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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6015 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 17, 2024 

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

AN ACT 

To require the President to prevent the abuse of financial 

sanctions exemptions by Iran, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Sanctions Ac3 countability Act of 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REGULATIONS REQUIRED. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

7 issue regulations to ensure that each transaction described 

8 under section 1244(e) or 1247(c) of the National Defense 

9 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 

10 8803(e) or 8806(c)) or section 1245(d)(2) of the National 

11 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 

12 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(2)) does not facilitate, directly or indi13 rectly— 

14 (1) support for acts of international terrorism; 

15 or 

16 (2) the proliferation of weapons of mass de17 struction. 

18 (b) REPORT.—Beginning on the date that is 1 year 

19 after the date on which the President issues regulations 

20 pursuant to subsection (a), and every 2 years thereafter 

21 for 6 years, the President shall submit to the Congress 

22 a report that evaluates the efficacy of the regulations 

23 issued by the President pursuant to subsection (a). 

24 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 

25 1244(e) or 1247(c) of the National Defense Authorization 

26 Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8803(e) or 8806(c)) 


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1 or section 1245(d)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza2 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(2)) 

3 may be construed to prohibit the imposition of sanctions 

4 with respect to a transaction if the President finds, con5 sistent with the regulations issued pursuant to subsection 

6 (a), that such transaction would facilitate, directly or indi7 rectly— 

8 (1) support for acts of international terrorism; 

9 or 

10 (2) the proliferation of weapons of mass de11 struction. 

12 (d) VOICE AND VOTE.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas14 ury shall instruct the United States Executive Direc15 tor at the World Bank to use the voice and vote of 

16 the United States to oppose the provision of finan17 cial assistance to the government of the Islamic Re18 public of Iran. 

19 (2) SUNSET.—This subsection shall have no 

20 force or effect on the date that is the earlier of— 

21 (A) the date that is 7 years after the date 

22 of the enactment of this section; 

23 (B) the date that is 30 days after the date 

24 that the Secretary of the Treasury reports to 

25 Congress that reasonable grounds do not exist 


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1 for concluding that the Islamic Republic of Iran 

2 is a jurisdiction of primary money laundering 

3 concern; or 

4 (C) the date that is 30 days after the date 

5 that the President finds and reports to the Con6 gress that the government of Iran has ceased to 

7 provide support for acts of international ter8 rorism. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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