[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2905-S2908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 787. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the
following:
Subtitle __--Transnational Repression
SECTION 12_1. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Transnational
Repression Policy Act''.
SEC. 12_2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Transnational repression against individuals who live
outside their countries of origin, prominent or vocal anti-
regime figures, and persons who provide aid and support to
dissidents--
(A) is a human rights violation that seeks to stifle
dissent and enhance control over exile, activist, emigrant,
and diaspora communities; and
(B) can take the form of--
(i) extrajudicial killings;
(ii) physical assaults and intimidation;
(iii) unlawful detentions;
(iv) unlawful renditions;
(v) unlawful deportations;
(vi) unexplained or enforced disappearances;
(vii) physical or online surveillance or stalking;
(viii) unwarranted passport cancellation or control over
other identification documents;
(ix) INTERPOL abuse;
(x) intimidation by diplomatic personnel, government
officials, or proxies;
(xi) unlawful asset freezes;
(xii) digital threats, such as cyberattacks, targeted
surveillance and spyware, online harassment, and
intimidation;
(xiii) coercion by proxy, such as harassment of, or threats
or harm to, family and associates of such private individuals
who remain in the country of origin; and
(xiv) slander and libel to discredit individuals.
(2) Governments perpetrating transnational repression often
pressure host countries, especially--
(A) through threats to condition foreign assistance or
other pressure campaigns on lawmakers in host countries, such
as threats--
(i) to withdraw foreign students from their universities;
and
(ii) to induce them to enact policies that repress emigrant
and diaspora communities; and
(B) by offering financial and material assistance to host
countries to harass and intimidate emigrant and diaspora
communities.
(3) Transnational repression is a threat to individuals,
democratic institutions, the exercise of rights and freedoms,
and national security and sovereignty.
(4) Authoritarian governments increasingly rely on
transnational repression as their consolidation of control at
home pushes dissidents abroad.
(5) The spread of digital technologies provides new tools
for censoring, surveilling, and targeting individuals deemed
to be threats across international borders, especially
dissidents pushed abroad who themselves rely on
communications technology to amplify their messages, which
can often lead to physical attacks and coercion by proxy.
(6) Many acts of transnational repression are undertaken
through cooperation of, or cooperation with, authorities in
the host country, most notably by taking advantage of other
States' concerns about terrorism to accuse the targeted
individual of terrorism or extremism.
(7) Authoritarian actors routinely attempt to deter and
silence the voices of dissident and exile communities at
international fora, as documented by the United Nations
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights in the
Secretary-General's annual report on reprisals to the United
Nations Human Rights Council.
(8) The principle of non-refoulement, which is explicitly
included in the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at New
York December 10, 1984--
(A) forms an essential protection under international law;
and
(B) prohibits countries from expelling or returning an
individual to another country where the individual's life or
freedom would be threatened on account of the individual's
race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular
social group, or political opinion, or due to substantial
grounds for believing that the individual would be at risk of
torture.
SEC. 12_3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States--
(1) to protect persons in the United States and United
States persons outside of the United States from undue
foreign harassment, intimidation, coercion, and surveillance
in accordance with section 6 of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2756);
(2) to pursue criminal prosecutions, as appropriate, and
carry out other steps, such as facilitating mutual legal
assistance and other forms of international cooperation with
like-minded partners, in accordance with United States law,
to hold foreign governments and individuals accountable when
they stalk, publish false narratives online with the intent
to unlawfully intimidate, harass, coerce, or assault people
in the United States or United States persons outside of the
United States or collect information while acting as a
foreign agent in the United States without notifying United
States authorities; and
(3) to prohibit the arrest or seizure of assets of any
individual based solely on an INTERPOL Red Notice or
Diffusion issued by another INTERPOL member country for such
individual because such notices do not meet the requirements
of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States.
SEC. 12_4. AMENDMENTS TO ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN
RIGHTS PRACTICES.
Section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2151n) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Use of Transnational Repression.--The country reports
required under subsection (d) shall, as applicable--
``(1) describe incidents in which a government has
harassed, intimidated, or killed individuals outside of their
internationally recognized borders and document patterns of
such repression among repeat offenders;
``(2) identify the countries in which such repression
occurs and the roles of the host government in enabling,
preventing, mitigating, and responding to such acts;
``(3) describe the tactics used by the countries identified
pursuant to paragraph (2), including the actions identified
in section 2(1) and any new techniques observed; and
``(4) in the case of digital surveillance and harassment,
specify the type of technology or platform, including social
media, smart
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city technology, health tracking systems, general
surveillance technology, and data access, transfer, and
storage procedures, used by the countries for such
actions.''.
SEC. 12_5. INTERAGENCY STRATEGY TO ADDRESS TRANSNATIONAL
REPRESSION IN UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.
(a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal
departments and agencies, shall submit a report to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee
on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives that contains a
United States strategy to promote initiatives that will--
(1) enhance international awareness of transnational
repression;
(2) address transnational repression, including through
raising the costs of such activities for perpetrating
governments and protecting targeted individuals and groups;
(3) conduct regular outreach (whether through government
agencies or civil society organizations) with diaspora
communities and other people who have been targeted by
foreign governments regarding the transnational threats they
face within the United States and around the world and the
resources available to them without putting them at further
risk; and
(4) develop policy and programmatic-related responses based
on input from the communities and people referred to in
paragraph (3) and regularly seek and consider credible
information obtained by nongovernmental organizations working
on issues of transnational repression.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--
(1) Diplomacy.--The strategy required under subsection (a)
shall include--
(A) a plan developed in consultation with like-minded
partner governments, civil society, the business community,
and other entities for advancing and promoting--
(i) the rule of law and human rights globally with respect
to the use of surveillance technology and export licensing
policy regarding such technology; and
(ii) safeguards to prevent the access, use, and storage of
personal digital data by governments and technology companies
for the purposes of transnational repression;
(B) public affairs, public diplomacy, and counter-messaging
efforts, including through the use of the voice, vote, and
influence of the United States at international bodies--
(i) to promote awareness;
(ii) to develop a common understanding; and
(iii) to draw critical attention to and oppose acts of
transnational repression;
(C) a plan for establishing or strengthening regional and
international coalitions--
(i) to monitor cases of transnational repression, including
reprisals when human rights defenders and other activists
face reprisals for engaging at multilateral organizations,
such as the United Nations; and
(ii) to create or strengthen emergency alert mechanisms for
key stakeholders within the international community that can
engage in public or private diplomacy to address emergency
cases of transnational repression, including cases involving
individuals and their family members who are at serious risk
of rendition, disappearance, unlawful deportation,
refoulement, or other actions;
(D) an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of
working with partners and allies to push for the
establishment of a special rapporteur for transnational
repression at the United Nations; and
(E) a plan for engaging with diplomats and consular
officials who abuse their positions by intimidating,
threatening, attacking, or otherwise undermining the human
rights and fundamental freedoms of exiles and members of
diasporas in the United States.
(2) Assistance programming.--The strategy required under
subsection (a) shall include--
(A) ways in which the United States Government has
previously and will continue to provide support to civil
society organizations in the United States and in countries
in which transnational repression occurs--
(i) to improve the documentation, investigation, and
research of cases, trends, and tactics of transnational
repression, including--
(I) any potential for misusing security tools to target
individual dissidents, activists, or journalists; and
(II) ramifications of transnational repression in
undermining United States policy or assistance efforts to
promote internationally recognized human rights and democracy
overseas; and
(ii) to promote the transparency of the host country
decision-making processes, including instances in which law
enforcement actions against victims of transnational
repression occurred because of INTERPOL red notices or
extradition treaties; and
(B) a description of new or existing emergency assistance
mechanisms, including the Fundamental Freedoms Fund and the
Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund, to aid at-risk
groups, communities, and individuals, and victims of
transnational repression in the United States and in
countries in which transnational repression occurs to
address--
(i) physical security installation and support;
(ii) operational support of organizations providing
assistance to at-risk groups, communities, and individuals;
(iii) psychosocial and psycho-emotional support;
(iv) medical assistance, subject to the limitations of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.);
(v) digital security installation and support;
(vi) support and training beyond basic digital hygiene
training, including emergency response to cyberattacks and
enhanced capacity to deter surveillance and monitoring by
malicious actors;
(vii) relocation support;
(viii) legal advice and assistance; and
(ix) trainings to build on their existing capacities so
they can continue their activism.
(3) Law enforcement in the united states.--The strategy
required under subsection (a) shall include--
(A) the consideration of updates to United States law to
directly address certain tactics of transnational repression,
including--
(i) the criminalization of the gathering of information
about private individuals in diaspora and exile communities
on behalf of a foreign power that is intending to harass,
intimidate, or harm an individual in order to prevent their
exercise of internationally recognized human rights; and
(ii) the expansion of the definition of foreign agents
under the Foreign Registrations Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et
seq.) and section 951 of title 18, United States Code;
(B) ways in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation
coordinates with the Department of State, the Department of
Homeland Security, United States intelligence agencies, and
domestic law enforcement agencies in partner countries in
responding to transnational repression;
(C) full consideration of unintended negative impacts of
such expanded legal authorities on the civil liberties of
communities targeted by transnational repression, taking into
account the views of such affected communities;
(D) the development of specific outreach strategies to
connect law enforcement, other agencies, and local municipal
officials with targeted diaspora communities to ensure that
individuals who are vulnerable to transnational repression
are aware of the Federal and local resources available to
them without putting them at further risk; and
(E) examining and reviewing the steps taken to address the
legality of foreign governments establishing overseas police
stations to monitor members of the diaspora.
(c) Additional Matters To Be Included.--In addition to the
matters set forth in subsection (b), the report required
under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) to the extent practicable, a list of--
(A) the governments that perpetrate transnational
repression most often and the host countries that such
governments are targeting most often;
(B) the host governments that cooperate most often with the
governments on transnational repression actions referred to
in subparagraph (A);
(C) any individuals, whether United States citizens or
foreign nationals, who are complicit in transnational
repression as agents of a foreign government referred to in
subparagraph (A) who are operating in the United States;
(D) refugees, asylum seekers, and populations that are most
vulnerable to transnational repression in the United States
and, to the extent possible, in foreign countries;
(E) entities that are exporting dual-use spyware technology
to any of the governments referred to in subparagraph (A);
(F) entities that are buying and selling personally
identifiable information that can be used to track and
surveil potential victims; and
(G) entities that are exporting items on the Commerce
Control List (as set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of
the Export Administration Regulations under subchapter C of
chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations) to any
governments referred to in subparagraph (a) that can be
misused for human rights abuses;
(2) an assessment of how data that is purchased by
governments most often perpetrating transnational repression
is utilized; and
(3) a description of any actions taken by the United States
Government to address transnational repression under existing
law, including--
(A) section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(C));
(B) section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 note);
(C) the interim final rule issued by the Bureau of Industry
and Security of the Department of Commerce relating to
``Information Security Controls: Cybersecurity Items'' (86
Fed. Reg. 58205; October 21, 2021; 87 Fed. Reg. 1670,
effective March 7, 2022);
(D) section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020
(division G of Public Law 116-94; 8 U.S.C. 1182 note);
(E) prosecutions and the statutory authority authorizing
such prosecutions;
(F) establishing specific bureaucratic structures focused
on transnational repression;
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(G) which agencies are conducting outreach to victims of
transnational repression and the form of such outreach;
(H) the challenges of intelligence agencies in identifying
transnational repression threats and perpetrators; and
(I) United States technology companies that knowingly or
unknowingly employ, or provide access to information to,
foreign intelligence officers.
(d) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex, if necessary.
(e) Updates.--The Secretary of State shall provide the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
with annual updates of the strategy required under subsection
(a).
SEC. 12_6. TRAINING.
(a) Department of State Personnel.--
(1) In general.--In order to provide United States
diplomats and personnel stationed around the world with the
level of understanding to recognize and combat transnational
repression, the Secretary of State, in consultation with
civil society and the business community, shall provide
training to such members of the Foreign Service, including
chiefs of mission, regarding transnational repression,
including training on--
(A) how to identify different tactics of transnational
repression in physical and nonphysical forms;
(B) which governments are known to employ transnational
repression most frequently;
(C) which governments are most likely to cooperate with
governments on transnational repression-related actions
referred to in subparagraph (B); and
(D) tools of digital surveillance and other cyber tools
used to carry out transnational repression activities.
(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2024 through 2027, to develop and implement the curriculum
described in paragraph (1).
(b) United States Officials Responsible for Domestic
Threats of Transnational Repression.--
(1) In general.--In order to achieve an adequate level of
understanding to recognize and combat transnational
repression, the Attorney General, in consultation with the
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National
Intelligence, civil society, and the business community,
shall provide the training recipients referred to in
paragraph (2) with training regarding transnational
repression, including training on--
(A) how to identify different tactics of transnational
repression in physical and nonphysical forms;
(B) which governments are known to employ transnational
repression most frequently;
(C) which communities and locations in the United States
are most vulnerable to transnational repression;
(D) tools of digital surveillance and other cyber tools
used to carry out transnational repression activities;
(E) espionage and foreign agent laws; and
(F) how foreign governments may try to coopt the
immigration system.
(2) Training recipients.--The training recipients referred
to in this paragraph include, to the extent deemed
appropriate and necessary by their respective agency heads in
the case of any Federal employee--
(A) employees of--
(i) the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, and U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement;
(ii) the Department of Justice, including the Federal
Bureau of Investigation; and
(iii) the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department
of Health and Human Services;
(B) other Federal, State, and local law enforcement and
municipal officials receiving instruction at the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center; and
(C) appropriate private sector and community partners of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2024 through 2027, to develop and provide the curriculum and
training described in paragraph (1).
SEC. 12_7. INTELLIGENCE GATHERING.
The intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003) shall devote
significant resources--
(1) to prioritize, to the extent feasible, the
identification of individuals, networks, and tools that are
used for perpetrating transnational repression against
communities in the United States on behalf of foreign
governments;
(2) to share relevant and appropriate information with
like-minded partners; and
(3) to effectively coordinate such efforts with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security,
the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the
Department of State.
SEC. 12_8. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE INITIATIVES TO COMBAT TRANSNATIONAL
REPRESSION IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and the
Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall--
(1) dedicate resources to ensure that a tip line for
victims and witnesses of transnational repression--
(A) is staffed by people who are--
(i) equipped with cultural and linguistic ability to
communicate effectively with diaspora and exile communities;
and
(ii) knowledgeable of the tactics of transnational
repression;
(B) is encrypted and, to the maximum extent practicable,
protects the confidentiality of the identifying information
of individuals who may call the tip line;
(2) not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act--
(A) identify existing Federal resources to assist and
protect individuals and communities targeted by transnational
repression in the United States; and
(B) in cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the heads of other Federal agencies, publish
such resources in a toolkit or guide;
(3) continue to conduct proactive outreach so that
individuals in targeted communities--
(A) are aware of the tip line described in paragraph (1);
and
(B) are informed about the types of incidents that should
be reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(4) support data collection and analysis undertaken by
Federal research and development centers regarding the needs
of targeted communities in the United States, with the goal
of identifying priority needs and developing solutions and
assistance mechanisms, while recognizing that such mechanisms
may differ depending on geographic location of targeted
communities, language, and other factors;
(5) continue to issue advisories to, and engage regularly
with, communities that are at particular risk of
transnational repression, including specific diaspora
communities--
(A) to explain what transnational repression is and clarify
the threshold at which incidents of transnational repression
constitute a crime; and
(B) to identify the resources available to individuals in
targeted communities to facilitate their reporting of, and to
protect them from, transnational repression, without placing
such individuals at additional risk; and
(6) conduct annual trainings with caseworker staff in
congressional offices regarding the tactics of transnational
repression and the resources available to their constituents.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2024 through 2027, for the research, development, outreach,
and training activities described in subsection (a).
SEC. 12_9. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO TRANSNATIONAL
REPRESSION.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Admission; admitted; alien; lawfully admitted for
permanent residence.--The terms ``admission'', ``admitted'',
``alien'', and ``lawfully admitted for permanent residence''
have the meanings given such terms in section 101 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of
the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives.
(3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an
individual or entity that is not a United States person.
(4) Transnational repression.--The term ``transnational
repression'' means actions of a foreign government, or agents
of a foreign government, involving the transgression of
national borders through physical, digital, or analog means
to intimidate, silence, coerce, harass, or harm members of
diaspora and exile communities in order to prevent their
exercise of internationally recognized human rights.
(5) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence to the United States;
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States
or the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States,
including a foreign branch of such an entity; and
(C) any person who is physically present in the United
States.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than
annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a
report to the appropriate congressional committees that,
except as provided in paragraph (2), identifies each foreign
person that the President determines has, on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act, whether knowingly or
unknowingly, directly engaged in transnational repression.
(2) Exception.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall not identify individuals if
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such identification would interfere with law enforcement
efforts.
(3) Explanation.--If a foreign person identified in the
report required under paragraph (1) is not subject to
sanctions under subsection (c), the report shall explain, to
the extent practicable, the reasons such sanctions were not
imposed on such person.
(4) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(c) Imposition of Sanctions.--Except as provided in
subsection (b)(3), the President shall impose 1 or more of
the sanctions described in subsection (d) with respect to
each foreign person identified in the report required under
subsection (b)(1).
(d) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Property blocking.--The President shall exercise all of
the powers granted to the President under section 203 through
207 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1702 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and
prohibit all transactions in property and interests in
property of a foreign person identified in the report
required under subsection (b)(1) 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) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
(A) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien described in
subsection (b)(1) 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 receive any other benefit under the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
(B) Current visas revoked.--
(i) In general.--An alien described in subsection (b)(1) is
subject to revocation of any visa or other entry
documentation of the alien, regardless of when the visa or
other entry documentation is or was issued.
(ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under clause (i)
shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1201(i)--
(I) take effect immediately; and
(II) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry
documentation that is in the alien's possession.
(e) Implementation; Penalties.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise 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.
(2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this
section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry
out this section shall be subject 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
described in subsection (a) of such section.
(f) Sanctions.--The President is authorized to impose
sanctions as provided under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) against any
foreign person who the President, based on credible evidence,
determines is responsible for the rendition of journalists,
activists, or other individuals to a country in which the
person would be at risk of irreparable harm upon return,
including extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross
violations of internationally recognized human rights.
(g) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The President may waive the application of
sanctions authorized under this section with respect to a
foreign person if the President determines and certifies to
the appropriate congressional committees that such a waiver
is in the national interests of the United States.
(2) Annual report.--The President shall provide an annual
report to Congress that--
(A) lists every waiver granted under paragraph (1); and
(B) provides a justification for each such waiver.
(h) Exceptions.--
(1) Exception for intelligence activities.--Sanctions under
this section shall not apply to any activity subject to the
reporting requirements under title V of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized
intelligence activities of the United States.
(2) Exception to comply with international obligations and
for law enforcement activities.--Sanctions under subsection
(d)(2) shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting
or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary--
(A) 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 obligations; or
(B) to carry out or assist law enforcement activity in the
United States.
(3) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
(A) In general.--The requirement to impose sanctions under
this section shall not include the authority or a requirement
to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
(B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good''
means any article, natural or manmade substance, material,
supply, or manufactured product, including inspection and
test equipment, and excluding technical data.
(i) Sunset.--This section, and any sanctions imposed under
this section, shall terminate on the date that is 5 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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