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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 451 

To impose sanctions and establish strict conditions on the termination of 

sanctions in response to acts of aggression by the Islamic Republic 

of Iran and the Russian Federation against the people of Ukraine, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2023 

Mr. LANKFORD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions and establish strict conditions on the 

termination of sanctions in response to acts of aggression 

by the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation against the people of Ukraine, 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 ‘‘Deterring Iranian Sup5 port for Russia in Ukraine and Pre-empting Terrorism 

6 Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘DISRUPT Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRA2 NIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR SUP3 PORTING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AGAINST 

4 UKRAINE. 

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

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im7 pose sanctions under the International Emergency Eco8 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect 

9 to— 

10 (1) an Iranian person that the President deter11 mines provides material, tactical, or operational sup12 port for activities by the Russian Federation against 

13 Ukraine, including— 

14 (A) selling or entering into an agreement 

15 to sell defense articles to the Armed Forces of 

16 the Russian Federation or any other agency or 

17 instrumentality of the Russian Federation, in18 cluding— 

19 (i) unmanned aerial vehicles; 

20 (ii) surface-to-surface missiles; 

21 (iii) short-range ballistic missiles; 

22 (iv) armored ground vehicles; 

23 (v) munitions; and 

24 (vi) conventional arms; 

25 (B) providing or entering into an agree26 ment to provide defense services, including 


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1 training related to the sale of defense articles 

2 described in subparagraph (A), to the Armed 

3 Forces of the Russian Federation or any such 

4 agency or instrumentality; and 

5 (C) acquiring or entering into an agree6 ment to acquire defense articles from the 

7 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or any 

8 such agency or instrumentality; and 

9 (2) any Iranian financial institution, including 

10 the Central Bank of Iran, that facilitates trans11 actions with or on behalf of a Russian person, in12 cluding a Russian person described in subsection 

13 (b), that the President determines provides material, 

14 tactical, or operational support for activities by the 

15 Russian Federation against Ukraine. 

16 (b) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 

17 this subsection is any of the following: 

18 (1) Any agency or instrumentality of the Armed 

19 Forces of the Russian Federation. 

20 (2) The Wagner Group. 

21 (3) The Central Bank of the Russian Federa22 tion. 

23 (4) Any Russian person on the SDN list. 


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1 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON REMOVING IRANIAN PERSONS 

2 FROM SDN LIST. 

3 An Iranian person may not be removed from the 

4 SDN list unless the President submits to the appropriate 

5 congressional committees a certification that the Iranian 

6 person has not, during the 1-year period preceding the 

7 date of the certification— 

8 (1) sold or entered into an agreement to sell de9 fense articles to the Armed Forces of the Russian 

10 Federation or any other agency or instrumentality of 

11 the Russian Federation, including— 

12 (A) unmanned aerial vehicles; 

13 (B) surface-to-surface missiles; 

14 (C) short-range ballistic missiles; 

15 (D) armored ground vehicles; 

16 (E) munitions; and 

17 (F) conventional arms; 

18 (2) provided or entered into an agreement to 

19 provide defense services, including training related 

20 to the sale of defense articles described in paragraph 

21 (1), to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation 

22 or any such agency or instrumentality; 

23 (3) acquired or entered into an agreement to 

24 acquire defense articles from the Armed Forces of 

25 the Russian Federation or any such agency or in26 strumentality; or 


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1 (4) engaged in a transaction or transactions 

2 with any Russian person, including a Russian finan3 cial institution, with respect to which sanctions have 

4 been imposed pursuant to the International Emer5 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

6 seq.). 

7 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION OF 

8 IRAN AS JURISDICTION OF PRIMARY MONEY 

9 LAUNDERING CONCERN. 

10 The designation of Iran as a jurisdiction of primary 

11 money laundering concern under section 5318A of title 31, 

12 United States Code, may not be revoked unless the Presi13 dent submits to the appropriate congressional committees 

14 a certification that— 

15 (1) the Government of Iran is no longer en16 gaged in providing material or financial support to 

17 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or any 

18 other agency or instrumentality of the Russian Fed19 eration; and 

20 (2) the Armed Forces of the Russian Federa21 tion and such agencies and instrumentalities are not 

22 actively using defense articles described in section 

23 2(a)(1) procured from Iran. 

24 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

25 In this Act: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

5 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

6 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

8 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

9 House of Representatives. 

10 (2) IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

11 term ‘‘Iranian financial institution’’ means— 

12 (A) a financial institution organized under 

13 the laws of Iran or any jurisdiction within Iran, 

14 including a foreign branch of such an institu15 tion; 

16 (B) a financial institution located in Iran; 

17 (C) a financial institution, wherever lo18 cated, owned or controlled by the Government 

19 of Iran; and 

20 (D) a financial institution, wherever lo21 cated, owned or controlled by a financial insti22 tution described in subparagraph (A), (B), or 

23 (C). 

24 (3) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian per25 son’’ means— 


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

3 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

4 Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of 

5 the Government of Iran. 

6 (4) RUSSIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Russian per7 son’’ means— 

8 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na9 tional of the Russian Federation; or 

10 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

11 the Russian Federation or otherwise subject to 

12 the jurisdiction of the Government of the Rus13 sian Federation. 

14 (5) SDN LIST.—The term ‘‘SDN list’’ means 

15 the list of specially designated nationals and blocked 

16 persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets 

17 Control of the Department of the Treasury. 

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