(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) 
INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions 
under this section shall not apply to any activity 
subject to the reporting requirements under title V 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities 
of the United States. 
(2) IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and re-
quirements to impose sanctions authorized 
under this section shall not include the author-
ity or requirement to impose sanctions on the 
importation of goods. 
(B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 
manmade substance, material, supply or manu-
factured product, including inspection and test 
equipment, and excluding technical data. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise the authorities provided to the President 
under sections 203 and 205 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this 
section. 
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(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, or causes a violation of subsection 
(a) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 
carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen-
alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of the sec-
tion 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. 
(e) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section 
or its application to any person or circumstance is held 
invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or 
applications of this section that can be given effect without 
the invalid provision or application, and to this end the 
provisions of this section are severable. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COUNTRY OF CONCERN.—The term ‘‘coun-
try of concern’’— 
(A) has the meaning given the term ‘‘for-
eign adversary’’ in section 8(c)(2) of the Secure 
and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 
2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2)); and 
(B) includes the People’s Republic of 
China (including the Special Administrative Re-
gions of China, including Hong Kong and 
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Macau), Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and 
Venezuela. 
(2) ENTITY OF CONCERN.—The term ‘‘entity of 
concern’’ means— 
(A) a governmental body at any level in a 
country of concern; 
(B) the armed forces of a country of con-
cern; 
(C) the leading political party of a country 
of concern; 
(D) a natural person who is a national of 
a country of concern, is domiciled and living in 
such country, and is subject to substantial in-
fluence, directly or indirectly, from an entity de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); or 
(E) a private business or a state-owned en-
terprise that is domiciled in a country of con-
cern, or owned or controlled by a private busi-
ness or state-owned enterprise domiciled in a 
country of concern, and that is subject to sub-
stantial influence, directly or indirectly, from an 
entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), or 
(C). 
(3) SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY.—The term ‘‘social 
media company’’— 
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(A) means any entity that operates, di-
rectly or indirectly, including through its parent 
company, subsidiaries, or affiliates, a website, 
desktop application, or mobile application 
that— 
(i) permits an individual or entity to 
create an account or profile for the pur-
pose of generating, sharing, and viewing 
user-generated content through such ac-
count or profile; 
(ii) sells digital advertising space; 
(iii) has more than 1,000,000 monthly 
active users for a majority of months dur-
ing the preceding 12 months; 
(iv) enables one or more users to gen-
erate content that can be viewed by other 
users of the website, desktop application, 
or mobile application; and 
(v) enables users to view content gen-
erated by other users of the website, desk-
top application, or mobile application; and 
(B) does not include an entity if the entity 
does not operate a website, desktop application, 
or mobile application except for a website, desk-
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top application, or mobile application the pri-
mary purpose of which is— 
(i) to allow users to post product re-
views, business reviews, or travel informa-
tion and reviews; or 
(ii) to provide emergency alert serv-
ices. 
Æ 
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