IIB 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6323 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 18, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

To modify the availability of certain waiver authorities with 

respect to sanctions imposed with respect to the financial 

sector of 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 Counterterrorism 

3 Act of 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITIES WITH RE5 SPECT TO SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RE6 SPECT TO THE FINANCIAL SECTOR OF IRAN. 

7 (a) FY 2013 NDAA.—Section 1247 of the National 

8 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 

9 U.S.C. 8806) is amended as follows: 

10 (1) In subsection (f)(1)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘de12 termines that such a waiver’’ and inserting the 

13 following: ‘‘determines that— 

14 ‘‘(i) the Government of Iran has 

15 ceased to provide support for acts of inter16 national terrorism; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) such a waiver’’; and 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘be19 fore issuing a waiver pursuant to subparagraph 

20 (A)(ii),’’ before ‘‘submits’’. 

21 (2) By adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(g) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period of 30 

24 calendar days beginning on the date on which the 

25 President submits a report under subsection 

26 (f)(1)(B), the appropriate congressional committees 


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1 should, as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings 

2 and otherwise obtain information in order to fully 

3 review the report. 

4 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The period for congressional 

5 review under paragraph (1) of a report required to 

6 be submitted under subsection (f)(1)(B) shall be 60 

7 calendar days if the report is submitted on or after 

8 July 10 and on or before September 7 in any cal9 endar year. 

10 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING INITIAL

11 CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD.—Notwithstanding 

12 any other provision of law, during the period for 

13 congressional review provided for under paragraph 

14 (1) of a report submitted under subsection (f)(1)(B) 

15 proposing a waiver of the imposition of sanctions 

16 under subsection (a), including any additional period 

17 for such review as applicable under the exception 

18 provided in paragraph (2), the President may not 

19 issue the waiver unless a joint resolution of approval 

20 with respect to that waiver is enacted in accordance 

21 with subsection (h). 

22 ‘‘(4) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF A JOINT RES23 OLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any 

24 other provision of law, if a joint resolution of dis25 approval relating to a report submitted under subVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Apr 19, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6323.RFS H6323

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1 section (f)(1)(B) proposing an action described in 

2 subsection (f)(1)(A)(ii) is enacted in accordance with 

3 subsection (h), the President may not issue the waiv4 er. 

5 ‘‘(h) JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF DISAPPROVAL OR AP6 PROVAL DEFINED.—In this subsection: 

7 ‘‘(1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.—The 

8 term ‘joint resolution of approval’ means only a joint 

9 resolution of either House of Congress— 

10 ‘‘(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘A 

11 joint resolution approving the President’s pro12 posal to issue a waiver relating to the applica13 tion of certain sanctions with respect to Iran.’; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(B) the sole matter after the resolving 

16 clause of which is the following: ‘Congress ap17 proves of the issuance of a waiver relating to 

18 the application of sanctions imposed with re19 spect to Iran proposed by the President in the 

20 report submitted to Congress under section 

21 1247(f)(1)(B) of the National Defense Author22 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 on 

23 lllllll relating to 

24 llllllll.’, with the first blank space 

25 being filled with the appropriate date and the 


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1 second blank space being filled with a short de2 scription of the proposed waiver. 

3 ‘‘(2) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

4 The term ‘joint resolution of disapproval’ means only 

5 a joint resolution of either House of Congress— 

6 ‘‘(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘A 

7 joint resolution disapproving the President’s 

8 proposal to issue a waiver relating to the appli9 cation of certain sanctions with respect to 

10 Iran.’; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the sole matter after the resolving 

12 clause of which is the following: ‘Congress dis13 approves of the issuance of a waiver relating to 

14 the application of sanctions imposed with re15 spect to Iran proposed by the President in the 

16 report submitted to Congress under section 

17 1247(f)(1)(B) of the National Defense Author18 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 on 

19 lllllll relating to 

20 llllllll.’, with the first blank space 

21 being filled with the appropriate date and the 

22 second blank space being filled with a short de23 scription of the proposed action. 

24 ‘‘(3) INTRODUCTION.—During the period of 30 

25 calendar days provided for under subsection (g)(1), 


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1 including any additional period as applicable under 

2 the exception provided in subsection (g)(2), a joint 

3 resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis4 approval may be introduced— 

5 ‘‘(A) in the House of Representatives, by 

6 the majority leader or the minority leader; and 

7 ‘‘(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader 

8 (or the majority leader’s designee) or the mi9 nority leader (or the minority leader’s des10 ignee). 

11 ‘‘(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF

12 REPRESENTATIVES.—If a committee of the House of 

13 Representatives to which a joint resolution of ap14 proval or joint resolution of disapproval has been re15 ferred has not reported the joint resolution within 

16 10 calendar days after the date of referral, that 

17 committee shall be discharged from further consider18 ation of the joint resolution. 

19 ‘‘(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

20 ‘‘(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint res21 olution of approval or joint resolution of dis22 approval introduced in the Senate shall be re23 ferred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

24 and Urban Affairs. 


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1 ‘‘(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 

2 committee to which a joint resolution of ap3 proval or joint resolution of disapproval was re4 ferred has not reported the joint resolution 

5 within 10 calendar days after the date of refer6 ral of the joint resolution, that committee shall 

7 be discharged from further consideration of the 

8 joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be 

9 placed on the appropriate calendar. 

10 ‘‘(C) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

11 Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 

12 Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time 

13 after the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

14 Urban Affairs reports a joint resolution of ap15 proval or joint resolution of disapproval to the 

16 Senate or has been discharged from consider17 ation of such a joint resolution (even though a 

18 previous motion to the same effect has been dis19 agreed to) to move to proceed to the consider20 ation of the joint resolution, and all points of 

21 order against the joint resolution (and against 

22 consideration of the joint resolution) are 

23 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 

24 The motion is not subject to a motion to post25 pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 


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1 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 

2 be in order. 

3 ‘‘(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE4 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

5 relating to the application of the rules of the 

6 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re7 lating to a joint resolution of approval or joint 

8 resolution of disapproval shall be decided with9 out debate. 

10 ‘‘(E) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MES11 SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes12 sage with respect to a joint resolution of ap13 proval or joint resolution of disapproval, includ14 ing all debatable motions and appeals in con15 nection with the joint resolution, shall be lim16 ited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, 

17 and controlled by, the majority leader and the 

18 minority leader or their designees. 

19 ‘‘(6) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE

20 OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

21 ‘‘(A) TREATMENT OF SENATE JOINT RESO22 LUTION IN HOUSE.—In the House of Rep23 resentatives, the following procedures shall 

24 apply to a joint resolution of approval or a joint 

25 resolution of disapproval received from the SenVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Apr 19, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6323.RFS H6323

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1 ate (unless the House has already passed a 

2 joint resolution relating to the same proposed 

3 action): 

4 ‘‘(i) The joint resolution shall be re5 ferred to the Committee on Financial Serv6 ices. 

7 ‘‘(ii) If a committee to which a joint 

8 resolution has been referred has not re9 ported the joint resolution within 2 cal10 endar days after the date of referral, that 

11 committee shall be discharged from further 

12 consideration of the joint resolution. 

13 ‘‘(iii) Beginning on the third legisla14 tive day after each committee to which a 

15 joint resolution has been referred reports 

16 the joint resolution to the House or has 

17 been discharged from further consideration 

18 thereof, it shall be in order to move to pro19 ceed to consider the joint resolution in the 

20 House. All points of order against the mo21 tion are waived. Such a motion shall not be 

22 in order after the House has disposed of a 

23 motion to proceed on the joint resolution. 

24 The previous question shall be considered 

25 as ordered on the motion to its adoption 


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1 without intervening motion. The motion 

2 shall not be debatable. A motion to recon3 sider the vote by which the motion is dis4 posed of shall not be in order. 

5 ‘‘(iv) The joint resolution shall be con6 sidered as read. All points of order against 

7 the joint resolution and against its consid8 eration are waived. The previous question 

9 shall be considered as ordered on the joint 

10 resolution to final passage without inter11 vening motion except 2 hours of debate 

12 equally divided and controlled by the spon13 sor of the joint resolution (or a designee) 

14 and an opponent. A motion to reconsider 

15 the vote on passage of the joint resolution 

16 shall not be in order. 

17 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF HOUSE JOINT RESO18 LUTION IN SENATE.— 

19 ‘‘(i) If, before the passage by the Sen20 ate of a joint resolution of approval or 

21 joint resolution of disapproval, the Senate 

22 receives an identical joint resolution from 

23 the House of Representatives, the following 

24 procedures shall apply: 


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1 ‘‘(I) That joint resolution shall 

2 not be referred to a committee. 

3 ‘‘(II) With respect to that joint 

4 resolution— 

5 ‘‘(aa) the procedure in the 

6 Senate shall be the same as if no 

7 joint resolution had been received 

8 from the House of Representa9 tives; but 

10 ‘‘(bb) the vote on passage 

11 shall be on the joint resolution 

12 from the House of Representa13 tives. 

14 ‘‘(ii) If, following passage of a joint 

15 resolution of approval or joint resolution of 

16 disapproval in the Senate, the Senate re17 ceives an identical joint resolution from the 

18 House of Representatives, that joint reso19 lution shall be placed on the appropriate 

20 Senate calendar. 

21 ‘‘(iii) If a joint resolution of approval 

22 or a joint resolution of disapproval is re23 ceived from the House, and no companion 

24 joint resolution has been introduced in the 

25 Senate, the Senate procedures under this 


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1 subsection shall apply to the House joint 

2 resolution. 

3 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEAS4 URES.—The provisions of this paragraph shall 

5 not apply in the House of Representatives to a 

6 joint resolution of approval or joint resolution 

7 of disapproval that is a revenue measure. 

8 ‘‘(7) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

9 AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Con10 gress— 

11 ‘‘(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking 

12 power of the Senate and the House of Rep13 resentatives, respectively, and as such is deemed 

14 a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 

15 and supersedes other rules only to the extent 

16 that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 

17 ‘‘(B) with full recognition of the constitu18 tional right of either House to change the rules 

19 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

20 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 

21 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

22 rule of that House.’’. 

23 (b) FY 2012 NDAA.—Section 1245(d)(5) of the Na24 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 

25 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(5)) is amended as follows: 


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1 (1) In subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘deter2 mines that such a waiver’’ and inserting the fol3 lowing: ‘‘determines that— 

4 ‘‘(i) the Government of Iran has 

5 ceased to provide support for acts of inter6 national terrorism; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) such a waiver’’. 

8 (2) In subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘before 

9 issuing a waiver pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii),’’ 

10 before ‘‘submits’’. 

11 (3) By adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘The provisions relating to period for review by Con13 gress described in subsections (g) and (h) of section 

14 1247 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

15 Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8806) shall apply with 

16 respect to a report submitted under subparagraph 

17 (B) proposing a waiver of the imposition of sanc18 tions under paragraph (1) in the same manner and 

19 to the same extent as such provisions apply with re20 spect to a report submitted under subsection 

21 (f)(1)(B) of such section 1247 proposing a waiver of 


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1 the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) of such 

2 section.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 17, 2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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