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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 14, 2011 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons 

and other threatening activities, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011’’. 

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. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy. 

TITLE I—IRAN ENERGY SANCTIONS 

Sec. 101. Findings. 

Sec. 102. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 103. Declaration of policy. 

Sec. 104. Multilateral regime. 

Sec. 105. Imposition of sanctions. 

Sec. 106. Description of sanctions. 

Sec. 107. Advisory opinions. 

Sec. 108. Termination of sanctions. 

Sec. 109. Duration of sanctions. 

Sec. 110. Reports required. 

Sec. 111. Determinations not reviewable. 

Sec. 112. Definitions. 

Sec. 113. Effective date. 

Sec. 114. Repeal. 

TITLE II—IRAN FREEDOM SUPPORT 

Sec. 201. Codification of sanctions. 

Sec. 202. Liability of parent companies for violations of sanctions by foreign 

subsidiaries. 

Sec. 203. Declaration of Congress regarding United States policy toward Iran. 

Sec. 204. Assistance to support democracy in Iran. 

Sec. 205. Imposition of sanctions on certain persons who are responsible for or 

complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of 

Iran or their family members after the June 12, 2009, elections in Iran. 

Sec. 206. Clarification of sensitive technologies for purposes of procurement 

ban. 

Sec. 207. Comprehensive strategy to promote internet freedom and access to information in Iran. 

TITLE III—IRAN REGIME AND IRAN’S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY 

GUARD CORPS ACCOUNTABILITY 

Sec. 301. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

Sec. 302. Additional export sanctions against Iran. 

Sec. 303. Sanctions against affiliates of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

Corps. 

Sec. 304. Measures against foreign persons or entities supporting Iran’s Islamic 

Revolutionary Guard Corps. 


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Sec. 305. Special measures against foreign countries supporting Iran’s Islamic 

Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

Sec. 306. Authority of State and local governments to restrict contracts or licenses for certain sanctionable persons. 

Sec. 307. Iranian activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Sec. 308. United States policy toward Iran. 

Sec. 309. Definitions. 

Sec. 310. Rule of construction. 

TITLE IV—IRAN FINANCIAL SANCTIONS; DIVESTMENT FROM 

CERTAIN COMPANIES THAT INVEST IN IRAN; AND PREVENTION 

OF DIVERSION OF CERTAIN GOODS, SERVICES, AND TECHNOLOGIES TO IRAN 

Sec. 401. Iran financial sanctions. 

Sec. 402. Divestment from certain companies that invest in Iran. 

Sec. 403. Prevention of diversion of certain goods, services, and technologies to 

Iran. 

TITLE V—SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Sec. 501. Disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to 

sanctionable activities. 

TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 601. Denial of visas for certain persons of the Government of Iran. 

Sec. 602. Inadmissibility of certain aliens who engage in certain activities with 

respect to Iran. 

Sec. 603. Amendments to civil and criminal penalties provisions under the 

International Emergency Economic Powers Act. 

Sec. 604. Exclusion of certain activities. 

Sec. 605. Regulatory authority. 

Sec. 606. Sunset. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) Successive administrations have clearly 

4 identified the unacceptability of the Iranian regime’s 

5 pursuit of nuclear weapons capabilities and the dan6 ger that pursuit presents to the United States, to 

7 our friends and allies, and to global security. 

8 (2) In May 1995, President Clinton stated that 

9 ‘‘The specter of an Iran armed with weapons of 

10 mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them 


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1 haunts not only Israel but the entire Middle East 

2 and ultimately all the rest of us as well. The United 

3 States and, I believe, all the Western nations have 

4 an overriding interest in containing the threat posed 

5 by Iran.’’. 

6 (3) In the 2006 State of the Union Address, 

7 President Bush stated that ‘‘The Iranian govern8 ment is defying the world with its nuclear ambitions, 

9 and the nations of the world must not permit the 

10 Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons. America 

11 will continue to rally the world to confront these 

12 threats.’’. 

13 (4) In February 2009, President Obama com14 mitted the Administration to ‘‘developing a strategy 

15 to use all elements of American power to prevent 

16 Iran from developing a nuclear weapon’’. 

17 (5) Iran is a major threat to United States na18 tional security interests, not only exemplified by 

19 Tehran’s nuclear program but also by its material 

20 assistance to armed groups in Iraq and Afghanistan, 

21 to the Palestinian group Hamas, to Lebanese 

22 Hezbollah, the Government of Syria, and to other 

23 extremists that seek to undermine regional stability. 

24 These capabilities provide the regime with potential 


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1 asymmetric delivery vehicles and mechanisms for nu2 clear or other unconventional weapons. 

3 (6) Iran’s growing inventory of ballistic missile 

4 and other destabilizing types of conventional weap5 ons provides the regime the capabilities to enhance 

6 its power projection throughout the region and un7 dermine the national security interests of the United 

8 States and its friends and allies. 

9 (7) Were Iran to achieve a nuclear weapons ca10 pability, it would, inter alia— 

11 (A) likely lead to the proliferation of such 

12 weapons throughout the region, where several 

13 states have already indicated interest in nuclear 

14 programs, and would dramatically undercut 60 

15 years of United States efforts to stop the 

16 spread of nuclear weapons; 

17 (B) greatly increase the threat of nuclear 

18 terrorism; 

19 (C) significantly expand Iran’s already20 growing influence in the region; 

21 (D) insulate the regime from international 

22 pressure, giving it wider scope further to op23 press its citizens and pursue aggression region24 ally and globally; 


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1 (E) embolden all Iranian-supported ter2 rorist groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah; 

3 and 

4 (F) directly threaten several United States 

5 friends and allies, especially Israel, whose very 

6 right to exist has been denied successively by 

7 every leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and 

8 which Iranian President Ahmadinejad says 

9 should be ‘‘wiped off the map’’. 

10 (8) Successive Congresses have clearly recog11 nized the threat that the Iranian regime and its poli12 cies present to the United States, to our friends and 

13 allies, and to global security, and responded with 

14 successive bipartisan legislative initiatives. 

15 (9) The extent of the Iranian threat is greater 

16 today than when the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act 

17 of 1996 was signed into law, now known as the Iran 

18 Sanctions Act of 1996. That landmark legislation 

19 imposed sanctions on foreign companies investing in 

20 Iran’s energy infrastructure in an effort to under21 mine the strategic threat from Iran, by cutting off 

22 investment in its petroleum sector and thereby deny23 ing the regime its economic lifeline and its ability to 

24 pursue a nuclear program. 


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1 (10) Laws such as the Iran and Libya Sanc2 tions Act of 1996, which was retitled the Iran Sanc3 tions Act of 1996, paved the way for the enactment 

4 of similar laws, such as the Iran, North Korea and 

5 Syria Nonproliferation Act, the Iran-Iraq Arms Non6 Proliferation Act of 1992, the Iran Freedom Sup7 port Act, and the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 

8 Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010. 

9 (11) United States sanctions on Iran have hin10 dered Iran’s ability to attract capital, material, and 

11 technical support for its petroleum sector, creating 

12 financial difficulties for the regime. 

13 (12) In the Joint Explanatory Statement of the 

14 Committee of Conference to the Comprehensive Iran 

15 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

16 2010 (Public Law 111–195; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 

17 issued on June 23, 2010, the Members of the Com18 mittee of Conference noted that ‘‘Although [the Iran 

19 Sanctions Act] was enacted more than a decade ago, 

20 no Administration has sanctioned a foreign entity 

21 for investing $20 million or more in Iran’s energy 

22 sector, despite a number of such investments. In23 deed, on only one occasion, in 1998, did the Admin24 istration make a determination regarding a sanc25 tions-triggering investment, but the Administration 


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1 waived sanctions against the offending persons. Con2 ferees believe that the lack of enforcement of rel3 evant enacted sanctions may have served to encour4 age rather than deter Iran’s efforts to pursue nu5 clear weapons.’’. 

6 (13) The Joint Explanatory Statement also 

7 noted that ‘‘The effectiveness of this Act will depend 

8 on its forceful implementation. The Conferees urge 

9 the President to vigorously impose the sanctions pro10 vided for in this Act.’’. 

11 (14) The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac12 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 mandates 

13 among other provisions that the President initiate 

14 investigations of potentially sanctionable activity 

15 under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. Although 

16 more than 16 months have passed since enactment 

17 of this legislation, Congress has not received notice 

18 of the imposition of sanctions on any entities that do 

19 significant business in the United States, despite 

20 multiple reports of potentially sanctionable activity 

21 by such entities. Although, in accordance with the 

22 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

23 Divestment Act of 2010, some potentially 

24 sanctionable entities have been persuaded to wind 


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1 down and end their involvement in Iran, others have 

2 not. 

3 (15) It is unlikely that Iran can be compelled 

4 to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons unless 

5 sanctions are fully and effectively implemented. 

6 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

7 It shall be the policy of the United States to— 

8 (1) prevent Iran from— 

9 (A) acquiring or developing nuclear weap10 ons and associated delivery capabilities; 

11 (B) developing its unconventional weapons 

12 and ballistic missile capabilities; and 

13 (C) continuing its support for foreign ter14 rorist organizations and other activities aimed 

15 at undermining and destabilizing its neighbors 

16 and other nations; and 

17 (2) fully implement all multilateral and bilateral 

18 sanctions against Iran in order to deprive the Gov19 ernment of Iran of necessary resources and to com20 pel the Government of Iran to— 

21 (A) abandon and verifiably dismantle its 

22 nuclear capabilities; 

23 (B) abandon and verifiably dismantle its 

24 ballistic missile and unconventional weapons 

25 programs; and 


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1 (C) cease all support for foreign terrorist 

2 organizations and other activities aimed at un3 dermining and destabilizing its neighbors and 

4 other nations. 

5 TITLE I—IRAN ENERGY 

6 SANCTIONS 

7 SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress makes the following findings: 

9 (1) The efforts of the Government of Iran to 

10 achieve nuclear weapons capability and to acquire 

11 other unconventional weapons and the means to de12 liver them, both through ballistic missile and asym13 metric means, and its support for foreign terrorist 

14 organizations and other extremists endanger the na15 tional security and foreign policy interests of the 

16 United States and those countries with which the 

17 United States shares common strategic and foreign 

18 policy objectives. 

19 (2) The objectives of preventing the prolifera20 tion of nuclear and other unconventional weapons 

21 and countering the activities of foreign terrorist or22 ganizations and other extremists through existing 

23 multilateral and bilateral initiatives require further 

24 efforts to deny Iran the financial means to sustain 


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1 its nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile weapons 

2 programs and its active support for terrorism. 

3 (3) The Government of Iran uses its diplomatic 

4 facilities and quasi-governmental institutions outside 

5 of Iran to support foreign terrorist organizations 

6 and other extremists, and assist its unconventional 

7 weapons and missile programs, including its nuclear 

8 program. 

9 SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

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

11 Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other 

12 threatening activities can be achieved most effectively 

13 through full implementation of all sanctions enacted into 

14 law, including those sanctions set out in this title. 

15 SEC. 103. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

16 Congress declares that it is the policy of the United 

17 States to deny Iran the ability to support acts of foreign 

18 terrorist organizations and extremists and develop uncon19 ventional weapons and ballistic missiles. A critical means 

20 of achieving that goal is sanctions that limit Iran’s ability 

21 to develop its energy resources, including its ability to ex22 plore for, extract, refine, and transport by pipeline its hy23 drocarbon resources, in order to limit the funds Iran has 

24 available for pursuing its objectionable activities. 


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1 SEC. 104. MULTILATERAL REGIME. 

2 (a) MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS.—In order to 

3 further the objectives of section 103 of this Act, Congress 

4 urges the President immediately to initiate diplomatic ef5 forts, both in appropriate international fora such as the 

6 United Nations, and bilaterally with allies of the United 

7 States, to expand the multilateral sanctions regime re8 garding Iran, including— 

9 (1) qualitatively expanding the United Nations 

10 Security Council sanctions regime against Iran; 

11 (2) qualitatively expanding the range of sanc12 tions by the European Union, South Korea, Japan, 

13 Australia, and other key United States allies; 

14 (3) further efforts to limit Iran’s development 

15 of petroleum resources and import of refined petro16 leum; and 

17 (4) initiatives aimed at increasing non-Iranian 

18 crude oil product output for current purchasers of 

19 Iranian petroleum and petroleum byproducts. 

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

21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu22 ally thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro23 priate congressional committees a report on the extent to 

24 which diplomatic efforts described in subsection (a) have 

25 been successful. Each report shall include— 


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1 (1) the countries that have agreed to undertake 

2 measures to further the objectives of section 103 of 

3 this Act with respect to Iran, and a description of 

4 those measures; and 

5 (2) the countries that have not agreed to meas6 ures described in paragraph (1), and, with respect to 

7 those countries, other measures the President rec8 ommends that the United States take to further the 

9 objectives of section 103 of this Act with respect to 

10 Iran. 

11 (c) INTERIM REPORT ON MULTILATERAL SANC12 TIONS; MONITORING.—Not later than 90 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub14 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

15 on— 

16 (1) the countries that have established legisla17 tive or administrative standards providing for the 

18 imposition of trade sanctions on persons or their af19 filiates that conduct business or have investments in 

20 Iran; 

21 (2) the extent and duration of each instance of 

22 the application of such sanctions; and 

23 (3) the disposition of any decision with respect 

24 to such sanctions by the World Trade Organization 

25 or its predecessor organization. 


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1 (d) INVESTIGATIONS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall initiate 

3 an investigation into the possible imposition of sanc4 tions under section 105 of this Act against a person 

5 upon receipt by the United States of credible infor6 mation indicating that such person is engaged in an 

7 activity described in such section. 

8 (2) DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Not 

9 later than 180 days after the date on which an in10 vestigation is initiated under paragraph (1), the 

11 President shall (unless paragraph (6) applies) deter12 mine, pursuant to section 105 of this Act, if a per13 son has engaged in an activity described in such sec14 tion and shall notify the appropriate congressional 

15 committees of the basis for any such determination. 

16 (3) BRIEFING.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

19 at the end of every 3-month period thereafter, 

20 the President, acting through the Secretary of 

21 State, shall brief the appropriate congressional 

22 committees regarding investigations initiated 

23 under this subsection. 

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1 fied form, but may be provided in classified 

2 form. 

3 (4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 

5 shall, in accordance with section 15(b) of the 

6 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 

7 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680(b)), provide to the ap8 propriate congressional committees all re9 quested information relating to investigations or 

10 reviews initiated under this title, including the 

11 number, scope, and dates of such investigations 

12 or reviews. 

13 (B) FORM.—The information required 

14 under subparagraph (A) shall be provided in 

15 unclassified form, but may contain a classified 

16 annex. 

17 (5) TERMINATION.—Subject to paragraph (6), 

18 the President may, on a case-by-case basis, termi19 nate an investigation of a person initiated under this 

20 subsection. 

21 (6) SPECIAL RULE.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President need not 

23 initiate an investigation, and may terminate an 

24 investigation, on a case-by-case basis under this 

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1 to the appropriate congressional committees 15 

2 days prior to the determination that— 

3 (i) the person whose activity was the 

4 basis for the investigation is no longer en5 gaging in the activity or is divesting all 

6 holdings and terminating the activity with7 in one year from the date of the certifi8 cation; and 

9 (ii) the President has received reliable 

10 assurances that the person will not know11 ingly engage in an activity described in 

12 section 105(a) of this Act in the future. 

13 (B) APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS.—The 

14 President shall apply the sanctions described in 

15 section 106(a) of this Act in accordance with 

16 section 105(a) of this Act to a person described 

17 in subparagraph (A) if— 

18 (i) the person fails to verifiably divest 

19 all holdings and terminate the activity de20 scribed in subparagraph (A) of this para21 graph within one year from the date of 

22 certification of the President under sub23 paragraph (A); or 

24 (ii) the person has been previously 

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1 the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as in ef2 fect on the day before the date of the en3 actment of this Act, and fails to verifiably 

4 divest all holdings and terminate the activ5 ity described in subparagraph (A) within 

6 180 days from the date of enactment of 

7 this Act. 

8 (C) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

10 President shall transmit to the appropriate con11 gressional committees a report on the actions 

12 taken by persons previously designated pursu13 ant to section 4(e)(3) of the Iran Sanctions Act 

14 of 1996, as in effect on the day before the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, to verifiably divest 

16 all holdings and terminate the activity described 

17 in subparagraph (A). 

18 SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 

19 (a) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOP20 MENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES OF IRAN, PRODUC21 TION OF REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN IRAN, AND

22 EXPORTATION OF REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO

23 IRAN.— 

24 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

2 subsection (f), the President shall impose a ma3 jority of the sanctions described in section 

4 106(a) of this Act with respect to a person if 

5 the President determines that the person know6 ingly, on or after the date of the enactment of 

7 this Act— 

8 (i) makes an investment described in 

9 subparagraph (B) of $20,000,000 or more; 

10 or 

11 (ii) makes a combination of invest12 ments described in subparagraph (B) in a 

13 12-month period if each such investment is 

14 of at least $5,000,000 and such invest15 ments equal or exceed $20,000,000 in the 

16 aggregate. 

17 (B) INVESTMENT DESCRIBED.—An invest18 ment described in this subparagraph is an in19 vestment that directly and significantly contrib20 utes to the enhancement of Iran’s ability to de21 velop petroleum resources. 

22 (2) PRODUCTION OF REFINED PETROLEUM

23 PRODUCTS.— 

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1 jority of the sanctions described in section 

2 106(a) of this Act with respect to a person if 

3 the President determines that the person know4 ingly, on or after the date of the enactment this 

5 Act, sells, leases, or provides to Iran goods, 

6 services, technology, information, or support de7 scribed in subparagraph (B)— 

8 (i) any of which has a fair market 

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

10 (ii) that, during a 12-month period, 

11 have an aggregate fair market value of 

12 $5,000,000 or more. 

13 (B) GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, IN14 FORMATION, OR SUPPORT DESCRIBED.—Goods, 

15 services, technology, information, or support de16 scribed in this subparagraph are goods, serv17 ices, technology, information, or support that 

18 could directly and significantly facilitate the 

19 maintenance or expansion of Iran’s domestic 

20 production of refined petroleum products, in21 cluding any direct and significant assistance 

22 with respect to the construction, modernization, 

23 or repair of petroleum refineries or associated 

24 infrastructure, including construction of port 

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1 of which is to support the delivery of refined pe2 troleum products. 

3 (3) EXPORTATION OF REFINED PETROLEUM

4 PRODUCTS TO IRAN.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

6 subsection (f), the President shall impose a ma7 jority of the sanctions described in section 

8 106(a) of this Act with respect to a person if 

9 the President determines that the person know10 ingly, on or after the date of the enactment of 

11 this Act— 

12 (i) sells or provides to Iran refined pe13 troleum products— 

14 (I) that have a fair market value 

15 of $1,000,000 or more; or 

16 (II) that, during a 12-month pe17 riod, have an aggregate fair market 

18 value of $5,000,000 or more; or 

19 (ii) sells, leases, or provides to Iran 

20 goods, services, technology, information, or 

21 support described in subparagraph (B)— 

22 (I) any of which has a fair mar23 ket value of $1,000,000 or more; or 


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1 (II) that, during a 12-month pe2 riod, have an aggregate fair market 

3 value of $5,000,000 or more. 

4 (B) GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, IN5 FORMATION, OR SUPPORT DESCRIBED.—Goods, 

6 services, technology, information, or support de7 scribed in this subparagraph are goods, serv8 ices, technology, information, or support that 

9 could directly and significantly contribute to the 

10 enhancement of Iran’s ability to import refined 

11 petroleum products, including— 

12 (i) except as provided in subparagraph 

13 (C), underwriting or entering into a con14 tract to provide insurance or reinsurance 

15 for the sale, lease, or provision of such 

16 goods, services, service contracts, tech17 nology, information, or support; 

18 (ii) financing or brokering such sale, 

19 lease, or provision; 

20 (iii) bartering or contracting by which 

21 the parties exchange goods for goods, in22 cluding the insurance or reinsurance of 

23 such exchanges; 

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1 the Government of Iran, including govern2 mental bonds; or 

3 (v) providing ships or shipping serv4 ices to deliver refined petroleum products 

5 to Iran. 

6 (C) EXCEPTION FOR UNDERWRITERS AND

7 INSURANCE PROVIDERS EXERCISING DUE DILI8 GENCE.—The President may not impose sanc9 tions under this paragraph with respect to a 

10 person that provides underwriting services or 

11 insurance or reinsurance if the President deter12 mines that the person has exercised due dili13 gence in establishing and enforcing official poli14 cies, procedures, and controls to ensure that the 

15 person does not underwrite or enter into a con16 tract to provide insurance or reinsurance for 

17 the sale, lease, or provision of goods, services, 

18 technology, information, or support described in 

19 subparagraph (B). 

20 (4) PURCHASE, SUBSCRIPTION TO, OR FACILI21 TATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF IRANIAN SOVEREIGN

22 DEBT.—Except as provided in subsection (f), the 

23 President shall impose a majority of the sanctions 

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1 son knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act, purchases, subscribes to, or facilitates 

3 the issuance of— 

4 (A) sovereign debt of the Government of 

5 Iran, including governmental bonds; or 

6 (B) debt of any entity owned or controlled 

7 by the Government of Iran, including bonds. 

8 (b) MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO DE9 VELOPMENT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OR

10 OTHER MILITARY CAPABILITIES.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 

12 a majority of the sanctions described in section 

13 106(a) of this Act if the President determines that 

14 a person, on or after the date of the enactment of 

15 this Act, has knowingly exported, transferred, per16 mitted, hosted, or otherwise facilitated trans17 shipment that may have enabled a person to export, 

18 transfer, or transship to Iran or otherwise provided 

19 to Iran any goods, services, technology, or other 

20 items that would contribute materially to the ability 

21 of Iran to— 

22 (A) acquire or develop chemical, biological, 

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1 (B) acquire or develop destabilizing num2 bers and types of advanced conventional weap3 ons. 

4 (2) ADDITIONAL MANDATORY SANCTIONS RE5 LATING TO TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

7 subparagraphs (B) and (C), in any case in 

8 which a person is subject to sanctions under 

9 paragraph (1) because of an activity described 

10 in that paragraph that relates to the acquisition 

11 or development of nuclear weapons or related 

12 technology or of missiles or advanced conven13 tional weapons that are designed or modified to 

14 deliver a nuclear weapon, no license may be 

15 issued for the export, and no approval may be 

16 given for the transfer or retransfer to the coun17 try the government of which has primary juris18 diction over the person, of any nuclear material, 

19 facilities, components, or other goods, services, 

20 or technology that are or would be subject to an 

21 agreement for cooperation between the United 

22 States and that government. 

23 (B) EXCEPTION.—The sanctions described 

24 in subparagraph (A) shall not apply with re25 spect to a country the government of which has 


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1 primary jurisdiction over a person that engages 

2 in an activity described in that subparagraph if 

3 the President determines and notifies the ap4 propriate congressional committees that the 

5 government of the country— 

6 (i) does not know or have reason to 

7 know about the activity; or 

8 (ii) has taken, or is taking, all reason9 able steps necessary to prevent a recur10 rence of the activity and to penalize the 

11 person for the activity. 

12 (C) INDIVIDUAL APPROVAL.—Notwith13 standing subparagraph (A), the President may, 

14 on a case-by-case basis, approve the issuance of 

15 a license for the export, or approve the transfer 

16 or retransfer, of any nuclear material, facilities, 

17 components, or other goods, services, or tech18 nology that are or would be subject to an agree19 ment for cooperation, to a person in a country 

20 to which subparagraph (A) applies (other than 

21 a person that is subject to the sanctions under 

22 paragraph (1)) if the President— 

23 (i) determines that such approval is 

24 vital to the national security interests of 

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1 (ii) not later than 15 days before 

2 issuing such license or approving such 

3 transfer or retransfer, submits to the Com4 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

5 Representatives and the Committee on 

6 Foreign Relations of the Senate the jus7 tification for approving such license, trans8 fer, or retransfer. 

9 (D) CONSTRUCTION.—The restrictions in 

10 subparagraph (A) shall apply in addition to all 

11 other applicable procedures, requirements, and 

12 restrictions contained in the Atomic Energy Act 

13 of 1954 and other related laws. 

14 (E) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

15 term ‘‘agreement for cooperation’’ has the 

16 meaning given that term in section 11 b. of the 

17 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 

18 2014(b)). 

19 (F) APPLICABILITY.—The sanctions de20 scribed in subparagraph (A) shall apply only in 

21 a case in which a person is subject to sanctions 

22 under paragraph (1) because of an activity de23 scribed in such paragraph in which such person 

24 engages on or after the date of the enactment 

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1 (c) PERSONS AGAINST WHICH THE SANCTIONS ARE

2 TO BE IMPOSED.—The sanctions described in subsections 

3 (a) and (b)(1) shall be imposed on— 

4 (1) any person the President determines has 

5 carried out the activities described in subsection (a) 

6 or (b), respectively; and 

7 (2) any person that— 

8 (A) is a successor entity to the person re9 ferred to in paragraph (1); 

10 (B) owns or controls the person referred to 

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

12 controls the person referred to in paragraph (1) 

13 had actual knowledge or should have known 

14 that the person referred to in paragraph (1) en15 gaged in the activities referred to in that para16 graph; or 

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

18 common ownership or control with, the person 

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

20 owned or controlled by, or under common own21 ership or control with (as the case may be), the 

22 person referred to in paragraph (1) knowingly 

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1 For purposes of this title, any person or entity de2 scribed in this subsection shall be referred to as a 

3 ‘‘sanctioned person’’. 

4 (d) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—The 

5 President shall cause to be published in the Federal Reg6 ister a current list of persons and entities on whom sanc7 tions have been imposed under this title. The removal of 

8 persons or entities from, and the addition of persons and 

9 entities to, the list, shall also be so published. 

10 (e) PUBLICATION OF PROJECTS.—The President 

11 shall cause to be published in the Federal Register a list 

12 of all significant projects that have been publicly tendered 

13 in the oil and gas sector in Iran. 

14 (f) EXCEPTIONS.—The President shall not be re15 quired to apply or maintain the sanctions under subsection 

16 (a) or (b)— 

17 (1) in the case of procurement of defense arti18 cles or defense services— 

19 (A) under existing contracts or sub20 contracts, including the exercise of options for 

21 production quantities to satisfy requirements 

22 essential to the national security of the United 

23 States; 

24 (B) if the President determines in writing 

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1 otherwise be applied is a sole source supplier of 

2 the defense articles or services, that the defense 

3 articles or services are essential, and that alter4 native sources are not readily or reasonably 

5 available; or 

6 (C) if the President determines in writing 

7 that such articles or services are essential to the 

8 national security under defense coproduction 

9 agreements; 

10 (2) in the case of procurement, to eligible prod11 ucts, as defined in section 308(4) of the Trade 

12 Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)), of 

13 any foreign country or instrumentality designated 

14 under section 301(b) of that Act (19 U.S.C. 

15 2511(b)); 

16 (3) to products, technology, or services provided 

17 under contracts entered into before the date on 

18 which the President publishes in the Federal Reg19 ister the name of the person on whom the sanctions 

20 are to be imposed; 

21 (4) to— 

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1 (B) component parts, but not finished 

2 products, essential to United States products or 

3 production; or 

4 (C) routine servicing and maintenance of 

5 products, to the extent that alternative sources 

6 are not readily or reasonably available; 

7 (5) to information and technology essential to 

8 United States products or production; or 

9 (6) to medicines, medical supplies, or other hu10 manitarian items. 

11 SEC. 106. DESCRIPTION OF SANCTIONS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions to be imposed on 

13 a sanctioned person under section 105 of this Act are as 

14 follows: 

15 (1) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ASSISTANCE FOR

16 EXPORTS TO SANCTIONED PERSONS.—The President 

17 may direct the Export-Import Bank of the United 

18 States to not give approval to for the issuance of 

19 any guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or 

20 participation in the extension of credit in connection 

21 with the export of any goods or services to any sanc22 tioned person. 

23 (2) EXPORT SANCTION.—The President may 

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1 cific permission or authority to export any goods or 

2 technology to a sanctioned person under— 

3 (A) the Export Administration Act of 1979 

4 (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter5 national Emergency Economic Powers Act); 

6 (B) the Arms Export Control Act; 

7 (C) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or 

8 (D) any other law that requires the prior 

9 review and approval of the United States Gov10 ernment as a condition for the export or reex11 port of goods or services. 

12 (3) LOANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL

13 INSTITUTIONS.—The United States Government 

14 may prohibit any United States financial institution 

15 from making loans or providing credits to any sanc16 tioned person totaling more than $10,000,000 in 

17 any 12-month period unless such person is engaged 

18 in activities to relieve human suffering and the loans 

19 or credits are provided for such activities. 

20 (4) PROHIBITIONS ON FINANCIAL INSTITU21 TIONS.—The following prohibitions may be imposed 

22 against a sanctioned person that is a financial insti23 tution: 

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1 ernors of the Federal Reserve System nor the 

2 Federal Reserve Bank of New York may des3 ignate, or permit the continuation of any prior 

4 designation of, such financial institution as a 

5 primary dealer in United States Government 

6 debt instruments. 

7 (B) PROHIBITION ON SERVICE AS A RE8 POSITORY OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS.—Such fi9 nancial institution may not serve as agent of 

10 the United States Government or serve as re11 pository for United States Government funds. 

12 The imposition of either sanction under subpara13 graph (A) or (B) shall be treated as one sanction for 

14 purposes of section 105 of this Act, and the imposi15 tion of both such sanctions shall be treated as 2 

16 sanctions for purposes of section 105 of this Act. 

17 (5) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The United 

18 States Government may not procure, or enter into 

19 any contract for the procurement of, any goods or 

20 services from a sanctioned person. 

21 (6) FOREIGN EXCHANGE.—The President may 

22 prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange that 

23 are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States 

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1 (7) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

2 may prohibit any transfers of credit or payments be3 tween financial institutions or by, through, or to any 

4 financial institution, to the extent that such trans5 fers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction of 

6 the United States and involve any interest of the 

7 sanctioned person. 

8 (8) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

9 may prohibit any person from— 

10 (A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, 

11 transferring, withdrawing, transporting, or ex12 porting any property that is subject to the ju13 risdiction of the United States and with respect 

14 to which a sanctioned person has any interest; 

15 (B) dealing in or exercising any right, 

16 power, or privilege with respect to such prop17 erty; or 

18 (C) conducting any transaction involving 

19 such property. 

20 (9) GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION.—The Secretary 

21 of State may deny a visa to, and the Secretary of 

22 Homeland Security may deny admission into the 

23 United States to, any alien whom the Secretary of 

24 State determines is an alien who, on or after the 

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1 (A) corporate officer, principal, or share2 holder with a controlling interest of a person 

3 against whom sanctions have been imposed 

4 under subsection (a) or (b); 

5 (B) corporate officer, principal, or share6 holder with a controlling interest of a successor 

7 entity to or a parent or subsidiary of such a 

8 sanctioned person; 

9 (C) corporate officer, principal, or share10 holder with a controlling interest of an affiliate 

11 of such a sanctioned person, if such affiliate en12 gaged in a sanctionable activity described in 

13 subsection (a) or (b) and if such affiliate is con14 trolled in fact by such sanctioned person; or 

15 (D) spouse, minor child, or agent of a per16 son inadmissible under subparagraph (A), (B), 

17 or (C). 

18 (10) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF19 FICERS.—The President may impose on the prin20 cipal executive officer or officers of any sanctioned 

21 person, or on persons performing similar functions 

22 and with similar authorities as such officer or offi23 cers, any of the sanctions under this subsection. The 

24 President shall include on the list published under 

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1 against whom sanctions are imposed under this 

2 paragraph. 

3 (11) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—The President 

4 may impose additional sanctions, as appropriate, in 

5 accordance with the International Emergency Eco6 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

7 (b) ADDITIONAL MEASURE RELATING TO GOVERN8 MENT CONTRACTS.— 

9 (1) MODIFICATION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION

10 REGULATION.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation 

11 issued pursuant to section 1303 of title 41, United 

12 States Code, shall require a certification from each 

13 person that is a prospective contractor that such 

14 person and any person owned or controlled by the 

15 person does not engage in any activity for which 

16 sanctions may be imposed under section 105 or sec17 tion 304 of this Act. 

18 (2) REMEDIES.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the head of an exec20 utive agency determines that a person has sub21 mitted a false certification under paragraph (1) 

22 after the date on which the Federal Acquisition 

23 Regulation is revised to implement the require24 ments of this subsection, the head of that exec25 utive agency shall terminate a contract with 


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1 such person or debar or suspend such person 

2 from eligibility for Federal contracts for a pe3 riod of not less than 2 years. Any such debar4 ment or suspension shall be subject to the pro5 cedures that apply to debarment and suspen6 sion under the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

7 under subpart 9.4 of part 9 of title 48, Code of 

8 Federal Regulations. 

9 (B) INCLUSION ON LIST OF PARTIES EX10 CLUDED FROM FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND

11 NONPROCUREMENT PROGRAMS.—The Adminis12 trator of General Services shall include on the 

13 List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procure14 ment and Nonprocurement Programs main15 tained by the Administrator under part 9 of the 

16 Federal Acquisition Regulation issued pursuant 

17 to section 1303 of title 41, United States Code, 

18 each person that is debarred, suspended, or 

19 proposed for debarment or suspension by the 

20 head of an executive agency on the basis of a 

21 determination of a false certification under sub22 paragraph (A). 

23 (3) CLARIFICATION REGARDING CERTAIN PROD24 UCTS.—The remedies specified in paragraph (2) 

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1 eligible products, as defined in section 308(4) of the 

2 Trade Agreements Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)), 

3 of any foreign country or instrumentality designated 

4 under section 301(b) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 

5 2511(b)). 

6 (4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This subsection 

7 shall not be construed to limit the use of other rem8 edies available to the head of an executive agency or 

9 any other official of the Federal Government on the 

10 basis of a determination of a false certification 

11 under paragraph (1). 

12 (5) WAIVER.—The President may, on a case13 by-case basis, waive the requirement that a person 

14 make a certification under paragraph (1) if the 

15 President determines and certifies in writing to the 

16 appropriate congressional committees that failure to 

17 exercise such waiver authority would pose an un18 usual and extraordinary threat to the vital national 

19 security interests of the United States. 

20 (6) EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 

21 subsection, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the 

22 meaning given such term in section 133 of title 41, 

23 United States Code. 

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1 graph (1) shall apply with respect to contracts for 

2 which solicitations are issued on or after the date 

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

4 this Act. 

5 SEC. 107. ADVISORY OPINIONS. 

6 The Secretary of State may, upon the request of any 

7 person, issue an advisory opinion to such person as to 

8 whether a proposed activity by such person would subject 

9 such person to sanctions under this title. Any person who 

10 relies in good faith on such an advisory opinion which 

11 states that such proposed activity would not subject such 

12 person to such sanctions, and any such person who there13 after engages in such activity, shall not be made subject 

14 to such sanctions on account of such activity. 

15 SEC. 108. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS. 

16 (a) CERTIFICATION.—The requirement under section 

17 105 of this Act to impose sanctions shall no longer have 

18 force or effect with respect to Iran if the President deter19 mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional com20 mittees that Iran— 

21 (1) has ceased and verifiably dismantled its ef22 forts to design, develop, manufacture, or acquire— 

23 (A) a nuclear explosive device or related 

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1 (C) ballistic missiles and ballistic missile 

2 launch technology; 

3 (2) no longer provides support for acts of inter4 national terrorism; and 

5 (3) poses no threat to the national security, in6 terests, or allies of the United States. 

7 (b) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall notify the 

8 appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 

9 days before making the certification described in sub10 section (a). 

11 SEC. 109. DURATION OF SANCTIONS. 

12 (a) DELAY OF SANCTIONS.— 

13 (1) CONSULTATIONS.—If the President makes a 

14 determination described in section 105 of this Act 

15 with respect to a foreign person, Congress urges the 

16 President to initiate consultations immediately with 

17 the government with primary jurisdiction over such 

18 foreign person with respect to the imposition of 

19 sanctions under such section. 

20 (2) ACTIONS BY GOVERNMENT OF JURISDIC21 TION.—In order to pursue consultations under para22 graph (1) with the government concerned, the Presi23 dent may delay for up to 90 days the imposition of 

24 sanctions under section 105 of this Act. Following 

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1 impose on the foreign person referred to in para2 graph (1) such sanctions unless the President deter3 mines and certifies to Congress that the government 

4 has taken specific and effective actions, including, as 

5 appropriate, the imposition of appropriate penalties 

6 to terminate the involvement of the foreign person in 

7 the activities that resulted in the determination by 

8 the President under section 105 of this Act con9 cerning such foreign person and the foreign person 

10 is no longer engaged in such activities. 

11 (b) DURATION OF SANCTIONS.—A sanction imposed 

12 under section 105 of this Act shall remain in effect— 

13 (1) for a period of not less than 2 years begin14 ning on the date on which such sanction is imposed; 

15 or 

16 (2) until such time as the President determines 

17 and certifies to Congress that the person whose ac18 tivities were the basis for imposing such sanction is 

19 no longer engaging in such activities and that the 

20 President has received reliable assurances that such 

21 person will not knowingly engage in such activities 

22 in the future, except that such sanction shall remain 

23 in effect for a period of at least one year. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President may 

2 waive the requirements in section 105(a) or 

3 105(b)(2) of this Act to impose a sanction or 

4 sanctions, and may waive, on a case-by-case 

5 basis, the continued imposition of a sanction or 

6 sanctions under subsection (b) of this section, if 

7 the President determines and so reports to the 

8 appropriate congressional committees 15 days 

9 prior to the exercise of waiver authority that 

10 failure to exercise such waiver authority would 

11 pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 

12 vital national security interests of the United 

13 States. 

14 (B) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Any report 

15 under subparagraph (A) shall provide a specific 

16 and detailed rationale for a determination made 

17 pursuant to such paragraph, including— 

18 (i) a description of the conduct that 

19 resulted in the determination under section 

20 105(a) or section 105(b)(2) of this Act, as 

21 the case may be; 

22 (ii) in the case of a foreign person, an 

23 explanation of the efforts to secure the co24 operation of the government with primary 

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1 or, as appropriate, penalize the activities 

2 that resulted in the determination under 

3 section 105(a) or 105(b)(2) of this Act, as 

4 the case may be; 

5 (iii) an estimate of the significance of 

6 the conduct of the person concerned in 

7 contributing to the ability of Iran to de8 velop petroleum resources, produce refined 

9 petroleum products, or import refined pe10 troleum products; and 

11 (iv) a statement as to the response of 

12 the United States in the event that the 

13 person concerned engages in other activi14 ties that would be subject to a sanction or 

15 sanctions under section 105(a) or 

16 105(b)(2) of this Act, as the case may be. 

17 (2) WAIVER WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS IN

18 COUNTRIES THAT COOPERATE IN MULTILATERAL

19 EFFORTS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President may, on 

21 a case-by-case basis, waive for a period of not 

22 more than 12 months the application of section 

23 105(a) of this Act with respect to a person if 

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1 (i) certifies to the appropriate con2 gressional committees that— 

3 (I) the government with primary 

4 jurisdiction over the person is closely 

5 cooperating with the United States in 

6 multilateral efforts to prevent Iran 

7 from— 

8 (aa) acquiring or developing 

9 chemical, biological, or nuclear 

10 weapons or related technologies; 

11 or 

12 (bb) acquiring or developing 

13 destabilizing numbers and types 

14 of advanced conventional weap15 ons; and 

16 (II) such a waiver is vital to the 

17 national security interests of the 

18 United States; and 

19 (ii) submits to the appropriate con20 gressional committees a report identi21 fying— 

22 (I) the person with respect to 

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1 (II) the actions taken by the gov2 ernment described in clause (i)(I) to 

3 cooperate in multilateral efforts de4 scribed in that clause. 

5 (B) SUBSEQUENT RENEWAL OF WAIVER.— 

6 At the conclusion of the period of a waiver 

7 under subparagraph (A), the President may 

8 renew the waiver— 

9 (i) if the President determines, in ac10 cordance with subparagraph (A), that the 

11 waiver is appropriate; and 

12 (ii) for subsequent periods of not 

13 more than 12 months each. 

14 (3) PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REG15 ISTER.—Not later than 15 days after any waiver au16 thority is exercised pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) 

17 of this subsection, the name of the person or entity 

18 with respect to which sanctions are being waived 

19 shall be published in the Federal Register. 

20 SEC. 110. REPORTS REQUIRED. 

21 (a) REPORT ON CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL INITIA22 TIVES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en23 actment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter, the 

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1 (1) the efforts of the President to mount a mul2 tilateral campaign to persuade all countries to pres3 sure Iran to cease its nuclear, chemical, biological, 

4 and missile weapons programs and its support of 

5 acts of international terrorism; 

6 (2) the efforts of the President to persuade 

7 other governments to ask Iran to reduce in the 

8 countries of such governments the presence of Ira9 nian diplomats and representatives of other govern10 ment and military or quasi-governmental institutions 

11 of Iran, and to withdraw any such diplomats or rep12 resentatives who participated in the takeover of the 

13 United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, on Novem14 ber 4, 1979, or the subsequent holding of United 

15 States hostages for 444 days; 

16 (3) the extent to which the International Atom17 ic Energy Agency has established regular inspections 

18 of all nuclear facilities in Iran, including those facili19 ties presently under construction; and 

20 (4) Iran’s use of Iranian diplomats and rep21 resentatives of other government and military or 

22 quasi-governmental institutions of Iran to promote 

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1 (b) REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF ACTIONS

2 UNDER THIS ACT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 

4 the President shall transmit to Congress a report that de5 scribes— 

6 (1) the extent to which actions relating to trade 

7 taken pursuant to this title have— 

8 (A) been effective in achieving the policy 

9 objective described in section 103 of this Act 

10 and any other foreign policy or national security 

11 objectives of the United States with respect to 

12 Iran; and 

13 (B) affected humanitarian interests in 

14 Iran, the country in which a sanctioned person 

15 is located, or in other countries; and 

16 (2) the impact of actions relating to trade taken 

17 pursuant to this title on other national security, eco18 nomic, and foreign policy interests of the United 

19 States, including relations with countries friendly to 

20 the United States, and on the United States econ21 omy. 

22 The President may include in such reports the President’s 

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1 (c) OTHER REPORTS.—The President shall ensure 

2 the continued transmittal to Congress of reports describ3 ing— 

4 (1) the nuclear and other military capabilities 

5 of Iran, as required under section 601(a) of the Nu6 clear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 and section 

7 1607 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

8 Fiscal Year 1993; and 

9 (2) the support provided by Iran for acts of 

10 international terrorism, as part of the Department 

11 of State’s annual reports on international terrorism. 

12 (d) REPORTS ON GLOBAL TRADE RELATING TO

13 IRAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en14 actment of the this Act and annually thereafter, the Presi15 dent shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com16 mittees a report, with respect to the most recent 12-month 

17 period for which data are available, on the dollar value 

18 amount of trade, including in the energy sector, between 

19 Iran and each country maintaining membership in the 

20 Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Gov21 ernors. 

22 SEC. 111. DETERMINATIONS NOT REVIEWABLE. 

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1 SEC. 112. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this title: 

3 (1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The 

4 term ‘‘act of international terrorism’’ has the mean5 ing given such term in section 2331 of title 18, 

6 United States Code. 

7 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT8 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com9 mittees’’ means— 

10 (A) the Committee on Ways and Means, 

11 the Committee on Banking and Financial Serv12 ices, the Committee on Financial Services, and 

13 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

14 of Representatives; and 

15 (B) the Committee on Finance, the Com16 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af17 fairs, and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

18 of the Senate. 

19 (3) COMPONENT PART.—The term ‘‘component 

20 part’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

21 11A(e)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 

22 (50 U.S.C. App. 2410a(e)(1)). 

23 (4) CREDIBLE INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘cred24 ible information’’ means, with respect to a person, 

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1 mental announcements of such an investment, re2 ports to stockholders, annual reports, industry re3 ports, Government Accountability Office products, 

4 State and local government reports, and trade publi5 cations. 

6 (5) DEVELOP AND DEVELOPMENT.—The terms 

7 ‘‘develop’’ and ‘‘development’’ mean the exploration 

8 for, or the extraction, refining, or transportation by 

9 pipeline of, petroleum resources. 

10 (6) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi11 nancial institution’’ includes— 

12 (A) a depository institution (as defined in 

13 section 3(c)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insur14 ance Act), including a branch or agency of a 

15 foreign bank (as defined in section 1(b)(7) of 

16 the International Banking Act of 1978); 

17 (B) a credit union; 

18 (C) a securities firm, including a broker or 

19 dealer; 

20 (D) an insurance company, including an 

21 agency or underwriter; and 

22 (E) any other company that provides fi23 nancial services including joint ventures with 

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1 government-controlled entities or affiliated enti2 ties. 

3 (7) FINISHED PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘finished 

4 product’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

5 11A(e)(2) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 

6 (50 U.S.C. App. 2410a(e)(2)). 

7 (8) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per8 son’’ means— 

9 (A) an individual who is not a United 

10 States person or an alien lawfully admitted for 

11 permanent residence into the United States; or 

12 (B) a corporation, partnership, joint ven13 ture, cooperative venture, or other nongovern14 mental entity which is not a United States per15 son. 

16 (9) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

17 term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or18 ganization designated by the Secretary of State as a 

19 foreign terrorist organization in accordance with sec20 tion 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

21 (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 

22 (10) GOODS AND TECHNOLOGY.—The terms 

23 ‘‘goods’’ and ‘‘technology’’ have the meanings given 

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1 (11) INVESTMENT.—The term ‘‘investment’’ 

2 means any of the following activities if any of such 

3 activities is undertaken pursuant to an agreement, 

4 or pursuant to the exercise of rights under such an 

5 agreement, that is entered into with the Government 

6 of Iran or a nongovernmental entity in Iran, on or 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act: 

8 (A) The entry into a contract that includes 

9 responsibility for the development of petroleum 

10 resources located in Iran, or the entry into a 

11 contract providing for the general supervision 

12 and guarantee of another person’s performance 

13 of such a contract. 

14 (B) The purchase of a share of ownership, 

15 including an equity interest, in the development 

16 described in subparagraph (A). 

17 (C) The entry into a contract providing for 

18 the participation in royalties, earnings, or prof19 its in the development described in subpara20 graph (A), without regard to the form of such 

21 participation. 

22 (D) The provision of goods, services, or 

23 technology related to petroleum resources. 

24 (12) IRAN.—The term ‘‘Iran’’ includes any 

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1 (13) IRANIAN DIPLOMATS AND REPRESENTA2 TIVES OF OTHER GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OR

3 QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS OF IRAN.— 

4 The term ‘‘Iranian diplomats and representatives of 

5 other government and military or quasi-govern6 mental institutions of Iran’’ includes employees, rep7 resentatives, or affiliates of Iran’s— 

8 (A) Foreign Ministry; 

9 (B) Ministry of Intelligence and Security; 

10 (C) Revolutionary Guard Corps and affili11 ated entities; 

12 (D) Crusade for Reconstruction; 

13 (E) Qods (Jerusalem) Forces; 

14 (F) Interior Ministry; 

15 (G) Foundation for the Oppressed and 

16 Disabled; 

17 (H) Prophet’s Foundation; 

18 (I) June 5th Foundation; 

19 (J) Martyr’s Foundation; 

20 (K) Islamic Propagation Organization; and 

21 (L) Ministry of Islamic Guidance. 

22 (14) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, 

23 with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result 

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1 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 

2 result of such conduct, circumstance, or result. 

3 (15) NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.—The term 

4 ‘‘nuclear explosive device’’ means any device, wheth5 er assembled or disassembled, that is designed to 

6 produce an instantaneous release of an amount of 

7 nuclear energy from special nuclear material (as de8 fined in section 11(aa) of the Atomic Energy Act of 

9 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(aa))) that is greater than the 

10 amount of energy that would be released from the 

11 detonation of one pound of trinitrotoluene (TNT). 

12 (16) PERSON.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘person’’ 

14 means— 

15 (i) a natural person; 

16 (ii) a corporation, business associa17 tion, partnership, society, trust, financial 

18 institution, insurer, underwriter, guar19 antor, or any other business organization, 

20 any other nongovernmental entity, organi21 zation, or group, and any governmental en22 tity operating as a business enterprise; and 

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1 (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘person’’ does 

2 not include a government or governmental enti3 ty that is not operating as a business enter4 prise. 

5 (17) PETROLEUM RESOURCES.—The term ‘‘pe6 troleum resources’’ includes petroleum and natural 

7 gas resources, refined petroleum products, oil or liq8 uefied natural gas, oil or liquefied natural gas tank9 ers, and products used to construct or maintain 

10 pipelines used to transport oil or liquefied natural 

11 gas. 

12 (18) REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.—The 

13 term ‘‘refined petroleum products’’ means diesel, 

14 gasoline, jet fuel (including naphtha-type and ker15 osene-type jet fuel), and aviation gasoline. 

16 (19) UNITED STATES OR STATE.—The terms 

17 ‘‘United States’’ and ‘‘State’’ mean the several 

18 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

19 of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

20 Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the 

21 United States Virgin Islands, and any other terri22 tory or possession of the United States. 

23 (20) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

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1 (A) a natural person who is a citizen of the 

2 United States or who owes permanent alle3 giance to the United States; and 

4 (B) a corporation or other legal entity that 

5 is organized under the laws of the United 

6 States or any State if a natural person de7 scribed in subparagraph (A) owns more than 50 

8 percent of the outstanding capital stock or 

9 other beneficial interest in such corporation or 

10 legal entity. 

11 SEC. 113. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

12 This title shall take effect on the date of the enact13 ment of this Act and shall apply with respect to an invest14 ment or activity described in subsection (a) or (b) of sec15 tion 105 of this Act that is commenced on or after such 

16 date of enactment. 

17 SEC. 114. REPEAL. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 

19 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is repealed. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Comprehen21 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act 

22 of 2010 (Public Law 111–195; 22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) in section 103(b)(3)(E), by striking ‘‘section 

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1 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec2 tion 112 of the Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011’’; 

3 (2) in section 111(a)(1), by striking ‘‘section 5 

4 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by 

5 section 102 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 105 

6 of the Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011’’; 

7 (3) in section 112(3), by striking ‘‘Iran Sanc8 tions Act of 1996, as amended by section 102 of this 

9 Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘Iran Threat Reduction Act of 

10 2011’’; and 

11 (4) in section 201(2), by striking ‘‘section 14 of 

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

13 172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

14 112 of the Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011’’. 

15 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, regula16 tion, document, or other record of the United States to 

17 the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 shall be deemed to be a 

18 reference to this title. 

19 (d) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.—Notwith20 standing the repeal made by subsection (a), the modifica21 tion to the Federal Acquisition Regulation made pursuant 

22 to section 6(b)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 shall 

23 continue in effect until the modification to such Regula24 tion that is made pursuant to section 106(b)(1) of this 

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1 TITLE II—IRAN FREEDOM 

2 SUPPORT 

3 SEC. 201. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS. 

4 United States sanctions with respect to Iran imposed 

5 pursuant to— 

6 (1) sections 1 and 3 of Executive Order No. 

7 12957; 

8 (2) sections 1(e), 1(g), and 3 of Executive 

9 Order No. 12959; 

10 (3) sections 2, 3, and 5 of Executive Order No. 

11 13059; 

12 (4) sections 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Executive 

13 Order No. 13553; or 

14 (5) sections 1, 2, and 5 of Executive Order No. 

15 13574, 

16

17 as in effect on September 1, 2011, shall remain in effect 

18 until the President certifies to the appropriate congres19 sional committees, at least 90 days before the removal of 

20 such sanctions, that the Government of Iran has verifiably 

21 dismantled its nuclear weapons program, its biological and 

22 chemical weapons programs, its ballistic missile develop23 ment programs, and ceased its support for international 

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1 SEC. 202. LIABILITY OF PARENT COMPANIES FOR VIOLA2 TIONS OF SANCTIONS BY FOREIGN SUBSIDI3 ARIES. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a part6 nership, association, trust, joint venture, corpora7 tion, or other organization. 

8 (2) OWN OR CONTROL.—The term ‘‘own or con9 trol’’ means, with respect to an entity— 

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

11 equity interest by vote or value in the entity; 

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

13 board of directors of the entity; or 

14 (C) to otherwise control the actions, poli15 cies, or personnel decisions of the entity. 

16 (3) SUBSIDIARY.—The term ‘‘subsidiary’’ 

17 means an entity that is owned or controlled by a 

18 United States person. 

19 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

20 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

21 (A) a natural person who is a citizen, resi22 dent, or national of the United States; and 

23 (B) an entity that is organized under the 

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1 ural persons described in subparagraph (A) own 

2 or control the entity. 

3 (b) IN GENERAL.—A United States person shall be 

4 subject to a penalty for a violation of the provisions of 

5 Executive Order No. 12959 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) or Ex6 ecutive Order No. 13059 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), or any 

7 other prohibition on transactions with respect to Iran im8 posed under the authority of the International Emergency 

9 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), if the 

10 President determines that a subsidiary of the United 

11 States person that is established or maintained outside the 

12 United States engages in an act that, if committed in the 

13 United States or by a United States person, would violate 

14 such provisions. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) shall take ef17 fect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 

18 apply with respect to acts described in subsection 

19 (b)(2) that are— 

20 (A) commenced on or after the date of the 

21 enactment of this Act; or 

22 (B) except as provided in paragraph (2), 

23 commenced before such date of enactment, if 

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1 (2) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (b) shall not 

2 apply with respect to an act described in paragraph 

3 (1)(B) by a subsidiary owned or controlled by a 

4 United States person if the United States person di5 vests or terminates its business with the subsidiary 

6 not later than 90 days after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 203. DECLARATION OF CONGRESS REGARDING 

9 UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAN. 

10 It shall be the policy of the United States to support 

11 those individuals in Iran seeking a free, democratic gov12 ernment that respects the rule of law and protects the 

13 rights of all citizens. 

14 SEC. 204. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY IN IRAN. 

15 (a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President is au16 thorized to provide financial and political assistance (in17 cluding the award of grants) to foreign and domestic indi18 viduals, organizations, and entities that support democ19 racy and the promotion of democracy in Iran. Such assist20 ance may include the award of grants to eligible inde21 pendent prodemocracy broadcasting organizations and 

22 new media that broadcast into Iran. 

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1 provided only to an individual, organization, or entity 

2 that— 

3 (1) officially opposes the use of violence and 

4 terrorism and has not been designated as a foreign 

5 terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the 

6 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) 

7 at any time during the preceding 4 years; 

8 (2) advocates the adherence by Iran to non9 proliferation regimes for nuclear, chemical, and bio10 logical weapons and materiel; 

11 (3) is dedicated to democratic values and sup12 ports the adoption of a democratic form of Govern13 ment in Iran; 

14 (4) is dedicated to respect for human rights, in15 cluding the fundamental equality of women; 

16 (5) works to establish equality of opportunity 

17 for all people; and 

18 (6) supports freedom of the press, freedom of 

19 speech, freedom of association, and freedom of reli20 gion. 

21 (c) FUNDING.—Financial and political assistance au22 thorized under this section may only be provided using 

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1 tiative, the Human Rights and Democracy Fund, and the 

2 Near East Regional Democracy Fund. 

3 (d) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days before 

4 each obligation of assistance under this section, and in ac5 cordance with the procedures under section 634A of the 

6 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–l), the 

7 President shall notify the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

8 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

9 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

10 and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate of 

11 such obligation of assistance. Such notification shall in12 clude, as practicable, a description of the types of pro13 grams supported by such assistance and an identification 

14 of the recipients of such assistance. 

15 (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DIPLOMATIC

16 ASSISTANCE.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

17 (1) contacts should be expanded with opposition 

18 groups in Iran that meet the criteria for eligibility 

19 for assistance under subsection (b); 

20 (2) support for those individuals seeking democ21 racy in Iran should be expressed by United States 

22 representatives and officials in all appropriate inter23 national fora; and 

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1 (A) strongly and unequivocally support in2 digenous efforts in Iran calling for free, trans3 parent, and democratic elections; and 

4 (B) draw international attention to viola5 tions by the Government of Iran of human 

6 rights, freedom of religion, freedom of assem7 bly, and freedom of the press. 

8 SEC. 205. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN PER9 SONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OR 

10 COMPLICIT IN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COM11 MITTED AGAINST CITIZENS OF IRAN OR 

12 THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER THE JUNE 

13 12, 2009, ELECTIONS IN IRAN. 

14 (a) LIST OF PERSONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

15 OR COMPLICIT IN CERTAIN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; 

16 SANCTIONS ON SUCH PERSONS.— 

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

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

19 shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com20 mittees a list of all persons who are senior officials 

21 of the Government of Iran, including the Supreme 

22 Leader, the President, Members of the Cabinet, 

23 Members of the Assembly of Experts, Members of 

24 the Ministry of Intelligence Services, or any Member 

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1 rank of brigadier general and above, including mem2 bers of paramilitary organizations such as Ansar-e3 Hezbollah and Basij-e Mostaz’afin. 

4 (2) CERTIFICATION.—The President shall im5 pose on the persons specified in the list under para6 graph (1) the sanctions described in subsection (b). 

7 The President shall exempt any such person from 

8 such imposition if the President determines and cer9 tifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

10 that such person, based on credible evidence, is not 

11 responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for or12 dering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the com13 mission of serious human rights abuses against citi14 zens of Iran or their family members on or after 

15 June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses 

16 occurred in Iran. 

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

18 transmit to the appropriate congressional commit19 tees an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

20 (A) not later than every 60 days beginning 

21 after the date of the initial transmittal under 

22 such paragraph; and 

23 (B) as new information becomes available. 

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1 (A) FORM.—The list required under para2 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

3 form but may contain a classified annex. 

4 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi5 fied portion of the list required under para6 graph (1) shall be made available to the public 

7 and posted on the Web sites of the Department 

8 of the Treasury and the Department of State. 

9 (5) CONSIDERATION OF DATA FROM OTHER

10 COUNTRIES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA11 TIONS.—In preparing the list required under para12 graph (1), the President shall consider credible data 

13 already obtained by other countries and nongovern14 mental organizations, including organizations in 

15 Iran, that monitor the human rights abuses of the 

16 Government of Iran. 

17 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de18 scribed in this subsection are ineligibility for a visa to 

19 enter the United States and sanctions described in section 

20 106 of this Act, subject to such regulations as the Presi21 dent may prescribe, including regulatory exceptions to per22 mit the United States to comply with the Agreement be23 tween the United Nations and the United States of Amer24 ica regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 


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1 signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 

2 21, 1947, and other applicable international obligations 

3 (c) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The provisions of 

4 this section shall terminate on the date on which the Presi5 dent determines and certifies to the appropriate congres6 sional committees that the Government of Iran— 

7 (1) has unconditionally released all political 

8 prisoners, including the citizens of Iran detained in 

9 the aftermath of the June 12, 2009, presidential 

10 election in Iran; 

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

12 detention, torture, and abuse of citizens of Iran 

13 while engaging in peaceful political activity; 

14 (3) has conducted a transparent investigation 

15 into the killings, arrests, and abuse of peaceful polit16 ical activists that occurred in the aftermath of the 

17 June 12, 2009, presidential election in Iran and 

18 prosecuted the individuals responsible for such 

19 killings, arrests, and abuse; and 

20 (4) has— 

21 (A) established an independent judiciary; 

22 and 

23 (B) is respecting the human rights and 

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1 SEC. 206. CLARIFICATION OF SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES 

2 FOR PURPOSES OF PROCUREMENT BAN. 

3 The Secretary of State shall— 

4 (1) not later than 90 days after the date of the 

5 enactment of this Act, issue guidelines to further de6 scribe the goods, services, and technologies that will 

7 be considered ‘‘sensitive technologies’’ for purposes 

8 of section 106 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 

9 Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 

10 U.S.C. 8515), and publish those guidelines in the 

11 Federal Register; 

12 (2) determine the types of goods, services, and 

13 technologies that enable any indigenous capabilities 

14 that Iran has to disrupt and monitor information 

15 and communications in that country, and consider 

16 adding descriptions of those items to the guidelines; 

17 and 

18 (3) periodically review, but in no case less than 

19 once each year, the guidelines and, if necessary, 

20 amend the guidelines on the basis of technological 

21 developments and new information regarding trans22 fers of goods, services, and technologies to Iran and 

23 the development of Iran’s indigenous capabilities to 

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1 SEC. 207. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO PROMOTE 

2 INTERNET FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO INFOR3 MATION IN IRAN. 

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

5 date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 

6 the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on 

7 Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Committee on For9 eign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 

10 the Senate a comprehensive strategy to— 

11 (1) help the people of Iran produce, access, and 

12 share information freely and safely via the Internet, 

13 including in Farsi and regional languages; 

14 (2) support the development of counter-censor15 ship technologies that enable the citizens of Iran to 

16 undertake Internet activities without interference 

17 from the Government of Iran; 

18 (3) increase the capabilities and availability of 

19 secure mobile communications among human rights 

20 and democracy activists in Iran; 

21 (4) provide resources for digital safety training 

22 for media, unions, and academic and civil society or23 ganizations in Iran; 

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1 (6) increase emergency resources for the most 

2 vulnerable human rights advocates seeking to orga3 nize, share information, and support human rights 

4 in Iran; 

5 (7) expand surrogate radio, television, live 

6 stream, and social network communications inside 

7 Iran, including by assisting United States tele8 communications and software companies to comply 

9 with the United States export licensing process for 

10 such purposes; 

11 (8) expand activities to safely assist and train 

12 human rights, civil society, and union activists in 

13 Iran to operate effectively and securely; 

14 (9) defeat all attempts by the Government of 

15 Iran to jam or otherwise deny international satellite 

16 broadcasting signals, including by identifying foreign 

17 providers of jamming technology; 

18 (10) expand worldwide United States embassy 

19 and consulate programming for and outreach to Ira20 nian dissident communities; 

21 (11) expand access to proxy servers for democ22 racy activists in Iran; and 

23 (12) discourage telecommunication and soft24 ware companies from facilitating Internet censorship 

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1 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—Assistance au2 thorized under the comprehensive stategy required under 

3 subsection (a) shall be provided only to an individual, or4 ganization, or entity that meets the eligibility criteria in 

5 section 204(b) of this Act for financial and political assist6 ance authorized under section section 204(a) of this Act. 

7 (c) FORM.—The comprehensive strategy required 

8 under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified 

9 form and may include a classified annex. 

10 TITLE III—IRAN REGIME AND 

11 IRAN’S ISLAMIC REVOLU12 TIONARY GUARD CORPS AC13 COUNTABILITY 

14 SEC. 301. IRAN’S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS. 

15 (a) TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN’S ISLAMIC REVOLU16 TIONARY GUARD CORPS.—No United States person shall 

17 knowingly conduct any commercial transaction or financial 

18 transaction with, or make any investment in— 

19 (1) any person or entity owned or controlled by 

20 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; 

21 (2) any instrumentality, subsidiary, affiliate, or 

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1 (3) any project, activity, or business owned or 

2 controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

3 Corps. 

4 (b) TRANSACTIONS WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN PER5 SONS.—No United States person shall knowingly conduct 

6 any commercial transaction or financial transaction with, 

7 or make any investment in, any foreign person or foreign 

8 entity that conducts any transaction with or makes any 

9 investment with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

10 Corps, which, if conducted or made by a United States 

11 person, would constitute a violation of subsection (a). 

12 (c) PENALTIES.—Any United States person who vio13 lates subsection (a) or (b) shall be subject to 1 or more 

14 of the criminal penalties under the authority of section 

15 206(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers 

16 Act (50 U.S.C. 1705). 

17 (d) WAIVER.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 

19 to waive the restrictions in subsection (a) or (b) on 

20 a case-by-case basis if the President determines and 

21 notfies the appropriate congressional committees 

22 that failure to exercise such waiver authority would 

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1 (2) PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REG2 ISTER.—Not later than 15 days after any waiver au3 thority is exercised pursuant to paragraph (1) of 

4 this subsection, the name of the person with respect 

5 to which sanctions are being waived shall be pub6 lished in the Federal Register. 

7 (e) AMENDMENTS TO CODE OF FEDERAL REGULA8 TIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the en9 actment of this Act, the President shall amend part 544 

10 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (‘‘Weapons of 

11 Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations’’), 

12 to incorporate the provisions of this section. 

13 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘foreign 

14 person’’, ‘‘knowingly’’, and ‘‘United States person’’ have 

15 the meanings given such terms in section 112 of this Act. 

16 SEC. 302. ADDITIONAL EXPORT SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

18 103(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 

19 Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 

20 111–195; 22 U.S.C. 8512(b)(2)(B)(iv)) or section 1606 

21 of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 

22 (Public Law 102–484; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) or any other 

23 provision of law, effective on the date of the enactment 

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1 (1) licenses to export or reexport goods, serv2 ices, or technology for the repair or maintenance of 

3 aircraft of United States origin to Iran may not be 

4 issued, and any such license issued before such date 

5 of enactment is no longer valid; and 

6 (2) goods, services, or technology described in 

7 paragraph (1) may not be exported or reexported to 

8 Iran. 

9 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec10 tion shall be construed to repeal or otherwise supersede 

11 the requirements of section 740.15(d)(4) of title 15, Code 

12 of Federal Regulations (relating to reexports of vessels 

13 subject to the Export Adminstration Regulations). 

14 SEC. 303. SANCTIONS AGAINST AFFILIATES OF IRAN’S IS15 LAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS. 

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

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

18 thereafter, the President shall identify in, and, in the case 

19 of a foreign person or foreign entity not already so des20 ignated, shall designate for inclusion in the Annex to Ex21 ecutive Order No. 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating 

22 to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction 

23 proliferators and their supporters) and shall apply all ap24 plicable sanctions of the United States pursuant to Execu25 tive Order No. 13382 to each foreign person or foreign 


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1 entity for which there is a reasonable basis for determining 

2 that the person or entity is as an agent, alias, front, in3 strumentality, official, or affiliate of Iran’s Islamic Revolu4 tionary Guard Corps or is an individual serving as a rep5 resentative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

6 (b) PRIORITY FOR INVESTIGATION.—In carrying out 

7 this section, the President shall give priority to inves8 tigating foreign persons and foreign entities identified 

9 under section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regula10 tions (relating to the definition of the Government of Iran) 

11 and foreign persons and foreign entities for which there 

12 is a reasonable basis to suspect that the person or entity 

13 has conducted or attempted to conduct one or more sen14 sitive transactions or activities described in subsection (c). 

15 (c) SENSITIVE TRANSACTION OR ACTIVITY.—A sen16 sitive transaction or activity referred to in subsection (b) 

17 is— 

18 (1) a transaction to facilitate the manufacture, 

19 import, export, or transfer of items needed for the 

20 development of nuclear, chemical, biological, or ad21 vanced conventional weapons, including ballistic mis22 siles; 

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1 encourage violence by, individuals or groups opposed 

2 to the governments of those countries; 

3 (3) a transaction relating to the manufacture, 

4 procurement, or sale of goods, services, and tech5 nology relating to Iran’s energy sector, including the 

6 development of the energy resources of Iran, export 

7 of petroleum products, and import of refined petro8 leum and refining capacity available to Iran; 

9 (4) a transaction relating to the procurement of 

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

11 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

12 and Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–195; 

13 22 U.S.C. 8515(c)); or 

14 (5) a financial transaction or series of trans15 actions valued at more than $1,000,000 in the ag16 gregate in any 12-month period involving a non-Ira17 nian financial institution. 

18 (d) INADMISSIBLITY TO UNITED STATES.—The Sec19 retary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of 

20 Homeland Security shall deny admission into the United 

21 States to, any alien who, on or after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, is a foreign person designated for inclu23 sion in the Annex to Executive Order No. 13382 pursuant 

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1 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion shall be construed to remove any sanction of the 

3 United States in force against Iran’s Islamic Revolu4 tionary Guard Corps as of the date of the enactment of 

5 this Act by reason of the fact that Iran’s Islamic Revolu6 tionary Guard Corps is an entity of the Government of 

7 Iran. 

8 SEC. 304. MEASURES AGAINST FOREIGN PERSONS OR ENTI9 TIES SUPPORTING IRAN’S ISLAMIC REVOLU10 TIONARY GUARD CORPS. 

11 (a) IDENTIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION.—The 

12 President shall notify the appropriate congressional com13 mittees in any case in which the President determines that 

14 there is credible information indicating that a foreign per15 son or foreign entity, on or after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act, knowingly— 

17 (1) provides material support to Iran’s Islamic 

18 Revolutionary Guard Corps or any foreign person or 

19 foreign entity that is identified pursuant to section 

20 303(a) of this Act as an agent, alias, front, instru21 mentality, official, or affiliate of Iran’s Islamic Revo22 lutionary Guard Corps or an individual serving as a 

23 representative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

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1 (2) conducts any commercial transaction or fi2 nancial transaction with Iran’s Islamic Revolu3 tionary Guard Corps or any such person or entity. 

4 (b) WAIVER.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

6 provision of this title and subject to paragraph (2), 

7 the President is not required to make any identifica8 tion or designation of or determination with respect 

9 to a foreign person or foreign entity for purposes of 

10 this title if doing so would cause damage to the na11 tional security of the United States through the di12 vulgence of sources and methods of intelligence or 

13 other critical classified information. 

14 (2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The President 

15 shall notify Congress of any exercise of the authority 

16 of paragraph (1) and shall include in the notification 

17 an identification of the foreign person or foreign en18 tity, including a description of the activity or trans19 action that would have caused the identification, des20 ignation, or determination for purposes of this title. 

21 (c) SANCTIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall apply to 

23 each foreign person or foreign entity identified in a 

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1 by the President a majority of the sanctions de2 scribed in section 106(a) of this Act. 

3 (2) TERMINATION.—The President may termi4 nate the sanctions applied to a foreign person or for5 eign entity pursuant to paragraph (1) if the Presi6 dent determines that the person or entity no longer 

7 engages in the activity or activities for which the 

8 sanctions were imposed and has provided assurances 

9 to the United States Government that it will not en10 gage in the activity or activities in the future. 

11 (d) IEEPA SANCTIONS.—The President may exer12 cise the authorities provided under subparagraphs (A) and 

13 (C) of section 203(a)(1) of the International Emergency 

14 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(a)(1)) to impose 

15 additional sanctions on each foreign person or foreign en16 tity identified pursuant to subsection (a), for such time 

17 as the President may determine, without regard to section 

18 202 of that Act. 

19 (e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica20 tion of any measure described in subsection (c) with re21 spect to a foreign person or foreign entity if the Presi22 dent— 

23 (1)(A) determines that the person or entity has 

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1 entity (as the case may be) and has taken measures 

2 to prevent its recurrence; or 

3 (B) determines and so reports to the appro4 priate congressional committees 15 days prior to the 

5 exercise of waiver authority that failure to exercise 

6 such waiver authority would pose an unusual and ex7 traordinary threat to the vital national security in8 terests of the United States; and 

9 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

10 committees a report that contains the reasons for 

11 the determination. 

12 (f) FOREIGN PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, the 

13 term ‘‘foreign person’’ has the meaning given the term in 

14 section 112 of this Act. 

15 SEC. 305. SPECIAL MEASURES AGAINST FOREIGN COUN16 TRIES SUPPORTING IRAN’S ISLAMIC REVOLU17 TIONARY GUARD CORPS. 

18 (a) SANCTIONS.—With respect to any foreign entity 

19 identified pursuant to section 304(a) of this Act that is 

20 an agency of the government of a foreign country, the 

21 President shall, in addition to applying to the entity the 

22 sanctions described in section 304(c) of this Act, apply 

23 to the agency of the government of the foreign country 

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1 (1) No assistance shall be provided to the agen2 cy of the government of the foreign country under 

3 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any suc4 cessor Act, or the Arms Export Control Act, or any 

5 successor Act, other than assistance that is intended 

6 to benefit the people of the foreign country directly 

7 and that is not provided through governmental agen8 cies or entities of the foreign country. 

9 (2) The United States shall oppose any loan or 

10 financial or technical assistance to the agency of the 

11 government of the foreign country by international 

12 financial institutions in accordance with section 701 

13 of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 

14 U.S.C. 262d). 

15 (3) The United States shall deny to the agency 

16 of the government of the foreign country any credit 

17 or financial assistance by any department, agency, 

18 or instrumentality of the United States Government. 

19 (4) The United States Government shall not 

20 approve the sale to the agency of the government of 

21 the foreign country any defense articles or defense 

22 services or issue any license for the export of items 

23 on the United States Munitions List. 

24 (5) No exports to the agency of the government 

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1 goods or technologies controlled for national security 

2 reasons under the Export Administration Regula3 tions. 

4 (6) At the earliest practicable date, the Sec5 retary of State shall terminate, in a manner con6 sistent with international law, the authority of any 

7 air carrier that is controlled in fact by the agency 

8 of the government of the foreign country to engage 

9 in air transportation (as defined in section 40102(5) 

10 of title 49, United States Code). 

11 (7) Additional restrictions may be imposed in 

12 accordance with the International Emergency Eco13 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

14 (b) TERMINATION.—The President may terminate 

15 the sanctions applied to an entity or government of a for16 eign country pursuant to subsection (a) if the President 

17 determines that the entity or government, as the case may 

18 be, no longer engages in the activity or activities for which 

19 the sanctions were imposed and has provided assurances 

20 to the United States Government that it will not engage 

21 in the activity or activities in the future. 

22 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica23 tion of any measure described in subsection (a) with re24 spect to an entity or government of a foreign country if 

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1 (1)(A) determines that the entity or govern2 ment, as the case may be, has ceased the activity 

3 that resulted in the notification under section 304(a) 

4 of this Act with respect to the entity or government 

5 and has taken measures to prevent its recurrence; or 

6 (B) determines and so reports to the appro7 priate congressional committees 15 days prior to the 

8 exercise of waiver authority that failure to exercise 

9 such waiver authority would pose an unusual and ex10 traordinary threat to the vital national security in11 terests of the United States; and 

12 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

13 committees a report that contains the reasons for 

14 the determination. 

15 SEC. 306. AUTHORITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERN16 MENTS TO RESTRICT CONTRACTS OR LI17 CENSES FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONABLE PER18 SONS. 

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State 

20 or local government may adopt and enforce measures to 

21 prohibit the State or local government, as the case may 

22 be, from entering into or renewing any contract with, or 

23 granting to or renewing any license for persons that con24 duct business operations in Iran described in section 309 

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1 SEC. 307. IRANIAN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 

2 (a) FREEZING OF ASSETS.—In accordance with sub3 section (b), all property and interests in property of the 

4 foreign persons described in Executive Order No. 13382 

5 and Executive Order No. 13224, or their affiliates, that 

6 are in the United States, that on or after the date of the 

7 enactment of this Act come within the United States, or 

8 that on or after the date of the enactment of this Act come 

9 within the possession or control of United States persons, 

10 are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 

11 withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in with respect to any such 

12 person determined by the Secretary of State, in consulta13 tion with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary 

14 of Defense to— 

15 (1) have committed, or to pose a significant 

16 risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that 

17 have the purpose or effect of threatening United 

18 States efforts to promote security and stability in 

19 Iraq and Afghanistan; 

20 (2) have knowingly and materially assisted, 

21 sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, 

22 or technical support for, or goods or services in sup23 port of, such an act or acts of violence or any person 

24 or entity whose property and interests in property 

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1 (3) be owned or controlled by, or to have acted 

2 or purported to act for or on behalf of any person 

3 whose property and interests in property are blocked 

4 pursuant to this subsection. 

5 (b) DESCRIPTION OF PROHIBITIONS.—The prohibi6 tions described in subsection (a) include— 

7 (1) the making of any contribution or provision 

8 of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit 

9 of any person whose property and interests in prop10 erty are blocked; and 

11 (2) the receipt of any contribution or provision 

12 of funds, goods, or services from any such person. 

13 (c) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

14 (1) an increase in both the quantity and quality 

15 of Iranian arms shipments and technological exper16 tise to the Iraqi insurgents, the Taliban, other ter17 rorist organizations and criminal elements has the 

18 potential to significantly change the battlefield in 

19 both Iraq and Afghanistan, and lead to a large in20 crease in United States, International Security As21 sistance Force, Coalition and Iraqi and Afghan cas22 ualties; and 

23 (2) an increase in Iranian activity and influence 

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1 (d) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

2 of the United States to urge the Government of Iraq to— 

3 (1) uphold its commitments to the United 

4 States to ensure the continued well-being of those 

5 individuals living in Camp Ashraf; 

6 (2) prevent the involuntary return of such indi7 viduals to Iran in accordance with the United States 

8 Embassy Statement on Transfer of Security Respon9 sibility for Camp Ashraf of December 28, 2008; and 

10 (3) not close Camp Ashraf until the United Na11 tions High Commission for Refugees can complete 

12 its process, recognize as political refugees the resi13 dents of Camp Ashraf who do not wish to go back 

14 to Iran, and resettle them in third countries. 

15 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘for16 eign person’’ and ‘‘United States person’’ have the mean17 ings given such terms in section 112 of this Act. 

18 SEC. 308. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAN. 

19 (a) NATIONAL STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Presi20 dent shall develop a strategy, to be known as the ‘‘Na21 tional Strategy to Counter Iran’’, that provides strategic 

22 guidance for activities that support the objective of ad23 dressing, countering, and containing the threats posed by 

24 Iran. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 30 

2 of each year, the President shall transmit to the ap3 propriate congressional committees a report on the 

4 current and future strategy of the United States to5 ward Iran, and the implementation of the National 

6 Strategy to Counter Iran required under subsection 

7 (a). 

8 (2) FORM.—If the President considers it appro9 priate, the report required under this subsection, or 

10 appropriate parts thereof, may be transmitted in 

11 classified form. 

12 (c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re13 quired under subsection (b) shall include a description of 

14 the security posture and objectives of Iran, including at 

15 least the following: 

16 (1) A description and assessment of Iranian 

17 grand strategy and security strategy, including— 

18 (A) the goals of Iran’s grand strategy and 

19 security strategy, and strategic objectives; and 

20 (B) Iranian strategy to achieve such objec21 tives in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, West22 ern Hemisphere, and Asia. 

23 (2) An assessment of the capabilities of Iran’s 

24 conventional forces and Iran’s unconventional forces, 

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1 (A) the size and capabilities of Iran’s con2 ventional forces and Iran’s unconventional 

3 forces; 

4 (B) an analysis of the formal and informal 

5 national command authority for Iran’s conven6 tional forces and Iran’s unconventional forces; 

7 (C) the size and capability of Iranian for8 eign and domestic intelligence and special oper9 ations units, including the Iranian Revolu10 tionary Guard Corps-Quds Force; 

11 (D) a description and analysis of Iranian 

12 military doctrine; 

13 (E) the types and amount of support, in14 cluding funding, lethal and nonlethal supplies, 

15 and training, provided to groups designated by 

16 the United States as foreign terrorist organiza17 tions and regional militant groups; and 

18 (F) an estimate of the levels of funding 

19 and funding and procurement sources by Iran 

20 to develop and support Iran’s conventional 

21 forces and Iran’s unconventional forces. 

22 (3) An assessment of Iranian strategy and ca23 pabilities related to nuclear, unconventional, and 

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1 (A) a summary and analysis of nuclear 

2 weapons capabilities; 

3 (B) an estimate of the amount and sources 

4 of funding expended by, and an analysis of pro5 curement networks utilized by, Iran to develop 

6 its nuclear weapons capabilities; 

7 (C) a summary of the capabilities of Iran’s 

8 unconventional weapons and Iran’s ballistic 

9 missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces, 

10 including developments in the preceding year, 

11 the size of Iran’s ballistic missile forces and 

12 Iran’s cruise missile forces, and the locations of 

13 missile launch sites; 

14 (D) a detailed analysis of the effectiveness 

15 of Iran’s unconventional weapons and Iran’s 

16 ballistic missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile 

17 forces; and 

18 (E) an estimate of the amount and sources 

19 of funding expended by, and an analysis of pro20 curement networks utilized by, Iran on pro21 grams to develop a capability to develop uncon22 ventional weapons and Iran’s ballistic missile 

23 forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces. 

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1 (A) sources of funding for the activities of 

2 the Government of Iran described in this sec3 tion; 

4 (B) the role of the Government of Iran in 

5 the formal and informal sector of the domestic 

6 Iranian economy; 

7 (C) evasive and other efforts by the Gov8 ernment of Iran to circumvent international 

9 and bilateral sanctions regimes; 

10 (D) the effect of bilateral and multilateral 

11 sanctions on the ability of Iran to implement its 

12 grand strategy and security strategy described 

13 in paragraph (1); and 

14 (E) Iran’s strategy and efforts to leverage 

15 economic and political influence, cooperation, 

16 and activities in the Middle East Europe, Afri17 ca, Western Hemisphere, and Asia. 

18 (5) Key vulnerabilities identified in paragraph 

19 (1), and an implementation plan for the National 

20 Strategy to Counter Iran required under subsection 

21 (a). 

22 (6) The United States strategy to— 

23 (A) address and counter the capabilities of 

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1 (B) disrupt and deny Iranian efforts to de2 velop or augment capabilities related to nuclear, 

3 unconventional, and missile forces development; 

4 (C) address the Government of Iran’s eco5 nomic strategy to enable the objectives de6 scribed in this subsection; and 

7 (D) exploit key vulnerabilities identified in 

8 this subsection. 

9 (7) An implementation plan for United States 

10 strategy described in under paragraph (6). 

11 (d) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The reports required 

12 under subsection (b) shall be in unclassified form to the 

13 greatest extent possible, and may include a classified 

14 annex where necessary. 

15 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

16 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means— 

18 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

19 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

20 Appropriations, the Committee on Ways and Means, 

21 and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

22 of the House of Representatives; and 

23 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

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1 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

2 Senate. 

3 SEC. 309. DEFINITIONS. 

4 Except as otherwise provided, in this title: 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’’ means— 

8 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

9 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 

10 on Ways and Means, and the Permanent Select 

11 Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep12 resentatives; and 

13 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

14 the Committee on Appropriations, the Com15 mittee on Finance, and the Permanent Select 

16 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

17 (2) IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE FORCES.—The 

18 term ‘‘Iran’s ballistic missile forces’’ includes bal19 listic missiles, goods, and associated equipment and 

20 those elements of the Government of Iran that em21 ploy such ballistic missiles, goods, and associated 

22 equipment. 

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1 listic missile forces and chemical, biological, and ra2 diological weapons programs. 

3 (4) IRAN’S CRUISE MISSILE FORCES.—The term 

4 ‘‘Iran’s cruise missile forces’’ includes cruise missile 

5 forces, goods, and associated equipment and those 

6 elements of the Government of Iran that employ 

7 such cruise missiles capable of flights less than 500 

8 kilometers, goods, and associated equipment. 

9 (5) IRAN’S CONVENTIONAL FORCES.—The term 

10 ‘‘Iran’s conventional forces’’— 

11 (A) means military forces of Iran designed 

12 to conduct operations on sea, air, or land, other 

13 than Iran’s unconventional forces and Iran’s 

14 ballistic missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile 

15 forces; and 

16 (B) includes Iran’s Army, Air Force, Navy, 

17 domestic law enforcement, and elements of the 

18 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, 

19 other than Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

20 Corps-Quds Force. 

21 (6) IRAN’S UNCONVENTIONAL FORCES.—The 

22 term ‘‘Iran’s unconventional forces’’— 

23 (A) means forces of Iran that carry out 

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1 (B) includes— 

2 (i) the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary 

3 Guard Corps-Quds Force; 

4 (ii) paramilitary organizations; 

5 (iii) formal and informal intelligence 

6 agencies and entities; and 

7 (iv) any organization that— 

8 (I) has been designated as a for9 eign terrorist organization under sec10 tion 219(a) of the Immigration and 

11 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); 

12 (II) receives assistance from 

13 Iran; and 

14 (III) is assessed— 

15 (aa) as being willing in some 

16 or all cases of carrying out at17 tacks on behalf of Iran; or 

18 (bb) as likely to carry out 

19 attacks in response to an attack 

20 by another country on Iran or its 

21 interests. 

22 (7) AFFILIATE.—The term ‘‘affiliate’’ means 

23 any individual or entity that controls, is controlled 

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1 including without limitation direct and indirect sub2 sidiaries of the company. 

3 (8) BUSINESS OPERATIONS.—The term ‘‘busi4 ness operations’’ means— 

5 (A) carrying out any of the activities de6 scribed in section 105(a) and (b) of this Act 

7 that are sanctionable under such section; 

8 (B) providing sensitive technology (as de9 fined in section 106(c) of the Comprehensive 

10 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

11 Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–195; 22 U.S.C. 

12 8515(c))) to the Government of Iran; and 

13 (C) carrying out any of the activities de14 scribed in section 304(a) of this Act . 

15 (9) COMPANY.—The term ‘‘company’’ means— 

16 (A) a sole proprietorship, organization, as17 sociation, corporation, partnership, limited li18 ability company, venture, or other entity, its 

19 subsidiary or affiliate; and 

20 (B) includes a company owned or con21 trolled by the government of a foreign country, 

22 that is established or organized under the laws 

23 of, or has its principal place of business in, 

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1 (10) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a sole 

2 proprietorship, a partnership, limited liability cor3 poration, association, trust, joint venture, corpora4 tion, or other organization. 

5 (11) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘execu6 tive agency’’ has the meaning given the term in sec7 tion 133 of title 41, United States Code. 

8 (12) GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.—The term ‘‘Gov9 ernment of Iran’’ includes the Government of Iran, 

10 any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality 

11 thereof, and any person owned or controlled by, or 

12 acting for or on behalf of, the Government of Iran. 

13 (13) PETROLEUM RESOURCES.—The term ‘‘pe14 troleum resources’’ has the meaning given the term 

15 in section 112 of this Act. 

16 (14) SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

17 ‘‘sensitive technology’’ has the meaning given the 

18 term in section 106(c) of the Comprehensive Iran 

19 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

20 2010 (Public Law 111–195; 22 U.S.C. 8515(c)). 

21 SEC. 310. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

22 Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the 

23 authority of the President to otherwise designate foreign 

24 persons or foreign entities for inclusion in the Annex to 

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1 to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction 

2 proliferators and their supporters). 

3 TITLE IV—IRAN FINANCIAL 

4 SANCTIONS; DIVESTMENT 

5 FROM CERTAIN COMPANIES 

6 THAT INVEST IN IRAN; AND 

7 PREVENTION OF DIVERSION 

8 OF CERTAIN GOODS, SERV9 ICES, AND TECHNOLOGIES TO 

10 IRAN 

11 SEC. 401. IRAN FINANCIAL SANCTIONS. 

12 (a) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CERTIFICATION.—Sec13 tion 104(e) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac14 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 

15 111–195; 22 U.S.C. 8513(e)) is amended by adding at 

16 the end the following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, 

19 the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regula20 tions to require any person wholly owned or con21 trolled by a domestic financial institution to provide 

22 positive certification to the Secretary if such person 

23 is engaged in corresponding relations or business ac24 tivity with a foreign person or financial institution 

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1 mestic financial institutions described in subsection 

2 (d).’’. 

3 (b) CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN.—Section 104(c) of the 

4 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di5 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(a)) is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(4) CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN.— 

8 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 30 

9 days after the date of the enactment of this 

10 paragraph, the President shall determine 

11 whether the Central Bank of Iran has— 

12 ‘‘(i) provided financial services in sup13 port of, or otherwise facilitated, the ability 

14 of Iran to— 

15 ‘‘(I) acquire or develop chemical, 

16 biological or nuclear weapons, or re17 lated technologies; 

18 ‘‘(II) construct, equip, operate, or 

19 maintain nuclear enrichment facilities; 

20 or 

21 ‘‘(III) acquire or develop ballistic 

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1 ‘‘(ii) facilitated a transaction or pro2 vided financial services for— 

3 ‘‘(I) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary 

4 Guard Corps; or 

5 ‘‘(II) a financial institution 

6 whose property or interests in prop7 erty are subject to sanctions imposed 

8 pursuant to the International Emer9 gency Economic Powers Act— 

10 ‘‘(aa) in connection with 

11 Iran’s proliferation of weapons of 

12 mass destruction or delivery sys13 tems for weapons of mass de14 struction; or 

15 ‘‘(bb) Iran’s support for acts 

16 of international terrorism. 

17 ‘‘(B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The 

18 President shall submit the determination made 

19 under subparagraph (A) in writing to the Con20 gress, together with the reasons therefor. 

21 ‘‘(C) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the President 

23 determines under subparagraph (A) that 

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1 graph, the President shall apply to the 

2 Central Bank of Iran sanctions pursuant 

3 to the International Economic Powers Act 

4 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), including block5 ing of property and restrictions or prohibi6 tions on financial transactions and the ex7 portation of property. 

8 ‘‘(ii) EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF DESIGNA9 TION.—The President shall maintain the 

10 sanctions imposed under clause (i) until 

11 such time as the President determines and 

12 certifies in writing to the Congress that 

13 the Central Bank of Iran is no longer en14 gaged in any of the activities described in 

15 subparagraph (A).’’. 

16 (c) CONTINUATION IN EFFECT.—Sections 104, 106, 

17 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, and 115 of the Comprehensive 

18 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

19 2010 shall remain in effect until the President makes the 

20 certification described in section 606(a) of this Act. 

21 SEC. 402. DIVESTMENT FROM CERTAIN COMPANIES THAT 

22 INVEST IN IRAN. 

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1 effect until the President makes the certification described 

2 in section 606(a) of this Act. 

3 SEC. 403. PREVENTION OF DIVERSION OF CERTAIN GOODS, 

4 SERVICES, AND TECHNOLOGIES TO IRAN. 

5 Title III of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac6 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 shall remain in 

7 effect until the President makes the certification described 

8 in section 606(a) of this Act. 

9 TITLE V—SECURITIES AND 

10 EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

11 SEC. 501. DISCLOSURES TO THE SECURITIES AND EX12 CHANGE COMMISSION RELATING TO 

13 SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13 of the Securities Ex15 change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by add16 ing at the end the following new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(r) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELAT18 ING TO IRAN, TERRORISM, AND THE PROLIFERATION OF

19 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall, by 

21 rule, require any issuer described in paragraph (2) 

22 to disclose on a quarterly basis a detailed description 

23 of each activity described in paragraph (2) engaged 

24 in by the issuer or its affiliates during the period 

25 covered by the report, including— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the nature and extent of the activity; 

2 ‘‘(B) the revenues, if any, attributable to 

3 the activity; and 

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

5 the issuer (as the case may be) intends to con6 tinue the activity. 

7 ‘‘(2) ISSUER DESCRIBED.—An issuer is de8 scribed in this paragraph if the issuer is required to 

9 file reports with the Commission under subsection 

10 (a) and the issuer or any of its affiliates has, during 

11 the period covered by the report— 

12 ‘‘(A) engaged in an activity described in 

13 section 105 of the Iran Threat Reduction Act 

14 of 2011 for which sanctions may be imposed; 

15 ‘‘(B) knowingly engaged in an activity de16 scribed in subsection (c)(2) of section 104 of 

17 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account18 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (Public 

19 Law 111–195; 22 U.S.C. 8513) or knowingly 

20 violated regulations prescribed under subsection 

21 (d)(1) or (e)(1) of such section 104; or 

22 ‘‘(C) knowingly conducted any transaction 

23 or dealing with— 

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1 pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224 

2 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079; relating to blocking 

3 property and prohibiting transacting with 

4 persons who commit, threaten to commit, 

5 or support terrorism); 

6 ‘‘(ii) any person the property and in7 terests in property of which are blocked 

8 pursuant to Executive Order No. 13382 

9 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to blocking 

10 of property of weapons of mass destruction 

11 proliferators and their supporters); or 

12 ‘‘(iii) any person on the list contained 

13 in Appendix A to part 560 of title 31, 

14 Code of Federal Regulations (commonly 

15 known as the ‘Iranian Transactions Regu16 lations’). 

17 ‘‘(3) SUNSET.—The provisions of this sub18 section and the rules issued by the Commission 

19 under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date 

20 that is 30 days after the date on which the Presi21 dent makes the certification described in section 

22 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac23 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(4) INVESTIGATION OF DISCLOSURES.—When 

2 an issuer reports, pursuant to this subsection, that 

3 it or any of its affiliates has engaged in any activity 

4 described in paragraph (2), the President shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) initiate an investigation into the pos6 sible imposition of sanctions under the Iran 

7 Threat Reduction Act of 2011, section 104 of 

8 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account9 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

10 8513), the Executive orders or regulations spec11 ified in paragraph (2)(C), or any other provi12 sion of law; and 

13 ‘‘(B) not later than 180 days after initi14 ating such an investigation, make a determina15 tion with respect to whether sanctions should be 

16 imposed with respect to the issuer or the affil17 iate of the issuer (as the case may be).’’. 

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

19 subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to reports re20 quired to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Com21 mission after the date that is 90 days after the date of 

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1 TITLE VI—GENERAL 

2 PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 601. DENIAL OF VISAS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS OF THE 

4 GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as necessary to meet 

6 United States obligations under the Agreement between 

7 the United Nations and the United States of America re8 garding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 

9 June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 

10 1947, and other applicable international treaty obliga11 tions, the Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the 

12 Secretary of Homeland Security shall deny admission into 

13 the United States to, a person of the Government of Iran 

14 pursuant to section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administra15 tion Act of 1979 (as in effect pursuant to the Inter16 national Emergency Economic Powers Act; 50 U.S.C. 

17 1701 et seq.), section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control 

18 Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)), and section 620A of the Foreign 

19 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), including a per20 son who is a senior official of the Government of Iran who 

21 is specified in the list under section 205(a)(1), if the Sec22 retary determines that such person— 

23 (1) is an agent, instrumentality, or official of, 

24 is affiliated with, or is serving as a representative of 

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1 (2) presents a threat to the United States or is 

2 affiliated with terrorist organizations. 

3 (b) RESTRICTION ON MOVEMENT.—The Secretary of 

4 State shall restrict in Washington, D.C., and at the 

5 United Nations in New York City, the travel to only within 

6 a 25-mile radius of Washington, D.C., or the United Na7 tions headquarters building, respectively, of any person 

8 identified in subsection (a). 

9 (c) RESTRICTION ON CONTACT.—No person em10 ployed with the United States Government may contact 

11 in an official or unofficial capacity any person that— 

12 (1) is an agent, instrumentality, or official of, 

13 is affiliated with, or is serving as a representative of 

14 the Government of Iran; and 

15 (2) presents a threat to the United States or is 

16 affiliated with terrorist organizations. 

17 (d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the require18 ments of subsection (c) if the President determines and 

19 so reports to the appropriate congressional committees 15 

20 days prior to the exercise of waiver authority that failure 

21 to exercise such waiver authority would pose an unusual 

22 and extraordinary threat to the vital national security in23 terests of the United States. 


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1 SEC. 602. INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO EN2 GAGE IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT 

3 TO IRAN. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(a)(3) of the Immi5 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(H) INDIVIDUALS WHO ENGAGE IN CER8 TAIN ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.— 

9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

10 (iii), any alien described in clause (ii) is in11 admissible. 

12 ‘‘(ii) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien 

13 described in this clause is an alien who the 

14 Secretary of State determines— 

15 ‘‘(I) engages in— 

16 ‘‘(aa) an activity for which 

17 sanctions may be imposed pursu18 ant to section 105(a) of the Iran 

19 Threat Reduction Act of 2011; 

20 ‘‘(bb) an activity— 

21 ‘‘(AA) relating to the 

22 proliferation by Iran of 

23 weapons of mass destruction 

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1 ‘‘(BB) for which sanc2 tions may be imposed pursu3 ant to Executive Order No. 

4 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567) 

5 (or any successor thereto); 

6 ‘‘(cc) an activity— 

7 ‘‘(AA) relating to sup8 port for international ter9 rorism by the Government of 

10 Iran; and 

11 ‘‘(BB) for which sanc12 tions may be imposed pursu13 ant to Executive Order No. 

14 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079) 

15 (or any successor thereto); 

16 or 

17 ‘‘(dd) any other activity with 

18 respect to Iran for which sanc19 tions may be imposed pursuant 

20 to any other provision of law; 

21 ‘‘(II) is the chief executive offi22 cer, president, or other individual in 

23 charge of overall management of, a 

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1 terest in, an entity that engages in an 

2 activity described in subclause (I); or 

3 ‘‘(III) is a spouse or minor child 

4 of— 

5 ‘‘(aa) an alien who engages 

6 in an activity described in sub7 clause (I); or 

8 ‘‘(bb) the chief executive of9 ficer, president, or other indi10 vidual in charge of overall man11 agement of, a member of the 

12 board of directors of, or a share13 holder with a controlling interest 

14 in, an entity that engages in an 

15 activity described in subclause 

16 (I). 

17 ‘‘(iii) NOTICE; WAIVER WITH RESPECT

18 TO CERTAIN ENTITIES.— 

19 ‘‘(I) NOTICE.—The Secretary of 

20 State may notify an alien the Sec21 retary determines may be inadmissible 

22 under this subparagraph— 

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1 ‘‘(bb) of the reason for the 

2 inadmissibility of the alien. 

3 ‘‘(II) WAIVER.—The President 

4 may waive the application of this sub5 paragraph and admit an alien to the 

6 United States if— 

7 ‘‘(aa) the alien is described 

8 in subclause (II) or (III)(bb) of 

9 clause (ii); 

10 ‘‘(bb) the entity that en11 gaged in the activity that would 

12 otherwise result in the inadmis13 sibility of the alien under this 

14 subparagraph is no longer engag15 ing the activity or has taken sig16 nificant steps toward stopping 

17 the activity; and 

18 ‘‘(cc) the President has re19 ceived reliable assurances that 

20 the entity will not knowingly en21 gage in an activity described in 

22 clause (ii)(I) again.’’. 

23 (b) REGULATIONS.—Section 428 of the Homeland 

24 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 236) is amended by adding 

25 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(j) REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INADMIS2 SIBILITY OF ALIENS WHO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANS3 ACTIONS WITH IRAN.—Not later than 180 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 

5 shall issue regulations and guidelines for interpreting and 

6 enforcing the prohibition under subparagraph (H) of sec7 tion 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) on the admissibility of aliens who en9 gage in certain sanctionable activities with respect to 

10 Iran.’’. 

11 SEC. 603. AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PEN12 ALTIES PROVISIONS UNDER THE INTER13 NATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS 

14 ACT. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 206 of the International 

16 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘attempt to 

19 violate, conspire to violate’’ and inserting ‘‘attempt 

20 or conspire to violate’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘not to ex22 ceed’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘that is not 

23 less than twice the value of the transaction that is 

24 the basis of the violation.’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(c) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—A person who willfully 

2 commits, attempts or conspires to commit, or aids or abets 

3 in the commission of, an unlawful act described in sub4 section (a) shall be fined not less than $1,000,000, impris5 oned for not more than 20 years, or both. A person other 

6 than a natural person shall be fined in an amount not 

7 less than the greater of half of the value of the transaction 

8 that is the basis of the violation or $10,000,000.’’. 

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

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

11 this Act and apply with respect to any violation of section 

12 206(a) of the International Emergency Economic Powers 

13 Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(a)) that occurs on or after such date 

14 of enactment. 

15 SEC. 604. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES. 

16 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

17 Act shall apply to— 

18 (1) activities subject to the reporting require19 ments of title V of the National Security Act of 

20 1947; or 

21 (2) involving a natural gas development and 

22 pipeline project initiated prior to the date of enact23 ment of this Act— 

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1 (B) in furtherance of a production sharing 

2 agreement or license awarded by a sovereign 

3 government, other than the Iranian govern4 ment, before the date of enactment of this Act; 

5 and 

6 (C) for the purpose of providing energy se7 curity and independence from Russia and other 

8 governments engaged in activities subject to 

9 sanctions under this Act. 

10 SEC. 605. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not later 

12 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

13 promulgate regulations as necessary for the implementa14 tion of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

15 (b) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—Not less than 

16 10 days prior to the promulgation of regulations under 

17 subsection (a), the President shall notify the appropriate 

18 congressional committees of the proposed regulations and 

19 the provisions of this Act and the amendments made by 

20 this Act that the regulations are implementing. 

21 SEC. 606. SUNSET. 

22 (a) SUNSET.—The provisions of this Act and the 

23 amendments made by this Act shall terminate, and shall 

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1 the date on which the President certifies to Congress that 

2 Iran— 

3 (1) has ceased and verifiably dismantled its ef4 forts to design, develop, manufacture, or acquire— 

5 (A) a nuclear explosive device or related 

6 materials and technology; 

7 (B) chemical and biological weapons; and 

8 (C) ballistic missiles and ballistic missile 

9 launch technology; 

10 (2) no longer provides support for acts of inter11 national terrorism; and 

12 (3) poses no threat to United States national 

13 security, interests, or allies. 

14 (b) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall notify the 

15 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa16 tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen17 ate not later than 15 days before making a certification 

18 described in subsection (a). 

Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 

2011. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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