mentation that is in the alien’s pos-
session. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) EXCEPTION
TO
COMPLY
WITH
INTER-
NATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under sub-
section (b)(2) shall not apply with respect to the ad-
mission of an alien if admitting or paroling the alien 
into the United States is necessary to permit the 
United States to comply with the Agreement regard-
ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 
at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 
force November 21, 1947, between the United Na-
tions and the United States, or other applicable 
international obligations. 
(2) EXCEPTION RELATING TO THE PROVISION 
OF
HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—Sanctions under 
this section may not be imposed with respect to 
transactions or the facilitation of transactions for— 
(A) the sale of agricultural commodities, 
food, medicine, or medical devices; 
(B) the provision of humanitarian assist-
ance; 
(C) financial transactions relating to hu-
manitarian assistance; or
(D) transporting goods or services that are 
necessary to carry out operations relating to 
humanitarian assistance. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW EN-
FORCEMENT, 
AND
NATIONAL
SECURITY
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 
to any authorized intelligence, law enforcement, or 
national security activities of the United States. 
(d) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—In any judicial re-
view of a determination made under this section, if the 
determination was based on classified information (as de-
fined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information Proce-
dures Act) such information may be submitted to the re-
viewing court ex parte and in camera. This subsection does 
not confer or imply any right to judicial review. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) 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) to carry out this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates,
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of regulations promulgated to carry out 
this section to the same extent that such penalties 
apply to a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in section 206(a) of that Act. 
(f) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign person 
under this section if the President certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees not later than 15 days be-
fore such waiver is to take effect that the waiver is impor-
tant to the national security interests of the United States. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(2) the term ‘‘foreign person’’ means an indi-
vidual or entity that is not a United States person; 
and 
(3) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen; 
(B) a permanent resident alien of the 
United States; 
(C) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(D) a person in the United States. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 9, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7701 
AN ACT 
To require the imposition of sanctions with respect 
to any foreign person that knowingly participates 
in the construction, maintenance, or repair of a 
tunnel or bridge that connects the Russian main-
land with the Crimean peninsula.