II 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 925 

To impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

Corps, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 28, 2019 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. 

FISCHER, and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran’s 

Revolutionary Guard Corps, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iranian Revolutionary 

5 Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR2 EIGN PERSONS THAT ARE OFFICIALS, 

3 AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES OF, OR OWNED OR 

4 CONTROLLED BY, IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 

5 GUARD CORPS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(a) of the Iran Threat 

7 Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 

8 U.S.C. 8741(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

10 striking ‘‘Not later than 90 days after the date of 

11 the enactment of this Act, and as appropriate there12 after,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 180 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of the Iranian Revolu14 tionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, and 

15 every 180 days thereafter,’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘, or owned or controlled 

18 by,’’ after ‘‘affiliates of’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

20 (3) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period 

21 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) identify foreign persons with respect to 

24 which there is a reasonable basis to determine that 

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1 ties described in subsection (c) for or on behalf of 

2 a foreign person described in paragraph (1).’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION; PRIORITY FOR INVESTIGATION; 

4 REPORTS.—Section 301(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction 

5 and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(b)) 

6 is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION; PRIORITY FOR INVESTIGA8 TION; REPORTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—In identifying foreign 

10 persons pursuant to subsection (a)(1) as owned or 

11 controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the 

12 President is authorized to identify foreign persons in 

13 which Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has an 

14 ownership interest of less than 50 percent. 

15 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY FOR INVESTIGATION.—In identi16 fying foreign persons pursuant to subsection (a)(1) 

17 as officials, agents, or affiliates of, or owned or con18 trolled by, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the 

19 President shall investigate— 

20 ‘‘(A) foreign persons identified under sec21 tion 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regu22 lations (relating to the definition of the Govern23 ment of Iran); and 

24 ‘‘(B) foreign persons for which there is a 

25 reasonable basis to find that the person has 


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1 conducted or attempted to conduct one or more 

2 sensitive transactions or activities described in 

3 subsection (c). 

4 ‘‘(3) REPORT.— 

5 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The President 

7 shall determine whether each foreign per8 son described in clause (ii) is owned or 

9 controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

10 Corps. 

11 ‘‘(ii) FOREIGN PERSONS DE12 SCRIBED.—The foreign persons described 

13 in this clause are the following: 

14 ‘‘(I) The Telecommunication 

15 Company of Iran. 

16 ‘‘(II) The Mobile Telecommuni17 cation Company of Iran (MTCI). 

18 ‘‘(III) The Calcimin Public Com19 pany. 

20 ‘‘(IV) The Iran Tractor Manufac21 turing Company. 

22 ‘‘(V) The Iran Tractor Motors 

23 Manufacturing Company. 

24 ‘‘(VI) The Iran Zinc Mines De25 velopment Company. 


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1 ‘‘(VII) The National Iranian 

2 Lead and Zinc Company. 

3 ‘‘(VIII) The Iran Mineral Prod4 ucts Company. 

5 ‘‘(IX) Tosee Energy Paivaran 

6 Company. 

7 ‘‘(B) REPORT.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 

9 days after the date of the enactment of the 

10 Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Eco11 nomic Exclusion Act, the President shall 

12 submit to the appropriate congressional 

13 committees a report on the determinations 

14 made under subparagraph (A) together 

15 with the reasons for those determinations. 

16 ‘‘(ii) FORM.—A report submitted 

17 under clause (i) shall be submitted in un18 classified form but may contain a classified 

19 annex. 

20 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL REPORT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

22 days after the date of the enactment of the Ira23 nian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Ex24 clusion Act, the President shall submit to the 

25 appropriate congressional committees a report 


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1 that includes a detailed list of foreign persons 

2 in which there is a reasonable basis to deter3 mine that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps 

4 has an ownership interest of not less than 33 

5 percent. 

6 ‘‘(B) FORM.—The report required under 

7 subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas8 sified form but may contain a classified 

9 annex.’’. 

10 (c) SENSITIVE TRANSACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES DE11 SCRIBED.—Section 301(c) of the Iran Threat Reduction 

12 and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(c)) 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘$500,000’’; and 

17 (B) by inserting ‘‘Iranian financial institu18 tion or’’ after ‘‘involving a’’; 

19 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and 

20 (5) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and 

21 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol22 lowing new paragraphs: 

23 ‘‘(3) a transaction to provide material support 

24 for an organization designated as a foreign terrorist 

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1 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) or sup2 port for an act of international terrorism (as defined 

3 in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 

4 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)); 

5 ‘‘(4) a transaction to provide material support 

6 to a foreign person whose property and interests in 

7 property have been blocked pursuant to Executive 

8 Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 

9 blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 

10 persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

11 terrorism); 

12 ‘‘(5) a transaction to provide material support 

13 for— 

14 ‘‘(A) the Government of Syria or any agen15 cy or instrumentality thereof; or 

16 ‘‘(B) any entity owned or controlled by the 

17 Government of Syria, including for purposes of 

18 post-conflict reconstruction;’’. 

19 (d) WAIVER OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Section 

20 301(e) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

21 Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(e)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘(A) determines’’ and in24 serting ‘‘(A)(i) determines’’; 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘(B) submits’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘(ii) submits’’; 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘(i) identifies’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘(I) identifies’’; 

5 (D) by striking ‘‘(ii) sets’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘(II) sets’’; 

7 (E) by striking the period at the end and 

8 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) with respect to a foreign person iden11 tified under subsection (a)(3) by reason of hav12 ing conducted or attempted to conduct one or 

13 more sensitive transactions or activities de14 scribed in subsection (c)(5), also certifies to the 

15 appropriate congressional committees that 

16 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is signifi17 cantly decreasing provision of direct or indirect 

18 material support to the Government of Syria or 

19 Hezbollah’s operations in Syria.’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

21 (1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(ii)’’. 

22 (e) REGULATIONS, IMPLEMENTATION, PENALTIES, 

23 AND DEFINITIONS.—Section 301 of the Iran Threat Re24 duction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

25 8741) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub2 section (h); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per7 son’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United 

9 States person; 

10 ‘‘(B) a corporation, partnership, or other 

11 nongovernmental entity that is not a United 

12 States person; or 

13 ‘‘(C) any representative, agent, or instru14 mentality of, or an individual working on behalf 

15 of, a foreign government. 

16 ‘‘(2) IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.— 

17 The term ‘Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps’ in18 cludes any senior foreign political figure (as defined 

19 in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal 

20 Regulations) of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.’’. 

21 (f) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

22 The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 

23 of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking the heading of section 301 and 

25 inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 301. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC2 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, FOREIGN PERSONS 

3 THAT ARE OFFICIALS, AGENTS, OR AFFILI4 ATES OF, OR OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY, 

5 IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.’’; 

6 and 

7 (2) in the table of contents, by striking the item 

8 relating to section 301 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 301. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, foreign 

persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of, or owned or 

controlled by, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.’’. 

9 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 this section take effect on the date of the enactment of 

11 this Act and apply with respect to conduct described in 

12 section 301(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 

13 Human Rights Act of 2012, as amended by this section, 

14 engaged in on or after such date of enactment. 

15 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR16 EIGN PERSONS THAT SUPPORT OR CONDUCT 

17 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVO18 LUTIONARY GUARD CORPS OR OTHER SANC19 TIONED PERSONS. 

20 (a) IDENTIFICATION.—Section 302(a)(1) of the Iran 

21 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

22 (22 U.S.C. 8742(a)(1))— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘, or provide significant 

2 financial services to,’’ after ‘‘transactions with’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

5 end; and 

6 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

8 inserting ‘‘, provide significant financial services 

9 to, or provide material support to’’ after ‘‘trans10 actions with’’; 

11 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

12 end; and 

13 (C) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(ii) an Iranian person— 

16 ‘‘(I) designated as foreign ter17 rorist organizations under section 

18 219(a) of the Immigration and Na19 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); or 

20 ‘‘(II) that has provided support 

21 for an act of international terrorism 

22 (as defined in section 14 of the Iran 

23 Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

24 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)); 


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1 ‘‘(iii) an Iranian person whose prop2 erty and interests in property have been 

3 blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

4 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 

5 blocking property and prohibiting trans6 actions with persons who commit, threaten 

7 to commit, or support terrorism); 

8 ‘‘(iv) an Iranian person whose prop9 erty and interests in property have been 

10 blocked pursuant to— 

11 ‘‘(I) Executive Order 13608 (50 

12 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to prohib13 iting certain transactions with and 

14 suspending entry into the United 

15 States of foreign sanctions evaders 

16 with respect to Iran and Syria); 

17 ‘‘(II) Executive Order 13606 (50 

18 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

19 the property and suspending entry 

20 into the United States of certain per21 sons with respect to grave human 

22 rights abuses by the Governments of 

23 Iran and Syria via information tech24 nology); 


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1 ‘‘(III) Executive Order 13582 

2 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 

3 blocking property of the Government 

4 of Syria and prohibiting certain trans5 actions with respect to Syria); 

6 ‘‘(IV) Executive Order 13573 (50 

7 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

8 property of senior officials of the Gov9 ernment of Syria); 

10 ‘‘(V) Executive Order 13572 (50 

11 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

12 property of certain persons with re13 spect to human rights abuses in 

14 Syria); 

15 ‘‘(VI) Executive Order 13460 (50 

16 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

17 property of additional persons in con18 nection with the national emergency 

19 with respect to Syria); 

20 ‘‘(VII) Executive Order 13399 

21 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 

22 blocking property of additional per23 sons in connection with the national 

24 emergency with respect to Syria); 


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1 ‘‘(VIII) Executive Order 13338 

2 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 

3 blocking property of certain persons 

4 and prohibiting the export of certain 

5 goods to Syria); or 

6 ‘‘(IX) any other Executive order 

7 adopted on or after the date of the en8 actment of the Iranian Revolutionary 

9 Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, 

10 to the extent that such Executive 

11 order imposes sanctions with respect 

12 to Syria; or 

13 ‘‘(v) a person acting on behalf of or at 

14 the direction of, or owned or controlled by, 

15 a person described in clauses (i) through 

16 (iv).’’. 

17 (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Section 302(b) of 

18 the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 

19 of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 

20 President—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the Presi21 dent shall block and prohibit all transactions in property 

22 and interests in property of the foreign person if such 

23 property and interests in property are in the United 

24 States, come within the United States, or are or come 


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1 within the possession or control of a United States per2 son.’’. 

3 (c) WAIVER OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Section 

4 302(d) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

5 Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(d)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘(A)(i) determines’’ and in8 serting ‘‘(A)(i)(I) determines’’; 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘(ii) determines’’ and in10 serting ‘‘(II) determines’’; 

11 (C) by striking ‘‘(B) submits’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘(ii) submits’’; 

13 (D) by striking ‘‘(i) identifies’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘(I) identifies’’; 

15 (E) by striking ‘‘(ii) describes’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘(II) describes’’; 

17 (F) by striking ‘‘(iii) sets forth’’ and in18 serting ‘‘(III) sets forth’’; 

19 (G) by striking the period at the end and 

20 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (H) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) with respect to a foreign person iden23 tified under subsection (a)(1) by reason of hav24 ing engaged in a significant transaction or 

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1 cial services or material support to, an Iranian 

2 person described in subparagraph (C)(iv) of 

3 that subsection, also certifies to the appropriate 

4 congressional committees that Iran’s Revolu5 tionary Guard Corps is significantly decreasing 

6 provision of direct or indirect material support 

7 to the Government of Syria or Hezbollah’s oper8 ations in Syria.’’; and 

9 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

10 (1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(ii)’’. 

11 (d) WAIVER OF IDENTIFICATIONS AND DESIGNA12 TIONS.—Section 302(e) of the Iran Threat Reduction and 

13 Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(e)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘and subject to paragraph (2)’’; 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘(1) determines’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘(1)(A) determines’’; 

18 (3) by striking ‘‘(2) notifies’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) 

19 notifies’’; 

20 (4) by striking the period at the end and insert21 ing ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) with respect to a foreign person identified 

24 under subsection (a)(1) by reason of having engaged 

25 in a significant transaction or transactions with, or 


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1 provided significant financial services or material 

2 support to, an Iranian person described in subpara3 graph (C)(iv) of that subsection, also certifies to the 

4 appropriate congressional committees that Iran’s 

5 Revolutionary Guard Corps is significantly decreas6 ing provision of direct or indirect material support 

7 to the Government of Syria or Hezbollah’s oper8 ations in Syria.’’. 

9 (e) IRANIAN PERSON DEFINED.—Section 302 of the 

10 Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 

11 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742) is amended by adding at the end 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(g) IRANIAN PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, 

14 the term ‘Iranian person’ means— 

15 ‘‘(1) an individual who is a citizen or national 

16 of Iran; and 

17 ‘‘(2) an entity organized under the laws of Iran 

18 or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Gov19 ernment of Iran.’’. 

20 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

21 this section take effect on the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act and apply with respect to conduct described in 

23 section 302(a)(1) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 

24 Human Rights Act of 2012, as amended by this section, 

25 engaged in on or after such date of enactment. 


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1 SEC. 4. REPORTS ON CERTAIN IRANIAN PERSONS. 

2 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

3 of the United States to fully implement and enforce sanc4 tions against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, including 

5 its officials, agents, and affiliates. 

6 (b) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title III of the Iran 

7 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

8 (Public Law 112–158; 126 Stat. 1247) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 313. REPORT ON CERTAIN IRANIAN PERSONS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of the Iranian Revolutionary 

13 Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, and annually there14 after until the date that is 2 years after such date of en15 actment, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

16 congressional committees a report that contains the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(1) A list of foreign persons listed on the 

19 Tehran Stock Exchange and, with respect to each 

20 such foreign person, a determination of whether or 

21 not Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or any foreign 

22 persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of 

23 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, directly or indi24 rectly, owns or controls the foreign person. 

25 ‘‘(2) A list of foreign persons that are operating 

26 business enterprises in Iran that have a valuation of 


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1 more than $100,000,000 in Iran and, with respect 

2 to each such foreign person, a determination of 

3 whether or not Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or 

4 any foreign persons that are officials, agents, or af5 filiates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, directly 

6 or indirectly, owns or controls the foreign person. 

7 ‘‘(3) A list of Iranian financial institutions that 

8 have a valuation of more than $10,000,000 and, 

9 with respect to each such Iranian financial institu10 tion, a determination of whether or not— 

11 ‘‘(A) the institution has knowingly facili12 tated a significant transaction directly or indi13 rectly for, or on behalf of, Iran’s Revolutionary 

14 Guard Corps during the 2-year period begin15 ning on the date of the enactment of the Ira16 nian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Ex17 clusion Act; or 

18 ‘‘(B) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or 

19 any foreign persons that are officials, agents, or 

20 affiliates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, 

21 directly or indirectly, owns or controls the insti22 tution. 

23 ‘‘(b) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

2 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

3 contain a classified annex. 

4 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified 

5 portion of the report required by paragraph (1) shall 

6 be posted on a publicly available internet website of 

7 the Department of the Treasury and a publicly 

8 available internet website of the Department of 

9 State. 

10 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 ‘‘(1) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per12 son’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United 

14 States person; 

15 ‘‘(B) a corporation, partnership, or other 

16 nongovernmental entity that is not a United 

17 States person; or 

18 ‘‘(C) any representative, agent, or instru19 mentality of, or an individual working on behalf 

20 of, a foreign government. 

21 ‘‘(2) IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.— 

22 The term ‘Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps’ in23 cludes any senior foreign political figure (as defined 

24 in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal 

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1 ‘‘(3) IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

2 term ‘Iranian financial institution’ means— 

3 ‘‘(A) a financial institution organized 

4 under the laws of Iran or any jurisdiction with5 in Iran, including a foreign branch of such an 

6 institution; 

7 ‘‘(B) a financial institution located in Iran; 

8 ‘‘(C) a financial institution, wherever lo9 cated, owned or controlled by the Government 

10 of Iran; or 

11 ‘‘(D) a financial institution, wherever lo12 cated, owned or controlled by a financial insti13 tution described in subparagraph (A), (B), or 

14 (C). 

15 ‘‘(4) SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION.—A trans16 action shall be determined to be a ‘significant trans17 action’ in accordance with section 561.404 of title 

18 31, Code of Federal Regulations. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 314. REPORT ON THE FOREIGN SUPPLY CHAIN AND 

20 DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN INSIDE AND OUT21 SIDE OF IRAN THAT AIDS IRAN’S REVOLU22 TIONARY GUARD CORPS. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

24 the date of the enactment of the Iranian Revolutionary 

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1 submit a report on the foreign supply chain and domestic 

2 supply chain inside and outside of Iran that directly or 

3 indirectly significantly facilitates, supports, or otherwise 

4 aids Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps to— 

5 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

6 Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

7 Representatives; and 

8 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

9 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af10 fairs of the Senate. 

11 ‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re12 quired under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) An analysis of the foreign supply chain 

14 and domestic supply chain described in subsection 

15 (a). 

16 ‘‘(2) Persons that conduct both primary activi17 ties and support activities for the Iran’s Revolu18 tionary Guards Corps. 

19 ‘‘(3) A description of the geographic distribu20 tion of the foreign supply chain and domestic supply 

21 chain described in subsection (a). 

22 ‘‘(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection 

23 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may con24 tain a classified annex.’’. 


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1 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

2 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

3 Act of 2012 is amended by inserting after the item relat4 ing to section 312 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 313. Report on certain Iranian persons. 

‘‘Sec. 314. Report on the foreign supply chain and domestic supply chain inside 

and outside of Iran that aids Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

Corps.’’. 

5 SEC. 5. APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS REGARDING MAHAN 

6 AIR. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title III of the Iran 

8 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

9 (Public Law 112–158; 126 Stat. 1247), as amended by 

10 section 4, is further amended by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 315. APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS REGARDING 

13 MAHAN AIR. 

14 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) Mahan Air was added on October 12, 

16 2011, to the list of specially designated nationals 

17 and blocked persons maintained by the Office of 

18 Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 

19 Treasury, freezing its assets under United States ju20 risdiction and prohibiting transactions with United 

21 States parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13224 

22 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 

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1 mit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), 

2 which targets terrorists and their supporters. 

3 ‘‘(2) Executive Order 13224 imposes sanctions 

4 on persons determined to have committed acts of 

5 terrorism and persons that ‘assist in, sponsor, or 

6 provide financial, material, or technological support 

7 for, or financial or other services to or in support of 

8 . . . acts of terrorism’. 

9 ‘‘(3) In announcing additional sanctions against 

10 Mahan Air on March 24, 2016, the Department of 

11 the Treasury stated that ‘Based in Tehran, Iran, 

12 Mahan Air has facilitated [Islamic Revolutionary 

13 Guards Corps—Qods Force] transportation and 

14 arms and funds shipments. Mahan Air also con15 tinues to support the Iranian government’s desta16 bilizing actions in the region by conducting flights to 

17 Syria in order to transport fighters. Mahan Air reg18 ularly uses the same aircraft it flies to Syria to fly 

19 commercial passenger routes to international des20 tinations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.’. 

21 ‘‘(4) Mahan Air reportedly serves the following 

22 destinations in Iran: Abadan Airport, Ahvaz Inter23 national Airport, Ardabil Airport, Persian Gulf Air24 port, Bandar Abbas International Airport, Birjand 

25 International Airport, Bojnord International Airport, 


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1 Iranshahr Airport, Isfahan International Airport, 

2 Kalaleh Airport, Kerman Airport, Shahid Ashrafi 

3 Esffahani Airport, Khorramabad Airport, Kish Air4 port, Larestan International Airport, Mashhad 

5 International Airport, Queshm International Airport, 

6 Sahahdaj Airport, Dasht-e Naz Airport, Shiraz 

7 International Airport, Sirjan Airport, Tabriz Inter8 national Airport, Tehran Imam Khomeini Inter9 national Airport, Mehrabad International Airport, 

10 Zabol Airport, Zahedan International Airport, and 

11 Zanjan Airport. 

12 ‘‘(5) Iranian state-owned enterprises, including 

13 the Iran Airports Company, which is the holding and 

14 operating company for civilian airports in Iran, re15 portedly facilitate Mahan Air’s operations. 

16 ‘‘(b) REPORT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of the Iranian Revo19 lutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, the 

20 President shall transmit to the appropriate congres21 sional committees a report on any activities of Ira22 nian state-owned enterprises that engage in activi23 ties subject to sanctions under Executive Order 

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1 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The determination required by 

2 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

3 form but may contain a classified annex.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

5 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

6 Act of 2012, as amended by section 4, is further amended 

7 by inserting after the item relating to section 314 the fol8 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 315. Application of sanctions regarding Mahan Air.’’. 

9 SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON PREVENTION OF ACCES10 SION OF IRAN TO WORLD TRADE ORGANIZA11 TION. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the policy of the United 

13 States to work to prevent Iran’s membership in the World 

14 Trade Organization and similar international bodies until 

15 the date on which the determination of the Secretary of 

16 State that the Government of Iran has repeatedly provided 

17 support for acts of international terrorism under the pro18 visions of law described in subsection (b) is rescinded. 

19 (b) PROVISIONS OF LAW DESCRIBED.—The provi20 sions of law described in this subsection are— 

21 (1) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export Con22 trol Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of 

23 Public Law 115–232); 

24 (2) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance 

25 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 


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1 (3) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control 

2 Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 

3 (4) any other provision of law. 

4 SEC. 7. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 

5 GOODS. 

6 The authorities and requirements to impose or waive 

7 sanctions under this Act and the amendments made by 

8 this Act shall not include the authority or a requirement 

9 to impose or waive sanctions on the importation of goods. 

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