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22 U.S.C. § 9254 — Suspension of sanctions and other measures
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**(a) In general** Any sanction or other measure required under subchapter I, II, or III (or any amendment made by such subchapters) (other than section 9214(g), 9221b, or 9221c of this title) may be suspended for up to 1 year upon certification by the President to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of North Korea has made progress toward—
(1) verifiably ceasing its counterfeiting of United States currency, including the surrender or destruction of specialized materials and equipment used or particularly suitable for counterfeiting;
(2) taking steps toward financial transparency to comply with generally accepted protocols to cease and prevent the laundering of monetary instruments;
(3) taking steps toward verification of its compliance with applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions;
(4) taking steps toward accounting for and repatriating the citizens of other countries—
(A) abducted or unlawfully held captive by the Government of North Korea; or
(B) detained in violation of the Agreement Concerning a Military Armistice in Korea, signed at Panmunjom July 27, 1953 (commonly referred to as the “Korean War Armistice Agreement”);
(5) accepting and beginning to abide by internationally recognized standards for the distribution and monitoring of humanitarian aid; and
(6) taking verified steps to improve living conditions in its political prison camps.
**(b) Renewal of suspension** The suspension described in subsection (a) may be renewed for additional, consecutive 180-day periods after the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of North Korea has continued to comply with the conditions described in subsection (a) during the previous year.
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**(a) In general** Any sanction or other measure required under subchapter I, II, or III (or any amendment made by such subchapters) (other than section 9214(g), 9221b, or 9221c of this title) may be suspended for up to 1 year upon certification by the President to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of North Korea has made progress toward—
(1) verifiably ceasing its counterfeiting of United States currency, including the surrender or destruction of specialized materials and equipment used or particularly suitable for counterfeiting;
(2) taking steps toward financial transparency to comply with generally accepted protocols to cease and prevent the laundering of monetary instruments;
(3) taking steps toward verification of its compliance with applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions;
(4) taking steps toward accounting for and repatriating the citizens of other countries—
(A) abducted or unlawfully held captive by the Government of North Korea; or
(B) detained in violation of the Agreement Concerning a Military Armistice in Korea, signed at Panmunjom July 27, 1953 (commonly referred to as the “Korean War Armistice Agreement”);
(5) accepting and beginning to abide by internationally recognized standards for the distribution and monitoring of humanitarian aid; and
(6) taking verified steps to improve living conditions in its political prison camps.
**(b) Renewal of suspension** The suspension described in subsection (a) may be renewed for additional, consecutive 180-day periods after the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of North Korea has continued to comply with the conditions described in subsection (a) during the previous year.
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(1) **Applicable Executive order** — The term “applicable Executive order” means—
(A) Executive Order 13382 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters), Executive Order 13466 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to continuing certain restrictions with respect to North Korea and North Korean nationals), Executive Order 13551 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to blocking property of certain persons with respect to North Korea), Executive Order 13570 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to prohibiting certain transactions with respect to North Korea), Executive Order 13619 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to blocking property of persons threatening the peace, security, or stability of Burma), Executive Order 13687 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to imposing additional sanctions with respect to North Korea), Executive Order No. 13694 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to blocking the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), or Execut
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**(a) Mandatory designations** Except as provided in [section 9228 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section9228&num=0&edition=prelim), the President shall designate under this subsection any person that the President determines—
(1) knowingly, directly or indirectly, imports, exports, or reexports to, into, or from North Korea any goods, services, or technology controlled for export by the United States because of the use of such goods, services, or technology for weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems for such weapons and materially contributes to the use, development, production, possession, or acquisition by any person of a nuclear, radiological, chemical, or biological weapon or any device or system designed in whole or in part to deliver such a weapon;
(2) knowingly, directly or indirectly, provides training, advice, or other services or assistance, or engages in significant financial transactions, relating to the manufacture, maintenance, or use of any such weapon, device, or system to be imported, exported, or reexported to, into, or from North Korea;
(3) knowingly, directly or indirectly, imports, exports, or reexports luxury goods to or into North Korea;
(4) knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or facilitates censorship by the Government of North Korea;
(5) knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or facilitates serious human rights abuses by the Government of North Korea;
(6) knowingly, directly or indirectly, engages in money laundering, the counterfeiting of goods or currency, bulk cash smuggling, or narcotics trafficking that supports the Government of North Korea or any senior official or person acting for or on behalf of that Government;
(7) knowingly engages in significant activitie
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 9261
1 See References in Text note below.
(i) abducted or unlawfully held captive
by the Government of North Korea; or
(ii) detained in violation of the Agree-
ment Concerning a Military Armistice in
Korea, signed at Panmunjom July 27, 1953
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘Korean War
Armistice Agreement’’).
(Pub. L. 114–122, title IV, § 402, Feb. 18, 2016, 130
Stat. 115.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Subchapter I, II, or III (or any amendment made by
such subchapters), referred to in subsec. (a), was in the
original ‘‘title I, II, or III (or any amendment made by
such titles)’’, meaning titles I, II, and III of Pub. L.
114–122, Feb. 18, 2016, 130 Stat. 98, 101, 112. Titles I and
III are classified principally to subchapters I and III,
respectively, of this chapter. Title II is classified gen-
erally to subchapter II of this chapter. For complete
classification of titles I, II, and III of Pub. L. 114–122 to
the Code, see Tables.
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
Functions and authorities of President under this
section delegated to Secretary of State, to be executed
in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury when
appropriate, by Memorandum of President of the
United States, May 18, 2016, 81 F.R. 37479, set out as a
note under section 9212 of this title.
§ 9253. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–198, § 9, July 20,
2018, 132 Stat. 1525
Section, Pub. L. 114–122, title IV, § 403, Feb. 18, 2016,
130 Stat. 115, authorized appropriations for fiscal years
2017 through 2021 to carry out provisions in chapter 85
of this title.
§ 9254. Rulemaking
(a) In general
The President is authorized to promulgate
such rules and regulations as may be necessary
to carry out the provisions of this cha
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