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22 U.S.C. § 9526 — Imposition of sanctions with respect to activities of the Russian Federation undermining cybersecurity
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**(a) In general** On and after the date that is 60 days after August 2, 2017, the President shall—
(1) impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any person that the President determines—
(A) knowingly engages in significant activities undermining cybersecurity against any person, including a democratic institution, or government on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation; or
(B) is owned or controlled by, or acts or purports to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a person described in subparagraph (A);
(2) impose five or more of the sanctions described in [section 9529 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section9529&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to any person that the President determines knowingly materially assists, sponsors, or provides financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services (except financial services) in support of, an activity described in paragraph (1)(A); and
(3) impose three or more of the sanctions described in [section 8923(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8923/c&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to any person that the President determines knowingly provides financial services in support of an activity described in paragraph (1)(A).
**(b) Sanctions described** The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:
(1) **Asset blocking** — The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and i
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**(a) In general** On and after the date that is 60 days after August 2, 2017, the President shall—
(1) impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any person that the President determines—
(A) knowingly engages in significant activities undermining cybersecurity against any person, including a democratic institution, or government on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation; or
(B) is owned or controlled by, or acts or purports to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a person described in subparagraph (A);
(2) impose five or more of the sanctions described in [section 9529 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section9529&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to any person that the President determines knowingly materially assists, sponsors, or provides financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services (except financial services) in support of, an activity described in paragraph (1)(A); and
(3) impose three or more of the sanctions described in [section 8923(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8923/c&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to any person that the President determines knowingly provides financial services in support of an activity described in paragraph (1)(A).
**(b) Sanctions described** The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:
(1) **Asset blocking** — The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of a person determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a)(1) 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.
(2) **Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visa or other documentation** — In the case of an alien determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a)(1), denial of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, and revocation in accordance with [section 1201(i) of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1201/i&num=0&edition=prelim), of any visa or other documentation of the alien.
**(c) Application of new cyber sanctions** The President may waive the initial application under subsection (a) of sanctions with respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees—
(1) a written determination that the waiver—
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or
(B) will further the enforcement of this chapter; and
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian Federation has made significant efforts to reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions conducted by that Government.
**(d) Significant activities undermining cybersecurity defined** In this section, the term “significant activities undermining cybersecurity” includes—
(1) significant efforts—
(A) to deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or destroy an information and communications technology system or network; or
(B) to exfiltrate, degrade, corrupt, destroy, or release information from such a system or network without authorization for purposes of—
(i) conducting influence operations; or
(ii) causing a significant misappropriation of funds, economic resources, trade secrets, personal identifications, or financial information for commercial or competitive advantage or private financial gain;
(2) significant destructive malware attacks; and
(3) significant denial of service activities.
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**(a)** Any authority granted to the President by [section 1702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim) may be exercised to deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, if the President declares a national emergency with respect to such threat.
**(b)** The authorities granted to the President by [section 1702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim) may only be exercised to deal with an unusual and extraordinary threat with respect to which a national emergency has been declared for purposes of this chapter and may not be exercised for any other purpose. Any exercise of such authorities to deal with any new threat shall be based on a new declaration of national emergency which must be with respect to such threat.
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**(a) In general** This chapter and the amendments made by this Act shall not apply with respect to activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
**(b) Rule of construction** Nothing in this chapter or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to authorize the imposition of any sanction or other condition, limitation, restriction, or prohibition, that directly or indirectly impedes the supply by any entity of the Russian Federation of any product or service, or the procurement of such product or service by any contractor or subcontractor of the United States or any other entity, relating to or in connection with any space launch conducted for—
(1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or
(2) any other non-Department of Defense customer.
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**(a) In general** The President shall impose five or more of the sanctions described in [section 9529 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section9529&num=0&edition=prelim) if the President determines that a person, with actual knowledge, on or after August 2, 2017, makes an investment of $10,000,000 or more (or any combination of investments of not less than $1,000,000 each, which in the aggregate equals or exceeds $10,000,000 in any 12-month period), or facilitates such an investment, if the investment directly and significantly contributes to the ability of the Russian Federation to privatize state-owned assets in a manner that unjustly benefits—
(1) officials of the Government of the Russian Federation; or
(2) close associates or family members of those officials.
**(b) Application of new sanctions** The President may waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees—
(1) a written determination that the waiver—
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or
(B) will further the enforcement of this chapter; and
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian Federation is taking steps to implement the Minsk Agreement to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any successor agreements that are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution (as defined in [section 262r(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section262r/c&num=0&edition=prelim)) that it is the policy of the United States to oppose the provision by that institution of financial assistance to a foreign government, other than assistance to support basic human needs, if the President determines that, in the year preceding consideration of approval of such assistance, the government has knowingly failed to adequately enforce sanctions under an applicable United Nations Security Council resolution (as defined in [section 9202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section9202&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b) Waiver** The President may waive subsection (a) for up to 180 days at a time with respect to a foreign government if the President—
(1) determines that—
(A) the failure of the foreign government described in subsection (a) is due exclusively to a lack of capacity on the part of the foreign government;
(B) the foreign government is taking effective steps to prevent recurrence of such failure; or
(C) the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and
(2) submits to Congress a report on the reasons for the determination under paragraph (1).
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 9526
tion] or an amendment made by this section shall apply
to any portion of a sanction that affects the importa-
tion of goods.’’
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITIES UNDER SECTION 1294 OF THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2019
Memorandum of President of the United States, Oct.
26, 2018, 83 F.R. 57671, provided:
Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Sec-
retary of the Treasury[,] the Secretary of Defense[,
and] the Assistant to the President for National Secu-
rity Affairs
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec-
retary of Defense, and the Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs, the functions and au-
thorities vested in the President by section 1294 of the
[John S. McCain] National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232) [probably
means 22 U.S.C. 9525(d), as added by section 1294(a) of
Pub. L. 115–232].
The delegation in this memorandum shall apply to
any provision of any future public law that is the same
or substantially the same as the provision referenced in
this memorandum.
The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to
publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP.
§ 9526. Sanctions with respect to the develop-
ment of pipelines in the Russian Federation
(a) In general
The President, in coordination with allies of
the United States, may impose five or more of
the sanctions described in section 9529 of this
title with respect to a person if the Pres
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 1701
CHAPTER 35—INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY
ECONOMIC POWERS
Sec.
1701.
Unusual and extraordinary threat; declara-
tion of national emergency; exercise of
Presidential authorities.
1702.
Presidential authorities.
1703.
Consultation and reports.
1704.
Authority to issue regulations.
1705.
Penalties.
1706.
Savings provisions.
1707.
Multinational economic embargoes against
governments in armed conflict with the
United States.
1708.
Actions to address economic or industrial es-
pionage in cyberspace.
1709.
Imposition of sanctions with respect to theft
of trade secrets of United States persons.
1710.
Confronting asymmetric and malicious cyber
activities.
§ 1701. Unusual and extraordinary threat; dec-
laration of national emergency; exercise of
Presidential authorities
(a) Any authority granted to the President by
section 1702 of this title may be exercised to deal
with any unusual and extraordinary threat,
which has its source in whole or substantial part
outside the United States, to the national secu-
rity, foreign policy, or economy of the United
States, if the President declares a national
emergency with respect to such threat.
(b) The authorities granted to the President
by section 1702 of this title may only be exer-
cised to deal with an unusual and extraordinary
threat with respect to which a national emer-
gency has been declared for purposes of this
chapter and may not be exercised for any other
purpose. Any exercise of such authorities to deal
with any new threat shall be based on a new dec-
laration of national emergency which must be
with respect to such threat.
(Pub. L. 95–223, title II, § 202, Dec. 28, 1977, 91
Stat. 1626.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
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