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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4333 

To authorize expedited consideration of sanctions in the event that the Government of Iran commits acts of terror or uses ballistic missile technology 

in violation of international law. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2016 

Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. 

DELANEY, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. BRIDENSTINE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize expedited consideration of sanctions in the event 

that the Government of Iran commits acts of terror 

or uses ballistic missile technology in violation of international law. 

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 ‘‘Zero Tolerance for 

5 Terror Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY AND SENSE OF CONGRESS 

2 WITH RESPECT TO IRANIAN ENTITIES AND 

3 INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN BALLISTIC MIS4 SILE PROLIFERATION OR TERRORISM. 

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

6 of the United States, in interpreting the Joint Comprehen7 sive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and any other related agree8 ment, that— 

9 (1) any action by the Government of Iran to 

10 treat the legitimate imposition of sanctions by the 

11 United States or its international partners based on 

12 support for terrorism, abuses of human rights, or 

13 Iran’s ballistic missile activities as grounds to cease 

14 performing on its commitments under the JCPOA in 

15 whole or in part would not be valid and would be in16 consistent with the terms of the JCPOA; and 

17 (2) nothing in the JCPOA limits or curtails the 

18 ability of Congress to pass additional sanctions legis19 lation to address Iranian terrorism activities, human 

20 rights violations, and ballistic missile activities. 

21 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con22 gress that— 

23 (1) the Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

24 Foreign Assets Control should be fully funded to en25 sure strict enforcement of sanctions against Iranian 

26 actors in the areas of ballistic missile proliferation 


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1 and terrorism, and to ensure effective re-imposition 

2 of sanctions in the event of violation or breach by 

3 Iran of the JCPOA; and 

4 (2) Iran should continue to be prohibited from 

5 undertaking any activity related to ballistic missiles 

6 capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including 

7 launches using ballistic missile technology, and 

8 United Nations member states should take all nec9 essary measures to prevent the transfer of tech10 nology or technical assistance to Iran related to such 

11 activities. 

12 SEC. 3. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF NEW TERRORISM 

13 AND MISSILE-RELATED SANCTIONS AGAINST 

14 IRAN. 

15 (a) DETERMINATION.—If the President determines 

16 that a person or entity— 

17 (1) commits an act of international terrorism, 

18 at the direction of an official of the Government of 

19 Iran, that threatens the security of nationals of the 

20 United States or the national security, foreign pol21 icy, or economy of the United States, 

22 (2) knowingly assists in, sponsors, or provides 

23 financial, material, or technological support for, or 

24 financial or other services to or in support of— 

25 (A) an act described in paragraph (1), 


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1 (B) a foreign terrorist organization that 

2 receives financial support from the Government 

3 of Iran, or 

4 (3) commits an act in violation of United Na5 tions Security Council Resolution 1929 before Imple6 mentation Day, or an act in violation of United Na7 tions Security Council Resolution 2231 after Imple8 mentation Day, to undertake any activity related to 

9 ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weap10 ons, including launches using such ballistic missile 

11 technology, 

12 the President shall immediately notify Congress. 

13 (b) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION DEFINED.—For pur14 poses of this section, the term ‘‘qualifying legislation’’ 

15 means only a bill of either House of Congress that author16 izes or requires the President to impose sanctions on a 

17 person or entity with respect to which the President noti18 fies Congress of a determination under subsection (a). 

19 (c) INTRODUCTION.—During the 60-calendar day pe20 riod after the President notifies Congress of a determina21 tion under subsection (a), qualifying legislation may be in22 troduced— 

23 (1) in the House of Representatives, by the Ma24 jority Leader or the Minority Leader; and 


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1 (2) in the Senate, by the Majority Leader (or 

2 the Majority leader’s designee) or the Minority 

3 Leader (or the Minority Leader’s designee). 

4 (d) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP5 RESENTATIVES.— 

6 (1) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a com7 mittee of the House to which qualifying legislation 

8 has been referred has not reported such qualifying 

9 legislation within 10 legislative days after the date 

10 of referral, that committee shall be discharged from 

11 further consideration thereof. 

12 (2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Begin13 ning on the third legislative day after each com14 mittee to which qualifying legislation has been re15 ferred reports it to the House or has been dis16 charged from further consideration thereof, it shall 

17 be in order to move to proceed to consider the quali18 fying legislation in the House. All points of order 

19 against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall 

20 not be in order after the House has disposed of a 

21 motion to proceed on the qualifying legislation with 

22 regard to the same agreement. The previous ques23 tion shall be considered as ordered on the motion to 

24 its adoption without intervening motion. The motion 

25 shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the 


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1 vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be 

2 in order. 

3 (3) CONSIDERATION.—The qualifying legisla4 tion shall be considered as read. All points of order 

5 against the qualifying legislation and against its con6 sideration are waived. The previous question shall be 

7 considered as ordered on the qualifying legislation to 

8 final passage without intervening motion except two 

9 hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the 

10 sponsor of the qualifying legislation (or a designee) 

11 and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on 

12 passage of the qualifying legislation shall not be in 

13 order. 

14 (e) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

15 (1) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—Qualifying legisla16 tion introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 

17 Committee on Foreign Relations. 

18 (2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the Com19 mittee on Foreign Relations has not reported such 

20 qualifying legislation within 10 session days after 

21 the date of referral of such legislation, that com22 mittee shall be discharged from further consider23 ation of such legislation and the qualifying legisla24 tion shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 


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1 (3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Not2 withstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 

3 the Senate, it is in order at any time after the com4 mittee authorized to consider qualifying legislation 

5 reports it to the Senate or has been discharged from 

6 its consideration (even though a previous motion to 

7 the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 

8 proceed to the consideration of qualifying legislation, 

9 and all points of order against qualifying legislation 

10 (and against consideration of the qualifying legisla11 tion) are waived. The motion to proceed is not de12 batable and shall be subject to a 60-vote affirmative 

13 threshold for adoption. The motion is not subject to 

14 a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the 

15 vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

16 to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 

17 the consideration of the qualifying legislation is 

18 agreed to, the qualifying legislation shall remain the 

19 unfinished business until disposed of. 

20 (4) DEBATE.—Debate on qualifying legislation, 

21 and on all debatable motions and appeals in connec22 tion therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 

23 hours, which shall be divided equally between the 

24 Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees. A 

25 motion to further limit debate is in order and not 


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1 debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to post2 pone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

3 other business, or a motion to recommit the quali4 fying legislation is not in order. 

5 (5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 

6 shall occur immediately following the conclusion of 

7 the debate on the qualifying legislation and a single 

8 quorum call at the conclusion of the debate, if re9 quested in accordance with the rules of the Senate. 

10 (6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

11 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

12 the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 

13 case may be, to the procedure relating to qualifying 

14 legislation shall be decided without debate. 

15 (7) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—De16 bate in the Senate of any veto message with respect 

17 to qualifying legislation, including all debatable mo18 tions and appeals in connection with such qualifying 

19 legislation, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally 

20 divided between, and controlled by, the majority 

21 leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. 

22 (f) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF

23 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

24 (1) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER

25 HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one House of 


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1 qualifying legislation of that House, that House re2 ceives qualifying legislation from the other House, 

3 then the following procedures shall apply: 

4 (A) The qualifying legislation of the other 

5 House shall not be referred to a committee. 

6 (B) With respect to qualifying legislation 

7 of the House receiving the legislation— 

8 (i) the procedure in that House shall 

9 be the same as if no qualifying legislation 

10 had been received from the other House; 

11 but 

12 (ii) the vote on passage shall be on 

13 the qualifying legislation of the other 

14 House. 

15 (2) TREATMENT OF A BILL OF OTHER

16 HOUSE.—If one House fails to introduce qualifying 

17 legislation under this section, the qualifying legisla18 tion of the other House shall be entitled to expedited 

19 floor procedures under this section. 

20 (3) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES.— 

21 If, following passage of the qualifying legislation in 

22 the Senate, the Senate then receives a companion 

23 measure from the House of Representatives, the 

24 companion measure shall not be debatable. 


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1 (4) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEASURES.— 

2 The provisions of this subsection shall not apply in 

3 the House of Representatives to qualifying legisla4 tion which is a revenue measure. 

5 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

7 term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or8 ganization designated as a foreign terrorist organiza9 tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Na10 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

11 (2) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 

12 the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 

13 Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 

14 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

15 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

17 (1) JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION; 

18 JCPOA.—The term ‘‘Joint Comprehensive Plan of 

19 Action’’ or ‘‘JCPOA’’ means the Joint Comprehen20 sive Plan of Action signed at Vienna on July 14, 

21 2015, by Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian 

22 Federation, the People’s Republic of China, the 

23 United Kingdom, and the United States, and all im24 plementing materials and agreements related to the 

25 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. 


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1 (2) IMPLEMENTATION DAY.—The term ‘‘Imple2 mentation Day’’ has the meaning given that term by 

3 the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. 

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