(4) to be owned or controlled by, or to have 
acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly 
or indirectly, any person whose property or interests 
in property are blocked pursuant to this section; or 
(5) to have attempted to engage in any of the 
activities described in paragraphs (1) through (3). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be 
imposed with respect to a foreign person described in sub-
section (a) are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-
dent by the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that 
the requirements of section 202 of such Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent nec-
essary to block and prohibit all transactions in prop-
erty and interests in property of the person if such 
property and interests in property are in the United 
States, come within the United States, or are or 
come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(2) INADMISSIBILITY
OF
CERTAIN
INDIVID-
UALS.— 
(A) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.—An alien who is a foreign person 
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under subsection (a), or an alien who is an offi-
cer or director of a foreign person under such 
subsection, is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—An alien 
who is a foreign person under subsection (a), or 
an alien who is an officer or director of a for-
eign person under such subsection, is subject to 
the following: 
(i) Revocation of any visa or other 
entry documentation regardless of when 
the visa or other entry documentation is or 
was issued. 
(ii) A revocation under clause (i) 
shall— 
(I) take effect immediately; and 
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(II) cancel any other valid visa or 
entry documentation that is in the 
foreign person’s or alien’s possession, 
as the case may be. 
(c) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 
apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section, in-
cluding regulations promulgated in accordance therewith, 
to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person 
that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) 
of such Act. 
(d) EXCEPTION.—Sanctions imposed pursuant to 
this section shall not apply to an alien if admitting or pa-
roling the alien into the United States is necessary to per-
mit 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 
of the United States. 
(e) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL SECU-
RITY.—The following activities shall be exempt from sanc-
tions under this section: 
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(1) Activities subject to the reporting require-
ments under title V of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). 
(2) Activities subject to any authorized intel-
ligence or law enforcement activities of the United 
States. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION AND REGULATORY AUTHOR-
ITY.—The President is authorized to exercise all authori-
ties provided to the President under sections 203 and 205 
of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this Act and may 
issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec-
essary to carry out this Act. 
(g) EXCEPTION RELATED TO THE IMPORTATION OF 
GOODS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and require-
ments to impose sanctions pursuant to this section 
shall not include the authority or requirement to im-
pose sanctions on the importation of goods. 
(2) GOOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man-made sub-
stance, material, supply or manufactured product, 
including inspection and test equipment and exclud-
ing technical data. 
(h) REPORT ON CYBER-ENABLED ACTIVITIES.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the Director of 
National Intelligence, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report detailing 
the extent of known cyber-enabled activities or at-
tempted cyber-enabled activities as described in this 
section by foreign persons related to the 2019 novel 
coronavirus and whether such activities qualify for 
the imposition of sanctions pursuant to this section. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall be unclassified but may contain a 
classified annex. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given such terms in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) in the House of Representatives— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; 
and 
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(ii) the Committee on Ways and 
Means; and 
(B) in the Senate— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions; and 
(ii) the Committee on Banking, Hous-
ing, and Urban Affairs. 
(3) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR.—The 
term ‘‘critical infrastructure sector’’ means any of 
the designated critical infrastructure sectors identi-
fied in Presidential Policy Directive 21. 
(4) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a part-
nership, association, trust, joint venture, corpora-
tion, group, subgroup, or other organization. 
(5) FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘for-
eign government’’ means any government of a coun-
try other than the United States. 
(6) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 
United States person. 
(7) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ with 
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 
means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 
result. 
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(8) MISAPPROPRIATION.—The term ‘‘misappro-
priation’’ means any taking or obtaining by im-
proper means, without permission or consent, or 
under false pretenses. 
(9) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(10) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘‘United States person’’ means any United States 
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized 
under the laws of the United States or any jurisdic-
tion within the United States (including foreign 
branches), or any person in the United States. 
SEC. 3. STOPPING TRAFFICKING IN BOTNETS. 
Section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (7), by adding ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) knowingly traffics in access to a protected 
computer, if the trafficker knows the protected com-
puter has been damaged in a manner prohibited by 
this section.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘(a)(4) or (a)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(4), (a)(7), 
or (a)(8)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘(a)(4), or (a)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(4), 
(a)(7), or (a)(8)’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(13) the term ‘traffic’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 1029(e)(5) of this title.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘, except for 
a violation of subsection (a)(8),’’ after ‘‘violation of 
this section’’. 
SEC. 4. INJUNCTIONS AGAINST FRAUD AND ABUSE. 
Section 1345 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘FRAUD’’ 
and inserting ‘‘FRAUD AND ABUSE’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
the semicolon and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) violating or about to violate section 
1030(a)(5) of this title where such conduct has 
caused or would cause damage (as defined in 
section 1030) without authorization to 100 or 
more protected computers (as defined in section 
1030) during any 1-year period, including by— 
‘‘(i) damage of the protected com-
puters without authorization; or 
‘‘(ii) installing or maintaining control 
over malicious software on the protected 
computers that, without authorization, 
have caused or would cause damage to the 
protected computers;’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘, a vio-
lation under subsection (a)(1)(D),’’ after ‘‘(as 
defined in section 3322(d) of this title)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(c)(1) No cause of action may lie or be maintained 
in any court against any person and shall be promptly dis-
missed if such cause of action is with respect to an act 
that is in compliance with any restraining order, prohibi-
tion, or other action under subsection (b), if issued in cir-
cumstances described in subsection (a)(1)(D). 
‘‘(2) A restraining order, prohibition, or other action 
under subsection (b), if issued in circumstances described 
in subsection (a)(1)(D), may, upon application of the At-
torney General, provide that the United States shall pay 
to such person a fee for reimbursement for such costs as 
are reasonably necessary and which have been directly in-
curred in complying with the restraining order, prohibi-
tion, or other action.’’. 
Æ 
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