50 U.S.C. § 3171 — Stay of sanctions

Page 750 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3171 to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec- tion 2011 of Title 42 and Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 438 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 2023—Par. (6). Pub. L. 118–31 substituted ‘‘subsections (a) and (b) of section 1801’’ for ‘‘sections 1801(a) and (b)’’. 1999—Par. (8). Pub. L. 106–120 added par. (8). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective 180 days after Oct. 14, 1994, see sec- tion 802(c) of Pub. L. 103–359, set out as a note under section 3161 of this title. SUBCHAPTER VII—APPLICATION OF SANC- TIONS LAWS TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI- TIES § 3171. Stay of sanctions Notwithstanding any provision of law identi- fied in section 3174 of this title, the President may stay the imposition of an economic, cul- tural, diplomatic, or other sanction or related action by the United States Government con- cerning a foreign country, organization, or per- son when the President determines and reports to Congress in accordance with section 3173 of this title that to proceed without delay would seriously risk the compromise of an ongoing criminal investigation directly related to the activities giving rise to the sanction or an intel- ligence source or method directly related to the activities giving rise to the sanction. Any such stay shall be effective for a period of time speci- fied by the President, which period may not ex- ceed 120 days, unless such period is extended in accordance with section 3172 of this title. (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title IX, § 901, as added Pub. L. 104–93, title III, § 303(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 109 Stat. 964.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 441 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 3172. Extension of stay Whenever the President determines and re- ports to Congress in accordance with section 3173 of this title that a stay of sanctions or re- lated actions pursuant to section 3171 of this title has not afforded sufficient time to obviate the risk to an ongoing criminal investigation or to an intelligence source or method that gave rise to the stay, he may extend such stay for a period of time specified by the President, which period may not exceed 120 days. The authority of this section may be used to extend the period of a stay pursuant to section 3171 of this title for successive periods of not more than 120 days each. (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title IX, § 902, as added Pub. L. 104–93, title III, § 303(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 109 Stat. 964.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 441a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 3173. Reports Reports to Congress pursuant to sections 3171 and 3172 of this title shall be submitted prompt- ly upon determinations under this subchapter. Such reports shall be submitted to the Com- mittee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on For- eign Relations of the Senate. With respect to de- terminations relating to intelligence sources and methods, reports shall also be submitted to the congressional intelligence committees. With respect to determinations relating to ongoing criminal investigations, reports shall also be submitted to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate. (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title IX, § 903, as added Pub. L. 104–93, title III, § 303(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 109 Stat. 964; amended Pub. L. 107–306, title III, § 353(b)(2)(C), Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2402.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 441b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 2002—Pub. L. 107–306 substituted ‘‘congressional intel- ligence committees’’ for ‘‘Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Af- fairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. § 3174. Laws subject to stay The President may use the authority of sec- tions 3171 and 3172 of this title to stay the impo- sition of an economic, cultural, diplomatic, or other sanction or related action by the United States Government related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems, or advanced conventional weapons oth- erwise required to be imposed by the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (title III of Public Law 102–182) [22 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.]; the Nuclear Pro- liferation Prevention Act of 1994 (title VIII of Public Law 103–236); title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510) (relating to the non- proliferation of missile technology); the Iran- Iraq Arms Nonproliferation Act of 1992 (title XVI of Public Law 102–484); section 573 of the