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Calendar No. 320 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2101 

To strengthen the multilateral sanctions regime with respect to Iran, to 

expand sanctions relating to the energy sector of Iran, the proliferation 

of weapons of mass destruction by Iran, and human rights abuses in 

Iran, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2012 

Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, from the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

and Urban Affairs, reported the following original bill; which was read 

twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To strengthen the multilateral sanctions regime with respect 

to Iran, to expand sanctions relating to the energy sector 

of Iran, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 

by Iran, and human rights abuses in 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act 

4 of 2012’’. 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—EXPANSION OF MULTILATERAL SANCTIONS REGIME 

WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 

Sec. 101. Policy of the United States with respect to development of nuclear 

weapons capabilities by Iran. 

Sec. 102. Sense of Congress on expansion of multilateral sanctions regime and 

implementation of sanctions laws. 

Sec. 103. Diplomatic efforts to expand multilateral sanctions regime. 

Sec. 104. Sense of Congress regarding the imposition of sanctions with respect 

to Iran. 

TITLE II—EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE ENERGY SECTOR OF IRAN AND PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF 

MASS DESTRUCTION BY IRAN 

Subtitle A—Expansion of Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 

Sec. 201. Imposition of sanctions with respect to joint ventures with the Government of Iran relating to developing petroleum resources. 

Sec. 202. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the provision of goods, services, technology, or support for the energy or petrochemical 

sectors of Iran. 

Sec. 203. Imposition of sanctions with respect to joint ventures with the Government of Iran relating to mining, production, or transportation of uranium. 

Sec. 204. Expansion of sanctions available under the Iran Sanctions Act of 

1996. 

Sec. 205. Expansion of definitions under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. 

Subtitle B—Additional Measures Relating to Sanctions Against Iran 

Sec. 211. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the provision of vessels or 

shipping services to transport certain goods related to proliferation or terrorism activities to Iran. 

Sec. 212. Imposition of sanctions with respect to subsidiaries and agents of persons sanctioned by United Nations Security Council resolutions. 

Sec. 213. Liability of parent companies for violations of sanctions by foreign 

subsidiaries. 


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Sec. 214. Disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to 

sanctionable activities. 

Sec. 215. Identification of, and immigration restrictions on, senior officials of 

the Government of Iran and their family members. 

Sec. 216. Reports on, and authorization of imposition of sanctions with respect 

to, the provision of financial communications services to the 

Central Bank of Iran and sanctioned Iranian financial institutions. 

Sec. 217. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that invest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum 

products to Iran. 

Sec. 218. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crude 

oil and refined petroleum products. 

TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN’S 

REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS 

Subtitle A—Identification of, and Sanctions With Respect to, Officials, 

Agents, Affiliates, and Supporters of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and 

Other Sanctioned Persons 

Sec. 301. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, officials, 

agents, and affiliates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

Sec. 302. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, persons 

that support or conduct certain transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or other sanctioned persons. 

Sec. 303. Rule of construction. 

Subtitle B—Additional Measures Relating to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

Corps 

Sec. 311. Expansion of procurement prohibition to foreign persons that engage 

in certain transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

Sec. 312. Determinations of whether the National Iranian Oil Company and the 

National Iranian Tanker Company are agents or affiliates of 

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

TITLE IV—MEASURES RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN 

IRAN 

Subtitle A—Expansion of Sanctions Relating to Human Rights Abuses in 

Iran 

Sec. 401. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human 

rights abuses. 

Sec. 402. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other related activities against citizens of Iran. 

Subtitle B—Additional Measures to Promote Human Rights in Iran 

Sec. 411. Expedited consideration of requests for authorization of certain 

human rights-, humanitarian-, and democracy-related activities 

with respect to Iran. 

Sec. 412. Comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to 

information in Iran. 

Sec. 413. Sense of Congress on political prisoners. 


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TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 

Sec. 501. Exclusion of citizens of Iran seeking education relating to the nuclear 

and energy sectors of Iran. 

Sec. 502. Technical correction. 

Sec. 503. Interests in financial assets of Iran. 

Sec. 504. Report on membership of Iran in international organizations. 

TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 601. Technical implementation; penalties. 

Sec. 602. Applicability to certain intelligence activities. 

Sec. 603. Termination. 

TITLE VII—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS 

ABUSES IN SYRIA 

Sec. 701. Short title. 

Sec. 702. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain persons who are responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed 

against citizens of Syria or their family members. 

Sec. 703. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Syria that are likely to be used to commit human 

rights abuses. 

Sec. 704. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other forms of repression in Syria. 

Sec. 705. Waiver. 

Sec. 706. Termination. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) Successive Presidents of the United States 

4 have determined that the pursuit of nuclear weapons 

5 capabilities by the Government of Iran presents a 

6 danger to the United States, its friends and allies, 

7 and to global security. 

8 (2) Successive Congresses have recognized the 

9 threat that the Government of Iran and its policies 

10 present to the United States, its friends and allies, 

11 and to global security, and responded with successive 

12 bipartisan legislative initiatives, including most re13 cently the enactment of the Comprehensive Iran 


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1 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

2 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) on July 1, 2010. 

3 (3) If the Government of Iran achieves a nu4 clear weapons capability, it would pose a threat to 

5 the United States and allies and friends of the 

6 United States, particularly Israel, destabilize the 

7 Middle East, increase the threat of nuclear ter8 rorism, and significantly undermine global non9 proliferation efforts. 

10 (4) The United States and its allies in the 

11 international community recognize the threat posed 

12 by the pursuit of nuclear weapons capabilities by the 

13 Government of Iran and have imposed significant 

14 sanctions against the Government of Iran, including 

15 through the enactment of the Comprehensive Iran 

16 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

17 2010 in the United States and the adoption of a se18 ries of successive, increasingly stringent United Na19 tions Security Council resolutions. While such ef20 forts, together with others, have served to slow the 

21 development of Iran’s nuclear program, they have 

22 not yet deterred Iran from its nuclear ambitions, 

23 and international efforts to do so must be intensi24 fied. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

6 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

7 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

8 (2) CREDIBLE INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘cred9 ible information’’ has the meaning given that term 

10 in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as 

11 amended by section 205 of this Act. 

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

13 the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 

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

15 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

16 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

17 ‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given that 

18 term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran 

19 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

20 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511). 


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1 TITLE I—EXPANSION OF MULTI2 LATERAL SANCTIONS REGIME 

3 WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 

4 SEC. 101. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT 

5 TO DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS 

6 CAPABILITIES BY IRAN. 

7 It shall be the policy of the United States— 

8 (1) to prevent the Government of Iran from— 

9 (A) acquiring or developing nuclear weap10 ons; 

11 (B) developing its advanced conventional 

12 weapons and ballistic missile capabilities; and 

13 (C) continuing its support for terrorist or14 ganizations and other activities aimed at under15 mining and destabilizing its neighbors and 

16 other countries; and 

17 (2) to fully implement all multilateral and bilat18 eral sanctions against Iran, as part of larger multi19 lateral and bilateral diplomatic efforts, in order to 

20 compel the Government of Iran— 

21 (A) to abandon efforts to acquire a nuclear 

22 weapons capability; 

23 (B) to abandon and dismantle its ballistic 

24 missile and unconventional weapons programs; 

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1 (C) to cease all support for terrorist orga2 nizations and other terrorist activities aimed at 

3 undermining and destabilizing its neighbors and 

4 other countries. 

5 SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EXPANSION OF MULTI6 LATERAL SANCTIONS REGIME AND IMPLE7 MENTATION OF SANCTIONS LAWS. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that the goal of compelling 

9 Iran to abandon efforts to acquire a nuclear weapons ca10 pability and other threatening activities can be effectively 

11 achieved through— 

12 (1) the prompt expansion, vigorous implementa13 tion, and intensification of enforcement of the cur14 rent multilateral sanctions regime with respect to 

15 Iran; and 

16 (2) full and vigorous implementation of all 

17 sanctions enacted into law, including sanctions im18 posed or expanded by this Act or amendments made 

19 by this Act. 

20 SEC. 103. DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO EXPAND MULTILAT21 ERAL SANCTIONS REGIME. 

22 (a) MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS.—In order to 

23 further the policy set forth in section 101, Congress urges 

24 the President to intensify diplomatic efforts, both in ap25 propriate international fora such as the United Nations 


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1 and bilaterally with allies of the United States, to expand 

2 the multilateral sanctions regime with respect to Iran, in3 cluding— 

4 (1) expanding the United Nations Security 

5 Council sanctions regime to include— 

6 (A) a prohibition on the issuance of visas 

7 to any official of the Government of Iran who 

8 is involved in— 

9 (i) human rights violations in or out10 side of Iran; 

11 (ii) the development of a nuclear 

12 weapons program and a ballistic missile ca13 pability in Iran; or 

14 (iii) support by the Government of 

15 Iran for terrorist organizations, including 

16 Hamas and Hezbollah; and 

17 (B) a requirement that each member coun18 try of the United Nations prohibit the Islamic 

19 Republic of Iran Shipping Lines from landing 

20 at seaports, and cargo flights of Iran Air from 

21 landing at airports, in that country because of 

22 the role of those organizations in proliferation 

23 and illegal arms sales; 

24 (2) expanding the range of sanctions imposed 

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1 (3) expanding efforts to limit the development 

2 of petroleum resources and the importation of re3 fined petroleum products by Iran; 

4 (4) developing additional initiatives to— 

5 (A) increase the production of crude oil in 

6 countries other than Iran; and 

7 (B) assist countries that purchase or oth8 erwise obtain crude oil or petroleum products 

9 from Iran to reduce their dependence on crude 

10 oil and petroleum products from Iran; and 

11 (5) eliminating the revenue generated by the 

12 Government of Iran from the sale of petrochemical 

13 products produced in Iran to other countries. 

14 (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 

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

16 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the ap17 propriate congressional committees a report on the extent 

18 to which diplomatic efforts described in subsection (a) 

19 have been successful that includes— 

20 (1) an identification of the countries that have 

21 agreed to impose additional sanctions or take other 

22 measures to further the policy set forth in section 

23 101 and a description of those measures; 

24 (2) an identification of the countries that have 

25 not agreed to impose such sanctions or measures; 


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1 (3) recommendations for additional measures 

2 that the United States could take to further the pol3 icy set forth in section 101; and 

4 (4) a description of any decision by the World 

5 Trade Organization with respect to whether the im6 position by any country of any sanction with respect 

7 to Iran is inconsistent with the obligations of that 

8 country as a member of the World Trade Organiza9 tion or under the General Agreement on Tariffs and 

10 Trade, done at Geneva October 30, 1947. 

11 SEC. 104. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE IMPOSI12 TION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN. 

13 It is the sense of Congress that all efforts should be 

14 made by the President to maximize the effects of existing 

15 sanctions with respect to Iran and the United States 

16 should take all necessary measures to preserve robust in17 formation-sharing activities. 


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1 TITLE II—EXPANSION OF SANC2 TIONS RELATING TO THE EN3 ERGY SECTOR OF IRAN AND 

4 PROLIFERATION OF WEAP5 ONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 

6 BY IRAN 

7 Subtitle A—Expansion of Iran 

8 Sanctions Act of 1996 

9 SEC. 201. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

10 JOINT VENTURES WITH THE GOVERNMENT 

11 OF IRAN RELATING TO DEVELOPING PETRO12 LEUM RESOURCES. 

13 Section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Pub14 lic Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 

15 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

16 ‘‘WITH RESPECT TO’’ and all that follows through 

17 ‘‘TO IRAN’’ and inserting ‘‘RELATING TO THE EN18 ERGY SECTOR OF IRAN’’; and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(4) JOINT VENTURES WITH IRAN RELATING

21 TO DEVELOPING PETROLEUM RESOURCES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

23 subparagraph (B) and subsection (f), the Presi24 dent shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions de25 scribed in section 6(a) with respect to a person 


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1 if the President determines that the person 

2 knowingly participates, on or after the date of 

3 the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, Account4 ability, and Human Rights Act of 2012, in a 

5 joint venture with respect to the development of 

6 petroleum resources outside of Iran if— 

7 ‘‘(i) the joint venture is established on 

8 or after January 1, 2002; and 

9 ‘‘(ii)(I) the Government of Iran is a 

10 substantial partner or investor in the joint 

11 venture; or 

12 ‘‘(II) Iran could, through a direct 

13 operational role in the joint venture or by 

14 other means, receive technological knowl15 edge or equipment not previously available 

16 to Iran that could directly and significantly 

17 contribute to the enhancement of Iran’s 

18 ability to develop petroleum resources in 

19 Iran. 

20 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (A) 

21 shall not apply with respect to participation in 

22 a joint venture established on or after January 

23 1, 2002, and before the date of the enactment 

24 of the Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

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1 ticipating in the joint venture terminates that 

2 participation not later than the date that is 180 

3 days after such date of enactment.’’. 

4 SEC. 202. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

5 THE PROVISION OF GOODS, SERVICES, TECH6 NOLOGY, OR SUPPORT FOR THE ENERGY OR 

7 PETROCHEMICAL SECTORS OF IRAN. 

8 Section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Pub9 lic Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by 

10 section 201, is further amended by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(5) SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PE13 TROLEUM RESOURCES AND REFINED PETROLEUM

14 PRODUCTS IN IRAN.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

16 subsection (f), the President shall impose 3 or 

17 more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) 

18 with respect to a person if the President deter19 mines that the person knowingly, on or after 

20 the date of the enactment of the Iran Sanc21 tions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 

22 2012, sells, leases, or provides to Iran goods, 

23 services, technology, or support described in 

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1 ‘‘(i) any of which has a fair market 

2 value of $1,000,000 or more; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) that, during a 12-month period, 

4 have an aggregate fair market value of 

5 $5,000,000 or more. 

6 ‘‘(B) GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, OR

7 SUPPORT DESCRIBED.—Goods, services, tech8 nology, or support described in this subpara9 graph are goods, services, technology, or sup10 port that could directly and significantly con11 tribute to the maintenance or enhancement of 

12 Iran’s— 

13 ‘‘(i) ability to develop petroleum re14 sources located in Iran; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) domestic production of refined 

16 petroleum products, including any direct 

17 and significant assistance with respect to 

18 the construction, modernization, or repair 

19 of petroleum refineries or directly associ20 ated infrastructure, including port facili21 ties, railroads, or roads, if the predominant 

22 use of those facilities, railroads, or roads is 

23 for the transportation of refined petroleum 

24 products. 


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1 ‘‘(6) DEVELOPMENT AND PURCHASE OF PETRO2 CHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM IRAN.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

4 subsection (f), the President shall impose 3 or 

5 more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) 

6 with respect to a person if the President deter7 mines that the person knowingly, on or after 

8 the date of the enactment of Iran Sanctions, 

9 Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012, 

10 sells, leases, or provides to Iran goods, services, 

11 technology, or support described in subpara12 graph (B)— 

13 ‘‘(i) any of which has a fair market 

14 value of $250,000 or more; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) that, during a 12-month period, 

16 have an aggregate fair market value of 

17 $1,000,000 or more. 

18 ‘‘(B) GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, OR

19 SUPPORT DESCRIBED.—Goods, services, tech20 nology, or support described in this subpara21 graph are goods, services, technology, or sup22 port that could directly and significantly con23 tribute to the maintenance or expansion of 

24 Iran’s domestic production of petrochemical 

25 products.’’. 


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1 SEC. 203. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 JOINT VENTURES WITH THE GOVERNMENT 

3 OF IRAN RELATING TO MINING, PRODUC4 TION, OR TRANSPORTATION OF URANIUM. 

5 Section 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Pub6 lic Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

9 and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 

10 moving such clauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems 

11 to the right; 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘a person has, on or after’’ 

13 and inserting the following: ‘‘a person has— 

14 ‘‘(A) on or after’’; 

15 (C) in subparagraph (A)(ii), as redesig16 nated, by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

17 or’’; and 

18 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(B) except as provided in paragraph (3), 

20 knowingly participated, on or after the date of 

21 the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, Account22 ability, and Human Rights Act of 2012, in a 

23 joint venture— 

24 ‘‘(i) with— 

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1 ‘‘(II) an entity incorporated in 

2 Iran or subject to the jurisdiction of 

3 the Government of Iran; or 

4 ‘‘(III) a person acting on behalf 

5 of or at the direction of, or owned or 

6 controlled by, the Government of Iran 

7 or an entity described in subclause 

8 (II); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) that involves any activity relating 

10 to the mining, production, or transpor11 tation of uranium.’’; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RE14 SPECT TO JOINT VENTURES RELATING TO THE MIN15 ING, PRODUCTION, OR TRANSPORTATION OF URA16 NIUM.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1)(B) 

18 shall apply with respect to participation, on or 

19 after the date of the enactment of the Iran 

20 Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights 

21 Act of 2012, in— 

22 ‘‘(i) a joint venture established on or 

23 after such date of enactment; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara2 graph (B), a joint venture established be3 fore such date of enactment. 

4 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1)(B) shall 

5 not apply with respect to participation in a joint 

6 venture described in subparagraph (A)(ii) if the 

7 person participating in the joint venture termi8 nates that participation not later than the date 

9 that is 180 days after the date of the enact10 ment of the Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

11 Human Rights Act of 2012.’’. 

12 SEC. 204. EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER 

13 THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions 

15 Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 

16 is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para18 graph (11); and 

19 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(9) EXCLUSION OF CORPORATE OFFICERS.— 

22 The President may direct the Secretary of State to 

23 deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Secu24 rity to exclude from the United States, any alien 

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1 or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling 

2 interest in, a sanctioned person. 

3 ‘‘(10) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE

4 OFFICERS.—The President may impose on the prin5 cipal executive officer or officers of any sanctioned 

6 person, or on persons performing similar functions 

7 and with similar authorities as such officer or offi8 cers, any of the sanctions under this subsection.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact11 ment of this Act and apply with respect to activities de12 scribed in section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, 

13 as amended by this Act, commenced on or after such date 

14 of enactment. 

15 SEC. 205. EXPANSION OF DEFINITIONS UNDER THE IRAN 

16 SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 14 of the Iran Sanctions 

18 Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 

19 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(19) CREDIBLE INFORMATION.—The term 

21 ‘credible information’, with respect to a person— 

22 ‘‘(A) includes— 

23 ‘‘(i) a public announcement by the 

24 person that the person has engaged in an 

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1 ‘‘(ii) information set forth in a report 

2 to stockholders of the person indicating 

3 that the person has engaged in such an ac4 tivity; and 

5 ‘‘(B) may include, in the discretion of the 

6 President— 

7 ‘‘(i) an announcement by the Govern8 ment of Iran that the person has engaged 

9 in such an activity; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) information indicating that the 

11 person has engaged in such an activity 

12 that is set forth in— 

13 ‘‘(I) a report of the Government 

14 Accountability Office, the Energy In15 formation Administration, or the Con16 gressional Research Service; or 

17 ‘‘(II) a report or publication of a 

18 similarly reputable governmental orga19 nization. 

20 ‘‘(20) PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCT.—The term 

21 ‘petrochemical product’ includes any aromatic, 

22 olefin, or synthesis gas, and any derivative of such 

23 a gas, including ethylene, propylene, butadiene, ben24 zene, toluene, xylene, ammonia, methanol, and 

25 urea.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact3 ment of this Act and apply with respect to activities de4 scribed in section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, 

5 as amended by this Act, commenced on or after such date 

6 of enactment. 

7 Subtitle B—Additional Measures 

8 Relating to Sanctions Against Iran 

9 SEC. 211. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

10 THE PROVISION OF VESSELS OR SHIPPING 

11 SERVICES TO TRANSPORT CERTAIN GOODS 

12 RELATED TO PROLIFERATION OR TER13 RORISM ACTIVITIES TO IRAN. 

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

15 (c), if the President determines that a person, on or after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, knowingly provides 

17 a vessel, insurance or reinsurance, or any other shipping 

18 service for the transportation to or from Iran of goods that 

19 could materially contribute to the activities of the Govern20 ment of Iran with respect to the proliferation of weapons 

21 of mass destruction or support for acts of international 

22 terrorism, the President shall, pursuant to Executive 

23 Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to blocking 

24 of property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators 

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1 Reg. 49079; relating to blocking property and prohibiting 

2 transactions with persons who commit, threaten to com3 mit, or support terrorism), or otherwise pursuant to the 

4 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

5 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block and prohibit all transactions 

6 in all property and interests in property of the persons 

7 specified in subsection (b) if such property and interests 

8 in property are in the United States, come within the 

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

10 control of a United States person. 

11 (b) PERSONS SPECIFIED.—The persons specified in 

12 this subsection are— 

13 (1) the person that provided a vessel, insurance 

14 or reinsurance, or other shipping service described in 

15 subsection (a); and 

16 (2) any person that— 

17 (A) is a successor entity to the person re18 ferred to in paragraph (1); 

19 (B) owns or controls the person referred to 

20 in paragraph (1), if the person that owns or 

21 controls the person referred to in paragraph (1) 

22 had actual knowledge or should have known 

23 that the person referred to in paragraph (1) 

24 provided the vessel, insurance or reinsurance, or 

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1 (C) is owned or controlled by, or under 

2 common ownership or control with, the person 

3 referred to in paragraph (1), if the person 

4 owned or controlled by, or under common own5 ership or control with (as the case may be), the 

6 person referred to in paragraph (1) knowingly 

7 engaged in the provision of the vessel, insurance 

8 or reinsurance, or other shipping service. 

9 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the require10 ment to impose sanctions with respect to a person under 

11 subsection (a) on or after the date that is 30 days after 

12 the President— 

13 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the na14 tional security interests of the United States; and 

15 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

16 committees a report that contains the reasons for 

17 that determination. 

18 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec19 tion shall be construed to limit the authority of the Presi20 dent to designate persons for the imposition of sanctions 

21 pursuant to Executive Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; 

22 relating to the blocking of property of weapons of mass 

23 destruction proliferators and their supporters) or Execu24 tive Order 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079; relating to block25 ing property and prohibiting transactions with persons 


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1 who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), 

2 or otherwise pursuant to the International Emergency 

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

4 SEC. 212. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

5 SUBSIDIARIES AND AGENTS OF PERSONS 

6 SANCTIONED BY UNITED NATIONS SECURITY 

7 COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Com9 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

10 Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(B)) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘of a person subject’’ and in12 serting the following: ‘‘of— 

13 ‘‘(i) a person subject’’; 

14 (2) in clause (i), as redesignated, by striking 

15 the semicolon and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(ii) a person acting on behalf of or at 

18 the direction of, or owned or controlled by, 

19 a person described in clause (i);’’. 

20 (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

22 Treasury shall make such revisions to the regulations pre23 scribed under section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran 

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1 (22 U.S.C. 8513) as are necessary to carry out the amend2 ments made by subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 213. LIABILITY OF PARENT COMPANIES FOR VIOLA4 TIONS OF SANCTIONS BY FOREIGN SUBSIDI5 ARIES. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a part8 nership, association, trust, joint venture, corpora9 tion, or other organization. 

10 (2) OWN OR CONTROL.—The term ‘‘own or con11 trol’’ means, with respect to an entity— 

12 (A) to hold more than 50 percent of the 

13 equity interest by vote or value in the entity; 

14 (B) to hold a majority of seats on the 

15 board of directors of the entity; or 

16 (C) to otherwise control the actions, poli17 cies, or personnel decisions of the entity. 

18 (b) PROHIBITION.—Not later than 60 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall pro20 hibit an entity owned or controlled by a United States per21 son and established or maintained outside the United 

22 States from engaging in any transaction directly or indi23 rectly with the Government of Iran or any person subject 

24 to the jurisdiction of that Government that would be pro25 hibited by an order or regulation issued pursuant to the 


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1 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

2 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) if the transaction were engaged in 

3 by a United States person or in the United States. 

4 (c) CIVIL PENALTY.—The civil penalties provided for 

5 in section 206(b) of the International Emergency Eco6 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(b)) shall apply to a 

7 United States person to the same extent that such pen8 alties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act de9 scribed in section 206(a) of that Act if an entity owned 

10 or controlled by the United States person and established 

11 or maintained outside the United States violates, attempts 

12 to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of any 

13 order or regulation issued to implement subsection (b). 

14 (d) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (c) shall not apply 

15 with respect to a transaction described in subsection (b) 

16 by an entity owned or controlled by a United States person 

17 and established or maintained outside the United States 

18 if the United States person divests or terminates its busi19 ness with the entity not later than the date that is 180 

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1 SEC. 214. DISCLOSURES TO THE SECURITIES AND EX2 CHANGE COMMISSION RELATING TO 

3 SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13 of the Securities Ex5 change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by add6 ing at the end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(r) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELAT8 ING TO IRAN.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each issuer required to file 

10 an annual or quarterly report under subsection (a) 

11 shall disclose in that report the information required 

12 by paragraph (2) if, during the period covered by 

13 the report, the issuer or any affiliate of the issuer— 

14 ‘‘(A) knowingly engaged in an activity de15 scribed in section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act 

16 of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 

17 note); 

18 ‘‘(B) knowingly engaged in an activity de19 scribed in subsection (c)(2) of section 104 of 

20 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account21 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

22 8513) or a transaction described in subsection 

23 (d)(1) of that section; 

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1 ‘‘(D) knowingly conducted any transaction 

2 or dealing with— 

3 ‘‘(i) any person the property and in4 terests in property of which are blocked 

5 pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (66 

6 Fed. Reg. 49079; relating to blocking 

7 property and prohibiting transactions with 

8 persons who commit, threaten to commit, 

9 or support terrorism); 

10 ‘‘(ii) any person the property and in11 terests in property of which are blocked 

12 pursuant to Executive Order 13382 (70 

13 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to blocking of 

14 property of weapons of mass destruction 

15 proliferators and their supporters); or 

16 ‘‘(iii) any person identified under sec17 tion 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal 

18 Regulations (relating to the definition of 

19 the Government of Iran). 

20 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—If an issuer or 

21 an affiliate of the issuer has engaged in any activity 

22 described in paragraph (1), the issuer shall disclose 

23 a detailed description of each such activity, includ24 ing— 

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1 ‘‘(B) the gross revenues and net profits, if 

2 any, attributable to the activity; and 

3 ‘‘(C) whether the issuer or the affiliate of 

4 the issuer (as the case may be) intends to con5 tinue the activity. 

6 ‘‘(3) NOTICE OF DISCLOSURES.—If an issuer 

7 reports under paragraph (1) that the issuer or an 

8 affiliate of the issuer has knowingly engaged in any 

9 activity described in that paragraph, the issuer shall 

10 separately file with the Commission, concurrently 

11 with the annual or quarterly report under subsection 

12 (a), a notice that the disclosure of that activity has 

13 been included in that annual or quarterly report that 

14 identifies the issuer and contains the information re15 quired by paragraph (2). 

16 ‘‘(4) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— 

17 Upon receiving a notice under paragraph (3) that an 

18 annual or quarterly report includes a disclosure of 

19 an activity described in paragraph (1), the Commis20 sion shall promptly— 

21 ‘‘(A) transmit the report to— 

22 ‘‘(i) the President; 

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1 Services of the House of Representatives; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Foreign Rela4 tions and the Committee on Banking, 

5 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(B) make the information provided in the 

8 disclosure and the notice available to the public 

9 by posting the information on the Internet 

10 website of the Commission. 

11 ‘‘(5) INVESTIGATIONS.—Upon receiving a re12 port under paragraph (4), the President shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) initiate an investigation into the pos14 sible imposition of sanctions under the Iran 

15 Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 

16 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), section 104 or 105A of 

17 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account18 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010, an Execu19 tive Order specified in clause (i) or (ii) of para20 graph (1)(D), or any other provision of law re21 lating to the imposition of sanctions with re22 spect to Iran, as applicable; and 

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1 imposed with respect to the issuer or the affil2 iate of the issuer (as the case may be). 

3 ‘‘(6) SUNSET.—The provisions of this sub4 section shall terminate on the date that is 30 days 

5 after the date on which the President makes the cer6 tification described in section 401(a) of the Com7 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di8 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)).’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

10 subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to reports re11 quired to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Com12 mission after the date that is 180 days after the date of 

13 the enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 215. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMMIGRATION RE15 STRICTIONS ON, SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE 

16 GOVERNMENT OF IRAN AND THEIR FAMILY 

17 MEMBERS. 

18 (a) IDENTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there20 after, the President shall publish a list of each individual 

21 the President determines is— 

22 (1) a senior official of the Government of Iran 

23 described in subsection (b) that is involved in 

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1 (A) illicit nuclear activities or proliferation 

2 of weapons of mass destruction or delivery sys3 tems for weapons of mass destruction; 

4 (B) support for international terrorism; or 

5 (C) commission of serious human rights 

6 abuses against citizens of Iran or their family 

7 members; or 

8 (2) a family member of such an official. 

9 (b) SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF

10 IRAN DESCRIBED.—A senior official of the Government 

11 of Iran described in this subsection is any senior official 

12 of that Government, including— 

13 (1) the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei; 

14 (2) the President of Iran, Mahmoud 

15 Ahmadinejad; 

16 (3) a member of the Cabinet of the Government 

17 of Iran; 

18 (4) a member of the Assembly of Experts; 

19 (5) a senior member of the Intelligence Ministry 

20 of Iran; or 

21 (6) a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

22 Corps with the rank of brigadier general or higher, 

23 including a member of a paramilitary organization 

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1 (c) RESTRICTIONS ON VISAS AND ADJUSTMENTS IN

2 IMMIGRATION STATUS.—The Secretary of State and the 

3 Secretary of Homeland Security may not grant an indi4 vidual on the list required by subsection (a) immigration 

5 status in, or admit the individual to, the United States. 

6 (d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica7 tion of subsection (a) or (c) with respect to an individual 

8 if the President— 

9 (1) determines that such a waiver is— 

10 (A) in the national interests of the United 

11 States; or 

12 (B) necessary to permit the United States 

13 to comply with the Agreement between the 

14 United Nations and the United States of Amer15 ica regarding the Headquarters of the United 

16 Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered 

17 into force November 21, 1947; and 

18 (2) not less than 7 days before the waiver takes 

19 effect, notifies Congress of the waiver and the rea20 son for the waiver. 


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1 SEC. 216. REPORTS ON, AND AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSI2 TION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, THE 

3 PROVISION OF FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS 

4 SERVICES TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN 

5 AND SANCTIONED IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTI6 TUTIONS. 

7 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con8 gress that— 

9 (1) the President has been engaged in diplo10 matic efforts to multilateralize sanctions against 

11 Iran to restrict the access of the Government of Iran 

12 to the global financial system; 

13 (2) the President should intensify those efforts 

14 and, in particular, efforts to ensure that global fi15 nancial communications services providers, such as 

16 the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Tele17 communication (in this section referred to as 

18 ‘‘SWIFT’’), cut off services to Iranian financial in19 stitutions designated for the imposition of sanctions 

20 pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 

21 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

22 (3) at a time when financial institutions around 

23 the world are severing their ties with such Iranian 

24 financial institutions, it is inconsistent and troubling 

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1 ticularly with respect to the Belgian cooperative 

2 SWIFT, which— 

3 (A) is subject to the prohibition of the Eu4 ropean Union on providing economic resources 

5 to financial institutions designated for the im6 position of sanctions by the European Union; 

7 and 

8 (B) notes in its own corporate rules that it 

9 reserves the right to expel a SWIFT customer 

10 that may adversely affect SWIFT’s ‘‘reputation, 

11 brand, or goodwill’’, for instance if the SWIFT 

12 customer is subject to sanctions (such as by the 

13 United Nations or the European Union), as is 

14 the case with Iranian financial institutions. 

15 (b) REPORT ON THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL COM16 MUNICATIONS SERVICES TO SANCTIONED IRANIAN FI17 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Not later than 60 days after 

18 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

19 General of the United States shall submit to the appro20 priate congressional committees a list of all known entities 

21 (including SWIFT) that provide financial communications 

22 services to, or that enable or facilitate access to such serv23 ices for, the Central Bank of Iran or a financial institution 

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1 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

2 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)). 

3 (c) REPORT ON EFFORTS TO TERMINATE THE PRO4 VISION BY SWIFT OF SERVICES FOR SANCTIONED IRA5 NIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Not later than 90 days 

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

7 of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congres8 sional committees a report on the status of efforts to en9 sure that SWIFT has terminated the provision of financial 

10 communications services to, and the enabling and facilita11 tion of access to such services for, the Central Bank of 

12 Iran and Iranian financial institutions designated for the 

13 imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International 

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

15 seq.). 

16 (d) AUTHORIZATION FOR THE IMPOSITION OF SANC17 TIONS.—If, on or after the date that is 90 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, a global financial com19 munications services provider has not terminated the pro20 vision of financial communications services to, and the en21 abling and facilitation of access to such services for, the 

22 Central Bank of Iran and any financial institution de23 scribed in paragraph (2)(E)(ii) of section 104(c) of the 

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1 may impose sanctions pursuant to that section or the 

2 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

3 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to the financial commu4 nications services provider and the directors of, and share5 holders with a significant interest in, the provider. 

6 SEC. 217. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT 

7 ON FOREIGN ENTITIES THAT INVEST IN THE 

8 ENERGY SECTOR OF IRAN OR EXPORT RE9 FINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO IRAN. 

10 (a) INITIAL REPORT.— 

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

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

13 Comptroller General of the United States shall sub14 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

15 report— 

16 (A) listing all foreign investors in the en17 ergy sector of Iran during the period specified 

18 in paragraph (2), including— 

19 (i) all entities that exported gasoline 

20 and other refined petroleum products to 

21 Iran; 

22 (ii) all entities involved in providing 

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1 (I) entities that provided ships to 

2 transport refined petroleum products 

3 to Iran; and 

4 (II) entities that provided insur5 ance or reinsurance for shipments of 

6 refined petroleum products to Iran; 

7 and 

8 (iii) all entities involved in commercial 

9 transactions of any kind, including joint 

10 ventures anywhere in the world, with Ira11 nian energy companies; and 

12 (B) identifying the countries in which gas13 oline and other refined petroleum products ex14 ported to Iran during the period specified in 

15 paragraph (2) were produced or refined. 

16 (2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 

17 in this paragraph is the period beginning on Janu18 ary 1, 2006, and ending on the date that is 150 

19 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

20 (b) UPDATED REPORTS.—Not later than one year 

21 after submitting the report required by subsection (a), and 

22 annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 

23 States shall submit to the appropriate congressional com24 mittees a report containing the matters required in the 

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1 ginning on the date that is 30 days before the date on 

2 which the preceding report was required to be submitted 

3 by this section. 

4 SEC. 218. REPORTING ON THE IMPORTATION TO AND EX5 PORTATION FROM IRAN OF CRUDE OIL AND 

6 REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. 

7 Section 110(b) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 

8 Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

9 8518(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘a report containing the 

10 matters’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

11 end and inserting the following: ‘‘a report, covering the 

12 180-day period beginning on the date that is 30 days be13 fore the date on which the preceding report was required 

14 to be submitted by this section, that— 

15 ‘‘(1) contains the matters required in the report 

16 under subsection (a)(1); and 

17 ‘‘(2) identifies— 

18 ‘‘(A) the volume of crude oil and refined 

19 petroleum products imported to and exported 

20 from Iran (including through swaps and similar 

21 arrangements); 

22 ‘‘(B) the persons selling and transporting 

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1 primary jurisdiction over those persons, and the 

2 countries in which those products were refined; 

3 ‘‘(C) the sources of financing for imports 

4 to Iran of crude oil and refined petroleum prod5 ucts described in subparagraph (A); and 

6 ‘‘(D) the involvement of foreign persons in 

7 efforts to assist Iran in— 

8 ‘‘(i) developing upstream oil and gas 

9 production capacity; 

10 ‘‘(ii) importing advanced technology to 

11 upgrade existing Iranian refineries; 

12 ‘‘(iii) converting existing chemical 

13 plants to petroleum refineries; or 

14 ‘‘(iv) maintaining, upgrading, or ex15 panding refineries or constructing new re16 fineries.’’. 


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1 TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RE2 SPECT TO IRAN’S REVOLU3 TIONARY GUARD CORPS 

4 Subtitle A—Identification of, and 

5 Sanctions With Respect to, Offi6 cials, Agents, Affiliates, and 

7 Supporters of Iran’s Revolu8 tionary Guard Corps and Other 

9 Sanctioned Persons 

10 SEC. 301. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC11 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, OFFICIALS, 

12 AGENTS, AND AFFILIATES OF IRAN’S REVO13 LUTIONARY GUARD CORPS. 

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

15 date of the enactment of this Act, and as appropriate 

16 thereafter, the President shall— 

17 (1) identify foreign persons that are officials, 

18 agents, or affiliates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

19 Corps; and 

20 (2) for each foreign person identified under 

21 paragraph (1) that is not already designated for the 

22 imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International 

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1 (A) designate that foreign person for the 

2 imposition of sanctions pursuant to that Act; 

3 and 

4 (B) block and prohibit all transactions in 

5 all property and interests in property of that 

6 foreign person if such property and interests in 

7 property are in the United States, come within 

8 the United States, or are or come within the 

9 possession or control of a United States person. 

10 (b) PRIORITY FOR INVESTIGATION.—In identifying 

11 foreign persons pursuant to subsection (a)(1) as officials, 

12 agents, or affiliates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, 

13 the President shall give priority to investigating— 

14 (1) foreign persons identified under section 

15 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (re16 lating to the definition of the Government of Iran); 

17 and 

18 (2) foreign persons for which there is a reason19 able basis to find that the person has conducted or 

20 attempted to conduct one or more sensitive trans21 actions or activities described in subsection (c). 

22 (c) SENSITIVE TRANSACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES DE23 SCRIBED.—A sensitive transaction or activity described in 

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1 (1) a financial transaction or series of trans2 actions valued at more than $1,000,000 in the ag3 gregate in any 12-month period involving a non-Ira4 nian financial institution; 

5 (2) a transaction to facilitate the manufacture, 

6 importation, exportation, or transfer of items needed 

7 for the development by Iran of nuclear, chemical, bi8 ological, or advanced conventional weapons, includ9 ing ballistic missiles; 

10 (3) a transaction relating to the manufacture, 

11 procurement, or sale of goods, services, and tech12 nology relating to Iran’s energy sector, including a 

13 transaction relating to the development of the energy 

14 resources of Iran, the exportation of petroleum prod15 ucts from Iran, the importation of refined petroleum 

16 to Iran, or the development of refining capacity 

17 available to Iran; 

18 (4) a transaction relating to the manufacture, 

19 procurement, or sale of goods, services, and tech20 nology relating to Iran’s petrochemical sector; or 

21 (5) a transaction relating to the procurement of 

22 sensitive technologies (as defined in section 106(c) of 

23 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

24 and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8515(c))). 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

2 the Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the 

3 Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from 

4 the United States, any alien who, on or after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, is a foreign per6 son designated pursuant to subsection (a) for the 

7 imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International 

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

9 et seq.). 

10 (2) REGULATORY EXCEPTIONS TO COMPLY

11 WITH INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—The require12 ment to deny visas to and exclude aliens from the 

13 United States pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be 

14 subject to such regulations as the President may 

15 prescribe, including regulatory exceptions to permit 

16 the United States to comply with the Agreement be17 tween the United Nations and the United States of 

18 America regarding the Headquarters of the United 

19 Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered into 

20 force November 21, 1947, and other applicable 

21 international obligations. 

22 (e) WAIVER OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

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1 (A) determines that it is in the national se2 curity interests of the United States to do so; 

3 and 

4 (B) submits to the appropriate congres5 sional committees a report that— 

6 (i) identifies the foreign person with 

7 respect to which the waiver applies; and 

8 (ii) sets forth the reasons for the de9 termination. 

10 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—A report submitted 

11 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in un12 classified form but may contain a classified annex. 

13 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec14 tion shall be construed to remove any sanction of the 

15 United States in force with respect to Iran’s Revolutionary 

16 Guard Corps as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 302. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC18 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, PERSONS THAT 

19 SUPPORT OR CONDUCT CERTAIN TRANS20 ACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 

21 GUARD CORPS OR OTHER SANCTIONED PER22 SONS. 

23 (a) IDENTIFICATION.— 

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

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1 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the 

2 appropriate congressional committees a report iden3 tifying foreign persons that the President deter4 mines, on or after the date of the enactment of this 

5 Act, knowingly— 

6 (A) materially assist, sponsor, or provide 

7 financial, material, or technological support for, 

8 or goods or services in support of, Iran’s Revo9 lutionary Guard Corps or any of its officials, 

10 agents, or affiliates the property and interests 

11 in property of which are blocked pursuant to 

12 the International Emergency Economic Powers 

13 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 

14 (B) engage in a significant transaction or 

15 transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

16 Corps or any such official, agent, or affiliate; or 

17 (C) engage in a significant transaction or 

18 transactions with— 

19 (i) a person subject to financial sanc20 tions pursuant to United Nations Security 

21 Council Resolution 1737 (2006), 1747 

22 (2007), 1803 (2008), or 1929 (2010), or 

23 any other resolution that is adopted by the 

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1 with respect to Iran or modifies such sanc2 tions; or 

3 (ii) a person acting on behalf of or at 

4 the direction of, or owned or controlled by, 

5 a person described in clause (i). 

6 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—A report submitted 

7 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi8 fied form but may contain a classified annex. 

9 (3) BARTER TRANSACTIONS.—For purposes of 

10 paragraph (1), the term ‘‘transaction’’ includes a 

11 barter transaction. 

12 (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—If the President de13 termines under subsection (a)(1) that a foreign person has 

14 knowingly engaged in an activity described in that sub15 section, the President— 

16 (1) shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions de17 scribed in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 

18 1996, as amended by section 204 of this Act; and 

19 (2) may impose additional sanctions pursuant 

20 to the International Emergency Economic Powers 

21 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to the per22 son. 

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1 ant to subsection (b) if the President determines that the 

2 person— 

3 (1) no longer engages in the activity for which 

4 the sanction was imposed; and 

5 (2) has provided assurances to the President 

6 that the person will not engage in any activity de7 scribed in subsection (a)(1) in the future. 

8 (d) WAIVER OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

10 the imposition of sanctions under subsection (b) with 

11 respect to a foreign person if the President— 

12 (A)(i) determines that the person has 

13 ceased the activity for which sanctions would 

14 otherwise be imposed and has taken measures 

15 to prevent a recurrence of the activity; or 

16 (ii) determines that it is in the national se17 curity interests of the United States to do so; 

18 and 

19 (B) submits to the appropriate congres20 sional committees a report that— 

21 (i) identifies the foreign person with 

22 respect to which the waiver applies; 

23 (ii) describes the activity that would 

24 otherwise subject the foreign person to the 


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1 imposition of sanctions under subsection 

2 (b); and 

3 (iii) sets forth the reasons for the de4 termination. 

5 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—A report submitted 

6 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in un7 classified form but may contain a classified annex. 

8 (e) WAIVER OF IDENTIFICATIONS AND DESIGNA9 TIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub10 title and subject to paragraph (2), the President shall not 

11 be required to make any identification of a foreign person 

12 under subsection (a) or any identification or designation 

13 of a foreign person under section 301(a) if the Presi14 dent— 

15 (1) determines that doing so would cause dam16 age to the national security of the United States, in17 cluding through the divulgence of sources or meth18 ods of obtaining intelligence or other critical classi19 fied information; and 

20 (2) notifies the appropriate congressional com21 mittees of the exercise of the authority provided 

22 under this subsection. 

23 (f) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF IRAN SANC24 TIONS ACT OF 1996.—The following provisions of the Iran 

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1 respect to the imposition under subsection (b)(1) of sanc2 tions relating to activities described in subsection (a)(1) 

3 to the same extent that such provisions apply with respect 

4 to the imposition of sanctions under section 5(a) of the 

5 Iran Sanctions Act of 1996: 

6 (1) Subsections (c) and (e) of section 4. 

7 (2) Subsections (c), (d), and (f) of section 5. 

8 (3) Section 8. 

9 (4) Section 9. 

10 (5) Section 11. 

11 (6) Section 12. 

12 (7) Subsection (b) of section 13. 

13 (8) Section 14. 

14 SEC. 303. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

15 Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to limit 

16 the authority of the President to designate foreign persons 

17 for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Inter18 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

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1 Subtitle B—Additional Measures 

2 Relating to Iran’s Revolutionary 

3 Guard Corps 

4 SEC. 311. EXPANSION OF PROCUREMENT PROHIBITION TO 

5 FOREIGN PERSONS THAT ENGAGE IN CER6 TAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVOLU7 TIONARY GUARD CORPS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(b)(1) of the Iran Sanc9 tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 

10 note) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than 90 days’’ and 

12 inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO AC14 TIVITIES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 5.—Not later 

15 than 90 days’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO

18 TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY

19 GUARD CORPS.—Not later than 90 days after 

20 the date of the enactment of the Iran Sanc21 tions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 

22 2012, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall 

23 be revised to require a certification from each 

24 person that is a prospective contractor that the 

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1 the person, does not knowingly engage in a sig2 nificant transaction or transactions with Iran’s 

3 Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its offi4 cials, agents, or affiliates the property and in5 terests in property of which are blocked pursu6 ant to the International Emergency Economic 

7 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).’’. 

8 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

9 (1) Section 6(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 

10 1996, as amended by subsection (a), is further 

11 amended— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), as redesignated, 

13 by striking ‘‘issued pursuant to section 25 of 

14 the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 

15 (41 U.S.C. 421)’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

18 ‘‘the revision’’ and inserting ‘‘the applica19 ble revision’’; and 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

21 ‘‘issued pursuant to section 25 of the Of22 fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 

23 U.S.C. 421)’’; 

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1 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

2 ‘‘(A) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘ex3 ecutive agency’ has the meaning given that 

4 term in section 133 of title 41, United States 

5 Code. 

6 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA7 TION.—The term ‘Federal Acquisition Regula8 tion’ means the regulation issued pursuant to 

9 section 1303(a)(1) of title 41, United States 

10 Code.’’; and 

11 (D) in paragraph (7)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘The revisions to the 

13 Federal Acquisition Regulation required 

14 under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(A) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO AC17 TIVITIES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 5.—The revi18 sions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation re19 quired under paragraph (1)(A)’’; and 

20 (ii) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO

23 TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY

24 GUARD CORPS.—The revisions to the Federal 

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1 graph (1)(B) shall apply with respect to con2 tracts for which solicitations are issued on or 

3 after the date that is 90 days after the date of 

4 the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, Account5 ability, and Human Rights Act of 2012.’’. 

6 (2) Section 101(3) of the Comprehensive Iran 

7 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

8 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511(3)) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Pol10 icy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 133 

11 of title 41, United States Code’’. 

12 SEC. 312. DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER THE NATIONAL 

13 IRANIAN OIL COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL 

14 IRANIAN TANKER COMPANY ARE AGENTS OR 

15 AFFILIATES OF IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 

16 GUARD CORPS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(c) of the Comprehen18 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act 

19 of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)) is amended by adding at the 

20 end the following: 

21 ‘‘(4) DETERMINATIONS REGARDING NIOC AND

22 NITC.— 

23 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of 

24 paragraph (2)(E)(i), the Secretary of the 

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1 date of the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, 

2 Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 

3 2012— 

4 ‘‘(i) determine whether the NIOC or 

5 the NITC is an agent or affiliate of Iran’s 

6 Revolutionary Guard Corps; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) submit to the appropriate con8 gressional committees a report on the de9 terminations made under clause (i), to10 gether with the reasons for those deter11 minations. 

12 ‘‘(B) FORM OF REPORT.—A report sub13 mitted under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be sub14 mitted in unclassified form but may contain a 

15 classified annex. 

16 ‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY WITH RESPECT TO

17 PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS.— 

19 Except as provided in clause (ii), the regu20 lations prescribed under paragraph (1) 

21 shall apply to a transaction for the pur22 chase of petroleum or petroleum products 

23 from, or to financial services relating to 

24 such a transaction for, the NIOC or the 

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1 after the date of the enactment of the Na2 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

3 Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) only if 

4 the President has determined, pursuant to 

5 section 1245(d)(4)(B) of that Act, that 

6 there is a sufficient supply of petroleum 

7 and petroleum products produced in coun8 tries other than Iran to permit purchasers 

9 of petroleum and petroleum products from 

10 Iran to reduce significantly in volume their 

11 purchases from Iran. 

12 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN COUN13 TRIES.—The regulations prescribed under 

14 paragraph (1) shall not apply to a foreign 

15 financial institution that facilitates a sig16 nificant transaction or transactions for the 

17 purchase of petroleum or petroleum prod18 ucts from, or that provides significant fi19 nancial services relating to such a trans20 action for, the NIOC or the NITC if the 

21 President determines and reports to Con22 gress, not later than 90 days after the date 

23 on which the President makes the deter24 mination required by section 

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1 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, and 

2 every 180 days thereafter, that the country 

3 with primary jurisdiction over the foreign 

4 financial institution has significantly re5 duced its volume of crude oil purchases 

6 from Iran during the period beginning on 

7 the date on which the President submitted 

8 the last report with respect to the country 

9 under this clause. 

10 ‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(i) NIOC.—The term ‘NIOC’ means 

12 the National Iranian Oil Company. 

13 ‘‘(ii) NITC.—The term ‘NITC’ means 

14 the National Iranian Tanker Company.’’. 

15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 104(g) of 

16 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

17 Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(g)) is amended 

18 by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’ each place it appears and 

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1 TITLE IV—MEASURES RELATING 

2 TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 

3 IN IRAN 

4 Subtitle A—Expansion of Sanctions 

5 Relating to Human Rights 

6 Abuses in Iran 

7 SEC. 401. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

8 THE TRANSFER OF GOODS OR TECH9 NOLOGIES TO IRAN THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE 

10 USED TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comprehensive Iran Sanc12 tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 

13 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

14 105 the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 105A. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

16 THE TRANSFER OF GOODS OR TECH17 NOLOGIES TO IRAN THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE 

18 USED TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc20 tions in accordance with subsection (c) with respect to 

21 each person on the list required by subsection (b). 

22 ‘‘(b) LIST.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

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1 2012, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

2 congressional committees a list of persons that the 

3 President determines have knowingly engaged in an 

4 activity described in paragraph (2) on or after such 

5 date of enactment. 

6 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITY DESCRIBED.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A person engages in 

8 an activity described in this paragraph if the 

9 person— 

10 ‘‘(i) transfers, or facilitates the trans11 fer of, goods or technologies described in 

12 subparagraph (C) to Iran; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) provides services with respect to 

14 goods or technologies described in subpara15 graph (C) after such goods or technologies 

16 are transferred to Iran. 

17 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY TO CONTRACTS AND

18 OTHER AGREEMENTS.—A person engages in an 

19 activity described in subparagraph (A) without 

20 regard to whether the activity is carried out 

21 pursuant to a contract or other agreement en22 tered into before, on, or after the date of the 

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1 ‘‘(C) GOODS OR TECHNOLOGIES DE2 SCRIBED.—Goods or technologies described in 

3 this subparagraph are goods or technologies 

4 that the President determines are likely to be 

5 used by the Government of Iran or any of its 

6 agencies or instrumentalities to commit serious 

7 human rights abuses against the people of Iran, 

8 including— 

9 ‘‘(i) firearms or ammunition (as those 

10 terms are defined in section 921 of title 

11 18, United States Code), rubber bullets, 

12 police batons, pepper or chemical sprays, 

13 stun grenades, electroshock weapons, tear 

14 gas, water cannons, or surveillance tech15 nology; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) sensitive technology (as defined 

17 in section 106(c)). 

18 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE TO ALLOW FOR TERMI19 NATION OF SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—The Presi20 dent shall not be required to include a person on the 

21 list required by paragraph (1) if the President cer22 tifies in writing to the appropriate congressional 

23 committees that— 

24 ‘‘(A) the person is no longer engaging in, 

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1 stopping, the activity described in paragraph 

2 (2) for which the President would otherwise 

3 have included the person on the list; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the President has received reliable as5 surances that the person will not knowingly en6 gage in any activity described in paragraph (2) 

7 in the future. 

8 ‘‘(4) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall 

9 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

10 an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

11 ‘‘(A) each time the President is required to 

12 submit an updated list to those committees 

13 under section 105(b)(2)(A); and 

14 ‘‘(B) as new information becomes avail15 able. 

16 ‘‘(5) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAIL17 ABILITY.— 

18 ‘‘(A) FORM.—The list required by para19 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

20 form but may contain a classified annex. 

21 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclas22 sified portion of the list required by paragraph 

23 (1) shall be made available to the public and 

24 posted on the websites of the Department of the 

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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

3 the President shall impose sanctions described in 

4 section 105(c) with respect to a person on the list 

5 required by subsection (b). 

6 ‘‘(2) TRANSFERS TO IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY

7 GUARD CORPS.—In the case of a person on the list 

8 required by subsection (b) for transferring, or facili9 tating the transfer of, goods or technologies de10 scribed in subsection (b)(2)(C) to Iran’s Revolu11 tionary Guard Corps, or providing services with re12 spect to such goods or technologies after such goods 

13 or technologies are transferred to Iran’s Revolu14 tionary Guard Corps, the President shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) impose sanctions described in section 

16 105(c) with respect to the person; and 

17 ‘‘(B) impose such other sanctions from 

18 among the sanctions described in section 6(a) 

19 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

20 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) as the Presi21 dent determines appropriate.’’. 

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

23 for the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

24 Divestment Act of 2010 is amended by inserting after the 

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‘‘Sec. 105A. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or 

technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit 

human rights abuses.’’. 

1 SEC. 402. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP OR 

3 OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES AGAINST CITI4 ZENS OF IRAN. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comprehensive Iran Sanc6 tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 

7 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), as amended by section 401, is fur8 ther amended by inserting after section 105A the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 105B. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

11 PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP OR 

12 OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES AGAINST CITI13 ZENS OF IRAN. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc15 tions described in section 105(c) with respect to each per16 son on the list required by subsection (b). 

17 ‘‘(b) LIST OF PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSOR18 SHIP.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

20 after the date of the enactment of the Iran Sanc21 tions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 

22 2012, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

23 congressional committees a list of persons that the 

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1 other activities that prohibit, limit, or penalize the 

2 exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citi3 zens of Iran. 

4 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) applies 

5 with respect to censorship or other activities de6 scribed in that paragraph that are— 

7 ‘‘(A) commenced on or after the date of 

8 the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, Account9 ability, and Human Rights Act of 2012; or 

10 ‘‘(B) commenced before such date of enact11 ment, if such activities continue on or after 

12 such date of enactment. 

13 ‘‘(3) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall 

14 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

15 an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

16 ‘‘(A) each time the President is required to 

17 submit an updated list to those committees 

18 under section 105(b)(2)(A); and 

19 ‘‘(B) as new information becomes avail20 able. 

21 ‘‘(4) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAIL22 ABILITY.— 

23 ‘‘(A) FORM.—The list required by para24 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

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1 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclas2 sified portion of the list required by paragraph 

3 (1) shall be made available to the public and 

4 posted on the websites of the Department of the 

5 Treasury and the Department of State.’’. 

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

7 for the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

8 Divestment Act of 2010, as amended by section 401, is 

9 further amended by inserting after the item relating to 

10 section 105A the following: 

‘‘Sec. 105B. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other related activities against citizens of Iran.’’. 

11 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 401(b)(1) 

12 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

13 Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)(1)) is amend14 ed— 

15 (1) by inserting ‘‘, 105A(a), or 105B(a)’’ after 

16 ‘‘105(a)’’; and 

17 (2) by inserting ‘‘, 105A(b), or 105B(b)’’ after 

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1 Subtitle B—Additional Measures to 

2 Promote Human Rights in Iran 

3 SEC. 411. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR 

4 AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN HUMAN 

5 RIGHTS-, HUMANITARIAN-, AND DEMOCRACY6 RELATED ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO 

7 IRAN. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENT.—The Office of Foreign Assets 

9 Control, in consultation with the Department of State, 

10 shall establish an expedited process for the consideration 

11 of complete requests for authorization to engage in human 

12 rights-, humanitarian-, or democracy-related activities re13 lating to Iran that are submitted by— 

14 (1) entities receiving funds from the Depart15 ment of State to engage in the proposed activity; 

16 (2) the Broadcasting Board of Governors; and 

17 (3) other appropriate agencies of the United 

18 States Government. 

19 (b) PROCEDURES.—Requests for authorization under 

20 subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Office of Foreign 

21 Assets Control in conformance with the agency’s regula22 tions, including section 501.801 of title 31, Code of Fed23 eral Regulations (commonly known as the Reporting, Pro24 cedures and Penalties Regulations). Applicants must fully 

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1 the activities to be undertaken. License applications in2 volving the exportation or reexportation of goods, tech3 nology, or software to Iran must provide a copy of an offi4 cial Commodity Classification issued by the Department 

5 of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, as part 

6 of the license application. 

7 (c) FOREIGN POLICY REVIEW.—The Department of 

8 State shall complete a foreign policy review of a request 

9 for authorization under subsection (a) not later than 30 

10 days after the request is referred to the Department by 

11 the Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

12 (d) LICENSE DETERMINATIONS.—License determina13 tions for complete requests for authorization under sub14 section (a) shall be made not later than 90 days after re15 ceipt by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, with the 

16 following exceptions: 

17 (1) Any requests involving the exportation or 

18 reexportation to Iran of goods, technology, or soft19 ware listed on the Commerce Control List main20 tained pursuant to part 774 of the Export Adminis21 tration Regulations shall be processed in a manner 

22 consistent with the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Prolifera23 tion Act of 1992 (title XVI of Public Law 102–484) 

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1 (2) Any other requests presenting novel or ex2 traordinary circumstances. 

3 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

4 may prescribe such regulations as are appropriate to carry 

5 out this section. 

6 SEC. 412. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO PROMOTE 

7 INTERNET FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO INFOR8 MATION IN IRAN. 

9 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appro11 priate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy 

12 developed in consultation with the Department of State, 

13 the Department of the Treasury, and other Federal agen14 cies, as appropriate, to— 

15 (1) assist the people of Iran to produce, access, 

16 and share information freely and safely via the 

17 Internet, including in Farsi and regional languages; 

18 (2) support the development of counter-censor19 ship technologies that enable the citizens of Iran to 

20 undertake Internet activities without interference 

21 from the Government of Iran; 

22 (3) increase the capabilities and availability of 

23 secure communications through connective tech24 nology among human rights and democracy activists 

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1 (4) provide resources for digital safety training 

2 for media and academic and civil society organiza3 tions in Iran; 

4 (5) provide accurate and substantive Internet 

5 content in local languages in Iran; 

6 (6) increase emergency resources for the most 

7 vulnerable human rights advocates seeking to orga8 nize, share information, and support human rights 

9 in Iran; 

10 (7) expand surrogate radio, television, live 

11 stream, and social network communications inside 

12 Iran, including Voice of America’s Persian News 

13 Network and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s 

14 Radio Farda, to provide hourly live news update pro15 gramming and breaking news coverage capability 24 

16 hours a day and 7 days a week; 

17 (8) expand activities to safely assist and train 

18 human rights, civil society, and democracy activists 

19 in Iran to operate effectively and securely; 

20 (9) identify and utilize all available resources to 

21 overcome attempts by the Government of Iran to 

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1 (10) expand worldwide United States embassy 

2 and consulate programming for and outreach to Ira3 nian dissident communities. 

4 SEC. 413. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON POLITICAL PRISONERS. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) the Secretary of State should support ef7 forts to research and identify prisoners of conscience 

8 and cases of human rights abuses in Iran; 

9 (2) the United States Government should— 

10 (A) offer refugee status or political asylum 

11 in the United States to political dissidents in 

12 Iran if requested and consistent with the laws 

13 and national security interests of the United 

14 States; and 

15 (B) offer to assist, through the United Na16 tions High Commissioner for Refugees, with the 

17 relocation of such political prisoners to other 

18 countries if requested, as appropriate and with 

19 appropriate consideration for United States na20 tional security interests; and 

21 (3) the Secretary of State should publicly call 

22 for the release of Iranian dissidents by name and 

23 raise awareness with respect to individual cases of 

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1 appropriate and if requested by the dissidents or 

2 prisoners themselves or their families. 

3 TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 

4 SEC. 501. EXCLUSION OF CITIZENS OF IRAN SEEKING EDU5 CATION RELATING TO THE NUCLEAR AND EN6 ERGY SECTORS OF IRAN. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall deny 

8 a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

9 exclude from the United States, any alien who is a citizen 

10 of Iran that the Secretary of State determines seeks to 

11 enter the United States to participate in coursework at 

12 an institution of higher education (as defined in section 

13 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

14 1001(a))) to prepare the alien for a career in the energy 

15 sector of Iran or in nuclear science or nuclear engineering 

16 or a related field in Iran. 

17 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) applies with re18 spect to visa applications filed on or after the date of the 

19 enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 502. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d)(2) of the Na22 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

23 (Public Law 112–81) is amended— 

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1 (2) in the text, by inserting ‘‘agricultural com2 modities,’’ after ‘‘sale of’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the Na5 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

6 (Public Law 112–81). 

7 SEC. 503. INTERESTS IN FINANCIAL ASSETS OF IRAN. 

8 (a) INTERESTS IN BLOCKED ASSETS.—Notwith9 standing any other provision of law, and preempting any 

10 inconsistent provision of State law, the property interest 

11 of Iran in a blocked asset shall include an interest in prop12 erty of any nature whatsoever, direct or indirect, including 

13 any direct or indirect interest in securities or other finan14 cial assets immobilized or in any other manner held in 

15 book entry form and credited to a securities account in 

16 the United States and the proceeds thereof, or in any 

17 funds transfers held in a United States financial institu18 tion. The property interest of Iran in securities or other 

19 financial assets immobilized or in any other manner held 

20 in book entry form and credited to a securities account 

21 in the United States and proceeds thereof shall be deemed 

22 to exist at every tier of securities intermediary necessary 

23 to hold an interest in any such securities or other financial 

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1 shall exist at any intermediary bank necessary to complete 

2 such funds transfer. 

3 (b) PROPERTY IN THE UNITED STATES OF IRAN.— 

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and pre5 empting any inconsistent provision of State law, the prop6 erty, including any interest in the property, of Iran shall 

7 be deemed to be property in the United States of Iran 

8 if— 

9 (1) that property is an interest, held directly or 

10 indirectly for the benefit of Iran or for the benefit 

11 of any securities intermediary that directly or indi12 rectly holds the interest for the benefit of Iran, in 

13 securities or other financial assets that are rep14 resented by certificates or are in other physical form 

15 and are immobilized, custodized, or held for safe16 keeping or any other reason in the United States; or 

17 (2) that property is an interest in securities or 

18 other financial assets held in book entry form or oth19 erwise, and credited to a securities account in the 

20 United States by any securities intermediary directly 

21 or indirectly for the benefit of Iran or for the benefit 

22 of any other securities intermediary that directly or 

23 indirectly holds the interest for the benefit of Iran. 

24 (c) DETERMINATION OF WHETHER SECURITIES OR

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1 TIES ACCOUNT IN THE UNITED STATES.—For purposes 

2 of this section, an interest in securities or other financial 

3 assets is held and credited to a securities account in the 

4 United States by a securities intermediary if the securities 

5 intermediary is located in the United States. A securities 

6 intermediary is conclusively presumed to be located in the 

7 United States if it is regulated in its capacity as a securi8 ties intermediary under the laws of the United States. 

9 (d) COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED

10 STATES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

11 ownership by Iran, or its central bank or monetary author12 ity, of any property, including the interest in property de13 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), or 

14 any other interest in property, shall be deemed to be com15 mercial activity in the United States and that property, 

16 including any interest in that property, shall be deemed 

17 not to be held for the central bank’s or monetary 

18 authority’s own account. 

19 (e) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to all at20 tachments and proceedings in aid of execution issued or 

21 obtained before, on, or after the date of the enactment 

22 of this Act with respect to judgments entered against Iran 

23 for damages for personal injury or death caused by an 

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1 hostage-taking, or the provision of material support or re2 sources for such an act. 

3 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) BLOCKED ASSET.—The term ‘‘blocked 

5 asset’’— 

6 (A) means any asset seized or frozen by 

7 the United States under section 5(b) of the 

8 Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 

9 5(b)) or under section 202 or 203 of the Inter10 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

11 U.S.C. 1701 and 1702); and 

12 (B) does not include property that— 

13 (i) is subject to a license issued by the 

14 United States Government for final pay15 ment, transfer, or disposition by or to a 

16 person subject to the jurisdiction of the 

17 United States in connection with a trans18 action for which the issuance of the license 

19 has been specifically required by a provi20 sion of law other than the International 

21 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

22 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the United Nations 

23 Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 

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1 (ii) is property subject to the Vienna 

2 Convention on Diplomatic Relations or the 

3 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 

4 or that enjoys equivalent privileges and im5 munities under the laws of the United 

6 States, and is being used exclusively for 

7 diplomatic or consular purposes. 

8 (2) CLEARING CORPORATION.—The term 

9 ‘‘clearing corporation’’ means— 

10 (A) a clearing agency (as defined in section 

11 3(a)(23) of the Securities Exchange Act of 

12 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(23))); 

13 (B) a Federal reserve bank; or 

14 (C) any other person that provides clear15 ance or settlement services with respect to fi16 nancial assets that would require it to register 

17 as a clearing agency under the Federal securi18 ties laws but for an exclusion or exemption 

19 from the registration requirement under section 

20 3(a)(23)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 

21 1934, if its activities as a clearing corporation, 

22 including promulgation of rules, are subject to 

23 regulation by a Federal or State governmental 

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1 (3) FINANCIAL ASSET; SECURITY.—The terms 

2 ‘‘financial asset’’ and ‘‘security’’ have the meanings 

3 given those terms in the Uniform Commercial Code. 

4 (4) IRAN.—The term ‘‘Iran’’ means the Govern5 ment of Iran, including the central bank or mone6 tary authority of that Government and any agency 

7 or instrumentality of that Government. 

8 (5) PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE VIENNA CON9 VENTION ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OR THE VI10 ENNA CONVENTION ON CONSULAR RELATIONS.—The 

11 term ‘‘property subject to the Vienna Convention on 

12 Diplomatic Relations or the Vienna Convention on 

13 Consular Relations’’ means any property the attach14 ment in aid of execution or execution of which would 

15 result in a violation of an obligation of the United 

16 States under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic 

17 Relations, done at Vienna April 18, 1961, or the 

18 Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 

19 April 24, 1963. 

20 (6) SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY.—The term 

21 ‘‘securities intermediary’’ means— 

22 (A) a clearing corporation; or 

23 (B) a person, including a bank or broker, 

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1 maintains securities accounts for others and is 

2 acting in that capacity. 

3 (7) UNITED STATES.—The terms ‘‘United 

4 States’’ includes all territory and waters, continental 

5 or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United 

6 States. 

7 SEC. 504. REPORT ON MEMBERSHIP OF IRAN IN INTER8 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

9 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter not later than 

11 September 1, the Secretary of State shall submit to Con12 gress a report listing the international organizations of 

13 which Iran is a member and detailing the amount that 

14 the United States contributes to each such organization 

15 on an annual basis. 

16 TITLE VI—GENERAL 

17 PROVISIONS 

18 SEC. 601. TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES. 

19 (a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 

20 all 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— 

23 (1) sections 211, 213, and 216, subtitle A of 

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1 (2) sections 105A and 105B of the Comprehen2 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

3 Act of 2010, as added by subtitle A of title IV of 

4 this Act. 

5 (b) PENALTIES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The penalties provided for in 

7 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter8 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

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

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

11 violation of a provision specified in paragraph (2) of 

12 this subsection, or an order or regulation prescribed 

13 under such a provision, to the same extent that such 

14 penalties apply to a person that commits an unlaw15 ful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 

16 (2) PROVISIONS SPECIFIED.—The provisions 

17 specified in this paragraph are the following: 

18 (A) Sections 211 and 216, subtitle A of 

19 title III, and title VII of this Act. 

20 (B) Sections 105A and 105B of the Com21 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

22 Divestment Act of 2010, as added by subtitle A 

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1 SEC. 602. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AC2 TIVITIES. 

3 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

4 Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of 

5 the United States. 

6 SEC. 603. TERMINATION. 

7 The provisions of sections 211, 213, 215, 216, 217, 

8 and 501, title I, and subtitle A of title III shall terminate 

9 on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the 

10 President makes the certification described in section 

11 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account12 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)). 

13 TITLE VII—SANCTIONS WITH RE14 SPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS 

15 ABUSES IN SYRIA 

16 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

17 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Syria Human Rights 

18 Accountability Act of 2012’’. 

19 SEC. 702. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

20 CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE 

21 FOR OR COMPLICIT IN HUMAN RIGHTS 

22 ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST CITIZENS OF 

23 SYRIA OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc25 tions described in subsection (c) with respect to each per26 son on the list required by subsection (b). 


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1 (b) LIST OF PERSONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

2 OR COMPLICIT IN CERTAIN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.— 

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

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

5 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com6 mittees a list of persons who are officials of the Gov7 ernment of Syria or persons acting on behalf of that 

8 Government that the President determines, based on 

9 credible evidence, are responsible for or complicit in, 

10 or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise 

11 directing, the commission of serious human rights 

12 abuses against citizens of Syria or their family mem13 bers, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in 

14 Syria. 

15 (2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall 

16 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

17 an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

18 (A) not later than 270 days after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act and every 180 

20 days thereafter; and 

21 (B) as new information becomes available. 

22 (3) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

23 (A) FORM.—The list required by para24 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

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1 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi2 fied portion of the list required by paragraph 

3 (1) shall be made available to the public and 

4 posted on the websites of the Department of the 

5 Treasury and the Department of State. 

6 (4) CONSIDERATION OF DATA FROM OTHER

7 COUNTRIES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA8 TIONS.—In preparing the list required by paragraph 

9 (1), the President shall consider credible data al10 ready obtained by other countries and nongovern11 mental organizations, including organizations in 

12 Syria, that monitor the human rights abuses of the 

13 Government of Syria. 

14 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de15 scribed in this subsection are sanctions pursuant to the 

16 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

17 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), including blocking of property and 

18 restrictions or prohibitions on financial transactions and 

19 the exportation and importation of property, subject to 

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1 SEC. 703. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 THE TRANSFER OF GOODS OR TECH3 NOLOGIES TO SYRIA THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE 

4 USED TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc6 tions described in section 702(c) with respect to— 

7 (1) each person on the list required by sub8 section (b); and 

9 (2) any person that— 

10 (A) is a successor entity to a person on the 

11 list; 

12 (B) owns or controls a person on the list, 

13 if the person that owns or controls the person 

14 on the list had actual knowledge or should have 

15 known that the person on the list engaged in 

16 the activity described in subsection (b)(2) for 

17 which the person was included in the list; or 

18 (C) is owned or controlled by, or under 

19 common ownership or control with, the person 

20 on the list, if the person owned or controlled by, 

21 or under common ownership or control with (as 

22 the case may be), the person on the list know23 ingly engaged in the activity described in sub24 section (b)(2) for which the person was included 

25 in the list. 

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

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

3 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com4 mittees a list of persons that the President deter5 mines have knowingly engaged in an activity de6 scribed in paragraph (2) on or after such date of en7 actment. 

8 (2) ACTIVITY DESCRIBED.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—A person engages in an 

10 activity described in this paragraph if the per11 son— 

12 (i) transfers, or facilitates the transfer 

13 of, goods or technologies described in sub14 paragraph (C) to Syria; or 

15 (ii) provides services with respect to 

16 goods or technologies described in subpara17 graph (C) after such goods or technologies 

18 are transferred to Syria. 

19 (B) APPLICABILITY TO CONTRACTS AND

20 OTHER AGREEMENTS.—A person engages in an 

21 activity described in subparagraph (A) without 

22 regard to whether the activity is carried out 

23 pursuant to a contract or other agreement en24 tered into before, on, or after the date of the 

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1 (C) GOODS OR TECHNOLOGIES DE2 SCRIBED.—Goods or technologies described in 

3 this subparagraph are goods or technologies 

4 that the President determines are likely to be 

5 used by the Government of Syria or any of its 

6 agencies or instrumentalities to commit human 

7 rights abuses against the people of Syria, in8 cluding— 

9 (i) firearms or ammunition (as those 

10 terms are defined in section 921 of title 

11 18, United States Code), rubber bullets, 

12 police batons, pepper or chemical sprays, 

13 stun grenades, electroshock weapons, tear 

14 gas, water cannons, or surveillance tech15 nology; or 

16 (ii) sensitive technology. 

17 (D) SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.— 

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of 

19 subparagraph (C), the term ‘‘sensitive 

20 technology’’ means hardware, software, 

21 telecommunications equipment, or any 

22 other technology, that the President deter23 mines is to be used specifically— 

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1 (II) to disrupt, monitor, or other2 wise restrict speech of the people of 

3 Syria. 

4 (ii) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘‘sensitive 

5 technology’’ does not include information 

6 or informational materials the exportation 

7 of which the President does not have the 

8 authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant 

9 to section 203(b)(3) of the International 

10 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

11 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)). 

12 (3) SPECIAL RULE TO ALLOW FOR TERMI13 NATION OF SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—The Presi14 dent shall not be required to include a person on the 

15 list required by paragraph (1) if the President cer16 tifies in writing to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees that— 

18 (A) the person is no longer engaging in, or 

19 has taken significant verifiable steps toward 

20 stopping, the activity described in paragraph 

21 (2) for which the President would otherwise 

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1 gage in any activity described in paragraph (2) 

2 in the future. 

3 (4) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall 

4 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

5 an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) not later than 270 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act and every 180 

8 days thereafter; and 

9 (B) as new information becomes available. 

10 (5) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

11 (A) FORM.—The list required by para12 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

13 form but may contain a classified annex. 

14 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi15 fied portion of the list required by paragraph 

16 (1) shall be made available to the public and 

17 posted on the websites of the Department of the 

18 Treasury and the Department of State. 

19 SEC. 704. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

20 PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP OR 

21 OTHER FORMS OF REPRESSION IN SYRIA. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc23 tions described in section 702(c) with respect to each per24 son on the list required by subsection (b). 


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1 (b) LIST OF PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSOR2 SHIP.— 

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

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

5 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com6 mittees a list of persons that the President deter7 mines have engaged in censorship, or activities relat8 ing to censorship, in a manner that prohibits, limits, 

9 or penalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of ex10 pression by citizens of Syria. 

11 (2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall 

12 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

13 an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

14 (A) not later than 270 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act and every 180 

16 days thereafter; and 

17 (B) as new information becomes available. 

18 (3) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

19 (A) FORM.—The list required by para20 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

21 form but may contain a classified annex. 

22 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi23 fied portion of the list required by paragraph 

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1 posted on the websites of the Department of the 

2 Treasury and the Department of State. 

3 SEC. 705. WAIVER. 

4 The President may waive the requirement to include 

5 a person on a list required by section 702, 703, or 704 

6 or to impose sanctions pursuant to any such section if the 

7 President— 

8 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the na9 tional security interests of the United States; and 

10 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

11 committees a report on the reasons for that deter12 mination. 

13 SEC. 706. TERMINATION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this title and 

15 any sanctions imposed pursuant to this title shall termi16 nate on the date on which the President submits to the 

17 appropriate congressional committees— 

18 (1) the certification described in subsection (b); 

19 and 

20 (2) a certification that— 

21 (A) the Government of Syria is democrat22 ically elected and representative of the people of 

23 Syria; or 

24 (B) a legitimate transitional government of 

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1 (b) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—A certification de2 scribed in this subsection is a certification by the Presi3 dent that the Government of Syria— 

4 (1) has unconditionally released all political 

5 prisoners; 

6 (2) has ceased its practices of violence, unlawful 

7 detention, torture, and abuse of citizens of Syria en8 gaged in peaceful political activity; 

9 (3) has ceased its practice of procuring sensitive 

10 technology designed to restrict the free flow of unbi11 ased information in Syria, or to disrupt, monitor, or 

12 otherwise restrict the right of citizens of Syria to 

13 freedom of expression; 

14 (4) has ceased providing support for foreign 

15 terrorist organizations and no longer allows such or16 ganizations, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Pales17 tinian Islamic Jihad, to maintain facilities in terri18 tory under the control of the Government of Syria; 

19 and 

20 (5) has ceased the development and deployment 

21 of medium- and long-range surface-to-surface bal22 listic missiles; 

23 (6) is not pursuing or engaged in the research, 

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1 and has provided credible assurances that it will not 

2 engage in such activities in the future; and 

3 (7) has agreed to allow the United Nations and 

4 other international observers to verify that the Gov5 ernment of Syria is not engaging in such activities 

6 and to assess the credibility of the assurances pro7 vided by that Government. 

8 (c) SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS AFTER ELECTION OF

9 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.—If the President submits to 

10 the appropriate congressional committees the certification 

11 described in subsection (a)(2), the President may suspend 

12 the provisions of this title and any sanctions imposed 

13 under this title for not more than one year to allow time 

14 for a certification described in subsection (b) to be sub15 mitted. 


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Calendar No. 320 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2101 

A BILL 

To strengthen the multilateral sanctions regime 

rights abuses in Iran, and for other purposes. weapons of mass destruction by Iran, and human to the energy sector of Iran, the proliferation of with respect to Iran, to expand sanctions relating 

FEBRUARY 13, 2012 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 


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