22 U.S.C. § 9241b: Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean labor

Except as provided in subsection (c), the President shall designate any person identified under section 9241(b)(3) of this title for the imposition of sanctions under subsection (b). The President shall impose the sanctions described in paragraph (2) with respect to any person designated under subsection (a). The sanctions described in this paragraph are sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of a person designated under subsection (a), if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person. the employment of North Korean laborers does not result in the direct or indirect transfer of convertible currency, luxury goods, or other stores of value to the Government of North Korea; all wages and benefits are provided directly to the laborers, and are held, as applicable, in accounts within the jurisdiction in which they reside in locally denominated currency; and the laborers are subject to working conditions consistent with international standards. transmit a recertification stating that the conditions described in such paragraph continue to be met; or if such recertification cannot be transmitted, impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) beginning on the date on which the President determines that such recertification cannot be transmitted.