gional security, and to promote fundamental rights and 
political, economic, and social progress. 
TITLE V—PRESIDENTIAL 
ACTIONS 
SEC. 501. DESCRIPTION OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—With respect to a foreign 
country categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent 
Annual Report on Democracy under section 102(b), the 
President is authorized to— 
(1) issue a private or public demarche to, or a 
public condemnation of, the government or any offi-
cial of the government of such country; 
(2) issue a public condemnation within one or 
more multilateral fora to the government or any offi-
cial of the government of such country; 
(3) recall the chief of mission to such country; 
(4) investigate, block during the pendency of an 
investigation, regulate, direct and compel, nullify, 
void, prevent, or prohibit any acquisition, holding, 
withholding, use, transfer, withdrawal, transpor-
tation, importation or exportation of, or dealing in, 
or exercising any right, power, or privilege with re-
spect to, or transactions involving, any property sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the United States in which
the government of such country or any official of the 
government of such country has any interest; 
(5) instruct, through the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the United States executive directors to 
each international financial institution to vote 
against and actively oppose any extension by the re-
spective institution of any loan, credit, or guarantee 
to or for the benefit of the government, or any speci-
fied official of the government, of such country; 
(6) direct the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration, and the Trade and Development Agency, 
as appropriate, to not approve the issuance of any 
(or a specified number of) guarantees, insurance, ex-
tensions of credit, or participations in the extension 
of credit for the benefit of or with respect to the 
government, or any specified official of the govern-
ment, of such country; 
(7) prohibit the United States from procuring, 
or entering into any contract for the procurement of, 
any goods or services from any specified official of 
the government of such country; 
(8) order the heads of appropriate United 
States agencies to not issue any (or a specified num-
ber of) specific licenses, and to not grant any other 
specific authority (or a specified number of authori-
ties), to export any goods or technology to any speci-
fied official of the government of such country, or to 
any other specified resident of such country, 
under— 
(A) the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.); 
(B) the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); 
(C) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); or 
(D) any other Federal law that requires 
the prior review and approval of the United 
States as a condition for the export or reexport 
of goods or services; and 
(9) consistent with section 212(f) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C 1182(f)), deny 
entry into the United States of any specified alien 
who— 
(A) is an official of the government of such 
country; or 
(B) is a spouse, minor child, or agent of 
such an official. 
(b) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING LAW.—The encourage-
ment to Presidential action provided under this section is