22 USC 9241b - Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean labor

U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 27, 2024

§ 9241b.

Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean labor

(a)

In general

(b)

Imposition of sanctions

(1)

In general

(2)

Sanctions described

(c)

Exception

(1)

In general

A person may not be designated under subsection (a) if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the President has received reliable assurances from such person that—

(A)

the employment of North Korean laborers does not result in the direct or indirect transfer of convertible currency, luxury goods, or other stores of value to the Government of North Korea;

(B)

all wages and benefits are provided directly to the laborers, and are held, as applicable, in accounts within the jurisdiction in which they reside in locally denominated currency; and

(C)

the laborers are subject to working conditions consistent with international standards.

(2)

Recertification

Not later than 180 days after the date on which the President transmits to the appropriate congressional committees an initial certification under paragraph (1), and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall—

(A)

transmit a recertification stating that the conditions described in such paragraph continue to be met; or

(B)

if such recertification cannot be transmitted, impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) beginning on the date on which the President determines that such recertification cannot be transmitted.

(Pub. L. 114–122, title III, § 302B, as added Pub. L. 115–44, title III, § 321(b)(1), Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 952.)

cite as: 22 USC 9241b