Sanctions · Friday, September 25, 2026
OFAC gathers sanctions penalties into one rule and amends the Syria terrorism-list license
The File desk · Sep 25, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC
Status
Confirmed (OFAC recent actions, Sept. 24, 2026)
On Sept. 24, 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control said it is pulling scattered penalty and enforcement procedures into a new rule, the Legal instrument A final Office of Foreign Assets Control rule that gathers penalty and enforcement procedures from many sanctions programs into one part. This first version covers penalties for sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the United Nations Participation Act, and the text says it does not change those penalty provisions. Scheduled for Federal Register publication on Sept. 25, 2026. Legal instrument A final rule that removes and reserves a Syria-specific general license because Syria is no longer designated a state sponsor of terrorism. The Office of Foreign Assets Control scheduled it for Federal Register publication on Sept. 25, 2026. Legal instrument Section 906(b) requires a quarterly report on licenses to sell agricultural goods, medicine, and medical devices to Iran. For April through June 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control says it received 11 applications and issued 18 licensing determinations. Legal instrument Section 906(b) requires a quarterly report on licenses to sell agricultural goods, medicine, and medical devices to Iran. For April through June 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control says it received 11 applications and issued 18 licensing determinations.Sanctions Penalties Regulations, 31 CFR Part 505
Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 596
Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act
Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act
On Sept. 24, 2026, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control posted a package of regulatory amendments and a licensing report.
The office said it is consolidating enforcement procedures and penalties that had sat in many sanctions programs into one new part, the Legal instrument A final Office of Foreign Assets Control rule that gathers penalty and enforcement procedures from many sanctions programs into one part. This first version covers penalties for sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the United Nations Participation Act, and the text says it does not change those penalty provisions. Scheduled for Federal Register publication on Sept. 25, 2026.Sanctions Penalties Regulations, 31 CFR Part 505
The penalties rule text says this first version copies existing penalty information for sanctions issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the United Nations Participation Act, and that no substantive change is being made to those penalty provisions. The document is scheduled for Federal Register publication on Sept. 25, 2026.
The same notice amends the Legal instrument A final rule that removes and reserves a Syria-specific general license because Syria is no longer designated a state sponsor of terrorism. The Office of Foreign Assets Control scheduled it for Federal Register publication on Sept. 25, 2026.Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 596
The office also released its quarterly report under Legal instrument Section 906(b) requires a quarterly report on licenses to sell agricultural goods, medicine, and medical devices to Iran. For April through June 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control says it received 11 applications and issued 18 licensing determinations. Legal instrument Section 906(b) requires a quarterly report on licenses to sell agricultural goods, medicine, and medical devices to Iran. For April through June 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control says it received 11 applications and issued 18 licensing determinations.Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act
Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act
This notice is not the Sept. 23 removal of François Olenga and the Safari Club from the sanctions list.
What is still unknown or disputed
- The effective clock once the Federal Register prints the two rules; whether later cross-references in other sanctions parts change any penalty amount.
Primary sources
Every claim in this story is drawn from the documents below. If a fetch failed, that is recorded on the card.
Source 1
Publication of Regulatory Amendments; Publication of Report for Licensing Activities Undertaken Pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act
Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Treasury · September 24, 2026
OFAC is consolidating previously existing information regarding enforcement procedures and penalties… into a new part, the
… resulting in the deletion of over 100 subparts from existing regulations. Additionally, OFAC is amending theLegal instrument
Sanctions Penalties Regulations, 31 CFR Part 505
A final Office of Foreign Assets Control rule that gathers penalty and enforcement procedures from many sanctions programs into one part. This first version covers penalties for sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the United Nations Participation Act, and the text says it does not change those penalty provisions. Scheduled for Federal Register publication on Sept. 25, 2026.
to implement changes resulting from the rescission of the designation of Syria as a State Sponsor of Terrorism… Finally, OFAC has released a Quarterly Report of Licensing Activities pursuant toLegal instrument
Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 596
A final rule that removes and reserves a Syria-specific general license because Syria is no longer designated a state sponsor of terrorism. The Office of Foreign Assets Control scheduled it for Federal Register publication on Sept. 25, 2026.
of theLegal instrument
Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act
Section 906(b) requires a quarterly report on licenses to sell agricultural goods, medicine, and medical devices to Iran. For April through June 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control says it received 11 applications and issued 18 licensing determinations.
(TSRA)… from April through June 2026.Legal instrument
Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act
Section 906(b) requires a quarterly report on licenses to sell agricultural goods, medicine, and medical devices to Iran. For April through June 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control says it received 11 applications and issued 18 licensing determinations.
https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20260924
Source 2
Sanctions Penalties Regulations, 31 CFR Part 505 (Federal Register document 2026-19678)
Office of Foreign Assets Control · September 24, 2026
OFAC is adding the
. These new regulations consolidate previously existing information regarding penalties applicable to multiple sanctions programs implemented by OFAC. No substantive changes to these penalty provisions are being made with this rule. Publication Date: 9/25/2026.Legal instrument
Sanctions Penalties Regulations, 31 CFR Part 505
A final Office of Foreign Assets Control rule that gathers penalty and enforcement procedures from many sanctions programs into one part. This first version covers penalties for sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the United Nations Participation Act, and the text says it does not change those penalty provisions. Scheduled for Federal Register publication on Sept. 25, 2026.
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-19678