(3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA-
TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—The authority 
to impose the sanctions described in paragraph 
(2)(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 re-
garding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 
into force November 21, 1947, between the United 
Nations and the United States, or other applicable 
international obligations. 
(c) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 
this section is one of the following: 
(1) An individual who— 
(A) is a national of the People’s Republic 
of China or acting at the direction of a national 
or entity of the People’s Republic of China; and 
(B) is not a United States person. 
(2) An entity that is— 
(A) organized under the laws of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China or of any jurisdiction 
within the People’s Republic of China; 
(B) owned or controlled by individuals who 
are nationals of the People’s Republic of China; 
or 
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(C) owned or controlled by an entity de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) and is not a 
United States person. 
(d) PENALTIES; IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of subsection (a) or any regulation, license, 
or order issued to carry out subsection (a) shall be 
subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-
gency 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. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided to the President under 
sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
1704) for purposes of carrying out this section. 
(e) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a re-
port that specifies each person the President deter-
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mines meets the criteria described in subsection (a) 
for the imposition of sanctions. 
(2) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi-
dent may terminate sanctions imposed under sub-
section (a) with respect to a person if the President 
certifies to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate that such person is 
no longer engaging in efforts to steal United States 
intellectual property. 
(f) WAIVER.—The President may waive the imposi-
tion of sanctions under subsection (a) on a case-by-case 
basis with respect to a person if the President— 
(1) certifies to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the Senate that such waiver is in the national 
security interests of the United States; and 
(2) includes a justification for such certifi-
cation. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
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section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a United States 
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence to the United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States. 
Æ 
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