Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2016

Summary: Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2016 This bill declares it shall be the policy of the United States to impose sanctions with respect to terrorist organizations and foreign countries, including the government of Iran, that threaten the peace or stability of Iraq. The bill directs the President to impose sanctions to block transactions in property and interests in property in the United States of, and the Department of State or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deny admissions into the United States or revoke the visa of, any foreign person that State or DHS determines:   has knowingly committed, or poses a significant risk of committing, violence that threatens the peace or stability of Iraq or that undermines economic reconstruction, political reform, or humanitarian efforts in Iraq; has knowingly materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, any such act; or is owned or controlled by, or has acted on behalf of, a foreign person that has carried out any such act or activity.    Such admissions-related sanctions shall not apply if a person's admission is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations or other applicable international obligations. The President may waive the application of sanctions under this bill for up to 90 days if the President provides prior certification that the waiver is vital to U.S. national security interests.  The sanction provisions of this bill shall cease to be effective on January 1, 2022. It is the sense of Congress that the government of Iran has committed acts of violence, and poses a significant risk of committing further acts of violence, that threaten the peace or stability of Iraq.  The bill directs the President to determine whether specified Iranian officials are responsible for engaging in acts or activities described in this bill and, if so, to impose admissions-related sanctions on such officials. The President must report, every 180 days for 5 years, on Iranian activities in Iraq, including Iran's support for Iraqi militias or political parties.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Iranian Destabilization 
of Iraq Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It shall be the policy of the United States to impose sanctions 
with respect to terrorist organizations and foreign countries, 
including the Government of Iran, that threaten the peace or stability 
of Iraq or the Government of Iraq.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FOREIGN PERSONS 
              THREATENING PEACE OR STABILITY IN IRAQ.

    (a) Sanctions Required.--The President shall impose the sanctions 
described in subsection (b)(1)(A) and the Secretary of State or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such 
Secretaries) shall impose the sanctions described in subsection 
(b)(1)(B) with respect to any foreign person that the President, acting 
through the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security 
(or a designee of one of such Secretaries), as the case may be, 
determines--
            (1) to have knowingly committed, or to pose a significant 
        risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the 
        purpose or effect of--
                    (A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or 
                the Government of Iraq; or
                    (B) undermining efforts to promote economic 
                reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to 
                provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;
            (2) has knowingly materially assisted, sponsored, or 
        provided financial, material, or technological support for, or 
        goods or services to or in support of, any activity described 
        in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1); or
            (3) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or purported to 
        act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a foreign 
        person that has carried out any activity described in 
        subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2).
    (b) Sanctions Described.--
            (1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
        are the following:
                    (A) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers 
                granted to the President by the International Emergency 
                Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the 
                extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions 
                in all property and interests in property of a person 
                determined by the President to be subject to subsection 
                (a) if such property and interests in property are in 
                the United States, come within the United States, or 
                are or come within the possession or control of a 
                United States person.
                    (B) Aliens ineligible for visas, admission, or 
                parole.--
                            (i) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien 
                        who the Secretary of State or the Secretary of 
                        Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such 
                        Secretaries) knows or has reasonable grounds to 
                        believe meets any of the criteria described in 
                        subsection (a) is--
                                    (I) inadmissible to the United 
                                States;
                                    (II) ineligible to receive a visa 
                                or other documentation to enter the 
                                United States; and
                                    (III) otherwise ineligible to be 
                                admitted or paroled into the United 
                                States or to receive any other benefit 
                                under the Immigration and Nationality 
                                Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
                            (ii) Current visas revoked.--
                                    (I) In general.--The issuing 
                                consular officer, the Secretary of 
                                State, or the Secretary of Homeland 
                                Security (or a designee of one of such 
                                Secretaries) shall revoke any visa or 
                                other entry documentation issued to an 
                                alien who meets any of the criteria 
                                described in subsection (a), regardless 
                                of when issued.
                                    (II) Effect of revocation.--A 
                                revocation under subclause (I) shall 
                                take effect immediately and shall 
                                automatically cancel any other valid 
                                visa or entry documentation that is in 
                                the alien's possession.
            (2) Inapplicability of national emergency requirement.--The 
        requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency 
        Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply for 
        purposes of the imposition of sanctions under this section.
            (3) Penalties.--A person that is subject to sanctions 
        described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the penalties 
        set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to 
        the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act 
        described in subsection (a) of that section.
            (4) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
        agreement.--Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to 
        an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is 
        necessary to permit the United States to comply with the 
        Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
        signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
        November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
        States, or other applicable international obligations.
    (c) Waiver.--
            (1) In general.--The President may, on a case-by-case basis 
        and for periods not to exceed 90 days, waive the application of 
        sanctions in this section with respect to a foreign person if 
        the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
        committees at least 15 days before such waiver is to take 
        effect that such waiver is vital to the national security 
        interests of the United States.
            (2) Sunset.--The provisions of this subsection and any 
        waivers issued pursuant to this subsection shall terminate on 
        the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act.
    (d) Implementation Authority.--The President may exercise all 
authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 205 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 
for purposes of carrying out this section.
    (e) Regulatory Authority.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall, not later than 90 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate 
        regulations as necessary for the implementation of this 
        section.
            (2) Notification to congress.--Not less than 10 days before 
        the promulgation of regulations under subsection (a), the 
        President shall notify and provide to the appropriate 
        congressional committees the proposed regulations and the 
        provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act that 
        the regulations are implementing.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means--
                    (A) an individual who is not a United States 
                person;
                    (B) a corporation, partnership, or other 
                nongovernmental entity which is not a United States 
                person; or
                    (C) any representative, agent or instrumentality 
                of, or an individual working on behalf of a foreign 
                government.
            (2) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' has the meaning given that term in section 576.317 of 
        title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on June 22, 
        2016.
            (3) Admitted; alien.--The terms ``admitted'' and ``alien'' 
        have the meanings given those terms in section 101(3) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(3)).
            (4) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
        congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
                on the Judiciary, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
                the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate.
            (5) 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.
            (6) Government of iraq.--The term ``Government of Iraq'' 
        has the meaning given that term in section 576.310 of title 31, 
        Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on June 22, 2016.
            (7) Person.--The term ``person'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 576.311 of title 31, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, as in effect on June 22, 2016.
            (8) Property; property interest.--The terms ``property'' 
        and ``property interest'' have the meanings given those terms 
        in section 576.312 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
        in effect on June 22, 2016.
    (g) Sunset.--This section shall cease to be effective beginning on 
January 1, 2022.

SEC. 4. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN IRANIAN PERSONS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Government of Iran has committed acts of violence, and pose a 
significant risk of committing further acts of violence that have the 
purpose of threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government 
of Iraq.
    (b) Determinations With Respect to Certain Iranian Persons.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall, not later than 45 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act, determine 
        whether the Iranian persons listed in paragraph (2) are 
        responsible for engaging in activities described in section 
        3(a).
            (2) Iranian persons listed.--The Iranian persons referenced 
        in paragraph (1) are the following:
                    (A) The Supreme Leader of Iran.
                    (B) The President of Iran.
                    (C) Members of the Council of Guardians.
                    (D) Members of the Expediency Council.
                    (E) The Minister of Intelligence and Security.
                    (F) The Commander of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard 
                Corps.
                    (G) The Minister of Defense.
            (3) Report.--
                    (A) In general.--The President shall submit to the 
                appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
                determinations made under paragraph (1) together with 
                the reasons for those determinations and an 
                identification of the Iranian persons that the 
                President determines are responsible for engaging in 
                activities described in section 3(a).
                    (B) Form.--A report submitted under subparagraph 
                (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
                contain a classified annex.
            (4) Effect of determination by reason of report or request 
        under this section.--If an Iranian person listed in paragraph 
        (2) is determined by the President to be responsible for 
        engaging in activities described in section 3(a), the President 
        shall impose the sanctions described in section 3(b) on the 
        Iranian person.
            (5) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``appropriate 
        congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
                on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Financial 
                Services of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
                Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Banking, 
                Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.

SEC. 5. REPORT ON IRANIAN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for a period not to exceed 5 
years, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on Iranian activities in Iraq.
    (b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include a description of the following:
            (1) Iran's support for Iraqi militias or political parties, 
        including weapons, financing, and other forms of material 
        support.
            (2) A list of referrals to the relevant United Nations 
        Security Council sanctions committees by the United States 
        Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
    (c) Form.--The President may submit the report required by 
subsection (a) in classified form if the President determines that it 
is necessary for the national security interests of the United States 
to do so.
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
        Armed Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the 
        Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
        Armed Services, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on 
        Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.