In the Senate of the United States, 

May 21, 2012. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1905) entitled ‘‘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.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

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

4 of 2012’’. 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 
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TITLE I—EXPANSION OF MULTILATERAL SANCTIONS REGIME WITH 

RESPECT TO IRAN 

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

weapons capabilities by Iran. 

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

expansion and implementation of sanctions laws. 

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

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

Iran. 

TITLE II—EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE ENERGY 

SECTOR OF IRAN AND PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS 

DESTRUCTION BY IRAN 

Subtitle A—Expansion of Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 

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

Sec. 202. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the provision of goods, services, 

technology, or support for the energy or petrochemical sectors of 

Iran. 

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

of uranium. 

Sec. 204. Expansion of sanctions available under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. 

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

Subtitle B—Additional Measures Relating to Sanctions Against Iran 

Sec. 211. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the provision of vessels or shipping services to transport certain goods related to proliferation 

or terrorism activities to Iran. 

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

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

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

sanctionable activities. 

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

Government of Iran and their family members. 

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

to, the provision of specialized financial messaging services to 

the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial 

institutions. 

Sec. 217. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that invest 

in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum products 

to Iran. 

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

and refined petroleum products. 
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TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 

GUARD CORPS 

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

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

Sanctioned Persons 

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

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

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

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

Sec. 303. Rule of construction. 

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

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

certain transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

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

National Iranian Tanker Company are agents or affiliates of 

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

TITLE IV—MEASURES RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN 

IRAN 

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

Sec. 401. Findings. 

Sec. 402. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 403. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human 

rights abuses. 

Sec. 404. Imposition of Sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other related activities against citizens of Iran. 

Subtitle B—Additional Measures to Promote Human Rights in Iran 

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

rights-, humanitarian-, and democracy-related activities with respect to Iran. 

Sec. 412. Comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran. 

Sec. 413. Sense of Congress on political prisoners. 

TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 

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

and energy sectors of Iran. 

Sec. 502. Technical correction. 

Sec. 503. Interests in certain financial assets of Iran. 

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

Sec. 505. Increased capacity for efforts to combat unlawful or terrorist financing. 

TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 601. Technical implementation; penalties. 

Sec. 602. Applicability to certain intelligence activities. 
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Sec. 603. Rule of Construction with respect to use of force against Iran and 

Syria. 

Sec. 604. Termination. 

TITLE VII—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 

IN SYRIA 

Sec. 701. Short title. 

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

citizens of Syria or their family members. 

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

rights abuses. 

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

Sec. 705. Waiver. 

Sec. 706. Termination. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) Successive Presidents of the United States 

4 have determined that the pursuit of nuclear weapons 

5 capabilities by the Government of Iran presents a 

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

7 and to global security. 

8 (2) Successive Congresses have recognized the 

9 threat that the Government of Iran and its policies 

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

11 and to global security, and responded with successive 

12 bipartisan legislative initiatives, including most re13 cently the enactment of the Comprehensive Iran Sanc14 tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 

15 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) on July 1, 2010. 

16 (3) If the Government of Iran achieves a nuclear 

17 weapons capability, it would pose a threat to the 
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1 United States and allies and friends of the United 

2 States, particularly Israel, destabilize the Middle 

3 East, increase the threat of nuclear terrorism, and 

4 significantly undermine global nonproliferation ef5 forts. 

6 (4) The United States and its allies in the inter7 national community recognize the threat posed by the 

8 pursuit of nuclear weapons capabilities by the Gov9 ernment of Iran and have imposed significant sanc10 tions against the Government of Iran, including 

11 through the enactment of the Comprehensive Iran 

12 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

13 2010 in the United States and the adoption of a se14 ries of successive, increasingly stringent United Na15 tions Security Council resolutions. While such efforts, 

16 together with others, have served to slow the develop17 ment of Iran’s nuclear program, they have not yet de18 terred Iran from its nuclear ambitions, and inter19 national efforts to do so must be intensified. 

20 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act: 

22 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT23 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit24 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 14 
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1 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– 

2 172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

3 (2) CREDIBLE INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘cred4 ible information’’ has the meaning given that term in 

5 section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as 

6 amended by section 205 of this Act. 

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

8 meaning given that term in section 14 of the Iran 

9 Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 

10 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

11 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 

12 States person’’ has the meaning given that term in 

13 section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac14 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

15 8511). 

16 TITLE I—EXPANSION OF MULTI17 LATERAL SANCTIONS REGIME 

18 WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 

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

20 TO DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS 

21 CAPABILITIES BY IRAN. 

22 It shall be the policy of the United States— 

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

24 (A) acquiring or developing nuclear weap25 ons; 
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1 (B) developing its advanced conventional 

2 weapons and ballistic missile capabilities; and 

3 (C) continuing its support for terrorist or4 ganizations and other activities aimed at under5 mining and destabilizing its neighbors and other 

6 countries; and 

7 (2) to fully implement all multilateral and bilat8 eral sanctions against Iran, as part of larger multi9 lateral and bilateral diplomatic efforts, in order to 

10 compel the Government of Iran— 

11 (A) to abandon efforts to acquire a nuclear 

12 weapons capability; 

13 (B) to abandon and dismantle its ballistic 

14 missile and unconventional weapons programs; 

15 and 

16 (C) to cease all support for terrorist organi17 zations and other terrorist activities aimed at 

18 undermining and destabilizing its neighbors and 

19 other countries. 

20 SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ENFORCEMENT OF MUL21 TILATERAL SANCTIONS REGIME AND EXPAN22 SION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS 

23 LAWS. 

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

25 Iran to abandon efforts to acquire a nuclear weapons capa-
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1 bility and other threatening activities can be effectively 

2 achieved through a comprehensive policy that includes eco3 nomic sanctions, diplomacy, and military planning, capa4 bilities and options, and that this objective is consistent 

5 with the one stated by President Barack Obama in the 2012 

6 State of the Union Address: ‘‘Let there be no doubt: America 

7 is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weap8 on, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that 

9 goal’’. Among these economic sanctions are— 

10 (1) prompt enforcement of the current multilat11 eral sanctions regime with respect to Iran; 

12 (2) full, timely, and vigorous implementation of 

13 all sanctions enacted into law, including sanctions 

14 imposed or expanded by this Act or amendments 

15 made by this Act, through— 

16 (A) intensified monitoring by the President 

17 and his designees, including the Secretary of the 

18 Treasury and the Secretary of State, along with 

19 senior officials in the intelligence community, as 

20 appropriate; 

21 (B) more extensive use of extraordinary au22 thorities provided for under the International 

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

24 1701 et seq.) and other sanctions laws; 
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1 (C) reallocation of resources to provide the 

2 personnel necessary, within the Department of 

3 the Treasury, the Department of State, and the 

4 Department of Defense, and, where appropriate, 

5 the intelligence community, to apply and enforce 

6 sanctions; and 

7 (D) expanded cooperation with inter8 national sanctions enforcement efforts; 

9 (3) urgent consideration of the expansion of ex10 isting sanctions with respect to such areas as— 

11 (A) the provision of energy-related services 

12 to Iran; 

13 (B) the provision of insurance and reinsur14 ance services to Iran; 

15 (C) the provision of shipping services to 

16 Iran; 

17 (D) those Iranian financial institutions not 

18 currently designated for the imposition of sanc19 tions that may be acting as intermediaries for 

20 Iranian financial institutions that are des21 ignated for the imposition of sanctions; and 

22 (4) a focus on countering Iran’s efforts to evade 

23 sanctions, including— 

24 (A) the activities of telecommunications, 

25 Internet, and satellite service providers, within 
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1 and outside of Iran, to ensure that such pro2 viders are not participating in or facilitating, 

3 directly or indirectly, the evasion of the sanc4 tions regime with respect to Iran or violations of 

5 the human rights of the people of Iran; 

6 (B) the activities of financial institutions or 

7 other businesses or government agencies, within 

8 or outside of Iran, not yet designated for the im9 position of sanctions; and 

10 (C) urgent and ongoing evaluation of Iran’s 

11 energy, national security, financial, and tele12 communications sectors, to gauge the effects of, 

13 and possible defects in, particular sanctions, 

14 with prompt efforts to correct any gaps in the 

15 existing sanctions regime with respect to Iran. 

16 SEC. 103. DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO EXPAND MULTILAT17 ERAL SANCTIONS REGIME. 

18 (a) MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS.—In order to fur19 ther the policy set forth in section 101, Congress urges the 

20 President to intensify diplomatic efforts, both in appro21 priate international fora such as the United Nations and 

22 bilaterally with allies of the United States, to expand the 

23 multilateral sanctions regime with respect to Iran, includ24 ing— 
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1 (1) expanding the United Nations Security 

2 Council sanctions regime to include— 

3 (A) a prohibition on the issuance of visas to 

4 any official of the Government of Iran who is in5 volved in— 

6 (i) human rights violations in or out7 side of Iran; 

8 (ii) the development of a nuclear weap9 ons program and a ballistic missile capa10 bility in Iran; or 

11 (iii) support by the Government of 

12 Iran for terrorist organizations, including 

13 Hamas and Hezbollah; and 

14 (B) a requirement that each member coun15 try of the United Nations prohibit the Islamic 

16 Republic of Iran Shipping Lines from landing 

17 at seaports, and cargo flights of Iran Air from 

18 landing at airports, in that country because of 

19 the role of those organizations in proliferation 

20 and illegal arms sales; 

21 (2) expanding the range of sanctions imposed 

22 with respect to Iran by allies of the United States; 

23 (3) expanding efforts to limit the development of 

24 petroleum resources and the importation of refined 

25 petroleum products by Iran; 
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1 (4) developing additional initiatives to— 

2 (A) increase the production of crude oil in 

3 countries other than Iran; and 

4 (B) assist countries that purchase or other5 wise obtain crude oil or petroleum products from 

6 Iran to reduce their dependence on crude oil and 

7 petroleum products from Iran; and 

8 (5) eliminating the revenue generated by the 

9 Government of Iran from the sale of petrochemical 

10 products produced in Iran to other countries. 

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

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 

13 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro14 priate congressional committees a report on the extent to 

15 which diplomatic efforts described in subsection (a) have 

16 been successful that includes— 

17 (1) an identification of the countries that have 

18 agreed to impose additional sanctions or take other 

19 measures to further the policy set forth in section 101 

20 and a description of those measures; 

21 (2) an identification of the countries that have 

22 not agreed to impose such sanctions or measures; 

23 (3) recommendations for additional measures 

24 that the United States could take to further the policy 

25 set forth in section 101; and 
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1 (4) a description of any decision by the World 

2 Trade Organization with respect to whether the impo3 sition by any country of any sanction with respect to 

4 Iran is inconsistent with the obligations of that coun5 try as a member of the World Trade Organization or 

6 under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 

7 done at Geneva October 30, 1947. 

8 SEC. 104. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE IMPOSI9 TION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN. 

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

11 made by the President to maximize the effects of existing 

12 sanctions with respect to Iran and the United States should 

13 take all necessary measures to preserve robust information14 sharing activities. 
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1 TITLE II—EXPANSION OF SANC2 TIONS RELATING TO THE EN3 ERGY SECTOR OF IRAN AND 

4 PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS 

5 OF MASS DESTRUCTION BY 

6 IRAN 

7 Subtitle A—Expansion of Iran 

8 Sanctions Act of 1996 

9 SEC. 201. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

10 JOINT VENTURES WITH THE GOVERNMENT 

11 OF IRAN RELATING TO DEVELOPING PETRO12 LEUM RESOURCES. 

13 Section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 

14 Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 

15 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘WITH

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

17 and inserting ‘‘RELATING TO THE ENERGY SECTOR

18 OF IRAN’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘(4) JOINT VENTURES WITH IRAN RELATING TO

21 DEVELOPING PETROLEUM RESOURCES.— 

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

23 subparagraph (B) and subsection (f), the Presi24 dent shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions de25 scribed in section 6(a) with respect to a person 
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1 if the President determines that the person know2 ingly participates, on or after the date of the en3 actment of the Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

4 and Human Rights Act of 2012, in a joint ven5 ture with respect to the development of petroleum 

6 resources outside of Iran if— 

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

8 or after January 1, 2002; and 

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

10 substantial partner or investor in the joint 

11 venture; or 

12 ‘‘(II) Iran could, through a direct oper13 ational role in the joint venture or by other 

14 means, receive technological knowledge or 

15 equipment not previously available to Iran 

16 that could directly and significantly con17 tribute to the enhancement of Iran’s ability 

18 to develop petroleum resources in Iran. 

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

20 shall not apply with respect to participation in 

21 a joint venture established on or after January 

22 1, 2002, and before the date of the enactment of 

23 the Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human 

24 Rights Act of 2012 if the person participating in 

25 the joint venture terminates that participation 
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1 not later than the date that is 180 days after 

2 such date of enactment.’’. 

3 SEC. 202. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

4 THE PROVISION OF GOODS, SERVICES, TECH5 NOLOGY, OR SUPPORT FOR THE ENERGY OR 

6 PETROCHEMICAL SECTORS OF IRAN. 

7 Section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 

8 Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by section 

9 201, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(5) SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PE11 TROLEUM RESOURCES AND REFINED PETROLEUM

12 PRODUCTS IN IRAN.— 

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

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

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

16 with respect to a person if the President deter17 mines that the person knowingly, on or after the 

18 date of the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, Ac19 countability, and Human Rights Act of 2012, 

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

21 technology, or support described in subparagraph 

22 (B)— 

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

24 value of $1,000,000 or more; or 
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1 ‘‘(ii) that, during a 12-month period, 

2 have an aggregate fair market value of 

3 $5,000,000 or more. 

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

5 SUPPORT DESCRIBED.—Goods, services, tech6 nology, or support described in this subpara7 graph are goods, services, technology, or support 

8 that could directly and significantly contribute 

9 to the maintenance or enhancement of Iran’s— 

10 ‘‘(i) ability to develop petroleum re11 sources located in Iran; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) domestic production of refined pe13 troleum products, including any direct and 

14 significant assistance with respect to the 

15 construction, modernization, or repair of 

16 petroleum refineries or directly associated 

17 infrastructure, including port facilities, 

18 railroads, or roads, if the predominant use 

19 of those facilities, railroads, or roads is for 

20 the transportation of refined petroleum 

21 products. 

22 ‘‘(6) DEVELOPMENT AND PURCHASE OF PETRO23 CHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM IRAN.— 

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

25 subsection (f), the President shall impose 3 or 
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1 more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) 

2 with respect to a person if the President deter3 mines that the person knowingly, on or after the 

4 date of the enactment of Iran Sanctions, Ac5 countability, and Human Rights Act of 2012, 

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

7 technology, or support described in subparagraph 

8 (B)— 

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

10 value of $250,000 or more; or 

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

12 have an aggregate fair market value of 

13 $1,000,000 or more. 

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

15 SUPPORT DESCRIBED.—Goods, services, tech16 nology, or support described in this subpara17 graph are goods, services, technology, or support 

18 that could directly and significantly contribute 

19 to the maintenance or expansion of Iran’s do20 mestic production of petrochemical products.’’. 
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1 SEC. 203. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 JOINT VENTURES WITH THE GOVERNMENT 

3 OF IRAN RELATING TO MINING, PRODUCTION, 

4 OR TRANSPORTATION OF URANIUM. 

5 Section 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 

6 Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

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

10 moving such clauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to 

11 the right; 

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

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

14 ‘‘(A) on or after’’; 

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

17 or’’; and 

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

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

20 knowingly participated, on or after the date of 

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

23 joint venture— 

24 ‘‘(i) with— 

25 ‘‘(I) the Government of Iran; 
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1 ‘‘(II) an entity incorporated in 

2 Iran or subject to the jurisdiction of 

3 the Government of Iran; or 

4 ‘‘(III) a person acting on behalf of 

5 or at the direction of, or owned or con6 trolled by, the Government of Iran or 

7 an entity described in subclause (II); 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(ii) that involves any activity relat10 ing to the mining, production, or transpor11 tation of uranium.’’; and 

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

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

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

18 apply with respect to participation, on or after 

19 the date of the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, 

20 Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012, 

21 in— 

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

23 after such date of enactment; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara2 graph (B), a joint venture established before 

3 such date of enactment. 

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

5 not apply with respect to participation in a 

6 joint venture described in subparagraph (A)(ii) 

7 if the person participating in the joint venture 

8 terminates that participation not later than the 

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

11 Human Rights Act of 2012.’’. 

12 SEC. 204. EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER 

13 THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996. 

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

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

16 is amended— 

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

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

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

22 President may direct the Secretary of State to deny 

23 a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

24 exclude from the United States, any alien that the 

25 President determines is a corporate officer or prin-
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1 cipal of, or a shareholder with a controlling interest 

2 in, a sanctioned person. 

3 ‘‘(10) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF4 FICERS.—The President may impose on the principal 

5 executive officer or officers of any sanctioned person, 

6 or on persons performing similar functions and with 

7 similar authorities as such officer or officers, any of 

8 the sanctions under this subsection.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub10 section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

11 of this Act and apply with respect to activities described 

12 in section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended 

13 by this Act, commenced on or after such date of enactment. 

14 SEC. 205. EXPANSION OF DEFINITIONS UNDER THE IRAN 

15 SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996. 

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

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

18 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(19) CREDIBLE INFORMATION.—The term ‘cred20 ible information’, with respect to a person— 

21 ‘‘(A) includes— 

22 ‘‘(i) a public announcement by the per23 son that the person has engaged in an activ24 ity described in section 5; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) information set forth in a report 

2 to stockholders of the person indicating that 

3 the person has engaged in such an activity; 

4 and 

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

6 President— 

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

9 such an activity; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) information indicating that the 

11 person has engaged in such an activity that 

12 is set forth in— 

13 ‘‘(I) a report of the Government 

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

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

18 similarly reputable governmental orga19 nization. 

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

21 ‘petrochemical product’ includes any aromatic, olefin, 

22 or synthesis gas, and any derivative of such a gas, in23 cluding ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, tol24 uene, xylene, ammonia, methanol, and urea.’’. 
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub2 section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act and apply with respect to activities described 

4 in section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended 

5 by this Act, commenced on or after such date of enactment. 

6 Subtitle B—Additional Measures 

7 Relating to Sanctions Against Iran 

8 SEC. 211. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

9 THE PROVISION OF VESSELS OR SHIPPING 

10 SERVICES TO TRANSPORT CERTAIN GOODS 

11 RELATED TO PROLIFERATION OR TERRORISM 

12 ACTIVITIES TO IRAN. 

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

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

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

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

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

18 could materially contribute to the activities of the Govern19 ment of Iran with respect to the proliferation of weapons 

20 of mass destruction or support for acts of international ter21 rorism, the President shall, pursuant to Executive Order 

22 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to blocking of property 

23 of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their sup24 porters) or Executive Order 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079; re25 lating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions 
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1 with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

2 terrorism), or otherwise pursuant to the International 

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

4 block and prohibit all transactions in all property and in5 terests in property of the persons specified in subsection (b) 

6 if such property and interests in property are in the United 

7 States, come within the United States, or are or come with8 in the possession or control of a United States person. 

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

10 this subsection are— 

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

12 or reinsurance, or other shipping service described in 

13 subsection (a); and 

14 (2) any person that— 

15 (A) is a successor entity to the person re16 ferred to in paragraph (1); 

17 (B) owns or controls the person referred to 

18 in paragraph (1), if the person that owns or con19 trols the person referred to in paragraph (1) had 

20 actual knowledge or should have known that the 

21 person referred to in paragraph (1) provided the 

22 vessel, insurance or reinsurance, or other ship23 ping service; or 

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

25 common ownership or control with, the person 
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1 referred to in paragraph (1), if the person owned 

2 or controlled by, or under common ownership or 

3 control with (as the case may be), the person re4 ferred to in paragraph (1) knowingly engaged in 

5 the provision of the vessel, insurance or reinsur6 ance, or other shipping service. 

7 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the require8 ment to impose sanctions with respect to a person under 

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

10 the President— 

11 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the na12 tional security interests of the United States; and 

13 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

14 committees a report that contains the reasons for that 

15 determination. 

16 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

17 shall be construed to limit the authority of the President 

18 to designate persons for the imposition of sanctions pursu19 ant to Executive Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating 

20 to the blocking of property of weapons of mass destruction 

21 proliferators and their supporters) or Executive Order 

22 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079; relating to blocking property 

23 and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 

24 threaten to commit, or support terrorism), or otherwise pur-
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1 suant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

2 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 212. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

4 SUBSIDIARIES AND AGENTS OF PERSONS 

5 SANCTIONED BY UNITED NATIONS SECURITY 

6 COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Com8 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

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

10 (1) by striking ‘‘of a person subject’’ and insert11 ing the following: ‘‘of— 

12 ‘‘(i) a person subject’’; 

13 (2) in clause (i), as redesignated, by striking the 

14 semicolon and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

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

17 the direction of, or owned or controlled by, 

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

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

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treas21 ury shall make such revisions to the regulations prescribed 

22 under section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac23 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513) 

24 as are necessary to carry out the amendments made by sub25 section (a). 
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1 SEC. 213. 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, corporation, 

7 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 eq11 uity interest by vote or value in the entity; 

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

13 of directors of the entity; or 

14 (C) to otherwise control the actions, policies, 

15 or personnel decisions of the entity. 

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

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall pro18 hibit an entity owned or controlled by a United States per19 son and established or maintained outside the United States 

20 from engaging in any transaction directly or indirectly 

21 with the Government of Iran or any person subject to the 

22 jurisdiction of that Government that would be prohibited 

23 by an order or regulation issued pursuant to the Inter24 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

25 et seq.) if the transaction were engaged in by a United 

26 States person or in the United States. 
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1 (c) CIVIL PENALTY.—The civil penalties provided for 

2 in section 206(b) of the International Emergency Economic 

3 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(b)) shall apply to a United 

4 States person to the same extent that such penalties apply 

5 to a person that commits an unlawful act described in sec6 tion 206(a) of that Act if an entity owned or controlled 

7 by the United States person and established or maintained 

8 outside the United States violates, attempts to violate, con9 spires to violate, or causes a violation of any order or regu10 lation issued to implement subsection (b). 

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

12 with respect to a transaction described in subsection (b) by 

13 an entity owned or controlled by a United States person 

14 and established or maintained outside the United States if 

15 the United States person divests or terminates its business 

16 with the entity not later than the date that is 180 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 214. DISCLOSURES TO THE SECURITIES AND EX19 CHANGE COMMISSION RELATING TO 

20 SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13 of the Securities Ex22 change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding 

23 at the end the following new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(r) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING

25 TO IRAN.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each issuer required to file 

2 an annual or quarterly report under subsection (a) 

3 shall disclose in that report the information required 

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

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

6 ‘‘(A) knowingly engaged in an activity de7 scribed in section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 

8 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 

9 note); 

10 ‘‘(B) knowingly engaged in an activity de11 scribed in subsection (c)(2) of section 104 of the 

12 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

13 and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513) or 

14 a transaction described in subsection (d)(1) of 

15 that section; 

16 ‘‘(C) knowingly engaged in an activity de17 scribed in section 105A(b)(2) of that Act; or 

18 ‘‘(D) knowingly conducted any transaction 

19 or dealing with— 

20 ‘‘(i) any person the property and in21 terests in property of which are blocked pur22 suant to Executive Order 13224 (66 Fed. 

23 Reg. 49079; relating to blocking property 

24 and prohibiting transactions with persons 
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1 who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

2 terrorism); 

3 ‘‘(ii) any person the property and in4 terests in property of which are blocked pur5 suant to Executive Order 13382 (70 Fed. 

6 Reg. 38567; relating to blocking of property 

7 of weapons of mass destruction proliferators 

8 and their supporters); or 

9 ‘‘(iii) any person identified under sec10 tion 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal 

11 Regulations (relating to the definition of the 

12 Government of Iran). 

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

14 an affiliate of the issuer has engaged in any activity 

15 described in paragraph (1), the issuer shall disclose a 

16 detailed description of each such activity, including— 

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

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

19 any, attributable to the activity; and 

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

21 issuer (as the case may be) intends to continue 

22 the activity. 

23 ‘‘(3) NOTICE OF DISCLOSURES.—If an issuer re24 ports under paragraph (1) that the issuer or an affil25 iate of the issuer has knowingly engaged in any activ-
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1 ity described in that paragraph, the issuer shall sepa2 rately file with the Commission, concurrently with the 

3 annual or quarterly report under subsection (a), a 

4 notice that the disclosure of that activity has been in5 cluded in that annual or quarterly report that identi6 fies the issuer and contains the information required 

7 by paragraph (2). 

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

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

10 annual or quarterly report includes a disclosure of an 

11 activity described in paragraph (1), the Commission 

12 shall promptly— 

13 ‘‘(A) transmit the report to— 

14 ‘‘(i) the President; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

16 and the Committee on Financial Services of 

17 the House of Representatives; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Foreign Rela19 tions and the Committee on Banking, Hous20 ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

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

22 disclosure and the notice available to the public 

23 by posting the information on the Internet 

24 website of the Commission. 
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1 ‘‘(5) INVESTIGATIONS.—Upon receiving a report 

2 under paragraph (4) that includes a disclosure of an 

3 activity described in paragraph (1) (other than an 

4 activity described in subparagraph (D)(iii) of that 

5 paragraph), the President shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) initiate an investigation into the pos7 sible imposition of sanctions under the Iran 

8 Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 

9 U.S.C. 1701 note), section 104 or 105A of the 

10 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

11 and Divestment Act of 2010, an Executive Order 

12 specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph 

13 (1)(D), or any other provision of law relating to 

14 the imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran, 

15 as applicable; and 

16 ‘‘(B) not later than 180 days after initi17 ating such an investigation, make a determina18 tion with respect to whether sanctions should be 

19 imposed with respect to the issuer or the affiliate 

20 of the issuer (as the case may be). 

21 ‘‘(6) SUNSET.—The provisions of this subsection 

22 shall terminate on the date that is 30 days after the 

23 date on which the President makes the certification 

24 described in section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran 
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1 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

2 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)).’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub4 section (a) shall take effect with respect to reports required 

5 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 

6 after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 215. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMMIGRATION RESTRIC9 TIONS ON, SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE GOV10 ERNMENT OF IRAN AND THEIR FAMILY MEM11 BERS. 

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

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there14 after, the President shall publish a list of each individual 

15 the President determines is— 

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

17 described in subsection (b) that is involved in 

18 Iran’s— 

19 (A) illicit nuclear activities or proliferation 

20 of weapons of mass destruction or delivery sys21 tems for weapons of mass destruction; 

22 (B) support for international terrorism; or 

23 (C) commission of serious human rights 

24 abuses against citizens of Iran or their family 

25 members; or 
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1 (2) a family member of such an official. 

2 (b) SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN

3 DESCRIBED.—A senior official of the Government of Iran 

4 described in this subsection is any senior official of that 

5 Government, including— 

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

7 (2) the President of Iran, Mahmoud 

8 Ahmadinejad; 

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

10 of Iran; 

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

12 (5) a senior member of the Intelligence Ministry 

13 of Iran; or 

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

15 Corps with the rank of brigadier general or higher, 

16 including a member of a paramilitary organization 

17 such as Ansar-e-Hezbollah or Basij-e Motaz’afin. 

18 (c) RESTRICTIONS ON VISAS AND ADJUSTMENTS IN IM19 MIGRATION STATUS.—Except as provided in subsection (d), 

20 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Secu21 rity may not grant an individual on the list required by 

22 subsection (a) immigration status in, or admit the indi23 vidual to, the United States. 

24 (d) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NATIONS

25 HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Subsection (c) shall not 
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1 apply to an individual if admitting the individual to the 

2 United States is necessary to permit the United States to 

3 comply with the Agreement between the United Nations and 

4 the United States of America regarding the Headquarters 

5 of the United Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered 

6 into force November 21, 1947. 

7 (e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica8 tion of subsection (a) or (c) with respect to an individual 

9 if the President— 

10 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the na11 tional interest of the United States; and 

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

13 effect, notifies Congress of the waiver and the reason 

14 for the waiver. 

15 SEC. 216. REPORTS ON, AND AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSI16 TION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, THE 

17 PROVISION OF SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL MES18 SAGING SERVICES TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF 

19 IRAN AND OTHER SANCTIONED IRANIAN FI20 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

21 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

22 that— 

23 (1) providers of specialized financial messaging 

24 services are a critical link to the international finan25 cial system; 
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1 (2) the European Union is to be commended for 

2 strengthening the multilateral sanctions regime 

3 against Iran by deciding that specialized financial 

4 messaging services may not be provided to the Central 

5 Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial 

6 institutions by persons subject to the jurisdiction of 

7 the European Union; and 

8 (3) the loss of access by sanctioned Iranian fi9 nancial institutions to specialized financial mes10 saging services must be maintained. 

11 (b) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 

14 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

15 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

16 report that contains— 

17 (A) a list of all persons that the Secretary 

18 has identified that directly provide specialized fi19 nancial messaging services to, or enable or facili20 tate direct or indirect access to such messaging 

21 services for, the Central Bank of Iran or a finan22 cial institution described in section 

23 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran 

24 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act 

25 of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)); and 
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1 (B) a detailed assessment of the status of ef2 forts by the Secretary to end the direct provision 

3 of such messaging services to, and the enabling 

4 or facilitation of direct or indirect access to such 

5 messaging services for, the Central Bank of Iran 

6 or a financial institution described in section 

7 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran 

8 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act 

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

10 (2) ENABLING OR FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO

11 SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES

12 THROUGH INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

13 For purposes of paragraph (1) and subsection (c), en14 abling or facilitating direct or indirect access to spe15 cialized financial messaging services for the Central 

16 Bank of Iran or a financial institution described in 

17 section 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran 

18 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

19 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)) includes doing so 

20 by serving as an intermediary financial institution 

21 with access to such messaging services. 

22 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—A report submitted 

23 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi24 fied form but may contain a classified annex. 
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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF THE IMPOSITION OF SANC2 TIONS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para4 graph (2), if, on or after the date that is 90 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, a person con6 tinues to knowingly and directly provide specialized 

7 financial messaging services to, or knowingly enable 

8 or facilitate direct or indirect access to such mes9 saging services for, the Central Bank of Iran or a fi10 nancial institution described in paragraph (2)(E)(ii) 

11 of section 104(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanc12 tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 

13 U.S.C. 8513(c)), the President may impose sanctions 

14 pursuant to that section or the International Emer15 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

16 with respect to the person. 

17 (2) EXCEPTION.—The President may not impose 

18 sanctions pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to 

19 a person for directly providing specialized financial 

20 messaging services to, or enabling or facilitating di21 rect or indirect access to such messaging services for, 

22 the Central Bank of Iran or a financial institution 

23 described in section 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the Com24 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-
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1 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)) 

2 if— 

3 (A) the person is subject to a sanctions re4 gime under its governing foreign law that re5 quires it to eliminate the knowing provision of 

6 such messaging services to, and the knowing ena7 bling and facilitation of direct or indirect access 

8 to such messaging services for— 

9 (i) the Central Bank of Iran; and 

10 (ii) a group of Iranian financial insti11 tutions identified under such governing for12 eign law for purposes of that sanctions re13 gime if the President determines that— 

14 (I) the group is substantially 

15 similar to the group of financial insti16 tutions described in section 

17 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the Comprehensive 

18 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

19 Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

20 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)); and 

21 (II) the differences between those 

22 groups of financial institutions do not 

23 adversely affect the national interest of 

24 the United States; and 
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1 (B) the person has, pursuant to that sanc2 tions regime, terminated the knowing provision 

3 of such messaging services to, and the knowing 

4 enabling and facilitation of direct or indirect ac5 cess to such messaging services for, the Central 

6 Bank of Iran and each Iranian financial insti7 tution identified under such governing foreign 

8 law for purposes of that sanctions regime. 

9 SEC. 217. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT 

10 ON FOREIGN ENTITIES THAT INVEST IN THE 

11 ENERGY SECTOR OF IRAN OR EXPORT RE12 FINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO IRAN. 

13 (a) INITIAL REPORT.— 

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

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

16 General of the United States shall submit to the ap17 propriate congressional committees a report— 

18 (A) listing all foreign investors in the en19 ergy sector of Iran during the period specified in 

20 paragraph (2), including— 

21 (i) all entities that exported gasoline 

22 and other refined petroleum products to 

23 Iran; 
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1 (ii) all entities involved in providing 

2 refined petroleum products to Iran, includ3 ing— 

4 (I) entities that provided ships to 

5 transport refined petroleum products to 

6 Iran; and 

7 (II) entities that provided insur8 ance or reinsurance for shipments of 

9 refined petroleum products to Iran; 

10 and 

11 (iii) all entities involved in commer12 cial transactions of any kind, including 

13 joint ventures anywhere in the world, with 

14 Iranian energy companies; and 

15 (B) identifying the countries in which gaso16 line and other refined petroleum products ex17 ported to Iran during the period specified in 

18 paragraph (2) were produced or refined. 

19 (2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in 

20 this paragraph is the period beginning on January 1, 

21 2006, and ending on the date that is 150 days after 

22 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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

24 submitting the report required by subsection (a), and annu25 ally thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States 
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1 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

2 report containing the matters required in the report under 

3 subsection (a)(1) for the one-year period beginning on the 

4 date that is 30 days before the date on which the preceding 

5 report was required to be submitted by this section. 

6 SEC. 218. REPORTING ON THE IMPORTATION TO AND EX7 PORTATION FROM IRAN OF CRUDE OIL AND 

8 REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. 

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

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

11 8518(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘a report containing the 

12 matters’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 

13 and inserting the following: ‘‘a report, covering the 180-day 

14 period beginning on the date that is 30 days before the date 

15 on which the preceding report was required to be submitted 

16 by this section, that— 

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

18 under subsection (a)(1); and 

19 ‘‘(2) identifies— 

20 ‘‘(A) the volume of crude oil and refined pe21 troleum products imported to and exported from 

22 Iran (including through swaps and similar ar23 rangements); 

24 ‘‘(B) the persons selling and transporting 

25 crude oil and refined petroleum products de-
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1 scribed in subparagraph (A), the countries with 

2 primary jurisdiction over those persons, and the 

3 countries in which those products were refined; 

4 ‘‘(C) the sources of financing for imports to 

5 Iran of crude oil and refined petroleum products 

6 described in subparagraph (A); and 

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

8 efforts to assist Iran in— 

9 ‘‘(i) developing upstream oil and gas 

10 production capacity; 

11 ‘‘(ii) importing advanced technology to 

12 upgrade existing Iranian refineries; 

13 ‘‘(iii) converting existing chemical 

14 plants to petroleum refineries; or 

15 ‘‘(iv) maintaining, upgrading, or ex16 panding refineries or constructing new re17 fineries.’’. 
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1 TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RE2 SPECT TO IRAN’S REVOLU3 TIONARY GUARD CORPS 

4 Subtitle A—Identification of, and 

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

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

9 Sanctioned Persons 

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

12 AGENTS, AND AFFILIATES OF IRAN’S REVOLU13 TIONARY GUARD CORPS. 

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

15 date of the enactment of this Act, and as appropriate there16 after, the President shall— 

17 (1) identify foreign persons that are officials, 

18 agents, or affiliates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

19 Corps; and 

20 (2) for each foreign person identified under 

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

22 imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International 

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

24 seq.)— 
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1 (A) designate that foreign person for the im2 position of sanctions pursuant to that Act; and 

3 (B) block and prohibit all transactions in 

4 all property and interests in property of that 

5 foreign person if such property and interests in 

6 property are in the United States, come within 

7 the United States, or are or come within the pos8 session or control of a United States person. 

9 (b) PRIORITY FOR INVESTIGATION.—In identifying 

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

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

12 the President shall give priority to investigating— 

13 (1) foreign persons identified under section 

14 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (re15 lating to the definition of the Government of Iran); 

16 and 

17 (2) foreign persons for which there is a reason18 able basis to find that the person has conducted or at19 tempted to conduct one or more sensitive transactions 

20 or activities described in subsection (c). 

21 (c) SENSITIVE TRANSACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES DE22 SCRIBED.—A sensitive transaction or activity described in 

23 this subsection is— 

24 (1) a financial transaction or series of trans25 actions valued at more than $1,000,000 in the aggre-
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1 gate in any 12-month period involving a non-Iranian 

2 financial institution; 

3 (2) a transaction to facilitate the manufacture, 

4 importation, exportation, or transfer of items needed 

5 for the development by Iran of nuclear, chemical, bio6 logical, or advanced conventional weapons, including 

7 ballistic missiles; 

8 (3) a transaction relating to the manufacture, 

9 procurement, or sale of goods, services, and technology 

10 relating to Iran’s energy sector, including a trans11 action relating to the development of the energy re12 sources of Iran, the exportation of petroleum products 

13 from Iran, the importation of refined petroleum to 

14 Iran, or the development of refining capacity avail15 able to Iran; 

16 (4) a transaction relating to the manufacture, 

17 procurement, or sale of goods, services, and technology 

18 relating to Iran’s petrochemical sector; or 

19 (5) a transaction relating to the procurement of 

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

21 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

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

23 (d) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.— 

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

25 Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec-
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1 retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 

2 United States, any alien who, on or after the date of 

3 the enactment of this Act, is a foreign person des4 ignated pursuant to subsection (a) for the imposition 

5 of sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency 

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

7 (2) REGULATORY EXCEPTIONS TO COMPLY WITH

8 INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—The requirement to 

9 deny visas to and exclude aliens from the United 

10 States pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be subject to 

11 such regulations as the President may prescribe, in12 cluding regulatory exceptions to permit the United 

13 States to comply with the Agreement between the 

14 United Nations and the United States of America re15 garding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 

16 signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force Novem17 ber 21, 1947, and other applicable international obli18 gations. 

19 (e) WAIVER OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive the 

21 application of subsection (a)(2) or (d) with respect to 

22 a foreign person if the President— 

23 (A) determines that it is in the national se24 curity interests of the United States to do so; 

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1 (B) submits to the appropriate congres2 sional committees a report that— 

3 (i) identifies the foreign person with 

4 respect to which the waiver applies; and 

5 (ii) sets forth the reasons for the deter6 mination. 

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

8 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclas9 sified form but may contain a classified annex. 

10 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

11 shall be construed to remove any sanction of the United 

12 States in force with respect to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

13 Corps as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 302. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC15 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, PERSONS THAT 

16 SUPPORT OR CONDUCT CERTAIN TRANS17 ACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 

18 GUARD CORPS OR OTHER SANCTIONED PER19 SONS. 

20 (a) IDENTIFICATION.— 

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

22 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 

23 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the ap24 propriate congressional committees a report identi25 fying foreign persons that the President determines, 
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1 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

2 knowingly— 

3 (A) materially assist, sponsor, or provide fi4 nancial, material, or technological support for, 

5 or goods or services in support of, Iran’s Revolu6 tionary Guard Corps or any of its officials, 

7 agents, or affiliates the property and interests in 

8 property of which are blocked pursuant to the 

9 International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

10 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 

11 (B) engage in a significant transaction or 

12 transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

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

14 (C) engage in a significant transaction or 

15 transactions with— 

16 (i) a person subject to financial sanc17 tions pursuant to United Nations Security 

18 Council Resolution 1737 (2006), 1747 

19 (2007), 1803 (2008), or 1929 (2010), or any 

20 other resolution that is adopted by the Secu21 rity Council and imposes sanctions with re22 spect to Iran or modifies such sanctions; or 

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

24 the direction of, or owned or controlled by, 

25 a person described in clause (i). 
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1 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—A report submitted 

2 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi3 fied form but may contain a classified annex. 

4 (3) BARTER TRANSACTIONS.—For purposes of 

5 paragraph (1), the term ‘‘transaction’’ includes a bar6 ter transaction. 

7 (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—If the President de8 termines under subsection (a)(1) that a foreign person has 

9 knowingly engaged in an activity described in that sub10 section, the President— 

11 (1) shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions de12 scribed in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 

13 1996, as amended by section 204 of this Act; and 

14 (2) may impose additional sanctions pursuant to 

15 the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

16 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to the person. 

17 (c) TERMINATION.—The President may terminate a 

18 sanction imposed with respect to a foreign person pursuant 

19 to subsection (b) if the President determines that the per20 son— 

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

22 the sanction was imposed; and 

23 (2) has provided assurances to the President that 

24 the person will not engage in any activity described 

25 in subsection (a)(1) in the future. 
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1 (d) WAIVER OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive the 

3 imposition of sanctions under subsection (b) with re4 spect to a foreign person if the President— 

5 (A)(i) determines that the person has ceased 

6 the activity for which sanctions would otherwise 

7 be imposed and has taken measures to prevent a 

8 recurrence of the activity; or 

9 (ii) determines that it is in the national se10 curity interests of the United States to do so; 

11 and 

12 (B) submits to the appropriate congres13 sional committees a report that— 

14 (i) identifies the foreign person with 

15 respect to which the waiver applies; 

16 (ii) describes the activity that would 

17 otherwise subject the foreign person to the 

18 imposition of sanctions under subsection 

19 (b); and 

20 (iii) sets forth the reasons for the deter21 mination. 

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

23 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclas24 sified form but may contain a classified annex. 
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1 (e) WAIVER OF IDENTIFICATIONS AND DESIGNA2 TIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub3 title and subject to paragraph (2), the President shall not 

4 be required to make any identification of a foreign person 

5 under subsection (a) or any identification or designation 

6 of a foreign person under section 301(a) if the President— 

7 (1) determines that doing so would cause damage 

8 to the national security of the United States, includ9 ing through the divulgence of sources or methods of 

10 obtaining intelligence or other critical classified infor11 mation; and 

12 (2) notifies the appropriate congressional com13 mittees of the exercise of the authority provided under 

14 this subsection. 

15 (f) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF IRAN SANCTIONS

16 ACT OF 1996.—The following provisions of the Iran Sanc17 tions Act of 1996, as amended by this Act, apply with re18 spect to the imposition under subsection (b)(1) of sanctions 

19 relating to activities described in subsection (a)(1) to the 

20 same extent that such provisions apply with respect to the 

21 imposition of sanctions under section 5(a) of the Iran Sanc22 tions Act of 1996: 

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

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

25 (3) Section 8. 
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1 (4) Section 9. 

2 (5) Section 11. 

3 (6) Section 12. 

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

5 (8) Section 14. 

6 SEC. 303. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

7 Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to limit the 

8 authority of the President to designate foreign persons for 

9 the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International 

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

11 Subtitle B—Additional Measures 

12 Relating to Iran’s Revolutionary 

13 Guard Corps 

14 SEC. 311. EXPANSION OF PROCUREMENT PROHIBITION TO 

15 FOREIGN PERSONS THAT ENGAGE IN CER16 TAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVOLU17 TIONARY GUARD CORPS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(b)(1) of the Iran Sanc19 tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 

20 note) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than 90 days’’ and in22 serting the following: 

23 ‘‘(A) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO ACTIVI24 TIES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 5.—Not later than 

25 90 days’’; and 
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO TRANS3 ACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD

4 CORPS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

5 the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, Account6 ability, and Human Rights Act of 2012, the Fed7 eral Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to 

8 require a certification from each person that is 

9 a prospective contractor that the person, and any 

10 person owned or controlled by the person, does 

11 not knowingly engage in a significant trans12 action or transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary 

13 Guard Corps or any of its officials, agents, or af14 filiates the property and interests in property of 

15 which are blocked pursuant to the International 

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

17 1701 et seq.).’’. 

18 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

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

20 1996, as amended by subsection (a), is further amend21 ed— 

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

23 by striking ‘‘issued pursuant to section 25 of the 

24 Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 

25 U.S.C. 421)’’; 
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1 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

3 ‘‘the revision’’ and inserting ‘‘the applicable 

4 revision’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘issued pursuant to section 25 of the Office 

7 of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 

8 U.S.C. 421)’’; 

9 (C) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting 

10 the following: 

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

12 ‘‘(A) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘exec13 utive agency’ has the meaning given that term in 

14 section 133 of title 41, United States Code. 

15 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA16 TION.—The term ‘Federal Acquisition Regula17 tion’ means the regulation issued pursuant to 

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

19 Code.’’; and 

20 (D) in paragraph (7)— 

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

22 Federal Acquisition Regulation required 

23 under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting the fol24 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(A) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO ACTIVI2 TIES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 5.—The revisions to 

3 the Federal Acquisition Regulation required 

4 under paragraph (1)(A)’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO TRANS7 ACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD

8 CORPS.—The revisions to the Federal Acquisition 

9 Regulation required under paragraph (1)(B) 

10 shall apply with respect to contracts for which 

11 solicitations are issued on or after the date that 

12 is 90 days after the date of the enactment of the 

13 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human 

14 Rights Act of 2012.’’. 

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

16 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

17 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511(3)) is amended by striking 

18 ‘‘section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

19 Act (41 U.S.C. 403)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 133 of 

20 title 41, United States Code’’. 
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1 SEC. 312. DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER THE NATIONAL 

2 IRANIAN OIL COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL 

3 IRANIAN TANKER COMPANY ARE AGENTS OR 

4 AFFILIATES OF IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 

5 GUARD CORPS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(c) of the Comprehen7 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

8 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)) is amended by adding at the end 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(4) DETERMINATIONS REGARDING NIOC AND

11 NITC.— 

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

13 paragraph (2)(E)(i), the Secretary of the Treas14 ury shall, not later than 60 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, Account16 ability, and Human Rights Act of 2012— 

17 ‘‘(i) determine whether the NIOC or 

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

19 Revolutionary Guard Corps; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) submit to the appropriate con21 gressional committees a report on the deter22 minations made under clause (i), together 

23 with the reasons for those determinations. 

24 ‘‘(B) FORM OF REPORT.—A report sub25 mitted under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be sub-
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1 mitted in unclassified form but may contain a 

2 classified annex. 

3 ‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY WITH RESPECT TO PE4 TROLEUM TRANSACTIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS.—Ex6 cept as provided in clause (ii), the regula7 tions prescribed under paragraph (1) shall 

8 apply to a transaction for the purchase of 

9 petroleum or petroleum products from, or to 

10 financial services relating to such a trans11 action for, the NIOC or the NITC on or 

12 after the date that is 180 days after the date 

13 of the enactment of the National Defense 

14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

15 (Public Law 112–81) only if the President 

16 has determined, pursuant to section 

17 1245(d)(4)(B) of that Act, that there is a 

18 sufficient supply of petroleum and petro19 leum products produced in countries other 

20 than Iran to permit purchasers of petro21 leum and petroleum products from Iran to 

22 reduce significantly in volume their pur23 chases from Iran. 

24 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN COUN25 TRIES.—The regulations prescribed under 
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1 paragraph (1) shall not apply to a foreign 

2 financial institution that facilitates a sig3 nificant transaction or transactions for the 

4 purchase of petroleum or petroleum prod5 ucts from, or that provides significant fi6 nancial services relating to such a trans7 action for, the NIOC or the NITC if the 

8 President determines and reports to Con9 gress, not later than 90 days after the date 

10 on which the President makes the deter11 mination required by section 1245(d)(4)(B) 

12 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

13 for Fiscal Year 2012, and every 180 days 

14 thereafter, that the country with primary 

15 jurisdiction over the foreign financial insti16 tution has significantly reduced its volume 

17 of crude oil purchases from Iran during the 

18 period beginning on the date on which the 

19 President submitted the last report with re20 spect to the country under this clause. 

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

22 ‘‘(i) NIOC.—The term ‘NIOC’ means 

23 the National Iranian Oil Company. 

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

25 the National Iranian Tanker Company.’’. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 104(g) of the 

2 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divest3 ment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(g)) is amended by strik4 ing ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’ each place it appears and inserting 

5 ‘‘paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection (c)’’. 

6 TITLE IV—MEASURES RELATING 

7 TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 

8 IN IRAN 

9 Subtitle A—Expansion of Sanctions 

10 Relating to Human Rights 

11 Abuses in Iran 

12 SEC. 401. FINDINGS. 

13 Congress makes the following findings: 

14 (1) The Government of Iran continues to violate 

15 systematically the basic human rights of citizens of 

16 Iran, including by cutting off their access to informa17 tion and technology, suppressing their freedom of ex18 pression, and punishing severely, and sometimes bru19 tally, their attempts to exercise political rights. 

20 (2) In a March 20, 2012, speech celebrating 

21 Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, President Barack 

22 Obama described censorship of the Internet and moni23 toring of computers and cell phones by the Govern24 ment of Iran as depriving the people of Iran of ‘‘the 

25 information they want [and] stopping the free flow of 
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1 information and ideas into the country’’. The Presi2 dent concluded that ‘‘in recent weeks, Internet restric3 tions have become so severe that Iranians cannot com4 municate freely with their loved ones within Iran, or 

5 beyond its borders, [so that] an electronic curtain has 

6 fallen around Iran.’’. 

7 (3) At a time when growing numbers of Iranians 

8 turn to the Internet as a source for news and political 

9 debate, the response of the Government of Iran has 

10 combined increasingly pervasive jamming and fil11 tering of the Internet, blocking of email, social net12 working and other websites, and interception of Inter13 net, telephonic, and mail communications. 

14 (4) The March 2012 Report of the United Na15 tions Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on 

16 Iran details the Government of Iran’s widespread 

17 human rights abuses and censorship, its chronic dis18 regard of due process, and its equally chronic harass19 ment, abuse, and intimidation of the people of Iran. 

20 (5) There has been no independent investigation 

21 into the months of violence that followed Iran’s fraud22 ulent 2009 presidential election, violence that in23 cluded the beatings of scores of Tehran University stu24 dents by security forces using weapons, such as 

25 chains, metal rods, and electrified batons, and the 
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1 subsequent imprisonment of many students, some of 

2 whom died in captivity. 

3 (6) The Government of Iran has failed to cooper4 ate with human rights investigations by the Special 

5 Rapporteur, and its failure to cooperate in those and 

6 similar investigations has been criticized in reports of 

7 the United Nations Secretary-General, General As8 sembly, and Human Rights Council, even as human 

9 rights abuses continue. 

10 SEC. 402. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

11 It is the sense of Congress that— 

12 (1) the Government of Iran, especially Iran’s 

13 Revolutionary Guard Corps, continues to engage in 

14 serious, systematic, and ongoing violations of human 

15 rights and the rise in the level of such violations after 

16 the 2009 presidential elections has not abated; 

17 (2) the Government of Iran is engaging in a sys18 tematic campaign to prevent news, entertainment, 

19 and opinions from reaching media that are not sub20 ject to government control and to eliminate any free 

21 Internet or other electronic media discussion among 

22 the people of Iran; and 

23 (3) the Government of Iran has refused to co24 operate with international organizations, including 
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1 the United Nations, seeking to investigate or to allevi2 ate those conditions. 

3 SEC. 403. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

4 THE TRANSFER OF GOODS OR TECH5 NOLOGIES TO IRAN THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE 

6 USED TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comprehensive Iran Sanc8 tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 

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

10 105 the following: 

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

12 THE TRANSFER OF GOODS OR TECH13 NOLOGIES TO IRAN THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE 

14 USED TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc16 tions in accordance with subsection (c) with respect to each 

17 person on the list required by subsection (b). 

18 ‘‘(b) LIST.— 

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

20 the date of the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, Ac21 countability, and Human Rights Act of 2012, the 

22 President shall submit to the appropriate congres23 sional committees a list of persons that the President 

24 determines have knowingly engaged in an activity de-
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1 scribed in paragraph (2) on or after such date of en2 actment. 

3 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITY DESCRIBED.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A person engages in an 

5 activity described in this paragraph if the per6 son— 

7 ‘‘(i) transfers, or facilitates the transfer 

8 of, goods or technologies described in sub9 paragraph (C) to Iran, any entity orga10 nized under the laws of Iran or otherwise 

11 subject to the jurisdiction of the Government 

12 of Iran, or any national of Iran, for use in 

13 or with respect to Iran; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) provides services (including serv15 ices relating to hardware, software, and spe16 cialized information, and professional con17 sulting, engineering, and support services) 

18 with respect to goods or technologies de19 scribed in subparagraph (C) after such 

20 goods or technologies are transferred to 

21 Iran. 

22 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY TO CONTRACTS AND

23 OTHER AGREEMENTS.—A person engages in an 

24 activity described in subparagraph (A) without 

25 regard to whether the activity is carried out pur-
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1 suant to a contract or other agreement entered 

2 into before, on, or after the date of the enactment 

3 of the Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

4 Human Rights Act of 2012. 

5 ‘‘(C) GOODS OR TECHNOLOGIES DE6 SCRIBED.—Goods or technologies described in 

7 this subparagraph are goods or technologies that 

8 the President determines are likely to be used by 

9 the Government of Iran or any of its agencies or 

10 instrumentalities (or by any other person on be11 half of the Government of Iran or any of such 

12 agencies or instrumentalities) to commit serious 

13 human rights abuses against the people of Iran, 

14 including— 

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

16 terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, 

17 United States Code), rubber bullets, police 

18 batons, pepper or chemical sprays, stun gre19 nades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, water 

20 cannons, or surveillance technology; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) sensitive technology (as defined in 

22 section 106(c)). 

23 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE TO ALLOW FOR TERMINATION

24 OF SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—The President shall not 

25 be required to include a person on the list required 
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1 by paragraph (1) if the President certifies in writing 

2 to the appropriate congressional committees that— 

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

4 has taken significant verifiable steps toward 

5 stopping, the activity described in paragraph (2) 

6 for which the President would otherwise have in7 cluded the person on the list; and 

8 ‘‘(B) the President has received reliable as9 surances that the person will not knowingly en10 gage in any activity described in paragraph (2) 

11 in the future. 

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

13 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

14 an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

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

16 submit an updated list to those committees under 

17 section 105(b)(2)(A); and 

18 ‘‘(B) as new information becomes available. 

19 ‘‘(5) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

20 ‘‘(A) FORM.—The list required by para21 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form 

22 but may contain a classified annex. 

23 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi24 fied portion of the list required by paragraph (1) 

25 shall be made available to the public and posted 
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1 on the websites of the Department of the Treas2 ury and the Department of State. 

3 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS.— 

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

5 President shall impose sanctions described in section 

6 105(c) with respect to a person on the list required 

7 by subsection (b). 

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

9 GUARD CORPS.—In the case of a person on the list re10 quired by subsection (b) for transferring, or facili11 tating the transfer of, goods or technologies described 

12 in subsection (b)(2)(C) to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

13 Corps, or providing services with respect to such 

14 goods or technologies after such goods or technologies 

15 are transferred to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, 

16 the President shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) impose sanctions described in section 

18 105(c) with respect to the person; and 

19 ‘‘(B) impose such other sanctions from 

20 among the sanctions described in section 6(a) of 

21 the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

22 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) as the President 

23 determines appropriate.’’. 

24 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

25 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-
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1 vestment Act of 2010 is amended by inserting after the item 

2 relating to section 105 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 105A. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human 

rights abuses.’’. 

3 SEC. 404. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

4 PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP OR 

5 OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES AGAINST CITI6 ZENS OF IRAN. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comprehensive Iran Sanc8 tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 

9 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), as amended by section 401, is further 

10 amended by inserting after section 105A the following: 

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

12 PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP OR 

13 OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES AGAINST CITI14 ZENS OF IRAN. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc16 tions described in section 105(c) with respect to each person 

17 on the list required by subsection (b). 

18 ‘‘(b) LIST OF PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSOR19 SHIP.— 

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

21 the date of the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, Ac22 countability, and Human Rights Act of 2012, the 

23 President shall submit to the appropriate congres24 sional committees a list of persons that the President 
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1 determines have, on or after June 12, 2009, engaged 

2 in censorship or other activities that— 

3 ‘‘(A) prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise 

4 of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens 

5 of Iran; or 

6 ‘‘(B) limit access to print or broadcast 

7 media, including the facilitation or support of 

8 intentional frequency manipulation by the Gov9 ernment of Iran that would jam or restrict an 

10 international signal or the failure to prohibit in11 tentional frequency manipulation by the Govern12 ment of Iran that would jam or restrict an inter13 national signal by satellite service providers that 

14 provide satellite services to the Government of 

15 Iran or an entity owned or controlled by the 

16 Government of Iran. 

17 ‘‘(2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall 

18 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

19 an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

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

21 submit an updated list to those committees under 

22 section 105(b)(2)(A); and 

23 ‘‘(B) as new information becomes available. 

24 ‘‘(3) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) FORM.—The list required by para2 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form 

3 but may contain a classified annex. 

4 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi5 fied portion of the list required by paragraph (1) 

6 shall be made available to the public and posted 

7 on the websites of the Department of the Treas8 ury and the Department of State.’’. 

9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

10 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di11 vestment Act of 2010, as amended by section 401, is further 

12 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 105A 

13 the following: 

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

14 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 401(b)(1) of 

15 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di16 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)(1)) is amended— 

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

18 ‘‘105(a)’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘105(b)’’. 
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1 Subtitle B—Additional Measures to 

2 Promote Human Rights in Iran 

3 SEC. 411. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR 

4 AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN HUMAN 

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

7 IRAN. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENT.—The Office of Foreign Assets Con9 trol, in consultation with the Department of State, shall 

10 establish an expedited process for the consideration of com11 plete requests for authorization to engage in human rights12 , humanitarian-, or democracy-related activities relating to 

13 Iran that are submitted by— 

14 (1) entities receiving funds from the Department 

15 of State to engage in the proposed activity; 

16 (2) the Broadcasting Board of Governors; and 

17 (3) other appropriate agencies of the United 

18 States Government. 

19 (b) PROCEDURES.—Requests for authorization under 

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

21 Assets Control in conformance with the agency’s regula22 tions, including section 501.801 of title 31, Code of Federal 

23 Regulations (commonly known as the Reporting, Proce24 dures and Penalties Regulations). Applicants must fully 

25 disclose the parties to the transactions as well as describe 
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1 the activities to be undertaken. License applications involv2 ing the exportation or reexportation of goods, technology, 

3 or software to Iran must provide a copy of an official Com4 modity Classification issued by the Department of Com5 merce, Bureau of Industry and Security, as part of the li6 cense application. 

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

8 State shall complete a foreign policy review of a request 

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

10 days after the request is referred to the Department by the 

11 Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

12 (d) LICENSE DETERMINATIONS.—License determina13 tions for complete requests for authorization under sub14 section (a) shall be made not later than 90 days after re15 ceipt by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, with the fol16 lowing exceptions: 

17 (1) Any requests involving the exportation or re18 exportation to Iran of goods, technology, or software 

19 listed on the Commerce Control List maintained pur20 suant to part 774 of the Export Administration Reg21 ulations shall be processed in a manner consistent 

22 with the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 

23 1992 (title XVI of Public Law 102–484) and other 

24 applicable provisions of law. 
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1 (2) Any other requests presenting novel or ex2 traordinary circumstances. 

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

4 may prescribe such regulations as are appropriate to carry 

5 out this section. 

6 SEC. 412. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO PROMOTE INTER7 NET FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO INFORMA8 TION IN IRAN. 

9 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

11 congressional committees a comprehensive strategy devel12 oped in consultation with the Department of State, the De13 partment of the Treasury, and other Federal agencies, as 

14 appropriate, to— 

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

16 and share information freely and safely via the Inter17 net, including in Farsi and regional languages; 

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

20 undertake Internet activities without interference 

21 from the Government of Iran; 

22 (3) increase the capabilities and availability of 

23 secure communications through connective technology 

24 among human rights and democracy activists in 

25 Iran; 
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1 (4) provide resources for digital safety training 

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

4 (5) provide accurate and substantive Internet 

5 content in local languages in Iran; 

6 (6) increase emergency resources for the most 

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

9 Iran; 

10 (7) expand surrogate radio, television, live 

11 stream, and social network communications inside 

12 Iran, including Voice of America’s Persian News Net13 work and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Radio 

14 Farda, to provide hourly live news update program15 ming and breaking news coverage capability 24 hours 

16 a day and 7 days a week; 

17 (8) expand activities to safely assist and train 

18 human rights, civil society, and democracy activists 

19 in Iran to operate effectively and securely; 

20 (9) identify and utilize all available resources to 

21 overcome attempts by the Government of Iran to jam 

22 or otherwise deny international satellite broadcasting 

23 signals; and 
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1 (10) expand worldwide United States embassy 

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

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

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) the Secretary of State should support efforts 

7 to research and identify prisoners of conscience and 

8 cases of human rights abuses in Iran; 

9 (2) the United States Government should— 

10 (A) offer refugee status or political asylum 

11 in the United States to political dissidents in 

12 Iran if requested and consistent with the laws 

13 and national security interests of the United 

14 States; and 

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

17 relocation of such political prisoners to other 

18 countries if requested, as appropriate and with 

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

21 (3) the Secretary of State should publicly call for 

22 the release of Iranian dissidents by name and raise 

23 awareness with respect to individual cases of Iranian 

24 dissidents and prisoners of conscience, as appropriate 
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1 and if requested by the dissidents or prisoners them2 selves or their families. 

3 TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 

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

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

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

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

10 of Iran that the Secretary of State determines seeks to enter 

11 the United States to participate in coursework at an insti12 tution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of 

13 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) to 

14 prepare the alien for a career in the energy sector of Iran 

15 or in nuclear science or nuclear engineering or a related 

16 field in Iran. 

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

19 enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 502. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d)(2) of the National 

22 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 

23 Law 112–81) is amended— 

24 (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting ‘‘AG25 RICULTURAL COMMODITIES,’’ after ‘‘SALES OF’’; and 
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1 (2) in the text, by inserting ‘‘agricultural com2 modities,’’ after ‘‘sale of’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub4 section (a) shall take effect as if included in the National 

5 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 

6 Law 112–81). 

7 SEC. 503. INTERESTS IN CERTAIN FINANCIAL ASSETS OF 

8 IRAN. 

9 (a) INTERESTS IN BLOCKED ASSETS.—Notwith10 standing any other provision of law, including any provi11 sion of law relating to sovereign immunity, and preempting 

12 any inconsistent provision of State law, a financial asset 

13 that is— 

14 (1) property in the United States of a foreign se15 curities intermediary doing business in the United 

16 States, 

17 (2) a blocked asset (whether or not subsequently 

18 unblocked) that is property described in subsection 

19 (b), and 

20 (3) equal in value to a financial asset of Iran, 

21 including an asset of the central bank or monetary 

22 authority of the Government of Iran or any agency 

23 or instrumentality of that Government, that such for24 eign securities intermediary or a related intermediary 

25 holds abroad, 
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1 shall be available for all attachments and other proceedings 

2 in aid of execution, with respect to judgments entered 

3 against Iran for damages for personal injury or death 

4 caused by an act of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft 

5 sabotage, or hostage-taking, or the provision of material 

6 support or resources for such an act. 

7 (b) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—Property described in 

8 this subsection is property that is identified in and the sub9 ject of proceedings in the United States District Court for 

10 the Southern District of New York in Peterson et al. v. Is11 lamic Republic of Iran et al., Case No. 10 Civ. 4518 (BSJ) 

12 (GWG). 

13 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

14 shall be construed to affect the availability, or lack thereof, 

15 of a right to satisfy a judgment in any other action against 

16 a terrorist party in any proceedings other than proceedings 

17 referred to in subsection (b). 

18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

20 asset’’— 

21 (A) means any asset seized or frozen by the 

22 United States under section 5(b) of the Trading 

23 With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)) or 

24 under section 202 or 203 of the International 
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1 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

2 1701 and 1702); and 

3 (B) does not include property that— 

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

5 United States Government for final pay6 ment, transfer, or disposition by or to a 

7 person subject to the jurisdiction of the 

8 United States in connection with a trans9 action for which the issuance of the license 

10 has been specifically required by a provision 

11 of law other than the International Emer12 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

13 1701 et seq.) or the United Nations Partici14 pation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.); 

15 or 

16 (ii) is property subject to the Vienna 

17 Convention on Diplomatic Relations or the 

18 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 

19 or that enjoys equivalent privileges and im20 munities under the laws of the United 

21 States, and is being used exclusively for 

22 diplomatic or consular purposes. 

23 (2) FINANCIAL ASSET; SECURITIES INTER24 MEDIARY.—The terms ‘‘financial asset’’ and ‘‘securi25 ties intermediary’’ have the meanings given those 
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1 terms in the Uniform Commercial Code, but the 

2 former includes cash. 

3 (3) IRAN.—The term ‘‘Iran’’ means the Govern4 ment of Iran, including the central bank or monetary 

5 authority of that Government and any agency or in6 strumentality of that Government. 

7 (4) PERSON.— 

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

9 means an individual or entity. 

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

11 partnership, association, trust, joint venture, 

12 corporation, group, subgroup, or other organiza13 tion. 

14 (5) TERRORIST PARTY.—The term ‘‘terrorist 

15 party’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

16 201(d) of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 

17 (28 U.S.C. 1610 note). 

18 (6) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United States’’ 

19 includes all territory and waters, continental, or in20 sular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. 

21 SEC. 504. REPORT ON MEMBERSHIP OF IRAN IN INTER22 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

23 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act, and annually thereafter not later than Sep25 tember 1, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress 
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1 a report listing the international organizations of which 

2 Iran is a member and detailing the amount that the United 

3 States contributes to each such organization on an annual 

4 basis. 

5 SEC. 505. INCREASED CAPACITY FOR EFFORTS TO COMBAT 

6 UNLAWFUL OR TERRORIST FINANCING. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR OFFICE

8 OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BU9 REAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY.—Section 109 of the 

10 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divest11 ment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8517) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘and 2013’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘through 2016’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘and 2013’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘through 2016’’. 

16 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FINAN17 CIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK.—Section 

18 310(d)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘and 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2016’’. 

20 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

21 SEC. 601. TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES. 

22 (a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 

23 all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 

24 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

25 1702 and 1704) to carry out— 
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1 (1) sections 211, 213, and 216, subtitle A of title 

2 III, and title VII of this Act; and 

3 (2) sections 105A and 105B of the Comprehen4 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

5 Act of 2010, as added by subtitle A of title IV of this 

6 Act. 

7 (b) PENALTIES.— 

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

9 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter10 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

11 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, attempts 

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

13 of a provision specified in paragraph (2) of this sub14 section, or an order or regulation prescribed under 

15 such a provision, to the same extent that such pen16 alties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act 

17 described in section 206(a) of that Act. 

18 (2) PROVISIONS SPECIFIED.—The provisions 

19 specified in this paragraph are the following: 

20 (A) Sections 211 and 216, subtitle A of title 

21 III, and title VII of this Act. 

22 (B) Sections 105A and 105B of the Com23 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

24 Divestment Act of 2010, as added by subtitle A 

25 of title IV of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 602. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AC2 TIVITIES. 

3 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

4 Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of 

5 the United States. 

6 SEC. 603. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO USE 

7 OF FORCE AGAINST IRAN AND SYRIA. 

8 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

9 Act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an author10 ization of the use of force against Iran or Syria. 

11 SEC. 604. TERMINATION. 

12 The provisions of sections 211, 213, 215, 216, 217, and 

13 501, title I, and subtitle A of title III shall terminate on 

14 the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Presi15 dent makes the certification described in section 401(a) of 

16 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di17 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)). 

18 TITLE VII—SANCTIONS WITH RE19 SPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS 

20 ABUSES IN SYRIA 

21 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

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

23 Accountability Act of 2012’’. 
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1 SEC. 702. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE 

3 FOR OR COMPLICIT IN HUMAN RIGHTS 

4 ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST CITIZENS OF 

5 SYRIA OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc7 tions described in subsection (c) with respect to each person 

8 on the list required by subsection (b). 

9 (b) LIST OF PERSONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

10 OR COMPLICIT IN CERTAIN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.— 

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

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

13 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit14 tees a list of persons who are officials of the Govern15 ment of Syria or persons acting on behalf of that 

16 Government that the President determines, based on 

17 credible evidence, are responsible for or complicit in, 

18 or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise 

19 directing, the commission of serious human rights 

20 abuses against citizens of Syria or their family mem21 bers, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in 

22 Syria. 

23 (2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall sub24 mit to the appropriate congressional committees an 

25 updated list under paragraph (1)— 
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1 (A) not later than 270 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days 

3 thereafter; and 

4 (B) as new information becomes available. 

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

6 (A) FORM.—The list required by paragraph 

7 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

8 may contain a classified annex. 

9 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi10 fied portion of the list required by paragraph (1) 

11 shall be made available to the public and posted 

12 on the websites of the Department of the Treas13 ury and the Department of State. 

14 (4) CONSIDERATION OF DATA FROM OTHER

15 COUNTRIES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA16 TIONS.—In preparing the list required by paragraph 

17 (1), the President shall consider credible data already 

18 obtained by other countries and nongovernmental or19 ganizations, including organizations in Syria, that 

20 monitor the human rights abuses of the Government 

21 of Syria. 

22 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 

23 in this subsection are sanctions pursuant to the Inter24 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

25 et seq.), including blocking of property and restrictions or 
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1 prohibitions on financial transactions and the exportation 

2 and importation of property, subject to such regulations as 

3 the President may prescribe. 

4 SEC. 703. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

5 THE TRANSFER OF GOODS OR TECH6 NOLOGIES TO SYRIA THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE 

7 USED TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc9 tions described in section 702(c) with respect to— 

10 (1) each person on the list required by subsection 

11 (b); and 

12 (2) any person that— 

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

14 list; 

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

16 the person that owns or controls the person on 

17 the list had actual knowledge or should have 

18 known that the person on the list engaged in the 

19 activity described in subsection (b)(2) for which 

20 the person was included in the list; or 

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

22 common ownership or control with, the person 

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

24 or under common ownership or control with (as 

25 the case may be), the person on the list know-
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1 ingly engaged in the activity described in sub2 section (b)(2) for which the person was included 

3 in the list. 

4 (b) LIST.— 

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

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

7 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit8 tees a list of persons that the President determines 

9 have knowingly engaged in an activity described in 

10 paragraph (2) on or after such date of enactment. 

11 (2) ACTIVITY DESCRIBED.— 

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

13 activity described in this paragraph if the per14 son— 

15 (i) transfers, or facilitates the transfer 

16 of, goods or technologies described in sub17 paragraph (C) to Syria; or 

18 (ii) provides services with respect to 

19 goods or technologies described in subpara20 graph (C) after such goods or technologies 

21 are transferred to Syria. 

22 (B) APPLICABILITY TO CONTRACTS AND

23 OTHER AGREEMENTS.—A person engages in an 

24 activity described in subparagraph (A) without 

25 regard to whether the activity is carried out pur-
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1 suant to a contract or other agreement entered 

2 into before, on, or after the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act. 

4 (C) GOODS OR TECHNOLOGIES DE5 SCRIBED.—Goods or technologies described in 

6 this subparagraph are goods or technologies that 

7 the President determines are likely to be used by 

8 the Government of Syria or any of its agencies 

9 or instrumentalities to commit human rights 

10 abuses against the people of Syria, including— 

11 (i) firearms or ammunition (as those 

12 terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, 

13 United States Code), rubber bullets, police 

14 batons, pepper or chemical sprays, stun gre15 nades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, water 

16 cannons, or surveillance technology; or 

17 (ii) sensitive technology. 

18 (D) SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.— 

19 (i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub20 paragraph (C), the term ‘‘sensitive tech21 nology’’ means hardware, software, tele22 communications equipment, or any other 

23 technology, that the President determines is 

24 to be used specifically— 
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1 (I) to restrict the free flow of un2 biased information in Syria; or 

3 (II) to disrupt, monitor, or other4 wise restrict speech of the people of 

5 Syria. 

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

7 technology’’ does not include information or 

8 informational materials the exportation of 

9 which the President does not have the au10 thority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to 

11 section 203(b)(3) of the International Emer12 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

13 1702(b)(3)). 

14 (3) SPECIAL RULE TO ALLOW FOR TERMINATION

15 OF SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—The President shall not 

16 be required to include a person on the list required 

17 by paragraph (1) if the President certifies in writing 

18 to the appropriate congressional committees that— 

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

20 has taken significant verifiable steps toward 

21 stopping, the activity described in paragraph (2) 

22 for which the President would otherwise have in23 cluded the person on the list; and 

24 (B) the President has received reliable as25 surances that the person will not knowingly en-
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1 gage in any activity described in paragraph (2) 

2 in the future. 

3 (4) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall sub4 mit to the appropriate congressional committees an 

5 updated list under paragraph (1)— 

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

7 of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days 

8 thereafter; and 

9 (B) as new information becomes available. 

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

11 (A) FORM.—The list required by paragraph 

12 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

13 may contain a classified annex. 

14 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi15 fied portion of the list required by paragraph (1) 

16 shall be made available to the public and posted 

17 on the websites of the Department of the Treas18 ury and the Department of State. 

19 SEC. 704. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

20 PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP OR 

21 OTHER FORMS OF REPRESSION IN SYRIA. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc23 tions described in section 702(c) with respect to each person 

24 on the list required by subsection (b). 
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1 (b) LIST OF PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSOR2 SHIP.— 

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

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

5 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit6 tees a list of persons that the President determines 

7 have engaged in censorship, or activities relating to 

8 censorship, in a manner that prohibits, limits, or pe9 nalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of expression 

10 by citizens of Syria. 

11 (2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall sub12 mit to the appropriate congressional committees an 

13 updated list under paragraph (1)— 

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

15 of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days 

16 thereafter; and 

17 (B) as new information becomes available. 

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

19 (A) FORM.—The list required by paragraph 

20 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

21 may contain a classified annex. 

22 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi23 fied portion of the list required by paragraph (1) 

24 shall be made available to the public and posted 
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1 on the websites of the Department of the Treas2 ury and the Department of State. 

3 SEC. 705. WAIVER. 

4 The President may waive the requirement to include 

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

6 to impose sanctions pursuant to any such section if the 

7 President— 

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

10 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

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

13 SEC. 706. TERMINATION. 

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

15 sanctions imposed pursuant to this title shall terminate on 

16 the date on which the President submits to the appropriate 

17 congressional committees— 

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

19 and 

20 (2) a certification that— 

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

23 Syria; or 

24 (B) a legitimate transitional government of 

25 Syria is in place. 
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1 (b) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—A certification de2 scribed in this subsection is a certification by the President 

3 that the Government of Syria— 

4 (1) has unconditionally released all political 

5 prisoners; 

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

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

9 (3) has ceased its practice of procuring sensitive 

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

12 otherwise restrict the right of citizens of Syria to free13 dom of expression; 

14 (4) has ceased providing support for foreign ter15 rorist organizations and no longer allows such orga16 nizations, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Pales17 tinian Islamic Jihad, to maintain facilities in terri18 tory under the control of the Government of Syria; 

19 and 

20 (5) has ceased the development and deployment 

21 of medium- and long-range surface-to-surface ballistic 

22 missiles; 

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

24 development, acquisition, production, transfer, or de25 ployment of biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons, 
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1 and has provided credible assurances that it will not 

2 engage in such activities in the future; and 

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

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

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

8 (c) SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS AFTER ELECTION OF

9 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.—If the President submits to 

10 the appropriate congressional committees the certification 

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

12 the provisions of this title and any sanctions imposed under 

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

14 certification described in subsection (b) to be submitted. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 1905 

AMENDMENT