22 U.S.C. § 8514b — Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other related activities against citizens of Iran
submitted 14 years ago by Pub. L. 111-195 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 251 words · no verdicts yet
The President must sanction each person on a list of Iran censorship enforcers. The list names people who limited Iranians' free speech, assembly, or media access since 2009. The President must update and publicly post the list regularly.
(a) In general. The President must impose the sanctions from section 8514(c) on each person on the list required by (b).
(b) List. (1) Within 90 days after August 10, 2012, the President must send Congress a list of people the President finds have, since June 12, 2009, engaged in censorship or related activity against Iran that (A) blocks, limits, or punishes Iranians for exercising free speech or free assembly, or (B) limits access to print or broadcast media — including helping the Iranian government jam or block an international broadcast signal. (2) Updates. The President must send an updated list (A) every time an updated list is due under section 8514(b)(2)(A), and (B) whenever new information comes in. (3) Form and public availability. (A) The list must be unclassified, though it may include a classified annex. (B) The Treasury and State* Departments must post the unclassified part publicly on their websites.
The President shall impose sanctions described in section 8514(c) of this title with respect to each person on the list required by subsection (b).
Not later than 90 days after August 10, 2012, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees* a list of persons that the President determines have, on or after June 12, 2009, engaged in censorship or other activities with respect to Iran that—
prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Iran; or
limit access to print or broadcast media, including the facilitation or support of intentional frequency manipulation by the Government of Iran or an entity owned or controlled by that Government that would jam or restrict an international signal.
The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—
each time the President is required to submit an updated list to those committees under section 8514(b)(2)(A) of this title; and
as new information becomes available.
The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State*.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–195, title I, § 105B, as added Pub. L. 112–158, title IV, § 403(b), Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1254.)
- 2012Enacted · Pub. L. 111-195 · 126 Stat. 1254
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