22 U.S.C. § 10704
Sanctions relating to the Western Balkans
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 10704, Sanctions relating to the Western Balkans, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/458983
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Not later than 90 days after December 18, 2025, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to each foreign person that the President determines, on or after December 18, 2025, engages in an activity described in subsection (b).
A foreign person engages in an activity described in this subsection if the foreign person has—
The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:
The President may exercise all authorities granted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of the foreign person if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or come within the possession or control of a United States person.
An alien described in subsection (a) shall be—
The visa or other entry documentation of any alien described in subsection (a) is subject to revocation regardless of the issue date of the visa or other entry documentation.
A revocation under clause (i) shall, in accordance with section 1201(i) of title 8—
The President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 1702 and 1704 of title 50 for purposes of carrying out this section.
The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1705 of title 50 shall apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 1705(a) of title 50.
In this section:
The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given such term in section 5602 of title 7.
The term “medical device” has the meaning given the term “device” in section 321 of title 21.
The term “medicine” has the meaning given the term “drug” in section 321 of title 21.
The term “foreign person” means a person that is not a United States person.
The President may terminate the application of a sanction imposed pursuant to this section with respect to a person if the President certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that—
The President may waive the application of sanctions imposed pursuant to this section for renewable periods not to exceed 180 days if the President—
The waiver described in paragraph (1) may be transmitted in classified form.
Sanctions authorized under this section shall not apply to—
Sanctions authorized under this section shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting or paroling such alien is necessary—
to comply with United States obligations under—
Sanctions authorized under this section shall not apply to—
The requirement to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property under this section shall not include the authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
In this paragraph, the term “good” means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data.
The President is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section (which may include regulatory exceptions), including under section1704 of title 50).
This section shall cease to have force or effect beginning on the date that is 8 years after December 18, 2025.
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.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally