22 U.S.C. § 10102: Authorization of imposition of sanctions

to expose illegal activity carried out by government officials; or to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote internationally recognized human rights and freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, expression, association, and assembly, and the rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; acted as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person in a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph (1); is a government official, or a senior associate of such an official, that is responsible for, or complicit in, ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, acts of significant corruption, including the expropriation of private or public assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of corruption to foreign jurisdictions; or has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, an activity described in paragraph (3). ineligibility to receive a visa to enter the United States or to be admitted to the United States; or if the individual has been issued a visa or other documentation, revocation, in accordance with section 1201(i) of title 8 , of the visa or other documentation. The blocking, in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all transactions in all property and interests in property of a foreign person if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person. The requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 ) shall not apply for purposes of this section. The authority to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property under subparagraph (A) shall not include the authority to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. In this subparagraph, the term “good” has the meaning given that term in section 16 1 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 ( 1 See References in Text note below. 50 U.S.C. 4618 ) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). information provided jointly by the chairperson and ranking member of each of the appropriate congressional committees; and credible information obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations that monitor violations of human rights. determine if that person has engaged in such an activity; and a statement of whether or not the President imposed or intends to impose sanctions with respect to the person; and if the President imposed or intends to impose sanctions, a description of those sanctions. A request under paragraph (1) with respect to whether a foreign person has engaged in an activity described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall be submitted to the President in writing jointly by the chairperson and ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional committees. one of the appropriate congressional committees of the Senate; and one of the appropriate congressional committees of the House of Representatives. Sanctions under subsection (b)(1) shall not apply to an individual if admitting the individual into the United States would further important law enforcement objectives or is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947 , and entered into force November 21, 1947 , between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations of the United States. A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of a sanction described in subsection (b)(2) that is imposed by the President or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out such a sanction shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1705 ) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. credible information exists that the person did not engage in the activity for which sanctions were imposed; the person has been prosecuted appropriately for the activity for which sanctions were imposed; the person has credibly demonstrated a significant change in behavior, has paid an appropriate consequence for the activity for which sanctions were imposed, and has credibly committed to not engage in an activity described in subsection (a) in the future; or the termination of the sanctions is in the national security interests of the United States. The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this section. The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs and other bureaus of the Department of State, as appropriate, is authorized to submit to the Secretary of State, for review and consideration, the names of foreign persons who may meet the criteria described in subsection (a). the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.