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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6603 

To apply foreign-direct product rules to Iran. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 5, 2023 

Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To apply foreign-direct product rules to Iran. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Technology for 

5 Terror Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF FOREIGN-DIRECT PRODUCT 

7 RULES TO IRAN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 120 

9 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a foreign10 produced item shall be subject to the Export Administra11 tion Regulations (pursuant to the Export Control Reform 

12 Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.)) if the item— 


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1 (1) meets— 

2 (A) the product scope requirements de3 scribed in subsection (b); and 

4 (B) the destination scope requirements de5 scribed in subsection (c); and 

6 (2) is exported, reexported, or in-country trans7 ferred to Iran or involves persons affiliated with the 

8 Government of Iran. 

9 (b) PRODUCT SCOPE REQUIREMENTS.—A foreign10 produced item meets the product scope requirements of 

11 this subsection if the item— 

12 (1) is a direct product of United States-origin 

13 technology or software subject to the Export Admin14 istration Regulations that is specified in a covered 

15 Export Control Classification Number; or 

16 (2) is produced by any plant or major compo17 nent of a plant that is located outside the United 

18 States, if the plant or major component of a plant, 

19 whether made in the United States or a foreign 

20 country, itself is a direct product of United States21 origin technology or software subject to the Export 

22 Administration Regulations that is specified in a 

23 covered Export Control Classification Number. 

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1 ments of this subsection if there is knowledge that the for2 eign-produced item is destined to Iran or will be incor3 porated into or used in the production or development of 

4 any part, component, or equipment subject to the Export 

5 Administration Regulations and produced in or destined 

6 to Iran. 

7 (d) LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—A license shall be required 

9 to export, reexport, or in-country transfer a foreign10 produced item that meets the product scope require11 ments described in subsection (b) and the destina12 tion scope requirements described in subsection (c) 

13 and is subject to the Export Administration Regula14 tions pursuant to this section. 

15 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—The license requirements of 

16 paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 

17 (A) food or medicine that is— 

18 (i) designated as EAR99; or 

19 (ii) not designated under or listed on 

20 the Commerce Control List; or 

21 (B) services, software, or hardware (other 

22 than services, software, or hardware for end23 users owned or controlled by the Government of 

24 Iran) that is— 

25 (i) incident to communications; 


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1 (ii) designated as— 

2 (I) EAR99; or 

3 (II) Export Control Classification 

4 Number 5A992.c or 5D992.c, and 

5 classified in accordance with section 

6 740.17 of title 15 Code of Federal 

7 Regulations; and 

8 (iii) subject to a general license issued 

9 by the Department of Commerce. 

10 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

11 (1) the term ‘‘Commerce Control List’’ means 

12 the list maintained pursuant to part 744 of the Ex13 port Administration Regulations; 

14 (2) the term ‘‘covered Export Control Classi15 fication Number’’ means an Export Control Classi16 fication Number in product group D or E of Cat17 egory 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the Commerce Control 

18 List; 

19 (3) the terms ‘‘Export Administration Regula20 tions’’, ‘‘export’’, ‘‘reexport’’, and ‘‘in-country trans21 fer’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 

22 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 

23 U.S.C. 4801); and 

24 (4) the terms ‘‘direct product’’, ‘‘technology’’, 

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1 duction’’, ‘‘development’’, ‘‘part’’, ‘‘component’’, 

2 ‘‘equipment’’, and ‘‘government end users’’ have the 

3 meanings given those terms in section 734.9 or part 

4 772 of the Export Administration Regulations, as 

5 the case may be. 

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