22 U.S.C. § 8907 — Sanctions on persons responsible for vio-

Page 2159 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 8907 (2) support efforts by the Government of Ukraine to foster greater unity among the people and regions of the country; (3) support the people and Government of Ukraine in preparing to conduct and contest free and fair elections, including through do- mestic and international election monitoring; (4) assist in diversifying Ukraine’s economy, trade, and energy supplies, including at the national, regional, and local levels; (5) strengthen democratic institutions and political and civil society organizations in Ukraine; (6) expand free and unfettered access to inde- pendent media of all kinds in Ukraine and as- sist with the protection of journalists and civil society activists who have been targeted for free speech activities; (7) support political and economic reform initiatives by Eastern Partnership countries; and (8) support the efforts of the Government of Ukraine, civil society, and international orga- nizations to enhance the economic and polit- ical empowerment of women in Ukraine and to prevent and address violence against women and girls in Ukraine, and support the inclusion of women in Ukraine in any negotiations to restore Ukraine’s security, independence, sov- ereignty, or territorial or economic integrity. (b) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 to carry out the activities set forth in sub- section (a). Amounts appropriated for the activi- ties set forth in subsection (a) shall be used pur- suant to the authorization and requirements contained in this section. Additional amounts may be authorized to be appropriated under other provisions of law. (c) Strategy requirement Not later than 60 days after April 3, 2014, the President shall submit to the appropriate con- gressional committees a strategy to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a). (d) Notification requirement (1) In general Funds appropriated or otherwise made avail- able pursuant to subsection (b) may not be ob- ligated until 15 days after the date on which the President has provided notice of intent to obligate such funds to the appropriate con- gressional committees. (2) Waiver The President may waive the notification requirement under paragraph (1) if the Presi- dent determines that failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare, in which case notification shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than three days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable in the context of the cir- cumstances necessitating such waiver. (Pub. L. 113–95, § 6, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1091.) § 8906. Enhanced security cooperation with Ukraine and other countries in Central and Eastern Europe (a) In general The President shall, subject to the availability of appropriations— (1) enhance security cooperation efforts and relationships amongst countries in Central and Eastern Europe and among the United States, the European Union, and countries in Central and Eastern Europe; (2) provide additional security assistance, in- cluding defense articles and defense services (as those terms are defined in section 2794 of this title) and military training, to countries in Central and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine; and (3) support greater reform, professionalism, and capacity-building efforts within the mili- tary, intelligence, and security services in Central and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine. (b) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the President a total of $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2015 through 2017 to carry out this section. Amounts appropriated for the activities set forth in subsection (a) shall be used pursuant to the authorization and requirements contained in this section. Additional amounts may be author- ized to be appropriated under other provisions of law. (c) Strategy requirement Not later than 60 days after April 3, 2014, the President shall submit to the appropriate con- gressional committees a strategy to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a). (d) Notification requirement (1) In general Funds appropriated or otherwise made avail- able pursuant to subsection (b) may not be ob- ligated until 15 days after the date on which the President has provided notice of intent to obligate such funds to the appropriate con- gressional committees and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. (2) Waiver The President may waive the notification requirement under paragraph (1) if the Presi- dent determines that failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare, in which case notification shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than three days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable in the context of the cir- cumstances necessitating such waiver. (Pub. L. 113–95, § 7, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1092.) § 8907. Sanctions on persons responsible for vio- lence or undermining the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine (a) In general The President shall impose the sanctions de- scribed in subsection (b) with respect to— Page 2160 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 8907 1 See References in Text note below. (1) any person, including a current or former official of the Government of Ukraine or a per- son acting on behalf of that Government, that the President determines has perpetrated, or is responsible for ordering, controlling, or oth- erwise directing, significant acts of violence or gross human rights abuses in Ukraine against persons associated with the antigovernment protests in Ukraine that began on November 21, 2013; (2) any person that the President determines has perpetrated, or is responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, significant acts that are intended to undermine the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, including acts of eco- nomic extortion; (3) any official of the Government of the Russian Federation, or a close associate or family member of such an official, that the President determines is responsible for, complicit in, or responsible for ordering, con- trolling, or otherwise directing, acts of signifi- cant corruption in Ukraine, including the ex- propriation of private or public assets for per- sonal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural re- sources, bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of corruption to foreign juris- dictions; and (4) any individual that the President deter- mines materially assisted, sponsored, or pro- vided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, the commission of acts described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). (b) Sanctions described (1) In general The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: (A) Asset blocking The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and pro- hibit all transactions in all property and in- terests in property of a person determined by the President to be subject to 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 per- son. (B) Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visa or other documenta- tion In the case of an alien determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a), de- nial of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 1201(i) of title 8, of any visa or other documentation of the alien. (2) Penalties A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. (3) Exception relating to the importation of goods (A) In general The requirement to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property under paragraph (1)(A) shall not in- clude the authority to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. (B) Good defined In this paragraph, the term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that term in section 4618 1 of title 50 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). (4) Exception to comply with United Nations headquarters agreement Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Na- tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, be- tween the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obli- gations. (c) Waiver The President may waive the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person if the President— (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and (2) on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, submits to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a notice of and a justification for the waiver. (d) Termination Subject to section 9511 of this title, the Presi- dent may terminate the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person if the President submits to the appropriate con- gressional committees a notice that— (1) the person is not engaging in the activity that was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable steps toward stop- ping the activity; and (2) the President has received reliable assur- ances that the person will not knowingly en- gage in activity subject to sanctions under subsection (a) in the future. (e) Regulatory authority The President shall issue such regulations, li- censes, and orders as are necessary to carry out this section. Page 2161 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 8908 1 See References in Text note below. 2 So in original. Probably should be capitalized. (Pub. L. 113–95, § 8, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1093; Pub. L. 115–44, title II, § 230(a), Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 915.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(A), (3)(B), is title II of Pub. L. 95–223, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1626, which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 50 and Tables. Section 4618 of title 50, referred to in subsec. (b)(3)(B), was repealed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232. AMENDMENTS 2017—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 115–44, which directed amendment of section 8 of the ‘‘Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014’’ by adding subsec. (d) and redesignating former subsec. (d) as (e), was executed to this section, which is section 8 of the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. § 8908. Sanctions on persons in the Russian Fed- eration complicit in or responsible for sig- nificant corruption (a) In general The President shall impose the sanctions de- scribed in subsection (b) with respect to— (1) any official of the Government of the Russian Federation, or a close associate or family member of such an official, that the President determines is, on or after August 2, 2017, responsible for, or complicit in, or re- sponsible for ordering, controlling, or other- wise directing, acts of significant corruption in the Russian Federation or elsewhere, in- cluding the expropriation of private or public assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of corruption to foreign jurisdictions; and (2) any individual who has materially as- sisted, sponsored, or provided financial, mate- rial, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, an act described in paragraph (1). (b) Sanctions described (1) In general The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: (A) Asset blocking The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and pro- hibit all transactions in all property and in- terests in property of a person determined by the President to be subject to 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 per- son. (B) Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visa or other documenta- tion In the case of an alien determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a), de- nial of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 1201(i) of title 8, of any visa or other documentation of the alien. (2) Penalties A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. (3) Exception relating to the importation of goods (A) In general The authority to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property under paragraph (1)(A) shall not in- clude the authority to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. (B) Good defined In this paragraph, the term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that term in section 4618 1 of title 50 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). (4) Exception to comply with United Nations headquarters agreement Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Na- tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, be- tween the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obli- gations. (c) Waiver except 2 as provided in subsection (d), the President may waive the application of sanc- tions under subsection (b) with respect to a per- son if the President— (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and (2) on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, submits to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a notice of and a justification for the waiver. (d) Termination Subject to section 9511 of this title, the Presi- dent may terminate the application of sanctions