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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4815 

To impose sanctions with respect to the ballistic missile program of Iran, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2016 

Mr. POMPEO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and 

Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to the ballistic missile 

program 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Ballistic Missile 

5 Sanctions Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) On April 2, 2015, President Barack Obama 

2 said, ‘‘Other American sanctions on Iran for its sup3 port of terrorism, its human rights abuses, its bal4 listic missile program, will continue to be fully en5 forced.’’. 

6 (2) On July 7, 2015, General Martin Dempsey, 

7 then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said, 

8 ‘‘Under no circumstances should we relieve the pres9 sure on Iran relative to ballistic missile capabili10 ties.’’. 

11 (3) On July 29, 2015, in his role as the top 

12 military officer in the United States and advisor to 

13 the President, General Dempsey confirmed that his 

14 military recommendation was that sanctions relating 

15 to the ballistic missile program of Iran not be lifted. 

16 (4) The Government of Iran and Iran’s Revolu17 tionary Guard Corps have been responsible for the 

18 repeated testing of illegal ballistic missiles capable of 

19 carrying a nuclear device, including observed tests in 

20 October and November 2015 and March 2016, vio21 lating United Nations Security Council resolutions. 

22 (5) On October 14, 2015, Samantha Power, 

23 United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 

24 said, ‘‘One of the really important features in imple25 mentation of the recent Iran deal to dismantle Iran’s 


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1 nuclear program is going to have to be enforcement 

2 of the resolutions and the standards that remain on 

3 the books.’’. 

4 (6) On December 11, 2015, the United Nations 

5 Panel of Experts concluded that the missile launch 

6 on October 10, 2015, ‘‘was a violation by Iran of 

7 paragraph 9 of Security Council resolution 1929 

8 (2010)’’. 

9 (7) On January 17, 2016, Adam Szubin, Acting 

10 Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intel11 ligence, stated, ‘‘Iran’s ballistic missile program 

12 poses a significant threat to regional and global se13 curity, and it will continue to be subject to inter14 national sanctions. We have consistently made clear 

15 that the United States will vigorously press sanc16 tions against Iranian activities outside of the Joint 

17 Comprehensive Plan of Action—including those re18 lated to Iran’s support for terrorism, regional desta19 bilization, human rights abuses, and ballistic missile 

20 program.’’. 

21 (8) On February 9, 2016, James Clapper, Di22 rector of National Intelligence, testified that, ‘‘We 

23 judge that Tehran would choose ballistic missiles as 

24 its preferred method of delivering nuclear weapons, 

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1 ently capable of delivering WMD, and Tehran al2 ready has the largest inventory of ballistic missiles 

3 in the Middle East. Iran’s progress on space launch 

4 vehicles—along with its desire to deter the United 

5 States and its allies—provides Tehran with the 

6 means and motivation to develop longer-range mis7 siles, including ICBMs.’’. 

8 (9) On March 9, 2016, Iran reportedly fired 

9 two Qadr ballistic missiles with a range of more 

10 than 1,000 miles and according to public reports, 

11 the missiles were marked with a statement in He12 brew reading, ‘‘Israel must be wiped off the arena 

13 of time.’’. 

14 (10) On March 11, 2016, Ambassador Power 

15 called the recent ballistic missile launches by Iran 

16 ‘‘provocative and destabilizing’’ and called on the 

17 international community to ‘‘degrade Iran’s missile 

18 program’’. 

19 (11) On March 14, 2016, Ambassador Power 

20 said that the recent ballistic missile launches by Iran 

21 were ‘‘in defiance of provisions of UN Security 

22 Council Resolution 2231’’. 

23 (12) Iran has demonstrated the ability to 

24 launch multiple rockets from fortified underground 


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1 facilities and mobile launch sites not previously 

2 known. 

3 (13) The ongoing procurement by Iran of tech4 nologies needed to boost the range, accuracy, and 

5 payloads of its diverse ballistic missile arsenal rep6 resents a threat to deployed personnel of the United 

7 States and allies of the United States in Europe and 

8 the Middle East, including Israel. 

9 (14) Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense, testi10 fied in a hearing before the Armed Services Com11 mittee of the Senate on July 7, 2015, that, ‘‘[T]he 

12 reason that we want to stop Iran from having an 

13 ICBM program is that the I in ICBM stands for 

14 intercontinental, which means having the capability 

15 to fly from Iran to the United States, and we don’t 

16 want that. That’s why we oppose ICBMs.’’. 

17 (15) Through recent ballistic missile launch 

18 tests the Government of Iran has shown blatant dis19 regard for international laws and its intention to 

20 continue tests of that nature throughout the imple21 mentation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac22 tion. 

23 (16) The banking sector of Iran has facilitated 

24 the financing of the ballistic missile programs in 

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1 ties in that sector have ceased facilitating the financ2 ing of those programs. 

3 (17) Iran has been able to amass a large arse4 nal of ballistic missiles through its illicit smuggling 

5 networks and domestic manufacturing capabilities 

6 that have been supported and maintained by Iran’s 

7 Revolutionary Guard Corps and specific sectors of 

8 the economy of Iran. 

9 (18) Penetration by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

10 Corps into the economy of Iran is well documented 

11 including investments in the construction, auto12 motive, telecommunications, electronics, mining, 

13 metallurgy, and petrochemical sectors of the econ14 omy of Iran. 

15 (19) Items procured through sectors of Iran 

16 specified in paragraph (18) have dual use applica17 tions that are currently being used to create ballistic 

18 missiles in Iran and will continue to be a source of 

19 materials for the creation of future weapons. 

20 (20) In order to curb future illicit activity by 

21 Iran, the Government of the United States and the 

22 international community must take action against 

23 persons that facilitate and profit from the illegal ac24 quisition of ballistic missile parts and technology in 

25 support of the missile programs of Iran. 


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1 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) the ballistic missile program of Iran rep4 resents a serious threat to allies of the United States 

5 in the Middle East and Europe, members of the 

6 Armed Forces deployed in the those regions, and ul7 timately the United States; 

8 (2) the testing and production by Iran of bal9 listic missiles capable of carrying a nuclear device is 

10 a clear violation of United Nations Security Council 

11 Resolution 2231 (2015), which was unanimously 

12 adopted by the international community; 

13 (3) Iran is using its space launch program to 

14 develop the capabilities necessary to deploy an inter15 continental ballistic missile that could threaten the 

16 United States, and the Director of National Intel17 ligence has assessed that Iran would use ballistic 

18 missiles as its ‘‘preferred method of delivering nu19 clear weapons’’; and 

20 (4) the Government of the United States should 

21 impose tough primary and secondary sanctions 

22 against any sector of the economy of Iran or any 

23 Iranian person that directly or indirectly supports 

24 the ballistic missile program of Iran as well as any 

25 foreign person or financial institution that engages 

26 in transactions or trade that support that program. 


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1 SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO EF2 FORTS BY IRAN TO ACQUIRE BALLISTIC MIS3 SILE AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY. 

4 (a) CERTAIN PERSONS.—Section 1604(a) of the 

5 Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (Public 

6 Law 102–484; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended, in the 

7 matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, to acquire 

8 ballistic missile or related technology,’’ after ‘‘nuclear 

9 weapons’’. 

10 (b) FOREIGN COUNTRIES.—Section 1605(a) of the 

11 Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (Public 

12 Law 102–484; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended, in the 

13 matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, to acquire 

14 ballistic missile or related technology,’’ after ‘‘nuclear 

15 weapons’’. 

16 SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996 AND 

17 EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 

18 TO PERSONS THAT ACQUIRE OR DEVELOP 

19 BALLISTIC MISSILES. 

20 (a) EXPANSION OF MANDATORY SANCTIONS.—Sec21 tion 5(b)(1)(B) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 

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

23 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘would likely’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘may’’; and 

25 (2) in clause (ii)— 


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1 (A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

2 inserting a semicolon; 

3 (B) by redesignating subclause (II) as sub4 clause (III); and 

5 (C) by inserting after subclause (I) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(II) acquire or develop ballistic 

8 missiles and the capability to launch 

9 ballistic missiles; or’’. 

10 (b) EXTENSION OF IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996.— 

11 Section 13(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 

12 Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

14 2031’’. 

15 SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO BAL16 LISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Iran Threat Reduc18 tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

19 8721 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘Subtitle C—Measures Relating to 

22 Ballistic Missile Program of Iran 

23 ‘‘SEC. 231. DEFINITIONS. 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In this subtitle: 


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1 ‘‘(1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term 

2 ‘agricultural commodity’ has the meaning given that 

3 term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 

4 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

5 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON6 GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Con7 gress’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) the committees specified in section 

9 14(2) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 

10 Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note); and 

11 ‘‘(B) the congressional defense committees, 

12 as defined in section 101 of title 10, United 

13 States Code. 

14 ‘‘(3) CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAYABLE15 THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘correspondent ac16 count’ and ‘payable-through account’ have the mean17 ings given those terms in section 5318A of title 31, 

18 United States Code. 

19 ‘‘(4) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

20 term ‘foreign financial institution’ has the meaning 

21 of that term as determined by the Secretary of the 

22 Treasury pursuant to section 104(i) of the Com23 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di24 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i)). 


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1 ‘‘(5) GOOD.—The term ‘good’ has the meaning 

2 given that term in section 16 of the Export Adminis3 tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued 

4 in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 

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

6 ‘‘(6) GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘Government’, 

7 with respect to a foreign country, includes any agen8 cies or instrumentalities of that Government and any 

9 entities controlled by that Government. 

10 ‘‘(7) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘medical de11 vice’ has the meaning given the term ‘device’ in sec12 tion 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

13 Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

14 ‘‘(8) MEDICINE.—The term ‘medicine’ has the 

15 meaning given the term ‘drug’ in section 201 of the 

16 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

17 321). 

18 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATIONS OF SIGNIFICANCE.—For pur19 poses of this subtitle, in determining if financial trans20 actions or financial services are significant, the President 

21 may consider the totality of the facts and circumstances, 

22 including factors similar to the factors set forth in section 

23 561.404 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 

24 corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 232. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 PERSONS THAT SUPPORT THE BALLISTIC 

3 MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN. 

4 ‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of the Iran Ballistic 

7 Missile Sanctions Act of 2016, and not less fre8 quently than once every 180 days thereafter, the 

9 President shall, in coordination with the Secretary of 

10 Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the 

11 Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of 

12 State, submit to the appropriate committees of Con13 gress a report identifying persons that have know14 ingly aided the Government of Iran in the develop15 ment of the ballistic missile program of Iran. 

16 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by 

17 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) An identification of persons 

19 (disaggregated by Iranian and non-Iranian per20 sons) that have knowingly aided the Govern21 ment of Iran in the development of the ballistic 

22 missile program of Iran, including persons that 

23 have— 

24 ‘‘(i) knowingly engaged in the direct 

25 or indirect provision of material support to 

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1 ‘‘(ii) knowingly facilitated, supported, 

2 or engaged in activities to further the de3 velopment of such program; 

4 ‘‘(iii) knowingly transmitted informa5 tion relating to ballistic missiles to the 

6 Government of Iran; or 

7 ‘‘(iv) otherwise knowingly aided such 

8 program. 

9 ‘‘(B) A description of the character and 

10 significance of the cooperation of each person 

11 identified under subparagraph (A) with the 

12 Government of Iran with respect to such pro13 gram. 

14 ‘‘(C) An assessment of the cooperation of 

15 the Government of the Democratic People’s Re16 public of Korea with the Government of Iran 

17 with respect to such program. 

18 ‘‘(3) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—Each report re19 quired by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in un20 classified form, but may contain a classified annex. 

21 ‘‘(b) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days 

23 after submitting a report required by subsection 

24 (a)(1), the President shall, in accordance with the 

25 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 


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1 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block and prohibit all trans2 actions in all property and interests in property of 

3 any person specified in such report if such property 

4 and interests in property are in the United States, 

5 come within the United States, or are or come with6 in the possession or control of a United States per7 son. 

8 ‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL EMER9 GENCY REQUIREMENT.—The requirements under 

10 section 202 of the International Emergency Eco11 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply 

12 for purposes of this subsection. 

13 ‘‘(c) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (2), the Secretary of State shall deny a visa 

16 to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ex17 clude from the United States, any alien subject to 

18 blocking of property and interests in property under 

19 subsection (b). 

20 ‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS

21 HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Paragraph (1) shall 

22 not apply to the head of state of Iran, or necessary 

23 staff of that head of state, if admission to the 

24 United States is necessary to permit the United 

25 States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 


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1 Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

2 Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No3 vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 

4 the United States. 

5 ‘‘(d) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.— 

6 The President shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 

7 impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the United 

8 States of a correspondent account or a payable-through 

9 account by a foreign financial institution that the Presi10 dent determines knowingly, on or after the date that is 

11 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Iran Bal12 listic Missile Sanctions Act of 2016, conducts or facilitates 

13 a significant financial transaction for a person subject to 

14 blocking of property and interests in property under sub15 section (b). 

16 ‘‘SEC. 233. BLOCKING OF PROPERTY OF PERSONS AFFILI17 ATED WITH CERTAIN IRANIAN ENTITIES. 

18 ‘‘(a) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, in ac20 cordance with the International Emergency Eco21 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 

22 and prohibit all transactions in all property and in23 terests in property of any person described in para24 graph (3) if such property and interests in property 

25 are in the United States, come within the United 


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1 States, or are or come within the possession or con2 trol of a United States person. 

3 ‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL EMER4 GENCY REQUIREMENT.—The requirements under 

5 section 202 of the International Emergency Eco6 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply 

7 for purposes of this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(3) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person de9 scribed in this paragraph is— 

10 ‘‘(A) an entity that is owned, directly or 

11 indirectly, by a 25 percent or greater interest— 

12 ‘‘(i) by the Aerospace Industries Or13 ganization, the Shahid Hemmat Industrial 

14 Group, the Shahid Bakeri Industrial 

15 Group, or any agent or affiliate of such or16 ganization or group; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) collectively by a group of individ18 uals that hold an interest in the Aerospace 

19 Industries Organization, the Shahid 

20 Hemmat Industrial Group, the Shahid 

21 Bakeri Industrial Group, or any agent or 

22 affiliate of such organization or group, 

23 even if none of those individuals hold a 25 

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1 ‘‘(B) a person that controls, manages, or 

2 directs an entity described in subparagraph (A); 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(C) an individual who is on the board of 

5 directors of an entity described in subparagraph 

6 (A). 

7 ‘‘(b) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.— 

8 The President shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 

9 impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the United 

10 States of a correspondent account or a payable-through 

11 account by a foreign financial institution that the Presi12 dent determines knowingly, on or after the date that is 

13 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Iran Bal14 listic Missile Sanctions Act of 2016, conducts or facilitates 

15 a significant financial transaction for a person subject to 

16 blocking of property and interests in property under sub17 section (a). 

18 ‘‘(c) IRAN MISSILE PROLIFERATION WATCH LIST.— 

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

20 after the date of the enactment of the Iran Ballistic 

21 Missile Sanctions Act of 2016, and not less fre22 quently than annually thereafter, the Secretary of 

23 the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate com24 mittees of Congress and publish in the Federal Reg25 ister a list of— 


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1 ‘‘(A) each entity in which the Aerospace 

2 Industries Organization, the Shahid Hemmat 

3 Industrial Group, the Shahid Bakeri Industrial 

4 Group, or any agent or affiliate of such organi5 zation or group has an ownership interest of 

6 more than 0 percent and less than 25 percent; 

7 ‘‘(B) each entity in which the Aerospace 

8 Industries Organization, the Shahid Hemmat 

9 Industrial Group, the Shahid Bakeri Industrial 

10 Group, or any agent or affiliate of such organi11 zation or group does not have an ownership in12 terest but maintains a presence on the board of 

13 directors of the entity or otherwise influences 

14 the actions, policies, or personnel decisions of 

15 the entity; and 

16 ‘‘(C) each person that controls, manages, 

17 or directs an entity described in subparagraph 

18 (A) or (B). 

19 ‘‘(2) REFERENCE.—The list required by para20 graph (1) may be referred to as the ‘Iran Missile 

21 Proliferation Watch List’. 

22 ‘‘(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 

24 the United States shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) conduct a review of each list required 

2 by subsection (c)(1); and 

3 ‘‘(B) not later than 60 days after each 

4 such list is submitted to the appropriate com5 mittees of Congress under that subsection, sub6 mit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

7 a report on the review conducted under sub8 paragraph (A) that includes a list of persons 

9 not included in that list that qualify for inclu10 sion in that list, as determined by the Comp11 troller General. 

12 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATIONS.—In preparing the report 

13 required by paragraph (1)(B), the Comptroller Gen14 eral shall consult with nongovernmental organiza15 tions. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 234. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

17 CERTAIN PERSONS INVOLVED IN BALLISTIC 

18 MISSILE ACTIVITIES. 

19 ‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 120 days after 

20 the date of the enactment of the Iran Ballistic Missile 

21 Sanctions Act of 2016, and not less frequently than once 

22 every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to 

23 the appropriate committees of Congress a certification 

24 that each person listed in an annex of United Nations Se25 curity Council Resolution 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), or 


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1 1929 (2010) is not directly or indirectly facilitating, sup2 porting, or involved with the development of or transfer 

3 to Iran of ballistic missiles or technology, parts, compo4 nents, or technology information relating to ballistic mis5 siles. 

6 ‘‘(b) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the President is unable 

8 to make a certification under subsection (a) with re9 spect to a person and the person is not currently 

10 subject to sanctions with respect to Iran under any 

11 other provision of law, the President shall, not later 

12 than 15 days after that certification would have been 

13 required under that subsection— 

14 ‘‘(A) in accordance with the International 

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

16 1701 et seq.), block and prohibit all trans17 actions in all property and interests in property 

18 of that person if such property and interests in 

19 property are in the United States, come within 

20 the United States, or are or come within the 

21 possession or control of a United States person; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(B) publish in the Federal Register a re24 port describing the reason why the President 


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1 was unable to make a certification with respect 

2 to that person. 

3 ‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL EMER4 GENCY REQUIREMENT.—The requirements under 

5 section 202 of the International Emergency Eco6 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply 

7 for purposes of this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(c) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para10 graph (2), the Secretary of State shall deny a visa 

11 to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ex12 clude from the United States, any alien subject to 

13 blocking of property and interests in property under 

14 subsection (b). 

15 ‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS

16 HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Paragraph (1) shall 

17 not apply to the head of state of Iran, or necessary 

18 staff of that head of state, if admission to the 

19 United States is necessary to permit the United 

20 States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 

21 Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

22 Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No23 vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 

24 the United States. 


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1 ‘‘(d) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.— 

2 The President shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 

3 impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the United 

4 States of a correspondent account or a payable-through 

5 account by a foreign financial institution that the Presi6 dent determines knowingly, on or after the date that is 

7 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Iran Bal8 listic Missile Sanctions Act of 2016, conducts or facilitates 

9 a significant financial transaction for a person subject to 

10 blocking of property and interests in property under sub11 section (b). 

12 ‘‘SEC. 235. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

13 CERTAIN SECTORS OF IRAN THAT SUPPORT 

14 THE BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN. 

15 ‘‘(a) LIST OF SECTORS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of the Iran Ballistic 

18 Missile Sanctions Act of 2016, and not less fre19 quently than once every 180 days thereafter, the 

20 President shall submit to the appropriate commit21 tees of Congress and publish in the Federal Register 

22 a list of the sectors of the economy of Iran that are 

23 directly or indirectly facilitating, supporting, or in24 volved with the development of or transfer to Iran 

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1 or technology information relating to ballistic mis2 siles. 

3 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN SECTORS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 

5 days after the date of enactment of the Iran 

6 Ballistic Missile Sanctions Act of 2016, the 

7 President shall submit to the appropriate com8 mittees of Congress a determination as to 

9 whether each of the automotive, chemical, com10 puter science, construction, electronic, energy, 

11 metallurgy, mining, petrochemical, research (in12 cluding universities and research institutions), 

13 and telecommunications sectors of Iran meet 

14 the criteria specified in paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION IN INITIAL LIST.—If the 

16 President determines under subparagraph (A) 

17 that the sectors of the economy of Iran speci18 fied in such subparagraph meet the criteria 

19 specified in paragraph (1), that sector shall be 

20 included in the initial list submitted and pub21 lished under that paragraph. 

22 ‘‘(b) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFIED SEC23 TORS OF IRAN.— 

24 ‘‘(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, 

2 in accordance with the International Emergency 

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

4 block and prohibit all transactions in all prop5 erty and interests in property of any person de6 scribed in paragraph (4) if such property and 

7 interests in property are in the United States, 

8 come within the United States, or are or come 

9 within the possession or control of a United 

10 States person. 

11 ‘‘(B) INAPPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL

12 EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—The requirements 

13 under section 202 of the International Emer14 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) 

15 shall not apply for purposes of this paragraph. 

16 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.— 

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

18 subparagraph (B), the Secretary of State shall 

19 deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland 

20 Security shall exclude from the United States, 

21 any alien that is a person described in para22 graph (4). 

23 ‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS

24 HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Subparagraph 

25 (A) shall not apply to the head of state of Iran, 


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1 or necessary staff of that head of state, if ad2 mission to the United States is necessary to 

3 permit the United States to comply with the 

4 Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 

5 United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 

6 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 

7 1947, between the United Nations and the 

8 United States. 

9 ‘‘(3) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN TRANS10 ACTIONS.—Except as provided in this section, the 

11 President shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 

12 impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the 

13 United States of a correspondent account or a pay14 able-through account by a foreign financial institu15 tion that the President determines knowingly, on or 

16 after the date that is 180 days after the date of the 

17 enactment of the Iran Ballistic Missile Sanctions Act 

18 of 2016, conducts or facilitates a significant finan19 cial transaction for a person described in paragraph 

20 (4). 

21 ‘‘(4) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person is de22 scribed in this paragraph if the President determines 

23 that the person, on or after the date that is 180 

24 days after the date of the enactment of the Iran 

25 Ballistic Missile Sanctions Act of 2016— 


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1 ‘‘(A) operates in a sector of the economy 

2 of Iran included in the most recent list pub3 lished by the President under subsection (a); 

4 ‘‘(B) knowingly provides significant finan5 cial, material, technological, or other support to, 

6 or goods or services in support of, any activity 

7 or transaction on behalf of or for the benefit of 

8 a person described in subparagraph (A); or 

9 ‘‘(C) is owned or controlled by a person de10 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

11 ‘‘(c) HUMANITARIAN EXCEPTION.—The President 

12 may not impose sanctions under this section with respect 

13 to any person for conducting or facilitating a transaction 

14 for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, 

15 or medical devices to Iran or for the provision of humani16 tarian assistance to the people of Iran. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 236. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN PERSONS THAT 

18 SUPPORT THE BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM 

19 OF IRAN IN CERTAIN SECTORS OF IRAN. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

21 the date of the enactment of the Iran Ballistic Missile 

22 Sanctions Act of 2016, and not less frequently than annu23 ally thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro24 priate committees of Congress and publish in the Federal 

25 Register a list of all foreign persons that have, based on 


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1 credible information, directly or indirectly facilitated, sup2 ported, or been involved with the development of ballistic 

3 missiles or technology, parts, components, or technology 

4 information related to ballistic missiles in the following 

5 sectors of the economy of Iran during the period specified 

6 in subsection (b): 

7 ‘‘(1) Automotive. 

8 ‘‘(2) Chemical. 

9 ‘‘(3) Computer Science. 

10 ‘‘(4) Construction. 

11 ‘‘(5) Electronic. 

12 ‘‘(6) Energy. 

13 ‘‘(7) Metallurgy. 

14 ‘‘(8) Mining. 

15 ‘‘(9) Petrochemical. 

16 ‘‘(10) Research (including universities and re17 search institutions). 

18 ‘‘(11) Telecommunications. 

19 ‘‘(12) Any other sector of the economy of Iran 

20 identified under section 235(a). 

21 ‘‘(b) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in 

22 this subsection is— 

23 ‘‘(1) with respect to the first list submitted 

24 under subsection (a), the period beginning on the 

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1 Sanctions Act of 2016 and ending on the date that 

2 is 120 days after such date of enactment; and 

3 ‘‘(2) with respect to each subsequent list sub4 mitted under such subsection, the one-year period 

5 preceding the submission of the list. 

6 ‘‘(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each list 

8 submitted under subsection (a), not later than 120 

9 days after the list is submitted under that sub10 section, the Comptroller General of the United 

11 States shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

12 Congress— 

13 ‘‘(A) an assessment of the processes fol14 lowed by the President in preparing the list; 

15 ‘‘(B) an assessment of the foreign persons 

16 included in the list; and 

17 ‘‘(C) a list of persons not included in the 

18 list that qualify for inclusion in the list, as de19 termined by the Comptroller General. 

20 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATIONS.—In preparing the report 

21 required by paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 

22 shall consult with nongovernmental organizations. 

23 ‘‘(d) CREDIBLE INFORMATION DEFINED.—In this 

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1 given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act 

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

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

4 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

5 Act of 2012 is amended by inserting after the item relat6 ing to section 224 the following: 

‘‘Subtitle C—Measures Relating to Ballistic Missile Program of Iran 

‘‘Sec. 231. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 232. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons that support the ballistic missile program of Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 233. Blocking of property of persons affiliated with certain Iranian entities. 

‘‘Sec. 234. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain persons involved in 

ballistic missile activities. 

‘‘Sec. 235. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain sectors of Iran that 

support the ballistic missile program of Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 236. Identification of foreign persons that support the ballistic missile 

program of Iran in certain sectors of Iran.’’. 

7 SEC. 7. EXPANSION OF MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RE8 SPECT TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT 

9 ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS RELAT10 ING TO BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPABILITIES OF 

11 IRAN. 

12 Section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 

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

14 8513) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (c)(2)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

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1 (ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as 

2 clause (iii); and 

3 (iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(ii) to acquire or develop ballistic 

6 missiles and capabilities and launch tech7 nology relating to ballistic missiles; or’’; 

8 and 

9 (B) in subparagraph (E)(ii)— 

10 (i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

11 and inserting a semicolon; 

12 (ii) by redesignating subclause (II) as 

13 subclause (III); and 

14 (iii) by inserting after subclause (I) 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(II) Iran’s development of bal17 listic missiles and capabilities and 

18 launch technology relating to ballistic 

19 missiles; or’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (f)— 

21 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

22 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘WAIVER.—The’’ and in2 serting ‘‘WAIVER.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para4 graph (2), the’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of the Treas7 ury may not waive under paragraph (1) the applica8 tion of a prohibition or condition imposed with re9 spect to an activity described in subparagraph 

10 (A)(ii) or (E)(ii)(II) of subsection (c)(2).’’. 

11 SEC. 8. DISCLOSURE TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

12 COMMISSION OF ACTIVITIES WITH CERTAIN 

13 SECTORS OF IRAN THAT SUPPORT THE BAL14 LISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13(r)(1) of the Securities 

16 Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(r)(1)) is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

19 inserting a semicolon; 

20 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub21 paragraph (E); and 

22 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(D) knowingly engaged in any activity for 

25 which sanctions may be imposed under section 


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1 235 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 

2 Human Rights Act of 2012;’’. 

3 (b) INVESTIGATIONS.—Section 13(r)(5)(A) of the Se4 curities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended by striking ‘‘an 

5 Executive order specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph 

6 (1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 235 of the Iran Threat Re7 duction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, an Execu8 tive order specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph 

9 (1)(E)’’. 

10 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 13(r)(5) of 

11 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended, in the 

12 matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subpara13 graph (D)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (E)(iii)’’. 

14 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

15 this section shall take effect with respect to reports re16 quired to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Com17 mission after the date that is 180 days after the date of 

18 the enactment of this Act. 

19 SEC. 9. REGULATIONS. 

20 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act, the President shall prescribe regulations 

22 to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this 

23 Act. 

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