(c) EXCEPTIONS TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA-
TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Sanctions under 
subsection (b)(2) shall not apply with respect to a foreign 
person described in subsection (a) if admitting or paroling 
the foreign person into the United States is necessary to 
permit the United States to comply with the Agreement 
regarding 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 obliga-
tions. 
(d) EXCEPTION TO CARRY OUT OR ASSIST LAW EN-
FORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this section 
shall not apply to a foreign person, if admitting or parol-
ing the foreign person into the United States is necessary 
to carry out or assist law enforcement activity in the 
United States. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section and shall issue such regulations, li-
censes, and orders as are necessary to carry out this 
section. 
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(2) PENALTIES.—Any person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 
order issued to carry out paragraph (1) shall be sub-
ject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 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 de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
(f) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign person 
pursuant to subsection (a) if the President— 
(1) determines that a waiver is in the national 
interest of the United States; and 
(2) not later than the date on which such waiv-
er will take effect, submits a notice of and justifica-
tion for such waiver to the appropriate congressional 
committees. 
(g) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE SANC-
TIONS.—The authority to impose sanctions under this sec-
tion shall terminate on the date that is the earlier of 3 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act or the 
date on which the President determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that the Govern-
ment of Sudan— 
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(1) has held free, fair, and credible general elec-
tions in accordance with the 2019 constitutional 
charter for the transitional period and a democrat-
ically elected head of state has been sworn in and 
taken office; 
(2) is making significant progress towards re-
specting the freedoms of religion, speech, press, as-
sembly, and association as described in the 2019 
constitutional charter for the transitional period and 
toward holding free, fair, and credible elections by 
the end of the transitional period; 
(3) is compliant with international norms and 
standards concerning the transparent allocation and 
disbursement of government directed funds; 
(4) respects the right to freedom of religion, 
speech, press, assembly, and association for all Su-
danese citizens; 
(5) has ceased attacks on civilians, including 
through the use of militias; 
(6) has negotiated in good faith to reach formal 
peace agreements with armed movements that had 
been in conflict with the Government of Sudan; and 
(7) has ceased any material support or assist-
ance to groups associated or linked to international 
terrorism. 
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(h) EXCEPTION RELATING
TO IMPORTATION
OF 
GOODS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and require-
ments to impose sanctions authorized under this sec-
tion shall not include the authority or requirement 
to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 
(2) GOOD
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man- 
made substance, material, supply or manufactured 
product, including inspection and test equipment, 
and excluding technical data. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1001). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
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Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate. 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
(4) 
KNOWINGLY.—The 
term 
‘‘knowingly’’ 
means, with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or 
a result, that a person has actual knowledge, or 
should have known, of the conduct, the cir-
cumstance, or the result. 
(5) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen, an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States, or any other individual subject 
to the jurisdiction of the United States; 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such entity; or 
(C) any person in the United States. 
SEC. 13. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT
ON
ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR
HUMAN 
RIGHTS ABUSES.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
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