Nonproliferation Sanctions

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of State [Public Notice 6486] ACTION: Imposition of Sanctions on Persons Associated With the A.Q. Khan Nuclear Proliferation Network. SUMMARY: Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act A determination has been made that foreign persons have engaged in activities that require the imposition of measures pursuant to the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA), 22 U.S.C. 6301 . Pursuant to the NPPA, the United States determined on January 9, 2009 that the following foreign persons have materially and with requisite knowledge contributed, through an export of certain goods or technology, to the efforts by a non-nuclear weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded special nuclear material or to use, develop, produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire any nuclear explosive device that requires the imposition of the sanctions described in Sections 6301(C)(1) of 22 U.S.C. 6301 : Selim Alguadis; Kursad Zafer Cire; Muhammad Nasim ud Din; EKA Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.; ETI Elektroteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.; Muhammad Farooq; Paul Griffin; Peter Griffin; Abdul Qadeer Khan; Shamsul Bahrin bin Rukiban; Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir; and Shah Hakim Shahnazim Zain. Accordingly, the following sanctions are being imposed on these persons: (A) The United States shall not procure, or enter into any contract for the procurement of, any goods or services from these persons. These measures become effective immediately and shall be implemented by the responsible departments and a…