(e) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL SECU-
RITY.—The following activities shall be exempt from sanc-
tions under this section: 
(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) Any authorized intelligence or law enforce-
ment activities of the United States. 
(f) ENFORCEMENT OF BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 
A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to 
violate, or causes a violation of subsection (b)(2) or any 
regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that sub-
section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-
sections (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. 
(g) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that includes— 
(1) a list of each foreign person with respect to 
which the President imposed sanctions under sub-
section (b) during the year preceding the submission 
of the report; 
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(2) a description of the type of sanctions im-
posed with respect to each such person; 
(3) the number of foreign persons with respect 
to which the President— 
(A) imposed sanctions under subsection (b) 
during that year; or 
(B) terminated sanctions under subsection 
(h) during that year; 
(4) the dates on which such sanctions were im-
posed or terminated, as the case may be; 
(5) the reasons for imposing or terminating 
such sanctions; and 
(6) a description of the efforts of the President 
to encourage the governments of other countries to 
impose sanctions that are similar to the sanctions 
authorized by this section. 
(h) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 
may terminate the application of sanctions under this sec-
tion with respect to a person if the President determines 
and reports to the appropriate congressional committees 
not later than 15 days before the termination of the sanc-
tions that— 
(1) credible information exists that the person 
did not engage in the activity for which sanctions 
were imposed; 
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(2) the person has been prosecuted appro-
priately for the activity for which sanctions were im-
posed; 
(3) the forced detention or disappearance of the 
individual or individuals for whom the sanctions 
have been imposed are no longer missing or de-
tained; 
(4) the person has provided material informa-
tion that— 
(A) leads to the location or liberation of 
the missing or detained individual or individuals 
in question; or 
(B) leads to the arrest or prosecution of 
others responsible for such acts described in 
subsection (a); or 
(5) the termination of the sanctions is in the 
national security interests of the United States. 
(i) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 
issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Financial Services 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
(3) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(4) PUBLIC
HEALTH
EMERGENCY
OF
INTER-
NATIONAL
CONCERN.—The term ‘‘public health 
emergency of international concern’’ means a public 
health emergency determined to be a public health 
emergency of international concern by the World 
Health Organization. 
(5) 
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 any jurisdiction within the 
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United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
(k) SUNSET.—This Act shall terminate on the date 
that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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