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22 U.S.C. § 8514b — Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses
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**(a) In general** The President shall impose sanctions in accordance with subsection (c) with respect to each person on the list required by subsection (b).
**(b) List**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 90 days after August 10, 2012, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have knowingly engaged in an activity described in paragraph (2) on or after August 10, 2012.
(2) **Activity described**
(A) *In general* — A person engages in an activity described in this paragraph if the person—
(i) transfers, or facilitates the transfer of, goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C) to Iran, any entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran, or any national of Iran, for use in or with respect to Iran; or
(ii) provides services (including services relating to hardware, software, and specialized information, and professional consulting, engineering, and support services) with respect to goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C) after such goods or technologies are transferred to Iran.
(B) *Applicability to contracts and other agreements* — A person engages in an activity described in subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the activity is carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into before, on, or after August 10, 2012.
(C) *Goods or technologies described* — Goods or technologies described in this subparagraph are goods or technologies that the President determines are likely to be used by the Government of Iran or any of its agencies or instrumentalities (or by any other person on behalf of the Government of Iran or any of such agencies or instrumentalities) to commit seriou
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**(a) In general** The President shall impose sanctions in accordance with subsection (c) with respect to each person on the list required by subsection (b).
**(b) List**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 90 days after August 10, 2012, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have knowingly engaged in an activity described in paragraph (2) on or after August 10, 2012.
(2) **Activity described**
(A) *In general* — A person engages in an activity described in this paragraph if the person—
(i) transfers, or facilitates the transfer of, goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C) to Iran, any entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran, or any national of Iran, for use in or with respect to Iran; or
(ii) provides services (including services relating to hardware, software, and specialized information, and professional consulting, engineering, and support services) with respect to goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C) after such goods or technologies are transferred to Iran.
(B) *Applicability to contracts and other agreements* — A person engages in an activity described in subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the activity is carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into before, on, or after August 10, 2012.
(C) *Goods or technologies described* — Goods or technologies described in this subparagraph are goods or technologies that the President determines are likely to be used by the Government of Iran or any of its agencies or instrumentalities (or by any other person on behalf of the Government of Iran or any of such agencies or instrumentalities) to commit serious human rights abuses against the people of Iran, including—
(i) firearms or ammunition (as those terms are defined in [section 921 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section921&num=0&edition=prelim)), rubber bullets, police batons, pepper or chemical sprays, stun grenades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, water cannons, or surveillance technology; or
(ii) sensitive technology (as defined in [section 8515(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8515/c&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(3) **Special rule to allow for termination of sanctionable activity** — The President shall not be required to include a person on the list required by paragraph (1) if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional committees that—
(A) the person is no longer engaging in, or has taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping, the activity described in paragraph (2) for which the President would otherwise have included the person on the list; and
(B) the President has received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in any activity described in paragraph (2) in the future.
(4) **Updates of list** — The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—
(A) each time the President is required to submit an updated list to those committees under [section 8514(b)(2)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8514/b/2/A&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) as new information becomes available.
(5) **Form of report; public availability**
(A) *Form* — The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
(B) *Public availability* — The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.
**(c) Application of sanctions**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), the President shall impose sanctions described in [section 8514(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8514/c&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to a person on the list required by subsection (b).
(2) **Transfers to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps** — In the case of a person on the list required by subsection (b) for transferring, or facilitating the transfer of, goods or technologies described in subsection (b)(2)(C) to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, or providing services with respect to such goods or technologies after such goods or technologies are transferred to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the President shall—
(A) impose sanctions described in [section 8514(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8514/c&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to the person; and
(B) impose such other sanctions from among the sanctions described in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; [50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note) as the President determines appropriate.
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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)** As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “person” and the term “whoever” include any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or joint stock company.
(2) The term “interstate or foreign commerce” includes commerce between any place in a State and any place outside of that State, or within any possession of the United States (not including the Canal Zone) or the District of Columbia, but such term does not include commerce between places within the same State but through any place outside of that State. The term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the United States (not including the Canal Zone).
(3) The term “firearm” means (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
(4) The term “destructive device” means—
(A) any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas—
(i) bomb,
(ii) grenade,
(iii) rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces,
(iv) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce,
(v) mine, or
(vi) device similar to any of the devices described in the preceding clauses;
(B) any type of weapon (other than a shotgun or a shotgun shell which the Attorney General finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes) by whatever name known which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, and which has any barrel with a bore of
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 8514c
(B) Public availability
The unclassified portion of the list re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall be made avail-
able to the public and posted on the websites
of the Department of the Treasury and the
Department of State.
(c) Application of sanctions
(1) In general
Subject to paragraph (2), the President shall
impose sanctions described in section 8514(c) of
this title with respect to a person on the list
required by subsection (b).
(2) Transfers to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
Corps
In the case of a person on the list required
by subsection (b) for transferring, or facili-
tating the transfer of, goods or technologies
described in subsection (b)(2)(C) to Iran’s Rev-
olutionary Guard Corps, or providing services
with respect to such goods or technologies
after such goods or technologies are trans-
ferred to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps,
the President shall—
(A) impose sanctions described in section
8514(c) of this title with respect to the per-
son; and
(B) impose such other sanctions from
among the sanctions described in section
6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) as the Presi-
dent determines appropriate.
(Pub. L. 111–195, title I, § 105A, as added Pub. L.
112–158, title IV, § 402(a), Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat.
1252.)
§ 8514b. Imposition of sanctions with respect to
persons who engage in censorship or other
related activities against citizens of Iran
(a) In general
The President shall impose sanctions de-
scribed in section 8514(c) of this title with re-
spect to each person on the list required by sub-
section (b).
(b) List of persons who engage in censorship
(1) In general
Not later than 90 days after August 10, 2012,
the Presiden
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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.)
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SHORT TITLE
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