Sanctions

(a) In general The President shall impose sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign person determined by the President to meet any of the following: (1) To be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in any of the following: (A) Actions, including directing, enacting, implementing, enforcing, or failing to enforce policies, that threaten the peace, security, or stability of the West Bank. (B) Planning, ordering, otherwise directing, or participating in any of the following actions affecting the West Bank: (i) An act of violence or threat of violence targeting civilians. (ii) Efforts to place civilians in reasonable fear of violence with the purpose or effect of necessitating a change of residence to avoid such violence. (iii) Property destruction. (iv) Seizure or dispossession of property by private actors. (2) To be or have been a leader or official of— (A) an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in paragraph (1), (5), or (6) related to the leader’s or official’s tenure; or (B) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked under this Act as a result of activities relating to the leader’s or official’s tenure. (3) To have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any person blocked under this Act. (4) To be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection (b)(1). (5) To have committed or have attempted to commit, to pose a significant risk of committing, or to have participated in training to commit acts of terrorism affecting the West Bank. (6) To be a leader or official of an entity sanctioned pursuant to paragraph (5). (b) Sanctions described The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: (1) Asset blocking (A) In general Notwithstanding the requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), the President shall exercise all powers granted to the President by that Act to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of any foreign person described in subsection (a) of this section, if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person, including any foreign branch. (B) Matters to be included The prohibitions in subparagraph (A) include— (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to subparagraph (A); and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person. (2) Visas, admission, or parole (A) In general An alien who the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason to believe, is described in subsection (a) is— (i) inadmissible to the United States; (ii) ineligible for a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). (B) Current visas revoked (i) In general The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien described in subparagraph (A) regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is issued. (ii) Effect of revocation A revocation under clause (i)— (I) shall take effect immediately; and (II) shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession. (c) Exceptions (1) Exception to comply with international obligations Sanctions under subsection (b)(2) shall not apply with respect to the admission of an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations. (2) Exception relating to law enforcement objectives Sanctions under section (b)(2) may not be imposed if the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, so determines, based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, that the person’s entry would further important United States law enforcement objectives. (d) Waivers (1) National security The Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the imposition of sanctions under section (b)(2) if the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, determines that the person’s entry would not be contrary to the interests of the United States. (2) Prior notice inapplicable The Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, may, due to the threat to national security risks individuals sanctioned under this section and their actions pose and because of the ability to transfer funds and other assets instantaneously, waive prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this section as such notice would render those measures ineffectual, including for those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked or affected by this section who might have a constitutional presence in the United States.