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government of which the Secretary of State has de-
termined, for purposes of section 814(c), is a gov-
ernment that has repeatedly provided support for 
acts of international terrorism. 
Subtitle B—Anti-Boycott Act of 
2018 
SEC. 831. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Boycott Act 
of 2018’’. 
SEC. 832. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
Congress declares it is the policy of the United 
States— 
(1) to oppose restrictive trade practices or boy-
cotts fostered or imposed by any foreign country 
against other countries friendly to the United States 
or against any United States person; 
(2) to encourage and, in specified cases, require 
United States persons engaged in the export of 
goods or technology or other information to refuse to 
take actions, including furnishing information or en-
tering into or implementing agreements, which have 
the effect of furthering or supporting the restrictive 
trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by 
any foreign country against a country friendly to the 
United States or any United States person; and 
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(3) to foster international cooperation and the 
development of international rules and institutions 
to assure reasonable access to world supplies. 
SEC. 833. FOREIGN BOYCOTTS. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) PROHIBITIONS.—For the purpose of imple-
menting the policies set forth in section 832, the 
President shall issue regulations prohibiting any 
United States person, with respect to that person’s 
activities in the interstate or foreign commerce of 
the United States, from taking or knowingly agree-
ing to take any of the following actions with intent 
to comply with, further, or support any boycott fos-
tered or imposed by any foreign country, against a 
country which is friendly to the United States and 
which is not itself the object of any form of boycott 
pursuant to United States law or regulation: 
(A) Refusing, or requiring any other per-
son to refuse, to do business with or in the boy-
cotted country, with any business concern orga-
nized under the laws of the boycotted country, 
with any national or resident of the boycotted 
country, or with any other person, pursuant to 
an agreement with, a requirement of, or a re-
quest from or on behalf of the boycotting coun-
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try. The mere absence of a business relationship 
with or in the boycotted country with any busi-
ness concern organized under the laws of the 
boycotted country, with any national or resident 
of the boycotted country, or with any other per-
son, does not indicate the existence of the in-
tent required to establish a violation of regula-
tions issued to carry out this subparagraph. 
(B) Refusing, or requiring any other per-
son to refuse, to employ or otherwise discrimi-
nating against any United States person on the 
basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin of 
that person or of any owner, officer, director, or 
employee of such person. 
(C) Furnishing information with respect to 
the race, religion, sex, or national origin of any 
United States person or of any owner, officer, 
director, or employee of such person. 
(D) Furnishing information about whether 
any person has, has had, or proposes to have 
any business relationship (including a relation-
ship by way of sale, purchase, legal or commer-
cial representation, shipping or other transport, 
insurance, investment, or supply) with or in the 
boycotted country, with any business concern 
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organized under the laws of the boycotted coun-
try, with any national or resident of the boy-
cotted country, or with any other person which 
is known or believed to be restricted from hav-
ing any business relationship with or in the boy-
cotting country. Nothing in this subparagraph 
shall prohibit the furnishing of normal business 
information in a commercial context as defined 
by the Secretary. 
(E) Furnishing information about whether 
any person is a member of, has made contribu-
tions to, or is otherwise associated with or in-
volved in the activities of any charitable or fra-
ternal organization which supports the boy-
cotted country. 
(F) Paying, honoring, confirming, or other-
wise implementing a letter of credit which con-
tains any condition or requirement compliance 
with which is prohibited by regulations issued 
pursuant to this paragraph, and no United 
States person shall, as a result of the applica-
tion of this paragraph, be obligated to pay or 
otherwise honor or implement such letter of 
credit. 
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(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Regulations issued pursuant 
to paragraph (1) shall provide exceptions for— 
(A) complying or agreeing to comply with 
requirements— 
(i) prohibiting the import of goods or 
services from the boycotted country or 
goods produced or services provided by any 
business concern organized under the laws 
of the boycotted country or by nationals or 
residents of the boycotted country; or 
(ii) prohibiting the shipment of goods 
to the boycotting country on a carrier of 
the boycotted country, or by a route other 
than that prescribed by the boycotting 
country or the recipient of the shipment; 
(B) complying or agreeing to comply with 
import and shipping document requirements 
with respect to the country of origin, the name 
of the carrier and route of shipment, the name 
of the supplier of the shipment or the name of 
the provider of other services, except that no in-
formation knowingly furnished or conveyed in 
response to such requirements may be stated in 
negative, blacklisting, or similar exclusionary 
terms, other than with respect to carriers or 
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route of shipment as may be permitted by such 
regulations in order to comply with pre-
cautionary requirements protecting against war 
risks and confiscation; 
(C) complying or agreeing to comply in the 
normal course of business with the unilateral 
and specific selection by a boycotting country, 
or national or resident thereof, of carriers, in-
surers, suppliers of services to be performed 
within the boycotting country or specific goods 
which, in the normal course of business, are 
identifiable by source when imported into the 
boycotting country; 
(D) complying or agreeing to comply with 
export requirements of the boycotting country 
relating to shipments or transshipments of ex-
ports to the boycotted country, to any business 
concern of or organized under the laws of the 
boycotted country, or to any national or resi-
dent of the boycotted country; 
(E) compliance by an individual or agree-
ment by an individual to comply with the immi-
gration or passport requirements of any country 
with respect to such individual or any member 
of such individual’s family or with requests for 
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information regarding requirements of employ-
ment of such individual within the boycotting 
country; and 
(F) compliance by a United States person 
resident in a foreign country or agreement by 
such person to comply with the laws of that 
country with respect to his activities exclusively 
therein, and such regulations may contain ex-
ceptions for such resident complying with the 
laws or regulations of that foreign country gov-
erning 
imports 
into 
such 
country 
of 
trademarked, trade named, or similarly specifi-
cally identifiable products, or components of 
products for his own use, including the per-
formance of contractual services within that 
country, as may be defined by such regulations. 
(3) SPECIAL RULES.—Regulations issued pur-
suant to paragraphs (2)(C) and (2)(F) shall not pro-
vide exceptions from paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C). 
(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection may be construed to supersede or limit 
the operation of the antitrust or civil rights laws of 
the United States. 
(5) APPLICATION.—This section shall apply to 
any transaction or activity undertaken, by or 
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through a United States person or any other person, 
with intent to evade the provisions of this section as 
implemented by the regulations issued pursuant to 
this subsection, and such regulations shall expressly 
provide that the exceptions set forth in paragraph 
(2) shall not permit activities or agreements (ex-
pressed or implied by a course of conduct, including 
a pattern of responses) otherwise prohibited, which 
are not within the intent of such exceptions. 
(b) FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the regula-
tions issued pursuant to subsection (a), regulations 
issued under subtitle A to carry out the policies set 
forth in section 812(1)(D) shall implement the poli-
cies set forth in this section. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Such regulations shall 
require that any United States person receiving a re-
quest for the furnishing of information, the entering 
into or implementing of agreements, or the taking of 
any other action referred to in subsection (a) shall 
report that fact to the Secretary, together with such 
other information concerning such request as the 
Secretary may require for such action as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate for carrying out the 
policies of that section. Such person shall also report 
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to the Secretary whether such person intends to 
comply and whether such person has complied with 
such request. Any report filed pursuant to this para-
graph shall be made available promptly for public in-
spection and copying, except that information re-
garding the quantity, description, and value of any 
goods or technology to which such report relates 
may be kept confidential if the Secretary determines 
that disclosure thereof would place the United States 
person involved at a competitive disadvantage. The 
Secretary shall periodically transmit summaries of 
the information contained in such reports to the Sec-
retary of State for such action as the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary, considers 
appropriate for carrying out the policies set forth in 
section 832. 
(c) PREEMPTION.—The provisions of this section and 
the regulations issued pursuant thereto shall preempt any 
law, rule, or regulation of any of the several States or the 
District of Columbia, or any of the territories or posses-
sions of the United States, or of any governmental subdivi-
sion thereof, which law, rule, or regulation pertains to par-
ticipation in, compliance with, implementation of, or the 
furnishing of information regarding restrictive trade prac-
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tices or boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign countries 
against other countries friendly to the United States. 
SEC. 834. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—A person who willfully 
commits, willfully attempts to commit, or willfully con-
spires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of, 
an unlawful act section 833— 
(1) shall, upon conviction, be fined not more 
than $1,000,000; or 
(2) if a natural person, may be imprisoned for 
not more than 20 years, or both. 
(b) CIVIL PENALTIES.—The President may impose 
the following civil penalties on a person who violates sec-
tion 833 or any regulation issued under this subtitle: 
(1) A fine of not more than $300,000 or an 
amount that is twice the value of the transaction 
that is the basis of the violation with respect to 
which the penalty is imposed, whichever is greater. 
(2) Revocation of a license issued under title I 
to the person. 
(3) A prohibition on the person’s ability to ex-
port, reexport, or transfer any items controlled 
under subtitle A. 
(c) PROCEDURES.—Any civil penalty or administra-
tive sanction (including any suspension or revocation of 
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authority to export) under this section may be imposed 
only after notice and opportunity for an agency hearing 
on the record in accordance with sections 554 through 557 
of title 5, United States Code, and shall be subject to judi-
cial review in accordance with chapter 7 of such title. 
(d) STANDARDS FOR LEVELS OF CIVIL PENALTY.— 
The President may by regulation provide standards for es-
tablishing levels of civil penalty under this section based 
upon factors such as the seriousness of the violation, the 
culpability of the violator, and the violator’s record of co-
operation with the Government in disclosing the violation. 
Subtitle C—Sanctions Regarding 
Missile Proliferation and Chem-
ical 
and 
Biological 
Weapons 
Proliferation 
SEC. 841. MISSILE PROLIFERATION CONTROL VIOLATIONS. 
(a) VIOLATIONS BY UNITED STATES PERSONS.— 
(1) SANCTIONS.— 
(A) SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—The Presi-
dent shall impose the applicable sanctions de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) if the President 
determines that a United States person know-
ingly— 
(i) exports, reexports, or transfers of 
any item on the MTCR Annex, in violation 
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of the provisions of section 38 (22 U.S.C. 
2778) or chapter 7 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, subtitle A, or any regulations 
or orders issued under any such provisions; 
or 
(ii) conspires to or attempts to engage 
in such export, reexport, or transfer. 
(B) SANCTIONS.—The sanctions that apply 
to a United States person under subparagraph 
(A) are the following: 
(i) If the item on the MTCR Annex 
involved in the export, reexport, or transfer 
is missile equipment or technology within 
category II of the MTCR Annex, then the 
President shall deny to such United States 
person, for a period of 2 years, licenses for 
the transfer of missile equipment or tech-
nology controlled under subtitle A. 
(ii) If the item on the MTCR Annex 
involved in the export, reexport, or transfer 
is missile equipment or technology within 
category I of the MTCR Annex, then the 
President shall deny to such United States 
person, for a period of not less than 2 
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years, all licenses for items the transfer of 
which is controlled under subtitle A. 
(2) DISCRETIONARY SANCTIONS.—In the case 
of any determination referred to in paragraph (1), 
the President may pursue any other appropriate 
penalties under section 820. 
(3) WAIVER.—The President may waive the im-
position of sanctions under paragraph (1) on a per-
son with respect to a product or service if the Presi-
dent certifies to the Congress that— 
(A) the product or service is essential to 
the national security of the United States; and 
(B) such person is a sole source supplier of 
the product or service, the product or service is 
not available from any alternative reliable sup-
plier, and the need for the product or service 
cannot be met in a timely manner by improved 
manufacturing processes or technological devel-
opments. 
(b) TRANSFERS OF MISSILE EQUIPMENT OR TECH-
NOLOGY BY FOREIGN PERSONS.— 
(1) SANCTIONS.— 
(A) SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—Subject to 
paragraphs (3) through (7), the President shall 
impose the applicable sanctions under subpara-
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graph (B) on a foreign person if the Presi-
dent— 
(i) determines that a foreign person 
knowingly— 
(I) exports, reexports, or trans-
fers any MTCR equipment or tech-
nology that contributes to the design, 
development, or production of missiles 
in a country that is not an MTCR ad-
herent and would be, if it were United 
States-origin equipment or technology, 
subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States under subtitle A; 
(II) conspires to or attempts to 
engage in such export, reexport, or 
transfer; or 
(III) facilitates such export, reex-
port, or transfer by any other person; 
or 
(ii) has made a determination with re-
spect to the foreign person under section 
73(a) of the Arms Export Control Act. 
(B) SANCTIONS.—The sanctions that apply 
to a foreign person under subparagraph (A) are 
the following: 
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(i) If the item involved in the export, 
reexport, or transfer is within category II 
of the MTCR Annex, then the President 
shall deny, for a period of 2 years, licenses 
for the transfer to such foreign person of 
missile equipment or technology the trans-
fer of which is controlled under subtitle A. 
(ii) If the item involved in the export, 
reexport, or transfer is within category I of 
the MTCR Annex, then the President shall 
deny, for a period of not less than 2 years, 
licenses for the transfer to such foreign 
person of items the transfer of which is 
controlled under subtitle A. 
(2) INAPPLICABILITY WITH RESPECT TO MTCR 
ADHERENTS.—Paragraph (1) does not apply with 
respect to— 
(A) any export, reexport, or transfer that 
is authorized by the laws of an MTCR adher-
ent, if such authorization is not obtained by 
misrepresentation or fraud; or 
(B) any export, reexport, or transfer of an 
item to an end user in a country that is an 
MTCR adherent. 
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(3) EFFECT
OF
ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS
BY 
MTCR ADHERENTS.—Sanctions set forth in para-
graph (1) may not be imposed under this subsection 
on a person with respect to acts described in such 
paragraph or, if such sanctions are in effect against 
a person on account of such acts, such sanctions 
shall be terminated, if an MTCR adherent is taking 
judicial or other enforcement action against that 
person with respect to such acts, or that person has 
been found by the government of an MTCR adher-
ent to be innocent of wrongdoing with respect to 
such acts. 
(4) WAIVER AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(A) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The President 
may waive the application of paragraph (1) to 
a foreign person if the President determines 
that such waiver is essential to the national se-
curity of the United States. 
(B) NOTIFICATION AND REPORT TO CON-
GRESS.—In the event that the President decides 
to apply the waiver described in subparagraph 
(A), the President shall so notify the appro-
priate congressional committees not less than 
20 working days before issuing the waiver. 
Such notification shall include a report fully ar-
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ticulating the rationale and circumstances 
which led the President to apply the waiver. 
(5) ADDITIONAL WAIVER.—The President may 
waive the imposition of sanctions under paragraph 
(1) on a person with respect to a product or service 
if the President certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that— 
(A) the product or service is essential to 
the national security of the United States; and 
(B) such person is a sole source supplier of 
the product or service, the product or service is 
not available from any alternative reliable sup-
plier, and the need for the product or service 
cannot be met in a timely manner by improved 
manufacturing processes or technological devel-
opments. 
(6) EXCEPTIONS.—The President shall not 
apply the sanction under this subsection prohibiting 
the importation of the products of a foreign per-
son— 
(A) in the case of procurement of defense 
articles or defense services— 
(i) under existing contracts or sub-
contracts, including the exercise of options 
for production quantities to satisfy require-
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ments essential to the national security of 
the United States; 
(ii) if the President determines that 
the person to which the sanctions would be 
applied is a sole source supplier of the de-
fense articles or defense services, that the 
defense articles or defense services are es-
sential to the national security of the 
United States, and that alternative sources 
are not readily or reasonably available; or 
(iii) if the President determines that 
such articles or services are essential to the 
national security of the United States 
under defense coproduction agreements or 
NATO Programs of Cooperation; 
(B) to products or services provided under 
contracts entered into before the date on which 
the President publishes his intention to impose 
the sanctions; or 
(C) to— 
(i) spare parts; 
(ii) component parts, but not finished 
products, essential to United States prod-
ucts or production; 
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gime’’ or ‘‘MTCR’’ means the policy statement, be-
tween the United States, the United Kingdom, the 
Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Can-
ada, and Japan, announced on April 16, 1987, to re-
strict sensitive missile-relevant transfers based on 
the MTCR Annex, and any amendments thereto. 
(5) MTCR ADHERENT.—The term ‘‘MTCR ad-
herent’’ means a country that participates in the 
MTCR or that, pursuant to an international under-
standing to which the United States is a party, con-
trols MTCR equipment or technology in accordance 
with the criteria and standards set forth in the 
MTCR. 
(6) MTCR ANNEX.—The term ‘‘MTCR Annex’’ 
means the Guidelines and Equipment and Tech-
nology Annex of the MTCR, and any amendments 
thereto. 
(7) MISSILE
EQUIPMENT
OR
TECHNOLOGY; 
MTCR
EQUIPMENT
OR
TECHNOLOGY.—The terms 
‘‘missile equipment or technology’’ and ‘‘MTCR 
equipment or technology’’ mean those items listed in 
category I or category II of the MTCR Annex. 
SEC. 842. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PRO-
LIFERATION SANCTIONS. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
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(1) DETERMINATION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (b)(2), the President 
shall impose the sanction described in subsection (c) 
if the President determines that a foreign person has 
knowingly and materially contributed— 
(A) through the export from the United 
States of any item that is subject to the juris-
diction of the United States under this subtitle; 
or 
(B) through the export from any other 
country of any item that would be, if they were 
United States goods or technology, subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States under this 
subtitle, 
to the efforts by any foreign country, project, or en-
tity described in paragraph (2) to use, develop, 
produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire chemical or 
biological weapons. 
(2) COUNTRIES, PROJECTS, OR ENTITIES RE-
CEIVING ASSISTANCE.—Paragraph (1) applies in the 
case of— 
(A) any foreign country that the President 
determines has, at any time after January 1, 
1980— 
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(i) used chemical or biological weap-
ons in violation of international law; 
(ii) used lethal chemical or biological 
weapons against its own nationals; or 
(iii) made substantial preparations to 
engage in the activities described in clause 
(i) or (ii); 
(B) any foreign country whose government 
is determined for purposes of section 914(c) to 
be a government that has repeatedly provided 
support for acts of international terrorism; or 
(C) any other foreign country, project, or 
entity designated by the President for purposes 
of this section. 
(3) PERSONS AGAINST WHICH SANCTIONS ARE 
TO BE IMPOSED.—A sanction shall be imposed pur-
suant to paragraph (1) on— 
(A) the foreign person with respect to 
which the President makes the determination 
described in that paragraph; 
(B) any successor entity to that foreign 
person; and 
(C) any foreign person that is a parent, 
subsidiary, or affiliate of that foreign person if 
that parent, subsidiary, or affiliate knowingly 
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assisted in the activities which were the basis of 
that determination. 
(b) CONSULTATIONS WITH AND ACTIONS BY FOR-
EIGN GOVERNMENT OF JURISDICTION.— 
(1) CONSULTATIONS.—If the President makes 
the determinations described in subsection (a)(1) 
with respect to a foreign person, the Congress urges 
the President to initiate consultations immediately 
with the government with primary jurisdiction over 
that foreign person with respect to the imposition of 
a sanction pursuant to this section. 
(2) ACTIONS
BY
GOVERNMENT
OF
JURISDIC-
TION.—In order to pursue such consultations with 
that government, the President may delay imposition 
of a sanction pursuant to this section for a period 
of up to 90 days. Following such consultations, the 
President shall impose the sanction unless the Presi-
dent determines and certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the Government has 
taken specific and effective actions, including appro-
priate penalties, to terminate the involvement of the 
foreign person in the activities described in sub-
section (a)(1). The President may delay imposition 
of the sanction for an additional period of up to 90 
days if the President determines and certifies to the 
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Congress that the government is in the process of 
taking the actions described in the preceding sen-
tence. 
(3) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The President 
shall report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, not later than 90 days after making a deter-
mination under subsection (a)(1), on the status of 
consultations with the appropriate government under 
this subsection, and the basis for any determination 
under paragraph (2) of this subsection that such 
government has taken specific corrective actions. 
(c) SANCTION.— 
(1) DESCRIPTION OF SANCTION.—The sanction 
to be imposed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) is, ex-
cept as provided that the United States Government 
shall not procure, or enter into any contract for the 
procurement of, any goods or services from any per-
son described in subsection (a)(3). 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The President shall not be 
required to apply or maintain a sanction under this 
section— 
(A) in the case of procurement of defense 
articles or defense services— 
(i) under existing contracts or sub-
contracts, including the exercise of options 
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for production quantities to satisfy United 
States operational military requirements; 
(ii) if the President determines that 
the person or other entity to which the 
sanctions would otherwise be applied is a 
sole source supplier of the defense articles 
or defense services, that the defense arti-
cles or defense services are essential, and 
that alternative sources are not readily or 
reasonably available; or 
(iii) if the President determines that 
such articles or services are essential to the 
national security under defense coproduc-
tion agreements; 
(B) to products or services provided under 
contracts entered into before the date on which 
the President publishes his intention to impose 
sanctions; 
(C) to— 
(i) spare parts; 
(ii) component parts, but not finished 
products, essential to United States prod-
ucts or production; or 
(iii) routine servicing and mainte-
nance of products, to the extent that alter-
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native sources are not readily or reason-
ably available; 
(D) to information and technology essen-
tial to United States products or production; or 
(E) to medical or other humanitarian 
items. 
(d) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—A sanction im-
posed pursuant to this section shall apply for a period of 
at least 12 months following the imposition of one sanction 
and shall cease to apply thereafter only if the President 
determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that reliable information indicates that the 
foreign person with respect to which the determination 
was made under subsection (a)(1) has ceased to aid or 
abet any foreign government, project, or entity in its ef-
forts to acquire chemical or biological weapons capability 
as described in that subsection. 
(e) WAIVER.— 
(1) CRITERION
FOR
WAIVER.—The President 
may waive the application of any sanction imposed 
on any person pursuant to this section if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that such waiver is important 
to the national security interests of the United 
States. 
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(2) NOTIFICATION OF AND REPORT TO CON-
GRESS.—If the President decides to exercise the 
waiver authority provided in paragraph (1), the 
President shall so notify the appropriate congres-
sional committees not less than 20 days before the 
waiver takes effect. Such notification shall include a 
report fully articulating the rationale and cir-
cumstances which led the President to exercise the 
waiver authority. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) DEFENSE ARTICLES; DEFENSE SERVICES.— 
The terms ‘‘defense articles’’ and ‘‘defense services’’ 
mean those items on the United States Munitions 
List or are otherwise controlled under the Arms Ex-
port Control Act. 
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Subtitle D—Administrative 
Authorities 
SEC. 851. UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INDUS-
TRY AND SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security who 
shall carry out all the functions of the Secretary under 
this title and such other provisions of law that relate to 
the implementation of the dual-use export system. 
(b) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF COMMERCE.—The 
President shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, two Assistant Secretaries of Commerce 
to assist the Under Secretary in carrying out the functions 
described in paragraph (1). 
Passed the House of Representatives June 26, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 492 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5841 
AN ACT 
To modernize and strengthen the Committee on 
Foreign Investment in the United States to more 
effectively guard against the risk to the national 
security of the United States posed by certain 
types of foreign investment, and for other pur-
poses. 
JUNE 27, 2018 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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