; or (ii) any authorized intelligence or law enforcement activities of the United States. (B) Exception relating to importation of goods (i) In general The authorities and requirements to impose sanctions authorized under this section shall not include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. (ii) Good defined In this subparagraph, the term good means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. (d) Waivers The President may waive the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person for renewable periods of not more than 90 days each if the President determines and reports to Congress that such a waiver is vital to the national interests of the United States. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) Business operations The term business operations means any participation by any person in a commercial enterprise or venture, or participation in any association, institution, organization, or entity, whether of a commercial nature or otherwise. This includes the production, distribution, exportation, sale of goods, or provision of services, regardless of whether a pecuniary benefit or other assets are derived from such participation. (2) Foreign person The term foreign person means any person that is not a United States person. (3) Knowingly The term knowingly , with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result (as the case may be). (4) Person The term person means an individual or entity. (5) United States person The term United States person means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, an entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including a foreign branch of such an entity), or any person in the United States. (6) Covered exporter of automobiles The term covered