II 

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, and Mr. DONNELLY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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. 

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: 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
2 

•S 722 IS

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. 

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 com10 mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

11 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

12 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

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

15 person. 

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


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
3 

•S 722 IS

1 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na2 tional of Iran; or 

3 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

4 Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of 

5 the Government of Iran. 

6 (5) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s Is7 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

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

9 the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 

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

11 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

12 (7) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in13 dividual or entity. 

14 (8) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

15 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

16 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law17 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

18 United States; or 

19 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

20 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

21 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

22 such an entity. 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
4 

•S 722 IS

1 SEC. 3. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVEN2 TIONAL AND ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN THREATS 

3 IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. 

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

5 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there6 after, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, 

7 the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of Na8 tional Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit to the 

9 appropriate congressional committees a strategy for deter10 ring conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities and 

11 threats that directly threaten the United States and key 

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

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

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

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

16 United States objectives, plans, and means for coun17 tering Iran’s destabilizing activities, including identi18 fication of countries that share the objective of coun19 tering Iran’s destabilizing activities. 

20 (2) A summary of the capabilities and contribu21 tions of individual countries to shared efforts to 

22 counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and a sum23 mary of additional actions or contributions that each 

24 country could take to further contribute. 

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

26 capabilities and an assessment of Iran’s plans to upVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:31 Mar 28, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S722.IS S722

lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
5 

•S 722 IS

1 grade its conventional force capabilities, including its 

2 acquisition, development, and deployment of ballistic 

3 and cruise missile capabilities, unmanned aerial vehi4 cles, and maritime offensive and anti-access or area 

5 denial capabilities. 

6 (4) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and bio7 logical weapons capabilities and an assessment of 

8 Iranian plans to upgrade its chemical or biological 

9 weapons capabilities. 

10 (5) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activi11 ties in the region, including— 

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

13 the IRGC, including the Quds Force; 

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

15 Iran’s cyber operations; 

16 (C) the types and amount of support, in17 cluding funding, lethal and nonlethal contribu18 tions, and training, provided to Hezbollah, 

19 Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the regime of 

20 Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Houthi fighters in 

21 Yemen, and other violent groups across the 

22 Middle East; and 

23 (D) the scope and objectives of Iran’s in24 formation operations and use of propaganda. 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
6 

•S 722 IS

1 (6) A summary of United States actions, unilat2 erally and in cooperation with foreign governments, 

3 to counter destabilizing Iranian activities, includ4 ing— 

5 (A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms 

6 bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist 

7 organizations under section 219 of the Immi8 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 

9 (B) Iran’s interference in international 

10 commercial shipping lanes; 

11 (C) attempts by Iran to undermine or sub12 vert internationally recognized governments in 

13 the Middle East region; and 

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

15 Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including— 

16 (i) financial assistance, military equip17 ment and personnel, and other support 

18 provided to that regime; and 

19 (ii) support and direction to other 

20 armed actors that are not Syrian or Ira21 nian and are acting on behalf of that re22 gime. 

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

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

25 may include a classified annex. 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
7 

•S 722 IS

1 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RE2 SPONSE TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PRO3 GRAM. 

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

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

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

7 of the enactment of this Act— 

8 (1) has engaged in any activity that has materi9 ally contributed, or poses a risk of materially con10 tributing, to the activities of the Government of Iran 

11 with respect to its ballistic missile program, or any 

12 other program in Iran for developing, deploying, or 

13 maintaining systems capable of delivering weapons 

14 of mass destruction, including any efforts to manu15 facture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, trans16 fer, or use such capabilities; 

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

18 in paragraph (1); 

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

20 or is under common ownership or control with, a 

21 person referred to in paragraph (1); 

22 (4) is acting for or on behalf of a person re23 ferred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or 

24 (5) has knowingly provided, or attempted to 

25 provide, financial, material, technological, or other 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
8 

•S 722 IS

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

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

3 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de4 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

5 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

6 shall block, in accordance with the International 

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

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

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

10 if such property and interests in property are in the 

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

12 or come within the possession or control of a United 

13 States person. 

14 (2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—The 

15 Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec16 retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 

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

18 that is an alien. 

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

20 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub21 section (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 

22 to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen23 alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 

24 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
9 

•S 722 IS

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

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

3 (d) REPORT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAN’S BAL4 LISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.— 

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

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

7 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the 

8 appropriate congressional committees a report de9 scribing each person that— 

10 (A) has, during the period specified in 

11 paragraph (2), conducted any activity that has 

12 materially contributed, or poses a risk of mate13 rially contributing, to the activities of the Gov14 ernment of Iran with respect to its ballistic mis15 sile program, or any other program in Iran for 

16 developing, deploying, or maintaining systems 

17 capable of delivering weapons of mass destruc18 tion, including any efforts to manufacture, ac19 quire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or 

20 use such capabilities; 

21 (B) is a successor entity to a person re22 ferred to in subparagraph (A); 

23 (C) owns or controls, is owned or con24 trolled by, or is under common ownership or 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
10 

•S 722 IS

1 control with, a person referred to in subpara2 graph (A); 

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

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

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

6 or attempted to provide, during the period spec7 ified in paragraph (2), financial, material, tech8 nological, or other support for, or goods or serv9 ices in support of, any material contribution to 

10 a program described in subparagraph (A) car11 ried out by a person described in subparagraph 

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

13 (2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 

14 in this paragraph is— 

15 (A) in the case of the first report sub16 mitted under paragraph (1), the period begin17 ning on July 14, 2015, and ending on the date 

18 the report is submitted; and 

19 (B) in the case of a subsequent such re20 port, the 180-day period preceding the submis21 sion of the report. 

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

23 by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

24 form but may include a classified annex. 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
11 

•S 722 IS

1 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANCTIONS 

2 WITH RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find4 ings: 

5 (1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant 

6 to Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; re7 lating to blocking property of weapons of mass de8 struction delivery system proliferators and their sup9 porters), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac10 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

11 8501 et seq.), Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 

12 1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain 

13 persons with respect to serious human rights abuses 

14 by the Government of Iran), and Executive Order 

15 13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

16 the property and suspending entry into the United 

17 States of certain persons with respect to grave 

18 human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran 

19 and Syria via information technology). 

20 (2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps21 Qods Force (in this section referred to as the 

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

23 of Iran for executing its policy of supporting ter24 rorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC–QF provides 

25 material, logistical assistance, training, and financial 

26 support to militants and terrorist operatives 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
12 

•S 722 IS

1 throughout the Middle East and South Asia and was 

2 designated for the imposition of sanctions by the 

3 Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Executive 

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

5 blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 

6 persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

7 terrorism) in October 2007 for its support of ter8 rorism. 

9 (3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC–QF, is re10 sponsible for implementing Iran’s international pro11 gram of destabilizing activities, support for acts of 

12 international terrorism, and ballistic missile pro13 gram. 

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

15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi16 dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) 

17 with respect to the IRGC and foreign persons that are 

18 officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC. 

19 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de20 scribed in this subsection are sanctions applicable with re21 spect to a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order 

22 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 

23 and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 

24 threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
13 

•S 722 IS

1 SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RE2 SPECT TO PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 

3 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

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

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

6 the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con7 gressional committees a list of each person the Secretary 

8 determines, based on credible evidence— 

9 (1) has been responsible for extrajudicial 

10 killings, torture, or other gross violations of inter11 nationally recognized human rights committed 

12 against individuals in Iran who seek— 

13 (A) to expose illegal activity carried out by 

14 officials of the Government of Iran; or 

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

16 internationally recognized human rights and 

17 freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, ex18 pression, association, and assembly, and the 

19 rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 

20 and 

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

22 foreign person in a matter relating to an activity de23 scribed in paragraph (1). 

24 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in ac26 cordance with the International Emergency EcoVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:31 Mar 28, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S722.IS S722

lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
14 

•S 722 IS

1 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 

2 all transactions in all property and interests in prop3 erty of a person on the list required by subsection 

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

5 the United States, come within the United States, or 

6 are or come within the possession or control of a 

7 United States person. 

8 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at9 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

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

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

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

13 and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer14 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 

15 same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 

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

17 SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS. 

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

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

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

21 (1) engages in any activity that materially con22 tributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or 

23 indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or ben24 efit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored combat ve25 hicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat airVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:31 Mar 28, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S722.IS S722

lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
15 

•S 722 IS

1 craft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or mis2 sile systems, as defined for the purpose of the 

3 United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or 

4 related materiel, including spare parts; or 

5 (2) provides to Iran any technical training, fi6 nancial resources or services, advice, other services 

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

8 manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and re9 lated materiel described in paragraph (1). 

10 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

11 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

12 shall block, in accordance with the International 

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

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

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

16 if such property and interests in property are in the 

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

18 or come within the possession or control of a United 

19 States person. 

20 (2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—The 

21 Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec22 retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 

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

24 that is an alien. 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
16 

•S 722 IS

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) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to 

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

11 person for engaging in an activity described in that sub12 section if the President certifies to the appropriate con13 gressional committees that— 

14 (1) permitting the activity is in the national se15 curity interest of the United States; 

16 (2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat 

17 to the national security of the United States and to 

18 the allies of the United States; and 

19 (3) the Government of Iran has ceased pro20 viding operational or financial support for acts of 

21 international terrorism and no longer satisfies the 

22 requirements for designation as a state sponsor of 

23 terrorism. 

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

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


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
17 

•S 722 IS

1 a country the government of which the Secretary of State 

2 has determined to be a government that has repeatedly 

3 provided support for acts of international terrorism for 

4 purposes of— 

5 (1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administra6 tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as con7 tinued in effect pursuant to the International Emer8 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

9 seq.)); 

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

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

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

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

14 (4) any other provision of law. 

15 SEC. 8. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS FOR IRA16 NIAN SUPPORT RELATING TO TERRORISM. 

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

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

19 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of weap20 ons of mass destruction delivery system proliferators and 

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

22 1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting 

23 transactions with persons who commit, threaten to com24 mit, or support terrorism), and imposed as a result of ac25 tivities described in subsection (b), that are in effect on 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
18 

•S 722 IS

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

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

3 date on which the President submits to the appropriate 

4 congressional committees the certification described in 

5 subsection (c) with respect to the person. 

6 (b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—An activity described 

7 in this subsection is— 

8 (1) any activity that materially contributes to 

9 the activities of the Government of Iran with respect 

10 to its ballistic missile program; or 

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

12 of international terrorism. 

13 (c) CERTIFICATION.— 

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

15 this subsection is a certification that the person with 

16 respect to which sanctions were imposed under Exec17 utive Order 13382 or Executive Order 13224 has 

18 not, during the 3-month period immediately pre19 ceding the date of the certification, provided support 

20 for or otherwise facilitated or engaged in any activ21 ity described in subsection (b). 

22 (2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall 

24 submit the certification described in paragraph 

25 (1) to the appropriate congressional committees 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
19 

•S 722 IS

1 in writing and shall include a detailed justifica2 tion for the certification. 

3 (B) FORM OF CERTIFICATION.—The cer4 tification described in paragraph (1) shall be 

5 submitted in unclassified form but may include 

6 a classified annex. 

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

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

9 be reinstated if the President determines that the person 

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

11 SEC. 9. REPORT ON COORDINATION OF SANCTIONS BE12 TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EURO13 PEAN UNION. 

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

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

16 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

17 congressional committees a report that includes the fol18 lowing: 

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

20 period specified in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) in which the United States has im22 posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac23 tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 

24 mass destruction or delivery systems for such 

25 weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of interVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:31 Mar 28, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S722.IS S722

lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
20 

•S 722 IS

1 national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 

2 abuses in Iran, but in which the European 

3 Union has not imposed corresponding sanctions; 

4 and 

5 (B) in which the European Union has im6 posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac7 tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 

8 mass destruction or delivery systems for such 

9 weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter10 national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 

11 abuses in Iran, but in which the United States 

12 has not imposed corresponding sanctions. 

13 (2) An explanation for the reason for each dis14 crepancy between sanctions imposed by the Euro15 pean Union and sanctions imposed by the United 

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

17 paragraph (1). 

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

19 subsection is— 

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

21 under subsection (a), the period beginning on Sep22 tember 1, 2009, and ending on the date the report 

23 is submitted; and 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
21 

•S 722 IS

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

2 180-day period preceding the submission of the re3 port. 

4 (c) 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. 10. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS DETAINED 

8 BY IRAN. 

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

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

11 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

12 congressional committees a report on United States citi13 zens, including United States citizens who are also citizens 

14 of other countries, detained by Iran or groups supported 

15 by Iran that includes— 

16 (1) information regarding any officials of the 

17 Government of Iran involved in any way in the de18 tentions; and 

19 (2) a summary of efforts the United States 

20 Government has taken to secure the swift release of 

21 those United States citizens. 

22 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub23 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

24 may include a classified annex. 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
22 

•S 722 IS

1 SEC. 11. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND HU2 MANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; RULE OF CON3 STRUCTION. 

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

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

6 (1) Any activity subject to the reporting re7 quirements under title V of the National Security 

8 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any au9 thorized intelligence activities of the United States. 

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

11 States if such admission is necessary to comply with 

12 United States obligations under the Agreement be13 tween the United Nations and the United States of 

14 America regarding the Headquarters of the United 

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

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

17 Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 

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

19 1967. 

20 (3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction 

21 for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi22 cine, or medical devices to Iran or for the provision 

23 of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran, in24 cluding engaging in a financial transaction relating 

25 to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur26 poses, transporting goods or services that are necVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:31 Mar 28, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S722.IS S722

lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
23 

•S 722 IS

1 essary to carry out operations relating to humani2 tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes, and 

3 having merely incidental contact, in the course of 

4 providing humanitarian assistance or aid for human5 itarian purposes, with individuals who are under the 

6 control of a foreign person subject to sanctions 

7 under this Act. 

8 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term 

10 ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given 

11 that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade 

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

13 (2) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de14 vice’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in 

15 section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos16 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

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

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

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

20 321). 

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

22 shall be construed to limit the authority of the President 

23 to designate persons for the imposition of sanctions pursu24 ant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

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


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
24 

•S 722 IS

1 SEC. 12. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY. 

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

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

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

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

6 7, or 8 to impose or maintain sanctions with respect 

7 to a person, and may waive the continued imposition 

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

9 President determines and reports to the appropriate 

10 congressional committees that it is vital to the na11 tional security interests of the United States to 

12 waive such sanctions. 

13 (2) RENEWAL OF WAIVERS.—The President 

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

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

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

17 waiver expires, the President makes the determina18 tion and submits to the appropriate congressional 

19 committees a report described in paragraph (1). 

20 (3) SUCCESSIVE RENEWAL.—The renewal au21 thority provided under paragraph (2) may be exer22 cised for additional successive periods of not more 

23 than 180 days if the President follows the proce24 dures set forth in paragraph (2), and submits the 

25 report described in paragraph (1), for each such re26 newal. 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
25 

•S 722 IS

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

2 submitted under subsection (a) in connection with a waiv3 er of sanctions under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 with respect 

4 to a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, shall in5 clude— 

6 (1) a specific and detailed rationale for the de7 termination that the waiver is vital to the national 

8 security interests of the United States; 

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

10 the person being subject to sanctions; 

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

12 United States to secure the cooperation of the gov13 ernment with primary jurisdiction over the person or 

14 the location where the activity described in para15 graph (2) occurred in terminating or, as appro16 priate, penalizing the activity; and 

17 (4) an assessment of the significance of the ac18 tivity described in paragraph (2) in contributing to 

19 the ability of Iran to threaten the interests of the 

20 United States or allies of the United States, develop 

21 systems capable of delivering weapons of mass de22 struction, support acts of international terrorism, or 

23 violate the human rights of any person in Iran. 

24 (c) EFFECT OF REPORT ON WAIVER.—If the Presi25 dent submits a report under subsection (a) in connection 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
26 

•S 722 IS

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

2 8 with respect to a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, 

3 the President shall not be required to impose or maintain 

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

5 respect to the person described in the report during the 

6 30-day period referred to in subsection (a). 

Æ 


lotter on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS