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Calendar No. 288 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1881 

To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional 

sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 20 (legislative day, DECEMBER 19), 2013 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. 

CARDIN, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. CORKER, Mr. PRYOR, 

Ms. COLLINS, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. WARNER, Mr. JOHANNS, Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. 

COATS, Mr. VITTER, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ISAKSON, and Mr. BOOZMAN) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

DECEMBER 20, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to 

impose additional sanctions with respect to 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 ‘‘Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’. 

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Sense of Congress on nuclear weapon capabilities of Iran. 

TITLE I—EXPANSION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS 

Sec. 101. Applicability of sanctions with respect to petroleum transactions. 

Sec. 102. Ineligibility for exception to certain sanctions for countries that do 

not reduce purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin to a de minimis level. 

Sec. 103. Imposition of sanctions with respect to ports, special economic zones, 

and strategic sectors of Iran. 

Sec. 104. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain 

Iranian individuals. 

Sec. 105. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign currencies with or for certain sanctioned persons. 

Sec. 106. Sense of Congress on prospective sanctions. 

TITLE II—ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS 

Sec. 201. Sense of Congress on the provision of specialized financial messaging 

services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions. 

Sec. 202. Inclusion of transfers of goods, services, and technologies to strategic 

sectors of Iran for purposes of identifying Destinations of Diversion Concern. 

Sec. 203. Authorization of additional measures with respect to Destinations of 

Diversion Concern. 

Sec. 204. Sense of Congress on increased staffing for agencies involved in the 

implementation and enforcement of sanctions against Iran. 

TITLE III—IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS 

Sec. 301. Suspension of sanctions to facilitate a diplomatic solution. 

TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 401. Exception for Afghanistan reconstruction. 

Sec. 402. Exception for import restrictions. 

Sec. 403. Applicability to certain intelligence activities. 

Sec. 404. Applicability to certain natural gas projects. 

Sec. 405. Rule of construction with respect to the use of force against Iran. 

TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 

Sec. 501. Categories of aliens for purposes of refugee determinations. 


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1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NUCLEAR WEAPON CAPA2 BILITIES OF IRAN. 

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

5 (1) The Government of Iran continues to ex6 pand the nuclear and missile programs of Iran in 

7 violation of multiple United Nations Security Coun8 cil resolutions. 

9 (2) The Government of Iran has a decades-long 

10 track record of violating commitments regarding the 

11 nuclear program of Iran and has used diplomatic ne12 gotiations as a subterfuge to advance its nuclear 

13 weapons program. 

14 (3) Iran remains the world’s foremost state 

15 sponsor of terrorism, having directed, supported, 

16 and financed acts of terrorism against the United 

17 States and its allies that have resulted in the thou18 sands of deaths, including the deaths of United 

19 States citizens and members of the Armed Forces of 

20 the United States. 

21 (4) The Government of Iran and its terrorist 

22 proxies, particularly Lebanese Hezbollah, continue to 

23 provide military and financial support to the regime 

24 of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, aiding that regime in 

25 the mass killing of the people of Syria. 


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1 (5) The Government of Iran continues to sow 

2 instability in the Middle East and threaten its neigh3 bors, including allies of the United States, such as 

4 Israel. 

5 (6) The Government of Iran denies its people 

6 fundamental freedoms, including freedom of the 

7 press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and 

8 freedom of conscience. 

9 (7) Strict sanctions on Iran, imposed by the 

10 United States and the international community, are 

11 responsible for bringing Iran to the negotiating 

12 table. 

13 (8) President Hassan Rouhani of Iran has in 

14 the past admitted to using diplomatic negotiations to 

15 buy time for Iran to make nuclear advances. 

16 (9) Based on Iran’s current stockpile of ura17 nium enriched to 3.5 percent and 20 percent and its 

18 current centrifuge capacity, Iran could produce a 

19 sufficient quantity of weapons-grade uranium for a 

20 bomb in one to 2 months’ time. 

21 (10) If the Government of Iran commences the 

22 operation of its heavy water reactor in Arak, it could 

23 establish an alternate pathway to a nuclear weapon 

24 through the production of plutonium. 


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1 (11) As of the date of the enactment of this 

2 Act, 19 countries access nuclear energy for peaceful 

3 purposes without conducting any enrichment or re4 processing activities within those countries. 

5 (12) The Government of Iran could likewise ac6 cess nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without 

7 conducting any enrichment or reprocessing activities 

8 within Iran. 

9 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con10 gress that— 

11 (1) the Government of Iran must not be allowed 

12 to develop or maintain nuclear weapon capabilities; 

13 (2) all instruments of power and influence of 

14 the United States should remain on the table to pre15 vent the Government of Iran from developing nu16 clear weapon capabilities; 

17 (3) the Government of Iran does not have an 

18 absolute or inherent right to enrichment and reproc19 essing capabilities and technologies under the Treaty 

20 on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done 

21 at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968, 

22 and entered into force March 5, 1970 (commonly 

23 known as the ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’’); 

24 (4) the imposition of sanctions under this Act, 

25 including sanctions on exports of petroleum from 


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1 Iran, is triggered by violations by Iran of any in2 terim or final agreement regarding its nuclear pro3 gram, failure to reach a final agreement in a dis4 cernible time frame, or the breach of other condi5 tions described in section 301; 

6 (5) if the Government of Israel is compelled to 

7 take military action in legitimate self-defense against 

8 Iran’s nuclear weapon program, the United States 

9 Government should stand with Israel and provide, in 

10 accordance with the law of the United States and 

11 the constitutional responsibility of Congress to au12 thorize the use of military force, diplomatic, military, 

13 and economic support to the Government of Israel in 

14 its defense of its territory, people, and existence; 

15 (6) the United States should continue to impose 

16 sanctions on the Government of Iran and its ter17 rorist proxies for their continuing sponsorship of ter18 rorism; and 

19 (7) the United States should continue to impose 

20 sanctions on the Government of Iran for— 

21 (A) its ongoing abuses of human rights; 

22 and 

23 (B) its actions in support of Bashar al24 Assad in Syria. 


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1 TITLE I—EXPANSION AND 

2 IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS 

3 SEC. 101. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

4 PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the 

6 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

7 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘reduced re9 duced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘reduced the volume of its purchases 

11 of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and 

12 (2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur13 chases from Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of pe14 troleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’. 

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1245(h) of the National 

16 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 

17 U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

19 paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(3) IRANIAN ORIGIN.—The term ‘Iranian ori23 gin’, with respect to petroleum, means extracted, 

24 produced, or refined in Iran. 


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1 ‘‘(4) PETROLEUM.—The term ‘petroleum’ in2 cludes crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils, and 

3 other unfinished oils.’’. 

4 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 102(b) of 

5 the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 

6 of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘crude oil purchases from 

9 Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum 

10 from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘as amended by section 

12 504,’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur14 chases’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum from 

15 Iran or of Iranian origin’’. 

16 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 this section shall apply with respect to determinations 

18 under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense 

19 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

20 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the date that is 90 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 102. INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN 

2 SANCTIONS FOR COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT 

3 REDUCE PURCHASES OF PETROLEUM FROM 

4 IRAN OR OF IRANIAN ORIGIN TO A DE MINI5 MIS LEVEL. 

6 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

7 United States to seek to ensure that all countries reduce 

8 their purchases of crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils, 

9 and other unfinished oils from Iran or of Iranian origin 

10 to a de minimis level by the end of the 1-year period begin11 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

12 (b) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTIONS TO SANC13 TIONS.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense 

14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

15 8513a(d)(4)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(iii) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEP18 TION.— 

19 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A country 

20 that purchased petroleum from Iran 

21 or of Iranian origin during the one22 year period preceding the date of the 

23 enactment of the Nuclear Weapon 

24 Free Iran Act of 2013 may continue 

25 to receive an exception under clause 

26 (i) on or after the date that is one 


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1 year after such date of enactment 

2 only— 

3 ‘‘(aa) if the country reduces 

4 its purchases of petroleum from 

5 Iran or of Iranian origin to a de 

6 minimis level by the end of the 

7 one-year period beginning on 

8 such date of enactment; or 

9 ‘‘(bb) as provided in sub10 clause (II) or (III). 

11 ‘‘(II) COUNTRIES THAT DRA12 MATICALLY REDUCE PURCHASES.— 

13 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—A 

14 country that would otherwise be 

15 ineligible pursuant to subclause 

16 (I)(aa) to receive an exception 

17 under clause (i) may continue to 

18 receive such an exception during 

19 the one-year period beginning on 

20 the date that is one year after 

21 the date of the enactment of the 

22 Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act 

23 of 2013 if the country— 

24 ‘‘(AA) dramatically re25 duces by at least 30 percent 


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1 its purchases of petroleum 

2 from Iran or of Iranian ori3 gin during the one-year pe4 riod beginning on such date 

5 of enactment; and 

6 ‘‘(BB) is expected to 

7 reduce its purchases of pe8 troleum from Iran or of Ira9 nian origin to a de minimis 

10 level within a defined period 

11 of time that is not longer 

12 than 2 years after such date 

13 of enactment. 

14 ‘‘(bb) TERMINATION OF EX15 CEPTION.—If a country that con16 tinues to receive an exception 

17 under clause (i) pursuant to item 

18 (aa) does not reduce its pur19 chases of petroleum from Iran or 

20 of Iranian origin to a de minimis 

21 level by the date that is 2 years 

22 after the date of the enactment 

23 of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran 

24 Act of 2013, that country shall 

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1 tion on or after the date that is 

2 2 years after such date of enact3 ment. 

4 ‘‘(III) REINSTATEMENT OF ELI5 GIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION.—A country 

6 that becomes ineligible for an excep7 tion under clause (i) pursuant to sub8 clause (I) or (II) shall be eligible for 

9 such an exception in accordance with 

10 the provisions of clause (i) on and 

11 after the date on which the President 

12 determines the country has reduced 

13 its purchases of petroleum from Iran 

14 or of Iranian origin to a de minimis 

15 level.’’. 

16 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

17 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense Authorization 

18 Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) 

19 is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by strik20 ing ‘‘Sanctions imposed’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro21 vided in clause (iii), sanctions imposed’’. 


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1 SEC. 103. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 PORTS, SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, AND 

3 STRATEGIC SECTORS OF IRAN. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 1244(a)(1) of the Iran Free5 dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

6 8803(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and shipbuilding’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘shipbuilding, construction, engineering, 

8 and mining’’. 

9 (b) EXPANSION OF DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES OF

10 PROLIFERATION CONCERN.—Section 1244(b) of the Iran 

11 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

12 U.S.C. 8803(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘in Iran and enti13 ties in the energy, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘, special economic zones, or free economic zones 

15 in Iran, and entities in strategic sectors’’. 

16 (c) EXPANSION OF ENTITIES SUBJECT TO ASSET

17 FREEZE.—Section 1244(c) of the Iran Freedom and 

18 Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(c)) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the date 

21 that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear 

24 Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and 

25 (2) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in4 serting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free 

6 Iran Act of 2013’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘the energy, shipping, or 

8 shipbuilding sectors’’ each place it appears and 

9 inserting ‘‘a strategic sector’’; and 

10 (C) by inserting ‘‘, special economic zone, 

11 or free economic zone’’ after ‘‘port’’ each place 

12 it appears; and 

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

14 ‘‘(4) STRATEGIC SECTOR DEFINED.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the 

16 term ‘strategic sector’ means— 

17 ‘‘(i) the energy, shipping, ship18 building, and mining sectors of Iran; 

19 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara20 graph (B), the construction and engineer21 ing sectors of Iran; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) any other sector the President 

23 designates as of strategic importance to 

24 Iran. 


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1 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND

2 ENGINEERING OF SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND

3 SIMILAR FACILITIES.—For purposes of this sec4 tion, a person engaged in the construction or 

5 engineering of schools, hospitals, or similar fa6 cilities (as determined by the President) shall 

7 not be considered part of a strategic sector of 

8 Iran. 

9 ‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION OF STRATEGIC SEC10 TOR DESIGNATION.—The President shall sub11 mit to Congress a notification of the designa12 tion of a sector as a strategic sector of Iran for 

13 purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii) not later than 

14 5 days after the date on which the President 

15 makes the designation.’’. 

16 (d) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO

17 STRATEGIC SECTORS.—Section 1244(d) of the Iran Free18 dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

19 8803(d)) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the date 

21 that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear 

24 Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the date that 

2 is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 

3 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon 

5 Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and 

6 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the energy, 

7 shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

8 strategic sector’’. 

9 (e) SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN MA10 TERIALS TO OR FROM IRAN.—Section 1245 of the Iran 

11 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

12 U.S.C. 8804) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

14 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

15 (A), by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in17 serting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after the date 

18 of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free 

19 Iran Act of 2013’’; and 

20 (B) in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), by striking 

21 ‘‘the energy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in 

23 section 1244(c)(4))’’; and 

24 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the date that 

25 is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 


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1 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon 

3 Free Iran Act of 2013’’. 

4 (f) PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO SANCTIONED PER5 SONS.—Section 1246(a)(1) of the Iran Freedom and 

6 Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8805(a)(1)) 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

9 by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

11 date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment 

12 of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and 

13 (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘the en14 ergy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in section 

16 1244(c)(4))’’. 

17 (g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1244 of 

18 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 

19 (22 U.S.C. 8803), as amended by subsections (a), (b), (c), 

20 and (d), is further amended— 

21 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘THE

22 ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘CERTAIN PORTS, ECONOMIC ZONES, 

24 AND’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (b), in the subsection heading, 

2 by striking ‘‘PORTS AND ENTITIES IN THE ENERGY, 

3 SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING SECTORS OF IRAN’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN ENTITIES’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, 

6 by striking ‘‘ENTITIES IN ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND

7 SHIPBUILDING SECTORS’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN

8 ENTITIES’’; and 

9 (4) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading, 

10 by striking ‘‘THE ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIP11 BUILDING’’ and inserting ‘‘STRATEGIC’’. 

12 SEC. 104. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC13 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN 

14 INDIVIDUALS. 

15 (a) EXPANSION OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED.—Sec16 tion 221(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 

17 Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(a)) is amend18 ed— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

20 inserting a semicolon; 

21 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

22 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

24 ‘‘(3) an individual who engages in activities for 

25 or on behalf of the Government of Iran that enables 


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1 Iran to evade sanctions imposed by the United 

2 States with respect to Iran; 

3 ‘‘(4) an individual acting on behalf of the Gov4 ernment of Iran who is involved in corrupt activities 

5 of that Government or the diversion of humanitarian 

6 goods, including agricultural commodities, food, 

7 medicine, and medical devices, intended for the peo8 ple of Iran; or 

9 ‘‘(5) a senior official— 

10 ‘‘(A) of an entity designated for the impo11 sition of sanctions pursuant to the International 

12 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

13 1701 et seq.) in connection with— 

14 ‘‘(i) Iran’s proliferation of weapons of 

15 mass destruction or delivery systems for 

16 weapons of mass destruction; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) Iran’s support for acts of inter18 national terrorism; and 

19 ‘‘(B) who was involved in the activity for 

20 which the entity was designated for the imposi21 tion of sanctions.’’. 

22 (b) EXPANSION OF SENIOR OFFICIALS DE23 SCRIBED.—Section 221(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction 

24 and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(b)) 

25 is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in2 serting a semicolon; 

3 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(7) a senior official of— 

7 ‘‘(A) the Office of the Supreme Leader of 

8 Iran; 

9 ‘‘(B) the Atomic Energy Organization of 

10 Iran; 

11 ‘‘(C) the Islamic Consultative Assembly of 

12 Iran; 

13 ‘‘(D) the Council of Ministers of Iran; 

14 ‘‘(E) the Ministry of Defense and Armed 

15 Forces Logistics of Iran; 

16 ‘‘(F) the Ministry of Justice of Iran; 

17 ‘‘(G) the Ministry of Interior of Iran; 

18 ‘‘(H) the prison system of Iran; or 

19 ‘‘(I) the judicial system of Iran.’’. 

20 (c) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—Section 221 of the 

21 Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 

22 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727) is amended— 

23 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

24 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 


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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(d) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) OFFICIALS AND OTHER ACTORS.—In the 

5 case of an individual described in paragraph (1), (3), 

6 (4), or (5) of subsection (a) who is on the list re7 quired by that subsection, the President shall block 

8 and prohibit all transactions in all property and in9 terests in property of that individual if such property 

10 or interests in property are in the United States, 

11 come within the United States, or are or come with12 in the possession or control of a United States per13 son. 

14 ‘‘(2) FAMILY MEMBERS.—In the case of an in15 dividual described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) 

16 who is on the list required by that subsection, the 

17 President shall block and prohibit a transaction in 

18 property or an interest in property of that individual 

19 if the property or interest in property— 

20 ‘‘(A) was transferred to that individual 

21 from an individual described in paragraph (1) 

22 of subsection (a) who is on the list required by 

23 that subsection; and 

24 ‘‘(B) is in the United States, comes within 

25 the United States, or is or comes within the 


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1 possession or control of a United States per2 son.’’. 

3 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 221 of the 

4 Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 

5 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727), as amended by subsections (a), 

6 (b), and (c), is further amended— 

7 (1) by striking the section heading and insert8 ing ‘‘IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF

9 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRA10 NIAN INDIVIDUALS’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the date of 

12 the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date 

13 of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran 

14 Act of 2013’’; and 

15 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 

16 (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’. 

17 (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

18 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

19 Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by strik20 ing the item relating to section 221 and inserting the fol21 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 221. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain 

Iranian individuals.’’. 


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1 SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES 

3 WITH OR FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONED PER4 SONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Iran Threat Reduc6 tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

7 8721 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) by inserting after section 221 the following: 

9 ‘‘Subtitle C—Other Matters’’; 

10 (2) by redesignating sections 222, 223, and 224 

11 as sections 231, 232, and 233, respectively; and 

12 (3) by inserting after section 221 the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 222. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

14 TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES 

15 WITH CERTAIN SANCTIONED PERSONS. 

16 ‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President— 

17 ‘‘(1) shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 

18 impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the 

19 United States of a correspondent account or a pay20 able-through account by a foreign financial institu21 tion that knowingly conducts or facilitates a trans22 action described in subsection (b)(1); and 

23 ‘‘(2) may impose sanctions pursuant to the 

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1 son that knowingly conducts or facilitates such a 

2 transaction. 

3 ‘‘(b) TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A transaction described in 

5 this subsection is a significant transaction conducted 

6 or facilitated by a person related to the currency of 

7 a country other than the country with primary juris8 diction over the person with, for, or on behalf of— 

9 ‘‘(A) the Central Bank of Iran or an Ira10 nian financial institution designated by the Sec11 retary of the Treasury for the imposition of 

12 sanctions pursuant to the International Emer13 gency Economic Powers Act; or 

14 ‘‘(B) a person described in section 

15 1244(c)(2) of the Iran Freedom and Counter16 Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

17 8803(c)(2)) (other than a person described in 

18 subparagraph (C)(iii) of that subsection). 

19 ‘‘(2) PRIMARY JURISDICTION.—For purposes of 

20 paragraph (1), a country in which a person operates 

21 shall be deemed to have primary jurisdiction over 

22 the person only with respect to the operations of the 

23 person in that country. 


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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply 

2 with respect to a transaction described in subsection 

3 (b)(1) conducted or facilitated— 

4 ‘‘(1) on or after the date that is 90 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon 

6 Free Iran Act of 2013 pursuant to a contract en7 tered into on or after such date of enactment; and 

8 ‘‘(2) on or after the date that is 180 days after 

9 such date of enactment pursuant to a contract en10 tered into before such date of enactment. 

11 ‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY TO HUMANITARIAN TRANS12 ACTIONS.—The President may not impose sanctions under 

13 subsection (a) with respect to any person for conducting 

14 or facilitating a transaction for the sale of agricultural 

15 commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran or 

16 for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people 

17 of Iran. 

18 ‘‘(e) WAIVER.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

20 the application of subsection (a) with respect to a 

21 person for a period of not more than 180 days, and 

22 may renew that waiver for additional periods of not 

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1 ‘‘(A) determines that the waiver is impor2 tant to the national interest of the United 

3 States; and 

4 ‘‘(B) not less than 15 days after the waiver 

5 or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may 

6 be, takes effect, submits a report to the appro7 priate congressional committees on the waiver 

8 and the reason for the waiver. 

9 ‘‘(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report sub10 mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in 

11 unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. 

12 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; IRANIAN FINAN14 CIAL INSTITUTION.—The terms ‘financial institution’ 

15 and ‘Iranian financial institution’ have the meanings 

16 given those terms in section 104A(d) of the Com17 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di18 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)). 

19 ‘‘(2) TRANSACTION.—The term ‘transaction’ in20 cludes a foreign exchange swap, a foreign exchange 

21 forward, and any other type of currency exchange or 

22 conversion or derivative instrument.’’. 

23 (b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the 

24 Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (22 

25 U.S.C. 8701) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and 

2 (4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (9), respectively; 

3 (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; 

6 PAYABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘ac7 count’, ‘correspondent account’, and ‘payable8 through account’ have the meanings given those 

9 terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States 

10 Code. 

11 ‘‘(2) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term 

12 ‘agricultural commodity’ has the meaning given that 

13 term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 

14 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

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

18 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

19 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

20 ‘‘(4) DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; FOR21 EIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The terms ‘domes22 tic financial institution’ and ‘foreign financial insti23 tution’ have the meanings determined by the Sec24 retary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(i) of 

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1 and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i)).’’; 

2 and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6), as redesig4 nated by paragraph (1), the following: 

5 ‘‘(7) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘medical de6 vice’ has the meaning given the term ‘device’ in sec7 tion 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

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

9 ‘‘(8) MEDICINE.—The term ‘medicine’ has the 

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

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

12 321).’’. 

13 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

14 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

15 Act of 2012 is amended by striking the items relating to 

16 sections 222, 223, and 224 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign currencies with certain sanctioned persons. 

‘‘Subtitle C—Other Matters 

‘‘Sec. 231. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to certain authorities of State and local governments. 

‘‘Sec. 232. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that invest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum 

products to Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 233. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crude 

oil and refined petroleum products.’’. 

17 SEC. 106. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROSPECTIVE SANC18 TIONS. 

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1 ment of Iran continues to pursue an illicit nuclear weapons 

2 program, Congress should pursue additional stringent 

3 sanctions on Iran, such as sanctions on entities providing 

4 the Government of Iran access to assets of the Govern5 ment of Iran held outside Iran, sanctions on Iran’s energy 

6 sector, including its natural gas sector, and sanctions on 

7 entities providing certain underwriting, insurance, or rein8 surance to the Government of Iran. 

9 TITLE II—ENFORCEMENT OF 

10 SANCTIONS 

11 SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE PROVISION OF SPE12 CIALIZED FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES 

13 TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND OTHER 

14 SANCTIONED IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITU15 TIONS. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that— 

17 (1) the President has been engaged in intensive 

18 diplomatic efforts to ensure that sanctions against 

19 Iran are imposed and maintained multilaterally to 

20 sharply restrict the access of the Government of 

21 Iran to the global financial system; 

22 (2) the European Union is to be commended for 

23 strengthening the multilateral sanctions regime 

24 against Iran by prohibiting all persons subject to the 

25 jurisdiction of the European Union from providing 


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1 specialized financial messaging services to the Cen2 tral Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian fi3 nancial institutions; 

4 (3) in order to continue to sharply restrict ac5 cess by Iran to the global financial system, the 

6 President and the European Union must continue to 

7 expeditiously address any judicial, administrative, or 

8 other decisions in their respective jurisdictions that 

9 might weaken the current multilateral sanctions re10 gime, including decisions regarding the designation 

11 of financial institutions and global specialized finan12 cial messaging service providers for sanctions; and 

13 (4) existing restrictions on the access of Iran to 

14 global specialized financial messaging services should 

15 be maintained. 

16 SEC. 202. INCLUSION OF TRANSFERS OF GOODS, SERVICES, 

17 AND TECHNOLOGIES TO STRATEGIC SEC18 TORS OF IRAN FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTI19 FYING DESTINATIONS OF DIVERSION CON20 CERN. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b) of the Comprehen22 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act 

23 of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8542(b)) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

25 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 


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1 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

2 and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(iv) strategic sectors; and’’; and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 

9 or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

10 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

11 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(3) that will be sold, transferred, or otherwise 

14 made available to a strategic sector of Iran.’’. 

15 (b) STRATEGIC SECTOR DEFINED.—Section 301 of 

16 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

17 Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8541) is amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para19 graph (15); and 

20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(14) STRATEGIC SECTOR.—The term ‘strategic 

23 sector’ has the meaning given that term in section 

24 1244(c)(4) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Pro25 liferation Act of 2012.’’. 


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1 (c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Section 302(a) of the 

2 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di3 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8542(a)) is amended by 

4 striking ‘‘180 days after the date of the enactment of this 

5 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days after the date of the enact6 ment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’. 

7 SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES 

8 WITH RESPECT TO DESTINATIONS OF DIVER9 SION CONCERN. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(c) of the Comprehen11 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act 

12 of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8543(c)) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) LICENSING REQUIREMENT.—Not later 

16 than’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL MEASURES.—The President 

19 may— 

20 ‘‘(A) impose restrictions on United States 

21 foreign assistance or measures authorized under 

22 the International Emergency Economic Powers 

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1 dent determines that those restrictions or meas2 ures would prevent the diversion of goods, serv3 ices, and technologies described in section 

4 302(b) to Iranian end-users or Iranian inter5 mediaries; or 

6 ‘‘(B) prohibit the issuance of a license 

7 under section 38 of the Arms Export Control 

8 Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) for the export to such a 

9 country of a defense article or defense service 

10 for which a notification to Congress would be 

11 required under section 36(b) of that Act (22 

12 U.S.C. 2776(b)). 

13 ‘‘(3) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 

14 days after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear 

15 Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013, and every 90 days 

16 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro17 priate congressional committees a report— 

18 ‘‘(A) identifying countries that have al19 lowed the diversion through the country of 

20 goods, services, or technologies described in sec21 tion 302(b) to Iranian end-users or Iranian 

22 intermediaries during the 180-day period pre23 ceding the submission of the report; 

24 ‘‘(B) identifying the persons that engaged 

25 in such diversion during that period; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) describing the activities relating to di2 version in which those countries and persons 

3 engaged.’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 303 of the 

5 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di6 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8543) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, 

8 by striking ‘‘LICENSING REQUIREMENT’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘LICENSING AND OTHER MEASURES’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (d)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub12 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub14 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’; 

15 and 

16 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘is it’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘it is’’. 

18 SEC. 204. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASED STAFFING 

19 FOR AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMEN20 TATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS 

21 AGAINST IRAN. 

22 It is the sense of Congress that— 

23 (1) when the President submits the President’s 

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1 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the 

2 President should, in that budget, prioritize— 

3 (A) resources for the Office of Foreign As4 sets Control for the Department of Treasury 

5 dedicated to the implementation and enforce6 ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and 

7 (B) resources for the Department of State 

8 dedicated to the implementation and enforce9 ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and 

10 (2) the appropriate committees of the Senate 

11 and the House of Representatives should prioritize 

12 the resources described in subparagraphs (A) and 

13 (B) of paragraph (1) during consideration of author14 ization and appropriations legislation in future fiscal 

15 years. 

16 TITLE III—IMPLEMENTATION OF 

17 SANCTIONS 

18 SEC. 301. SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS TO FACILITATE A 

19 DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION. 

20 (a) SUSPENSION OF NEW SANCTIONS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may suspend 

22 the application of sanctions imposed under this Act 

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1 dent submits a notification described in paragraph 

2 (5) to the appropriate congressional committees, if 

3 the President makes the certification described in 

4 paragraph (2) to the appropriate congressional com5 mittees every 30 days during that period. 

6 (2) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—A certifi7 cation described in this paragraph is a certification 

8 that— 

9 (A) Iran is complying with the provisions 

10 of the Joint Plan of Action and any agreement 

11 to implement the Joint Plan of Action; 

12 (B) Iran has agreed to specific and 

13 verifiable measures to implement the Joint Plan 

14 of Action; 

15 (C) Iran is transparently, verifiably, and 

16 fully implementing the Joint Plan of Action and 

17 any agreement to implement the Joint Plan of 

18 Action; 

19 (D) Iran has not breached the terms of or 

20 any commitment made pursuant to the Joint 

21 Plan of Action or any agreement to implement 

22 the Joint Plan of Action; 

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1 clear activities, related weaponization activities, 

2 and any other nuclear activity not required for 

3 a civilian nuclear program; 

4 (F) the United States is working toward a 

5 final agreement or arrangement that will dis6 mantle Iran’s illicit nuclear infrastructure to 

7 prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapons 

8 capability and permit daily verification, moni9 toring, and inspections of suspect facilities in 

10 Iran so that an effort by Iran to produce a nu11 clear weapon would be quickly detected; 

12 (G) any suspension of or relief from sanc13 tions provided to Iran pursuant to the Joint 

14 Plan of Action is temporary, reversible, and 

15 proportionate to the specific and verifiable 

16 measures taken by Iran with respect to termi17 nating its illicit nuclear program and related 

18 weaponization activities; 

19 (H) Iran has not directly, or through a 

20 proxy, supported, financed, planned, or other21 wise carried out an act of terrorism against the 

22 United States or United States persons or 

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1 (I) Iran has not conducted any tests for 

2 ballistic missiles with a range exceeding 500 kil3 ometers; and 

4 (J) the suspension of sanctions is vital to 

5 the national security interests of the United 

6 States. 

7 (3) RENEWAL OF SUSPENSION.—Following the 

8 180-day period described in paragraph (1), the 

9 President may renew a suspension of sanctions 

10 under that paragraph for 2 additional periods of not 

11 more than 30 days if, for each such renewal, the 

12 President submits to the appropriate congressional 

13 committees— 

14 (A) a certification described in paragraph 

15 (2) that covers the 30 days preceding the cer16 tification; and 

17 (B) a certification that a final agreement 

18 or arrangement with Iran to fully and verifiably 

19 terminate its illicit nuclear program and related 

20 weaponization activities is imminent and that 

21 Iran will, pursuant to that agreement or ar22 rangement, dismantle its illicit nuclear infra23 structure to preclude a nuclear breakout capa24 bility and other capabilities critical to the pro25 duction of nuclear weapons. 


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1 (4) TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF EXISTING

2 SANCTIONS.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Any sanctions deferred, 

4 waived, or otherwise suspended by the Presi5 dent pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action or 

6 any agreement to implement the Joint Plan of 

7 Action, including sanctions suspended under 

8 this section and sanctions relating to precious 

9 metals, petrochemicals, Iran’s automotive sec10 tor, and sanctions pursuant to section 1245 of 

11 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis12 cal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), shall be rein13 stated immediately if— 

14 (i)(I) during the 180-day period de15 scribed in paragraph (1), the President 

16 does not submit a certification every 30 

17 days pursuant that paragraph; or 

18 (II) the President does not renew the 

19 suspension of sanctions pursuant to para20 graph (3); 

21 (ii) Iran breaches its commitments 

22 under either the Joint Plan of Action or a 

23 final agreement or arrangement described 

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1 (iii) no final arrangement or agree2 ment is reached with Iran by the earlier of 

3 the date that is 240 days after— 

4 (I) the date of the enactment of 

5 this Act; or 

6 (II) the date on which the Presi7 dent submits a notification described 

8 in paragraph (5) to the appropriate 

9 congressional committees. 

10 (B) WAIVER.— 

11 (i) IN GENERAL.—The President may 

12 waive the reinstatement of any sanction 

13 under subparagraph (A)(iii) for periods of 

14 not more than 30 days during the period 

15 specified in clause (ii) if, for each such 

16 waiver, the President submits to the appro17 priate congressional committees— 

18 (I) a notification of the waiver; 

19 (II) a certification described in 

20 paragraph (2) that covers the 30 days 

21 preceding the certification; 

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1 spect to the dismantlement of Iran’s 

2 illicit nuclear weapons program; and 

3 (IV) a detailed report on the sta4 tus of the negotiations with the Gov5 ernment of Iran on a final agreement 

6 or arrangement to terminate its illicit 

7 nuclear program and related 

8 weaponization activities, including an 

9 assessment of prospects for and the 

10 expected timeline to reach such an 

11 agreement or arrangement. 

12 (ii) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period 

13 specified in this clause is the period that 

14 begins on the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act and ends on the earlier of the date 

16 that is one year after— 

17 (I) such date of enactment; or 

18 (II) the date on which the Presi19 dent submits a notification described 

20 in paragraph (5) to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees. 

22 (5) NOTIFICATION RELATING TO AGREEMENT

23 TO IMPLEMENT JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—Not later 

24 than 3 days after Iran has agreed to specific and 

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1 Action, the President shall notify the appropriate 

2 congressional committees of that agreement. 

3 (b) SUSPENSION FOR A FINAL AGREEMENT OR AR4 RANGEMENT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Unless a joint resolution of 

6 disapproval is enacted pursuant to subsection (c), 

7 the President may suspend the application of sanc8 tions imposed under this Act or amendments made 

9 by this Act for a one-year period if the President 

10 certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

11 that the United States and its allies have reached a 

12 final and verifiable agreement or arrangement with 

13 Iran that will— 

14 (A) dismantle Iran’s illicit nuclear infra15 structure, including enrichment and reprocess16 ing capabilities and facilities, the heavy water 

17 reactor and production plant at Arak, and any 

18 nuclear weapon components and technology, so 

19 that Iran is precluded from a nuclear breakout 

20 capability and prevented from pursuing both 

21 uranium and plutonium pathways to a nuclear 

22 weapon; 

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1 lutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 1747 

2 (2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 1929 

3 (2010), with a view toward bringing to a satis4 factory conclusion the Security Council’s consid5 eration of matters relating to Iran’s nuclear 

6 program; 

7 (C) resolve all issues of past and present 

8 concern with the International Atomic Energy 

9 Agency, including possible military dimensions 

10 of Iran’s nuclear program; 

11 (D) permit continuous, around the clock, 

12 on-site inspection, verification, and monitoring 

13 of all suspect facilities in Iran, including instal14 lation and use of any compliance verification 

15 equipment requested by the International Atom16 ic Energy Agency, so that any effort by Iran to 

17 produce a nuclear weapon would be quickly de18 tected; and 

19 (E) require Iran’s full implementation of 

20 and compliance with the Agreement between 

21 Iran and the International Atomic Energy 

22 Agency for the Application of Safeguards in 

23 Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Pro24 liferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vienna 

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1 the Subsidiary Arrangements to that Agree2 ment and ratification and implementation of 

3 the Protocol Additional to that Agreement, 

4 done at Vienna December 18, 2003; and 

5 (F) requires Iran’s implementation of 

6 measures in addition to the Protocol Additional 

7 that include verification by the International 

8 Atomic Energy Agency of Iran’s centrifuge 

9 manufacturing facilities, including raw mate10 rials and components, and Iran’s uranium 

11 mines and mills. 

12 (2) RENEWAL OF SUSPENSION.—The President 

13 may renew the suspension of sanctions pursuant to 

14 paragraph (1) for additional one-year periods if, for 

15 each such renewal, the President— 

16 (A) certifies to the appropriate congres17 sional committees that Iran is complying with 

18 the terms of the final arrangement or agree19 ment, including by— 

20 (i) dismantling Iran’s illicit nuclear 

21 infrastructure, including enrichment and 

22 reprocessing capabilities and facilities, and 

23 the heavy water reactor and production 

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1 from pursuing both uranium and pluto2 nium pathways to a nuclear weapon; 

3 (ii) permitting continuous, around the 

4 clock, on-site inspection, verification, and 

5 monitoring of all suspect facilities in Iran, 

6 including installation and use of any com7 pliance verification equipment requested by 

8 the International Atomic Energy Agency, 

9 so that any effort by Iran to produce a nu10 clear weapon would be quickly detected; 

11 (iii) resolving all issues of past and 

12 present concern with the International 

13 Atomic Energy Agency, including possible 

14 military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear pro15 gram; 

16 (iv) remaining in full compliance with 

17 all United Nations Security Council resolu18 tions related to Iran’s nuclear program, in19 cluding Resolutions 1696 (2006), 1737 

20 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 

21 (2008), and 1929 (2010); 

22 (v) fully implementing and complying 

23 with the Agreement between Iran and the 

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1 tion with the Treaty on the Non-Prolifera2 tion of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vienna 

3 June 19, 1973, including modified Code 

4 3.1 of the Subsidiary Arrangements to that 

5 Agreement and ratification and implemen6 tation of the Protocol Additional to that 

7 Agreement, done at Vienna December 18, 

8 2003; and 

9 (vi) implementing measures, in addi10 tion to the Protocol Additional, that in11 clude verification by the International 

12 Atomic Energy Agency of Iran’s centrifuge 

13 manufacturing facilities, including raw ma14 terials and components, and Iran’s ura15 nium mines and mills; and 

16 (B) submits to the appropriate congres17 sional committees with the certification under 

18 subparagraph (A) a detailed report describing 

19 the actions taken by Iran to comply with the 

20 terms of the final arrangement or agreement. 

21 (c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the term 

23 ‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means only a joint 

24 resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress, the sole 

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1 lows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves of the suspension 

2 of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran under sec3 tion 301(b)(1) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act 

4 of 2013 pursuant to the certification of the Presi5 dent submitted to Congress under that section on 

6 llllll’’, with the blank space being filled 

7 with the appropriate date. 

8 (2) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERING RESOLU9 TIONS.— 

10 (A) INTRODUCTION.—A joint resolution of 

11 disapproval— 

12 (i) may be introduced in the House of 

13 Representatives or the Senate during the 

14 15-day period beginning on the date on 

15 which the President submits a certification 

16 under subsection (b)(1) to the appropriate 

17 congressional committees; 

18 (ii) in the House of Representatives, 

19 may be introduced by the Speaker or the 

20 minority leader or a Member of the House 

21 designated by the Speaker or minority 

22 leader; 

23 (iii) in the Senate, may be introduced 

24 by the majority leader or minority leader 

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1 designated by the majority leader or mi2 nority leader; and 

3 (iv) may not be amended. 

4 (B) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES.—A joint 

5 resolution of disapproval introduced in the Sen6 ate shall be referred to the Committee on Bank7 ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs and a joint 

8 resolution of disapproval in the House of Rep9 resentatives shall be referred to the Committee 

10 on Foreign Affairs. 

11 (C) COMMITTEE DISCHARGE AND FLOOR

12 CONSIDERATION.—The provisions of sub13 sections (c) through (f) of section 152 of the 

14 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) (relating 

15 to committee discharge and floor consideration 

16 of certain resolutions in the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Senate) apply to a joint 

18 resolution of disapproval under this subsection 

19 to the same extent that such subsections apply 

20 to joint resolutions under such section 152, ex21 cept that— 

22 (i) subsection (c)(1) shall be applied 

23 and administered by substituting ‘‘10 

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1 (ii) subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) shall be ap2 plied and administered by substituting 

3 ‘‘Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

4 Urban Affairs’’ for ‘‘Committee on Fi5 nance’’. 

6 (3) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA7 TIVES AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by 

8 Congress— 

9 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

10 of the Senate and the House of Representa11 tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 

12 of the rules of each House, respectively, but ap13 plicable only with respect to the procedure to be 

14 followed in that House in the case of a joint 

15 resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to 

16 the extent that it is inconsistent with such 

17 rules; and 

18 (B) with full recognition of the constitu19 tional right of either House to change the rules 

20 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

21 House) at any time, in the same manner and 

22 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

23 rule of that House. 

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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

4 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

5 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

6 (2) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—The term ‘‘Joint 

7 Plan of Action’’ means the Joint Plan of Action, 

8 signed at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and 

9 by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the 

10 People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, 

11 and the United States. 

12 (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

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

14 term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran 

15 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

16 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511). 

17 TITLE IV—GENERAL 

18 PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 401. EXCEPTION FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUC20 TION. 

21 The President may provide for an exception from the 

22 imposition of sanctions under the provisions of or amend23 ments made by this Act for reconstruction assistance or 

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1 (1) to the extent that the President determines 

2 that such an exception is in the national interest of 

3 the United States; and 

4 (2) if, not later than 15 days before issuing the 

5 exception, the President submits a notification of 

6 and justification for the exception to the appropriate 

7 congressional committees (as defined in section 14 of 

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

9 172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)). 

10 SEC. 402. EXCEPTION FOR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS. 

11 No provision of or amendment made by this Act au12 thorizes or requires the President to impose sanctions re13 lating to the importation of goods. 

14 SEC. 403. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AC15 TIVITIES. 

16 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

17 Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of 

18 the United States. 

19 SEC. 404. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN NATURAL GAS 

20 PROJECTS. 

21 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

22 Act shall be construed to apply with respect to any activity 

23 relating to a project described in subsection (a) of section 

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1 Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8783) to which the excep2 tion under that section applies at the time of the activity. 

3 SEC. 405. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO THE 

4 USE OF FORCE AGAINST IRAN. 

5 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

6 Act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an au7 thorization of the use of force against Iran. 

8 TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 

9 SEC. 501. CATEGORIES OF ALIENS FOR PURPOSES OF REF10 UGEE DETERMINATIONS. 

11 The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re12 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 

13 101–167) is amended— 

14 (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 

15 (A) in subsection (b), by striking para16 graph (3); and 

17 (B) in subsection (e)— 

18 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

19 ‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’; 

20 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

21 ‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’; and 

22 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

23 ‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’; and 

24 (2) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 note), 

25 by striking ‘‘2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘2014,’’. 


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Calendar No. 288 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1881 

A BILL 

To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran 

to Iran, and for other purposes. and to impose additional sanctions with respect 

DECEMBER 20, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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