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22 U.S.C. § 8784 — Applicability to certain natural gas projects
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**(a) Exception for certain natural gas projects** Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall apply to any activity relating to a project—
(1) for the development of natural gas and the construction and operation of a pipeline to transport natural gas from Azerbaijan to Turkey and Europe;
(2) that provides to Turkey and countries in Europe energy security and energy independence from the Government of the Russian Federation and other governments with jurisdiction over persons subject to sanctions imposed under this Act or amendments made by this Act; and
(3) that was initiated before August 10, 2012, pursuant to a production-sharing agreement, or an ancillary agreement necessary to further a production-sharing agreement, entered into with, or a license granted by, the government of a country other than Iran before August 10, 2012.
**(b) Termination of exception**
(1) **In general** — The exception under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project described in that subsection on or after the date on which the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that—
(A) the percentage of the equity interest in the project held by or on behalf of an entity described in paragraph (2) has increased relative to the percentage of the equity interest in the project held by or on behalf of such an entity on January 1, 2002; or
(B) an entity described in paragraph (2) has assumed an operational role in the project.
(2) **Entity described** — An entity described in this paragraph is—
(A) an entity—
(i) owned or controlled by the Government of Iran or identified under section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the definition of the Government of Iran); or
(ii) organized under the laws of
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**(a) Exception for certain natural gas projects** Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall apply to any activity relating to a project—
(1) for the development of natural gas and the construction and operation of a pipeline to transport natural gas from Azerbaijan to Turkey and Europe;
(2) that provides to Turkey and countries in Europe energy security and energy independence from the Government of the Russian Federation and other governments with jurisdiction over persons subject to sanctions imposed under this Act or amendments made by this Act; and
(3) that was initiated before August 10, 2012, pursuant to a production-sharing agreement, or an ancillary agreement necessary to further a production-sharing agreement, entered into with, or a license granted by, the government of a country other than Iran before August 10, 2012.
**(b) Termination of exception**
(1) **In general** — The exception under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project described in that subsection on or after the date on which the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that—
(A) the percentage of the equity interest in the project held by or on behalf of an entity described in paragraph (2) has increased relative to the percentage of the equity interest in the project held by or on behalf of such an entity on January 1, 2002; or
(B) an entity described in paragraph (2) has assumed an operational role in the project.
(2) **Entity described** — An entity described in this paragraph is—
(A) an entity—
(i) owned or controlled by the Government of Iran or identified under section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the definition of the Government of Iran); or
(ii) organized under the laws of Iran or with the participation or approval of the Government of Iran;
(B) an entity owned or controlled by an entity described in subparagraph (A); or
(C) a successor entity to an entity described in subparagraph (A).
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**(a) In general** The provisions of this subchapter and any sanctions imposed pursuant to this subchapter shall terminate on the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees—
(1) the certification described in subsection (b); and
(2) a certification that—
(A) the Government of Syria is democratically elected and representative of the people of Syria; or
(B) a legitimate transitional government of Syria is in place.
**(b) Certification described** A certification described in this subsection is a certification by the President that the Government of Syria—
(1) has unconditionally released all political prisoners;
(2) has ceased its practices of violence, unlawful detention, torture, and abuse of citizens of Syria engaged in peaceful political activity;
(3) has ceased its practice of procuring sensitive technology designed to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Syria, or to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict the right of citizens of Syria to freedom of expression;
(4) has ceased providing support for foreign terrorist organizations and no longer allows such organizations, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, to maintain facilities in territory under the control of the Government of Syria; and
(5) has ceased the development and deployment of medium- and long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles;
(6) is not pursuing or engaged in the research, development, acquisition, production, transfer, or deployment of biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons, and has provided credible assurances that it will not engage in such activities in the future; and
(7) has agreed to allow the United Nations and other international observers to verify that the Government of Syria is not engaging
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**(a) Findings** Congress finds the following:
(1) The Government of North Korea—
(A) has repeatedly violated its commitments to the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of its nuclear weapons programs; and
(B) has willfully violated multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for North Korea to cease development, testing, and production of weapons of mass destruction.
(2) Based on its past actions, including the transfer of sensitive nuclear and missile technology to state sponsors of terrorism, North Korea poses a grave risk for the proliferation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
(3) The Government of North Korea has been implicated repeatedly in money laundering and other illicit activities, including—
(A) prohibited arms sales;
(B) narcotics trafficking;
(C) the counterfeiting of United States currency;
(D) significant activities undermining cybersecurity; and
(E) the counterfeiting of intellectual property of United States persons.
(4) North Korea has—
(A) unilaterally withdrawn from the Agreement Concerning a Military Armistice in Korea, signed at Panmunjom July 27, 1953 (commonly referred to as the “Korean War Armistice Agreement”); and
(B) committed provocations against South Korea—
(i) by sinking the warship Cheonan and killing 46 of her crew on March 26, 2010;
(ii) by shelling Yeonpyeong Island and killing 4 South Korean civilians on November 23, 2010;
(iii) by its involvement in the “DarkSeoul” cyberattacks against the financial and communications interests of South Korea on March 20, 2013; and
(iv) by planting land mines near a guard post in the South Korean portion of the demilitarized zone that maimed 2 South Korean soldiers on August 4, 2015.
(5) N
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 8784
a person that violates, attempts to violate,
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of a
provision specified in paragraph (2) of this sub-
section, or an order or regulation prescribed
under such a provision, to the same extent
that such penalties apply to a person that
commits an unlawful act described in section
1705(a) of title 50.
(2) Provisions specified
The provisions specified in this paragraph
are the following:
(A) Sections 8721, 8722, 8723, and 8726 of this
title, subchapter III, and subchapter VII.
(B) Sections 8514a and 8514b of this title, as
added by subtitle A of title IV.
(Pub. L. 112–158, title VI, § 601, Aug. 10, 2012, 126
Stat. 1263.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 312, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is section 312
of Pub. L. 112–158, Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1249. Subsec.
(a) of section 312 is not classified to the Code. Subsecs.
(b) and (c) of section 312 amended section 8513 of this
title. Subsec. (d) of section 312 enacted provisions set
out as a note under section 8513 of this title.
Section 8513b of this title, as added by section 312, re-
ferred to in subsec. (a)(2), was in the original ‘‘section
104A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account-
ability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by section
312’’ and was translated as meaning section 104A of the
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-
vestment Act of 2010, as added by section 216(a) of Pub.
L. 112–158, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
For classification of section 312 of Pub. L. 112–158, see
above.
Sections 8514a and 8514b of this title, as added by sub-
title A of title IV, referred to in subsecs. (a)(3) and
(b)(2)(B), are sections 8514a and 8514b of
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