§9221c — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

Within 180 days after December 20, 2019, the Secretary of the Treasury, working with the Secretary of State, must block companies that are owned or controlled by U.S. financial institutions and that operate outside the United States from knowingly doing business, directly or indirectly, with the North Korean government or with people who are sanctioned for North Korea under certain U.S. laws, Executive orders, or U.N. Security Council resolutions. The blocked deals are any transactions that would be illegal under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) if done in the United States or by a U.S. person. If a foreign company owned or controlled by a U.S. financial institution violates or tries to violate the rules made under this requirement, the U.S. financial institution can be fined under the same civil penalty rules found in section 206(b) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1705(b)). “United States financial institution” is defined by 31 CFR 510.328 (or similar rules).

Title 22, §9221c

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(a)Not later than 180 days after December 20, 2019, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall prohibit an entity owned or controlled by a United States financial institution and established or maintained outside the United States from knowingly engaging in any transaction described in subsection (b) directly or indirectly with the Government of North Korea or any person designated for the imposition of sanctions with respect to North Korea under—

(1)subsection (a), (b), or (g) of section 9214 of this title;

(2)an applicable Executive order; or

(3)an applicable United Nations Security Council resolution.

(b)A transaction described in this subsection is a transaction that would be prohibited by an order or regulation issued pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) if the transaction were engaged in in the United States or by a United States person.

(c)The civil penalty provided for in section 206(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(b)) shall apply to a United States financial institution to the same extent that such penalty applies to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act if an entity owned or controlled by the United States financial institution and established or maintained outside the United States violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of any order or regulation issued to implement subsection (a).

(d)In this section, the term “United States financial institution” has the meaning given the term “U.S. financial institution” in section 510.328 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).

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References in Text

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is title II of Pub. L. 95–223, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1626, which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1701 of Title 50 and Tables.

§9221c Prohibition on transactions with certain sanctioned persons by persons owned or controlled by United States financial institutions