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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8038 

To authorize the President to impose certain sanctions with respect to Russia 

and Iran, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2024 

Mr. MCCAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Armed Services, the Budget, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize the President to impose certain sanctions with 

respect to Russia and Iran, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century Peace 

5 through Strength Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 


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DIVISION A—FEND OFF FENTANYL ACT 

Sec. 3001. Short titles. 

Sec. 3002. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 3003. Definitions. 

TITLE I—SANCTIONS MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Sanctions in Response to National Emergency Relating to 

Fentanyl Trafficking 

Sec. 3101. Finding; policy. 

Sec. 3102. Use of national emergency authorities; reporting. 

Sec. 3103. Imposition of sanctions with respect to fentanyl trafficking by 

transnational criminal organizations. 

Sec. 3104. Penalties; waivers; exceptions. 

Sec. 3105. Treatment of forfeited property of transnational criminal organizations. 

Subtitle B—Other Matters 

Sec. 3111. Ten-year statute of limitations for violations of sanctions. 

Sec. 3112. Classified report and briefing on staffing of office of foreign assets 

control. 

Sec. 3113. Report on drug transportation routes and use of vessels with mislabeled cargo. 

Sec. 3114. Report on actions of People’s Republic of China with respect to persons involved in fentanyl supply chain. 

TITLE II—ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MATTERS 

Sec. 3201. Designation of illicit fentanyl transactions of sanctioned persons as 

of primary money laundering concern. 

Sec. 3202. Treatment of transnational criminal organizations in suspicious 

transactions reports of the financial crimes enforcement network. 

Sec. 3203. Report on trade-based money laundering in trade with Mexico, the 

People’s Republic of China, and Burma. 

TITLE III—EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF GOODS 

Sec. 3301. Exception relating to importation of goods. 

DIVISION B—REBUILDING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND 

OPPORTUNITY FOR UKRAINIANS ACT 

TITLE I—REBUILDING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND 

OPPORTUNITY FOR UKRAINIANS ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE II—REPURPOSING OF RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSETS 

Sec. 101. Findings; sense of Congress. 

Sec. 102. Sense of Congress regarding importance of the Russian Federation 

providing compensation to Ukraine. 

Sec. 103. Prohibition on release of blocked Russian sovereign assets. 


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Sec. 104. Authority to ensure compensation to Ukraine using seized Russian 

sovereign assets and Russian aggressor state sovereign assets. 

Sec. 105. International mechanism to use Russian sovereign assets and Russian 

aggressor state sovereign assets to provide for the reconstruction of Ukraine. 

Sec. 106. Report on use of transferred Russian sovereign assets for reconstruction. 

Sec. 107. Assessment by Secretary of State and Administrator of USAID on 

reconstruction and rebuilding needs of Ukraine. 

Sec. 108. Extensions. 

DIVISION C—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 1. Report and imposition of sanctions to harmonize with allied sanctions. 

DIVISION D—PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN 

ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Prohibition of foreign adversary controlled applications. 

Sec. 3. Judicial review. 

DIVISION E—PROTECTING AMERICANS’ DATA FROM FOREIGN 

ADVERSARIES ACT OF 2024 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Prohibition on transfer of personally identifiable sensitive data of 

United States individuals to foreign adversaries. 

DIVISION F—SHIP ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 3. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Iranian petroleum. 

Sec. 4. Report on Iranian petroleum and petroleum products exports. 

Sec. 5. Strategy to counter role of the People’s Republic of China in evasion 

of sanctions with respect to Iran. 

Sec. 6. Definitions. 

DIVISION G—FIGHT CRIME ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 4. Report. 

Sec. 5. Sanctions to combat the proliferation of Iranian missiles. 

Sec. 6. Report to identify, and designation as foreign terrorist organizations of, 

Iranian persons that have attacked united states citizens using 

unmanned combat aerial vehicles. 

Sec. 7. Definitions. 

DIVISION H—MAHSA ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Imposition of sanctions on Iran’s supreme leader’s office, its appointees, 

and any affiliated persons. 

Sec. 3. Severability. 


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DIVISION I—HAMAS AND OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST 

GROUPS INTERNATIONAL FINANCING PREVENTION ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 3. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons supporting acts 

of terrorism or engaging in significant transactions with senior 

members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad and other Palestinian terrorist organizations. 

Sec. 4. Imposition of measures with respect to foreign states providing support 

to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad and other Palestinian terrorist organizations. 

Sec. 5. Reports on activities to disrupt global fundraising, financing, and money 

laundering activities of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad, alaqsa martyrs brigade, the lion’s den or any affiliate or successor thereof. 

Sec. 6. Termination. 

Sec. 7. Definitions. 

DIVISION J—NO TECHNOLOGY FOR TERROR ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Application of foreign-direct product rules to Iran. 

DIVISION K—STRENGTHENING TOOLS TO COUNTER THE USE OF 

HUMAN SHIELDS ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 3. Modification and extension of Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act. 

Sec. 4. Report on countering the use of human shields. 

Sec. 5. Confronting asymmetric and malicious cyber activities. 

Sec. 6. Sanctions with respect to threats to current or former united states officials. 

DIVISION L—ILLICIT CAPTAGON TRAFFICKING SUPPRESSION ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 4. Imposition of sanctions with respect to illicit captagon trafficking. 

Sec. 5. Determinations with respect to the government of Syria, hizballah, and 

networks affiliated with the government of Syria or hizballah. 

Sec. 6. Definitions. 

DIVISION M—END FINANCING FOR HAMAS AND STATE SPONSORS 

OF TERRORISM ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Report on financing for Hamas. 

Sec. 3. Multilateral Strategy to Disrupt Hamas Financing. 

DIVISION N—HOLDING IRANIAN LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE ACT 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 


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Sec. 3. Report on financial institutions and assets connected to certain Iranian 

officials. 

Sec. 4. Restrictions on certain financial institutions. 

Sec. 5. Exceptions for national security; implementation authority. 

Sec. 6. Sunset. 

Sec. 7. Definitions. 

DIVISION O—IRAN-CHINA ENERGY SANCTIONS ACT OF 2023 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Sanctions on foreign financial institutions with respect to the purchase 

of petroleum products and unmanned aerial vehicles from Iran. 

DIVISION P—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

Sec. 1. Budgetary effects. 

1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

3 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 

4 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi5 sion. 

6 DIVISION A—FEND OFF 

7 FENTANYL ACT 

8 SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLES. 

9 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Fentanyl Eradi10 cation and Narcotics Deterrence Off Fentanyl’’ or the 

11 ‘‘FEND Off Fentanyl Act’’. 

12 SEC. 3002. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

13 It is the sense of Congress that— 

14 (1) the proliferation of fentanyl is causing an 

15 unprecedented surge in overdose deaths in the 

16 United States, fracturing families and communities, 

17 and necessitating a comprehensive policy response to 


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1 combat its lethal flow and to mitigate the drug’s 

2 devastating consequences; 

3 (2) the trafficking of fentanyl into the United 

4 States is a national security threat that has killed 

5 hundreds of thousands of United States citizens; 

6 (3) transnational criminal organizations, includ7 ing cartels primarily based in Mexico, are the main 

8 purveyors of fentanyl into the United States and 

9 must be held accountable; 

10 (4) precursor chemicals sourced from the Peo11 ple’s Republic of China are— 

12 (A) shipped from the People’s Republic of 

13 China by legitimate and illegitimate means; 

14 (B) transformed through various synthetic 

15 processes to produce different forms of 

16 fentanyl; and 

17 (C) crucial to the production of illicit 

18 fentanyl by transnational criminal organiza19 tions, contributing to the ongoing opioid crisis; 

20 (5) the United States Government must remain 

21 vigilant to address all new forms of fentanyl precur22 sors and drugs used in combination with fentanyl, 

23 such as Xylazine, which attribute to overdose deaths 

24 of people in the United States; 


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1 (6) to increase the cost of fentanyl trafficking, 

2 the United States Government should work collabo3 ratively across agencies and should surge analytic 

4 capability to impose sanctions and other remedies 

5 with respect to transnational criminal organizations 

6 (including cartels), including foreign nationals who 

7 facilitate the trade in illicit fentanyl and its precur8 sors from the People’s Republic of China; and 

9 (7) the Department of the Treasury should 

10 focus on fentanyl trafficking and its facilitators as 

11 one of the top national security priorities for the De12 partment. 

13 SEC. 3003. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this division: 

15 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means— 

18 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

19 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 

20 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

21 the Senate; 

22 (C) the Committee on Financial Services of 

23 the House of Representatives; and 

24 (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

25 the House of Representatives. 


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1 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per2 son’’— 

3 (A) means— 

4 (i) any citizen or national of a foreign 

5 country; or 

6 (ii) any entity not organized under the 

7 laws of the United States or a jurisdiction 

8 within the United States; and 

9 (B) does not include the government of a 

10 foreign country. 

11 (3) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 

12 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 

13 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 

14 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 

15 result. 

16 (4) TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘trafficking’’, 

17 with respect to fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or 

18 other related opioids, has the meaning given the 

19 term ‘‘opioid trafficking’’ in section 7203(8) of the 

20 Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 U.S.C. 2302(8)). 

21 (5) TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZA22 TION.—The term ‘‘transnational criminal organiza23 tion’’ includes— 

24 (A) any organization designated as a sig25 nificant transnational criminal organization 


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1 under part 590 of title 31, Code of Federal 

2 Regulations; 

3 (B) any of the organizations known as— 

4 (i) the Sinaloa Cartel; 

5 (ii) the Jalisco New Generation Car6 tel; 

7 (iii) the Gulf Cartel; 

8 (iv) the Los Zetas Cartel; 

9 (v) the Juarez Cartel; 

10 (vi) the Tijuana Cartel; 

11 (vii) the Beltran-Leyva Cartel; or 

12 (viii) La Familia Michoacana; or 

13 (C) any successor organization to an orga14 nization described in subparagraph (B) or as 

15 otherwise determined by the President. 

16 (6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

17 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

18 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law19 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

20 United States; 

21 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

22 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

23 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

24 such an entity; or 

25 (C) any person in the United States. 


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1 TITLE I—SANCTIONS MATTERS 

2 Subtitle A—Sanctions in Response 

3 to National Emergency Relating 

4 to Fentanyl Trafficking 

5 SEC. 3101. FINDING; POLICY. 

6 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that international 

7 trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other re8 lated opioids constitutes an unusual and extraordinary 

9 threat to the national security, foreign policy, and econ10 omy of the United States, and is a national emergency. 

11 (b) POLICY.—It shall be the policy of the United 

12 States to apply economic and other financial sanctions to 

13 those who engage in the international trafficking of 

14 fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other related opioids to 

15 protect the national security, foreign policy, and economy 

16 of the United States. 

17 SEC. 3102. USE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY AUTHORITIES; 

18 REPORTING. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President may exercise all 

20 authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 

21 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

22 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this subtitle. 

23 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

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

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1 nually thereafter, the President shall submit to the 

2 appropriate congressional committees a report on ac3 tions taken by the executive branch pursuant to this 

4 subtitle and any national emergency declared with 

5 respect to the trafficking of fentanyl and trade in 

6 other illicit drugs, including— 

7 (A) the issuance of any new or revised reg8 ulations, policies, or guidance; 

9 (B) the imposition of sanctions; 

10 (C) the collection of relevant information 

11 from outside parties; 

12 (D) the issuance or closure of general li13 censes, specific licenses, and statements of li14 censing policy by the Office of Foreign Assets 

15 Control; 

16 (E) a description of any pending enforce17 ment cases; and 

18 (F) the implementation of mitigation pro19 cedures. 

20 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 

21 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi22 fied form, but may include the matters required 

23 under subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F) of such 

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1 SEC. 3103. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 FENTANYL TRAFFICKING BY 

3 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

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

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

6 foreign person the President determines— 

7 (1) is knowingly involved in the significant traf8 ficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other re9 lated opioids, including such trafficking by a 

10 transnational criminal organization; or 

11 (2) otherwise is knowingly involved in signifi12 cant activities of a transnational criminal organiza13 tion relating to the trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl 

14 precursors, or other related opioids. 

15 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The President, pursu16 ant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

17 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), may block and prohibit all trans18 actions in property and interests in property of a foreign 

19 person described in subsection (a) if such property and 

20 interests in property are in the United States, come within 

21 the United States, or are or come within the possession 

22 or control of a United States person. 

23 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

25 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

26 congressional committees a report on actions taken by the 


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1 executive branch with respect to the foreign persons iden2 tified under subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 3104. PENALTIES; WAIVERS; EXCEPTIONS. 

4 (a) PENALTIES.—Any person that violates, attempts 

5 to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 

6 subtitle or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 

7 out this subtitle shall be subject to the penalties set forth 

8 in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter9 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

10 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an 

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

12 (b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 

13 may waive the application of sanctions under this subtitle 

14 with respect to a foreign person if the President deter15 mines that such waiver is in the national security interest 

16 of the United States. 

17 (c) EXCEPTIONS.— 

18 (1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI19 TIES.—This subtitle shall not apply with respect to 

20 activities subject to the reporting requirements 

21 under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 

22 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel23 ligence activities of the United States. 

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1 ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this subtitle shall not 

2 apply with respect to an alien if admitting or parol3 ing the alien into the United States is necessary— 

4 (A) to permit the United States to comply 

5 with the Agreement regarding the Head6 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

7 Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into 

8 force November 21, 1947, between the United 

9 Nations and the United States, or other appli10 cable international obligations of the United 

11 States; or 

12 (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement 

13 activity of the United States. 

14 (3) HUMANITARIAN EXEMPTION.—The Presi15 dent may not impose sanctions under this subtitle 

16 with respect to any person for conducting or facili17 tating a transaction for the sale of agricultural com18 modities, food, medicine, or medical devices or for 

19 the provision of humanitarian assistance. 

20 SEC. 3105. TREATMENT OF FORFEITED PROPERTY OF 

21 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

22 (a) TRANSFER OF FORFEITED PROPERTY TO FOR23 FEITURE FUNDS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any covered forfeited prop25 erty shall be deposited into the Department of the 


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1 Treasury Forfeiture Fund established under section 

2 9705 of title 31, United States Code, or the Depart3 ment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund established 

4 under section 524(c) of title 28, United States Code. 

5 (2) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

6 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

7 every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub8 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

9 report on any deposits made under paragraph (1) 

10 during the 180-day period preceding submission of 

11 the report. 

12 (3) COVERED FORFEITED PROPERTY DE13 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘covered for14 feited property’’ means property— 

15 (A) forfeited to the United States under 

16 chapter 46 or section 1963 of title 18, United 

17 States Code; and 

18 (B) that belonged to or was possessed by 

19 an individual affiliated with or connected to a 

20 transnational criminal organization subject to 

21 sanctions under— 

22 (i) this subtitle; 

23 (ii) the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 

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1 (iii) Executive Order 14059 (50 

2 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to imposing 

3 sanctions on foreign persons involved in 

4 the global illicit drug trade). 

5 (b) BLOCKED ASSETS UNDER TERRORISM RISK IN6 SURANCE ACT OF 2002.—Nothing in this subtitle may be 

7 construed to affect the treatment of blocked assets of a 

8 terrorist party described in section 201(a) of the Ter9 rorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (28 U.S.C. 1610 note). 

10 Subtitle B—Other Matters 

11 SEC. 3111. TEN-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR VIOLA12 TIONS OF SANCTIONS. 

13 (a) INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POW14 ERS ACT.—Section 206 of the International Emergency 

15 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) is amended by 

16 adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(d) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) TIME FOR COMMENCING PROCEEDINGS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An action, suit, or 

20 proceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, 

21 penalty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, 

22 under this section shall not be entertained un23 less commenced within 10 years after the latest 

24 date of the violation upon which the civil fine, 

25 penalty, or forfeiture is based. 


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1 ‘‘(B) COMMENCEMENT.—For purposes of 

2 this paragraph, the commencement of an ac3 tion, suit, or proceeding includes the issuance of 

4 a pre-penalty notice or finding of violation. 

5 ‘‘(2) TIME FOR INDICTMENT.—No person shall 

6 be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense 

7 under subsection (c) unless the indictment is found 

8 or the information is instituted within 10 years after 

9 the latest date of the violation upon which the in10 dictment or information is based.’’. 

11 (b) TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT.—Section 16 

12 of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4315) is 

13 amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(d) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) TIME FOR COMMENCING PROCEEDINGS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An action, suit, or 

17 proceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, 

18 penalty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, 

19 under this section shall not be entertained un20 less commenced within 10 years after the latest 

21 date of the violation upon which the civil fine, 

22 penalty, or forfeiture is based. 

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1 tion, suit, or proceeding includes the issuance of 

2 a pre-penalty notice or finding of violation. 

3 ‘‘(2) TIME FOR INDICTMENT.—No person shall 

4 be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense 

5 under subsection (a) unless the indictment is found 

6 or the information is instituted within 10 years after 

7 the latest date of the violation upon which the in8 dictment or information is based.’’. 

9 SEC. 3112. CLASSIFIED REPORT AND BRIEFING ON STAFF10 ING OF OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CON11 TROL. 

12 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Foreign 

14 Assets Control shall provide to the appropriate congres15 sional committees a classified report and briefing on the 

16 staffing of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, 

17 disaggregated by staffing dedicated to each sanctions pro18 gram and each country or issue. 

19 SEC. 3113. REPORT ON DRUG TRANSPORTATION ROUTES 

20 AND USE OF VESSELS WITH MISLABELED 

21 CARGO. 

22 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in con24 junction with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 

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1 a classified report and briefing on efforts to target drug 

2 transportation routes and modalities, including an assess3 ment of the prevalence of false cargo labeling and ship4 ment of precursor chemicals without accurate tracking of 

5 the customers purchasing the chemicals. 

6 SEC. 3114. REPORT ON ACTIONS OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

7 CHINA WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS IN8 VOLVED IN FENTANYL SUPPLY CHAIN. 

9 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in con11 junction with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 

12 shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees 

13 a classified report and briefing on actions taken by the 

14 Government of the People’s Republic of China with respect 

15 to persons involved in the shipment of fentanyl, fentanyl 

16 analogues, fentanyl precursors, precursors for fentanyl 

17 analogues, and equipment for the manufacturing of 

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1 TITLE II—ANTI-MONEY 

2 LAUNDERING MATTERS 

3 SEC. 3201. DESIGNATION OF ILLICIT FENTANYL TRANS4 ACTIONS OF SANCTIONED PERSONS AS OF 

5 PRIMARY MONEY LAUNDERING CONCERN. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of the Fentanyl Sanc7 tions Act (21 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.) is amended by inserting 

8 after section 7213 the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 7213A. DESIGNATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF SANC10 TIONED PERSONS AS OF PRIMARY MONEY 

11 LAUNDERING CONCERN. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of the Treasury 

13 determines that reasonable grounds exist for concluding 

14 that 1 or more financial institutions operating outside of 

15 the United States, 1 or more classes of transactions with16 in, or involving, a jurisdiction outside of the United States, 

17 or 1 or more types of accounts within, or involving, a juris18 diction outside of the United States, is of primary money 

19 laundering concern in connection with illicit opioid traf20 ficking, the Secretary of the Treasury may, by order, regu21 lation, or otherwise as permitted by law— 

22 ‘‘(1) require domestic financial institutions and 

23 domestic financial agencies to take 1 or more of the 

24 special measures provided for in section 9714(a)(1) 

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1 Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A 

2 note); or 

3 ‘‘(2) prohibit, or impose conditions upon, cer4 tain transmittals of funds (to be defined by the Sec5 retary) by any domestic financial institution or do6 mestic financial agency, if such transmittal of funds 

7 involves any such institution, class of transaction, or 

8 type of accounts. 

9 ‘‘(b) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—In any judicial re10 view of a finding of the existence of a primary money laun11 dering concern, or of the requirement for 1 or more special 

12 measures with respect to a primary money laundering con13 cern made under this section, if the designation or imposi14 tion, or both, were based on classified information (as de15 fined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information Proce16 dures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)), such information may be 

17 submitted by the Secretary to the reviewing court ex parte 

18 and in camera. This subsection does not confer or imply 

19 any right to judicial review of any finding made or any 

20 requirement imposed under this section. 

21 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The exemp22 tions from, and prohibitions on, search and disclosure re23 ferred to in section 9714(c) of the National Defense Au24 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 

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1 record of report filed pursuant to a requirement imposed 

2 under subsection (a). For purposes of section 552 of title 

3 5, United States Code, this subsection shall be considered 

4 a statute described in subsection (b)(3)(B) of such section. 

5 ‘‘(d) PENALTIES.—The penalties referred to in sec6 tion 9714(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

7 for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 31 U.S.C. 

8 5318A note) shall apply to violations of any order, regula9 tion, special measure, or other requirement imposed under 

10 subsection (a), in the same manner and to the same extent 

11 as described in such section 9714(d). 

12 ‘‘(e) INJUNCTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

13 may bring a civil action to enjoin a violation of any order, 

14 regulation, special measure, or other requirement imposed 

15 under subsection (a) in the same manner and to the same 

16 extent as described in section 9714(e) of the National De17 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

18 116–283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A note).’’. 

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

20 for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

21 Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) is amended by inserting 

22 after the item relating to section 7213 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 7213A. Designation of transactions of sanctioned persons as of primary 

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1 SEC. 3202. TREATMENT OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL OR2 GANIZATIONS IN SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS 

3 REPORTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRIMES EN4 FORCEMENT NETWORK. 

5 (a) FILING INSTRUCTIONS.—Not later than 180 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

7 of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shall issue 

8 guidance or instructions to United States financial institu9 tions for filing reports on suspicious transactions required 

10 under section 1010.320 of title 31, Code of Federal Regu11 lations, related to suspected fentanyl trafficking by 

12 transnational criminal organizations. 

13 (b) PRIORITIZATION OF REPORTS RELATING TO

14 FENTANYL TRAFFICKING OR TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL

15 ORGANIZATIONS.—The Director shall prioritize research 

16 into reports described in subsection (a) that indicate a 

17 connection to trafficking of fentanyl or related synthetic 

18 opioids or financing of suspected transnational criminal 

19 organizations. 

20 SEC. 3203. REPORT ON TRADE-BASED MONEY LAUNDERING 

21 IN TRADE WITH MEXICO, THE PEOPLE’S RE22 PUBLIC OF CHINA, AND BURMA. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the first update to the national 

24 strategy for combating the financing of terrorism and re25 lated forms of illicit finance submitted to Congress after 

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1 the Treasury shall include a report on trade-based money 

2 laundering originating in Mexico or the People’s Republic 

3 of China and involving Burma. 

4 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘national 

5 strategy for combating the financing of terrorism and re6 lated forms of illicit finance’’ means the national strategy 

7 for combating the financing of terrorism and related forms 

8 of illicit finance required under section 261 of the Coun9 tering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 

10 (Public Law 115–44; 131 Stat. 934), as amended by sec11 tion 6506 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

12 Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2428). 

13 TITLE III—EXCEPTION RELAT14 ING TO IMPORTATION OF 

15 GOODS 

16 SEC. 3301. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 

17 GOODS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The authority or a requirement 

19 to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 

20 interests in property under this division shall not include 

21 the authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the 

22 importation of goods. 

23 (b) GOOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

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1 material, supply or manufactured product, including in2 spection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. 

3 DIVISION B—REBUILDING ECO4 NOMIC PROSPERITY AND OP5 PORTUNITY FOR UKRAINIANS 

6 ACT 

7 TITLE I 

8 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

10 ‘‘Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for 

11 Ukrainians Act’’ or the ‘‘REPO for Ukrainians Act’’. 

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

13 this Act is as follows: 

TITLE I 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE II—REPURPOSING OF RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSETS 

Sec. 101. Findings; sense of Congress. 

Sec. 102. Sense of Congress regarding importance of the Russian Federation 

providing compensation to Ukraine. 

Sec. 103. Prohibition on release of blocked Russian sovereign assets. 

Sec. 104. Authority to ensure compensation to Ukraine using seized Russian 

sovereign assets and Russian aggressor state sovereign assets. 

Sec. 105. International mechanism to use Russian sovereign assets and Russian 

aggressor state sovereign assets to provide for the reconstruction of Ukraine. 

Sec. 106. Report on use of transferred Russian sovereign assets for reconstruction. 

Sec. 107. Assessment by Secretary of State and Administrator of USAID on 

reconstruction and rebuilding needs of Ukraine. 

Sec. 108. Extensions. 

14 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

15 In this Act: 


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1 (1) RUSSIAN AGGRESSOR STATE.—The term 

2 ‘‘Russian aggressor state’’ means— 

3 (A) the Russian Federation; and 

4 (B) Belarus, if the President determines 

5 Belarus has engaged in an act of war against 

6 Ukraine related to Russia’s ongoing February 

7 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine. 

8 (2) RUSSIAN AGGRESSOR STATE SOVEREIGN

9 ASSET.—The term ‘‘Russian aggressor state sov10 ereign asset’’ means any Russian sovereign assets or 

11 any funds or property of another Russian aggressor 

12 state determine by the President to be of the same 

13 sovereign character as the assets describes in para14 graph (7). 

15 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means— 

18 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

19 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

20 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

21 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

22 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

23 House of Representatives. 

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1 specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 

2 (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Z) of section 

3 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 

4 (5) G7.—The term ‘‘G7’’ means the countries 

5 that are member of the informal Group of 7, includ6 ing Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the 

7 United Kingdom, and the United States. 

8 (6) RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSET.—The term 

9 ‘‘Russian sovereign asset’’ means any of the fol10 lowing: 

11 (A) Funds and other property of— 

12 (i) the Central Bank of the Russian 

13 Federation; 

14 (ii) the Russian National Wealth 

15 Fund; or 

16 (iii) the Ministry of Finance of the 

17 Russian Federation. 

18 (B) Any other funds or other property that 

19 are owned by the Government of the Russian 

20 Federation, including by any subdivision, agen21 cy, or instrumentality of that government. 

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

23 States’’ means the several States, the District of Co24 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com25 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, AmerVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:47 Apr 18, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8038.IH H8038

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1 ican Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Is2 lands, and any other territory or possession of the 

3 United States. 

4 (8) UNITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.— 

5 The term ‘‘United States financial institution’’ 

6 means a financial institution organized under the 

7 laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction with8 in the United States, including a foreign branch of 

9 such an institution. 

10 (9) SEIZE OR SEIZURE.—The term ‘‘seize’’ or 

11 ‘‘seizure’’ means confiscation of all right, title, and 

12 interest whatsoever in a Russian sovereign asset or 

13 a Russian aggressor state sovereign asset or affili14 ated aggressor state sovereign asset and vesting of 

15 the same in the United States. 

16 TITLE II—REPURPOSING OF 

17 RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSETS 

18 SEC. 101. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

19 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find20 ings: 

21 (1) On February 24, 2022, the Government of 

22 the Russian Federation violated the sovereignty and 

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1 (2) The international community has con2 demned the illegal invasions of Ukraine by the Rus3 sian Federation, as well as the commission of the 

4 crime of aggression, war crimes, crimes against hu5 manity, and genocide by officials of the Russian 

6 Federation, including through the deliberate tar7 geting of civilians and civilian infrastructure, the 

8 forcible transfer of children, and the commission of 

9 sexual violence. 

10 (3) The leaders of the G7 have called the Rus11 sian Federation’s ‘‘unprovoked and completely un12 justified attack on the democratic state of Ukraine’’ 

13 a ‘‘serious violation of international law and a grave 

14 breach of the United Nations Charter and all com15 mitments Russia entered in the Helsinki Final Act 

16 and the Charter of Paris and its commitments in the 

17 Budapest Memorandum’’. 

18 (4) On March 2, 2022, the United Nations 

19 General Assembly adopted Resolution ES–11/1, enti20 tled ‘‘Aggression against Ukraine’’, by a vote of 141 

21 to 5. That resolution ‘‘deplore[d] in the strongest 

22 terms the aggression by the Russian Federation 

23 against Ukraine in violation of Article 2(4) of the 

24 [United Nations] Charter’’ and demanded that the 

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1 force against Ukraine’’ and ‘‘immediately, completely 

2 and unconditionally withdraw all of its military 

3 forces from the territory of Ukraine within its inter4 nationally recognized borders’’. 

5 (5) On March 16, 2022, the International 

6 Court of Justice issued a provisional measures order 

7 requiring the Russian Federation to ‘‘immediately 

8 suspend the military operations that it commenced 

9 on 24 February 2022 in the territory of Ukraine’’ 

10 and, in this regard, observed that ‘‘orders on provi11 sional measures . . . have binding effect’’. 

12 (6) On November 14, 2022, the United Nations 

13 General Assembly adopted a resolution— 

14 (A) recognizing that the Russian Federa15 tion has committed a serious breach of the most 

16 fundamental norms of international law and its 

17 gross and systematic refusal to obey its obliga18 tions has affected the entire international com19 munity; 

20 (B) recognizing the need for the establish21 ment, in cooperation with Ukraine, of an inter22 national mechanism for compensation for finan23 cially assessable damages caused by the Rus24 sian Federation’s internationally wrongful acts; 

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1 (C) recommending ‘‘the creation . . . of an 

2 international register of damage to serve as a 

3 record . . . of evidence and claims information 

4 on damage, loss or injury to all natural and 

5 legal persons concerned, as well as the State of 

6 Ukraine, caused by internationally wrongful 

7 acts of the Russian Federation in or against 

8 Ukraine . . . .’’. 

9 (7) The Russian Federation bears international 

10 legal responsibility for its aggression against 

11 Ukraine and, under international law, must cease its 

12 internationally wrongful acts. Because of this breach 

13 of the prohibition on aggression under international 

14 law, the United States is legally entitled to take 

15 counter measures that are proportionate and aimed 

16 at inducing the Russian Federation to comply with 

17 its international obligations. 

18 (8) Approximately $300,000,000,000 of Rus19 sian sovereign assets have been immobilized world20 wide. Only a small fraction of those assets, 1 to 2 

21 percent, or between $4,000,000,000 and 

22 $5,000,000,000, are reportedly subject to the juris23 diction of the United States. 

24 (9) The vast majority of immobilized Russian 

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1 are reportedly subject to the jurisdiction of Belgium. 

2 The Government of Belgium has publicly indicated 

3 that any action by that Government regarding those 

4 assets would be predicated on support by the G7. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that, having committed an act of aggression, as rec7 ognized by the United Nations General Assembly on 

8 March 2, 2022, the Russian Federation is to be considered 

9 as an aggressor state. The extreme illegal actions taken 

10 by the Russian Federation, including an act of aggression, 

11 present a unique situation, justifying the establishment of 

12 a legal authority for the United States Government and 

13 other countries to confiscate Russian sovereign assets in 

14 their respective jurisdictions. 

15 SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING IMPORTANCE 

16 OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION PROVIDING 

17 COMPENSATION TO UKRAINE. 

18 It is the sense of Congress that— 

19 (1) the Russian Federation bears responsibility 

20 for the financial burden of the reconstruction of 

21 Ukraine and for countless other costs associated 

22 with the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Russian 

23 Federation that began on February 24, 2022; 

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1 Federation’s internationally wrongful acts should be 

2 assessed by an international mechanism charged 

3 with determining compensation and providing assist4 ance to Ukraine; 

5 (3) at least since November 2022 the Russian 

6 Federation has been on notice of its opportunity to 

7 comply with its international obligations, including 

8 to make full compensation for injury, or, by agree9 ment with Ukraine, to authorize an international 

10 mechanism to resolve issues regarding compensation 

11 to Ukraine; 

12 (4) the Russian Federation can, by negotiated 

13 agreement, participate in any international process 

14 to assess the damages caused by the Russian Fed15 eration’s internationally wrongful acts and make 

16 funds available to compensate for these damages, 

17 and if it fails to do so, the United States and other 

18 countries should explore all avenues for ensuring 

19 compensation to Ukraine; 

20 (5) the President should lead robust engage21 ment on all bilateral and multilateral aspects of the 

22 response by the United States to acts by the Rus23 sian Federation that undermine the sovereignty and 

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1 repurposing or ordered transfer of Russian sovereign 

2 assets in the context of determining compensation 

3 and providing assistance to Ukraine; 

4 (6) as part of the robust engagement on bilat5 eral and multilateral responses to acts by the Rus6 sian Federation that undermine the sovereignty and 

7 territorial integrity of Ukraine, the President should 

8 endeavor to facilitate creation of, and United States 

9 participation in, an international mechanism regard10 ing the repurposing or seizure of sovereign assets of 

11 the Russian Federation for the benefit of Ukraine. 

12 (7) the repurposing of Russian sovereign assets 

13 is in the national interests of the United States and 

14 consistent with United States and international law; 

15 (8) the United States should work with inter16 national allies and partners on the repurposing of 

17 Russian sovereign assets as part of a coordinated, 

18 multilateral effort, including with G7 countries and 

19 other countries in which Russian sovereign assets 

20 are located; and 

21 (9) any effort by the United States to con22 fiscate and repurpose Russian sovereign assets 

23 should be undertaken alongside international allies 

24 and partners as part of a coordinated, multilateral 

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1 Union, Australia, and other countries in which Rus2 sian sovereign assets are located. 

3 SEC. 103. PROHIBITION ON RELEASE OF BLOCKED RUSSIAN 

4 SOVEREIGN ASSETS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—No Russian sovereign asset that 

6 is blocked or effectively immobilized by the Department 

7 of the Treasury before the date specified in section 104(j) 

8 may be released or mobilized, except as otherwise author9 ized by this Act, until the date on which the President 

10 certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

11 that— 

12 (1) hostilities between the Russian Federation 

13 and Ukraine have ceased; and 

14 (2)(A) full compensation has been made to 

15 Ukraine for harms resulting from the invasion of 

16 Ukraine by the Russian Federation; or 

17 (B) the Russian Federation is participating in 

18 a bona fide international mechanism that, by agree19 ment, will discharge the obligations of the Russian 

20 Federation to compensate Ukraine for all amounts 

21 determined to be owed to Ukraine. 

22 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days before 

23 the release or mobilization of a Russian sovereign asset 

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1 ment of the Treasury, the President shall submit to the 

2 appropriate congressional committees— 

3 (1) a notification of the decision to take the ac4 tion that releases or mobilizes the asset; and 

5 (2) a justification in writing for such decision. 

6 (c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—No Russian sovereign asset 

8 that is blocked or effectively immobilized by the De9 partment of the Treasury may be released or mobi10 lized if, within 30 days of receipt of the notification 

11 and justification required under subsection (b), a 

12 joint resolution is enacted into law prohibiting the 

13 proposed release or mobilization. 

14 (2) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.—Any joint reso15 lution described in paragraph (1) introduced in ei16 ther House of Congress shall be considered in ac17 cordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the 

18 International Security Assistance and Arms Export 

19 Control Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–329; 90 Stat. 

20 765), except that any such resolution shall be sub21 ject to germane amendments. If such a joint resolu22 tion should be vetoed by the President, the time for 

23 debate in consideration of the veto message on such 

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1 and in the House of Representatives shall be deter2 mined in accordance with the Rules of the House. 

3 (d) COOPERATION ON PROHIBITION OF RELEASE OF

4 CERTAIN RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSETS.—Notwith5 standing subsection (a), the President may take such ac6 tions as may be necessary to seek to obtain an agreement 

7 or arrangement to which the Government of Ukraine is 

8 party that discharges the Russian Federation from further 

9 obligations to compensate Ukraine. 

10 SEC. 104. AUTHORITY TO ENSURE COMPENSATION TO 

11 UKRAINE USING SEIZED RUSSIAN SOV12 EREIGN ASSETS AND RUSSIAN AGGRESSOR 

13 STATE SOVEREIGN ASSETS. 

14 (a) REPORTING ON RUSSIAN ASSETS.— 

15 (1) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 

16 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

17 President shall, by means of such instructions or 

18 regulations as the President may prescribe, require 

19 any financial institution at which Russian sovereign 

20 assets are located, and that knows or should know 

21 of such assets, to provide notice of such assets, in22 cluding relevant information required under section 

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1 the Treasury not later than 10 days after detection 

2 of such assets. 

3 (2) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

5 days after the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the 

7 President shall submit to the appropriate con8 gressional committees a report detailing the sta9 tus of Russian sovereign assets with respect to 

10 which notice has been provided to the Secretary 

11 of the Treasury under paragraph (1). 

12 (B) FORM.—The report required by sub13 paragraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassi14 fied form, but may include a classified annex. 

15 (b) SEIZURE OR TRANSFER OF ASSETS.— 

16 (1) SEIZURE OF RUSSIAN AGGRESSOR STATE

17 SOVEREIGN ASSETS.—On and after the date that is 

18 30 days after the President submits to the appro19 priate congressional committees the certification de20 scribed in subsection (c), the President may seize, 

21 confiscate, transfer, or vest any Russian aggressor 

22 state sovereign assets, in whole or in part, and in23 cluding any interest or interests in such assets, sub24 ject to the jurisdiction of the United States for the 


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1 purpose of transferring those funds to the Ukraine 

2 Support Fund established under subsection (d). 

3 (2) VESTING.—For funds confiscated under 

4 paragraph (1), all right, title, and interest shall vest 

5 in the United States Government, provided that no 

6 use of those funds other than the use of those funds 

7 consistent with subsection (f). 

8 (3) LIQUIDATION AND DEPOSIT.—The Presi9 dent shall— 

10 (A) deposit any funds seized, transferred, 

11 or confiscated under paragraph (1) into the 

12 Ukraine Support Fund established under sub13 section (d); 

14 (B) liquidate or sell any other property 

15 seized, transferred, or confiscated under para16 graph (1) and deposit the funds resulting from 

17 such liquidation or sale into the Ukraine Sup18 port Fund; and 

19 (C) make all such funds available for the 

20 purposes described in subsection (f). 

21 (4) METHOD OF SEIZURE, TRANSFER, OR CON22 FISCATION.—The President may seize, transfer, con23 fiscate or vest Russian aggressor state sovereign as24 sets under paragraph (1) through instructions or liVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:47 Apr 18, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8038.IH H8038

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1 censes or in such other manner as the President de2 termines appropriate. 

3 (c) CERTIFICATION.—The certification described in 

4 this subsection, with respect to Russian aggressor state 

5 sovereign assets, is a certification that— 

6 (1) seizing, confiscating, transferring, or vesting 

7 Russian aggressor state sovereign assets for the ben8 efit of Ukraine is in the national interests of the 

9 United States; 

10 (2) the President has meaningfully coordinated 

11 with G7 leaders to take multilateral action with re12 gard to any seizure, confiscation, vesting, or transfer 

13 of Russian sovereign assets for the benefit of 

14 Ukraine; and 

15 (3) either— 

16 (A) the President has received an official 

17 and legitimate request from a properly con18 stituted international mechanism that includes 

19 the participation of the Government of Ukraine 

20 and the United States and that has been estab21 lished for the purpose of, or otherwise tasked 

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1 the repurposing of sovereign assets of the Rus2 sian Federation; or 

3 (B) either— 

4 (i) the Russian Federation has not 

5 ceased its unlawful aggression against 

6 Ukraine; or 

7 (ii) the Russian Federation has ceased 

8 its unlawful aggression against Ukraine, 

9 but— 

10 (I) has not provided full com11 pensation to Ukraine for harms re12 sulting from the internationally 

13 wrongful acts of the Russian Federa14 tion’s; and 

15 (II) is not participating in a bona 

16 fide process to provide full compensa17 tion to Ukraine for harms resulting 

18 from Russian aggression. 

19 (d) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UKRAINE SUPPORT

20 FUND.— 

21 (1) UKRAINE SUPPORT FUND.—The President 

22 shall establish an account, to be known as the 

23 ‘‘Ukraine Support Fund’’, to consist of any funds 

24 with respect to which a seizure is ordered pursuant 

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1 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds in the accounts 

2 established under paragraph (1) shall be available to 

3 be used only as specified in subsection (f). 

4 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec5 tion may be construed to provide the President with the 

6 authority to seize, transfer, confiscate, or vest title to for7 eign sovereign assets that are not Russian aggressor state 

8 sovereign assets in the United States or transfer any for9 eign sovereign assets to any recipient for any use other 

10 than the uses described in this Act. 

11 (f) FURTHER TRANSFER AND USE OF FUNDS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 

13 and (3), Funds in the Ukraine Support Fund shall 

14 be available to the Secretary of State, in consulta15 tion with the Administrator of the United States 

16 Agency for International Development, for the pur17 pose of providing assistance to Ukraine for the dam18 age resulting from the unlawful invasion by the Rus19 sian Federation that began on February 24, 2022. 

20 (2) SPECIFIC PERMISSIBLE USES.—Subject to 

21 paragraph (3), the following are permissible uses of 

22 the funds in the Ukraine Support Fund pursuant to 

23 paragraph (1): 

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1 consistent with section 105(a) that is charged 

2 with determining and administering compensa3 tion or providing assistance to Ukraine. 

4 (B) Supporting reconstruction, rebuilding, 

5 and recovery efforts in Ukraine. 

6 (C) Providing economic and humanitarian 

7 assistance to the people of Ukraine. 

8 (3) NOTIFICATION.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 

10 shall notify the appropriate congressional com11 mittees not fewer than 15 days before providing 

12 any funds from the Ukraine Support Fund to 

13 any other account for the purposes described in 

14 paragraph (1). 

15 (B) ELEMENTS.—A notification under sub16 paragraph (A) with respect to the transfer of 

17 funds to another account pursuant to para18 graph (1) shall specify— 

19 (i) the amount of funds to be pro20 vided; 

21 (ii) the specific purpose for which 

22 such funds are provided; and 

23 (iii) the recipient of those funds. 

24 (g) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—No 

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1 Ukraine Support Fund pursuant to subsection (f) unless 

2 the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 

3 committees that— 

4 (1) a plan exists to ensure transparency and ac5 countability for all funds transferred to and from 

6 any account receiving the funds; and 

7 (2) the President has transmitted the plan re8 quired under paragraph (1) to the appropriate con9 gressional committees in writing. 

10 (h) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—No 

11 funds may be transferred pursuant to subsection (f) if, 

12 within 15 days of receipt of the notification required under 

13 subsection (f)(3), a joint resolution is enacted into law 

14 prohibiting such transfer. 

15 (i) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 

17 every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to 

18 the appropriate congressional committees a report that in19 cludes the following: 

20 (1) An accounting of funds in the Ukraine Sup21 port Fund. 

22 (2) Any information regarding the disposition 

23 of funds in any account to which funds have been 

24 transferred pursuant to subsection (f) that has been 

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1 ing said account during the period covered by the re2 port. 

3 (3) A description of United States multilateral 

4 and bilateral diplomatic engagement with allies and 

5 partners of the United States that also have immo6 bilized Russian sovereign assets to compensate for 

7 damages caused by the Russian Federation’s inter8 nationally wrongful acts during the period covered 

9 by the report. 

10 (4) An outline of steps taken to carry out the 

11 establishment of the international mechanism de12 scribed by section 105(a) during the period covered 

13 by the report. 

14 (j) EXCEPTION FOR UNITED STATES OBLIGATIONS

15 UNDER TREATIES.—The authorities provided by this sec16 tion may not be exercised in a manner inconsistent with 

17 the obligations of the United States under— 

18 (1) the Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 

19 done at Vienna April 18, 1961, and entered into 

20 force April 24, 1964 (23 UST 3227); 

21 (2) the Convention on Consular Relations, done 

22 at Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into force on 

23 March 19, 1967 (21 UST 77); 

24 (3) the Agreement Regarding the Headquarters 

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1 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947 

2 (TIAS 1676); or 

3 (4) any other international agreement to which 

4 the United States is a state party on the day before 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

6 (k) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 

7 (1) EXCLUSIVENESS OF REMEDY.—Notwith8 standing any other provision of law, any action 

9 taken under this section shall not be subject to judi10 cial review, except as provided in this subsection. 

11 (2) LIMITATIONS FOR FILING CLAIMS.—A claim 

12 may only be brought with respect to an action under 

13 this section— 

14 (A) that alleges that the action will deny 

15 rights under the Constitution of the United 

16 States; and 

17 (B) if the claim is brought not later than 

18 60 days after the date of such action. 

19 (3) JURISDICTION.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—A claim under para21 graph (2) of this subsection shall be barred un22 less a complaint is filed prior to the expiration 

23 of such time limits in the United States District 

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1 (B) APPEAL.—An appeal of an order of 

2 the United States District Court for the Dis3 trict of Columbia issued pursuant to a claim 

4 brought under this subsection shall be taken by 

5 a notice of appeal filed with the United States 

6 Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 

7 Circuit not later than 10 days after the date on 

8 which the order is entered. 

9 (C) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—It shall 

10 be the duty of the United States District Court 

11 for the District of Columbia and the United 

12 States Court of Appeals for the District of Co13 lumbia Circuit to advance on the docket and to 

14 expedite to the greatest possible extent the dis15 position of any claim brought under this sub16 section. 

17 (l) SUNSET.—The authorities conferred under this 

18 section shall terminate on the earlier of— 

19 (1) the date that is 5 years after the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act; or 

21 (2) the date that is 120 days after the date on 

22 which the President determines and certifies to the 

23 appropriate congressional committees that— 

24 (A) the Russian Federation has reached an 

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1 of Russian forces and cessation of military hos2 tilities that is accepted by the free and inde3 pendent Government of Ukraine; and 

4 (B)(i) full compensation has been made to 

5 Ukraine for harms resulting from the invasion 

6 of Ukraine by the Russian Federation; 

7 (ii) the Russian Federation is participating 

8 in a bona fide international mechanism that, by 

9 agreement, will discharge the obligations of the 

10 Russian Federation to compensate Ukraine for 

11 all amounts determined to be owed to Ukraine; 

12 or 

13 (iii) the Russian Federation’s obligation to 

14 compensate Ukraine for the damage caused by 

15 the Russian Federation’s aggression has been 

16 resolved pursuant to an agreement between the 

17 Russian Federation and the Government of 

18 Ukraine. 

19 SEC. 105. INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM TO USE RUSSIAN 

20 SOVEREIGN ASSETS AND RUSSIAN AGGRES21 SOR STATE SOVEREIGN ASSETS TO PROVIDE 

22 FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall take such ac24 tions as the President determines appropriate to coordi25 nate with the G7, the European Union, Australia, and 


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1 other partners and allies of the United States regarding 

2 the disposition of immobilized Russian aggressor state sov3 ereign assets, including seeking to establish an inter4 national mechanism with foreign partners, including 

5 Ukraine, the G7, the European Union, Australia, and 

6 other partners and allies of the United States, for the pur7 pose of assisting Ukraine, which may include the establish8 ment of an international fund to be known as the 

9 ‘‘Ukraine Compensation Fund’’, that may receive and use 

10 assets in the Ukraine Support Fund established under sec11 tion 104(c) and contributions from foreign partners that 

12 have also frozen or seized Russian aggressor state sov13 ereign assets to assist Ukraine, including by— 

14 (1) supporting a register of damage to serve as 

15 a record of evidence and for assessment of the finan16 cially assessable damages to Ukraine resulting from 

17 the invasions of Ukraine by the Russian Federation 

18 and operations or actions in support thereof; 

19 (2) establishing a mechanism to compensate 

20 Ukraine for damages caused by Russia’s internation21 ally wrongful acts connected with the invasions of 

22 Ukraine; 

23 (3) ensuring distribution of those assets or the 

24 proceeds of those assets based on determinations 

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1 (4) taking such other actions as may be nec2 essary to carry out this section. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPOSIT IN THE UKRAINE

4 COMPENSATION FUND.—Upon the President reaching an 

5 agreement or arrangement to establish a common inter6 national mechanism pursuant to subsection (a) or at any 

7 time thereafter, the Secretary of State may, pursuant to 

8 the authority conferred by and subject to the limitations 

9 described in section 104(f) and subject to the limitations 

10 described in subsection (e), transfer funds from the 

11 Ukraine Support Fund established under section 104(d) 

12 to a fund or mechanism established consistent with sub13 section (a). 

14 (c) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall notify the 

15 appropriate congressional committees not later than 30 

16 days after entering into any new bilateral or multilateral 

17 agreement or arrangement under subsection (a). 

18 (d) GOOD GOVERNANCE.—The Secretary of State, in 

19 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall— 

20 (1) seek to ensure that any fund or mechanism 

21 established consistent with subsection (a) operates in 

22 accordance with established international accounting 

23 principles; 

24 (2) seek to ensure that any fund or mechanism 

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1 (A) staffed, operated, and administered in 

2 accordance with established accounting rules 

3 and governance procedures, including providing 

4 for payment of reasonable expenses from the 

5 fund for the governance and operation of the 

6 fund and the tribunal; 

7 (B) operated transparently as to all funds 

8 transfers, filings, and decisions; and 

9 (C) audited on a regular basis by an inde10 pendent auditor, in accordance with inter11 nationally accepted accounting and auditing 

12 standards; 

13 (3) seek to ensure that any audits of any fund 

14 or mechanism established consistent with subsection 

15 (a) shall be made available to the public; and 

16 (4) ensure that any audits of any fund or mech17 anism established consistent with subsection (a) 

18 shall be reviewed and reported on by the Govern19 ment Accountability Office to the appropriate con20 gressional committees and the public. 

21 (e) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—No 

22 funds may be transferred from the Ukraine Support Fund 

23 to a fund or mechanism established consistent with sub24 section (a) unless the President certifies to the appropriate 

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1 (1) the institution housing the fund or mecha2 nism has a plan to ensure transparency and ac3 countability for all funds transferred to and from 

4 the fund or mechanism established consistent with 

5 subsection (a); and 

6 (2) the President has transmitted the plan re7 quired under paragraph (1) to the appropriate con8 gressional committees in writing. 

9 (f) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—No funds 

10 may be transferred from the Ukraine Support Fund to 

11 a fund or mechanism established consistent with sub12 section (a) if, within 30 days of receipt of the notification 

13 required under subsection (c)(2), a joint resolution is en14 acted prohibiting the transfer. 

15 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 

17 every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the 

18 appropriate congressional committees a report that in19 cludes the following: 

20 (1) An accounting of funds in any fund or 

21 mechanism established consistent with subsection 

22 (a). 

23 (2) Any information regarding the disposition 

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1 the fund or mechanism during the period covered by 

2 the report. 

3 (3) A description of United States multilateral 

4 and bilateral diplomatic engagement with allies and 

5 partners of the United States that also have immo6 bilized Russian sovereign assets to allow for com7 pensation for Ukraine during the period covered by 

8 the report. 

9 (4) An outline of steps taken to carry out this 

10 section during the period covered by the report. 

11 SEC. 106. REPORT ON USE OF TRANSFERRED RUSSIAN SOV12 EREIGN ASSETS FOR RECONSTRUCTION. 

13 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Sec15 retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 

16 Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees a report that contains— 

18 (1) the amount and source of Russian sovereign 

19 assets seized, transferred, or confiscated pursuant to 

20 section 104(b); 

21 (2) the amount and source of funds deposited 

22 into the Ukraine Support Fund under section 

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1 (3) a detailed description and accounting of 

2 how such funds were used to meet the purposes de3 scribed in section 104(f). 

4 SEC. 107. ASSESSMENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE AND AD5 MINISTRATOR OF USAID ON RECONSTRUC6 TION AND REBUILDING NEEDS OF UKRAINE. 

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

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

9 in consultation with the Administrator of the United 

10 States Agency for International Development, shall submit 

11 to the appropriate congressional committees an assess12 ment of the most pressing needs of Ukraine for recon13 struction, rebuilding, and humanitarian aid. 

14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub15 section (a) shall include the following: 

16 (1) An estimate of the rebuilding and recon17 struction needs of Ukraine, as of the date of the as18 sessment, resulting from the unlawful invasion of 

19 Ukraine by the Russian Federation, including— 

20 (A) a description of the sources and meth21 ods for the estimate; and 

22 (B) an identification of the locations or re23 gions in Ukraine with the most pressing needs. 

24 (2) An estimate of the humanitarian needs, as 

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1 Ukraine, including Ukrainians residing inside the 

2 internationally recognized borders of Ukraine or out3 side those borders, resulting from the unlawful inva4 sion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. 

5 (3) An assessment of the extent to which the 

6 needs described in paragraphs (1) and (2) have been 

7 met or funded, by any source, as of the date of the 

8 assessment. 

9 (4) A plan to engage in robust multilateral and 

10 bilateral diplomacy to ensure that allies and partners 

11 of the United States, particularly in the European 

12 Union as Ukraine seeks accession to the European 

13 Union, increase their commitment to Ukraine’s re14 construction. 

15 (5) An identification of which such needs 

16 should be prioritized, including any assessment or 

17 request by the Government of Ukraine with respect 

18 to the prioritization of such needs. 

19 SEC. 108. EXTENSIONS. 

20 Section 5(a) of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atroc21 ities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–441; 132 

22 Stat. 5587) is amended, in the matter preceding para23 graph (1), by striking ‘‘six years’’ and inserting ‘‘12 

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1 DIVISION C—OTHER MATTERS 

2 SEC. 1. REPORT AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS TO HAR3 MONIZE WITH ALLIED SANCTIONS. 

4 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

6 shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

8 Relations of the Senate a report identifying— 

9 (1) each foreign person currently subject to— 

10 (A) sanctions issued by the European 

11 Union pursuant to European Union Council 

12 Regulation No. 269/2014 of 17 March, 2014, 

13 as amended; or 

14 (B) sanctions issued by the United King15 dom pursuant to the Russia (Sanctions) (EU 

16 Exit) Regulations 2019, as amended; and 

17 (2) each such foreign person that also meets 

18 the criteria for imposition of sanctions by the United 

19 States pursuant to— 

20 (A) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 

21 Accountability Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 10101 et 

22 seq.); 

23 (B) Executive Order 14024 (50 U.S.C. 

24 1701 note, relating to blocking property with 

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1 the Government of the Russian Federation), as 

2 amended; 

3 (C) Executive Order 14068 (50 U.S.C. 

4 1701 note, relating to prohibiting certain im5 ports, exports, and new investment with respect 

6 to continued Russian Federation aggression), as 

7 amended; or 

8 (D) Executive Order 14071 (50 U.S.C. 

9 1701 note, relating to prohibiting new invest10 ment in and certain services to the Russian 

11 Federation in response to continued Russian 

12 Federation aggression), as amended. 

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

14 impose the sanctions authorized by the applicable provi15 sion of law listed in subsection (a)(2) with respect to each 

16 foreign person identified in the report required under sub17 section (a)(1) who is not already subject to sanctions 

18 under United States law pursuant to one or more statu19 tory sanctions authorities as of the date of the submission 

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1 DIVISION D—PROTECTING 

2 AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN 

3 ADVERSARY CONTROLLED 

4 APPLICATIONS ACT 

5 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Ameri7 cans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications 

8 Act’’. 

9 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY CON10 TROLLED APPLICATIONS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

12 (1) PROHIBITION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY CON13 TROLLED APPLICATIONS.—It shall be unlawful for 

14 an entity to distribute, maintain, or update (or en15 able the distribution, maintenance, or updating of) a 

16 foreign adversary controlled application by carrying 

17 out, within the land or maritime borders of the 

18 United States, any of the following: 

19 (A) Providing services to distribute, main20 tain, or update such foreign adversary con21 trolled application (including any source code of 

22 such application) by means of a marketplace 

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1 time borders of the United States may access, 

2 maintain, or update such application. 

3 (B) Providing internet hosting services to 

4 enable the distribution, maintenance, or updat5 ing of such foreign adversary controlled applica6 tion for users within the land or maritime bor7 ders of the United States. 

8 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Subject to paragraph (3), 

9 this subsection shall apply— 

10 (A) in the case of an application that satis11 fies the definition of a foreign adversary con12 trolled application pursuant to subsection 

13 (g)(3)(A), beginning on the date that is 270 

14 days after the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act; and 

16 (B) in the case of an application that satis17 fies the definition of a foreign adversary con18 trolled application pursuant to subsection 

19 (g)(3)(B), beginning on the date that is 270 

20 days after the date of the relevant determina21 tion of the President under such subsection. 

22 (3) EXTENSION.—With respect to a foreign ad23 versary controlled application, the President may 

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1 would otherwise apply to such application pursuant 

2 to paragraph (2), if the President certifies to Con3 gress that— 

4 (A) a path to executing a qualified divesti5 ture has been identified with respect to such 

6 application; 

7 (B) evidence of significant progress toward 

8 executing such qualified divestiture has been 

9 produced with respect to such application; and 

10 (C) there are in place the relevant binding 

11 legal agreements to enable execution of such 

12 qualified divestiture during the period of such 

13 extension. 

14 (b) DATA AND INFORMATION PORTABILITY TO AL15 TERNATIVE APPLICATIONS.—Before the date on which a 

16 prohibition under subsection (a) applies to a foreign adver17 sary controlled application, the entity that owns or con18 trols such application shall provide, upon request by a user 

19 of such application within the land or maritime borders 

20 of United States, to such user all the available data related 

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1 ing content (including posts, photos, and videos) and all 

2 other account information. 

3 (c) EXEMPTIONS.— 

4 (1) EXEMPTIONS FOR QUALIFIED

5 DIVESTITURES.—Subsection (a)— 

6 (A) does not apply to a foreign adversary 

7 controlled application with respect to which a 

8 qualified divestiture is executed before the date 

9 on which a prohibition under subsection (a) 

10 would begin to apply to such application; and 

11 (B) shall cease to apply in the case of a 

12 foreign adversary controlled application with re13 spect to which a qualified divestiture is exe14 cuted after the date on which a prohibition 

15 under subsection (a) applies to such application. 

16 (2) EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN NECESSARY

17 SERVICES.—Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to 

18 services provided with respect to a foreign adversary 

19 controlled application that are necessary for an enti20 ty to attain compliance with such subsections. 

21 (d) ENFORCEMENT.— 

22 (1) CIVIL PENALTIES.— 

23 (A) FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED

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1 civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the 

2 amount that results from multiplying $5,000 by 

3 the number of users within the land or mari4 time borders of the United States determined to 

5 have accessed, maintained, or updated a foreign 

6 adversary controlled application as a result of 

7 such violation. 

8 (B) DATA AND INFORMATION VIOLA9 TIONS.—An entity that violates subsection (b) 

10 shall be subject to pay a civil penalty in an 

11 amount not to exceed the amount that results 

12 from multiplying $500 by the number of users 

13 within the land or maritime borders of the 

14 United States affected by such violation. 

15 (2) ACTIONS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The At16 torney General— 

17 (A) shall conduct investigations related to 

18 potential violations of subsection (a) or (b), 

19 and, if such an investigation results in a deter20 mination that a violation has occurred, the At21 torney General shall pursue enforcement under 

22 paragraph (1); and 

23 (B) may bring an action in an appropriate 

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1 paragraph (1) or declaratory and injunctive re2 lief. 

3 (e) SEVERABILITY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—If any provision of this sec5 tion or the application of this section to any person 

6 or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall 

7 not affect the other provisions or applications of this 

8 section that can be given effect without the invalid 

9 provision or application. 

10 (2) SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS.—If the 

11 application of any provision of this section is held in12 valid with respect to a foreign adversary controlled 

13 application that satisfies the definition of such term 

14 pursuant to subsection (g)(3)(A), such invalidity 

15 shall not affect or preclude the application of the 

16 same provision of this section to such foreign adver17 sary controlled application by means of a subsequent 

18 determination pursuant to subsection (g)(3)(B). 

19 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this divi20 sion may be construed— 

21 (1) to authorize the Attorney General to pursue 

22 enforcement, under this section, other than enforce23 ment of subsection (a) or (b); 

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1 vidual user of a foreign adversary controlled applica2 tion; or 

3 (3) except as expressly provided herein, to alter 

4 or affect any other authority provided by or estab5 lished under another provision of Federal law. 

6 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) CONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN ADVERSARY.— 

8 The term ‘‘controlled by a foreign adversary’’ means, 

9 with respect to a covered company or other entity, 

10 that such company or other entity is— 

11 (A) a foreign person that is domiciled in, 

12 is headquartered in, has its principal place of 

13 business in, or is organized under the laws of 

14 a foreign adversary country; 

15 (B) an entity with respect to which a for16 eign person or combination of foreign persons 

17 described in subparagraph (A) directly or indi18 rectly own at least a 20 percent stake; or 

19 (C) a person subject to the direction or 

20 control of a foreign person or entity described 

21 in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

22 (2) COVERED COMPANY.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 

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1 company, subsidiary, or affiliate), a website, 

2 desktop application, mobile application, or aug3 mented or immersive technology application 

4 that— 

5 (i) permits a user to create an ac6 count or profile to generate, share, and 

7 view text, images, videos, real-time commu8 nications, or similar content; 

9 (ii) has more than 1,000,000 monthly 

10 active users with respect to at least 2 of 

11 the 3 months preceding the date on which 

12 a relevant determination of the President 

13 is made pursuant to paragraph (3)(B); 

14 (iii) enables 1 or more users to gen15 erate or distribute content that can be 

16 viewed by other users of the website, desk17 top application, mobile application, or aug18 mented or immersive technology applica19 tion; and 

20 (iv) enables 1 or more users to view 

21 content generated by other users of the 

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1 (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered com2 pany’’ does not include an entity that operates 

3 a website, desktop application, mobile applica4 tion, or augmented or immersive technology ap5 plication whose primary purpose is to allow 

6 users to post product reviews, business reviews, 

7 or travel information and reviews. 

8 (3) FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLI9 CATION.—The term ‘‘foreign adversary controlled 

10 application’’ means a website, desktop application, 

11 mobile application, or augmented or immersive tech12 nology application that is operated, directly or indi13 rectly (including through a parent company, sub14 sidiary, or affiliate), by— 

15 (A) any of— 

16 (i) ByteDance, Ltd.; 

17 (ii) TikTok; 

18 (iii) a subsidiary of or a successor to 

19 an entity identified in clause (i) or (ii) that 

20 is controlled by a foreign adversary; or 

21 (iv) an entity owned or controlled, di22 rectly or indirectly, by an entity identified 

23 in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); or 

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1 (i) is controlled by a foreign adver2 sary; and 

3 (ii) that is determined by the Presi4 dent to present a significant threat to the 

5 national security of the United States fol6 lowing the issuance of— 

7 (I) a public notice proposing such 

8 determination; and 

9 (II) a public report to Congress, 

10 submitted not less than 30 days be11 fore such determination, describing 

12 the specific national security concern 

13 involved and containing a classified 

14 annex and a description of what as15 sets would need to be divested to exe16 cute a qualified divestiture. 

17 (4) FOREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRY.—The term 

18 ‘‘foreign adversary country’’ means a country speci19 fied in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States 

20 Code. 

21 (5) INTERNET HOSTING SERVICE.—The term 

22 ‘‘internet hosting service’’ means a service through 

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1 line services, and which may include file hosting, do2 main name server hosting, cloud hosting, and virtual 

3 private server hosting. 

4 (6) QUALIFIED DIVESTITURE.—The term 

5 ‘‘qualified divestiture’’ means a divestiture or similar 

6 transaction that— 

7 (A) the President determines, through an 

8 interagency process, would result in the relevant 

9 foreign adversary controlled application no 

10 longer being controlled by a foreign adversary; 

11 and 

12 (B) the President determines, through an 

13 interagency process, precludes the establish14 ment or maintenance of any operational rela15 tionship between the United States operations 

16 of the relevant foreign adversary controlled ap17 plication and any formerly affiliated entities 

18 that are controlled by a foreign adversary, in19 cluding any cooperation with respect to the op20 eration of a content recommendation algorithm 

21 or an agreement with respect to data sharing. 

22 (7) SOURCE CODE.—The term ‘‘source code’’ 

23 means the combination of text and other characters 

24 comprising the content, both viewable and 

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1 publishing language, programming language, pro2 tocol, or functional content, as well as any successor 

3 languages or protocols. 

4 (8) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United 

5 States’’ includes the territories of the United States. 

6 SEC. 3. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 

7 (a) RIGHT OF ACTION.—A petition for review chal8 lenging this division or any action, finding, or determina9 tion under this division may be filed only in the United 

10 States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir11 cuit. 

12 (b) EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.—The United States 

13 Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall 

14 have exclusive jurisdiction over any challenge to this divi15 sion or any action, finding, or determination under this 

16 division. 

17 (c) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—A challenge may 

18 only be brought— 

19 (1) in the case of a challenge to this division, 

20 not later than 165 days after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act; and 

22 (2) in the case of a challenge to any action, 

23 finding, or determination under this division, not 

24 later than 90 days after the date of such action, 

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1 DIVISION E—PROTECTING 

2 AMERICANS’ DATA FROM 

3 FOREIGN ADVERSARIES ACT 

4 OF 2024 

5 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Ameri7 cans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024’’. 

8 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF PERSONALLY IDEN9 TIFIABLE SENSITIVE DATA OF UNITED 

10 STATES INDIVIDUALS TO FOREIGN ADVER11 SARIES. 

12 (a) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for a data 

13 broker to sell, license, rent, trade, transfer, release, dis14 close, provide access to, or otherwise make available per15 sonally identifiable sensitive data of a United States indi16 vidual to— 

17 (1) any foreign adversary country; or 

18 (2) any entity that is controlled by a foreign ad19 versary. 

20 (b) ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS21 SION.— 

22 (1) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC23 TICES.—A violation of this section shall be treated 

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1 the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 

2 57a(a)(1)(B)). 

3 (2) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 

5 enforce this section in the same manner, by the 

6 same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 

7 powers, and duties as though all applicable 

8 terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 

9 Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in10 corporated into and made a part of this section. 

11 (B) PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.—Any 

12 person who violates this section shall be subject 

13 to the penalties and entitled to the privileges 

14 and immunities provided in the Federal Trade 

15 Commission Act. 

16 (3) AUTHORITY PRESERVED.—Nothing in this 

17 section may be construed to limit the authority of 

18 the Commission under any other provision of law. 

19 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

21 means the Federal Trade Commission. 

22 (2) CONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN ADVERSARY.— 

23 The term ‘‘controlled by a foreign adversary’’ means, 

24 with respect to an individual or entity, that such in25 dividual or entity is— 


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1 (A) a foreign person that is domiciled in, 

2 is headquartered in, has its principal place of 

3 business in, or is organized under the laws of 

4 a foreign adversary country; 

5 (B) an entity with respect to which a for6 eign person or combination of foreign persons 

7 described in subparagraph (A) directly or indi8 rectly own at least a 20 percent stake; or 

9 (C) a person subject to the direction or 

10 control of a foreign person or entity described 

11 in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

12 (3) DATA BROKER.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘data 

14 broker’’ means an entity that, for valuable con15 sideration, sells, licenses, rents, trades, trans16 fers, releases, discloses, provides access to, or 

17 otherwise makes available data of United States 

18 individuals that the entity did not collect di19 rectly from such individuals to another entity 

20 that is not acting as a service provider. 

21 (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘data broker’’ 

22 does not include an entity to the extent such 

23 entity— 

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1 tions of such an individual, at the request 

2 or direction of such individual; 

3 (ii) is providing, maintaining, or offer4 ing a product or service with respect to 

5 which personally identifiable sensitive data, 

6 or access to such data, is not the product 

7 or service; 

8 (iii) is reporting or publishing news or 

9 information that concerns local, national, 

10 or international events or other matters of 

11 public interest; 

12 (iv) is reporting, publishing, or other13 wise making available news or information 

14 that is available to the general public— 

15 (I) including information from— 

16 (aa) a book, magazine, tele17 phone book, or online directory; 

18 (bb) a motion picture; 

19 (cc) a television, internet, or 

20 radio program; 

21 (dd) the news media; or 

22 (ee) an internet site that is 

23 available to the general public on 

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1 (II) not including an obscene vis2 ual depiction (as such term is used in 

3 section 1460 of title 18, United States 

4 Code); or 

5 (v) is acting as a service provider. 

6 (4) FOREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRY.—The term 

7 ‘‘foreign adversary country’’ means a country speci8 fied in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States 

9 Code. 

10 (5) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE SENSITIVE

11 DATA.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable sensitive 

12 data’’ means any sensitive data that identifies or is 

13 linked or reasonably linkable, alone or in combina14 tion with other data, to an individual or a device 

15 that identifies or is linked or reasonably linkable to 

16 an individual. 

17 (6) PRECISE GEOLOCATION INFORMATION.— 

18 The term ‘‘precise geolocation information’’ means 

19 information that— 

20 (A) is derived from a device or technology 

21 of an individual; and 

22 (B) reveals the past or present physical lo23 cation of an individual or device that identifies 

24 or is linked or reasonably linkable to 1 or more 

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1 street level location information of an individual 

2 or device or the location of an individual or de3 vice within a range of 1,850 feet or less. 

4 (7) SENSITIVE DATA.—The term ‘‘sensitive 

5 data’’ includes the following: 

6 (A) A government-issued identifier, such as 

7 a Social Security number, passport number, or 

8 driver’s license number. 

9 (B) Any information that describes or re10 veals the past, present, or future physical 

11 health, mental health, disability, diagnosis, or 

12 healthcare condition or treatment of an indi13 vidual. 

14 (C) A financial account number, debit card 

15 number, credit card number, or information 

16 that describes or reveals the income level or 

17 bank account balances of an individual. 

18 (D) Biometric information. 

19 (E) Genetic information. 

20 (F) Precise geolocation information. 

21 (G) An individual’s private communica22 tions such as voicemails, emails, texts, direct 

23 messages, mail, voice communications, and 

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1 pertaining to the transmission of such commu2 nications, including telephone numbers called, 

3 telephone numbers from which calls were 

4 placed, the time calls were made, call duration, 

5 and location information of the parties to the 

6 call. 

7 (H) Account or device log-in credentials, or 

8 security or access codes for an account or de9 vice. 

10 (I) Information identifying the sexual be11 havior of an individual. 

12 (J) Calendar information, address book in13 formation, phone or text logs, photos, audio re14 cordings, or videos, maintained for private use 

15 by an individual, regardless of whether such in16 formation is stored on the individual’s device or 

17 is accessible from that device and is backed up 

18 in a separate location. 

19 (K) A photograph, film, video recording, or 

20 other similar medium that shows the naked or 

21 undergarment-clad private area of an indi22 vidual. 

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1 (M) Information about an individual under 

2 the age of 17. 

3 (N) An individual’s race, color, ethnicity, 

4 or religion. 

5 (O) Information identifying an individual’s 

6 online activities over time and across websites 

7 or online services. 

8 (P) Information that reveals the status of 

9 an individual as a member of the Armed 

10 Forces. 

11 (Q) Any other data that a data broker 

12 sells, licenses, rents, trades, transfers, releases, 

13 discloses, provides access to, or otherwise makes 

14 available to a foreign adversary country, or en15 tity that is controlled by a foreign adversary, 

16 for the purpose of identifying the types of data 

17 listed in subparagraphs (A) through (P). 

18 (8) SERVICE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘service 

19 provider’’ means an entity that— 

20 (A) collects, processes, or transfers data on 

21 behalf of, and at the direction of— 

22 (i) an individual or entity that is not 

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1 (ii) a Federal, State, Tribal, terri2 torial, or local government entity; and 

3 (B) receives data from or on behalf of an 

4 individual or entity described in subparagraph 

5 (A)(i) or a Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, or 

6 local government entity. 

7 (9) UNITED STATES INDIVIDUAL.—The term 

8 ‘‘United States individual’’ means a natural person 

9 residing in the United States. 

10 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

11 on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment 

12 of this Act. 

13 DIVISION F—SHIP ACT 

14 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

15 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Harboring 

16 Iranian Petroleum Act’’ or the ‘‘SHIP Act’’. 

17 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

18 It is the policy of the United States— 

19 (1) to deny Iran the ability to engage in desta20 bilizing activities, support international terrorism, 

21 fund the development and acquisition of weapons of 

22 mass destruction and the means to deliver such 

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1 (2) to deny Iran funds to oppress and commit 

2 human rights violations against the Iranian people 

3 assembling to peacefully redress the Iranian regime; 

4 (3) to fully enforce sanctions against those enti5 ties which provide support to the Iranian energy sec6 tor; and 

7 (4) to counter Iran’s actions to finance and fa8 cilitate the participation of foreign terrorist organi9 zations in ongoing conflicts and illicit activities due 

10 to the threat such actions pose to the vital national 

11 interests of the United States. 

12 SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRA13 NIAN PETROLEUM. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 

15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and ex16 cept as provided in subsection (e)(2), the President shall 

17 impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re18 spect to each foreign person that the President determines 

19 knowingly engaged, on or after such date of enactment, 

20 in an activity described in subsection (b). 

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1 (1) owns or operates a foreign port at which, on 

2 or after the date of the enactment of this Act, such 

3 person knowingly permits to dock a vessel— 

4 (A) that is included on the list of specially 

5 designated nationals and blocked persons main6 tained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 

7 of the Department of the Treasury for trans8 porting Iranian crude oil or petroleum products; 

9 or 

10 (B) of which the operator or owner of such 

11 vessel otherwise knowingly engages in a signifi12 cant transaction involving such vessel to trans13 port, offload, or deal in significant transactions 

14 in condensate, refined, or unrefined petroleum 

15 products, or other petrochemical products origi16 nating from the Islamic Republic of Iran; 

17 (2) owns or operates a vessel through which 

18 such owner knowingly conducts a ship to ship trans19 fer involving a significant transaction of any petro20 leum product originating from the Islamic Republic 

21 of Iran; 

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1 troleum product originating from the Islamic Repub2 lic of Iran; 

3 (4) is a covered family member of a foreign per4 son described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or 

5 (5) is owned or controlled by a foreign person 

6 described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3), and know7 ingly engages in an activity described in paragraph 

8 (1), (2), or (3). 

9 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de10 scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign person 

11 described in subsection (a) are the following: 

12 (1) SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN VESSELS.—Subject 

13 to such regulations as the President may prescribe, 

14 the President may prohibit a vessel described in sub15 section (b)(1)(A) or (b)(1)(B) from landing at any 

16 port in the United States— 

17 (A) with respect to a vessel described in 

18 subsection (b)(1)(A), for a period of not more 

19 than 2 years beginning on the date on which 

20 the President imposes sanctions with respect to 

21 a related foreign port described in subsection 

22 (b)(1)(A); and 

23 (B) with respect to a vessel described in 

24 subsection (b)(1)(B), for a period of not more 

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1 (2) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

2 shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi3 dent under the International Emergency Economic 

4 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent 

5 necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 

6 property and interests in property of the foreign per7 son if such property and interests in property are in 

8 the United States, come within the United States, or 

9 are or come within the possession or control of a 

10 United States person. 

11 (3) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR

12 PAROLE.— 

13 (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 

14 alien described in subsection (a) is— 

15 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

16 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

17 documentation to enter the United States; 

18 and 

19 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

20 or paroled into the United States or to re21 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra22 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described 

2 in subsection (a) is subject to revocation of 

3 any visa or other entry documentation re4 gardless of when the visa or other entry 

5 documentation is or was issued. 

6 (ii) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revoca7 tion under clause (i) shall take effect im8 mediately and automatically cancel any 

9 other valid visa or entry documentation 

10 that is in the alien’s possession. 

11 (C) EXCEPTIONS.—Sanctions under this 

12 paragraph shall not apply with respect to an 

13 alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 

14 United States is necessary— 

15 (i) to permit the United States to 

16 comply with the Agreement regarding the 

17 Headquarters of the United Nations, 

18 signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 

19 and entered into force November 21, 1947, 

20 between the United Nations and the 

21 United States, or other applicable inter22 national obligations; or 

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1 (4) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

2 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter3 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

4 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

5 attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

6 violation of this section or any regulations promul7 gated to carry out this section to the same extent 

8 that such penalties apply to a person that commits 

9 an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that 

10 Act. 

11 (d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

12 (1) For purposes of determinations under sub13 section (a) that a foreign person engaged in activi14 ties described in subsection (b), a foreign person 

15 shall not be determined to know that petroleum or 

16 petroleum products originated from Iran if such per17 son relied on a certificate of origin or other docu18 mentation confirming that the origin of the petro19 leum or petroleum products was a country other 

20 than Iran, unless such person knew or had reason 

21 to know that such documentation was falsified. 

22 (2) Nothing in this division shall be construed 

23 to affect the availability of any existing authorities 

24 to issue waivers, exceptions, exemptions, licenses, or 

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1 (e) IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may exercise 

3 all authorities under sections 203 and 205 of the 

4 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

5 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of carrying out 

6 this section. 

7 (2) DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS.—Not later 

8 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

9 this Act, the President shall prescribe such regula10 tions as may be necessary for the implementation of 

11 this division. 

12 (3) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

13 than 10 days before the prescription of regulations 

14 under paragraph (2), the President shall brief and 

15 provide written notification to the appropriate con16 gressional committees regarding— 

17 (A) the proposed regulations; and 

18 (B) the specific provisions of this division 

19 that the regulations are implementing. 

20 (f) EXCEPTION FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Sanctions under this section 

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1 itarian assistance, or for humanitarian pur2 poses; or 

3 (B) transactions that are necessary for or 

4 related to the activities described in subpara5 graph (A). 

6 (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

7 (A) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The 

8 term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning 

9 given that term in section 102 of the Agricul10 tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

11 (B) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘med12 ical device’’ has the meaning given the term 

13 ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, 

14 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

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

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

17 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

18 Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

19 (g) EXCEPTION FOR SAFETY OF VESSELS AND

20 CREW.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply with 

21 respect to a person providing provisions to a vessel other22 wise subject to sanctions under this section if such provi23 sions are intended for the safety and care of the crew 

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1 vessel, or the maintenance of the vessel to avoid any envi2 ronmental or other significant damage. 

3 (h) WAIVER.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, on a 

5 case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 180 

6 days each, waive the application of sanctions im7 posed with respect to a foreign person under this 

8 section if the President certifies to the appropriate 

9 congressional committees, not later than 15 days 

10 after such waiver is to take effect, that the waiver 

11 is vital to the national interests of the United States. 

12 (2) SPECIAL RULE.—The President shall not be 

13 required to impose sanctions under this section with 

14 respect to a foreign person described in subsection 

15 (a) if the President certifies in writing to the appro16 priate congressional committees that the foreign per17 son— 

18 (A) is no longer engaging in activities de19 scribed in subsection (b); or 

20 (B) has taken and is continuing to take 

21 significant, verifiable steps toward permanently 

22 terminating such activities. 

23 (i) TERMINATION.—The authorities provided by this 

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1 that is 30 days after the date on which the President cer2 tifies to the appropriate congressional committees that— 

3 (1) the Government of Iran no longer repeat4 edly provides support for international terrorism as 

5 determined by the Secretary of State pursuant to— 

6 (A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 

7 Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

8 4318(c)(1)(A)); 

9 (B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 

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

11 (C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 

12 Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 

13 (D) any other provision of law; and 

14 (2) Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, 

15 and development of, and verifiably dismantled, its 

16 nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, ballistic 

17 missiles, and ballistic missile launch technology. 

18 SEC. 4. REPORT ON IRANIAN PETROLEUM AND PETRO19 LEUM PRODUCTS EXPORTS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

21 date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

22 until the date described in subsection (d), the Adminis23 trator of the Energy Information Administration shall 

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1 port describing Iran’s growing exports of petroleum and 

2 petroleum products, that includes the following: 

3 (1) An analysis of Iran’s exports and sale of pe4 troleum and petroleum products, including— 

5 (A) an estimate of Iran’s petroleum export 

6 and sale revenue per year since 2018; 

7 (B) an estimate of Iran’s petroleum export 

8 and sale revenue to China per year since 2018; 

9 (C) the amount of petroleum and crude oil 

10 barrels exported per year since 2018; 

11 (D) the amount of petroleum and crude oil 

12 barrels exported to China per year since 2018; 

13 (E) the amount of petroleum and crude oil 

14 barrels exported to countries other than China 

15 per year since 2018; 

16 (F) the average price per petroleum and 

17 crude oil barrel exported per year since 2018; 

18 and 

19 (G) the average price per petroleum and 

20 crude oil barrel exported to China per year 

21 since 2018. 

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1 (3) A description of companies involved in the 

2 exporting and sale of Iranian petroleum and petro3 leum products. 

4 (4) A description of ships involved in the ex5 porting and sale of Iranian petroleum and petroleum 

6 products. 

7 (5) A description of ports involved in the ex8 porting and sale of Iranian petroleum and petroleum 

9 products. 

10 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

11 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 

12 a classified annex. 

13 (c) PUBLICATION.—The unclassified portion of the 

14 report required by subsection (a) shall be posted on a pub15 licly available website of the Energy Information Adminis16 tration. 

17 (d) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit re18 ports under this section shall be terminated on the date 

19 on which the President makes the certification described 

20 in section 3(f). 

21 SEC. 5. STRATEGY TO COUNTER ROLE OF THE PEOPLE’S 

22 REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN EVASION OF SANC23 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

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1 in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Fed2 eral agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congres3 sional committees a written strategy, and provide to those 

4 committees an accompanying briefing, on the role of the 

5 People’s Republic of China in evasion of sanctions imposed 

6 by the United States with respect to Iranian-origin petro7 leum products that includes an assessment of options— 

8 (1) to strengthen the enforcement of such sanc9 tions; and 

10 (2) to expand sanctions designations targeting 

11 the involvement of the People’s Republic of China in 

12 the production, transportation, storage, refining, and 

13 sale of Iranian-origin petroleum products. 

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

15 (a) shall include— 

16 (1) a description and assessment of the use of 

17 sanctions in effect before the date of the enactment 

18 of this Act to target individuals and entities of the 

19 People’s Republic of China that are directly or indi20 rectly associated with smuggling of Iranian-origin 

21 petroleum products; 

22 (2) an assessment of— 

23 (A) Iranian-owned entities operating in the 

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1 (B) the People’s Republic of China’s role 

2 in global petroleum refining supply chains; 

3 (C) how the People’s Republic of China 

4 leverages its role in global petroleum supply 

5 chains to achieve political objectives; 

6 (D) the People’s Republic of China’s petro7 leum importing and exporting partners; 

8 (E) what percent of the People’s Republic 

9 of China’s energy consumption is linked to ille10 gally imported Iranian-origin petroleum prod11 ucts; and 

12 (F) what level of influence the Chinese 

13 Communist Party holds over non-state, semi14 independent ‘‘teapot’’ refineries; 

15 (3) a detailed plan for— 

16 (A) monitoring the maritime domain for 

17 sanctionable activity related to smuggling of 

18 Iranian-origin petroleum products; 

19 (B) identifying the individuals, entities, 

20 and vessels engaging in sanctionable activity re21 lated to Iranian-origin petroleum products, in22 cluding— 

23 (i) vessels— 

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1 (II) conducting ship-to-ship 

2 transfers of such petrochemicals; 

3 (III) with deactivated automatic 

4 identification systems; or 

5 (IV) that engage in ‘‘flag hop6 ping’’ by changing national registries; 

7 (ii) individuals or entities— 

8 (I) storing petrochemicals subject 

9 to sanctions; or 

10 (II) refining or otherwise proc11 essing such petrochemicals; and 

12 (iii) through the use of port entry and 

13 docking permission of vessels subject to 

14 sanctions; 

15 (C) deterring individuals and entities from 

16 violating sanctions by educating and engag17 ing— 

18 (i) insurance providers; 

19 (ii) parent companies; and 

20 (iii) vessel operators; 

21 (D) collaborating with allies and partners 

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1 ment capacity through assistance and training 

2 to defense and law enforcement services; and 

3 (E) using public communications and glob4 al diplomatic engagements to highlight the role 

5 of illicit petroleum product smuggling in bol6 stering Iran’s support for terrorism and its nu7 clear program; and 

8 (4) an assessment of— 

9 (A) the total number of vessels smuggling 

10 Iranian-origin petroleum products; 

11 (B) the total number of vessels smuggling 

12 such petroleum products destined for the Peo13 ple’s Republic of China; 

14 (C) the number of vessels smuggling such 

15 petroleum products specifically from the Islamic 

16 Revolutionary Guard Corps; 

17 (D) interference by the People’s Republic 

18 of China with attempts by the United States to 

19 investigate or enforce sanctions on illicit Ira20 nian petroleum product exports; 

21 (E) the effectiveness of the use of sanc22 tions with respect to insurers of entities that 

23 own or operate vessels involved in smuggling 

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1 (F) the personnel and resources needed to 

2 enforce sanctions with respect to Iranian-origin 

3 petroleum products; and 

4 (G) the impact of smuggled illicit Iranian5 origin petroleum products on global energy 

6 markets. 

7 (c) FORM.—The strategy required by subsection (a) 

8 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

9 a classified index. 

10 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this division: 

12 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT13 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com14 mittees’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

16 Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com17 mittee on Financial Services of the House of 

18 Representatives; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

20 the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com21 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

22 of the Senate. 

23 (2) COVERED FAMILY MEMBER.—The term 

24 ‘‘covered family member’’, with respect to a foreign 

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1 child, parent, or sibling of the person who engages 

2 in the sanctionable activity described under section 

3 3 or who demonstrably benefits from such activity. 

4 DIVISION G—FIGHT CRIME ACT 

5 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Fight and Combat 

7 Rampant Iranian Missile Exports Act’’ or the ‘‘Fight 

8 CRIME Act’’. 

9 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

10 Congress makes the following findings: 

11 (1) Annex B to United Nations Security Coun12 cil Resolution 2231 (2015) restricts certain missile13 related activities and transfers to and from Iran, in14 cluding all items, materials, equipment, goods, and 

15 technology set out in the Missile Technology Control 

16 Regime Annex, absent advance, case-by-case ap17 proval from the United Nations Security Council. 

18 (2) Iran has transferred Shahed and Mohajer 

19 drones, covered under the Missile Technology Con20 trol Regime Annex, to the Russian Federation, the 

21 Government of Ethiopia, and other Iran-aligned en22 tities, including the Houthis in Yemen and militia 

23 units in Iraq, without prior authorization from the 

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1 restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations 

2 Security Council Resolution 2231. 

3 (3) Certain missile-related restrictions in Annex 

4 B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 

5 2231 expired in October 2023, removing inter6 national legal restrictions on missile-related activities 

7 and transfers to and from Iran. 

8 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

9 It is the policy of the United States— 

10 (1) to urgently seek the extension of missile-re11 lated restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Na12 tions Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015); 

13 (2) to use all available authorities to constrain 

14 Iran’s domestic ballistic missile production capabili15 ties; 

16 (3) to combat and deter the transfer of conven17 tional and non-conventional arms, equipment, mate18 rial, and technology to, or from Iran, or involving 

19 the Government of Iran; and 

20 (4) to ensure countries, individuals, and entities 

21 engaged in, or attempting to engage in, the acquisi22 tion, facilitation, or development of arms and related 

23 components and technology subject to restrictions 

24 under Annex B to United Nations Security Council 

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1 States and international law, including through the 

2 application and enforcement of sanctions and use of 

3 export controls, regardless of whether the restric4 tions under Annex B to United Nations Security 

5 Council Resolution 2231 remain in effect following 

6 their anticipated expiration in October 2023. 

7 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

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

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

10 for two years, the Secretary of State, in coordination with 

11 the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall sub12 mit to the appropriate congressional committees an un13 classified report, with a classified annex if necessary, that 

14 includes the following: 

15 (1) A diplomatic strategy to secure the renewal 

16 of international restrictions on certain missile-re17 lated activities, including transfers to and from Iran 

18 set forth in Annex B to United Nations Security 

19 Council Resolution 2231 (2015). 

20 (2) An analysis of how the expiration of missile21 related restrictions set forth in Annex B to United 

22 Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 impacts 

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1 cooperation with, and support for, Iran-aligned enti2 ties and allied countries. 

3 (3) An assessment of the revenue, or in-kind 

4 benefits, accrued by the Government of Iran, or 

5 Iran-aligned entities, as a result of a lapse in mis6 sile-related restrictions set forth in Annex B to 

7 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. 

8 (4) A detailed description of a United States 

9 strategy to deter, prevent, and disrupt the sale, pur10 chase, or transfer of covered technology involving 

11 Iran absent restrictions pursuant to Annex B to 

12 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. 

13 (5) An identification of any foreign person en14 gaging in, enabling, or otherwise facilitating any ac15 tivity involving Iran restricted under Annex B to 

16 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, 

17 regardless of whether such restrictions remain in ef18 fect after October 2023. 

19 (6) A description of actions by the United Na20 tions and other multilateral organizations, including 

21 the European Union, to hold accountable foreign 

22 persons that have violated the restrictions set forth 

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1 (7) A description of actions by individual mem2 ber states of the United Nations Security Council to 

3 hold accountable foreign persons that have violated 

4 restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations 

5 Security Council Resolution 2231 and efforts to pre6 vent further violations of such restrictions. 

7 (8) A description of actions by the People’s Re8 public of China, the Russian Federation, or any 

9 other country to prevent, interfere with, or under10 mine efforts to hold accountable foreign persons that 

11 have violated the restrictions set forth in Annex B 

12 to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, 

13 including actions to restrict United Nations-led in14 vestigations into suspected violations of such restric15 tions, or limit funding to relevant United Nations of16 fices or experts. 

17 (9) An analysis of the foreign and domestic 

18 supply chains in Iran that directly or indirectly fa19 cilitate, support, or otherwise aid the Government of 

20 Iran’s drone or missile program, including storage, 

21 transportation, or flight-testing of related goods, 

22 technology, or components. 

23 (10) An identification of any foreign person, or 

24 network containing foreign persons, that enables, 

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1 maintenance of any Iranian airline subject to United 

2 States sanctions or export control restrictions. 

3 (11) An assessment of how the continued oper4 ation of Iranian airlines subject to United States 

5 sanctions or export control restrictions impacts the 

6 Government of Iran’s ability to transport or develop 

7 arms, including covered technology. 

8 (b) SCOPE.—The initial report required by subsection 

9 (a) shall address the period beginning on January 1, 2021, 

10 and ending on the date that is 90 days after date of the 

11 enactment of this Act, and each subsequent report shall 

12 address the one-year period following the conclusion of the 

13 prior report. 

14 SEC. 5. SANCTIONS TO COMBAT THE PROLIFERATION OF 

15 IRANIAN MISSILES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in sub17 section (b) shall apply to any foreign person the President 

18 determines, on or after the date of the enactment of this 

19 Act— 

20 (1) knowingly engages in any effort to acquire, 

21 possess, develop, transport, transfer, or deploy cov22 ered technology to, from, or involving the Govern23 ment of Iran or Iran-aligned entities, regardless of 

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1 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 

2 (2015) remain in effect after October 2023; 

3 (2) knowingly provides entities owned or con4 trolled by the Government of Iran or Iran-aligned 

5 entities with goods, technology, parts, or compo6 nents, that may contribute to the development of 

7 covered technology; 

8 (3) knowingly participates in joint missile or 

9 drone development, including development of covered 

10 technology, with the Government of Iran or Iran11 aligned entities, including technical training, storage, 

12 and transport; 

13 (4) knowingly imports, exports, or re-exports to, 

14 into, or from Iran, whether directly or indirectly, 

15 any significant arms or related materiel prohibited 

16 under paragraph (5) or (6) to Annex B of United 

17 Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015) as 

18 of April 1, 2023; 

19 (5) knowingly provides significant financial, ma20 terial, or technological support to, or knowingly en21 gages in a significant transaction with, a foreign 

22 person subject to sanctions for conduct described in 

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1 (6) is an adult family member of a person sub2 ject to sanctions for conduct described in paragraph 

3 (1), (2), (3), or (4). 

4 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de5 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

6 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

7 shall exercise all authorities granted under the Inter8 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

9 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 

10 and prohibit all transactions in property and inter11 ests in property of the foreign person if such prop12 erty and interests in property are in the United 

13 States, come within the United States, or come with14 in the possession or control of a United States per15 son. 

16 (2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR

17 PAROLE.— 

18 (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 

19 alien described in subsection (a) shall be— 

20 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

21 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

22 documentation to enter the United States; 

23 and 

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1 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra2 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

3 16 seq.). 

4 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

5 (i) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other 

6 entry documentation of any alien described 

7 in subsection (a) is subject to revocation 

8 regardless of the issue date of the visa or 

9 other entry documentation. 

10 (ii) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revoca11 tion under clause (i) shall, in accordance 

12 with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

13 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))— 

14 (I) take effect immediately; and 

15 (II) cancel any other valid visa or 

16 entry documentation that is in the 

17 possession of the alien. 

18 (c) PENALTIES.—Any person that violates, or at19 tempts to violate, subsection (b) or any regulation, license, 

20 or order issued pursuant to that subsection, shall be sub21 ject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 

22 of section 206 of the International Economic Powers Act 

23 (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that com24 mits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that 

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1 (d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica2 tion of sanctions under this section with respect to a for3 eign person for renewable periods not to exceed 180 days 

4 only if, not later than 15 days after the date on which 

5 the waiver is to take effect, the President submits to the 

6 appropriate congressional committees a written deter7 mination and justification that the waiver is in the vital 

8 national security interests of the United States. 

9 (e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 

10 all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 

11 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

12 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out any amendments 

13 made by this section. 

14 (f) REGULATIONS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not 

16 later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 

17 of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for 

18 the implementation of this division and the amend19 ments made by this division. 

20 (2) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not less 

21 than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 

22 under subsection (a), the President shall notify the 

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1 and the amendments made by this division that the 

2 regulations are implementing. 

3 (g) EXCEPTIONS.— 

4 (1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI5 TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 

6 to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 

7 under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 

8 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel9 ligence activities of the United States. 

10 (2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER11 NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE12 MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this section 

13 shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 

14 or paroling the alien into the United States is nec15 essary— 

16 (A) to permit the United States to comply 

17 with the Agreement regarding the Head18 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

19 Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 

20 November 21, 1947, between the United Na21 tions and the United States, or other applicable 

22 international obligations; or 

23 (B) to carry out or assist authorized law 

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1 (h) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—This section 

2 shall cease to be effective beginning on the date that is 

3 30 days after the date on which the President certifies 

4 to the appropriate congressional committees that— 

5 (1) the Government of Iran no longer repeat6 edly provides support for international terrorism as 

7 determined by the Secretary of State pursuant to— 

8 (A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 

9 Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

10 4318(c)(1)(A)); 

11 (B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 

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

13 (C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 

14 Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 

15 (D) any other provision of law; and 

16 (2) Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, 

17 and development of, and verifiably dismantled its, 

18 nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and bal19 listic missiles and ballistic missile launch technology. 


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1 SEC. 6. REPORT TO IDENTIFY, AND DESIGNATION AS FOR2 EIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS OF, IRA3 NIAN PERSONS THAT HAVE ATTACKED 

4 UNITED STATES CITIZENS USING UNMANNED 

5 COMBAT AERIAL VEHICLES. 

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

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

8 thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the ap9 propriate congressional committees a report that identi10 fies, for the period specified in subsection (b), any Iranian 

11 person that has attacked a United States citizen using an 

12 unmanned combat aerial vehicle, as defined for the pur13 pose of the United Nations Register of Conventional 

14 Arms. 

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

16 subsection is— 

17 (1) for the initial report, the period— 

18 (A) beginning on October 27, 2023; and 

19 (B) ending on the date such report is sub20 mitted; and 

21 (2) for the second or a subsequent report, the 

22 period— 

23 (A) beginning on the date the preceding 

24 report was submitted; and 

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1 (c) DESIGNATION OF PERSONS AS FOREIGN TER2 RORIST ORGANIZATIONS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall des4 ignate any person identified in a report submitted 

5 under subsection (a) as a foreign terrorist organiza6 tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Nat7 uralization Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

8 (2) REVOCATION.—The President may not re9 voke a designation made under paragraph (1) until 

10 the date that is 4 years after the date of such des11 ignation. 

12 (d) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 

13 requirements of this section upon a determination and cer14 tification to the appropriate congressional committees that 

15 such a waiver is in the vital national security interests of 

16 the United States. 

17 (e) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 

18 date that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of 

19 this Act. 

20 (f) IRANIAN PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, the 

21 term ‘‘Iranian person’’— 

22 (1) means an entity organized under the laws 

23 of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the 

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1 (2) includes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

2 Corps. 

3 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this division: 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’’ means— 

8 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

9 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com10 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep11 resentatives; and 

12 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

13 the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com14 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

15 of the Senate. 

16 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per17 son’’— 

18 (A) means an individual or entity that is 

19 not a United States person; and 

20 (B) includes a foreign state (as such term 

21 is defined in section 1603 of title 28, United 

22 States Code). 

23 (3) GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.—The term ‘‘Gov24 ernment of Iran’’ has the meaning given such term 

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1 ulations, as such section was in effect on January 1, 

2 2021. 

3 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The terms 

4 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

5 (A) a United States citizen; 

6 (B) a permanent resident alien of the 

7 United States; 

8 (C) an entity organized under the laws of 

9 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

10 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

11 such an entity; or 

12 (D) a person in the United States. 

13 (5) IRAN-ALIGNED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Iran14 aligned entity’’ means a foreign person that— 

15 (A) is controlled or significantly influenced 

16 by the Government of Iran; and 

17 (B) knowingly receives material or finan18 cial support from the Government of Iran, in19 cluding Hezbollah, the Houthis, or any other 

20 proxy group that furthers Iran’s national secu21 rity objectives. 

22 (6) COVERED TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘cov23 ered technology’’ means— 

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1 nology Control Regime Annex, as in effect on 

2 the day before the date of the enactment of this 

3 Act; and 

4 (B) any additional goods, technology, soft5 ware, or related material added to the Missile 

6 Technology Control Regime Annex after the 

7 day before the date of the enactment of this 

8 Act. 

9 (7) FAMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘‘family mem10 ber’’ means— 

11 (A) a child, grandchild, parent, grand12 parent, sibling, or spouse; and 

13 (B) any spouse, widow, or widower of an 

14 individual described in subparagraph (A). 

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

16 the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 

17 Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

18 (9) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME.— 

19 The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Regime’’ 

20 means the policy statement, between the United 

21 States, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of 

22 Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan, an23 nounced on April 16, 1987, to restrict sensitive mis24 sile-relevant transfers based on the Missile Tech25 nology Control Regime Annex, and any amendments 


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1 thereto or expansions thereof, as in effect on the day 

2 before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

3 (10) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME

4 ANNEX.—The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Re5 gime Annex’’ means the Guidelines and Equipment 

6 and Technology Annex of the Missile Technology 

7 Control Regime, and any amendments thereto or up8 dates thereof, as in effect on the day before the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act. 

10 DIVISION H—MAHSA ACT 

11 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mahsa Amini Human 

13 rights and Security Accountability Act’’ or the ‘‘MAHSA 

14 Act’’. 

15 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON IRAN’S SUPREME 

16 LEADER’S OFFICE, ITS APPOINTEES, AND ANY 

17 AFFILIATED PERSONS. 

18 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

19 (1) The Supreme Leader is an institution of the 

20 Islamic Republic of Iran. 

21 (2) The Supreme Leader holds ultimate author22 ity over Iran’s judiciary and security apparatus, in23 cluding the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, 

24 law enforcement forces under the Interior Ministry, 

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1 the Basij, a nationwide volunteer paramilitary group 

2 subordinate to the IRGC, all of which have engaged 

3 in human rights abuses in Iran. Additionally the 

4 IRGC, a United States designated Foreign Terrorist 

5 Organization, which reports to the Supreme Leader, 

6 continues to perpetrate terrorism around the globe, 

7 including attempts to kill and kidnap American citi8 zens on United States soil. 

9 (3) The Supreme Leader appoints the head of 

10 Iran’s judiciary. International observers continue to 

11 criticize the lack of independence of Iran’s judicial 

12 system and maintained that trials disregarded inter13 national standards of fairness. 

14 (4) The revolutionary courts, created by Iran’s 

15 former Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, within 

16 Iran’s judiciary, are chiefly responsible for hearing 

17 cases of political offenses, operate in parallel to 

18 Iran’s criminal justice system and routinely hold 

19 grossly unfair trials without due process, handing 

20 down predetermined verdicts and rubberstamping 

21 executions for political purpose. 

22 (5) The Iranian security and law enforcement 

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1 (6) Iran’s President, Ebrahim Raisi, sits at the 

2 helm of the most sanctioned cabinet in Iranian his3 tory which includes internationally sanctioned rights 

4 violators. Raisi has supported the recent crackdown 

5 on protestors and is a rights violator himself, having 

6 served on a ‘‘death commission’’ in 1988 that led to 

7 the execution of several thousand political prisoners 

8 in Iran. He most recently served as the head of 

9 Iran’s judiciary, a position appointed by Iran’s cur10 rent Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and may likely 

11 be a potential candidate to replace Khamenei as 

12 Iran’s next Supreme Leader. 

13 (7) On September 16, 2022, a 22-year-old 

14 woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the detention of the 

15 Morality Police after being beaten and detained for 

16 allegedly transgressing discriminatory dress codes 

17 for women. This tragic incident triggered wide18 spread, pro-women’s rights, pro-democracy protests 

19 across all of Iran’s 31 provinces, calling for the end 

20 to Iran’s theocratic regime. 

21 (8) In the course of the protests, the Iranian 

22 security forces’ violent crackdown includes mass ar23 rests, well documented beating of protestors, throt24 tling of the internet and telecommunications serv25 ices, and shooting protestors with live ammunition. 


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1 Iranian security forces have reportedly killed hun2 dreds of protestors and other civilians, including 

3 women and children, and wounded many more. 

4 (9) Iran’s Supreme Leader is the leader of the 

5 ‘‘Axis of Resistance’’, which is a network of 

6 Tehran’s terror proxy and partner militias materially 

7 supported by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 

8 that targets the United States as well as its allies 

9 and partners. 

10 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con11 gress that— 

12 (1) the United States shall stand with and sup13 port the people of Iran in their demand for funda14 mental human rights; 

15 (2) the United States shall continue to hold the 

16 Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly the Supreme 

17 Leader and President, accountable for abuses of 

18 human rights, corruption, and export of terrorism; 

19 and 

20 (3) Iran must immediately end its gross viola21 tions of internationally recognized human rights. 

22 (c) IN GENERAL.— 

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1 the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

2 the President shall— 

3 (A) determine whether each foreign person 

4 described in subsection (d) meets the criteria 

5 for imposition of sanctions under one or more 

6 of the sanctions programs and authorities listed 

7 in paragraph (2); 

8 (B) impose applicable sanctions against 

9 any foreign person determined to meet the cri10 teria for imposition of sanctions pursuant to 

11 subparagraph (A) under the sanctions programs 

12 and authorities listed in subparagraph (A) or 

13 (F) of subsection (c)(2) and pursue applicable 

14 sanctions against any foreign person deter15 mined to meet the criteria for imposition of 

16 sanctions pursuant to subparagraph (A) under 

17 the sanctions programs and authorities listed in 

18 subparagraph (B), (C), (D), or (E) of sub19 section (c)(2); and 

20 (C) submit to the appropriate congres21 sional committees a report in unclassified form, 

22 with a classified annex provided separately if 

23 needed, containing— 

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1 teria for imposition of sanctions under one 

2 or more of the sanctions programs and au3 thorities listed in paragraph (2); and 

4 (ii) for each foreign person identified 

5 pursuant to clause (i)— 

6 (I) a list of each sanctions pro7 gram or authority listed in paragraph 

8 (2) for which the person meets the 

9 criteria for imposition of sanctions; 

10 (II) a statement which, if any, of 

11 the sanctions authorized by any of the 

12 sanctions programs and authorities 

13 identified pursuant to subclause (I) 

14 have been imposed or will be imposed 

15 within 30 days of the submission of 

16 the report; and 

17 (III) with respect to which any of 

18 the sanctions authorized by any of the 

19 sanctions programs and authorities 

20 identified pursuant to subclause (I) 

21 have not been imposed and will not be 

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1 erwise been determined not to apply, 

2 or are not being imposed and a com3 plete justification of the decision to 

4 waive or otherwise not apply the sanc5 tions authorized by such sanctions 

6 programs and authorities. 

7 (2) SANCTIONS LISTED.—The sanctions listed 

8 in this paragraph are the following: 

9 (A) Sanctions described in section 105(c) 

10 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account11 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

12 8514(c)). 

13 (B) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 

14 person pursuant to Executive Order 13553 (50 

15 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 

16 of certain persons with respect to serious 

17 human rights abuses by the Government of 

18 Iran). 

19 (C) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 

20 person pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 

21 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 

22 and prohibiting transactions with persons who 

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1 (D) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 

2 person pursuant to Executive Order 13818 (re3 lating to blocking the property of persons in4 volved in serious human rights abuse or corrup5 tion). 

6 (E) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 

7 person pursuant to Executive Order 13876 (re8 lating to imposing sanctions with respect to 

9 Iran). 

10 (F) Penalties and visa bans applicable with 

11 respect to a person pursuant to section 7031(c) 

12 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper13 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

14 Act, 2021. 

15 (3) FORM OF DETERMINATION.—The deter16 mination required by paragraph (1) shall be pro17 vided in an unclassified form but may contain a clas18 sified annex provided separately containing addi19 tional contextual information pertaining to justifica20 tion for the issuance of any waiver issued, as de21 scribed in paragraph (1)(C)(ii). The unclassified por22 tion of such determination shall be made available 

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1 (d) FOREIGN PERSONS DESCRIBED.—The foreign 

2 persons described in this subsection are the following: 

3 (1) The Supreme Leader of Iran and any offi4 cial in the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran. 

5 (2) The President of Iran and any official in 

6 the Office of the President of Iran or the President’s 

7 cabinet, including cabinet ministers and executive 

8 vice presidents. 

9 (3) Any entity, including foundations and eco10 nomic conglomerates, overseen by the Office of the 

11 Supreme Leader of Iran which is complicit in financ12 ing or resourcing of human rights abuses or support 

13 for terrorism. 

14 (4) Any official of any entity owned or con15 trolled by the Supreme Leader of Iran or the Office 

16 of the Supreme Leader of Iran. 

17 (5) Any person determined by the President— 

18 (A) to be a person appointed by the Su19 preme Leader of Iran, the Office of the Su20 preme Leader of Iran, the President of Iran, or 

21 the Office of the President of Iran to a position 

22 as a state official of Iran, or as the head of any 

23 entity located in Iran or any entity located out24 side of Iran that is owned or controlled by one 

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1 (B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, 

2 or provided financial, material, or technological 

3 support for, or goods or services to or in sup4 port of any person whose property and interests 

5 in property are blocked pursuant to any sanc6 tions program or authority listed in subsection 

7 (c)(2); 

8 (C) to be owned or controlled by, or to 

9 have acted or purported to act for or on behalf 

10 of, directly or indirectly any person whose prop11 erty and interests in property are blocked pur12 suant to any sanctions program or authority 

13 listed in subsection (c)(2); or 

14 (D) to be a member of the board of direc15 tors or a senior executive officer of any person 

16 whose property and interests in property are 

17 blocked pursuant to any sanctions program or 

18 authority listed in subsection (c)(2). 

19 (e) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

21 receiving a request from the chairman and ranking 

22 member of one of the appropriate congressional com23 mittees with respect to whether a foreign person 

24 meets the criteria of a person described in sub25 section (d)(5), the President shall— 


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1 (A) determine if the person meets such cri2 teria; and 

3 (B) submit an unclassified report, with a 

4 classified annex provided separately if needed, 

5 to such chairman and ranking member with re6 spect to such determination that includes a 

7 statement of whether or not the President im8 posed or intends to impose sanctions with re9 spect to the person pursuant to any sanctions 

10 program or authority listed in subsection (c)(2). 

11 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap13 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 

15 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

16 House of Representatives; and 

17 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

18 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

19 Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

20 SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY. 

21 If any provision of this division, or the application 

22 of such provision to any person or circumstance, is found 

23 to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this division, or 

24 the application of that provision to other persons or cir25 cumstances, shall not be affected. 


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1 DIVISION I—HAMAS AND OTHER 

2 PALESTINIAN TERRORIST 

3 GROUPS INTERNATIONAL FI4 NANCING PREVENTION ACT 

5 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Hamas and Other 

7 Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Pre8 vention Act’’. 

9 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

10 It shall be the policy of the United States— 

11 (1) to prevent Hamas, Palestinian Islamic 

12 Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 

13 any affiliate or successor thereof from accessing its 

14 international support networks; and 

15 (2) to oppose Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 

16 Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 

17 any affiliate or successor thereof from using goods, 

18 including medicine and dual use items, to smuggle 

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1 SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR2 EIGN PERSONS SUPPORTING ACTS OF TER3 RORISM OR ENGAGING IN SIGNIFICANT 

4 TRANSACTIONS WITH SENIOR MEMBERS OF 

5 HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD AND 

6 OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZA7 TIONS. 

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

9 date of enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 

10 the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to 

11 each foreign person that the President determines, on or 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, engages in 

13 an activity described in subsection (b). 

14 (b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign person en15 gages in an activity described in this subsection if the for16 eign person knowingly— 

17 (1) assists in sponsoring or providing signifi18 cant financial, material, or technological support for, 

19 or goods or other services to enable, acts of ter20 rorism; or 

21 (2) engages, directly or indirectly, in a signifi22 cant transaction with— 

23 (A) a senior member of Hamas, Pales24 tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 

25 the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 

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1 (B) a senior member of a foreign terrorist 

2 organization designated pursuant to section 219 

3 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

4 U.S.C. 1189) that is responsible for providing, 

5 directly or indirectly, support to Hamas, Pales6 tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 

7 the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 

8 thereof. 

9 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The President shall ex10 ercise all of the powers granted to the President under 

11 the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and 

13 prohibit all transactions in property and interests in prop14 erty of a foreign person described in subsection (a) if such 

15 property and interests in property are in the United 

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

17 within the possession or control of a United States person. 

18 (d) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub19 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

20 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

21 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con22 spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or 

23 any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to 

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1 commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 

2 that Act. 

3 (e) IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may exercise 

5 all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 

6 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 

7 Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of car8 rying out this section. 

9 (2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

11 President shall issue regulations or other guidance 

12 as may be necessary for the implementation of this 

13 section. 

14 (f) WAIVER.—The President may waive, on a case15 by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 

16 the application of sanctions under this section with respect 

17 to a foreign person only if, not later than 15 days prior 

18 to the date on which the waiver is to take effect, the Presi19 dent submits to the appropriate congressional committees 

20 a written determination and justification that the waiver 

21 is in the vital national security interests of the United 

22 States. 

23 (g) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Sanctions under this section 

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1 (A) the conduct or facilitation of a trans2 action for the provision of agricultural commod3 ities, food, medicine, medical devices, or human4 itarian assistance, or for humanitarian pur5 poses; or 

6 (B) transactions that are necessary for or 

7 related to the activities described in subpara8 graph (A). 

9 (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

10 (A) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The 

11 term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning 

12 given that term in section 102 of the Agricul13 tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

14 (B) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘med15 ical device’’ has the meaning given the term 

16 ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, 

17 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

18 (C) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has 

19 the meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 

20 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

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

22 (h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im23 pose sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign 

24 person is in addition to the authority to impose sanctions 

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1 person that directly or indirectly supports acts of inter2 national terrorism. 

3 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO FOR4 EIGN STATES PROVIDING SUPPORT TO 

5 HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD AND 

6 OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZA7 TIONS. 

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

9 date of enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 

10 the measures described in subsection (c) with respect to 

11 a foreign state if the President determines that the foreign 

12 state, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

13 engages in an activity described in subsection (b). 

14 (b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign state en15 gages in an activity described in this subsection if the for16 eign state knowingly— 

17 (1) provides significant material or financial 

18 support for acts of international terrorism, pursuant 

19 to— 

20 (A) section 1754(c) of the Export Control 

21 Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)); 

22 (B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 

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

24 (C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 

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1 (D) any other provision of law; 

2 (2) provides significant material support to 

3 Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Mar4 tyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or suc5 cessor thereof; or 

6 (3) engages in a significant transaction that 

7 materially contributes, directly or indirectly, to the 

8 terrorist activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 

9 Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 

10 any affiliate or successor thereof. 

11 (c) MEASURES DESCRIBED.—The measures de12 scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign state 

13 are the following: 

14 (1) The President shall suspend, for a period of 

15 at least 1 year, United States assistance to the for16 eign state. 

17 (2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

18 the United States Executive Director to each appro19 priate international financial institution to oppose, 

20 and vote against, for a period of 1 year, the exten21 sion by such institution of any loan or financial or 

22 technical assistance to the government of the foreign 

23 state. 

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1 tablished pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export 

2 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778)) or the Commerce 

3 Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 

4 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, to the 

5 foreign state for a period of 1 year. 

6 (d) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub7 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

8 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

9 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con10 spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or 

11 any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to 

12 the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 

13 commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 

14 that Act. 

15 (e) WAIVER.—The President may waive, on a case16 by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 

17 the application of measures under this section with respect 

18 to a foreign state only if, not later than 15 days prior 

19 to the date on which the waiver is to take effect, the Presi20 dent submits to the appropriate congressional committees 

21 a written determination and justification that the waiver 

22 is in the vital national security interests of the United 

23 States. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may exercise 

2 all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 

3 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 

4 Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of car5 rying out this section. 

6 (2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

8 President shall issue regulations or other guidance 

9 as may be necessary for the implementation of this 

10 section. 

11 (g) ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS.— 

12 (1) STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENTS.—The 

13 President may exempt the application of measures 

14 under this section with respect to a foreign state if 

15 the application of such measures would prevent the 

16 United States from meeting the terms of any status 

17 of forces agreement to which the United States is a 

18 party or meeting other obligations relating to the 

19 basing of United States service members. 

20 (2) AUTHORIZED INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.— 

21 Measures under this section shall not apply with re22 spect to any activity subject to the reporting require23 ments under title V of the National Security Act of 

24 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized in25 telligence activities of the United States. 


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1 (3) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Measures under this 

3 section shall not apply to— 

4 (i) the conduct or facilitation of a 

5 transaction for the provision of agricultural 

6 commodities, food, medicine, medical de7 vices, or humanitarian assistance, or for 

8 humanitarian purposes; or 

9 (ii) transactions that are necessary for 

10 or related to the activities described in 

11 clause (i). 

12 (B) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

13 (i) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The 

14 term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the 

15 meaning given that term in section 102 of 

16 the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 

17 U.S.C. 5602). 

18 (ii) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term 

19 ‘‘medical device’’ has the meaning given 

20 the term ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the 

21 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

22 U.S.C. 321). 

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1 ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, 

2 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

3 (h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im4 pose measures under this section with respect to a foreign 

5 state is in addition to the authority to impose measures 

6 under any other provision of law with respect to foreign 

7 states that directly or indirectly support acts of inter8 national terrorism. 

9 SEC. 5. REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES TO DISRUPT GLOBAL 

10 FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY 

11 LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES OF HAMAS, PALES12 TINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD, AL-AQSA MARTYRS 

13 BRIGADE, THE LION’S DEN OR ANY AFFIL14 IATE OR SUCCESSOR THEREOF. 

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

16 date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there17 after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con18 gressional committees a report that includes— 

19 (1) an assessment of the disposition of the as20 sets and activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 

21 Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 

22 any affiliate or successor thereof related to fund23 raising, financing, and money laundering worldwide; 

24 (2) a list of foreign states that knowingly pro25 viding material, financial, or technical support for, 


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1 or goods or services to Hamas, the Palestinian Is2 lamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s 

3 Den, or any affiliate or successor thereof; 

4 (3) a list of foreign states in which Hamas, the 

5 Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 

6 the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor thereof 

7 conducts significant fundraising, financing, or money 

8 laundering activities; 

9 (4) a list of foreign states from which Hamas, 

10 the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Bri11 gade, the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 

12 thereof knowingly engaged in the transfer of surveil13 lance equipment, electronic monitoring equipment, 

14 or other means to inhibit communication or the free 

15 flow of information in Gaza; and 

16 (5) with respect to each foreign state listed in 

17 paragraph (2), (3), or (4)— 

18 (A) a description of the steps the foreign 

19 state identified is taking adequate measures to 

20 restrict financial flows to Hamas, the Pales21 tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 

22 the Lion’s Den, or any affiliates or successors 

23 thereof; and 

24 (B) in the case of a foreign state failing to 

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1 flows to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al2 Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den or any 

3 other designated entity engaged in significant 

4 act of terrorism threatening the peace and secu5 rity of Israel— 

6 (i) an assessment of the reasons that 

7 government is not taking adequate meas8 ures to restrict financial flows to those en9 tities; and 

10 (ii) a description of measures being 

11 taken by the United States Government to 

12 encourage the foreign state to restrict fi13 nancial flows to those entities; and 

14 (b) FORM.—Each report required by subsection (a) 

15 shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest ex16 tent possible, and may contain a classified annex. 

17 SEC. 6. TERMINATION. 

18 This division shall terminate on the earlier of— 

19 (1) the date that is 7 years after the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act; or 

21 (2) the date that is 30 days after the date on 

22 which the President certifies to the appropriate con23 gressional committees that— 

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1 rorist organization pursuant to section 219 of 

2 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

3 1189); 

4 (B) Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 

5 Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, and 

6 any successor or affiliate thereof are no longer 

7 subject to sanctions pursuant to— 

8 (i) Executive Order No. 12947 (Janu9 ary 23, 1995; relating to prohibiting trans10 actions with terrorists who threaten to dis11 rupt the Middle East peace process); and 

12 (ii) Executive Order No. 13224 (Sep13 tember 23, 2001; relating to blocking prop14 erty and prohibiting transactions with per15 sons who commit, threaten to commit, or 

16 support terrorism); and 

17 (C) Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 

18 Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, and 

19 any successor or affiliate thereof meet the cri20 teria described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 

21 section 9 of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act 

22 of 2006 (22 U.S.C. 2378b note). 

23 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 (1) ACT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of ter2 rorism’’ means an activity that— 

3 (A) involves a violent act or an act dan4 gerous to human life, property, or infrastruc5 ture; and 

6 (B) appears to be intended to— 

7 (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian pop8 ulation; 

9 (ii) influence the policy of a govern10 ment by intimidation or coercion; or 

11 (iii) affect the conduct of a govern12 ment by mass destruction, assassination, 

13 kidnapping, or hostage-taking. 

14 (2) ADMITTED.—The term ‘‘admitted’’ has the 

15 meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13)(A) of 

16 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

17 1101(a)(13)(A)). 

18 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

22 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

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1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

2 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

3 Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

4 (4) FOREIGN STATE.—The term ‘‘foreign state’’ 

5 has the meaning given such term in section 1603 of 

6 title 28, United States Code. 

7 (5) HUMANITARIAN AID.—The term ‘‘humani8 tarian aid’’ means food, medicine, and medical sup9 plies. 

10 (6) MATERIAL SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘material 

11 support’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘material 

12 support or resources’’ in section 2339A of title 18, 

13 United States Code. 

14 (7) 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 

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1 DIVISION J—NO TECHNOLOGY 

2 FOR TERROR ACT 

3 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Technology for 

5 Terror Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF FOREIGN-DIRECT PRODUCT 

7 RULES TO IRAN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 

9 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a foreign10 produced item shall be subject to the Export Administra11 tion Regulations (pursuant to the Export Control Reform 

12 Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.)) if the item— 

13 (1) meets— 

14 (A) the product scope requirements de15 scribed in subsection (b); and 

16 (B) the destination scope requirements de17 scribed in subsection (c); and 

18 (2) is exported, reexported, or in-country trans19 ferred to Iran from abroad or involves the Govern20 ment of Iran. 

21 (b) PRODUCT SCOPE REQUIREMENTS.—A foreign22 produced item meets the product scope requirements of 

23 this subsection if the item— 

24 (1) is a direct product of United States-origin 

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1 istration Regulations that is specified in a covered 

2 Export Control Classification Number or is identi3 fied in supplement no. 7 to part 746 of the Export 

4 Administration Regulations; or 

5 (2) is produced by any plant or major compo6 nent of a plant that is located outside the United 

7 States, if the plant or major component of a plant, 

8 whether made in the United States or a foreign 

9 country, itself is a direct product of United States10 origin technology or software subject to the Export 

11 Administration Regulations that is specified in a 

12 covered Export Control Classification Number. 

13 (c) DESTINATION SCOPE REQUIREMENTS.—A for14 eign-produced item meets the destination scope require15 ments of this subsection if there is knowledge that the for16 eign-produced item is destined to Iran or will be incor17 porated into or used in the production or development of 

18 any part, component, or equipment subject to the Export 

19 Administration Regulations and produced in or destined 

20 to Iran. 

21 (d) LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—A license shall be required 

23 to export, reexport, or in-country transfer a foreign24 produced item from abroad that meets the product 

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1 the destination scope requirements described in sub2 section (c) and is subject to the Export Administra3 tion Regulations pursuant to this section. 

4 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—The license requirements of 

5 paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 

6 (A) food, medicine, or medical devices that 

7 are— 

8 (i) designated as EAR99; or 

9 (ii) not designated under or listed on 

10 the Commerce Control List; or 

11 (B) services, software, or hardware (other 

12 than services, software, or hardware for end13 users owned or controlled by the Government of 

14 Iran) that are— 

15 (i) necessarily and ordinarily incident 

16 to communications; or 

17 (ii) designated as— 

18 (I) EAR99; or 

19 (II) Export Control Classification 

20 Number 5A992.c or 5D992.c, and 

21 classified in accordance with section 

22 740.17 of title 15 Code of Federal 

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1 (iii) subject to a general license issued 

2 by the Department of Commerce or De3 partment of Treasury. 

4 (e) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.—The Secretary of 

5 Commerce may waive the requirements imposed under this 

6 section if the Secretary— 

7 (1) determines that the waiver is in the national 

8 interests of the United States; and 

9 (2) submits to the Committee on Foreign Af10 fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com11 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 

12 the Senate a report explaining which requirements 

13 are being waived and the reasons for the waiver. 

14 (f) SUNSET.—The authority provided under this sec15 tion shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

18 (1) the term ‘‘Commerce Control List’’ means 

19 the list maintained pursuant to part 744 of the Ex20 port Administration Regulations; 

21 (2) the term ‘‘covered Export Control Classi22 fication Number’’ means an Export Control Classi23 fication Number in product group D or E of Cat24 egory 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the Commerce Control 

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1 (3) the terms ‘‘Export Administration Regula2 tions’’, ‘‘export’’, ‘‘reexport’’, and ‘‘in-country trans3 fer’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 

4 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 

5 U.S.C. 4801); and 

6 (4) the terms ‘‘direct product’’, ‘‘technology’’, 

7 ‘‘software’’, ‘‘major component’’, ‘‘knowledge’’, ‘‘pro8 duction’’, ‘‘development’’, ‘‘part’’, ‘‘component’’, 

9 ‘‘equipment’’, and ‘‘government end users’’ have the 

10 meanings given those terms in section 734.9 or part 

11 772 of the Export Administration Regulations, as 

12 the case may be. 

13 DIVISION K—STRENGTHENING 

14 TOOLS TO COUNTER THE USE 

15 OF HUMAN SHIELDS ACT 

16 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Tools 

18 to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act’’. 

19 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

20 It shall be the policy of the United States to fully 

21 implement and enforce sanctions against terrorist organi22 zations and other malign actors that use innocent civilians 

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1 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF SANCTIONING 

2 THE USE OF CIVILIANS AS DEFENSELESS 

3 SHIELDS ACT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Sanctioning the 

5 Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 

6 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

9 paragraph (4); and 

10 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(3) Each foreign person that the President de13 termines, on or after the date of the enactment of 

14 the Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of 

15 Human Shields Act— 

16 ‘‘(A) is a member of Palestine Islamic 

17 Jihad or is knowingly acting on behalf of Pal18 estine Islamic Jihad; and 

19 ‘‘(B) knowingly orders, controls, or other20 wise directs the use of civilians protected as 

21 such by the law of war to shield military objec22 tives from attack.’’; 

23 (2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), 

24 (h), and (i) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), 

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1 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(e) CONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS.—Not later than 

4 120 days after receiving a request from the chairman and 

5 ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional 

6 committees with respect to whether a foreign person meets 

7 the criteria of a person described in subsection (b) or (c), 

8 the President shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) determine if the person meets such cri10 teria; and 

11 ‘‘(2) submit a written justification to the chair12 man and ranking member detailing whether or not 

13 the President imposed or intends to impose sanc14 tions described in subsection (b) or (c) with respect 

15 to such person.’’. 

16 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Sanctioning the 

17 Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 

18 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para20 graph (8); and 

21 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(7) PALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD.—The term 

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1 ‘‘(A) the entity known as Palestine Islamic 

2 Jihad and designated by the Secretary of State 

3 as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to 

4 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

5 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 

6 ‘‘(B) any person identified as an agent or 

7 instrumentality of Palestine Islamic Jihad on 

8 the list of specially designated nationals and 

9 blocked persons maintained by the Office of 

10 Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the 

11 Treasury, the property or interests in property 

12 of which are blocked pursuant to the Inter13 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

14 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).’’. 

15 (c) SUNSET.—Section 5 of the Sanctioning the Use 

16 of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115– 

17 348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘De18 cember 31, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 

19 (d) SEVERABILITY.—The Sanctioning the Use of Ci20 vilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 

21 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 

24 ‘‘If any provision of this Act, or the application of 

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1 be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, or the ap2 plication of that provision to other persons or cir3 cumstances, shall not be affected.’’. 

4 SEC. 4. REPORT ON COUNTERING THE USE OF HUMAN 

5 SHIELDS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

8 shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the 

9 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa10 tives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen11 ate a report that contains the following: 

12 (1) A description of the lessons learned from 

13 the United States and its allies and partners in ad14 dressing the use of human shields by terrorist orga15 nizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestine Is16 lamic Jihad, and any other organization as deter17 mined by the Secretary of Defense. 

18 (2) A description of a specific plan and actions 

19 being taken by the Department of Defense to incor20 porate the lessons learned as identified in paragraph 

21 (1) into Department of Defense operating guidance, 

22 relevant capabilities, and tactics, techniques, and 

23 procedures to deter, counter, and address the chal24 lenge posed by the use of human shields and hold 


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1 accountable terrorist organizations for the use of 

2 human shields. 

3 (3) A description of specific measures being de4 veloped and implemented by the United States Gov5 ernment to mobilize and leverage allied nations, in6 cluding member nations of the North Atlantic Trea7 ty Organization (NATO), to deter, counter, and hold 

8 accountable terrorist organizations for the use of 

9 human shields. 

10 (4) The current status of joint exercises, doc11 trine development, education, and training on coun12 tering the use of human shields in multinational cen13 ters of excellence. 

14 (5) The current status of participation of mem15 bers of the Armed Forces and Department of De16 fense civilian personnel in any multinational center 

17 of excellence for the purposes of countering the use 

18 of human shields. 

19 (6) The feasibility and advisability of beginning 

20 or continuing participation of members of the Armed 

21 Forces and Department of Defense civilian per22 sonnel to promote the integration of joint exercises, 

23 doctrine development, education, and training on 

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1 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘multi2 national center of excellence’’ has the meaning given that 

3 term in section 344 of title 10, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 5. CONFRONTING ASYMMETRIC AND MALICIOUS 

5 CYBER ACTIVITIES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 

7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi8 dent may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 

9 with respect to any foreign person that the Secretary of 

10 the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General 

11 and the Secretary of State determine, on or after such 

12 date of enactment— 

13 (1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has en14 gaged knowingly in, significant cyber-enabled activi15 ties originating from, or directed by persons located, 

16 in whole or in substantial part, outside the United 

17 States that are reasonably likely to result in, or have 

18 materially contributed to, a significant threat to the 

19 national security, foreign policy, or economic health 

20 or financial stability of the United States; 

21 (2) materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 

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1 erty and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

2 to this section; 

3 (3) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or 

4 purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indi5 rectly, any person whose property and interests in 

6 property are blocked pursuant to this section; or 

7 (4) has attempted to engage in any of the ac8 tivities described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 

9 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de10 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

11 (1) INADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES.—In 

12 the case of an alien— 

13 (A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 

14 the United States or to be admitted to the 

15 United States; or 

16 (B) if the individual has been issued a visa 

17 or other documentation, revocation, in accord18 ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

19 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa 

20 or other documentation. 

21 (2) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The blocking, in 

22 accordance with the International Emergency Eco23 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all 

24 transactions in all property and interests in property 

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1 property are in the United States, come within the 

2 United States, or are or come within the possession 

3 or control of a United States person. 

4 (c) REQUESTS BY APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL

5 COMMITTEES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

7 after receiving a request that meets the require8 ments of paragraph (2) with respect to whether a 

9 foreign person has engaged in an activity described 

10 in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

11 consultation with the Attorney General and the Sec12 retary of State shall— 

13 (A) determine if that person has engaged 

14 in such an activity; and 

15 (B) submit a classified or unclassified re16 port to the chairperson and ranking member of 

17 the committee or committees that submitted the 

18 request with respect to that determination that 

19 includes— 

20 (i) a statement of whether or not the 

21 Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

22 with the Attorney General and the Sec23 retary of State imposed or intends to im24 pose sanctions with respect to the person; 


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1 (ii) if the President imposed or in2 tends to impose sanctions, a description of 

3 those sanctions; and 

4 (iii) if the President does not intend 

5 to impose sanctions, a description of ac6 tions that meet the threshold for the Presi7 dent to impose sanctions. 

8 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—A request under para9 graph (1) with respect to whether a foreign person 

10 has engaged in an activity described in subsection 

11 (a) shall be submitted to the President in writing 

12 jointly by the chairperson and ranking member of 

13 one of the appropriate congressional committees. 

14 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

15 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con16 gressional committees’’ means— 

17 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

18 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com19 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa20 tives; and 

21 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

22 Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 

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1 SEC. 6. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO CUR2 RENT OR FORMER UNITED STATES OFFI3 CIALS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 

5 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi6 dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 

7 with respect to any foreign person the President deter8 mines has, on or after such date of enactment, ordered, 

9 directed, or taken material steps to carry out any use of 

10 violence or has attempted or threatened to use violence 

11 against any current or former official of the Government 

12 of the United States. 

13 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de14 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

15 (1) INADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES.—In 

16 the case of a foreign person who is an individual— 

17 (A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 

18 the United States or to be admitted to the 

19 United States; or 

20 (B) if the individual has been issued a visa 

21 or other documentation, revocation, in accord22 ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

23 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa 

24 or other documentation. 

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

2 transactions in all property and interests in property 

3 of a foreign person if such property and interests in 

4 property are in the United States, come within the 

5 United States, or are or come within the possession 

6 or control of a United States person. 

7 (c) ENFORCEMENT OF BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 

8 A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to 

9 violate, or causes a violation of a sanction described in 

10 subsection (b)(2) that is imposed by the President or any 

11 regulation, license, or order issued to carry out such a 

12 sanction shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub13 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

14 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 

15 same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act de16 scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 

17 (d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica18 tion of sanctions under this section for renewable periods 

19 not to exceed 180 days if the President— 

20 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the vital 

21 national security interests of the United States; and 

22 (2) not less than 15 days before the granting 

23 of the waiver, submits to the appropriate congres24 sional committees a notice of and justification for 

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1 (e) TERMINATION AND SUNSET.— 

2 (1) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi3 dent may terminate the application of sanctions 

4 under this section with respect to a person if the 

5 President determines and reports to the appropriate 

6 congressional committees not later than 15 days be7 fore the termination of the sanctions that— 

8 (A) credible information exists that the 

9 person did not engage in the activity for which 

10 sanctions were imposed; 

11 (B) the person has credibly demonstrated 

12 a significant change in behavior, has paid an 

13 appropriate consequence for the activity for 

14 which sanctions were imposed, and has credibly 

15 committed to not engage in an activity de16 scribed in subsection (a) in the future; or 

17 (C) the termination of the sanctions is in 

18 the vital national security interests of the 

19 United States. 

20 (2) SUNSET.—The requirement to impose sanc21 tions under this section shall terminate on the date 

22 that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of 

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1 (f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres3 sional committees’’ means— 

4 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

5 Committee on the Judiciary; and 

6 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

7 the Committee on the Judiciary. 

8 DIVISION L—ILLICIT CAPTAGON 

9 TRAFFICKING SUPPRESSION 

10 ACT 

11 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illicit Captagon Traf13 ficking Suppression Act of 2023’’. 

14 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

15 Congress finds the following: 

16 (1) Industrial scale production of the amphet17 amine-type stimulant also known as captagon, and 

18 the illicit production of precursor chemicals, in terri19 tories held by the regime of President Bashar al 

20 Assad in Syria are becoming more sophisticated and 

21 pose a severe challenge to regional and international 

22 security. 

23 (2) Elements of the Government of Syria are 

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1 gling, using other armed groups such as Hizballah 

2 for technical and logistical support in captagon pro3 duction and trafficking. 

4 (3) As affiliates of the Government of Syria and 

5 other actors seek to export captagon, they under6 mine regional security by empowering a broad range 

7 of criminal networks, militant groups, mafia syn8 dicates, and autocratic governments. 

9 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

10 It is the policy of the United States to target individ11 uals, entities, and networks associated with the Govern12 ment of Syria to dismantle and degrade the transnational 

13 criminal organizations, including narcotics trafficking net14 works, associated with the regime of President Bashar al 

15 Assad in Syria and Hizballah. 

16 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IL17 LICIT CAPTAGON TRAFFICKING. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in sub19 section (b) shall be imposed with respect to any foreign 

20 person the President determines, on or after the date of 

21 enactment of this Act— 

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1 uting to, the illicit production and international il2 licit proliferation of captagon; or 

3 (2) knowingly receives any property or interest 

4 in property that the foreign person knows— 

5 (A) constitutes or is derived from proceeds 

6 of activities or transactions that have materially 

7 contributed to, or pose a significant risk of ma8 terially contributing to, the illicit production 

9 and international illicit proliferation of 

10 captagon; or 

11 (B) was used or intended to be used to 

12 commit or to facilitate activities or transactions 

13 that have materially contributed to, or pose a 

14 significant risk of materially contributing to, 

15 the illicit production and international illicit 

16 proliferation of captagon. 

17 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de18 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

19 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

20 shall exercise all authorities granted under the Inter21 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

22 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 

23 and prohibit all transactions in property and inter24 ests in property of the foreign person if such prop25 erty and interests in property are in the United 


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1 States, come within the United States, or come with2 in the possession or control of a United States per3 son. 

4 (2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR

5 PAROLE.— 

6 (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 

7 alien described in subsection (a) shall be— 

8 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

9 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

10 documentation to enter the United States; 

11 and 

12 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

13 or paroled into the United States or to re14 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra15 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

16 seq.). 

17 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other 

19 entry documentation of any alien described 

20 in subsection (a) is subject to revocation 

21 regardless of the issue date of the visa or 

22 other entry documentation. 

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1 with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

2 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))— 

3 (I) take effect immediately; and 

4 (II) cancel any other valid visa or 

5 entry documentation that is in the 

6 possession of the alien. 

7 (c) PENALTIES.—Any person that violates, or at8 tempts to violate, subsection (b) or any regulation, license, 

9 or order issued pursuant to that subsection, shall be sub10 ject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 

11 of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic 

12 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a per13 son that commits an unlawful act described in subsection 

14 (a) of that section. 

15 (d) WAIVER.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

17 the application of sanctions under this section with 

18 respect to a foreign person only if, not later than 15 

19 days prior to the date on which the waiver is to take 

20 effect, the President submits to the appropriate con21 gressional committees a written determination and 

22 justification that the waiver is important to the na23 tional security interests of the United States. 

24 (2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after 

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1 every 180 days thereafter while the waiver remains 

2 in effect, the President shall brief the appropriate 

3 congressional committees on the reasons for the 

4 waiver. 

5 (e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 

6 all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 

7 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

8 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. 

9 (f) REGULATIONS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not 

11 later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 

12 of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for 

13 the implementation of this section. 

14 (2) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

15 than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 

16 under this subsection, the President shall notify the 

17 appropriate congressional committees of the pro18 posed regulations and the provisions of this section 

19 that the regulations are implementing. 

20 (g) EXCEPTIONS.— 

21 (1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI22 TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 

23 to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 

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1 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel2 ligence activities of the United States. 

3 (2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER4 NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE5 MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this section 

6 shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 

7 or paroling the alien into the United States is nec8 essary— 

9 (A) to permit the United States to comply 

10 with the Agreement regarding the Head11 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

12 Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 

13 November 21, 1947, between the United Na14 tions and the United States, or other applicable 

15 international obligations; or 

16 (B) to carry out or assist authorized law 

17 enforcement activity in the United States. 

18 (3) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Sanctions under this 

20 Act shall not apply to— 

21 (i) the conduct or facilitation of a 

22 transaction for the provision of agricultural 

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1 (ii) transactions that are necessary for 

2 or related to the activities described in 

3 clause (i). 

4 (B) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

5 (i) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The 

6 term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the 

7 meaning given that term in section 102 of 

8 the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 

9 U.S.C. 5602). 

10 (ii) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term 

11 ‘‘medical device’’ has the meaning given 

12 the term ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the 

13 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

14 U.S.C. 321). 

15 (iii) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medi16 cine’’ has the meaning given the term 

17 ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, 

18 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

19 SEC. 5. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE GOVERN20 MENT OF SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, AND NETWORKS 

21 AFFILIATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF 

22 SYRIA OR HIZBALLAH. 

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

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1 (1) determine whether each foreign person de2 scribed in subsection (b) meets the criteria for sanc3 tions under this Act; and 

4 (2) submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees a report containing— 

6 (A) a list of all foreign persons described 

7 in subsection (b) that meet the criteria for im8 position of sanctions under this Act; 

9 (B) for each foreign person identified pur10 suant to subparagraph (A), a statement of 

11 whether sanctions have been imposed or will be 

12 imposed within 30 days of the submission of the 

13 report; and 

14 (C) with respect to any person identified 

15 pursuant to subparagraph (A) for whom sanc16 tions have not been imposed and will not be im17 posed within 30 days of the submission of the 

18 report, the specific authority under which other19 wise applicable sanctions are being waived, have 

20 otherwise been determined not to apply, or are 

21 not being imposed and a complete justification 

22 of the decision to waive or otherwise not apply 

23 such sanctions. 

24 (b) FOREIGN PERSONS DESCRIBED.—The foreign 

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1 (1) Maher Al Assad. 

2 (2) Imad Abu Zureiq. 

3 (3) Amer Taysir Khiti. 

4 (4) Taher al-Kayyali. 

5 (5) Raji Falhout. 

6 (6) Mohammed Asif Issa Shalish. 

7 (7) Abdellatif Hamid. 

8 (8) Mustafa Al Masalmeh. 

9 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this Act: 

11 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

15 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com16 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep17 resentatives; and 

18 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

19 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

20 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi21 ciary of the Senate. 

22 (2) CAPTAGON.—The term ‘‘captagon’’ means 

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1 of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

2 U.S.C. 812), including— 

3 (A) amphetamine, methamphetamine, and 

4 fenethylline; 

5 (B) any immediate precursor or controlled 

6 substance analogue of such a stimulant, as de7 fined in section 102 of the Controlled Sub8 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); and 

9 (C) any isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and 

10 salts of isomers, esters, and ethers of such a 

11 stimulant, whenever the existence of such iso12 mers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within 

13 the specific chemical designation. 

14 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per15 son’’— 

16 (A) means an individual or entity that is 

17 not a United States person; and 

18 (B) includes a foreign state (as such term 

19 is defined in section 1603 of title 28, United 

20 States Code). 

21 (4) ILLICIT PROLIFERATION.—The term ‘‘illicit 

22 proliferation’’ refers to any illicit activity to produce, 

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1 (5) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 

2 the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 

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

4 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

5 (6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

6 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

7 (A) a United States citizen; 

8 (B) a permanent resident alien of the 

9 United States; 

10 (C) an entity organized under the laws of 

11 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

12 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

13 such an entity; or 

14 (D) a person in the United States. 

15 DIVISION M—END FINANCING 

16 FOR HAMAS AND STATE 

17 SPONSORS OF TERRORISM 

18 ACT 

19 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Financing for 

21 Hamas and State Sponsors of Terrorism Act’’. 

22 SEC. 2. REPORT ON FINANCING FOR HAMAS. 

23 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall sub25 mit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House 


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1 of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Hous2 ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report (which shall 

3 be in unclassified form but may include a classified annex) 

4 that includes— 

5 (1) an analysis of the major sources of financ6 ing to Hamas; 

7 (2) a description of United States and multilat8 eral efforts to disrupt illicit financial flows involving 

9 Hamas; 

10 (3) an evaluation of United States efforts to 

11 undermine the ability of Hamas to finance armed 

12 hostilities against Israel; and 

13 (4) an implementation plan with respect to the 

14 multilateral strategy described in section 3. 

15 SEC. 3. MULTILATERAL STRATEGY TO DISRUPT HAMAS FI16 NANCING. 

17 The Secretary of the Treasury, through participation 

18 in the G7, and other appropriate fora, shall develop a 

19 strategy in coordination with United States allies and 

20 partners to ensure that Hamas is incapable of financing 

21 armed hostilities against Israel. 


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1 DIVISION N—HOLDING IRANIAN 

2 LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE ACT 

3 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Holding Iranian Lead5 ers Accountable Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Iran is characterized by high levels of offi9 cial and institutional corruption, and substantial in10 volvement by Iran’s security forces, particularly the 

11 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the 

12 economy. 

13 (2) The Department of Treasury in 2019 des14 ignated the Islamic Republic of Iran’s financial sec15 tor as a jurisdiction of primary money laundering 

16 concern, concluding, ‘‘Iran has developed covert 

17 methods for accessing the international financial sys18 tem and pursuing its malign activities, including 

19 misusing banks and exchange houses, operating pro20 curement networks that utilize front or shell compa21 nies, exploiting commercial shipping, and masking il22 licit transactions using senior officials, including 

23 those at the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).’’. 

24 (3) In June 2019, the Financial Action Task 

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1 creased supervisory examination for branches and 

2 subsidiaries of financial institutions based in Iran. 

3 The FATF later called upon its members to intro4 duce enhanced relevant reporting mechanisms or 

5 systematic reporting of financial transactions, and 

6 require increased external audit requirements, for fi7 nancial groups with respect to any of their branches 

8 and subsidiaries located in Iran. 

9 (4) According to the State Department’s 

10 ‘‘Country Reports on Terrorism’’ in 2021, ‘‘Iran 

11 continued to be the leading state sponsor of ter12 rorism, facilitating a wide range of terrorist and 

13 other illicit activities around the world. Regionally, 

14 Iran supported acts of terrorism in Bahrain, Iraq, 

15 Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen through proxies and 

16 partner groups such as Hizballah and Hamas.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. REPORT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ASSETS 

18 CONNECTED TO CERTAIN IRANIAN OFFI19 CIALS. 

20 (a) FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ASSETS RE21 PORT.— 

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

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

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1 a report to the appropriate Members of Congress 

2 containing— 

3 (A) the estimated total funds or assets 

4 that are under direct or indirect control by each 

5 of the natural persons described under sub6 section (b), and a description of such funds or 

7 assets, except that the President may limit cov8 erage of the report to not fewer than 5 of such 

9 natural persons in order to meet the submission 

10 deadline described under this paragraph; 

11 (B) a description of how such funds or as12 sets were acquired, and how they have been 

13 used or employed; 

14 (C) a list of any non-Iranian financial in15 stitutions that— 

16 (i) maintain an account in connection 

17 with funds or assets described in subpara18 graph (A); or 

19 (ii) knowingly provide significant fi20 nancial services to a natural person cov21 ered by the report; and 

22 (D) a description of any illicit or corrupt 

23 means employed to acquire or use such funds or 

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1 (2) EXEMPTIONS.—The requirements described 

2 under paragraph (1) may not be applied with re3 spect to a natural person or a financial institution, 

4 as the case may be, if the President determines: 

5 (A) The funds or assets described under 

6 subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) were ac7 quired through legal or noncorrupt means. 

8 (B) The natural person has agreed to pro9 vide significant cooperation to the United 

10 States for an important national security or law 

11 enforcement purpose with respect to Iran. 

12 (C) A financial institution that would oth13 erwise be listed in the report required by para14 graph (1) has agreed to— 

15 (i) no longer maintain an account de16 scribed under subparagraph (C)(i) of para17 graph (1); 

18 (ii) no longer provide significant fi19 nancial services to a natural person cov20 ered by the report; or 

21 (iii) provide significant cooperation to 

22 the United States for an important na23 tional security or law enforcement purpose 

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1 (3) WAIVER.—The President may waive for up 

2 to 1 year at a time any requirement under para3 graph (1) with respect to a natural person or a fi4 nancial institution after reporting in writing to the 

5 appropriate Members of Congress that the waiver is 

6 in the national interest of the United States, with a 

7 detailed explanation of the reasons therefor. 

8 (b) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—The natural persons de9 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

10 (1) The Supreme Leader of Iran. 

11 (2) The President of Iran. 

12 (3) The members of the Council of Guardians. 

13 (4) The members of the Expediency Council. 

14 (5) The Minister of Intelligence and Security. 

15 (6) The Commander and the Deputy Com16 mander of the IRGC. 

17 (7) The Commander and the Deputy Com18 mander of the IRGC Ground Forces. 

19 (8) The Commander and the Deputy Com20 mander of the IRGC Aerospace Force. 

21 (9) The Commander and the Deputy Com22 mander of the IRGC Navy. 

23 (10) The Commander of the Basij-e 

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1 (12) The Commander in Chief of the Police 

2 Force. 

3 (13) The head of the IRGC Joint Staff. 

4 (14) The Commander of the IRGC Intelligence. 

5 (15) The head of the IRGC Imam Hussein Uni6 versity. 

7 (16) The Supreme Leader’s Representative at 

8 the IRGC. 

9 (17) The Chief Executive Officer and the 

10 Chairman of the IRGC Cooperative Foundation. 

11 (18) The Commander of the Khatam-al-Anbia 

12 Construction Head Quarter. 

13 (19) The Chief Executive Officer of the Basij 

14 Cooperative Foundation. 

15 (20) The head of the Political Bureau of the 

16 IRGC. 

17 (21) The senior leadership as determined by the 

18 President of the following groups: 

19 (A) Hizballah. 

20 (B) Hamas. 

21 (C) Palestinian Islamic Jihad. 

22 (D) Kata’ib Hizballah. 

23 (c) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

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1 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may con2 tain a classified annex. 

3 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary 

4 shall make the unclassified portion of such report 

5 public if the Secretary notifies the appropriate Mem6 bers of Congress that the publication is in the na7 tional interest of the United States and would sub8 stantially promote— 

9 (A) deterring or sanctioning official cor10 ruption in Iran; 

11 (B) holding natural persons or financial in12 stitutions listed in the report accountable to the 

13 people of Iran; 

14 (C) combating money laundering or the fi15 nancing of terrorism; or 

16 (D) achieving any other strategic objective 

17 with respect to the Government of Iran. 

18 (3) FORMAT OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RE19 PORTS.—If the Secretary makes the unclassified 

20 portion of a report public pursuant to paragraph 

21 (2), the Secretary shall make it available to the pub22 lic on the website of the Department of the Treas23 ury— 

24 (A) in English, Farsi, Arabic, and Azeri; 

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1 (B) in precompressed, easily downloadable 

2 versions that are made available in all appro3 priate formats. 

4 SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITU5 TIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date that is 

7 90 days after submitting a report described under section 

8 3(a)(1), the Secretary shall undertake the following with 

9 respect to a financial institution that is described under 

10 section 3(a)(1)(C) and listed in the report: 

11 (1) If the financial institution is a United 

12 States financial institution, require the closure of 

13 any account described in section 3(a)(1)(C)(i), and 

14 prohibit the provision of significant financial serv15 ices, directly or indirectly, to a natural person cov16 ered by the report. 

17 (2) If the financial institution is a foreign fi18 nancial institution, actively seek the closure of any 

19 account described in section 3(a)(1)(C)(i), and the 

20 cessation of significant financial services to a natural 

21 person covered by the report, using any existing au22 thorities of the Secretary, as appropriate. 

23 (b) SUSPENSION.—The Secretary may suspend the 

24 application of subsection (a) with respect to a financial 

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1 Congress that the suspension is in the national interest 

2 of the United States, with a detailed explanation of the 

3 reasons therefor. 

4 SEC. 5. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY; IMPLEMEN5 TATION AUTHORITY. 

6 The following activities shall be exempt from require7 ments under sections 3 and 4: 

8 (1) Any activity subject to the reporting re9 quirements under title V of the National Security 

10 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any au11 thorized intelligence activities of the United States. 

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

13 States if such admission is necessary to comply with 

14 United States obligations under the Agreement be15 tween the United Nations and the United States of 

16 America regarding the Headquarters of the United 

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

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

19 Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 

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

21 1967, or other applicable international obligations of 

22 the United States. 

23 (3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction 

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1 of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran, in2 cluding engaging in a financial transaction relating 

3 to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur4 poses or transporting goods or services that are nec5 essary to carry out operations relating to humani6 tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. 

7 SEC. 6. SUNSET. 

8 The provisions of this Act shall have no force or effect 

9 on the earlier of— 

10 (1) the date that is 5 years after the date of en11 actment of this Act; or 

12 (2) 30 days after the Secretary reports in writ13 ing to the appropriate Members of Congress that— 

14 (A) Iran is not a jurisdiction of primary 

15 money laundering concern; or 

16 (B) the Government of Iran is providing 

17 significant cooperation to the United States for 

18 the purpose of preventing acts of international 

19 terrorism, or for the promotion of any other 

20 strategic objective that is important to the na21 tional interest of the United States, as specified 

22 in the report by the Secretary. 

23 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 (1) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.— 

2 The term ‘‘appropriate Members of Congress’’ 

3 means the Speaker and Minority Leader of the 

4 House of Representatives, the Majority Leader and 

5 Minority Leader of the Senate, the Chairman and 

6 Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial 

7 Services of the House of Representatives, and the 

8 Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee 

9 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Sen10 ate. 

11 (2) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi12 nancial institution’’ means a United States financial 

13 institution or a foreign financial institution. 

14 (3) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

15 term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 

16 given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code 

17 of Federal Regulations. 

18 (4) FUNDS.—The term ‘‘funds’’ means— 

19 (A) cash; 

20 (B) equity; 

21 (C) any other asset whose value is derived 

22 from a contractual claim, including bank depos23 its, bonds, stocks, a security as defined in sec24 tion 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 

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1 rity as defined in section 3(a) of the Securities 

2 Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)); and 

3 (D) anything else that the Secretary deter4 mines appropriate. 

5 (5) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ with 

6 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 

7 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 

8 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 

9 result. 

10 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of the Treasury. 

12 (7) UNITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.— 

13 The term ‘‘United States financial institution’’ has 

14 the meaning given the term ‘‘U.S. financial institu15 tion’’ under section 561.309 of title 31, Code of 

16 Federal Regulations. 

17 DIVISION O—IRAN-CHINA EN18 ERGY SANCTIONS ACT OF 2023 

19 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran-China Energy 

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1 SEC. 2. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

2 WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASE OF PE3 TROLEUM PRODUCTS AND UNMANNED AER4 IAL VEHICLES FROM IRAN. 

5 Section 1245(d) of the National Defense Authoriza6 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para9 graph (6); and 

10 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol11 lowing new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RE13 SPECT TO CHINESE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of 

15 paragraph (1)(A), a ‘significant financial trans16 action’ includes any transaction— 

17 ‘‘(i) by a Chinese financial institution 

18 (without regard to the size, number, fre19 quency, or nature of the transaction) in20 volving the purchase of petroleum or petro21 leum products from Iran; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) by a foreign financial institution 

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1 aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAV parts, or re2 lated systems. 

3 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—Not 

4 later than 180 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this paragraph and every year there6 after for 5 years, the President shall— 

7 ‘‘(i) determine whether any— 

8 ‘‘(I) Chinese financial institution 

9 has engaged in a significant financial 

10 transaction as described in paragraph 

11 (1)(A)(i); and 

12 ‘‘(II) financial institution has en13 gaged in a significant financial trans14 action as described in paragraph 

15 (1)(A)(ii); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) transmit the determination under 

17 clause (i) to the Committee on Financial 

18 Services of the House of Representatives 

19 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

20 and Urban Affairs of the Senate.’’. 

21 DIVISION P—BUDGETARY 

22 EFFECTS 

23 SEC. 1. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

24 (a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg25 etary effects of division A and each subsequent division 


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1 of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO score2 card maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory 

3 Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

4 (b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 

5 effects of division A and each subsequent division of this 

6 Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard main7 tained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 

8 (115th Congress). 

9 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.— 

10 Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 

11 Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 

12 the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re13 port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 

14 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 

15 budgetary effects of division A and each subsequent divi16 sion of this Act shall not be estimated— 

17 (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 

18 (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com19 mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) 

20 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 

21 (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 

22 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 

23 being included in an appropriation Act. 

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