsubjecttosanctionsundersubsection 19 |
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168 | | - | (a),thePresidentshallexerciseallpowersgranted 20 |
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169 | | - | tothePresidentbytheInternationalEmergency 21 |
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170 | | - | EconomicPowersAct(50U.S.C.1701etseq.)(ex-22 |
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171 | | - | ceptthattherequirementsofsection202ofsuch 23 |
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172 | | - | Act(50U.S.C.1701)shallnotapply)totheextent 24 |
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173 | | - | necessarytoblockandprohibitalltransactionsinall 25 |
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177 | | - | propertyandinterestsinpropertyoftheforeignper-1 |
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178 | | - | sonifsuchpropertyandinterestsinpropertyarein 2 |
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179 | | - | theUnitedStates,comewithintheUnitedStates,or 3 |
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180 | | - | areorcomewithinthepossessionorcontrolofa 4 |
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181 | | - | UnitedStatesperson. 5 |
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182 | | - | (2)AGENCIESORINSTRUMENTALITIES OFA 6 |
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183 | | - | FOREIGNSTATE.—Withrespecttoanagencyorin-7 |
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184 | | - | strumentalityofaforeignstatesubjecttosanctions 8 |
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185 | | - | undersubsection(a),thePresidentshallimpose2or 9 |
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186 | | - | moreofthefollowing: 10 |
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187 | | - | (A)ThePresidentmaydirecttheExport- 11 |
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188 | | - | ImportBankoftheUnitedStatesnottogive 12 |
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189 | | - | approvaltotheissuanceofanyguarantee,in-13 |
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190 | | - | surance,extensionofcredit,orparticipationin 14 |
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191 | | - | theextensionofcreditinconnectionwiththe 15 |
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192 | | - | exportofanygoodsorservicestotheagencyor 16 |
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193 | | - | instrumentality,andtheExport-ImportBank 17 |
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194 | | - | oftheUnitedStatesshallcomplywithanysuch 18 |
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195 | | - | direction. 19 |
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196 | | - | (B)ThePresidentmayprohibitthesaleof 20 |
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197 | | - | anydefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesign 21 |
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198 | | - | andconstructionservicesundertheArmsEx-22 |
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199 | | - | portControlAct(22U.S.C.2751etseq.)to 23 |
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200 | | - | theagencyorinstrumentality. 24 |
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204 | | - | (C)ThePresidentmayprohibitthe 1 |
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205 | | - | issuanceoflicensesforexportofanyitemon 2 |
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206 | | - | theUnitedStatesMunitionsListundersection 3 |
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207 | | - | 38(a)(1)oftheArmsExportControlAct(22 4 |
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208 | | - | U.S.C.2778(a)(1))thatincludetheagencyor 5 |
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209 | | - | instrumentalityasapartytothelicense. 6 |
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210 | | - | (D)ThePresidentmayprohibittheexport 7 |
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211 | | - | ofanygoodsortechnologiescontrolledforna-8 |
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212 | | - | tionalsecurityreasonsundertheExportAd-9 |
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213 | | - | ministrationRegulationsundersubchapterCof 10 |
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214 | | - | chapterVIIoftitle15,CodeofFederalRegula-11 |
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215 | | - | tions,orsuccessorregulations,totheagencyor 12 |
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216 | | - | instrumentality,exceptthatsuchprohibition 13 |
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217 | | - | shallnotapplytoanytransactionsubjecttothe 14 |
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218 | | - | reportingrequirementsoftitleVoftheNa-15 |
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219 | | - | tionalSecurityActof1947(50U.S.C.3091et 16 |
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220 | | - | seq.). 17 |
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221 | | - | (E)ThePresidentmayprohibitany 18 |
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222 | | - | UnitedStatesfinancialinstitutionfrommaking 19 |
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223 | | - | loansorprovidinganycreditorfinancingtotal-20 |
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224 | | - | ingmorethan$10,000,000totheagencyorin-21 |
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225 | | - | strumentality,exceptthatthissubparagraph 22 |
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226 | | - | shallnotapplyto— 23 |
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227 | | - | (i)anytransactionsubjecttothere-24 |
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228 | | - | portingrequirementsoftitleVoftheNa-25 |
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232 | | - | tionalSecurityActof1947(50U.S.C. 1 |
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233 | | - | 3091etseq.); 2 |
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234 | | - | (ii)theprovisionofmedicines,medical 3 |
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235 | | - | equipment,andhumanitarianassistance; 4 |
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236 | | - | or 5 |
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237 | | - | (iii)anycredit,creditguarantee,orfi-6 |
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238 | | - | nancialassistanceprovidedbytheDepart-7 |
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239 | | - | mentofAgriculturetosupportthepur-8 |
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240 | | - | chaseoffoodorotheragriculturalcom-9 |
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241 | | - | modities. 10 |
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242 | | - | (F)ThePresidentmayexerciseallpowers 11 |
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243 | | - | grantedtothePresidentbytheInternational 12 |
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244 | | - | EmergencyEconomicPowersAct(50U.S.C. 13 |
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245 | | - | 1701etseq.)(exceptthattherequirementsof 14 |
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246 | | - | section202ofsuchAct(50U.S.C.1701)shall 15 |
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247 | | - | notapply)totheextentnecessarytoblockand 16 |
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248 | | - | prohibitalltransactionsinallpropertyandin-17 |
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249 | | - | terestsinpropertyoftheagencyorinstrumen-18 |
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250 | | - | talityifsuchpropertyandinterestsinproperty 19 |
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251 | | - | areintheUnitedStates,comewithinthe 20 |
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252 | | - | UnitedStates,orareorcomewithinthepos-21 |
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253 | | - | sessionorcontrolofaUnitedStatesperson. 22 |
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254 | | - | (d)CONGRESSIONALNOMINATIONDETERMINATION 23 |
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255 | | - | WITHRESPECTTOFOREIGNPERSONSSUBJECTTO 24 |
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256 | | - | SANCTIONS.—Notlaterthan60daysafterreceivingare-25 |
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259 | | - | •S 3874 RS |
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260 | | - | questfromthechairmanandrankingmemberofoneof 1 |
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261 | | - | theappropriatecongressionalcommitteeswithrespectto 2 |
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262 | | - | whetheraforeignpersonissubjecttosanctionsundersub-3 |
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263 | | - | section(a)pursuanttothecriteriasetforthinthatsub-4 |
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264 | | - | section,thePresidentshall— 5 |
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265 | | - | (1)determineifthepersonmeetsthosecriteria; 6 |
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266 | | - | and 7 |
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267 | | - | (2)submitaclassifiedorunclassifiedreportto 8 |
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268 | | - | suchchairmanandrankingmemberwithrespectto 9 |
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269 | | - | thedeterminationunderparagraph(1)thatincludes 10 |
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270 | | - | astatementofwhetherornotthePresidenthasim-11 |
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271 | | - | posedorintendstoimposesanctionswithrespectto 12 |
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272 | | - | thatperson. 13 |
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273 | | - | (e)PENALTIES.— 14 |
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274 | | - | (1)INGENERAL.—Thepenaltiesprovidedforin 15 |
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275 | | - | subsections(b)and(c)ofsection206oftheInter-16 |
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276 | | - | nationalEmergencyEconomicPowersAct(50 17 |
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277 | | - | U.S.C.1705)shallapplytoapersonthatknowingly 18 |
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278 | | - | violates,attemptstoviolate,conspirestoviolate,or 19 |
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279 | | - | causesaviolationofregulationsprescribedunder 20 |
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280 | | - | section7(b)tocarryoutparagraph(1)or(2)(F)of 21 |
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281 | | - | subsection(c)tothesameextentthatsuchpenalties 22 |
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282 | | - | applytoapersonthatknowinglycommitsanunlaw-23 |
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283 | | - | fulactdescribedinsection206(a)ofthatAct. 24 |
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287 | | - | (2)AUTHORITIES.—ThePresidentmayexercise 1 |
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288 | | - | allauthoritiesprovidedtothePresidentundersec-2 |
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289 | | - | tions203and205oftheInternationalEmergency 3 |
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290 | | - | EconomicPowersAct(50U.S.C.1702and1704) 4 |
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291 | | - | forpurposesofcarryingoutparagraphs(1)and 5 |
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292 | | - | (2)(F)ofsubsection(c). 6 |
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293 | | - | (f)EXCEPTION.—ThePresidentshallnotberequired 7 |
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294 | | - | toimposesanctionsunderthissectionwithrespecttoa 8 |
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295 | | - | foreignpersonoranagencyorinstrumentalityofaforeign 9 |
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296 | | - | stateifthePresidentcertifiesinwritingtotheappropriate 10 |
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297 | | - | congressionalcommitteesthat— 11 |
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298 | | - | (1)theforeignpersonoragencyorinstrumen-12 |
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299 | | - | tality(asthecasemaybe)— 13 |
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300 | | - | (A)isnolongercarryingoutactivitiesor 14 |
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301 | | - | transactionssubjecttosanctionsunderthissec-15 |
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302 | | - | tion;or 16 |
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303 | | - | (B)hastakenandiscontinuingtotake 17 |
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304 | | - | significantverifiablestepstowardterminating 18 |
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305 | | - | activitiesortransactionssubjecttosanctions 19 |
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306 | | - | underthissection;and 20 |
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307 | | - | (2)thePresidenthasreceivedreliableassur-21 |
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308 | | - | ancesfromtheforeignpersonoragencyorinstru-22 |
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309 | | - | mentality(asthecasemaybe)thatitwillnotcarry 23 |
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310 | | - | outanyactivitiesortransactionssubjecttosanc-24 |
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311 | | - | tionsunderthissectioninthefuture. 25 |
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315 | | - | (g)WAIVER.— 1 |
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316 | | - | (1)INGENERAL.—ThePresidentmaywaive, 2 |
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317 | | - | onacase-by-casebasisandforaperiodofnotmore 3 |
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318 | | - | than180days,arequirementunderthissectionto 4 |
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319 | | - | imposeormaintainsanctionswithrespecttoafor-5 |
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320 | | - | eignpersonoragencyorinstrumentalityofaforeign 6 |
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321 | | - | stateifthePresident— 7 |
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322 | | - | (A)determinesthatthewaiverisinthe 8 |
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323 | | - | nationalsecurityinterestoftheUnitedStates; 9 |
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324 | | - | and 10 |
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325 | | - | (B)notlessthan30daysbeforethewaiv-11 |
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326 | | - | ertakeseffect,submitstotheappropriatecon-12 |
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327 | | - | gressionalcommitteesareportonthewaiver 13 |
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328 | | - | andthejustificationforthewaiver. 14 |
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329 | | - | (2)RENEWAL OFWAIVER.—ThePresident 15 |
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330 | | - | may,onacase-by-casebasis,renewawaiverunder 16 |
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331 | | - | paragraph(1)foradditionalperiodsofnotmore 17 |
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332 | | - | than180daysifthePresident— 18 |
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333 | | - | (A)determinesthattherenewalofthe 19 |
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334 | | - | waiverisinthenationalsecurityinterestofthe 20 |
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335 | | - | UnitedStates;and 21 |
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336 | | - | (B)notlessthan15daysbeforethewaiv-22 |
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337 | | - | erexpires,submitstotheappropriatecongres-23 |
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338 | | - | sionalcommitteesareportontherenewalof 24 |
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342 | | - | thewaiverandthejustificationfortherenewal 1 |
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343 | | - | ofthewaiver. 2 |
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344 | | - | (h)RULEOFCONSTRUCTION.—Theauthoritytoim-3 |
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345 | | - | posesanctionsunderthissectionwithrespecttoaforeign 4 |
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346 | | - | personoranagencyorinstrumentalityofaforeignstate 5 |
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347 | | - | isinadditiontotheauthoritytoimposesanctionsunder 6 |
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348 | | - | anyotherprovisionoflawwithrespecttoforeignpersons 7 |
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349 | | - | oragenciesorinstrumentalitiesofforeignstatesthatdi-8 |
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350 | | - | rectlyorindirectlysupportinternationalterrorism. 9 |
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351 | | - | (i)EFFECTIVEDATE.—Thissectionshalltakeeffect 10 |
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352 | | - | onthedateoftheenactmentofthisActandapplywith 11 |
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353 | | - | respecttoactivitiesandtransactionsdescribedinsub-12 |
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354 | | - | section(a)thatarecarriedoutonoraftersuchdateof 13 |
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355 | | - | enactment. 14 |
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356 | | - | SEC.5.IMPOSITION OFSANCTIONS WITHRESPECT TOFOR-15 |
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357 | | - | EIGNGOVERNMENTS THATPROVIDE MATE-16 |
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358 | | - | RIALSUPPORT FORTHETERRORIST ACTIVI-17 |
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359 | | - | TIESOFHAMAS,THEPALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 18 |
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360 | | - | JIHAD,ORANYAFFILIATE ORSUCCESSOR 19 |
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361 | | - | THEREOF. 20 |
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362 | | - | (a)IDENTIFICATION.— 21 |
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363 | | - | (1)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180days 22 |
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364 | | - | afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,and 23 |
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365 | | - | every180daysthereafter,thePresidentshallsub-24 |
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368 | | - | •S 3874 RS |
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369 | | - | mittotheappropriatecongressionalcommitteesa 1 |
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370 | | - | reportthatidentifiesthefollowing: 2 |
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371 | | - | (A)Eachgovernmentofaforeigncountry 3 |
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372 | | - | that— 4 |
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373 | | - | (i)theSecretaryofStatedetermines 5 |
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374 | | - | hasrepeatedlyprovidedsupportforactsof 6 |
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375 | | - | internationalterrorismpursuanttosection 7 |
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376 | | - | 1754(c)oftheExportControlReformAct 8 |
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377 | | - | of2018(50U.S.C.4813(c)),section40of 9 |
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378 | | - | theArmsExportControlAct(22U.S.C. 10 |
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379 | | - | 2780),section620AoftheForeignAssist-11 |
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380 | | - | anceActof1961(22U.S.C.2371),orany 12 |
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381 | | - | otherprovisionoflaw;and 13 |
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382 | | - | (ii)thePresidentdetermineshaspro-14 |
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383 | | - | videddirectorindirectmaterialsupport 15 |
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384 | | - | fortheterroristactivitiesofHamas,the 16 |
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385 | | - | PalestinianIslamicJihad,oranyaffiliate 17 |
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386 | | - | orsuccessorthereof. 18 |
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387 | | - | (B)Eachgovernmentofaforeigncountry 19 |
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388 | | - | that— 20 |
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389 | | - | (i)isnotidentifiedundersubpara-21 |
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390 | | - | graph(A);and 22 |
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391 | | - | (ii)thePresidentdeterminesknow-23 |
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392 | | - | inglyengagedinasignificanttransaction 24 |
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397 | | - | ernmentofaforeigncountrydescribedin 1 |
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398 | | - | subparagraph(A)(i)toprovidedirector 2 |
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399 | | - | indirectmaterialsupportfortheterrorist 3 |
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400 | | - | activitiesofHamas,thePalestinianIs-4 |
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401 | | - | lamicJihad,oranyaffiliateorsuccessor 5 |
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402 | | - | thereof. 6 |
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403 | | - | (2)FORMOFREPORT.—Eachreportsubmitted 7 |
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404 | | - | underparagraph(1)shallbesubmittedinunclassi-8 |
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405 | | - | fiedformbutmaycontainaclassifiedannex. 9 |
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406 | | - | (b)IMPOSITIONOFSANCTIONS.—ThePresidentshall 10 |
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407 | | - | imposethefollowingsanctionswithrespecttoeachgov-11 |
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408 | | - | ernmentofaforeigncountryidentifiedundersubpara-12 |
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409 | | - | graph(A)or(B)ofsubsection(a)(1): 13 |
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410 | | - | (1)TheUnitedStatesGovernmentshallsus-14 |
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411 | | - | pend,foraperiodofoneyear,UnitedStatesassist-15 |
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412 | | - | ancetothegovernmentoftheforeigncountry. 16 |
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413 | | - | (2)TheSecretaryoftheTreasuryshallinstruct 17 |
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414 | | - | theUnitedStatesExecutiveDirectortoeachappro-18 |
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415 | | - | priateinternationalfinancialinstitutiontooppose, 19 |
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416 | | - | andvoteagainst,foraperiodofoneyear,theexten-20 |
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417 | | - | sionbythatinstitutionofanyloanorfinancialor 21 |
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418 | | - | technicalassistancetothegovernmentoftheforeign 22 |
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419 | | - | country. 23 |
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420 | | - | (3)NoitemontheUnitedStatesMunitions 24 |
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421 | | - | Listundersection38(a)(1)oftheArmsExport 25 |
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423 | | - | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 16 |
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424 | | - | •S 3874 RS |
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425 | | - | ControlAct(22U.S.C.2778(a)(1))ortheCom-1 |
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426 | | - | merceControlListsetforthinSupplementNo.1to 2 |
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427 | | - | part774oftitle15,CodeofFederalRegulations(or 3 |
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428 | | - | anysuccessorlist),maybeexportedtothegovern-4 |
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429 | | - | mentoftheforeigncountryforaperiodofoneyear. 5 |
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430 | | - | (c)IMPOSITIONOFADDITIONALSANCTIONSWITH 6 |
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431 | | - | RESPECTTOCERTAINFOREIGNGOVERNMENTS.—The 7 |
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432 | | - | Presidentshallimposethefollowingadditionalsanctions 8 |
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433 | | - | withrespecttoeachgovernmentofaforeigncountryiden-9 |
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434 | | - | tifiedundersubsection(a)(1)(A): 10 |
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435 | | - | (1)ThePresidentshall,pursuanttosuchregu-11 |
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436 | | - | lationsasthePresidentmayprescribe,prohibitany 12 |
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437 | | - | transactionsinforeignexchangethataresubjectto 13 |
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438 | | - | thejurisdictionoftheUnitedStatesandinwhich 14 |
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439 | | - | thegovernmentoftheforeigncountryhasanyinter-15 |
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440 | | - | est. 16 |
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441 | | - | (2)ThePresidentshall,pursuanttosuchregu-17 |
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442 | | - | lationsasthePresidentmayprescribe,prohibitany 18 |
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443 | | - | transfersofcreditorpaymentsbetweenoneormore 19 |
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444 | | - | financialinstitutionsorby,through,ortoanyfinan-20 |
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445 | | - | cialinstitution,totheextentthatsuchtransfersor 21 |
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446 | | - | paymentsaresubjecttothejurisdictionofthe 22 |
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447 | | - | UnitedStatesandinvolveanyinterestofthegovern-23 |
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448 | | - | mentoftheforeigncountry. 24 |
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449 | | - | (d)EXCEPTIONS.— 25 |
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453 | | - | (1)MILITARYUSEEXCEPTION.—ThePresident 1 |
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454 | | - | shallnotberequiredtoimposesanctionswithre-2 |
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455 | | - | specttothegovernmentofaforeigncountrypursu-3 |
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456 | | - | anttosubsection(b)— 4 |
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457 | | - | (A)withrespecttomaterialsintendedto 5 |
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458 | | - | beusedbymilitaryorcivilianpersonnelofthe 6 |
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459 | | - | ArmedForcesoftheUnitedStatesatmilitary 7 |
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460 | | - | facilitiesinthecountry;or 8 |
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461 | | - | (B)iftheapplicationofsuchsanctions 9 |
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462 | | - | wouldpreventtheUnitedStatesfrommeeting 10 |
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463 | | - | thetermsofanystatusofforcesagreementto 11 |
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464 | | - | whichtheUnitedStatesisaparty. 12 |
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465 | | - | (2)HUMANITARIAN EXCEPTION.—Thefollowing 13 |
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466 | | - | activitiesshallbeexemptfromsanctionsunderthis 14 |
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467 | | - | section: 15 |
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468 | | - | (A)Theconductorfacilitationofatrans-16 |
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469 | | - | actionforthesaleofagriculturalcommodities, 17 |
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470 | | - | food,medicine,ormedicaldevicestoaforeign 18 |
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471 | | - | governmentdescribedinsubsection(a)thatis 19 |
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472 | | - | nototherwisesubjecttotheexportcontrollaws 20 |
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473 | | - | oftheUnitedStates. 21 |
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474 | | - | (B)Theprovisionofhumanitarianassist-22 |
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475 | | - | ancetoaforeigngovernmentdescribedinsub-23 |
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476 | | - | section(a),includingengaginginafinancial 24 |
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477 | | - | transactionrelatingtohumanitarianassistance 25 |
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482 | | - | goodsorservicesthatarenecessarytocarry 2 |
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483 | | - | outoperationsrelatingtohumanitarianassist-3 |
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484 | | - | anceorhumanitarianpurposes. 4 |
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485 | | - | (e)WAIVER.— 5 |
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486 | | - | (1)INGENERAL.—ThePresidentmaywaive, 6 |
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487 | | - | onacase-by-casebasisandforaperiodofnotmore 7 |
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488 | | - | than180days,arequirementundersubsection(b) 8 |
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489 | | - | or(c)toimposeormaintainsanctionswithrespect 9 |
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490 | | - | toaforeigngovernmentidentifiedpursuanttosub-10 |
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491 | | - | paragraph(A)or(B)ofsubsection(a)(1)ifthe 11 |
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492 | | - | President— 12 |
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493 | | - | (A)determinesthatthewaiverisinthe 13 |
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494 | | - | nationalsecurityinterestoftheUnitedStates; 14 |
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495 | | - | and 15 |
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496 | | - | (B)notlessthan30daysbeforethewaiv-16 |
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497 | | - | ertakeseffect,submitstotheappropriatecon-17 |
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498 | | - | gressionalcommitteesareportonthewaiver 18 |
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499 | | - | andthejustificationforthewaiver. 19 |
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500 | | - | (2)RENEWAL OFWAIVER.—ThePresident 20 |
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501 | | - | may,onacase-by-casebasis,renewawaiverunder 21 |
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502 | | - | paragraph(1)foradditionalperiodsofnotmore 22 |
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503 | | - | than180daysifthePresident— 23 |
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508 | | - | waiverisinthenationalsecurityinterestofthe 2 |
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510 | | - | (B)notlessthan15daysbeforethewaiv-4 |
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511 | | - | erexpires,submitstotheappropriatecongres-5 |
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512 | | - | sionalcommitteesareportontherenewalof 6 |
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513 | | - | thewaiverandthejustificationfortherenewal 7 |
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514 | | - | ofthewaiver. 8 |
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515 | | - | (3)SUNSET.—TheauthorityofthePresident 9 |
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516 | | - | underthissubsectionshallterminateonthedate 10 |
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517 | | - | thatis2yearsafterthedateoftheenactmentof 11 |
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518 | | - | thisAct. 12 |
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519 | | - | (f)RULEOFCONSTRUCTION.—Theauthoritytoim-13 |
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520 | | - | posesanctionsundersubsection(b)or(c)withrespectto 14 |
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521 | | - | eachgovernmentofaforeigncountryidentifiedpursuant 15 |
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522 | | - | tosubparagraph(A)or(B)ofsubsection(a)(1)isinaddi-16 |
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523 | | - | tiontotheauthoritytoimposesanctionsunderanyother 17 |
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524 | | - | provisionoflawwithrespecttogovernmentsofforeign 18 |
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525 | | - | countriesthatprovidematerialsupporttoforeignterrorist 19 |
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526 | | - | organizationsdesignatedpursuanttosection219ofthe 20 |
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527 | | - | ImmigrationandNationalityAct(8U.S.C.1189). 21 |
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528 | | - | (g)TERMINATION.—ThePresidentmayterminate 22 |
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529 | | - | anysanctionsimposedwithrespecttothegovernmentof 23 |
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530 | | - | aforeigncountryundersubsection(b)or(c)ifthePresi-24 |
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531 | | - | dentdeterminesandnotifiestheappropriatecongressional 25 |
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534 | | - | •S 3874 RS |
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535 | | - | committeesthatthegovernmentoftheforeigncountryis 1 |
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536 | | - | nolongercarryingoutactivitiesortransactionsforwhich 2 |
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537 | | - | thesanctionswereimposedandhasprovidedassurances 3 |
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538 | | - | totheUnitedStatesGovernmentthatitwillnotcarry 4 |
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539 | | - | outthoseactivitiesortransactionsinthefuture. 5 |
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540 | | - | (h)EFFECTIVEDATE.—Thissectionshalltakeeffect 6 |
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541 | | - | onthedateoftheenactmentofthisActandapplywith 7 |
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542 | | - | respecttoactivitiesandtransactionsdescribedinsubpara-8 |
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543 | | - | graph(A)or(B)ofsubsection(a)(1)thatarecarriedout 9 |
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544 | | - | onoraftersuchdateofenactment. 10 |
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545 | | - | SEC.6.REPORT ONACTIVITIES OFFOREIGN COUNTRIES 11 |
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546 | | - | TODISRUPT GLOBAL FUNDRAISING, FINANC-12 |
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547 | | - | ING,ANDMONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES 13 |
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548 | | - | OFHAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 14 |
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549 | | - | JIHAD,ORANYAFFILIATE ORSUCCESSOR 15 |
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550 | | - | THEREOF. 16 |
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551 | | - | (a)REPORT.— 17 |
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552 | | - | (1)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180days 18 |
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553 | | - | afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,the 19 |
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554 | | - | Presidentshallsubmittotheappropriatecommit-20 |
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555 | | - | teesofCongressareportthatincludes— 21 |
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556 | | - | (A)alistofforeigncountriesthatsupport 22 |
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557 | | - | Hamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,orany 23 |
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558 | | - | affiliateorsuccessorthereof,orinwhich 24 |
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561 | | - | •S 3874 RS |
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562 | | - | Hamasmaintainsimportantportionsofitsfi-1 |
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563 | | - | nancialnetworks; 2 |
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564 | | - | (B)withrespecttoeachforeigncountryon 3 |
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565 | | - | thelistrequiredbysubparagraph(A)— 4 |
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566 | | - | (i)anassessmentofwhetherthegov-5 |
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567 | | - | ernmentofthecountryistakingadequate 6 |
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568 | | - | measurestofreezetheassetsofHamas, 7 |
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569 | | - | thePalestinianIslamicJihad,oranyaffil-8 |
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570 | | - | iateorsuccessorthereofwithintheterri-9 |
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571 | | - | toryofthecountry;and 10 |
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572 | | - | (ii)inthecaseofacountrythegov-11 |
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573 | | - | ernmentofwhichisnottakingadequate 12 |
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574 | | - | measurestofreezetheassetsofHamas— 13 |
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575 | | - | (I)anassessmentofthereasons 14 |
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576 | | - | thatgovernmentisnottakingade-15 |
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577 | | - | quatemeasurestofreezethoseassets; 16 |
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578 | | - | and 17 |
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579 | | - | (II)adescriptionofmeasures 18 |
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580 | | - | beingtakenbytheUnitedStatesGov-19 |
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581 | | - | ernmenttoencouragethatgovern-20 |
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582 | | - | menttofreezethoseassets; 21 |
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583 | | - | (C)alistofforeigncountriesinwhich 22 |
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584 | | - | Hamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,orany 23 |
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585 | | - | affiliateorsuccessorthereof,conductssignifi-24 |
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587 | | - | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 22 |
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588 | | - | •S 3874 RS |
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589 | | - | cantfundraising,financing,ormoneylaun-1 |
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590 | | - | deringactivities; 2 |
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591 | | - | (D)withrespecttoeachforeigncountry 3 |
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592 | | - | onthelistrequiredbysubparagraph(C)— 4 |
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593 | | - | (i)anassessmentofwhetherthegov-5 |
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594 | | - | ernmentofthecountryistakingadequate 6 |
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595 | | - | measurestodisruptthefundraising,fi-7 |
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596 | | - | nancing,ormoneylaunderingactivitiesof 8 |
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597 | | - | Hamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,or 9 |
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598 | | - | anyaffiliateorsuccessorthereofwithinthe 10 |
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599 | | - | territoryofthecountry;and 11 |
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600 | | - | (ii)inthecaseofacountrythegov-12 |
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601 | | - | ernmentofwhichisnottakingadequate 13 |
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602 | | - | measurestodisruptthoseactivities— 14 |
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603 | | - | (I)anassessmentofthereasons 15 |
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604 | | - | thatgovernmentisnottakingade-16 |
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605 | | - | quatemeasurestodisruptthoseac-17 |
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606 | | - | tivities;and 18 |
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607 | | - | (II)adescriptionofmeasures 19 |
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608 | | - | beingtakenbytheUnitedStatesGov-20 |
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609 | | - | ernmenttoencouragethatgovern-21 |
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610 | | - | menttoimprovemeasurestodisrupt 22 |
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611 | | - | thoseactivities;and 23 |
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612 | | - | (E)alistofforeigncountriesfromwhich 24 |
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619 | | - | ment,orothermeanstoinhibitcommunication 3 |
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620 | | - | orpoliticalexpressioninGaza. 4 |
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621 | | - | (2)FORM.—Thereportrequiredbyparagraph 5 |
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622 | | - | (1)shallbesubmittedinunclassifiedformtothe 6 |
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623 | | - | greatestextentpossibleandmaycontainaclassified 7 |
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624 | | - | annex. 8 |
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625 | | - | (b)BRIEFING.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthe 9 |
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626 | | - | dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,andevery180days 10 |
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627 | | - | thereafterforthefollowing3years,theSecretaryofState, 11 |
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628 | | - | theSecretaryoftheTreasury,andtheheadsofotherap-12 |
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629 | | - | plicableFederaldepartmentsandagencies(ortheirdes-13 |
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630 | | - | ignees)shallprovidetotheappropriatecommitteesof 14 |
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631 | | - | Congressabriefingonthedispositionoftheassetsand 15 |
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632 | | - | activitiesofHamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,orany 16 |
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633 | | - | successororaffiliatethereofrelatedtofundraising,financ-17 |
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634 | | - | ing,andmoneylaunderingworldwide. 18 |
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635 | | - | (c)APPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OFCONGRESSDE-19 |
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636 | | - | FINED.—Inthissection,theterm‘‘appropriatecommit-20 |
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637 | | - | teesofCongress’’means— 21 |
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638 | | - | (1)theCommitteeonForeignRelations,the 22 |
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639 | | - | CommitteeonBanking,Housing,andUrbanAf-23 |
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640 | | - | fairs,andtheSelectCommitteeonIntelligenceof 24 |
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641 | | - | theSenate;and 25 |
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645 | | - | (2)theCommitteeonForeignAffairs,the 1 |
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646 | | - | CommitteeonFinancialServices,andthePerma-2 |
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647 | | - | nentSelectCommitteeonIntelligenceoftheHouse 3 |
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648 | | - | ofRepresentatives. 4 |
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649 | | - | SEC.7.MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 5 |
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650 | | - | (a)RULESOFCONSTRUCTION.— 6 |
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651 | | - | (1)INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Nothingin 7 |
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652 | | - | thisActshallbeconstruedtoapplytotheauthor-8 |
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653 | | - | izedintelligenceactivitiesoftheUnitedStates. 9 |
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654 | | - | (2)ASSISTANCETOPALESTINIANS.—Nothing 10 |
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655 | | - | inthisActshallbeconstruedtoprohibitthePresi-11 |
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656 | | - | dentfromprovidingassistancethatbenefitsPal-12 |
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657 | | - | estiniansintheWestBankandGazaifsuchassist-13 |
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658 | | - | anceisconsistentwithauthoritiesandrequirements 14 |
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659 | | - | underotherprovisionsoflaw,includingsection 15 |
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660 | | - | 1004(a)oftheTaylorForceAct(22U.S.C.2378c– 16 |
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661 | | - | 1(a))andsections620Kand620LoftheForeign 17 |
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662 | | - | AssistanceActof1961(22U.S.C.2378band 18 |
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663 | | - | 2378c). 19 |
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664 | | - | (b)REGULATORYAUTHORITY.—ThePresidentshall, 20 |
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665 | | - | notlaterthan180daysafterthedateoftheenactment 21 |
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666 | | - | ofthisAct,prescriberegulationsasarenecessaryforthe 22 |
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667 | | - | implementationofthisAct. 23 |
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668 | | - | (c)EXCEPTIONS.— 24 |
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672 | | - | (1)EXCEPTIONRELATINGTOIMPORTATION OF 1 |
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673 | | - | GOODS.— 2 |
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674 | | - | (A)INGENERAL.—Theauthoritiesandre-3 |
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675 | | - | quirementstoimposesanctionsauthorized 4 |
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676 | | - | underthisActshallnotincludetheauthorityor 5 |
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677 | | - | requirementtoimposesanctionsontheimpor-6 |
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678 | | - | tationofgoods. 7 |
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679 | | - | (B)GOODDEFINED.—Inthisparagraph, 8 |
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680 | | - | theterm‘‘good’’meansanyarticle,naturalor 9 |
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681 | | - | man-madesubstance,material,supplyormanu-10 |
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682 | | - | facturedproduct,includinginspectionandtest 11 |
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683 | | - | equipment,andexcludingtechnicaldata. 12 |
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684 | | - | (2)EXCEPTIONFORAPPROVEDHUMANITARIAN 13 |
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685 | | - | ASSISTANCE.—Noforeignperson,agencyorinstru-14 |
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686 | | - | mentalityofaforeignstate,orgovernmentofafor-15 |
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687 | | - | eigncountrymaybesubjecttosanctionsundersec-16 |
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688 | | - | tion(4)(c)or5(b)withrespecttotheprovisionof 17 |
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689 | | - | humanitarianassistancetotheWestBankandGaza 18 |
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690 | | - | thatwasapprovedbytheSecretaryofStatewiththe 19 |
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691 | | - | concurrenceoftheSecretaryoftheTreasury. 20 |
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692 | | - | (d)TERMINATION.—ThisActshallterminateonthe 21 |
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693 | | - | earlierof— 22 |
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694 | | - | (1)30daysafterthedateonwhichthePresi-23 |
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695 | | - | dentcertifiestotheappropriatecongressionalcom-24 |
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699 | | - | mitteesthatHamasandthePalestinianIslamic 1 |
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700 | | - | Jihad,oranysuccessororaffiliatethereof— 2 |
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701 | | - | (A)arenolongerdesignatedasaforeign 3 |
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702 | | - | terroristorganizationpursuanttosection219 4 |
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703 | | - | oftheImmigrationandNationalityAct(8 5 |
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704 | | - | U.S.C.1189); 6 |
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705 | | - | (B)arenolongersubjecttosanctionspur-7 |
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706 | | - | suantto— 8 |
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707 | | - | (i)ExecutiveOrder12947(50U.S.C. 9 |
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708 | | - | 1701note;relatingtoprohibitingtrans-10 |
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709 | | - | actionswithterroristswhothreatentodis-11 |
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710 | | - | rupttheMiddleEastpeaceprocess);and 12 |
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711 | | - | (ii)ExecutiveOrder13224(50U.S.C. 13 |
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712 | | - | 1701note;relatingtoblockingproperty 14 |
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713 | | - | andprohibitingtransactionswithpersons 15 |
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714 | | - | whocommit,threatentocommit,orsup-16 |
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715 | | - | portterrorism);and 17 |
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716 | | - | (C)meetthecriteriadescribedinpara-18 |
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717 | | - | graphs(1)through(4)ofsection9ofthePal-19 |
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718 | | - | estinianAnti-TerrorismActof2006(Public 20 |
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719 | | - | Law109–446;22U.S.C.2378bnote);or 21 |
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720 | | - | (2)3yearsafterthedateoftheenactmentof 22 |
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725 | | - | SEC.8.DETERMINATION OFBUDGETARY EFFECTS. 1 |
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726 | | - | ThebudgetaryeffectsofthisAct,forthepurposeof 2 |
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727 | | - | complyingwiththeStatutoryPay-As-You-Go-Actof2010 3 |
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728 | | - | (2U.S.C.931etseq.),shallbedeterminedbyreference 4 |
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729 | | - | tothelateststatementtitled‘‘BudgetaryEffectsof 5 |
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730 | | - | PAYGOLegislation’’forthisAct,submittedforprinting 6 |
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731 | | - | intheCongressionalRecordbytheChairmanoftheSen-7 |
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732 | | - | ateBudgetCommittee,providedthatsuchstatementhas 8 |
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733 | | - | beensubmittedpriortothevoteonpassage. 9 |
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734 | | - | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 10 |
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735 | | - | (a) S |
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736 | | - | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 11 |
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737 | | - | ‘‘Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad International Ter-12 |
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738 | | - | rorism Support Prevention Act of 2024’’. 13 |
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739 | | - | (b) T |
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740 | | - | ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 14 |
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741 | | - | this Act is as follows: 15 |
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742 | | - | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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743 | | - | Sec. 2. Definitions. |
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744 | | - | Sec. 3. Statement of policy. |
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745 | | - | Sec. 4. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons and agencies and |
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746 | | - | instrumentalities of foreign states supporting Hamas, the Pales- |
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747 | | - | tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. |
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748 | | - | Sec. 5. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign governments that provide |
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749 | | - | material support for the terrorist activities of Hamas, the Pales- |
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750 | | - | tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. |
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751 | | - | Sec. 6. Report on activities of foreign countries to disrupt global fundraising, fi- |
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752 | | - | nancing, and money laundering activities of Hamas, the Pales- |
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753 | | - | tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. |
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754 | | - | Sec. 7. Miscellaneous provisions. |
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755 | | - | Sec. 8. Determination of budgetary effects. |
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756 | | - | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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757 | | - | Sec. 2. Definitions. |
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758 | | - | Sec. 3. Statement of policy. |
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759 | | - | Sec. 4. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons and agencies and |
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760 | | - | instrumentalities of foreign states supporting Hamas, the Pales- |
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761 | | - | tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. |
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762 | | - | Sec. 5. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign governments that provide |
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763 | | - | material support for the terrorist activities of Hamas, the Pales- |
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769 | | - | nancing, and money laundering activities of Hamas, the Pales- |
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770 | | - | tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. |
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771 | | - | Sec. 7. Modification and extension of Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as De- |
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772 | | - | fenseless Shields Act. |
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773 | | - | Sec. 8. Confronting asymmetric and malicious cyber activities. |
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774 | | - | Sec. 9. Sanctions with respect to threats to current or former United States offi- |
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775 | | - | cials. |
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776 | | - | Sec. 10. Resources for sanctions implementation at the Department of State. |
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777 | | - | Sec. 11. Report on impacts on the Islamic Republic of Iran of sanctions imposed |
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778 | | - | by the United States. |
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779 | | - | Sec. 12. Miscellaneous provisions. |
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1092 | | - | AIVER.—The President may waive, on a case-by- 20 |
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1093 | | - | case basis and for renewable periods of not more than 180 21 |
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1094 | | - | days, a requirement under this section to impose or main-22 |
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1095 | | - | tain sanctions with respect to a foreign person or agency 23 |
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1096 | | - | or instrumentality of a foreign state if the President— 24 |
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1100 | | - | (1) determines that the waiver is in the national 1 |
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1101 | | - | security interest of the United States; and 2 |
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1102 | | - | (2) not less than 15 days before granting the 3 |
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1103 | | - | waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional com-4 |
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1104 | | - | mittees a report on the waiver and the justification 5 |
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1105 | | - | for the waiver. 6 |
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| 330 | + | AIVER.— 23 |
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| 331 | + | (1) I |
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| 332 | + | N GENERAL.—The President may waive, 24 |
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| 333 | + | on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more 25 |
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| 337 | + | than 180 days, a requirement under this section to 1 |
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| 338 | + | impose or maintain sanctions with respect to a for-2 |
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| 339 | + | eign person or agency or instrumentality of a foreign 3 |
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| 340 | + | state if the President— 4 |
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| 341 | + | (A) determines that the waiver is in the 5 |
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| 342 | + | national security interest of the United States; 6 |
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| 343 | + | and 7 |
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| 344 | + | (B) not less than 30 days before the waiv-8 |
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| 345 | + | er takes effect, submits to the appropriate con-9 |
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| 346 | + | gressional committees a report on the waiver 10 |
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| 347 | + | and the justification for the waiver. 11 |
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| 348 | + | (2) R |
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| 349 | + | ENEWAL OF WAIVER .—The President 12 |
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| 350 | + | may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under 13 |
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| 351 | + | paragraph (1) for additional periods of not more 14 |
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| 352 | + | than 180 days if the President— 15 |
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| 353 | + | (A) determines that the renewal of the 16 |
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| 354 | + | waiver is in the national security interest of the 17 |
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| 355 | + | United States; and 18 |
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| 356 | + | (B) not less than 15 days before the waiv-19 |
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| 357 | + | er expires, submits to the appropriate congres-20 |
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| 358 | + | sional committees a report on the renewal of 21 |
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| 359 | + | the waiver and the justification for the renewal 22 |
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| 360 | + | of the waiver. 23 |
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| 361 | + | (h) R |
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| 362 | + | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im-24 |
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| 363 | + | pose sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign 25 |
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| 367 | + | person or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state 1 |
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| 368 | + | is in addition to the authority to impose sanctions under 2 |
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| 369 | + | any other provision of law with respect to foreign persons 3 |
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| 370 | + | or agencies or instrumentalities of foreign states that di-4 |
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| 371 | + | rectly or indirectly support international terrorism. 5 |
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| 372 | + | (i) E |
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| 373 | + | FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 6 |
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| 374 | + | on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with 7 |
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| 375 | + | respect to activities and transactions described in sub-8 |
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| 376 | + | section (a) that are carried out on or after such date of 9 |
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| 377 | + | enactment. 10 |
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| 378 | + | SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-11 |
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| 379 | + | EIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT PROVIDE MATE-12 |
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| 380 | + | RIAL SUPPORT FOR THE TERRORIST ACTIVI-13 |
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| 381 | + | TIES OF HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 14 |
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| 382 | + | JIHAD, OR ANY AFFILIATE OR SUCCESSOR 15 |
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| 383 | + | THEREOF. 16 |
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| 384 | + | (a) I |
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| 385 | + | DENTIFICATION.— 17 |
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| 386 | + | (1) I |
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| 387 | + | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 18 |
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| 388 | + | after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 19 |
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| 389 | + | every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub-20 |
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| 390 | + | mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 21 |
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| 391 | + | report that identifies the following: 22 |
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| 392 | + | (A) Each government of a foreign country 23 |
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| 393 | + | that— 24 |
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| 397 | + | (i) the Secretary of State determines 1 |
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| 398 | + | has repeatedly provided support for acts of 2 |
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| 399 | + | international terrorism pursuant to section 3 |
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| 400 | + | 1754(c) of the Export Control Reform Act 4 |
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| 401 | + | of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), section 40 of 5 |
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| 402 | + | the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 403 | + | 2780), section 620A of the Foreign Assist-7 |
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| 404 | + | ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), or any 8 |
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| 405 | + | other provision of law; and 9 |
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| 406 | + | (ii) the President determines has pro-10 |
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| 407 | + | vided direct or indirect material support 11 |
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| 408 | + | for the terrorist activities of Hamas, the 12 |
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| 409 | + | Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate 13 |
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| 410 | + | or successor thereof. 14 |
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| 411 | + | (B) Each government of a foreign country 15 |
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| 412 | + | that— 16 |
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| 413 | + | (i) is not identified under subpara-17 |
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| 414 | + | graph (A); and 18 |
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| 415 | + | (ii) the President determines know-19 |
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| 416 | + | ingly engaged in a significant transaction 20 |
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| 417 | + | that contributes to the efforts by the gov-21 |
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| 418 | + | ernment of a foreign country described in 22 |
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| 419 | + | subparagraph (A)(i) to provide direct or 23 |
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| 420 | + | indirect material support for the terrorist 24 |
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| 421 | + | activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Is-25 |
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| 425 | + | lamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor 1 |
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| 426 | + | thereof. 2 |
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| 427 | + | (2) F |
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| 428 | + | ORM OF REPORT.—Each report submitted 3 |
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| 429 | + | under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi-4 |
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| 430 | + | fied form but may contain a classified annex. 5 |
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| 431 | + | (b) I |
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| 432 | + | MPOSITION OFSANCTIONS.—The President shall 6 |
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| 433 | + | impose the following sanctions with respect to each gov-7 |
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| 434 | + | ernment of a foreign country identified under subpara-8 |
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| 435 | + | graph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1): 9 |
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| 436 | + | (1) The United States Government shall sus-10 |
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| 437 | + | pend, for a period of one year, United States assist-11 |
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| 438 | + | ance to the government of the foreign country. 12 |
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| 439 | + | (2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 13 |
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| 440 | + | the United States Executive Director to each appro-14 |
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| 441 | + | priate international financial institution to oppose, 15 |
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| 442 | + | and vote against, for a period of one year, the exten-16 |
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| 443 | + | sion by that institution of any loan or financial or 17 |
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| 444 | + | technical assistance to the government of the foreign 18 |
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| 445 | + | country. 19 |
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| 446 | + | (3) No item on the United States Munitions 20 |
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| 447 | + | List under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export 21 |
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| 448 | + | Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)) or the Com-22 |
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| 449 | + | merce Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to 23 |
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| 450 | + | part 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or 24 |
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| 454 | + | any successor list), may be exported to the govern-1 |
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| 455 | + | ment of the foreign country for a period of one year. 2 |
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| 456 | + | (c) I |
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| 457 | + | MPOSITION OFADDITIONALSANCTIONSWITH 3 |
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| 458 | + | R |
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| 459 | + | ESPECT TOCERTAINFOREIGNGOVERNMENTS.—The 4 |
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| 460 | + | President shall impose the following additional sanctions 5 |
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| 461 | + | with respect to each government of a foreign country iden-6 |
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| 462 | + | tified under subsection (a)(1)(A): 7 |
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| 463 | + | (1) The President shall, pursuant to such regu-8 |
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| 464 | + | lations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 9 |
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| 465 | + | transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to 10 |
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| 466 | + | the jurisdiction of the United States and in which 11 |
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| 467 | + | the government of the foreign country has any inter-12 |
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| 468 | + | est. 13 |
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| 469 | + | (2) The President shall, pursuant to such regu-14 |
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| 470 | + | lations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 15 |
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| 471 | + | transfers of credit or payments between one or more 16 |
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| 472 | + | financial institutions or by, through, or to any finan-17 |
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| 473 | + | cial institution, to the extent that such transfers or 18 |
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| 474 | + | payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the 19 |
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| 475 | + | United States and involve any interest of the govern-20 |
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| 476 | + | ment of the foreign country. 21 |
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| 477 | + | (d) E |
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| 478 | + | XCEPTIONS.— 22 |
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| 479 | + | (1) M |
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| 480 | + | ILITARY USE EXCEPTION.—The President 23 |
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| 481 | + | shall not be required to impose sanctions with re-24 |
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| 485 | + | spect to the government of a foreign country pursu-1 |
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| 486 | + | ant to subsection (b)— 2 |
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| 487 | + | (A) with respect to materials intended to 3 |
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| 488 | + | be used by military or civilian personnel of the 4 |
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| 489 | + | Armed Forces of the United States at military 5 |
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| 490 | + | facilities in the country; or 6 |
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| 491 | + | (B) if the application of such sanctions 7 |
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| 492 | + | would prevent the United States from meeting 8 |
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| 493 | + | the terms of any status of forces agreement to 9 |
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| 494 | + | which the United States is a party. 10 |
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| 495 | + | (2) H |
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| 496 | + | UMANITARIAN EXCEPTION .—The following 11 |
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| 497 | + | activities shall be exempt from sanctions under this 12 |
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| 498 | + | section: 13 |
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| 499 | + | (A) The conduct or facilitation of a trans-14 |
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| 500 | + | action for the sale of agricultural commodities, 15 |
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| 501 | + | food, medicine, or medical devices to a foreign 16 |
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| 502 | + | government described in subsection (a) that is 17 |
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| 503 | + | not otherwise subject to the export control laws 18 |
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| 504 | + | of the United States. 19 |
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| 505 | + | (B) The provision of humanitarian assist-20 |
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| 506 | + | ance to a foreign government described in sub-21 |
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| 507 | + | section(a), including engaging in a financial 22 |
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| 508 | + | transaction relating to humanitarian assistance 23 |
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| 509 | + | or for humanitarian purposes or transporting 24 |
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| 510 | + | goods or services that are necessary to carry 25 |
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| 514 | + | out operations relating to humanitarian assist-1 |
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| 515 | + | ance or humanitarian purposes. 2 |
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| 516 | + | (e) W |
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| 517 | + | AIVER.— 3 |
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| 518 | + | (1) I |
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| 519 | + | N GENERAL.—The President may waive, 4 |
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| 520 | + | on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more 5 |
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| 521 | + | than 180 days, a requirement under subsection (b) 6 |
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| 522 | + | or (c) to impose or maintain sanctions with respect 7 |
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| 523 | + | to a foreign government identified pursuant to sub-8 |
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| 524 | + | paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) if the 9 |
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| 525 | + | President— 10 |
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| 526 | + | (A) determines that the waiver is in the 11 |
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| 527 | + | national security interest of the United States; 12 |
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| 528 | + | and 13 |
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| 529 | + | (B) not less than 30 days before the waiv-14 |
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| 530 | + | er takes effect, submits to the appropriate con-15 |
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| 531 | + | gressional committees a report on the waiver 16 |
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| 532 | + | and the justification for the waiver. 17 |
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| 533 | + | (2) R |
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| 534 | + | ENEWAL OF WAIVER .—The President 18 |
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| 535 | + | may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under 19 |
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| 536 | + | paragraph (1) for additional periods of not more 20 |
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| 537 | + | than 180 days if the President— 21 |
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| 538 | + | (A) determines that the renewal of the 22 |
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| 539 | + | waiver is in the national security interest of the 23 |
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| 540 | + | United States; and 24 |
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| 544 | + | (B) not less than 15 days before the waiv-1 |
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| 545 | + | er expires, submits to the appropriate congres-2 |
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| 546 | + | sional committees a report on the renewal of 3 |
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| 547 | + | the waiver and the justification for the renewal 4 |
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| 548 | + | of the waiver. 5 |
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| 549 | + | (3) S |
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| 550 | + | UNSET.—The authority of the President 6 |
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| 551 | + | under this subsection shall terminate on the date 7 |
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| 552 | + | that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of 8 |
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| 553 | + | this Act. 9 |
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| 554 | + | (f) R |
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| 555 | + | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im-10 |
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| 556 | + | pose sanctions under subsection (b) or (c) with respect to 11 |
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| 557 | + | each government of a foreign country identified pursuant 12 |
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| 558 | + | to subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) is in addi-13 |
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| 559 | + | tion to the authority to impose sanctions under any other 14 |
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| 560 | + | provision of law with respect to governments of foreign 15 |
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| 561 | + | countries that provide material support to foreign terrorist 16 |
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| 562 | + | organizations designated pursuant to section 219 of the 17 |
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| 563 | + | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 18 |
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| 564 | + | (g) T |
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| 565 | + | ERMINATION.—The President may terminate 19 |
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| 566 | + | any sanctions imposed with respect to the government of 20 |
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| 567 | + | a foreign country under subsection (b) or (c) if the Presi-21 |
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| 568 | + | dent determines and notifies the appropriate congressional 22 |
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| 569 | + | committees that the government of the foreign country is 23 |
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| 570 | + | no longer carrying out activities or transactions for which 24 |
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| 571 | + | the sanctions were imposed and has provided assurances 25 |
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| 575 | + | to the United States Government that it will not carry 1 |
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| 576 | + | out those activities or transactions in the future. 2 |
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1152 | | - | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 21 |
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1153 | | - | the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 22 |
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1154 | | - | days thereafter, the President shall submit to the ap-23 |
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1155 | | - | propriate congressional committees a report that 24 |
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1162 | | - | (i) the Secretary of State determines 3 |
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1163 | | - | has repeatedly provided support for acts of 4 |
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1164 | | - | international terrorism pursuant to section 5 |
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1165 | | - | 1754(c) of the Export Control Reform Act of 6 |
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1166 | | - | 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), section 40 of the 7 |
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1167 | | - | Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), 8 |
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1168 | | - | section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 9 |
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1169 | | - | of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), or any other pro-10 |
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1170 | | - | vision of law; and 11 |
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1171 | | - | (ii) the President determines has pro-12 |
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1172 | | - | vided direct or indirect material support for 13 |
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1173 | | - | the terrorist activities of Hamas, the Pales-14 |
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1174 | | - | tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or 15 |
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1175 | | - | successor thereof. 16 |
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1176 | | - | (B) Each government of a foreign country 17 |
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1177 | | - | that— 18 |
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1178 | | - | (i) is not identified under subpara-19 |
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1179 | | - | graph (A); and 20 |
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1180 | | - | (ii) the President determines know-21 |
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1181 | | - | ingly engaged in a significant transaction 22 |
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1182 | | - | that contributes to the efforts by the govern-23 |
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1183 | | - | ment of a foreign country described in sub-24 |
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1184 | | - | paragraph (A)(i) to provide direct or indi-25 |
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1187 | | - | •S 3874 RS |
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1188 | | - | rect material support for the terrorist ac-1 |
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1189 | | - | tivities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 2 |
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1190 | | - | Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 3 |
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1191 | | - | (2) F |
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1192 | | - | ORM OF REPORT.—Each report submitted 4 |
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1193 | | - | under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi-5 |
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1194 | | - | fied form but may contain a classified annex. 6 |
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1195 | | - | (b) I |
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1196 | | - | MPOSITION OFSANCTIONS.—The President shall 7 |
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1197 | | - | impose the following sanctions with respect to each govern-8 |
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1198 | | - | ment of a foreign country identified under subparagraph 9 |
---|
1199 | | - | (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1): 10 |
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1200 | | - | (1) The United States Government shall suspend, 11 |
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1201 | | - | for a period of one year, United States assistance to 12 |
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1202 | | - | the government of the foreign country. 13 |
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1203 | | - | (2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 14 |
---|
1204 | | - | the United States Executive Director to each appro-15 |
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1205 | | - | priate international financial institution to oppose, 16 |
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1206 | | - | and vote against, for a period of one year, the exten-17 |
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1207 | | - | sion by that institution of any loan or financial or 18 |
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1208 | | - | technical assistance to the government of the foreign 19 |
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1209 | | - | country. 20 |
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1210 | | - | (3) No item on the United States Munitions List 21 |
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1211 | | - | under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control 22 |
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1212 | | - | Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)) or the Commerce Control 23 |
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1213 | | - | List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of title 24 |
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1214 | | - | 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 25 |
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1218 | | - | list), may be exported to the government of the foreign 1 |
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1219 | | - | country for a period of one year. 2 |
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1220 | | - | (c) I |
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1221 | | - | MPOSITION OFADDITIONALSANCTIONSWITHRE-3 |
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1222 | | - | SPECT TOCERTAINFOREIGNGOVERNMENTS.—The Presi-4 |
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1223 | | - | dent shall impose the following additional sanctions with 5 |
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1224 | | - | respect to each government of a foreign country identified 6 |
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1225 | | - | under subsection (a)(1)(A): 7 |
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1226 | | - | (1) The President shall, pursuant to such regula-8 |
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1227 | | - | tions as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 9 |
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1228 | | - | transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to 10 |
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1229 | | - | the jurisdiction of the United States and in which the 11 |
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1230 | | - | government of the foreign country has any interest. 12 |
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1231 | | - | (2) The President shall, pursuant to such regula-13 |
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1232 | | - | tions as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 14 |
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1233 | | - | transfers of credit or payments between one or more 15 |
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1234 | | - | financial institutions or by, through, or to any finan-16 |
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1235 | | - | cial institution, to the extent that such transfers or 17 |
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1236 | | - | payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the United 18 |
---|
1237 | | - | States and involve any interest of the government of 19 |
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1238 | | - | the foreign country. 20 |
---|
1239 | | - | (d) M |
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1240 | | - | ILITARYUSEEXCEPTION.—The President shall 21 |
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1241 | | - | not be required to impose sanctions with respect to the gov-22 |
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1242 | | - | ernment of a foreign country pursuant to subsection (b)— 23 |
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1243 | | - | (1) with respect to materials intended to be used 24 |
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1244 | | - | by military or civilian personnel of the Armed Forces 25 |
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1248 | | - | of the United States at military facilities in the coun-1 |
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1249 | | - | try; or 2 |
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1250 | | - | (2) if the application of such sanctions would 3 |
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1251 | | - | prevent the United States from meeting the terms of 4 |
---|
1252 | | - | any status of forces agreement to which the United 5 |
---|
1253 | | - | States is a party or otherwise would not further the 6 |
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1254 | | - | national security interests of the United States. 7 |
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1255 | | - | (e) W |
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1256 | | - | AIVER.—The President may waive the applica-8 |
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1257 | | - | tion of sanctions under this section on a case-by-case basis 9 |
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1258 | | - | and for renewable periods of not more than 180 days if 10 |
---|
1259 | | - | the President— 11 |
---|
1260 | | - | (1) determines that the waiver is in the national 12 |
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1261 | | - | security interests of the United States; and 13 |
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1262 | | - | (2) not less than 15 days before the granting of 14 |
---|
1263 | | - | the waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional 15 |
---|
1264 | | - | committees a report on the waiver and the justifica-16 |
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1265 | | - | tion for the waiver. 17 |
---|
1266 | | - | (f) E |
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1267 | | - | FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 18 |
---|
1268 | | - | 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 19 |
---|
1269 | | - | apply with respect to activities and transactions described 20 |
---|
1270 | | - | in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) that are 21 |
---|
1271 | | - | carried out on or after such date of enactment. 22 |
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1272 | | - | (g) T |
---|
1273 | | - | ERMINATION ANDSUNSET.— 23 |
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1274 | | - | (1) T |
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1275 | | - | ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 24 |
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1276 | | - | may terminate any sanctions imposed with respect to 25 |
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1280 | | - | the government of a foreign country under subsection 1 |
---|
1281 | | - | (b) or (c) if the President determines and notifies the 2 |
---|
1282 | | - | appropriate congressional committees that the govern-3 |
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1283 | | - | ment of the foreign country is no longer carrying out 4 |
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1284 | | - | activities or transactions for which the sanctions were 5 |
---|
1285 | | - | imposed and has provided assurances to the United 6 |
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1286 | | - | States Government that it will not carry out those ac-7 |
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1287 | | - | tivities or transactions in the future. 8 |
---|
1288 | | - | (2) S |
---|
1289 | | - | UNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 9 |
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1290 | | - | earlier of— 10 |
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1291 | | - | (A) 30 days after the date on which the 11 |
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1292 | | - | President certifies to the appropriate congres-12 |
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1293 | | - | sional committees that Hamas and the Pales-13 |
---|
1294 | | - | tinian Islamic Jihad, or any successor or affil-14 |
---|
1295 | | - | iate thereof— 15 |
---|
1296 | | - | (i) are no longer designated as a for-16 |
---|
1297 | | - | eign terrorist organization pursuant to sec-17 |
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1298 | | - | tion 219 of the Immigration and Nation-18 |
---|
1299 | | - | ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 19 |
---|
1300 | | - | (ii) are no longer subject to sanctions 20 |
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1301 | | - | pursuant to— 21 |
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1302 | | - | (I) Executive Order 12947 (50 22 |
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1303 | | - | U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to prohib-23 |
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1304 | | - | iting transactions with terrorists who 24 |
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1308 | | - | threaten to disrupt the Middle East 1 |
---|
1309 | | - | peace process); and 2 |
---|
1310 | | - | (II) Executive Order 13224 (50 3 |
---|
1311 | | - | U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 4 |
---|
1312 | | - | property and prohibiting transactions 5 |
---|
1313 | | - | with persons who commit, threaten to 6 |
---|
1314 | | - | commit, or support terrorism); and 7 |
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1315 | | - | (iii) meet the criteria described in 8 |
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1316 | | - | paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 9 of 9 |
---|
1317 | | - | the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 10 |
---|
1318 | | - | (Public Law 109–446; 22 U.S.C. 2378b 11 |
---|
1319 | | - | note); or 12 |
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1320 | | - | (B) 2 years after the date of the enactment 13 |
---|
1321 | | - | of this Act. 14 |
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1322 | | - | SEC. 6. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES 15 |
---|
1323 | | - | TO DISRUPT GLOBAL FUNDRAISING, FINANC-16 |
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1324 | | - | ING, AND MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES 17 |
---|
1325 | | - | OF HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 18 |
---|
1326 | | - | JIHAD, OR ANY AFFILIATE OR SUCCESSOR 19 |
---|
1327 | | - | THEREOF. 20 |
---|
| 592 | + | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 15 |
---|
| 593 | + | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 16 |
---|
| 594 | + | President shall submit to the appropriate commit-17 |
---|
| 595 | + | tees of Congress a report that includes— 18 |
---|
| 596 | + | (A) a list of foreign countries that support 19 |
---|
| 597 | + | Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 20 |
---|
| 598 | + | affiliate or successor thereof, or in which 21 |
---|
| 599 | + | Hamas maintains important portions of its fi-22 |
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| 600 | + | nancial networks; 23 |
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| 601 | + | (B) with respect to each foreign country on 24 |
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| 602 | + | the list required by subparagraph (A)— 25 |
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| 606 | + | (i) an assessment of whether the gov-1 |
---|
| 607 | + | ernment of the country is taking adequate 2 |
---|
| 608 | + | measures to freeze the assets of Hamas, 3 |
---|
| 609 | + | the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affil-4 |
---|
| 610 | + | iate or successor thereof within the terri-5 |
---|
| 611 | + | tory of the country; and 6 |
---|
| 612 | + | (ii) in the case of a country the gov-7 |
---|
| 613 | + | ernment of which is not taking adequate 8 |
---|
| 614 | + | measures to freeze the assets of Hamas— 9 |
---|
| 615 | + | (I) an assessment of the reasons 10 |
---|
| 616 | + | that government is not taking ade-11 |
---|
| 617 | + | quate measures to freeze those assets; 12 |
---|
| 618 | + | and 13 |
---|
| 619 | + | (II) a description of measures 14 |
---|
| 620 | + | being taken by the United States Gov-15 |
---|
| 621 | + | ernment to encourage that govern-16 |
---|
| 622 | + | ment to freeze those assets; 17 |
---|
| 623 | + | (C) a list of foreign countries in which 18 |
---|
| 624 | + | Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 19 |
---|
| 625 | + | affiliate or successor thereof, conducts signifi-20 |
---|
| 626 | + | cant fundraising, financing, or money laun-21 |
---|
| 627 | + | dering activities; 22 |
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| 628 | + | (D) with respect to each foreign country 23 |
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| 629 | + | on the list required by subparagraph (C)— 24 |
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| 633 | + | (i) an assessment of whether the gov-1 |
---|
| 634 | + | ernment of the country is taking adequate 2 |
---|
| 635 | + | measures to disrupt the fundraising, fi-3 |
---|
| 636 | + | nancing, or money laundering activities of 4 |
---|
| 637 | + | Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or 5 |
---|
| 638 | + | any affiliate or successor thereof within the 6 |
---|
| 639 | + | territory of the country; and 7 |
---|
| 640 | + | (ii) in the case of a country the gov-8 |
---|
| 641 | + | ernment of which is not taking adequate 9 |
---|
| 642 | + | measures to disrupt those activities— 10 |
---|
| 643 | + | (I) an assessment of the reasons 11 |
---|
| 644 | + | that government is not taking ade-12 |
---|
| 645 | + | quate measures to disrupt those ac-13 |
---|
| 646 | + | tivities; and 14 |
---|
| 647 | + | (II) a description of measures 15 |
---|
| 648 | + | being taken by the United States Gov-16 |
---|
| 649 | + | ernment to encourage that govern-17 |
---|
| 650 | + | ment to improve measures to disrupt 18 |
---|
| 651 | + | those activities; and 19 |
---|
| 652 | + | (E) a list of foreign countries from which 20 |
---|
| 653 | + | Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 21 |
---|
| 654 | + | affiliate or successor thereof, acquires surveil-22 |
---|
| 655 | + | lance equipment, electronic monitoring equip-23 |
---|
| 656 | + | ment, or other means to inhibit communication 24 |
---|
| 657 | + | or political expression in Gaza. 25 |
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| 661 | + | (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 1 |
---|
| 662 | + | (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the 2 |
---|
| 663 | + | greatest extent possible and may contain a classified 3 |
---|
| 664 | + | annex. 4 |
---|
| 665 | + | (b) B |
---|
| 666 | + | RIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 5 |
---|
| 667 | + | date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 6 |
---|
| 668 | + | thereafter for the following 3 years, the Secretary of State, 7 |
---|
| 669 | + | the Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads of other ap-8 |
---|
| 670 | + | plicable Federal departments and agencies (or their des-9 |
---|
| 671 | + | ignees) shall provide to the appropriate committees of 10 |
---|
| 672 | + | Congress a briefing on the disposition of the assets and 11 |
---|
| 673 | + | activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 12 |
---|
| 674 | + | successor or affiliate thereof related to fundraising, financ-13 |
---|
| 675 | + | ing, and money laundering worldwide. 14 |
---|
| 676 | + | (c) A |
---|
| 677 | + | PPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESSDE-15 |
---|
| 678 | + | FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-16 |
---|
| 679 | + | tees of Congress’’ means— 17 |
---|
| 680 | + | (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 18 |
---|
| 681 | + | Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-19 |
---|
| 682 | + | fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 20 |
---|
| 683 | + | the Senate; and 21 |
---|
| 684 | + | (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 22 |
---|
| 685 | + | Committee on Financial Services, and the Perma-23 |
---|
| 686 | + | nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 24 |
---|
| 687 | + | of Representatives. 25 |
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| 691 | + | SEC. 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 1 |
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1331 | | - | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 22 |
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1332 | | - | the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 23 |
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1333 | | - | shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-24 |
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1334 | | - | gress a report that includes— 25 |
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1338 | | - | (A) a list of foreign countries that provide 1 |
---|
1339 | | - | significant financial support for Hamas, the 2 |
---|
1340 | | - | Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or 3 |
---|
1341 | | - | successor thereof, or in which Hamas maintains 4 |
---|
1342 | | - | significant portions of its financial networks; 5 |
---|
1343 | | - | (B) with respect to each foreign country on 6 |
---|
1344 | | - | the list required by subparagraph (A)— 7 |
---|
1345 | | - | (i) an assessment of whether the gov-8 |
---|
1346 | | - | ernment of the country is taking measures 9 |
---|
1347 | | - | to restrict or block access to the assets of 10 |
---|
1348 | | - | Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or 11 |
---|
1349 | | - | any affiliate or successor thereof within the 12 |
---|
1350 | | - | territory of the country; and 13 |
---|
1351 | | - | (ii) in the case of a country the govern-14 |
---|
1352 | | - | ment of which is not taking measures to 15 |
---|
1353 | | - | freeze the assets of Hamas— 16 |
---|
1354 | | - | (I) an assessment of the reasons 17 |
---|
1355 | | - | that government is not taking adequate 18 |
---|
1356 | | - | measures to freeze those assets; and 19 |
---|
1357 | | - | (II) a description of measures 20 |
---|
1358 | | - | being taken by the United States Gov-21 |
---|
1359 | | - | ernment to encourage that government 22 |
---|
1360 | | - | to freeze those assets; 23 |
---|
1361 | | - | (C) a list of foreign countries in which 24 |
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1362 | | - | Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 25 |
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1366 | | - | affiliate or successor thereof, conducts significant 1 |
---|
1367 | | - | fundraising, financing, or money laundering ac-2 |
---|
1368 | | - | tivities; 3 |
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1369 | | - | (D) with respect to each foreign country on 4 |
---|
1370 | | - | the list required by subparagraph (C)— 5 |
---|
1371 | | - | (i) an assessment of whether the gov-6 |
---|
1372 | | - | ernment of the country is taking measures 7 |
---|
1373 | | - | to disrupt known fundraising, financing, or 8 |
---|
1374 | | - | money laundering activities of Hamas, the 9 |
---|
1375 | | - | Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate 10 |
---|
1376 | | - | or successor thereof within the territory of 11 |
---|
1377 | | - | the country; and 12 |
---|
1378 | | - | (ii) in the case of a country the govern-13 |
---|
1379 | | - | ment of which is not taking measures to 14 |
---|
1380 | | - | disrupt those activities— 15 |
---|
1381 | | - | (I) an assessment of the reasons 16 |
---|
1382 | | - | that government is not taking measures 17 |
---|
1383 | | - | to disrupt those activities; and 18 |
---|
1384 | | - | (II) a description of measures 19 |
---|
1385 | | - | being taken by the United States Gov-20 |
---|
1386 | | - | ernment to encourage that government 21 |
---|
1387 | | - | to improve measures to disrupt those 22 |
---|
1388 | | - | activities; and 23 |
---|
1389 | | - | (E) a list of foreign countries from which 24 |
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1390 | | - | Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 25 |
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1394 | | - | affiliate or successor thereof, acquires surveil-1 |
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1395 | | - | lance equipment, electronic monitoring equip-2 |
---|
1396 | | - | ment, or other means to inhibit communication 3 |
---|
1397 | | - | or political expression in Gaza. 4 |
---|
1398 | | - | (2) F |
---|
1399 | | - | ORM.—The report required by paragraph 5 |
---|
1400 | | - | (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the 6 |
---|
1401 | | - | greatest extent possible and may contain a classified 7 |
---|
1402 | | - | annex. 8 |
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1403 | | - | (b) B |
---|
1404 | | - | RIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date 9 |
---|
1405 | | - | of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter 10 |
---|
1406 | | - | for the following 3 years, the Secretary of State, the Sec-11 |
---|
1407 | | - | retary of the Treasury, and the heads of other applicable 12 |
---|
1408 | | - | Federal departments and agencies (or their designees) shall 13 |
---|
1409 | | - | provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a brief-14 |
---|
1410 | | - | ing on the disposition of the assets and activities of Hamas, 15 |
---|
1411 | | - | the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any successor or affiliate 16 |
---|
1412 | | - | thereof related to fundraising, financing, and money laun-17 |
---|
1413 | | - | dering worldwide. 18 |
---|
1414 | | - | (c) A |
---|
1415 | | - | PPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESSDE-19 |
---|
1416 | | - | FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 20 |
---|
1417 | | - | of Congress’’ means— 21 |
---|
1418 | | - | (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 22 |
---|
1419 | | - | Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 23 |
---|
1420 | | - | and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-24 |
---|
1421 | | - | ate; and 25 |
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1425 | | - | (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-1 |
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1426 | | - | mittee on Financial Services, and the Permanent Se-2 |
---|
1427 | | - | lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-3 |
---|
1428 | | - | resentatives. 4 |
---|
1429 | | - | SEC. 7. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF SANCTIONING 5 |
---|
1430 | | - | THE USE OF CIVILIANS AS DEFENSELESS 6 |
---|
1431 | | - | SHIELDS ACT. 7 |
---|
1432 | | - | (a) I |
---|
1433 | | - | NGENERAL.—Section 3 of the Sanctioning the 8 |
---|
1434 | | - | Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 9 |
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1435 | | - | 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 10 |
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1436 | | - | (1) in subsection (b)— 11 |
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1437 | | - | (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 12 |
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1438 | | - | paragraph (4); and 13 |
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1439 | | - | (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-14 |
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1440 | | - | lowing: 15 |
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1441 | | - | ‘‘(3) Each foreign person that the President de-16 |
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1442 | | - | termines, on or after the date of the enactment of the 17 |
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1443 | | - | Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad International 18 |
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1444 | | - | Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2024— 19 |
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1445 | | - | ‘‘(A) is a member of Palestine Islamic 20 |
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1446 | | - | Jihad or is knowingly acting on behalf of Pal-21 |
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1447 | | - | estine Islamic Jihad; and 22 |
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1448 | | - | ‘‘(B) knowingly orders, controls, or other-23 |
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1449 | | - | wise directs the use of civilians protected as such 24 |
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1453 | | - | by the law of war to shield military objectives 1 |
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1454 | | - | from attack.’’; 2 |
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1455 | | - | (2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), 3 |
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1456 | | - | and (i) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respec-4 |
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1457 | | - | tively; and 5 |
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1458 | | - | (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-6 |
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1459 | | - | lowing: 7 |
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1460 | | - | ‘‘(e) C |
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1461 | | - | ONGRESSIONALREQUESTS.—Not later than 120 8 |
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1462 | | - | days after receiving a request from the chairman and rank-9 |
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1463 | | - | ing member of one of the appropriate congressional commit-10 |
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1464 | | - | tees with respect to whether a foreign person meets the cri-11 |
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1465 | | - | teria of a person described in subsection (b) or (c), the 12 |
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1466 | | - | President shall— 13 |
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1467 | | - | ‘‘(1) determine if the person meets such criteria; 14 |
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1468 | | - | and 15 |
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1469 | | - | ‘‘(2) submit a written justification to the chair-16 |
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1470 | | - | man and ranking member detailing whether or not 17 |
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1471 | | - | the President imposed or intends to impose sanctions 18 |
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1472 | | - | described in subsection (b) or (c) with respect to such 19 |
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1473 | | - | person.’’. 20 |
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1474 | | - | (b) D |
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1475 | | - | EFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Sanctioning the 21 |
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1476 | | - | Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 22 |
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1477 | | - | 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 23 |
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1478 | | - | (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-24 |
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1479 | | - | graph (8); and 25 |
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1483 | | - | (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-1 |
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1484 | | - | lowing: 2 |
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1485 | | - | ‘‘(7) P |
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1486 | | - | ALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD .—The term 3 |
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1487 | | - | ‘Palestine Islamic Jihad’ means— 4 |
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1488 | | - | ‘‘(A) the entity known as Palestine Islamic 5 |
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1489 | | - | Jihad and designated by the Secretary of State 6 |
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1490 | | - | as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to 7 |
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1491 | | - | section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 8 |
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1492 | | - | Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 9 |
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1493 | | - | ‘‘(B) any person identified as an agent or 10 |
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1494 | | - | instrumentality of Palestine Islamic Jihad on 11 |
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1495 | | - | the list of specially designated nationals and 12 |
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1496 | | - | blocked persons maintained by the Office of For-13 |
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1497 | | - | eign Asset Control of the Department of the 14 |
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1498 | | - | Treasury, the property or interests in property of 15 |
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1499 | | - | which are blocked pursuant to the International 16 |
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1500 | | - | Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 17 |
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1501 | | - | 1701 et seq.).’’. 18 |
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1502 | | - | (c) S |
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1503 | | - | UNSET.—Section 5 of the Sanctioning the Use of 19 |
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1504 | | - | Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 20 |
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1505 | | - | 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 21 |
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1506 | | - | 31, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 22 |
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1510 | | - | SEC. 8. CONFRONTING ASYMMETRIC AND MALICIOUS 1 |
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1511 | | - | CYBER ACTIVITIES. 2 |
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1512 | | - | (a) I |
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1513 | | - | NGENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 3 |
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1514 | | - | days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-4 |
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1515 | | - | dent may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 5 |
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1516 | | - | with respect to any foreign person that the President deter-6 |
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1517 | | - | mines, on or after such date of enactment— 7 |
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1518 | | - | (1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has en-8 |
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1519 | | - | gaged knowingly in, significant cyber-enabled activi-9 |
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1520 | | - | ties originating from, or directed by persons located, 10 |
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1521 | | - | in whole or in substantial part, outside the United 11 |
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1522 | | - | States that are reasonably likely to result in, or have 12 |
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1523 | | - | materially contributed to, a significant threat to the 13 |
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1524 | | - | national security, foreign policy, or economic health 14 |
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1525 | | - | or financial stability of the United States; 15 |
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1526 | | - | (2) materially assisted, sponsored, or provided fi-16 |
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1527 | | - | nancial, material, or technological support for, or 17 |
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1528 | | - | goods or services to or in support of, any activity de-18 |
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1529 | | - | scribed in this subsection or any person whose prop-19 |
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1530 | | - | erty and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 20 |
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1531 | | - | this section; 21 |
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1532 | | - | (3) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or 22 |
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1533 | | - | purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indi-23 |
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1534 | | - | rectly, any person whose property and interests in 24 |
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1535 | | - | property are blocked pursuant to this section; or 25 |
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1539 | | - | (4) has attempted to engage in any of the activi-1 |
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1540 | | - | ties described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 2 |
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1541 | | - | (b) S |
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1542 | | - | ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 3 |
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1543 | | - | in this subsection are the following: 4 |
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1544 | | - | (1) I |
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1545 | | - | NADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES .—In 5 |
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1546 | | - | the case of an alien— 6 |
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1547 | | - | (A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 7 |
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1548 | | - | the United States or to be admitted to the United 8 |
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1549 | | - | States; or 9 |
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1550 | | - | (B) if the individual has been issued a visa 10 |
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1551 | | - | or other documentation, revocation, in accord-11 |
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1552 | | - | ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 12 |
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1553 | | - | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or 13 |
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1554 | | - | other documentation. 14 |
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1555 | | - | (2) B |
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1556 | | - | LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The blocking, in 15 |
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1557 | | - | accordance with the International Emergency Eco-16 |
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1558 | | - | nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all 17 |
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1559 | | - | transactions in all property and interests in property 18 |
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1560 | | - | of a foreign person if such property and interests in 19 |
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1561 | | - | property are in the United States, come within the 20 |
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1562 | | - | United States, or are or come within the possession 21 |
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1563 | | - | or control of a United States person. 22 |
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1564 | | - | (c) R |
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1565 | | - | EQUESTS BY APPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL 23 |
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1566 | | - | C |
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1567 | | - | OMMITTEES.— 24 |
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1571 | | - | (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 1 |
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1572 | | - | receiving a request that meets the requirements of 2 |
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1573 | | - | paragraph (2) with respect to whether a foreign per-3 |
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1574 | | - | son has engaged in an activity described in subsection 4 |
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1575 | | - | (a), the President shall— 5 |
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1576 | | - | (A) determine if that person has engaged in 6 |
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1577 | | - | such an activity; and 7 |
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1578 | | - | (B) submit a classified or unclassified re-8 |
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1579 | | - | port to the chairperson and ranking member of 9 |
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1580 | | - | the committee or committees that submitted the 10 |
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1581 | | - | request with respect to that determination that 11 |
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1582 | | - | includes— 12 |
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1583 | | - | (i) a statement of whether or not the 13 |
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1584 | | - | President imposed or intends to impose 14 |
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1585 | | - | sanctions with respect to the person; 15 |
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1586 | | - | (ii) if the President imposed or intends 16 |
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1587 | | - | to impose sanctions, a description of those 17 |
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1588 | | - | sanctions; and 18 |
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1589 | | - | (iii) if the President does not intend to 19 |
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1590 | | - | impose sanctions, a description of actions 20 |
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1591 | | - | that meet the threshold for the President to 21 |
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1592 | | - | impose sanctions. 22 |
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1593 | | - | (2) R |
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1594 | | - | EQUIREMENTS.—A request under para-23 |
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1595 | | - | graph (1) with respect to whether a foreign person has 24 |
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1596 | | - | engaged in an activity described in subsection (a) 25 |
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1600 | | - | shall be submitted to the President in writing jointly 1 |
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1601 | | - | by the chairperson and ranking member of one of the 2 |
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1602 | | - | appropriate congressional committees. 3 |
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1603 | | - | SEC. 9. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO CUR-4 |
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1604 | | - | RENT OR FORMER UNITED STATES OFFI-5 |
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1605 | | - | CIALS. 6 |
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1606 | | - | (a) I |
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1607 | | - | NGENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 7 |
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1608 | | - | days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-8 |
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1609 | | - | dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 9 |
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1610 | | - | with respect to any foreign person the President determines 10 |
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1611 | | - | has, on or after such date of enactment, ordered, directed, 11 |
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1612 | | - | or taken material steps to carry out any use of violence 12 |
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1613 | | - | or has attempted or threatened to use violence against any 13 |
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1614 | | - | current or former official of the Government of the United 14 |
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1615 | | - | States. 15 |
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1616 | | - | (b) S |
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1617 | | - | ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 16 |
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1618 | | - | in this subsection are the following: 17 |
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1619 | | - | (1) I |
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1620 | | - | NADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES .—In 18 |
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1621 | | - | the case of a foreign person who is an individual— 19 |
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1622 | | - | (A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 20 |
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1623 | | - | the United States or to be admitted to the United 21 |
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1624 | | - | States; or 22 |
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1625 | | - | (B) if the individual has been issued a visa 23 |
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1626 | | - | or other documentation, revocation, in accord-24 |
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1627 | | - | ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 25 |
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1631 | | - | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or 1 |
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1632 | | - | other documentation. 2 |
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1633 | | - | (2) B |
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1634 | | - | LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The blocking, in 3 |
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1635 | | - | accordance with the International Emergency Eco-4 |
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1636 | | - | nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all 5 |
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1637 | | - | transactions in all property and interests in property 6 |
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1638 | | - | of a foreign person if such property and interests in 7 |
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1639 | | - | property are in the United States, come within the 8 |
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1640 | | - | United States, or are or come within the possession 9 |
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1641 | | - | or control of a United States person. 10 |
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| 695 | + | NTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES .—Nothing in 3 |
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| 696 | + | this Act shall be construed to apply to the author-4 |
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| 697 | + | ized intelligence activities of the United States. 5 |
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| 698 | + | (2) A |
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| 699 | + | SSISTANCE TO PALESTINIANS .—Nothing 6 |
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| 700 | + | in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the Presi-7 |
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| 701 | + | dent from providing assistance that benefits Pal-8 |
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| 702 | + | estinians in the West Bank and Gaza if such assist-9 |
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| 703 | + | ance is consistent with authorities and requirements 10 |
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| 704 | + | under other provisions of law, including section 11 |
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| 705 | + | 1004(a) of the Taylor Force Act (22 U.S.C. 2378c– 12 |
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| 706 | + | 1(a)) and sections 620K and 620L of the Foreign 13 |
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| 707 | + | Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378b and 14 |
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| 708 | + | 2378c). 15 |
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| 709 | + | (b) R |
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| 710 | + | EGULATORYAUTHORITY.—The President shall, 16 |
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| 711 | + | not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 17 |
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| 712 | + | of this Act, prescribe regulations as are necessary for the 18 |
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| 713 | + | implementation of this Act. 19 |
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1643 | | - | NFORCEMENT OF BLOCKING OFPROPERTY.—A 11 |
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1644 | | - | person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to vio-12 |
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1645 | | - | late, or causes a violation of a sanction described in sub-13 |
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1646 | | - | section (b)(2) that is imposed by the President or any regu-14 |
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1647 | | - | lation, license, or order issued to carry out such a sanction 15 |
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1648 | | - | shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 16 |
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1649 | | - | and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-17 |
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1650 | | - | nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as 18 |
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1651 | | - | a person that commits an unlawful act described in sub-19 |
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1652 | | - | section (a) of that section. 20 |
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1653 | | - | (d) W |
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1654 | | - | AIVER.— 21 |
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1655 | | - | (1) I |
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1656 | | - | N GENERAL.—The President may waive the 22 |
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1657 | | - | application of sanctions under this section for renew-23 |
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1658 | | - | able periods not to exceed 180 days if the President— 24 |
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1662 | | - | (A) determines that such a waiver is in the 1 |
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1663 | | - | vital national security interests of the United 2 |
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1664 | | - | States; and 3 |
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1665 | | - | (B) not less than 15 days before the grant-4 |
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1666 | | - | ing of the waiver, submits to the appropriate 5 |
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1667 | | - | congressional committees a notice of and jus-6 |
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1668 | | - | tification for the waiver. 7 |
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1669 | | - | (e) T |
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1670 | | - | ERMINATION ANDSUNSET.— 8 |
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1671 | | - | (1) T |
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1672 | | - | ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 9 |
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1673 | | - | may terminate the application of sanctions under this 10 |
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1674 | | - | section with respect to a person if the President deter-11 |
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1675 | | - | mines and reports to the appropriate congressional 12 |
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1676 | | - | committees not later than 15 days before the termi-13 |
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1677 | | - | nation of the sanctions that— 14 |
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1678 | | - | (A) credible information exists that the per-15 |
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1679 | | - | son did not engage in the activity for which 16 |
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1680 | | - | sanctions were imposed; 17 |
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1681 | | - | (B) the person has credibly demonstrated a 18 |
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1682 | | - | significant change in behavior, has paid an ap-19 |
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1683 | | - | propriate consequence for the activity for which 20 |
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1684 | | - | sanctions were imposed, and has credibly com-21 |
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1685 | | - | mitted to not engage in an activity described in 22 |
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1686 | | - | subsection (a) in the future; or 23 |
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1690 | | - | (C) the termination of the sanctions is in 1 |
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1691 | | - | the vital national security interests of the United 2 |
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1692 | | - | States. 3 |
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1693 | | - | (2) S |
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1694 | | - | UNSET.—The requirement to impose sanc-4 |
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1695 | | - | tions under this section shall terminate on the date 5 |
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1696 | | - | that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of this 6 |
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1697 | | - | Act. 7 |
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1698 | | - | SEC. 10. RESOURCES FOR SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION AT 8 |
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1699 | | - | THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 9 |
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1700 | | - | (a) S |
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1701 | | - | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 10 |
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1702 | | - | that sanctions are a vital foreign policy and national secu-11 |
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1703 | | - | rity tool, and as such, it is critical that the Department 12 |
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1704 | | - | of State and other agencies with responsibilities relating to 13 |
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1705 | | - | sanctions across the executive branch— 14 |
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1706 | | - | (1) are fully staffed, including through the 15 |
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1707 | | - | prompt confirmation by the Senate of a qualified 16 |
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1708 | | - | head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination of the 17 |
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1709 | | - | Department of State; and 18 |
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1710 | | - | (2) have the resources and infrastructure nec-19 |
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1711 | | - | essary for the successful development and implementa-20 |
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1712 | | - | tion of sanctions. 21 |
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1713 | | - | (b) I |
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1714 | | - | NCREASINGRESOURCES AND IMPROVINGMOD-22 |
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1715 | | - | ERNIZATION FORSANCTIONSIMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-23 |
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1716 | | - | retary of State shall take steps to modernize the sanctions 24 |
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1720 | | - | infrastructure and increase resources dedicated to imple-1 |
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1721 | | - | menting sanctions, including by— 2 |
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1722 | | - | (1) ensuring the Department of State has nec-3 |
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1723 | | - | essary subscriptions and access to open-source data-4 |
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1724 | | - | bases for purposes of making determinations to sup-5 |
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1725 | | - | port the designation of persons for the imposition of 6 |
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1726 | | - | sanctions; 7 |
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1727 | | - | (2) equipping bureaus involved in drafting and 8 |
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1728 | | - | reviewing evidentiary packages to support such des-9 |
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1729 | | - | ignations with sufficient technical resources to do so, 10 |
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1730 | | - | including an adequate number of workstations that 11 |
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1731 | | - | can be used to review classified information; and 12 |
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1732 | | - | (3) increasing the number of personnel dedicated 13 |
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1733 | | - | to making and reviewing such designations. 14 |
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1734 | | - | (c) R |
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1735 | | - | EPORT ONMODERNIZATIONSEFFORTS.—Not 15 |
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1736 | | - | later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 16 |
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1737 | | - | Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 17 |
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1738 | | - | congressional committees a report describing steps the De-18 |
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1739 | | - | partment of State is taking to address challenges in the 19 |
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1740 | | - | ability of the Department to support the designation of per-20 |
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1741 | | - | sons for the imposition of sanctions. 21 |
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1742 | | - | (d) A |
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1743 | | - | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 22 |
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1744 | | - | authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for 23 |
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1745 | | - | fiscal year 2025 $15,000,000 to carry out this section. 24 |
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1749 | | - | SEC. 11. REPORT ON IMPACTS ON THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC 1 |
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1750 | | - | OF IRAN OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE 2 |
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1751 | | - | UNITED STATES. 3 |
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1752 | | - | (a) I |
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1753 | | - | NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 4 |
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1754 | | - | date of the enactment this Act, the Secretary of State, in 5 |
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1755 | | - | consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and draw-6 |
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1756 | | - | ing on subject-matter experts including economists and stat-7 |
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1757 | | - | isticians from the Department of State and the Department 8 |
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1758 | | - | of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congres-9 |
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1759 | | - | sional committees a report on the impacts on the Islamic 10 |
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1760 | | - | Republic of Iran of sanctions imposed by the United States. 11 |
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1761 | | - | (b) E |
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1762 | | - | LEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 12 |
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1763 | | - | shall include an assessment of the following: 13 |
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1764 | | - | (1) The impact of sanctions imposed by the 14 |
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1765 | | - | United States on the following: 15 |
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1766 | | - | (A) Problematic activities and policies of 16 |
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1767 | | - | the Islamic Republic of Iran, including ballistic 17 |
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1768 | | - | missile development, proliferation of Iranian 18 |
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1769 | | - | drones and missiles to state and non-state actors, 19 |
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1770 | | - | uranium enrichment, and funding of terrorist 20 |
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1771 | | - | groups in the ‘‘Axis of Resistance’’, and how 21 |
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1772 | | - | sanctions have meaningfully impacted the ability 22 |
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1773 | | - | of such groups to operate. 23 |
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1774 | | - | (B) Key officials of the Iranian regime, in-24 |
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1775 | | - | cluding their access to alternative financial mar-25 |
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1779 | | - | kets, their standard of living, and impacts to 1 |
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1780 | | - | their personal wealth. 2 |
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1781 | | - | (C) The operations of independent civil so-3 |
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1782 | | - | ciety organizations in Iran, including the ability 4 |
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1783 | | - | of such organizations to access products that 5 |
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1784 | | - | would allow them to document and share human 6 |
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1785 | | - | rights abuses, promote democratic norms, and 7 |
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1786 | | - | engage in political dissent. 8 |
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1787 | | - | (D) The efficacy of licensing actions aimed 9 |
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1788 | | - | at ensuring the people of Iran have access to cir-10 |
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1789 | | - | cumvention technologies around Iranian regime 11 |
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1790 | | - | firewalls and censors to promote internet free-12 |
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1791 | | - | dom, including General License D-2 of the De-13 |
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1792 | | - | partment of the Treasury. 14 |
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1793 | | - | (E) The standard of living of the people of 15 |
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1794 | | - | Iran, including— 16 |
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1795 | | - | (i) the impact on the purchasing power 17 |
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1796 | | - | of the people of Iran and their ability to af-18 |
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1797 | | - | ford and acquire food and medicine; and 19 |
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1798 | | - | (ii) changes in the size of the working 20 |
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1799 | | - | and middle classes in Iran, including im-21 |
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1800 | | - | pacts to the poverty rate in Iran. 22 |
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1801 | | - | (F) The growth of unofficial economies con-23 |
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1802 | | - | trolled by officials of the Iranian regime and 24 |
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1806 | | - | members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 1 |
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1807 | | - | Corps. 2 |
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1808 | | - | (2) What industries in Iran remain unaffected 3 |
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1809 | | - | by such sanctions. 4 |
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1810 | | - | SEC. 12. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 5 |
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1811 | | - | (a) R |
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1812 | | - | ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.— 6 |
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1813 | | - | (1) R |
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1814 | | - | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON ASSISTANCE TO 7 |
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1815 | | - | PALESTINIANS.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-8 |
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1816 | | - | strued to prohibit the President from providing assist-9 |
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1817 | | - | ance that benefits Palestinians in the West Bank and 10 |
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1818 | | - | Gaza in a manner consistent with United States law, 11 |
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1819 | | - | including section 1004(a) of the Taylor Force Act (22 12 |
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1820 | | - | U.S.C. 2378c–1(a)) and sections 620K and 620L of 13 |
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1821 | | - | the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378b 14 |
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1822 | | - | and 2378c). 15 |
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1823 | | - | (2) R |
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1824 | | - | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON AVAILABILITY 16 |
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1825 | | - | OF EXISTING AUTHORITIES .—Nothing in this Act 17 |
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1826 | | - | shall be construed to affect the availability of any ex-18 |
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1827 | | - | isting authorities to issue waivers, exceptions, exemp-19 |
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1828 | | - | tions, licenses, or other authorization. 20 |
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1829 | | - | (b) R |
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1830 | | - | EGULATORYAUTHORITY.—The President may, 21 |
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1831 | | - | not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 22 |
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1832 | | - | this Act, prescribe regulations as are necessary for the im-23 |
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1833 | | - | plementation of this Act. 24 |
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1834 | | - | (c) E |
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1835 | | - | XCEPTIONS.— 25 |
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1839 | | - | (1) EXCEPTION RELATING TO INTELLIGENCE AC -1 |
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1840 | | - | TIVITIES.—Sanctions under this Act shall not apply 2 |
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1841 | | - | to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 3 |
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1842 | | - | under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 4 |
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1843 | | - | U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence ac-5 |
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1844 | | - | tivities of the United States. 6 |
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1845 | | - | (2) E |
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1846 | | - | XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -7 |
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1847 | | - | NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AC -8 |
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1848 | | - | TIVITIES.—Sanctions under this Act shall not apply 9 |
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1849 | | - | with respect to an alien if admitting or paroling the 10 |
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1850 | | - | alien into the United States is necessary— 11 |
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1851 | | - | (A) to permit the United States to comply 12 |
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1852 | | - | with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters 13 |
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1853 | | - | of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success 14 |
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1854 | | - | June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 15 |
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1855 | | - | 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 16 |
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1856 | | - | United States, or other applicable international 17 |
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1857 | | - | obligations of the United States; or 18 |
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1858 | | - | (B) to carry out or assist authorized law 19 |
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1859 | | - | enforcement activity in the United States. 20 |
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1860 | | - | (3) E |
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| 715 | + | XCEPTIONS.— 20 |
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| 716 | + | (1) E |
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