22 USC § 9226 - Travel sanctions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s9226"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 9226 - Travel sanctions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "9226"
section_name: "Travel sanctions"
chapter_number: 99
chapter_name: "NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS AND POLICY ENHANCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREAN PROLIFERATION, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, AND ILLICIT ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–122, title II, § 206, Feb. 18, 2016, 130 Stat. 108.)"
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# § 9226. Travel sanctions

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.

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