Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 99 — North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement
§ 9221a. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts
Statutory text
In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), if a United States financial institution has or obtains knowledge that a correspondent account established, maintained, administered, or managed by that institution for a foreign financial institution is being used by the foreign financial institution to provide significant financial services indirectly to any person, foreign government, or financial institution designated under section 9214 of this title, the United States financial institution shall ensure that such correspondent account is no longer used to provide such services.
Exception
A United States financial institution is authorized to process transfers of funds to or from North Korea, or for the direct or indirect benefit of any person, foreign government, or financial institution that is designated under section 9214 of this title, only if the transfer—
arises from, and is ordinarily incident and necessary to give effect to, an underlying transaction that has been authorized by a specific or general license issued by the Secretary of the Treasury; and
does not involve debiting or crediting a North Korean account.
Definitions
In this section:
Correspondent account
The term “correspondent account” has the meaning given that term in section 5318A of title 31.
United States financial institution
The term “United States financial institution” means 1 has the meaning given that term in section 510.310 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on .
Foreign financial institution
The term “foreign financial institution” has the meaning given that term in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on .
Footnotes
- 1 So in original.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016
Pub. L. 114–122 title II § 201A · 130 Stat. 93
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 9221a
(Pub. L. 114–122, title II, § 201A, as added Pub. L. 115–44, title III, § 312(a), Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 945.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–122, title II, § 201A, as added Pub. L. 115–44, title III, § 312(a), Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 945.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Credits
(Pub. L. 114–122, title II, § 201A, as added Pub. L. 115–44, title III, § 312(a), , 131 Stat. 945.)