Not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a United States election, the Director of National Intelligence shall conduct an assessment of any information indicating that a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in that election.
All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States person of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any foreign person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security:
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(i) to have directly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or otherwise been complicit in foreign interference in a United States election;
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(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any activity described in [this order] or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
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(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
Recommended sanctions shall be appropriately calibrated to the scope of the foreign interference identified, and may include one or more of the following with respect to each targeted foreign person:
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(i) blocking and prohibiting all transactions in a person’s property and interests in property subject to United States jurisdiction;
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ii) export license restrictions under any statute or regulation that requires the prior review and approval of the United States Government as a condition for the export or re-export of goods or services;
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(iii) prohibitions on United States financial institutions making loans or providing credit to a person;
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(iv) restrictions on transactions in foreign exchange in which a person has any interest;
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(v) prohibitions on transfers of credit or payments between financial institutions, or by, through, or to any financial institution, for the benefit of a person;
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(vi) prohibitions on United States persons investing in or purchasing equity or debt of a person;
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(vii) exclusion of a person’s alien corporate officers from the United States;
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(viii) imposition on a person’s alien principal executive officers of any of the sanctions described in this section; or
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(ix) any other measures authorized by law.
For the purposes of this order:
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(a) the term “person” means an individual or entity;
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(b) the term “entity” means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;
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(c) the term “United States person” means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person (including a foreign person) in the United States;
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(f) the term “foreign interference,” with respect to an election, includes any covert, fraudulent, deceptive, or unlawful actions or attempted actions of a foreign government, or of any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, undertaken with the purpose or effect of influencing, undermining confidence in, or altering the result or reported result of, the election, or undermining public confidence in election processes or institutions;
I hope that corporations that are headquartered in Ireland for tax purposes are counted as foreign persons.