22 U.S.C. § 9523: Modification of implementatio…

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The Treasury Secretary may treat state-owned Russian companies in the railway or metals-and-mining industries as meeting the criteria for sanctions under Executive Order 13662. Within 60 days after August 2, 2017, the Treasury must change Directive 1 so that U.S. persons and people in the U.S. are banned from any transactions, financing, or other dealings in new debt with more than 14 days maturity or in new equity of designated persons, their property, or property interests. Also within 60 days after August 2, 2017, the Treasury must change Directive 2 to ban the same kinds of dealings in new debt with more than 60 days maturity. Those changes take effect 60 days after each modification. Within 90 days after August 2, 2017, the Treasury must change Directive 4 so U.S. persons and people in the U.S. cannot provide, export, or reexport goods, services (except financial services), or technology to support exploration or production for new deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale oil projects that involve a designated person who has a controlling or at least a 33 percent ownership interest; that change takes effect 90 days after the modification.

Title 22, §9523

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(a)Determination that certain entities are subject to sanctions

The Secretary of the Treasury may determine that a person meets one or more of the criteria in section 1(a) of Executive Order No. 13662 if that person is a state-owned entity operating in the railway or metals and mining sector of the economy of the Russian Federation.

(b)Modification of Directive 1 with respect to the financial services sector of the Russian Federation economy

Not later than 60 days after August 2, 2017, the Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Directive 1 (as amended), dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any successor directive (which shall be effective beginning on the date that is 60 days after the date of such modification), to ensure that the directive prohibits the conduct by United States persons or persons within the United States of all transactions in, provision of financing for, and other dealings in new debt of longer than 14 days maturity or new equity of persons determined to be subject to the directive, their property, or their interests in property.

(c)Modification of Directive 2 with respect to the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy

Not later than 60 days after August 2, 2017, the Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Directive 2 (as amended), dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any successor directive (which shall be effective beginning on the date that is 60 days after the date of such modification), to ensure that the directive prohibits the conduct by United States persons or persons within the United States of all transactions in, provision of financing for, and other dealings in new debt of longer than 60 days maturity of persons determined to be subject to the directive, their property, or their interests in property.

(d)Modification of Directive 4

Not later than 90 days after August 2, 2017, the Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Directive 4, dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any successor directive (which shall be effective beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of such modification), to ensure that the directive prohibits the provision, exportation, or reexportation, directly or indirectly, by United States persons or persons within the United States, of goods, services (except for financial services), or technology in support of exploration or production for new deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects—

(1)that have the potential to produce oil; and

(2)that involve any person determined to be subject to the directive or the property or interests in property of such a person who has a controlling interest or a substantial non-controlling ownership interest in such a project defined as not less than a 33 percent interest.

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Executive Order No. 13662, referred to in section catchline and text, is Ex. Ord. No. 13662, Mar. 20, 2014, 79 F.R. 16169, which is listed in a table under section 1701 of Title 50, War and National Defense.

§9523 Modification of Implementation of Executive Order No. 13662

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Title 22, §9523

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