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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§9529 Sanctions Described

Title 22 › Chapter 102— COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN EUROPE AND EURASIA › Subchapter I— SANCTIONS AND OTHER MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION › Part B— SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION › § 9529

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the President impose many penalties on a person who is sanctioned under 9524(a)(2), 9525(b), 9526(a), or 9527(a). The President can stop the Export‑Import Bank from backing exports to that person. The President can block U.S. government export licenses under the Export Administration Act, the Arms Export Control Act, the Atomic Energy Act, or any other law that needs U.S. approval. U.S. banks can be barred from lending more than $10,000,000 to the person in any 12‑month period unless the money is for relief of human suffering. The U.S. can use its votes at international financial institutions to oppose loans that would help the person. If the person is a financial institution, it can lose primary dealer status and be barred from acting as a U.S. government agent or holding government funds. The U.S. can refuse to buy goods or services from the person. The President can block foreign‑exchange deals, transfers of credit or payments under U.S. jurisdiction that involve the person, and can bar dealing in property under U.S. jurisdiction in which the person has an interest. The President can also stop U.S. persons from investing in or buying large amounts of the person’s equity or debt, deny visas and exclude corporate officers or controlling shareholders, and apply these measures to top executives. “Sanctioned person” means someone targeted under 9524(a)(2), 9525(b), 9526(a), or 9527(a).

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Title 22, §9529

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(a)The sanctions to be imposed with respect to a person under section 9524(a)(2), 9525(b), 9526(a), or 9527(a) of this title are the following:
(1)The President may direct the Export-Import Bank of the United States not to give approval to the issuance of any guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or participation in the extension of credit in connection with the export of any goods or services to the sanctioned person.
(2)The President may order the United States Government not to issue any specific license and not to grant any other specific permission or authority to export any goods or technology to the sanctioned person under—
(A)the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.));
(B)the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
(C)the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); or
(D)any other statute that requires the prior review and approval of the United States Government as a condition for the export or reexport of goods or services.
(3)The President may prohibit any United States financial institution from making loans or providing credits to the sanctioned person totaling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month period unless the person is engaged in activities to relieve human suffering and the loans or credits are provided for such activities.
(4)The President may direct the United States executive director to each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any loan from the international financial institution that would benefit the sanctioned person.
(5)The following prohibitions may be imposed against the sanctioned person if that person is a financial institution:
(A)Neither the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System nor the Federal Reserve Bank of New York may designate, or permit the continuation of any prior designation of, the financial institution as a primary dealer in United States Government debt instruments.
(B)The financial institution may not serve as agent of the United States Government or serve as repository for United States Government funds.
(6)The United States Government may not procure, or enter into any contract for the procurement of, any goods or services from the sanctioned person.
(7)The President may, pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which the sanctioned person has any interest.
(8)The President may, pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or payments between financial institutions or by, through, or to any financial institution, to the extent that such transfers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and involve any interest of the sanctioned person.
(9)The President may, pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any person from—
(A)acquiring, holding, withholding, using, transferring, withdrawing, transporting, importing, or exporting any property that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and with respect to which the sanctioned person has any interest;
(B)dealing in or exercising any right, power, or privilege with respect to such property; or
(C)conducting any transaction involving such property.
(10)The President may, pursuant to such regulations or guidelines as the President may prescribe, prohibit any United States person from investing in or purchasing significant amounts of equity or debt instruments of the sanctioned person.
(11)The President may direct the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to exclude from the United States, any alien that the President determines is a corporate officer or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling interest in, the sanctioned person.
(12)The President may impose on the principal executive officer or officers of the sanctioned person, or on persons performing similar functions and with similar authorities as such officer or officers, any of the sanctions under this subsection.
(b)In this section, the term “sanctioned person” means a person subject to sanctions under section 9524(a)(2), 9525(b), 9526(a), or 9527(a) of this title.

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The Export Administration Act of 1979, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(A), is Pub. L. 96–72, Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 503, which was classified principally to chapter 56 (§ 4601 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232, except for section 11A, 11B, and 11C thereof (50 U.S.C. 4611, 4612, 4613). The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(A), 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. The Arms Export Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(B), is Pub. L. 90–629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, which is classified principally to chapter 39 (§ 2751 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2751 of this title and Tables. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(C), is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2011 of Title 42 and Tables.

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22 U.S.C. § 9529

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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