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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4498 

To prohibit military assistance to countries that engage in arms transfers 

and activities with respect to Iran, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2017 

Mr. CRIST (for himself and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit military assistance to countries that engage in 

arms transfers and activities 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Arms Sales to Iran 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 

9 2231 (2015) which endorses implementation of the 

10 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action also provides 


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1 restrictions on ballistic missile-related transfers to or 

2 activities with Iran absent case-by-case approval by 

3 the United Nations Security Council. 

4 (2) Iran has conducted at least three ballistic 

5 missile tests since implementation of the Joint Com6 prehensive Plan of Action in 2015. 

7 (3) Iran continues to pursue a policy of desta8 bilization throughout the Middle East, relying on 

9 proxies and direct military engagement to challenge 

10 United States partners and threaten Israel. 

11 (4) Various countries have reportedly proposed 

12 arms transfers to or activities with Iran despite 

13 Iran’s ongoing regional aggression. 

14 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that— 

16 (1) arms transfers to or activities with Iran 

17 would empower Iran to further destabilize the region 

18 and would undermine core objectives of regional 

19 peace; and 

20 (2) the Secretary of State, through bilateral en21 gagement and multilateral fora, should diplomati22 cally engage with the governments of countries that 

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1 rity Council member states in order to prevent such 

2 transfers or activities. 

3 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

4 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 

6 of State shall submit to Congress a report on each covered 

7 activity or transfer, and the diplomatic responses of the 

8 United States to each such covered activity or transfer, 

9 that is proposed during the one-year period preceding the 

10 date of the submission of the report. 

11 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO COUN12 TRIES THAT ENGAGE IN ARMS TRANSFERS 

13 AND ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO IRAN. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), and ef15 fective beginning on the date that is 180 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act— 

17 (1) no military assistance, including military as18 sistance furnished under the Foreign Assistance Act 

19 of 1961, the Arms Export Control Act, or any other 

20 provision of law, may be provided to a county that 

21 engages in any covered activity or transfer; and 

22 (2) no license may be granted to export an item 

23 on the United States Munitions List under section 

24 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 


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1 2778) or any other provision of law to any country 

2 that engages in any covered activity or transfer. 

3 (b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the prohibi4 tions under subsections (a) on a case-by-case basis with 

5 respect to a particular country if the President determines 

6 and reports to the appropriate congressional committees 

7 that it is important to the national interest of the United 

8 States to do so. 

9 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this Act: 

11 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con13 gress’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

15 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com16 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives; and 

18 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

19 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com20 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

21 (2) COVERED TRANSFER OR ACTIVITY.—The 

22 term ‘‘covered activity or transfer’’ means any arms 

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1 spect to which a country has sought approval by the 

2 United Nations Security Council under such Resolu3 tion. 

4 (3) JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION.— 

5 The term ‘‘Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’’ 

6 means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, 

7 agreed to at Vienna July 14, 2015, by Iran and by 

8 the People’s Republic of China, France, Germany, 

9 the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and 

10 the United States, with the High Representative of 

11 the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Secu12 rity Policy, and all implementing materials and 

13 agreements related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan 

14 of Action, and transmitted by the President to Con15 gress on July 19, 2015, pursuant to section 135(a) 

16 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by 

17 the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 

18 (Public Law 114–17; 129 Stat. 201). 

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