I 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5132 

To impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

Corps, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2018 

Mr. ROYCE of California (for himself and Mr. ENGEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 

in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran’s 

Revolutionary Guard Corps, 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 ‘‘Iranian Revolutionary 

5 Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR2 EIGN PERSONS THAT ARE OFFICIALS, 

3 AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES OF, OR OWNED OR 

4 CONTROLLED BY, IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 

5 GUARD CORPS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(a) of the Iran Threat 

7 Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 

8 U.S.C. 8741(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

10 striking ‘‘Not later than 90 days after the date of 

11 the enactment of this Act, and as appropriate there12 after,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 180 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of the Iranian Revolu14 tionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, and 

15 every 180 days thereafter,’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘, or owned or controlled 

18 by,’’ after ‘‘affiliates of’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

21 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) identify foreign persons with respect to 

24 which there is a reasonable basis to determine that 

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1 ties described in subsection (c) for or on behalf of 

2 a foreign person described in paragraph (1).’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION; PRIORITY FOR INVESTIGATION; 

4 REPORTS.—Section 301(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction 

5 and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(b)) 

6 is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION; PRIORITY FOR INVESTIGA8 TION; REPORTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—In identifying foreign 

10 persons pursuant to subsection (a)(1) as officials, 

11 agents, or affiliates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

12 Corps, the President is authorized to identify foreign 

13 persons in which Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps 

14 has an ownership interest in such foreign person of 

15 less than 50 percent. 

16 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY FOR INVESTIGATION.—In identi17 fying foreign persons pursuant to subsection (a)(1) 

18 as officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran’s Revolu19 tionary Guard Corps, the President shall inves20 tigate— 

21 ‘‘(A) foreign persons or entities identified 

22 under section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Fed23 eral Regulations (relating to the definition of 

24 the Government of Iran); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) foreign persons for which there is a 

2 reasonable basis to find that the person has 

3 conducted or attempted to conduct one or more 

4 sensitive transactions or activities described in 

5 subsection (c). 

6 ‘‘(3) REPORT.— 

7 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The President 

9 shall determine whether each foreign per10 son on the list described in clause (ii) is a 

11 foreign person that is owned or controlled 

12 by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

13 ‘‘(ii) LIST.—The list of foreign per14 sons described in this clause are the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(I) The Telecommunication 

17 Company of Iran. 

18 ‘‘(II) The Mobile Telecommuni19 cation Company of Iran (MTCI). 

20 ‘‘(III) The Calcimin Public Com21 pany. 

22 ‘‘(IV) The Iran Tractor Manufac23 turing Company of Iran. 

24 ‘‘(V) The Iran Tractor Motors 

25 Manufacturing Company. 


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1 ‘‘(VI) The Iran Zinc Mines De2 velopment Company. 

3 ‘‘(VII) The National Iranian 

4 Lead and Zinc Company. 

5 ‘‘(VIII) Iran Mineral Products 

6 Company. 

7 ‘‘(IX) Tosee Energy Paivaran 

8 Company. 

9 ‘‘(B) REPORT.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 

11 days after the date of the enactment of 

12 this subsection, the President shall submit 

13 to the appropriate congressional commit14 tees a report on the determinations made 

15 under subparagraph (A) together with the 

16 reasons for those determinations. 

17 ‘‘(ii) FORM.—A report submitted 

18 under clause (i) shall be submitted in un19 classified form but may contain a classified 

20 annex. 

21 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL REPORT.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

23 days after the date of the enactment of this 

24 subsection, the President shall submit to the 

25 appropriate congressional committees a report 


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1 that includes a detailed list of foreign persons 

2 for which there is a reasonable basis to deter3 mine that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps 

4 has an ownership interest in such foreign per5 son of not less than 33 percent. 

6 ‘‘(B) FORM.—The report required under 

7 subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas8 sified form but may contain a classified 

9 annex.’’. 

10 (c) SENSITIVE TRANSACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES DE11 SCRIBED.—Section 301(c) of the Iran Threat Reduction 

12 and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(c)) 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘$500,000’’; and 

17 (B) by inserting ‘‘Iranian financial institu18 tion or’’ after ‘‘involving a’’; 

19 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and 

20 (5) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and 

21 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol22 lowing new paragraphs: 

23 ‘‘(3) a transaction to provide material support 

24 for an organization designated as a foreign terrorist 

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1 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) or sup2 port for an act of international terrorism (as defined 

3 in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 

4 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)); 

5 ‘‘(4) a transaction to provide material support 

6 to a foreign person whose property and access to 

7 property has been blocked pursuant to Executive 

8 Order 13224 (September 23, 2001; relating to 

9 blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 

10 persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

11 terrorism); 

12 ‘‘(5) a transaction to provide material support 

13 for— 

14 ‘‘(A) the Government of Syria or any agen15 cy or instrumentality thereof; or 

16 ‘‘(B) any entity owned or controlled by the 

17 Government of Syria, including for purposes of 

18 post-conflict reconstruction;’’. 

19 (d) WAIVER OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Section 

20 301(e) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

21 Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(e)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘(A) determines’’ and in24 serting ‘‘(A)(i) determines’’; 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘(B) submits’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘(ii) submits’’; 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘(i) identifies’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘(I) identifies’’; 

5 (D) by striking ‘‘(ii) sets’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘(II) sets’’; 

7 (E) by striking the period at the end and 

8 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) with respect to a foreign person iden11 tified by reason of having conducted or at12 tempted to conduct one or more sensitive trans13 actions or activities described in subsection 

14 (c)(5), also certifies to the appropriate congres15 sional committees that Iran’s Revolutionary 

16 Guard Corps is significantly decreasing provi17 sion of direct or indirect material support to the 

18 Government of Syria or Hezbollah’s operations 

19 in Syria.’’; and 

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

21 (1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(ii)’’. 

22 (e) REGULATIONS, IMPLEMENTATION, PENALTIES, 

23 AND DEFINITIONS.—Section 301 of the Iran Threat Re24 duction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

25 8741) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub2 section (h); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol4 lowing new subsections: 

5 ‘‘(f) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 

6 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub7 section (a) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 

8 carry out subsection (a) shall be subject to the penalties 

9 set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 

10 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

11 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 

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

13 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 ‘‘(1) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per15 son’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United 

17 States person; 

18 ‘‘(B) a corporation, partnership, or other 

19 nongovernmental entity which is not a United 

20 States person; or 

21 ‘‘(C) any representative, agent or instru22 mentality of, or an individual working on behalf 

23 of a foreign government which is not a United 

24 States person. 


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1 ‘‘(2) IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.— 

2 The term ‘Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps’ in3 cludes any senior foreign political figure (as defined 

4 in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal 

5 Regulations) of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

6 ‘‘(3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

7 ‘United States person’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) a United States citizen or an alien 

9 lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 

10 the United States; or 

11 ‘‘(B) an entity organized under the laws of 

12 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

13 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

14 such an entity.’’. 

15 (f) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

16 The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 

17 of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking the heading of section 301 and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 301. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC21 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, FOREIGN PERSONS 

22 THAT ARE OFFICIALS, AGENTS OR AFFILI23 ATES OF, OR OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY, 

24 IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.’’; 

25 and 


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1 (2) in the table of contents, by striking the item 

2 relating to section 301 and inserting the following: 

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

persons that are officials, agents or affiliates of, or owned or 

controlled by, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.’’. 

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

4 this section take effect on the date of the enactment of 

5 this Act and apply with respect to conduct described in 

6 paragraph (3) of section 301(a) of the Iran Threat Reduc7 tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, as added by 

8 this section, engaged in on or after such date of enact9 ment. 

10 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR11 EIGN PERSONS THAT SUPPORT OR CONDUCT 

12 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVO13 LUTIONARY GUARD CORPS OR OTHER SANC14 TIONED PERSONS. 

15 (a) IDENTIFICATION.—Section 302(a)(1) of the Iran 

16 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

17 (22 U.S.C. 8742(a)(1))— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘, or provide significant 

20 financial services to,’’ after ‘‘transactions with’’; 

21 and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; and 

23 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

2 inserting ‘‘, provide significant financial services 

3 to, or provide material support to’’ after ‘‘trans4 actions with’’; 

5 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

6 end; and 

7 (C) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(ii) an Iranian person or entity des10 ignated as foreign terrorist organizations 

11 under section 219(a) of the Immigration 

12 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) or 

13 that has provided support for an act of 

14 international terrorism (as defined in sec15 tion 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 

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

17 note)); 

18 ‘‘(iii) an Iranian person whose prop19 erty and access to property has been 

20 blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

21 13224 (September 23, 2001; relating to 

22 blocking property and prohibiting trans23 actions with persons who commit, threaten 

24 to commit, or support terrorism); 


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1 ‘‘(iv) an Iranian person whose prop2 erty and access to property has been 

3 blocked pursuant to— 

4 ‘‘(I) Executive Order 13608 

5 (May 1, 2012), relating to Prohibiting 

6 Certain Transactions with and Sus7 pending Entry Into the United States 

8 of Foreign Sanctions Evaders with 

9 Respect to Iran and Syria; 

10 ‘‘(II) Executive Order 13606 

11 (April 23, 2012), relating to Blocking 

12 the Property and Suspending Entry 

13 Into the United States of Certain Per14 sons With Respect to Grave Human 

15 Rights Abuses by the Governments of 

16 Iran and Syria via Information Tech17 nology; 

18 ‘‘(III) Executive Order 13582 

19 (August 18, 2011), relating to Block20 ing Property of the Government of 

21 Syria and Prohibiting Certain Trans22 actions with Respect to Syria; 

23 ‘‘(IV) Executive Order 13573 

24 (May 18, 2011), relating to Blocking 


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1 Property of Senior Officials of the 

2 Government of Syria; 

3 ‘‘(V) Executive Order 13572 

4 (April 29, 2011), relating to Blocking 

5 Property of Certain Persons with Re6 spect to Human Rights Abuses in 

7 Syria; 

8 ‘‘(VI) Executive Order 13460 

9 (February 15, 2008), relating to 

10 Blocking Property of Additional Per11 sons in Connection with the National 

12 Emergency with Respect to Syria; 

13 ‘‘(VII) Executive Order 13399 

14 (April 26, 2006), relating to Blocking 

15 Property of Additional Persons in 

16 Connection with the National Emer17 gency with Respect to Syria; 

18 ‘‘(VIII) Executive Order 13338 

19 (May 12, 2004), relating to Blocking 

20 Property of Certain Persons and Pro21 hibiting the Export of Certain Goods 

22 to Syria; or 

23 ‘‘(IX) any other Executive order 

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1 Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, 

2 to the extent that such Executive 

3 order imposes sanctions with respect 

4 to Syria; or 

5 ‘‘(v) a person acting on behalf of or at 

6 the direction of, or owned or controlled by, 

7 a person described in clauses (i) through 

8 (iv).’’. 

9 (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Section 302(b) of 

10 the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 

11 of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 

12 President—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the Presi13 dent shall block and prohibit all transactions in property 

14 and interests in property with respect to such foreign per15 son if such property and interests in property are in the 

16 United States, come within the United States, or are or 

17 come within the possession or control of a United States 

18 person.’’. 

19 (c) WAIVER OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Section 

20 302(d) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

21 Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(d)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘(A)(i) determines’’ and in24 serting ‘‘(A)(i)(I) determines’’; 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘(ii) determines’’ and in2 serting ‘‘(II) determines’’; 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘(B) submits’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘(ii) submits’’; 

5 (D) by striking ‘‘(i) identifies’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘(I) identifies’’; 

7 (E) by striking ‘‘(ii) describes’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘(II) describes’’; 

9 (F) by striking ‘‘(iii) sets forth’’ and in10 serting ‘‘(III) sets forth’’; 

11 (G) by striking the period at the end and 

12 inserting ‘‘and’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(B) with respect to a foreign person iden15 tified by reason of having engaged in a signifi16 cant transaction or transactions described in 

17 subsection (a)(1)(C)(iv), also certifies to the ap18 propriate congressional committees that Iran’s 

19 Revolutionary Guard Corps is significantly de20 creasing provision of direct or indirect material 

21 support to the Government of Syria or 

22 Hezbollah’s operations in Syria.’’; and 

23 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

24 (1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(ii)’’. 


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1 (d) WAIVER OF IDENTIFICATIONS AND DESIGNA2 TIONS.—Section 302(e) of the Iran Threat Reduction and 

3 Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(e)) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘and subject to paragraph (2)’’; 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘(1) determines’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘(1)(A) determines’’; 

8 (3) by striking ‘‘(2) notifies’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) 

9 notifies’’; 

10 (4) by striking the period at the end and insert11 ing ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(2) with respect to a foreign person identified 

14 by reason of having engaged in a significant trans15 action or transactions described in subsection 

16 (a)(1)(C)(iv), also certifies to the appropriate con17 gressional committees that Iran’s Revolutionary 

18 Guard Corps is significantly decreasing provision of 

19 direct or indirect material support to the Govern20 ment of Syria or Hezbollah’s operations in Syria.’’. 

21 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

22 this section take effect on the date of the enactment of 

23 this Act and apply with respect to conduct described in 

24 subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section 302(a)(1) of 

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1 of 2012, as added by this section, engaged in on or after 

2 such date of enactment. 

3 SEC. 4. REPORTS ON CERTAIN IRANIAN PERSONS. 

4 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

5 of the United States to fully implement and enforce sanc6 tions against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, including 

7 its officials, agents, and affiliates. 

8 (b) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title III of the Iran 

9 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

10 (Public Law 112–158; 126 Stat. 1247) is amended by 

11 adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 313. REPORT ON CERTAIN IRANIAN PERSONS. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this section, and annually 

15 thereafter for a period not to exceed two years, the Presi16 dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional com17 mittees a report that contains the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) A list of foreign persons listed on the 

19 Tehran Stock Exchange and, with respect to each 

20 such foreign person, a determination of whether or 

21 not Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or any foreign 

22 persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of 

23 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, directly or indi24 rectly, owns or controls the foreign person. 


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1 ‘‘(2) A list of foreign persons that are operating 

2 business enterprises in Iran that have a valuation of 

3 more than $100,000,000 in Iran and, with respect 

4 to each such foreign person, a determination of 

5 whether or not Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or 

6 any foreign persons that are officials, agents, or af7 filiates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, directly 

8 or indirectly owns or controls the foreign person. 

9 ‘‘(3) A list of Iranian financial institutions that 

10 have a valuation of more than $10,000,000 and, 

11 with respect to each such Iranian financial institu12 tion, a determination of whether or not— 

13 ‘‘(A) the institution has knowingly facili14 tated a significant transaction directly or indi15 rectly for, or on behalf of, Iran’s Revolutionary 

16 Guard Corps during the 2-year period begin17 ning on the date of the enactment of this sec18 tion; or 

19 ‘‘(B) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or 

20 any foreign persons that are officials, agents, or 

21 affiliates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, 

22 directly or indirectly, owns or controls the insti23 tution. 

24 ‘‘(b) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

2 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

3 contain a classified annex. 

4 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified 

5 portion of the report required by paragraph (1) shall 

6 be posted on a publicly available Internet website of 

7 the Department of the Treasury and a publicly 

8 available Internet website of the Department of 

9 State. 

10 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 ‘‘(1) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per12 son’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United 

14 States person; 

15 ‘‘(B) a corporation, partnership, or other 

16 nongovernmental entity which is not a United 

17 States person; or 

18 ‘‘(C) any representative, agent or instru19 mentality of, or an individual working on behalf 

20 of a foreign government. 

21 ‘‘(2) IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.— 

22 The term ‘Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps’ in23 cludes any senior foreign political figure (as defined 

24 in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal 

25 Regulations) of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. 


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1 ‘‘(3) IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

2 term ‘Iranian financial institution’ means— 

3 ‘‘(A) a financial institution organized 

4 under the laws of Iran or any jurisdiction with5 in Iran, including a foreign branch of such an 

6 institution; 

7 ‘‘(B) a financial institution located in Iran; 

8 ‘‘(C) a financial institution, wherever lo9 cated, owned or controlled by the Government 

10 of Iran; or 

11 ‘‘(D) a financial institution, wherever lo12 cated, owned or controlled by a financial insti13 tution described in subparagraph (A), (B), or 

14 (C). 

15 ‘‘(4) SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION.—A trans16 action shall be determined to be a ‘significant trans17 action’ in accordance with section 561.404 of title 

18 31, Code of Federal Regulations. 

19 ‘‘(5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

20 ‘United States person’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) a United States citizen or an alien 

22 lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 

23 the United States; or 

24 ‘‘(B) an entity organized under the laws of 

25 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 


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1 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

2 such an entity. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 314. REPORT ON THE FOREIGN SUPPLY CHAIN AND 

4 DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN INSIDE AND OUT5 SIDE OF IRAN THAT AIDS IRAN’S REVOLU6 TIONARY GUARD CORPS. 

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

8 the date of enactment of this section, the President shall 

9 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re10 port on the foreign supply chain and domestic supply 

11 chain inside and outside of Iran that directly or indirectly 

12 significantly facilitates, supports, or otherwise aids Iran’s 

13 Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

14 ‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re15 quired under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) An analysis of the foreign supply chain 

17 and domestic supply chain described in subsection 

18 (a). 

19 ‘‘(2) Persons and entities that conduct both pri20 mary activities and support activities for the Iran’s 

21 Revolutionary Guards Corps. 

22 ‘‘(3) A description of the geographic distribu23 tion of the foreign supply chain and domestic supply 

24 chain described in subsection (a). 


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1 ‘‘(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection 

2 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may con3 tain a classified annex. 

4 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘appro5 priate congressional committees’ means— 

6 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

7 Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

8 Representatives; and 

9 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

10 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af11 fairs of the Senate.’’. 

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

13 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

14 Act of 2012 is amended by inserting after the item relat15 ing to section 312 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 313. Report on certain Iranian persons. 

‘‘Sec. 314. Report on the foreign supply chain and domestic supply chain inside 

and outside of Iran that aids Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

Corps.’’. 

16 SEC. 5. APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS REGARDING MAHAN 

17 AIR. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title III of the Iran 

19 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

20 (Public Law 112–158; 126 Stat. 1247), as amended by 

21 section 2 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the 

22 end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 315. APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS REGARDING 

2 MAHAN AIR. 

3 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

4 ‘‘(1) Mahan Air was added on October 12, 

5 2011, to the Specially Designated Nationals list 

6 maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 

7 of the Department of the Treasury, freezing its as8 sets under United States jurisdiction and prohibiting 

9 transactions with United States parties, pursuant to 

10 Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001; relat11 ing to blocking property and prohibiting transactions 

12 with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or 

13 support terrorism), which targets terrorists and their 

14 supporters. 

15 ‘‘(2) Executive Order 13224 imposes sanctions 

16 on persons that ‘assist in, sponsor, or provide finan17 cial, material, or technological support for, or finan18 cial or other services to or in support of, such acts 

19 of terrorism or those persons listed in the Annex to 

20 this order or determined to be subject to this order’. 

21 ‘‘(3) In announcing additional sanctions against 

22 Mahan Air on March 24, 2016, the Department of 

23 the Treasury stated that ‘Based in Tehran, Iran, 

24 Mahan Air has facilitated [Islamic Revolutionary 

25 Guards Corps—Qods Force] transportation and 

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1 tinues to support the Iranian government’s desta2 bilizing actions in the region by conducting flights to 

3 Syria in order to transport fighters. Mahan Air reg4 ularly uses the same aircraft it flies to Syria to fly 

5 commercial passenger routes to international des6 tinations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.’. 

7 ‘‘(4) Mahan Air reportedly serves the following 

8 destinations in Iran: Abadan Airport, Ahvaz Inter9 national Airport, Ardabil Airport, Persian Gulf Air10 port, Bandar Abbas International Airport, Birjand 

11 International Airport, Bojnord International Airport, 

12 Iranshahr Airport, Isfahan International Airport, 

13 Kalaleh Airport, Kerman Airport, Shahid Ashrafi 

14 Esffahani Airport, Khorramabad Airport, Kish Air15 port, Larestan International Airport, Mashhad 

16 International Airport, Queshm International Airport, 

17 Sahahdaj Airport, Dasht-e Naz Airport, Shiraz 

18 International Airport, Sirjan Airport, Tabriz Inter19 national Airport, Tehran Imam Khomeini Inter20 national Airport, Mehrabad International Airport, 

21 Zabol Airport, Zahedan International Airport, and 

22 Zanjan Airport. 

23 ‘‘(5) Iranian state-owned enterprises, including 

24 the Iran Airports Company, which is the holding and 


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1 operating company for civilian airports in Iran, re2 portedly facilitate Mahan Air’s operations. 

3 ‘‘(b) REPORT.— 

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

5 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 

6 President shall transmit to the appropriate congres7 sional committees a report on any activities of Ira8 nian state-owned enterprises that violate Executive 

9 Order 13224. 

10 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The determination required by 

11 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

12 form but may contain a classified annex.’’. 

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

14 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

15 Act of 2012, as amended by section 2 of this Act, is fur16 ther amended by inserting after the item relating to sec17 tion 314 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 315. Application of sanctions regarding Mahan Air.’’. 

18 SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON PREVENTION OF ACCES19 SION OF IRAN TO WORLD TRADE ORGANIZA20 TION. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the policy of the United 

22 States to work to prevent Iran’s membership in the World 

23 Trade Organization and similar international bodies until 

24 the date on which the determination of the Secretary of 

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1 support for acts of international terrorism under the pro2 visions of law described in subsection (b) is rescinded. 

3 (b) PROVISIONS OF LAW DESCRIBED.—The provi4 sions of law described in this subsection are— 

5 (1) section 6(j) of the Export Administration 

6 Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the 

7 International Emergency Economic Powers Act); 

8 (2) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act; 

9 (3) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

10 of 1961; or 

11 (4) any other provision of law. 

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