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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§8781 Implementation; Penalties

Title 22 › CHAPTER 94 — IRAN THREAT REDUCTION AND SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS › SUBCHAPTER VI — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 8781

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President can use the emergency powers in sections 1702 and 1704 of title 50 to carry out several other parts of the law. This includes sections 8721–8726, section 312, section 8751, subchapter III, subchapter VII, section 8513b, and sections 8514a and 8514b (the last two were added by subtitle A of title IV). If anyone breaks, tries to break, plans to break, or causes a break of the listed provisions or any orders or rules made under them, the penalties in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1705 of title 50 apply. Those penalties are the same as those that apply to unlawful acts described in section 1705(a).

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Title 22, §8781

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(a)Implementation
The President may exercise all authorities provided under section 1702 and 1704 of title 50 to carry out—
(1)section 8721, 8722, 8723, 8724, 8725, 8726 of this title, 312, and 8751 of this title, subchapter III, and subchapter VII;
(2)section 8513b of this title, as added by section 312; 1 and
(3)section 8514a and 8514b of this title, as added by subtitle A of title IV.
(b)Penalties
(1)In general
The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1705 of title 50 shall apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of a provision specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection, or an order or regulation prescribed under such a provision, to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 1705(a) of title 50.
(2)Provisions specified
The provisions specified in this paragraph are the following:
(A)section 8721, 8722, 8723, and 8726 of this title, subchapter III, and subchapter VII.
(B)section 8514a and 8514b of this title, as added by subtitle A of title IV.

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section 312, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is section 312 of Pub. L. 112–158, Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1249. Subsec. (a) of section 312 is not classified to the Code. Subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 312 amended section 8513 of this title. Subsec. (d) of section 312 enacted provisions set out as a note under section 8513 of this title. section 8513b of this title, as added by section 312, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), was in the original “section 104A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by section 312” and was translated as meaning section 104A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by section 216(a) of Pub. L. 112–158, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For classification of section 312 of Pub. L. 112–158, see above. section 8514a and 8514b of this title, as added by subtitle A of title IV, referred to in subsecs. (a)(3) and (b)(2)(B), are section 8514a and 8514b of this title, as added by subtitle A (§§ 401–403) of title IV of Pub. L. 112–158.

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22 U.S.C. § 8781

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110