Pub. L. 100-204, tit. VIII, sec. 806

SANCTIONS ON DRUG PRODUCING AND DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES.

EnactedYear: 1987Length: 807 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 806. SANCTIONS ON DRUG PRODUCING AND DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES. (a) Sanctions.— Section 802 of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (3); (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); (C) by amending paragraph (6), as so redesignated, to read as follows: “(6) take any combination of the actions described in paragraphs (1) through (5).”; and (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraphs: “(4) take the steps described in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2), or both, to curtail air transportation between the United States and that country; “(5) withdraw the personnel and resources of the United States from participation in any arrangement with that country for the preclearance of customs by visitors between the United States and that country; or”; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “corruption by government officials and” after “preventing and punishing”; (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking out “and” at the end thereof; (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”; and (D) by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: “(C) has taken the legal and law enforcement steps necessary to eliminate, to the maximum extent possible, corruption by government officials, with particular emphasis on the elimination of bribery.”; and (3) in subsection (c), by inserting “paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of” after “under”; and (4) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(d) Presidential Action Regarding Aviation.— “(1) (A) The President is authorized to notify the government of a country against which is imposed the sanction described in subsection (a)(4) of his intention to suspend the authority of foreign air carriers owned or controlled by the government or nationals of that country to engage in foreign air transportation to or from the United States. “(B) Within 10 days after the date of notification of a government under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Transportation shall take all steps necessary to suspend at the earliest possible date the authority of any foreign air carrier owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the government or nationals of that country to engage in foreign air transportation to or from the United States, notwithstanding any agreement relating to air services. 101 STAT. 1399 “(C) The President may also direct the Secretary of Transportation to take such steps as may be necessary to suspend the authority of any air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation between the United States and that country. “(2) (A) The President may direct the Secretary of State to terminate any air service agreement between the United States and a country against which the sanction described in subsection (a)(4) is imposed in accordance with the provisions of that agreement. “(B) Upon termination of an agreement under this paragraph, the Secretary of Transportation shall take such steps as may be necessary to revoke at the earliest possible date the right of any foreign air carrier owned, or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the government or nationals of that country to engage in foreign air transportation to or from the United States. “(C) Upon termination of an agreement under this paragraph, the Secretary of Transportation may also revoke the authority of any air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation between the United States and that country. “(3) The Secretary of Transportation may provide for such exceptions from paragraphs (1) and (2) as the Secretary considers necessary to provide for emergencies in which the safety of an aircraft or its crew or passengers is threatened. “(4) For purposes of this subsection, the terms ‘air transportation’, ‘air carrier’, ‘foreign air carrier’ and ‘foreign air transportation’ have the meanings such terms have under section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1301).”. (b) Conforming Amendment.— The title heading of title VIII of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: “TITLE VIII— TARIFF TREATMENT OF PRODUCTS OF, AND OTHER SANCTIONS AGAINST, UNCOOPERATIVE MAJOR DRUG PRODUCING OR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES”. (c) Aliens Excludable From Admission to the United States.— Section 212(a)(23) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(23)) is amended to read as follows: “(23) Any alien who— “(A) has been convicted of a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign county relating to a controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)); or “(B) the consular officers or immigration officers know or have reason to believe is or has been an illicit trafficker in any such controlled substance or is or has been a knowing assistor, abettor, conspirator, or colluder with others in the illicit trafficking in any such controlled substance;”.
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