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title: "22 U.S.C. § 9226"
description: "Travel sanctions"
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title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
chapter_number: "99"
chapter_name: "NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS AND POLICY ENHANCEMENT"
section: "9226"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 9226"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 9226 - Travel sanctions

## Text

The Secretary of State may deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security may deny entry into the United States of, any alien who is—

(1) a designated person;

(2) a corporate officer of a designated person; or

(3) a principal shareholder with a controlling interest in a designated person.

(Pub. L. 114–122, title II, § 206, Feb. 18, 2016, 130 Stat. 108.)