Further exceptions to sanctions and waiver

(a) Exceptions The sanctions described in section 4 shall not apply to the following: (1) Any activity subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any authorized intelligence activities of the United States. (2) The admission of an alien to the United States if such admission is necessary to comply with United States obligations under the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or other applicable international obligations of the United States. (3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to the Republic of Azerbaijan or for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan, including engaging in a financial transaction relating to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian purposes or transporting goods or services that are necessary to carry out operations relating to humanitarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. (4) The requirement to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property under this Act shall not include the authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. (b) Waiver The President may waive application of sanctions described in section 4 with respect to a person if the President— (1) determines that the waiver is in the national interests of the United States; and (2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the waiver and the reasons for the waiver.