22 U.S.C. § 9225
Enhanced inspection authorities
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 9225, Enhanced inspection authorities, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/458732
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Not later than 180 days after August 2, 2017, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report—
identifying the operators of foreign sea ports and airports that knowingly—
The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
Each report required under subsection (a) shall include specific findings with respect to the following ports and airports:
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Homeland Security may, using a layered approach, require enhanced screening procedures to determine whether physical inspections are warranted of any cargo bound for or landed in the United States that—
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any vessel, aircraft, or conveyance that has entered the territory or waters of North Korea, or landed in any of the sea ports or airports of North Korea, exclusively for the purposes described in section 9228(b)(3)(B) of this title, or to import food, medicine, or supplies into North Korea to meet the humanitarian needs of the North Korean people.
A vessel, aircraft, or conveyance used to facilitate any of the activities described in section 9214(a) of this title under the jurisdiction of the United States may be seized and forfeited, or subject to forfeiture, under—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016
- Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act