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Calendar No. 110 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 722 

To impose sanctions with respect to Iran in relation to Iran’s ballistic missile 

program, support for acts of international terrorism, and violations of 

human rights, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 23, 2017 

Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. BENNET, Mr. RISCH, Mr. COONS, Mr. 

SULLIVAN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. INHOFE, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. MORAN, Mr. WICKER, 

Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. TOOMEY, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. ROBERTS, Mrs. 

FISCHER, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HELLER, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. 

CRAPO, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. MANCHIN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MCCAIN, 

Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. ERNST, 

Mr. CORNYN, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. DAINES, Mr. GARDNER, 

Mr. STRANGE, and Mr. SCOTT) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

MAY 25, 2017 

Reported by Mr. CORKER, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to Iran in relation to Iran’s 

ballistic missile program, support for acts of international terrorism, and violations of human rights, and 

for other purposes. 

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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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian 

threats in the Middle East and North Africa. 

Sec. 4. Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile 

program. 

Sec. 5. Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the IRGC. 

Sec. 6. Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons responsible 

for human rights abuses. 

Sec. 7. Enforcement of arms embargos. 

Sec. 8. Continuation in effect of sanctions for Iranian support relating to terrorism. 

Sec. 9. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and the 

European Union. 

Sec. 10. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran. 

Sec. 11. Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance; rule of 

construction. 

Sec. 12. Presidential waiver authority. 

8 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act: 

10 (1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The 

11 term ‘‘act of international terrorism’’ has the mean12 ing given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanc13 tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 

14 1701 note). 

15 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

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1 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

2 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

3 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per4 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

5 person. 

6 (4) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian per7 son’’ means— 

8 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na9 tional of Iran; or 

10 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

11 Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of 

12 the Government of Iran. 

13 (5) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s Is14 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

15 (6) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 

16 the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 

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

18 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

19 (7) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in20 dividual or entity. 

21 (8) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

22 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

23 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law24 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

25 United States; or 

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1 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

2 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

3 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

4 such an entity. 

5 SEC. 3. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVEN6 TIONAL AND ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN THREATS 

7 IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there10 after, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, 

11 the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of Na12 tional Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit to the 

13 appropriate congressional committees a strategy for deter14 ring conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities and 

15 threats that directly threaten the United States and key 

16 allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. 

17 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

18 (a) shall include at a minimum the following: 

19 (1) A summary of the near- and long-term 

20 United States objectives, plans, and means for coun21 tering Iran’s destabilizing activities, including identi22 fication of countries that share the objective of coun23 tering Iran’s destabilizing activities. 

24 (2) A summary of the capabilities and contribu25 tions of individual countries to shared efforts to 

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1 counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and a sum2 mary of additional actions or contributions that each 

3 country could take to further contribute. 

4 (3) An assessment of Iran’s conventional force 

5 capabilities and an assessment of Iran’s plans to up6 grade its conventional force capabilities, including its 

7 acquisition, development, and deployment of ballistic 

8 and cruise missile capabilities, unmanned aerial vehi9 cles, and maritime offensive and anti-access or area 

10 denial capabilities. 

11 (4) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and bio12 logical weapons capabilities and an assessment of 

13 Iranian plans to upgrade its chemical or biological 

14 weapons capabilities. 

15 (5) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activi16 ties in the region, including— 

17 (A) the size, capabilities, and activities of 

18 the IRGC, including the Quds Force; 

19 (B) the size, capabilities, and activities of 

20 Iran’s cyber operations; 

21 (C) the types and amount of support, in22 cluding funding, lethal and nonlethal contribu23 tions, and training, provided to Hezbollah, 

24 Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the regime of 

25 Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Houthi fighters in 

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1 Yemen, and other violent groups across the 

2 Middle East; and 

3 (D) the scope and objectives of Iran’s in4 formation operations and use of propaganda. 

5 (6) A summary of United States actions, unilat6 erally and in cooperation with foreign governments, 

7 to counter destabilizing Iranian activities, includ8 ing— 

9 (A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms 

10 bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist 

11 organizations under section 219 of the Immi12 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 

13 (B) Iran’s interference in international 

14 commercial shipping lanes; 

15 (C) attempts by Iran to undermine or sub16 vert internationally recognized governments in 

17 the Middle East region; and 

18 (D) Iran’s support for the regime of 

19 Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including— 

20 (i) financial assistance, military equip21 ment and personnel, and other support 

22 provided to that regime; and 

23 (ii) support and direction to other 

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1 nian and are acting on behalf of that re2 gime. 

3 (c) FORM OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by 

4 subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

5 may include a classified annex. 

6 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RE7 SPONSE TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PRO8 GRAM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 

10 sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 

11 person that the President determines, on or after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act— 

13 (1) has engaged in any activity that has materi14 ally contributed, or poses a risk of materially con15 tributing, to the activities of the Government of Iran 

16 with respect to its ballistic missile program, or any 

17 other program in Iran for developing, deploying, or 

18 maintaining systems capable of delivering weapons 

19 of mass destruction, including any efforts to manu20 facture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, trans21 fer, or use such capabilities; 

22 (2) is a successor entity to a person referred to 

23 in paragraph (1); 

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1 (3) owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, 

2 or is under common ownership or control with, a 

3 person referred to in paragraph (1); 

4 (4) is acting for or on behalf of a person re5 ferred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or 

6 (5) has knowingly provided, or attempted to 

7 provide, financial, material, technological, or other 

8 support for, or goods or services in support of, a 

9 person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4). 

10 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de11 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

12 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

13 shall block, in accordance with the International 

14 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

15 et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 

16 in property of any person subject to subsection (a) 

17 if such property and interests in property are in the 

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

19 or come within the possession or control of a United 

20 States person. 

21 (2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—The 

22 Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec23 retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 

24 United States, any person subject to subsection (a) 

25 that is an alien. 

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1 (c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 

2 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub3 section (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 

4 to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen5 alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 

6 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

7 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 

8 an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

9 (d) REPORT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAN’S BAL10 LISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 

13 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the 

14 appropriate congressional committees a report de15 scribing each person that— 

16 (A) has, during the period specified in 

17 paragraph (2), conducted any activity that has 

18 materially contributed, or poses a risk of mate19 rially contributing, to the activities of the Gov20 ernment of Iran with respect to its ballistic mis21 sile program, or any other program in Iran for 

22 developing, deploying, or maintaining systems 

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1 quire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or 

2 use such capabilities; 

3 (B) is a successor entity to a person re4 ferred to in subparagraph (A); 

5 (C) owns or controls, is owned or con6 trolled by, or is under common ownership or 

7 control with, a person referred to in subpara8 graph (A); 

9 (D) is acting for or on behalf of a person 

10 referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); or 

11 (E) is known or believed to have provided, 

12 or attempted to provide, during the period spec13 ified in paragraph (2), financial, material, tech14 nological, or other support for, or goods or serv15 ices in support of, any material contribution to 

16 a program described in subparagraph (A) car17 ried out by a person described in subparagraph 

18 (A), (B), (C), or (D). 

19 (2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 

20 in this paragraph is— 

21 (A) in the case of the first report sub22 mitted under paragraph (1), the period begin23 ning on July 14, 2015, and ending on the date 

24 the report is submitted; and 

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1 (B) in the case of a subsequent such re2 port, the 180-day period preceding the submis3 sion of the report. 

4 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 

5 by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

6 form but may include a classified annex. 

7 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANCTIONS 

8 WITH RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 

9 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find10 ings: 

11 (1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant 

12 to Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; re13 lating to blocking property of weapons of mass de14 struction delivery system proliferators and their sup15 porters), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac16 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

17 8501 et seq.), Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 

18 1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain 

19 persons with respect to serious human rights abuses 

20 by the Government of Iran), and Executive Order 

21 13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

22 the property and suspending entry into the United 

23 States of certain persons with respect to grave 

24 human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran 

25 and Syria via information technology). 

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1 (2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps2 Qods Force (in this section referred to as the 

3 ‘‘IRGC–QF’’) is the primary arm of the Government 

4 of Iran for executing its policy of supporting ter5 rorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC–QF provides 

6 material, logistical assistance, training, and financial 

7 support to militants and terrorist operatives 

8 throughout the Middle East and South Asia and was 

9 designated for the imposition of sanctions by the 

10 Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Executive 

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

12 blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 

13 persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

14 terrorism) in October 2007 for its support of ter15 rorism. 

16 (3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC–QF, is re17 sponsible for implementing Iran’s international pro18 gram of destabilizing activities, support for acts of 

19 international terrorism, and ballistic missile pro20 gram. 

21 (b) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 

22 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi23 dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) 

24 with respect to the IRGC and foreign persons that are 

25 officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC. 

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1 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de2 scribed in this subsection are sanctions applicable with re3 spect to a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order 

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

5 and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 

6 threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 

7 SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RE8 SPECT TO PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 

9 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

12 the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con13 gressional committees a list of each person the Secretary 

14 determines, based on credible evidence— 

15 (1) has been responsible for extrajudicial 

16 killings, torture, or other gross violations of inter17 nationally recognized human rights committed 

18 against individuals in Iran who seek— 

19 (A) to expose illegal activity carried out by 

20 officials of the Government of Iran; or 

21 (B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote 

22 internationally recognized human rights and 

23 freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, ex24 pression, association, and assembly, and the 

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1 rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 

2 and 

3 (2) has acted as an agent of or on behalf of a 

4 foreign person in a matter relating to an activity de5 scribed in paragraph (1). 

6 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in ac8 cordance with the International Emergency Eco9 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 

10 all transactions in all property and interests in prop11 erty of a person on the list required by subsection 

12 (a) if such property and interests in property are in 

13 the United States, come within the United States, or 

14 are or come within the possession or control of a 

15 United States person. 

16 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at17 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

18 violation of paragraph (1) or any regulation, license, 

19 or order issued to carry out paragraph (1) shall be 

20 subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 

21 and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer22 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 

23 same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 

24 act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

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1 SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

3 (d), the President shall impose the sanctions described in 

4 subsection (b) with respect to any person that— 

5 (1) engages in any activity that materially con6 tributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or 

7 indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or ben8 efit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored combat ve9 hicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat air10 craft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or mis11 sile systems, as defined for the purpose of the 

12 United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or 

13 related materiel, including spare parts; or 

14 (2) provides to Iran any technical training, fi15 nancial resources or services, advice, other services 

16 or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, 

17 manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and re18 lated materiel described in paragraph (1). 

19 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

20 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

21 shall block, in accordance with the International 

22 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

23 et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 

24 in property of any person subject to subsection (a) 

25 if such property and interests in property are in the 

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

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1 or come within the possession or control of a United 

2 States person. 

3 (2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—The 

4 Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec5 retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 

6 United States, any person subject to subsection (a) 

7 that is an alien. 

8 (c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 

9 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub10 section (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 

11 to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen12 alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 

13 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

14 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 

15 an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

16 (d) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to 

17 impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a 

18 person for engaging in an activity described in that sub19 section if the President certifies to the appropriate con20 gressional committees that— 

21 (1) permitting the activity is in the national se22 curity interest of the United States; 

23 (2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat 

24 to the national security of the United States and to 

25 the allies of the United States; and 

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1 (3) the Government of Iran has ceased pro2 viding operational or financial support for acts of 

3 international terrorism and no longer satisfies the 

4 requirements for designation as a state sponsor of 

5 terrorism. 

6 (e) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—In 

7 this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means 

8 a country the government of which the Secretary of State 

9 has determined to be a government that has repeatedly 

10 provided support for acts of international terrorism for 

11 purposes of— 

12 (1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administra13 tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as con14 tinued in effect pursuant to the International Emer15 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

16 seq.)); 

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

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

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

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

21 (4) any other provision of law. 

22 SEC. 8. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS FOR IRA23 NIAN SUPPORT RELATING TO TERRORISM. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—United States sanctions imposed 

25 with respect to a person under Executive Order 13382 (50 

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1 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of weap2 ons of mass destruction delivery system proliferators and 

3 their supporters) or Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 

4 1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting 

5 transactions with persons who commit, threaten to com6 mit, or support terrorism), and imposed as a result of ac7 tivities described in subsection (b), that are in effect on 

8 the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

9 remain in effect until the date that is 90 days after the 

10 date on which the President submits to the appropriate 

11 congressional committees the certification described in 

12 subsection (c) with respect to the person. 

13 (b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—An activity described 

14 in this subsection is— 

15 (1) any activity that materially contributes to 

16 the activities of the Government of Iran with respect 

17 to its ballistic missile program; or 

18 (2) support by the Government of Iran for acts 

19 of international terrorism. 

20 (c) CERTIFICATION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—A certification described in 

22 this subsection is a certification that the person with 

23 respect to which sanctions were imposed under Exec24 utive Order 13382 or Executive Order 13224 has 

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1 ceding the date of the certification, provided support 

2 for or otherwise facilitated or engaged in any activ3 ity described in subsection (b). 

4 (2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall 

6 submit the certification described in paragraph 

7 (1) to the appropriate congressional committees 

8 in writing and shall include a detailed justifica9 tion for the certification. 

10 (B) FORM OF CERTIFICATION.—The cer11 tification described in paragraph (1) shall be 

12 submitted in unclassified form but may include 

13 a classified annex. 

14 (d) REIMPOSITION.—If sanctions are suspended with 

15 respect to a person under this section, such sanctions shall 

16 be reinstated if the President determines that the person 

17 has resumed any activity described in subsection (b). 

18 SEC. 9. REPORT ON COORDINATION OF SANCTIONS BE19 TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EURO20 PEAN UNION. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

23 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

24 congressional committees a report that includes the fol25 lowing: 

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1 (1) A description of each instance, during the 

2 period specified in subsection (b)— 

3 (A) in which the United States has im4 posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac5 tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 

6 mass destruction or delivery systems for such 

7 weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter8 national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 

9 abuses in Iran, but in which the European 

10 Union has not imposed corresponding sanctions; 

11 and 

12 (B) in which the European Union has im13 posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac14 tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 

15 mass destruction or delivery systems for such 

16 weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter17 national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 

18 abuses in Iran, but in which the United States 

19 has not imposed corresponding sanctions. 

20 (2) An explanation for the reason for each dis21 crepancy between sanctions imposed by the Euro22 pean Union and sanctions imposed by the United 

23 States described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

24 paragraph (1). 

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1 (b) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this 

2 subsection is— 

3 (1) in the case of the first report submitted 

4 under subsection (a), the period beginning on Sep5 tember 1, 2009, and ending on the date the report 

6 is submitted; and 

7 (2) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 

8 180-day period preceding the submission of the re9 port. 

10 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub11 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

12 include a classified annex. 

13 SEC. 10. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS DETAINED 

14 BY IRAN. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

17 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

18 congressional committees a report on United States citi19 zens, including United States citizens who are also citizens 

20 of other countries, detained by Iran or groups supported 

21 by Iran that includes— 

22 (1) information regarding any officials of the 

23 Government of Iran involved in any way in the de24 tentions; and 

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1 (2) a summary of efforts the United States 

2 Government has taken to secure the swift release of 

3 those United States citizens. 

4 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub5 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

6 may include a classified annex. 

7 SEC. 11. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND HU8 MANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; RULE OF CON9 STRUCTION. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The following activities shall be 

11 exempt from sanctions under sections 4, 5, 6, and 7: 

12 (1) Any activity subject to the reporting re13 quirements under title V of the National Security 

14 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any au15 thorized intelligence activities of the United States. 

16 (2) The admission of an alien to the United 

17 States if such admission is necessary to comply with 

18 United States obligations under the Agreement be19 tween the United Nations and the United States of 

20 America regarding the Headquarters of the United 

21 Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 

22 entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the 

23 Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 

24 April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 

25 1967. 

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1 (3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction 

2 for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi3 cine, or medical devices to Iran or for the provision 

4 of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran, in5 cluding engaging in a financial transaction relating 

6 to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur7 poses, transporting goods or services that are nec8 essary to carry out operations relating to humani9 tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes, and 

10 having merely incidental contact, in the course of 

11 providing humanitarian assistance or aid for human12 itarian purposes, with individuals who are under the 

13 control of a foreign person subject to sanctions 

14 under this Act. 

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term 

17 ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given 

18 that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade 

19 Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

20 (2) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de21 vice’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in 

22 section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos23 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

24 (3) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the 

25 meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the 

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1 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

2 321). 

3 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

4 shall be construed to limit the authority of the President 

5 to designate persons for the imposition of sanctions pursu6 ant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

7 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

8 SEC. 12. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY. 

9 (a) CASE-BY-CASE WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 

11 on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more 

12 than 180 days, a requirement under section 4, 5, 6, 

13 7, or 8 to impose or maintain sanctions with respect 

14 to a person, and may waive the continued imposition 

15 of such sanctions, not less than 30 days after the 

16 President determines and reports to the appropriate 

17 congressional committees that it is vital to the na18 tional security interests of the United States to 

19 waive such sanctions. 

20 (2) RENEWAL OF WAIVERS.—The President 

21 may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under 

22 paragraph (1) for an additional period of not more 

23 than 180 days if, not later than 15 days before that 

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1 tion and submits to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees a report described in paragraph (1). 

3 (3) SUCCESSIVE RENEWAL.—The renewal au4 thority provided under paragraph (2) may be exer5 cised for additional successive periods of not more 

6 than 180 days if the President follows the proce7 dures set forth in paragraph (2), and submits the 

8 report described in paragraph (1), for each such re9 newal. 

10 (b) CONTENTS OF WAIVER REPORTS.—Each report 

11 submitted under subsection (a) in connection with a waiv12 er of sanctions under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 with respect 

13 to a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, shall in14 clude— 

15 (1) a specific and detailed rationale for the de16 termination that the waiver is vital to the national 

17 security interests of the United States; 

18 (2) a description of the activity that resulted in 

19 the person being subject to sanctions; 

20 (3) an explanation of the efforts made by the 

21 United States to secure the cooperation of the gov22 ernment with primary jurisdiction over the person or 

23 the location where the activity described in para24 graph (2) occurred in terminating or, as appro25 priate, penalizing the activity; and 

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1 (4) an assessment of the significance of the ac2 tivity described in paragraph (2) in contributing to 

3 the ability of Iran to threaten the interests of the 

4 United States or allies of the United States, develop 

5 systems capable of delivering weapons of mass de6 struction, support acts of international terrorism, or 

7 violate the human rights of any person in Iran. 

8 (c) EFFECT OF REPORT ON WAIVER.—If the Presi9 dent submits a report under subsection (a) in connection 

10 with a waiver of sanctions under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 

11 8 with respect to a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, 

12 the President shall not be required to impose or maintain 

13 sanctions under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8, as applicable, with 

14 respect to the person described in the report during the 

15 30-day period referred to in subsection (a). 

16 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

17 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

18 ‘‘Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017’’. 

19 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

20 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian 

threats in the Middle East and North Africa. 

Sec. 4. Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile 

program. 

Sec. 5. Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the IRGC. 

Sec. 6. Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons responsible for 

human rights abuses. 

Sec. 7. Enforcement of arms embargos. 

Sec. 8. Review of applicability of sanctions relating to Iran’s support for terrorism and its ballistic missile program. 

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Sec. 9. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and the 

European Union. 

Sec. 10. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran. 

Sec. 11. Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance; rule of 

construction. 

Sec. 12. Presidential waiver authority. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The 

4 term ‘‘act of international terrorism’’ has the mean5 ing given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanc6 tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 

7 1701 note). 

8 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit10 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 14 

11 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– 

12 172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

13 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per14 son’’ means a person that is not a United States per15 son. 

16 (4) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian per17 son’’ means— 

18 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na19 tional of Iran; or 

20 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

21 Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of 

22 the Government of Iran. 

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1 (5) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s Is2 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

3 (6) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has the 

4 meaning given that term in section 14 of the Iran 

5 Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 

6 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

7 (7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 

8 States person’’ means— 

9 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law10 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

11 United States; or 

12 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

13 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

14 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

15 such an entity. 

16 SEC. 3. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVEN17 TIONAL AND ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN THREATS 

18 IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there21 after, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the 

22 Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of National In23 telligence shall jointly develop and submit to the appro24 priate congressional committees a strategy for deterring 

25 conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities and threats 

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1 that directly threaten the United States and key allies in 

2 the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

4 (a) shall include at a minimum the following: 

5 (1) A summary of the near- and long-term 

6 United States objectives, plans, and means for coun7 tering Iran’s destabilizing activities, including identi8 fication of countries that share the objective of coun9 tering Iran’s destabilizing activities. 

10 (2) A summary of the capabilities and contribu11 tions of individual countries to shared efforts to 

12 counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and a sum13 mary of additional actions or contributions that each 

14 country could take to further contribute. 

15 (3) An assessment of Iran’s conventional force 

16 capabilities and an assessment of Iran’s plans to up17 grade its conventional force capabilities, including its 

18 acquisition, development, and deployment of ballistic 

19 and cruise missile capabilities, unmanned aerial ve20 hicles, and maritime offensive and anti-access or area 

21 denial capabilities. 

22 (4) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and biologi23 cal weapons capabilities and an assessment of Ira24 nian plans to upgrade its chemical or biological 

25 weapons capabilities. 

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1 (5) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activi2 ties in the region, including— 

3 (A) the size, capabilities, and activities of 

4 the IRGC, including the Quds Force; 

5 (B) the size, capabilities, and activities of 

6 Iran’s cyber operations; 

7 (C) the types and amount of support, in8 cluding funding, lethal and nonlethal contribu9 tions, and training, provided to Hezbollah, 

10 Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the regime of 

11 Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Houthi fighters in 

12 Yemen, and other violent groups across the Mid13 dle East; and 

14 (D) the scope and objectives of Iran’s infor15 mation operations and use of propaganda. 

16 (6) A summary of United States actions, unilat17 erally and in cooperation with foreign governments, 

18 to counter destabilizing Iranian activities, includ19 ing— 

20 (A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms 

21 bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist 

22 organizations under section 219 of the Immigra23 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 

24 (B) Iran’s interference in international 

25 commercial shipping lanes; 

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1 (C) attempts by Iran to undermine or sub2 vert internationally recognized governments in 

3 the Middle East region; and 

4 (D) Iran’s support for the regime of Bashar 

5 al-Assad in Syria, including— 

6 (i) financial assistance, military 

7 equipment and personnel, and other support 

8 provided to that regime; and 

9 (ii) support and direction to other 

10 armed actors that are not Syrian or Ira11 nian and are acting on behalf of that re12 gime. 

13 (c) FORM OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by 

14 subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

15 may include a classified annex. 

16 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RE17 SPONSE TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PRO18 GRAM. 

19 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

20 that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of 

21 State should continue to implement Executive Order 13382 

22 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of weap23 ons of mass destruction delivery system proliferators and 

24 their supporters). 

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1 (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 

2 impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect 

3 to any person that the President determines, on or after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act— 

5 (1) knowingly engages in any activity that mate6 rially contributes to the activities of the Government 

7 of Iran with respect to its ballistic missile program, 

8 or any other program in Iran for developing, deploy9 ing, or maintaining systems capable of delivering 

10 weapons of mass destruction, including any efforts to 

11 manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, 

12 transfer, or use such capabilities; 

13 (2) is a successor entity to a person referred to 

14 in paragraph (1); 

15 (3) owns or controls or is owned or controlled by 

16 a person referred to in paragraph (1); 

17 (4) forms an entity with the purpose of evading 

18 sanctions that would otherwise be imposed pursuant 

19 to paragraph (3); 

20 (5) is acting for or on behalf of a person referred 

21 to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 

22 (6) knowingly provides or attempts to provide fi23 nancial, material, technological, or other support for, 

24 or goods or services in support of, a person referred 

25 to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5). 

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1 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 

2 in this subsection are the following: 

3 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

4 shall block, in accordance with the International 

5 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

6 seq.), all transactions in all property and interests in 

7 property of any person subject to subsection (a) if 

8 such property and interests in property are in the 

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

10 or come within the possession or control of a United 

11 States person. 

12 (2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—The 

13 Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec14 retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 

15 United States, any person subject to subsection (a) 

16 that is an alien. 

17 (d) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 

18 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub19 section (c)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 

20 carry out that subsection shall be subject to the penalties 

21 set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 

22 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

23 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an un24 lawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

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1 (e) REPORT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC

2 MISSILE PROGRAM.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 

5 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the ap6 propriate congressional committees a report describ7 ing each person that— 

8 (A) has, during the period specified in 

9 paragraph (2), conducted any activity that has 

10 materially contributed to the activities of the 

11 Government of Iran with respect to its ballistic 

12 missile program, or any other program in Iran 

13 for developing, deploying, or maintaining sys14 tems capable of delivering weapons of mass de15 struction, including any efforts to manufacture, 

16 acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or 

17 use such capabilities; 

18 (B) is a successor entity to a person referred 

19 to in subparagraph (A); 

20 (C) owns or controls or is owned or con21 trolled by a person referred to in subparagraph 

22 (A); 

23 (D) forms an entity with the purpose of 

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1 sult of a relationship described in subparagraph 

2 (C); 

3 (E) is acting for or on behalf of a person re4 ferred to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); 

5 or 

6 (F) is known or believed to have provided, 

7 or attempted to provide, during the period speci8 fied in paragraph (2), financial, material, tech9 nological, or other support for, or goods or serv10 ices in support of, any material contribution to 

11 a program described in subparagraph (A) car12 ried out by a person described in subparagraph 

13 (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E). 

14 (2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in 

15 this paragraph is— 

16 (A) in the case of the first report submitted 

17 under paragraph (1), the period beginning Jan18 uary 1, 2016, and ending on the date the report 

19 is submitted; and 

20 (B) in the case of a subsequent such report, 

21 the 180-day period preceding the submission of 

22 the report. 

23 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by 

24 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form 

25 but may include a classified annex. 

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1 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANCTIONS 

2 WITH RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

4 (1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant to 

5 Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating 

6 to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction 

7 delivery system proliferators and their supporters), 

8 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

9 and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), 

10 Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating 

11 to blocking property of certain persons with respect to 

12 serious human rights abuses by the Government of 

13 Iran), and Executive Order 13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

14 note; relating to blocking the property and suspending 

15 entry into the United States of certain persons with 

16 respect to grave human rights abuses by the Govern17 ments of Iran and Syria via information technology). 

18 (2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps– 

19 Quds Force (in this section referred to as the ‘‘IRGC– 

20 QF’’) is the primary arm of the Government of Iran 

21 for executing its policy of supporting terrorist and in22 surgent groups. The IRGC–QF provides material, 

23 logistical assistance, training, and financial support 

24 to militants and terrorist operatives throughout the 

25 Middle East and South Asia and was designated for 

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1 ury pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 

2 1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohib3 iting transactions with persons who commit, threaten 

4 to commit, or support terrorism) in October 2007 for 

5 its support of terrorism. 

6 (3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC–QF, is respon7 sible for implementing Iran’s international program 

8 of destabilizing activities, support for acts of inter9 national terrorism, and ballistic missile program. 

10 (b) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 

11 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi12 dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) 

13 with respect to the IRGC and foreign persons that are offi14 cials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC. 

15 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 

16 in this subsection are sanctions applicable with respect to 

17 a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 

18 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohib19 iting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to 

20 commit, or support terrorism). 

21 SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RE22 SPECT TO PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 

23 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

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1 the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con2 gressional committees a list of each person the Secretary 

3 determines, based on credible evidence, on or after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act— 

5 (1) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, tor6 ture, or other gross violations of internationally recog7 nized human rights committed against individuals in 

8 Iran who seek— 

9 (A) to expose illegal activity carried out by 

10 officials of the Government of Iran; or 

11 (B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote 

12 internationally recognized human rights and 

13 freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, expres14 sion, association, and assembly, and the rights to 

15 a fair trial and democratic elections; or 

16 (2) acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign 

17 person in a matter relating to an activity described 

18 in paragraph (1). 

19 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in ac21 cordance with the International Emergency Economic 

22 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block all trans23 actions in all property and interests in property of 

24 a person on the list required by subsection (a) if such 

25 property and interests in property are in the United 

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

2 within the possession or control of a United States 

3 person. 

4 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at5 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a vio6 lation of paragraph (1) or any regulation, license, or 

7 order issued to carry out paragraph (1) shall be sub8 ject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and 

9 (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency 

10 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same 

11 extent as a person that commits an unlawful act de12 scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 

13 SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

15 (d), the President shall impose the sanctions described in 

16 subsection (b) with respect to any person that the President 

17 determines— 

18 (1) knowingly engages in any activity that mate19 rially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer di20 rectly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in 

21 or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored com22 bat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat 

23 aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or mis24 sile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United 

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1 Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related 

2 materiel, including spare parts; or 

3 (2) knowingly provides to Iran any technical 

4 training, financial resources or services, advice, other 

5 services or assistance related to the supply, sale, 

6 transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms 

7 and related materiel described in paragraph (1). 

8 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

9 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

10 shall block, in accordance with the International 

11 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

12 seq.), all transactions in all property and interests in 

13 property of any person subject to subsection (a) if 

14 such property and interests in property are in the 

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

16 or come within the possession or control of a United 

17 States person. 

18 (2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—The 

19 Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec20 retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 

21 United States, any person subject to subsection (a) 

22 that is an alien. 

23 (c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 

24 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub25 section (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 

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1 carry out that subsection shall be subject to the penalties 

2 set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 

3 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

4 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an un5 lawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

6 (d) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to im7 pose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a person 

8 for engaging in an activity described in that subsection if 

9 the President certifies to the appropriate congressional com10 mittees that— 

11 (1) permitting the activity is in the national se12 curity interest of the United States; 

13 (2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat 

14 to the national security of the United States and to 

15 the allies of the United States; and 

16 (3) the Government of Iran has ceased providing 

17 operational or financial support for acts of inter18 national terrorism and no longer satisfies the require19 ments for designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. 

20 (e) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—In 

21 this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means 

22 a country the government of which the Secretary of State 

23 has determined to be a government that has repeatedly pro24 vided support for acts of international terrorism for pur25 poses of— 

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1 (1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administra2 tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as contin3 ued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 

4 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); 

5 (2) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

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

7 (3) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act 

8 (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 

9 (4) any other provision of law. 

10 SEC. 8. REVIEW OF APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS RELAT11 ING TO IRAN’S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM 

12 AND ITS BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall conduct 

15 a review of all persons on the list of specially designated 

16 nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of 

17 Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury 

18 for activities relating to Iran— 

19 (1) to assess the conduct of such persons as that 

20 conduct relates to— 

21 (A) any activity that materially contributes 

22 to the activities of the Government of Iran with 

23 respect to its ballistic missile program; or 

24 (B) support by the Government of Iran for 

25 acts of international terrorism; and 

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1 (2) to determine the applicability of sanctions 

2 with respect to such persons under— 

3 (A) Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

4 note; relating to blocking property of weapons of 

5 mass destruction delivery system proliferators 

6 and their supporters); or 

7 (B) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

8 note; relating to blocking property and prohib9 iting transactions with persons who commit, 

10 threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 

11 (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS.—If the Presi12 dent determines under subsection (a) that sanctions under 

13 an Executive Order specified in paragraph (2) of that sub14 section are applicable with respect to a person, the Presi15 dent shall— 

16 (1) impose sanctions with respect to that person 

17 pursuant to that Executive Order; or 

18 (2) exercise the waiver authority provided under 

19 section 12. 

20 SEC. 9. REPORT ON COORDINATION OF SANCTIONS BE21 TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EURO22 PEAN UNION. 

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

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1 after, the President shall submit to the appropriate congres2 sional committees a report that includes the following: 

3 (1) A description of each instance, during the pe4 riod specified in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in which the United States has imposed 

6 sanctions with respect to a person for activity re7 lated to the proliferation of weapons of mass de8 struction or delivery systems for such weapons to 

9 or by Iran, support for acts of international ter10 rorism by Iran, or human rights abuses in Iran, 

11 but in which the European Union has not im12 posed corresponding sanctions; and 

13 (B) in which the European Union has im14 posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac15 tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 

16 mass destruction or delivery systems for such 

17 weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter18 national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 

19 abuses in Iran, but in which the United States 

20 has not imposed corresponding sanctions. 

21 (2) An explanation for the reason for each dis22 crepancy between sanctions imposed by the European 

23 Union and sanctions imposed by the United States 

24 described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 

25 (1). 

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1 (b) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this 

2 subsection is— 

3 (1) in the case of the first report submitted under 

4 subsection (a), the period beginning on the date of the 

5 enactment of this Act and ending on the date the re6 port is submitted; and 

7 (2) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 

8 180-day period preceding the submission of the re9 port. 

10 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub11 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

12 include a classified annex. 

13 SEC. 10. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS DETAINED 

14 BY IRAN. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there17 after, the President shall submit to the appropriate congres18 sional committees a report on United States citizens, in19 cluding United States citizens who are also citizens of other 

20 countries, detained by Iran or groups supported by Iran 

21 that includes— 

22 (1) information regarding any officials of the 

23 Government of Iran involved in any way in the de24 tentions; and 

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1 (2) a summary of efforts the United States Gov2 ernment has taken to secure the swift release of those 

3 United States citizens. 

4 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub5 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

6 include a classified annex. 

7 SEC. 11. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND HU8 MANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; RULE OF CON9 STRUCTION. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The following activities shall be ex11 empt from sanctions under sections 4, 5, 6, and 7: 

12 (1) Any activity subject to the reporting require13 ments under title V of the National Security Act of 

14 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any authorized 

15 intelligence activities of the United States. 

16 (2) The admission of an alien to the United 

17 States if such admission is necessary to comply with 

18 United States obligations under the Agreement be19 tween the United Nations and the United States of 

20 America regarding the Headquarters of the United 

21 Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 

22 entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the 

23 Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 

24 April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 

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1 1967, or other applicable international obligations of 

2 the United States. 

3 (3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction 

4 for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi5 cine, or medical devices to Iran or for the provision 

6 of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran, in7 cluding engaging in a financial transaction relating 

8 to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur9 poses or transporting goods or services that are nec10 essary to carry out operations relating to humani11 tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. 

12 (b) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

13 GOODS.—A requirement or the authority to block and pro14 hibit all transactions in all property and interests in prop15 erty under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 shall not include the au16 thority to impose sanctions with respect to the importation 

17 of goods. 

18 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all 

19 authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 

20 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

21 1702 and 1704) to carry out this Act. 

22 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

23 shall be construed to limit the authority of the President 

24 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

25 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

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1 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘ag3 ricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given that 

4 term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 

5 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

6 (2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning 

7 given that term in section 16 of the Export Adminis8 tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued 

9 in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 

10 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). 

11 (3) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de12 vice’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in sec13 tion 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

14 (21 U.S.C. 321). 

15 (4) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the 

16 meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the 

17 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

18 321). 

19 SEC. 12. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY. 

20 (a) CASE-BY-CASE WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, on 

22 a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more than 

23 180 days, a requirement under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 

24 8 to impose or maintain sanctions with respect to a 

25 person, and may waive the continued imposition of 

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1 such sanctions, not less than 30 days after the Presi2 dent determines and reports to the appropriate con3 gressional committees that it is vital to the national 

4 security interests of the United States to waive such 

5 sanctions. 

6 (2) RENEWAL OF WAIVERS.—The President may, 

7 on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under para8 graph (1) for an additional period of not more than 

9 180 days if, not later than 15 days before that waiver 

10 expires, the President makes the determination and 

11 submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 

12 report described in paragraph (1). 

13 (3) SUCCESSIVE RENEWAL.—The renewal au14 thority provided under paragraph (2) may be exer15 cised for additional successive periods of not more 

16 than 180 days if the President follows the procedures 

17 set forth in paragraph (2), and submits the report de18 scribed in paragraph (1), for each such renewal. 

19 (b) CONTENTS OF WAIVER REPORTS.—Each report 

20 submitted under subsection (a) in connection with a waiver 

21 of sanctions under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 with respect to 

22 a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, shall include— 

23 (1) a specific and detailed rationale for the de24 termination that the waiver is vital to the national 

25 security interests of the United States; 

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1 (2) a description of the activity that resulted in 

2 the person being subject to sanctions; 

3 (3) an explanation of any efforts made by the 

4 United States, as applicable, to secure the cooperation 

5 of the government with primary jurisdiction over the 

6 person or the location where the activity described in 

7 paragraph (2) occurred in terminating or, as appro8 priate, penalizing the activity; and 

9 (4) an assessment of the significance of the activ10 ity described in paragraph (2) in contributing to the 

11 ability of Iran to threaten the interests of the United 

12 States or allies of the United States, develop systems 

13 capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, 

14 support acts of international terrorism, or violate the 

15 human rights of any person in Iran. 

16 (c) EFFECT OF REPORT ON WAIVER.—If the President 

17 submits a report under subsection (a) in connection with 

18 a waiver of sanctions under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 with 

19 respect to a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, the 

20 President shall not be required to impose or maintain sanc21 tions under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8, as applicable, with re22 spect to the person described in the report during the 30- 

23 day period referred to in subsection (a). 

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Calendar No. 110 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 722 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to Iran in relation 

human rights, and for other purposes. acts of international terrorism, and violations of to Iran’s ballistic missile program, support for 

MAY 25, 2017 

Reported with an amendment 

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