IIB 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 850 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2013 

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

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

To impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions with respect to 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013’’. 

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings and statement of policy. 

TITLE I—HUMAN RIGHTS AND TERRORISM SANCTIONS 

Sec. 101. Mandatory sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage 

in certain transactions on behalf of persons involved in human 

rights abuses or that export sensitive technology to Iran. 

Sec. 102. Prevention of diversion of certain goods, services and technologies to 

Iran. 

Sec. 103. Designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as foreign terrorist 

organization. 

Sec. 104. Imposition of sanctions on certain persons responsible for or complicit 

in human rights abuses, engaging in censorship, or engaging 

in the diversion of goods intended for the people of Iran. 

Sec. 105. Sense of Congress on elections in Iran. 

Sec. 106. Sense of Congress on designation of a Special Coordinator for advancing human rights and political participation for women in 

Iran. 

TITLE II—ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SANCTIONS 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 

Sec. 201. Transfer to Iran of goods, services, or technology that would materially contribute to Iran’s ability to mine or mill uranium. 

Sec. 202. Repeal of waiver of sanctions relating to development of weapons of 

mass destruction or other military capabilities. 

Subtitle B—Amendments to Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

and Divestment Act of 2010 and Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

Rights Act of 2012 

Sec. 211. Modifications to prohibition on procurement contracts with persons 

that export sensitive technology to Iran. 

Sec. 212. Authority of State and local governments to avoid exposure to sanctioned persons and sectors. 

Sec. 213. Sense of Congress regarding the European Central Bank. 

Sec. 214. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain transactions in foreign 

currencies. 

Sec. 215. Sanctions with respect to certain transactions with Iran. 

Subtitle C—Other Matters 

Sec. 221. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the Central Bank of Iran and 

other Iranian financial institutions. 


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Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to ports, special economic zones, 

free economic zones, and strategic sectors of Iran. 

Sec. 223. Report on determinations not to impose sanctions on persons who allegedly sell, supply, or transfer precious metals to or from Iran. 

Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign financial institutions 

that facilitate financial transactions on behalf of persons owned 

or controlled by specially designated nationals. 

Sec. 225. Repeal of exemptions under sanctions provisions of National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. 

Sec. 226. Termination of government contracts with persons who sell goods, 

services, or technology to, or conduct any other transaction 

with, Iran. 

Sec. 227. Conditions for entry and operation of vessels. 

TITLE III—ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES TO PREVENT CENSORSHIP 

ACTIVITIES IN IRAN 

Sec. 301. Report on implementation of sanctions against the Islamic Republic 

of Iran Broadcasting. 

Sec. 302. List of persons who are high-risk re-exporters of sensitive technologies. 

Sec. 303. Sense of Congress on provision of intercept technologies to Iran. 

Sec. 304. Sense of Congress on availability of consumer communication technologies in Iran. 

Sec. 305. Expedited consideration of requests for authorization of transfer of 

goods and services to Iran to facilitate the ability of Iranian 

persons to freely communicate. 

TITLE IV—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 401. National Strategy on Iran. 

Sec. 402. Report on Iranian nuclear and economic capabilities. 

Sec. 403. Report on plausibility of expanding sanctions on Iranian oil. 

Sec. 404. GAO report on Iranian strategy to evade current sanctions and other 

matters. 

Sec. 405. Authority to consolidate reports required under Iran sanctions laws. 

Sec. 406. Amendments to definitions under Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 and 

Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012. 

Sec. 407. Rule of construction. 

Sec. 408. Implementation; penalties. 

Sec. 409. Severability. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Iran’s acquisition of a nuclear weapons ca4 pability would— 

5 (A) embolden its already aggressive foreign 

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1 bilize countries in the Middle East, and its ef2 forts to target the United States, United States 

3 allies, and United States interests globally; 

4 (B) increase the risk that Iran would share 

5 its nuclear technology and expertise with ex6 tremist groups and rogue nations; 

7 (C) destabilize global energy markets, pos8 ing a direct and devastating threat to the 

9 American and global economy; and 

10 (D) likely lead other governments in the 

11 region to pursue their own nuclear weapons 

12 programs, increasing the prospect of nuclear 

13 proliferation throughout the region and effec14 tively ending the viability of the global non15 proliferation regime, including the Treaty on 

16 the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 

17 done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 

18 1, 1968, and entered into force on March 5, 

19 1970. 

20 (2) A nuclear arms-capable Iran possessing 

21 intercontinental ballistic missiles, a development 

22 most experts expect could occur within a decade, 

23 would pose a direct nuclear threat to the United 

24 States. 


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1 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

2 of the United States to prevent Iran from acquiring a nu3 clear weapons capability. 

4 TITLE I—HUMAN RIGHTS AND 

5 TERRORISM SANCTIONS 

6 SEC. 101. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FI7 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN 

8 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS ON BEHALF OF 

9 PERSONS INVOLVED IN HUMAN RIGHTS 

10 ABUSES OR THAT EXPORT SENSITIVE TECH11 NOLOGY TO IRAN. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(c)(2) of the Com13 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

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

15 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

16 the end; 

17 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

18 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub20 paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(F) facilitates a significant transaction or 

22 transactions or provides significant financial 

23 services for— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a person that is subject to sanc2 tions under section 105(c), 105A(c), 

3 105B(c), or 105C(a); or 

4 ‘‘(ii) a person that exports sensitive 

5 technology to Iran and is subject to the 

6 prohibition on procurement contracts as 

7 described in section 106.’’. 

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

9 subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act and apply with respect to any activity described 

11 in subparagraph (F) of section 104(c)(2) of the Com12 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

13 Act of 2010 (as added by subsection (a)(3) of this section) 

14 initiated on or after the date that is 90 days after such 

15 date of enactment. 

16 (c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

18 Treasury shall prescribe regulations to carry out the 

19 amendments made by subsection (a). 

20 SEC. 102. PREVENTION OF DIVERSION OF CERTAIN GOODS, 

21 SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES TO IRAN. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 301(1) of the Com23 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

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1 ‘‘knows or has reason to know’’ and inserting ‘‘knows, has 

2 reason to know, or should have known’’. 

3 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF COUNTRIES OF CONCERN

4 WITH RESPECT TO THE DIVERSION OF CERTAIN GOODS, 

5 SERVICES, AND TECHNOLOGIES TO OR THROUGH IRAN.— 

6 Section 302(b) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac7 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

8 8542(b)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

10 end; 

11 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

12 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(3) that are— 

16 ‘‘(A) items described in the Nuclear Sup17 pliers Group Guidelines for the Export of Nu18 clear Material, Equipment and Technology 

19 (published by the International Atomic Energy 

20 Agency as Information Circular INFCIRC/254/ 

21 Rev. 3/Part 1, and subsequent revisions) and 

22 Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related 

23 Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and Related 

24 Technology (published by the International 

25 Atomic Energy Agency as Information Circular 


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1 INFCIRC/254/Rev. 3/Part 2, and subsequent 

2 revisions); 

3 ‘‘(B) items on the Missile Technology Con4 trol Regime Equipment and Technology Annex 

5 of June 11, 1996, and subsequent revisions; 

6 ‘‘(C) items and substances relating to bio7 logical and chemical weapons the export of 

8 which is controlled by the Australia Group; 

9 ‘‘(D) items on the Schedule One or Sched10 ule Two list of toxic chemicals and precursors 

11 the export of which is controlled pursuant to 

12 the Convention on the Prohibition of the Devel13 opment, Production, Stockpiling and Use of 

14 Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction; 

15 or 

16 ‘‘(E) items on the Wassenaar Arrangement 

17 list of Dual Use Goods and Technologies and 

18 Munitions list of July 12, 1996, and subsequent 

19 revisions.’’. 

20 (c) DESTINATIONS OF DIVERSION CONCERN.—Sec21 tion 303(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac22 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

23 8543(c)) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’; and 

2 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

3 paragraph: 

4 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL MEASURES.— 

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

6 this section, the President may impose restric7 tions on United States foreign assistance or 

8 measures authorized under the International 

9 Emergency Economic Powers Act with respect 

10 to a country designated as a country of diver11 sion concern if the President determines such 

12 restrictions or measures would prevent the 

13 transfer of United States-origin goods, services, 

14 and technology to Iran. 

15 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The authority to im16 pose sanctions under subparagraph (A) shall 

17 not include the authority to impose sanctions 

18 relating to the importation of goods. 

19 ‘‘(C) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 

20 the term ‘good’ has the meaning given that 

21 term in section 16 of the Export Administration 

22 Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as contin23 ued in effect pursuant to the International 

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

25 1701 et seq.)).’’. 


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

2 this section take effect on the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act and apply with respect to countries identified in 

4 any update to the report that is required under section 

5 302(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account6 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 and submitted to 

7 Congress on or after such date of enactment. 

8 SEC. 103. DESIGNATION OF IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 

9 GUARD CORPS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST OR10 GANIZATION. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title III of the Iran 

12 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

13 (22 U.S.C. 8741 et seq.) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating section 304 as section 305; 

15 and 

16 (2) by inserting after section 303 the following 

17 new section: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 304. DESIGNATION OF IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 

19 GUARD CORPS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST OR20 GANIZATION. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of 

23 State shall determine if Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps 

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1 organization as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration 

2 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

3 ‘‘(b) AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION.—If the Sec4 retary of State determines under subsection (a) that 

5 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps meets the criteria set 

6 forth under such section 219, the Secretary shall designate 

7 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist 

8 organization under such section 219. 

9 ‘‘(c) NEGATIVE DETERMINATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of State 

11 determines under subsection (a) that Iran’s Revolu12 tionary Guard Corps does not meet the criteria set 

13 forth under such section 219, the Secretary shall 

14 submit to the committees of Congress specified in 

15 subsection (e) a report that contains a detailed jus16 tification as to which criteria have not been met. 

17 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under para18 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

19 but may contain a classified annex, if necessary. 

20 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS TO QUDS

21 FORCE.—The sanctions applied to any entity designated 

22 as a foreign terrorist organization as set forth in such sec23 tion 219 shall be applied to the Iran’s Revolutionary 

24 Guard Corps Quds Force. 


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1 ‘‘(e) COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS SPECIFIED.—The 

2 committees of Congress specified in this subsection are the 

3 following: 

4 ‘‘(1) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

5 Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 

6 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. 

7 ‘‘(2) The Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

8 Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 

9 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

10 Senate.’’. 

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

12 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

13 Act of 2012 is amended by striking the item relating to 

14 section 304 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 304. Designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as foreign terrorist organization. 

‘‘Sec. 305. Rule of construction.’’. 

15 SEC. 104. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN PER16 SONS RESPONSIBLE FOR OR COMPLICIT IN 

17 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, ENGAGING IN CEN18 SORSHIP, OR ENGAGING IN THE DIVERSION 

19 OF GOODS INTENDED FOR THE PEOPLE OF 

20 IRAN. 

21 (a) FINDING AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Section 

22 401(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

23 Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–158; 126 Stat. 

24 1251) is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(a) FINDING AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that Iranian 

3 persons holding the following positions in the Gov4 ernment of Iran are ultimately responsible for and 

5 have and continue to knowingly order, control, direct 

6 and implement gross violations of the human rights 

7 of the Iranian people, the human rights of persons 

8 in other countries, censorship, and the diversion of 

9 food, medicine, medical devices, agricultural com10 modities and other goods intended for the Iranian 

11 people: 

12 ‘‘(A) The Supreme Leader of Iran. 

13 ‘‘(B) The President of Iran. 

14 ‘‘(C) Members of the Council of Guard15 ians. 

16 ‘‘(D) Members of the Expediency Council. 

17 ‘‘(E) The Minister of Intelligence and Se18 curity. 

19 ‘‘(F) The Commander of the Iran’s Revo20 lutionary Guard Corps. 

21 ‘‘(G) The Commander of the Basij-e22 Mostaz’afin. 

23 ‘‘(H) The Commander of Ansar-e24 Hezbollah. 

25 ‘‘(I) The Commander of the Quds Force. 


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1 ‘‘(J) The Commander in Chief of the Po2 lice Force. 

3 ‘‘(K) Senior officials or key employees of 

4 an organization described in any of subpara5 graphs (C) through (J) or in the Atomic En6 ergy Organization of Iran, the Islamic Consult7 ative Assembly of Iran, the Council of Ministers 

8 of Iran, the Assembly of Experts of Iran, the 

9 Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logis10 tics of Iran, the Ministry of Justice of Iran, the 

11 Ministry of Interior of Iran, the prison system 

12 of Iran, or the judicial system of Iran. 

13 ‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

14 Congress that— 

15 ‘‘(A) the President should include any Ira16 nian person holding a position in the Govern17 ment of Iran described in paragraph (1) on one 

18 or more of the lists of persons subject to sanc19 tions pursuant to section 105(b), 105A(b), 

20 105B(b), or 105C(b) of the Comprehensive Iran 

21 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act 

22 of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514(b), 8514a(b), 

23 8514b(b), or 8514c(b)); and 

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1 tion 105, 105A, 105B, or 105C of such Act (as 

2 the case may be).’’. 

3 (b) ADDITIONAL FINDING AND SENSE OF CON4 GRESS.—Section 401 of the Iran Threat Reduction and 

5 Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–158; 

6 126 Stat. 1251) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub8 section (c); and 

9 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL FINDING AND SENSE OF CON12 GRESS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that other sen14 ior officials of the Government of Iran, its agencies 

15 and instrumentalities, also have and continue to 

16 knowingly order, control, direct, and implement 

17 gross violations of the human rights of the Iranian 

18 people and the human rights of persons in other 

19 countries. 

20 ‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

21 Congress that— 

22 ‘‘(A) the President should investigate viola23 tions of human rights described in paragraph 

24 (1) to identify other senior officials of the Gov25 ernment of Iran that also have or continue to 


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1 knowingly order, control, direct, and implement 

2 gross violations of human rights of the Iranian 

3 people and the human rights of persons in other 

4 countries; 

5 ‘‘(B) the President should include any such 

6 official on one or more of the lists of persons 

7 subject to sanctions pursuant to section 105(b), 

8 105A(b), 105B(b), or 105C(b) of the Com9 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

10 Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514(b), 

11 8514a(b), 8514b(b), or 8514c(b)); and 

12 ‘‘(C) the President should impose sanctions 

13 on any such official pursuant to section 105, 

14 105A, 105B, or 105C of such Act (as the case 

15 may be).’’. 

16 (c) REPORT.—Section 401(c)(1) of the Iran Threat 

17 Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public 

18 Law 112–158; 126 Stat. 1251) (as redesignated by sub19 section (b) of this section) is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

24 Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, and annually 

25 thereafter for 3 years’’; 


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1 (3) by striking ‘‘otherwise directing the commis2 sion of’’ and inserting ‘‘otherwise directing— 

3 ‘‘(i) the commission of’’; 

4 (4) by striking ‘‘Iran.’’ and inserting ‘‘Iran; 

5 ‘‘(ii) censorship or related activities 

6 with respect to Iran; or 

7 ‘‘(iii) the diversion of goods, food, 

8 medicine, medical devices, and agricultural 

9 commodities, intended for the people of 

10 Iran.’’; 

11 (5) by striking ‘‘For any such person’’ and in12 serting the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT RELATING TO PER14 SONS NOT INCLUDED.—For any such person’’; 

15 and 

16 (6) by adding at the end the following new sub17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENT RELATING TO FINAN19 CIAL NET WORTH.—For each such person de20 scribed in subparagraph (A) and each such per21 son described in subparagraph (B), the Sec22 retary of State shall include in the report a de23 scription of the estimated net worth of the per24 son.’’. 


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1 (d) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Section 401 of the Iran 

2 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

3 (Public Law 112–158; 126 Stat. 1251), as amended by 

4 this section, is further amended by adding at the end the 

5 following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REPORT.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Iran 

9 Prevention Act of 2013, and annually thereafter for 

10 3 years, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 

11 appropriate congressional committees a detailed re12 port with respect to whether each person described 

13 in subsection (a) or any family member of such per14 son has facilitated deceptive transactions for or on 

15 behalf of any person subject to United States sanc16 tions concerning Iran in violation of Executive Order 

17 13608 of May 1, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 26409; 50 

18 U.S.C. 1701 note) or any other provision of law. 

19 ‘‘(2) FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.—In this sub20 section, the term ‘family member’ includes, with re21 spect to a person, any relative of such person to the 

22 third degree of consanguinity.’’. 

23 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for 

24 section 401 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 

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1 Stat. 1251) is amended by striking ‘‘COMMITTED

2 AGAINST’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘, ENGAG3 ING IN CENSORSHIP, OR ENGAGING IN THE DIVER4 SION OF GOODS INTENDED FOR THE PEOPLE OF

5 IRAN.’’. 

6 (f) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

7 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

8 Act of 2012 is amended by striking the item relating to 

9 section 401 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 401. Imposition of sanctions on certain persons responsible for or 

complicit in human rights abuses, engaging in censorship, or 

engaging in the diversion of goods intended for the people of 

Iran.’’. 

10 SEC. 105. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ELECTIONS IN IRAN. 

11 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find12 ings: 

13 (1) The Iranian people are systematically de14 nied free, fair, and credible elections by the Govern15 ment of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

16 (2) The unelected and unaccountable Guardian 

17 Council disqualifies hundreds of qualified candidates, 

18 including women and most religious minorities, while 

19 the regime intimidates others into staying out of 

20 elections completely. 

21 (3) Voting inconsistencies, including an absence 

22 of international observers, and fraud are common23 place. 


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1 (4) The 2009 presidential elections proved that 

2 the regime will engage in large scale vote-rigging to 

3 ensure a specific result. 

4 (5) The Iranian regime combines electoral ma5 nipulation with the ruthless suppression of dissent. 

6 Following the 2009 elections, peaceful demonstrators 

7 were met with violence by the regime’s security ap8 paratus, including arbitrary detentions, beatings, 

9 kidnappings, rapes, and murders. 

10 (6) The electoral manipulation and human 

11 rights violations are in violation of the Government 

12 of Iran’s agreed to obligations under the United Na13 tions International Covenant on Civil and Political 

14 Rights. 

15 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 

16 Congress that— 

17 (1) the Iranian people are deprived by their 

18 government of free, fair, and credible elections; 

19 (2) the United States should support freedom, 

20 human rights, civil liberties, and the rule of law in 

21 Iran, and elections that are free and fair, meet inter22 national standards, and allow independent inter23 national and domestic electoral observers unre24 stricted access to polling and counting stations; and 


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1 (3) the United States should support the people 

2 of Iran in their peaceful calls for a representative 

3 and responsive democratic government that respects 

4 human rights, civil liberties, and the rule of law. 

5 SEC. 106. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DESIGNATION OF A SPE6 CIAL COORDINATOR FOR ADVANCING HUMAN 

7 RIGHTS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION FOR 

8 WOMEN IN IRAN. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State 

10 should designate a Special Coordinator position in the Bu11 reau of Near Eastern Affairs whose primary function is 

12 to facilitate cooperation across departments for the pur13 pose of advancing human rights and political participation 

14 for women in Iran, as well as to prepare evidence and in15 formation to be used in identifying Iranian officials for 

16 designation as human rights violators for their involve17 ment in violating the human rights of women in Iran. 


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1 TITLE II—ECONOMIC AND 

2 FINANCIAL SANCTIONS 

3 Subtitle A—Amendments to Iran 

4 Sanctions Act of 1996 

5 SEC. 201. TRANSFER TO IRAN OF GOODS, SERVICES, OR 

6 TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD MATERIALLY 

7 CONTRIBUTE TO IRAN’S ABILITY TO MINE OR 

8 MILL URANIUM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions 

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

11 is amended by adding at the end the following new para12 graph: 

13 ‘‘(3) TRANSFER TO IRAN OF GOODS, SERVICES, 

14 OR TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN BE USED FOR MINING

15 OR MILLING OF URANIUM.—Except as provided in 

16 subsection (f), the President shall impose 5 or more 

17 of the sanctions described in section 6(a) with re18 spect to a person if the President determines that 

19 the person knowingly transferred, on or after the 

20 date of the enactment of the Nuclear Iran Preven21 tion Act of 2013, to Iran goods, services, or tech22 nology that would materially contribute to Iran’s 

23 ability to mine or mill uranium.’’. 

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5 of such 

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1 ing ‘‘paragraph (1) or (2)’’ each place it appears and in2 serting ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), or (3)’’. 

3 SEC. 202. REPEAL OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO 

4 DEVELOPMENT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DE5 STRUCTION OR OTHER MILITARY CAPABILI6 TIES. 

7 Section 9(c)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 

8 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) by striking subparagraph (B); 

11 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub12 paragraph (B); and 

13 (3) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by 

14 paragraph (2) of this section)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘or (B)’’ each place it ap16 pears; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘, as applicable’’. 


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1 Subtitle B—Amendments to Com2 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac3 countability, and Divestment 

4 Act of 2010 and Iran Threat Re5 duction and Syria Human 

6 Rights Act of 2012 

7 SEC. 211. MODIFICATIONS TO PROHIBITION ON PROCURE8 MENT CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS THAT EX9 PORT SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN. 

10 (a) APPLICATION TO OWNERS AND SUBSIDIARIES.— 

11 Subsection (a) of section 106 of the Comprehensive Iran 

12 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 

13 (Public Law 111–195; 22 U.S.C. 8515) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘goods or services with a per15 son’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘goods or serv16 ices— 

17 ‘‘(1) with a person’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (1), as added by paragraph 

19 (1) of this subsection, by striking the period at the 

20 end and inserting and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

21 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

22 paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(2) with respect to a person acting on behalf 

24 of or at the direction of, or owned or controlled by, 

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1 owns or controls a person described in paragraph 

2 (1).’’. 

3 (b) SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.—Subsection 

4 (c)(1) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘is to be 

5 used specifically’’ and inserting ‘‘has been designed or spe6 cifically modified’’. 

7 (c) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION AND IMPOSI8 TION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—Such section, as so 

9 amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 

10 following new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(e) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION AND IMPOSI12 TION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—The President shall 

13 impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) 

14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 

15 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) with respect to— 

16 ‘‘(1) a person if the President determines that 

17 the person knowingly exports sensitive technology to 

18 Iran; or 

19 ‘‘(2) a person acting on behalf of or at the di20 rection of, or owned or controlled by, a person de21 scribed in paragraph (1) or a person who owns or 

22 controls a person described in paragraph (1).’’. 

23 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of 

24 such section is amended by inserting ‘‘AND IMPOSITION

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1 (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

2 for the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

3 Divestment Act of 2010 is amended by striking the item 

4 relating to section 106 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 106. Prohibition on procurement contracts with and imposition of sanctions against persons that export sensitive technology to Iran.’’. 

5 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

6 this section take effect on the date of the enactment of 

7 this Act and apply with respect to exports of sensitive 

8 technology to Iran that occur on or after such date of en9 actment. 

10 SEC. 212. AUTHORITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERN11 MENTS TO AVOID EXPOSURE TO SANCTIONED 

12 PERSONS AND SECTORS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Comprehensive 

14 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

15 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8532) is amended by striking subsections 

16 (a), (b), and (c) and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con18 gress that the United States should respect the decision 

19 of any State or local government to divest from or prohibit 

20 the investment of assets of the State or local government 

21 in a person described in subsection (c) or to impose disclo22 sure and transparency requirements on any person subject 

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1 to an activity that is exempt, licensed, or otherwise author2 ized by a Federal department or agency. 

3 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi4 sion of law, a State or local government may adopt and 

5 enforce measures that meet the requirements of subsection 

6 (d)— 

7 ‘‘(1) to divest the assets of the State or local 

8 government from a person described in subsection 

9 (c); 

10 ‘‘(2) to prohibit investment of the assets of the 

11 State or local government in any such person; or 

12 ‘‘(3) to impose disclosure and transparency re13 quirements on any person subject to the jurisdiction 

14 of such government, except with respect to an activ15 ity that is exempt, licensed, or otherwise authorized 

16 by a Federal department or agency. 

17 ‘‘(c) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 

18 this subsection is a person with respect to which sanctions 

19 have been, and continue to be, imposed pursuant to— 

20 ‘‘(1) section 104(c) of this Act; 

21 ‘‘(2) section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 

22 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); 

23 ‘‘(3) section 1245(d) of the National Defense 

24 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(4) sections 1244, 1245, 1246 or 1247 of the 

2 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

3 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8803, 8804, 8805, or 8806).’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 202 of the 

5 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di6 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8532) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘engages in 

8 investment activities in Iran described in subsection 

9 (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘is a person described in sub10 section (c)’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘or (i)’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘or (g)’’; 

13 (3) by striking subsection (h) and by redesig14 nating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (h) and 

15 (i), respectively; and 

16 (4) in paragraph (1) of subsection (i) (as redes17 ignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection), by 

18 striking ‘‘(determined without regard to subsection 

19 (c))’’. 

20 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

21 this section apply to measures adopted by State and local 

22 governments on or after the date of the enactment of this 

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1 SEC. 213. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE EURO2 PEAN CENTRAL BANK. 

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

4 (1) The Government of Iran, its agencies and 

5 instrumentalities, continue to have access to, and 

6 utilize, euro-denominated transactions, including for 

7 goods and services that are subject to sanctions im8 posed by the United States, the European Union 

9 and its member states and by the United Nations. 

10 (2) The Guidelines of the European Central 

11 Bank (Article 39(1)) states that: ‘‘Participants shall 

12 be deemed to be aware of, and shall comply with, all 

13 obligations on them relating to legislation on data 

14 protection, prevention of money laundering and the 

15 financing of terrorism, proliferation-sensitive nuclear 

16 activities and the development of nuclear weapons 

17 delivery systems, in particular in terms of imple18 menting appropriate measures concerning any pay19 ments debited or credited on their PM accounts.’’ 

20 (3) United States and European convergence 

21 with respect to United States sanctions efforts to22 ward the Government of Iran is a vital component 

23 of United States policy aimed at preventing the Gov24 ernment of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons 

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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con2 gress that the President should continue to closely coordi3 nate and cooperate with the European Union and its mem4 ber states to restrict access to and use of the euro cur5 rency by the Government of Iran, its agencies and instru6 mentalities, for transactions with the exception of food, 

7 medicine, medical devices, and agricultural commodities. 

8 SEC. 214. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

9 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CUR10 RENCIES. 

11 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Subtitle B of title 

12 II of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

13 Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8721 et seq.) is amended by in14 serting after section 220 the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 220A. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

16 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CUR17 RENCIES. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this sec19 tion, the President— 

20 ‘‘(1) shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 

21 impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the 

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1 ‘‘(2) may impose sanctions pursuant to the 

2 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

3 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to any other per4 son described in subsection (c). 

5 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The authority to impose sanctions 

6 under subsection (a)(2) shall not include the authority to 

7 impose sanctions relating to the importation of goods. 

8 ‘‘(c) PERSON DESCRIBED.—A person described in 

9 this subsection is a person the President determines has— 

10 ‘‘(1) knowingly conducted or facilitated a sig11 nificant transaction involving the currency of a coun12 try other than the country in which the person is op13 erating at the time of the transaction with, for, or 

14 on behalf of— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Central Bank of Iran or another 

16 Iranian financial institution designated by the 

17 Secretary of the Treasury for the imposition of 

18 sanctions pursuant to the International Emer19 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

20 seq.); or 

21 ‘‘(B) a person described in section 

22 1244(c)(2) of the Iran Freedom and Counter23 Proliferation Act (22 U.S.C. 8803(c)(2)) (other 

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1 ‘‘(2) knowingly conducted or facilitated a sig2 nificant transaction by another person involving the 

3 currency of a country other than the country in 

4 which that other person is operating at the time of 

5 the transaction, with, for, or on behalf of a person 

6 described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph 

7 (1). 

8 ‘‘(d) WAIVER.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

10 the application of subsection (a) with respect to a 

11 person for a period of not more than 180 days, and 

12 may renew that waiver for additional periods of not 

13 more than 180 days, if the President— 

14 ‘‘(A) determines that the waiver is vital to 

15 the national security of the United States; and 

16 ‘‘(B) not less than 7 days before the waiv17 er or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may 

18 be, takes effect, submits a report to the appro19 priate congressional committees on the waiver 

20 and the reason for the waiver. 

21 ‘‘(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report sub22 mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in 

23 unclassified form but may include a classified annex. 

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1 authorize or require the imposition of sanctions with re2 spect to any person for, conducting or facilitating any 

3 transaction in the currency of the country in which the 

4 person is operating at the time of the transaction for the 

5 sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or med6 ical devices. 

7 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; 

9 PAYABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘ac10 count’, ‘correspondent account’, and ‘payable11 through account’ have the meanings given those 

12 terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States 

13 Code. 

14 ‘‘(2) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term 

15 ‘agricultural commodity’ has the meaning given that 

16 term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 

17 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

18 ‘‘(3) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

19 term ‘foreign financial institution’ has the meaning 

20 given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code 

21 of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 

22 regulation or ruling). 

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1 tinued in effect pursuant to the International Emer2 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

3 seq.)). 

4 ‘‘(5) IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

5 term ‘Iranian financial institution’ has the meaning 

6 given that term in section 104A(d) of the Com7 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di8 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)). 

9 ‘‘(6) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘medical de10 vice’ has the meaning given the term ‘device’ in sec11 tion 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

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

13 ‘‘(7) MEDICINE.—The term ‘medicine’ has the 

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

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

16 321). 

17 ‘‘(8) TRANSACTION.—The term ‘transaction’ in18 cludes a foreign exchange swap, a foreign exchange 

19 forward, and any other type of similar currency ex20 change or conversion or similar derivative instru21 ment.’’. 

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

23 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 601(a)(1) of 

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1 Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8781(a)(1)) is amended by 

2 inserting ‘‘220A,’’ after ‘‘220,’’. 

3 (2) PENALTIES.—Section 601(b)(2)(A) of such 

4 Act (22 U.S.C. 8781(b)(2)(A)) is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘and 220,’’ and inserting ‘‘220, and 220A,’’. 

6 (3) TERMINATION.—Section 605(a) of such Act 

7 (22 U.S.C. 8785(a)) is amended by inserting 

8 ‘‘220A,’’ after ‘‘220,’’. 

9 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

10 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

11 Act of 2012 is amended by inserting after the item relat12 ing to section 220 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 220A. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain transactions in foreign currencies.’’. 

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

14 this section take effect on the date of the enactment of 

15 this Act and apply with respect to transactions entered 

16 into on or after May 22, 2013. 

17 SEC. 215. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANS18 ACTIONS WITH IRAN. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title II of the Iran 

20 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

21 (22 U.S.C. 8721 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 225. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANS2 ACTIONS WITH IRAN. 

3 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF SANCTIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this 

5 section, the President may impose sanctions pursu6 ant to the International Emergency Economic Pow7 ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) on a foreign person 

8 that the President determines has, on or after the 

9 date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment 

10 of the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, know11 ingly conducted or facilitated a significant financial 

12 transaction with the Central Bank of Iran or other 

13 Iranian financial institution that has been des14 ignated by the Secretary of the Treasury for the im15 position of sanctions pursuant to the International 

16 Emergency Economic Powers Act, for— 

17 ‘‘(A) the purchase of goods or services by 

18 a person in Iran or on behalf of a person in 

19 Iran; or 

20 ‘‘(B) the purchase of goods or services 

21 from a person in Iran or on behalf of a person 

22 in Iran. 

23 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 

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1 include the authority to impose sanctions relat2 ing to the importation of goods. 

3 ‘‘(B) GOOD.—In this paragraph, the term 

4 ‘good’ has the meaning given that term in sec5 tion 16 of the Export Administration Act of 

6 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as continued in 

7 effect pursuant to the International Emergency 

8 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

9 seq.)). 

10 ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

11 this section shall be construed to affect the imposi12 tion of sanctions with respect to a financial trans13 action for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum 

14 products from Iran under section 1245 of the Na15 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

16 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1648). 

17 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR OVERALL REDUCTIONS OF EX18 PORTS TO AND IMPORTS FROM IRAN.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is author20 ized not to impose sanctions under subsection (a) on 

21 a foreign person if the President determines and 

22 submits to the appropriate congressional committees 

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1 scribed in paragraph (2), significantly reduced the 

2 value and volume of imports and exports of goods 

3 (other than petroleum or petroleum products) and 

4 services between such country and Iran. 

5 ‘‘(2) TIME PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The time pe6 riod referred to in paragraph (1) is the 60-day pe7 riod ending on the date on which the President 

8 makes the determination under paragraph (1) as 

9 compared to the immediately preceding 60-day pe10 riod. 

11 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR SALES OF AGRICULTURAL

12 COMMODITIES, FOOD, MEDICINE AND MEDICAL DE13 VICES.—The President may not impose sanctions under 

14 subsection (a) on a foreign person with respect to a trans15 action for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi16 cine or medical devices to Iran. 

17 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 ‘‘(1) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per19 son’ has the meaning given that term in section 14 

20 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– 

21 172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

22 ‘‘(2) IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

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1 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di2 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)).’’. 

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: 

‘‘Sec. 225. Sanctions with respect to certain transactions with Iran.’’. 

7 Subtitle C—Other Matters 

8 SEC. 221. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

9 THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND OTHER 

10 IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

11 (a) EXCEPTION TO APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS

12 WITH RESPECT TO PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS.—Sec13 tion 1245(d)(4)(D)(i)(I) of the National Defense Author14 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 

15 Stat. 1648; 22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)(I)) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘reduced reduced’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘reduced’’; 

18 (2) by inserting ‘‘value and’’ before ‘‘volume’’; 

19 (3) by inserting ‘‘or of Iranian origin’’ after 

20 ‘‘from Iran’’; and 

21 (4) by adding at the end before the semicolon 

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1 try’s total purchases of crude oil from Iran or of Ira2 nian origin’’. 

3 (b) FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED.—Sec4 tion 1245(d)(4)(D)(ii)(II) of the National Defense Au5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 

6 81; 125 Stat. 1648) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘(II)(aa)’’; 

8 (2) in item (aa) (as designated by paragraph 

9 (1) of this subsection), by striking the period at the 

10 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

12 item: 

13 ‘‘(bb) the foreign financial insti14 tution holding the account described 

15 in item (aa) does not knowingly facili16 tate any significant financial transfers 

17 for, with, or on behalf of the Govern18 ment of Iran, unless the transaction is 

19 excepted from sanctions under para20 graph (2) or is a transaction described 

21 in subclause (I) and item (aa).’’. 

22 (c) STRATEGY TO REDUCE CRUDE OIL PURCHASES

23 FROM IRAN OR OF IRANIAN ORIGIN.— 

24 (1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of 

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1 that have received an exception under subparagraph 

2 (D)(i)(I) of section 1245(d)(4) of the National De3 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub4 lic Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1648) shall reduce their 

5 crude oil purchases from Iran or of Iranian origin so 

6 that the aggregate amount of such purchases is re7 duced by not less than an average of 1,000,000 bar8 rels of crude oil per day by the end of the 1-year pe9 riod beginning on the date of submission of the 

10 strategy described in subparagraph (E)(ii) of such 

11 section (as added by paragraph (2) of this sub12 section). 

13 (2) AMENDMENT.—Section 1245(d)(4) of the 

14 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

15 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1648) is 

16 amended by adding at the end the following new 

17 subparagraph: 

18 ‘‘(E) STRATEGY TO REDUCE CRUDE OIL

19 PURCHASES FROM IRAN OR OF IRANIAN ORI20 GIN.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 

22 days after the date of the enactment of the 

23 Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, the 

24 President shall make a determination, 

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1 most recent report required under subpara2 graph (A), of whether each country that 

3 received an exception under subparagraph 

4 (D)(i)(I) before such date of enactment is 

5 able to reduce its crude oil purchases from 

6 Iran or of Iranian origin so that the aggre7 gate amount of such purchases is reduced 

8 by not less than an average of 1,000,000 

9 barrels of crude oil per day by the end of 

10 the 1-year period beginning on the date of 

11 submission of the strategy described in 

12 clause (ii). If the President makes an ini13 tial determination under this clause that 

14 the requirements of this clause cannot be 

15 met, then the President shall continue to 

16 make a determination under this clause 

17 every 90 days thereafter as to whether or 

18 not the requirements of this clause can be 

19 met. 

20 ‘‘(ii) STRATEGY.—If the President de21 termines that the requirements of clause 

22 (i) can be met, then not later than 60 days 

23 after the date of such affirmative deter24 mination, the President shall develop and 

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1 committees a strategy to seek to ensure 

2 that the requirements of clause (i) are met 

3 by the end of the 1-year period beginning 

4 on such date of submission. 

5 ‘‘(iii) FUTURE EXCEPTIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(I) AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINA7 TION.—If the President determines 

8 that the strategy described in clause 

9 (ii) was achieved, then each country 

10 described in clause (i) shall be eligible 

11 to receive one or more further excep12 tions under subparagraph (D)(i)(I) in 

13 accordance with the provisions of such 

14 subparagraph. 

15 ‘‘(II) NEGATIVE DETERMINA16 TION.—Except as provided in sub17 clause (III), if the President deter18 mines that the strategy described in 

19 clause (ii) was not achieved, then each 

20 country described in clause (i) shall be 

21 ineligible to receive any further excep22 tion under subparagraph (D)(i)(I) in 

23 accordance with the provisions of such 

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1 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—Sub2 clause (II) shall not apply with 

3 respect to a country described in 

4 clause (i) if the country— 

5 ‘‘(AA) dramatically re6 duced its crude oil purchases 

7 from Iran or of Iranian ori8 gin during the 1-year period 

9 described in clause (ii); and 

10 ‘‘(BB) has committed 

11 itself to continue to reduce 

12 its crude oil purchases from 

13 Iran or of Iranian origin to 

14 a de minimis level. 

15 ‘‘(bb) DATA.—The President 

16 shall submit to the appropriate 

17 congressional committees all data 

18 used to make a determination 

19 under item (aa) not later than 15 

20 days before issuing an exception 

21 under item (aa). 

22 ‘‘(iv) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL

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1 ‘‘(I) the Committee on Foreign 

2 Affairs and the Committee on Finan3 cial Services of the House of Rep4 resentatives; and 

5 ‘‘(II) the Committee on Foreign 

6 Relations and the Committee on 

7 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

8 of the Senate.’’. 

9 (d) DEFINITION OF CRUDE OIL.—Section 

10 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

11 for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)) is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 

13 ‘‘(iii) CRUDE OIL.—In this subpara14 graph, the term ‘crude oil’ includes unfin15 ished oils, liquefied petroleum gases, dis16 tillate fuel oil, and residual fuel oil.’’. 

17 (e) WAIVER.—Section 1245(d)(5)(A) of the National 

18 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 

19 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(5)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘in the na20 tional’’ and inserting ‘‘vital to the national’’. 

21 (f) DEFINITIONS OF ‘‘SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION’’.— 

22 Section 1245(h)(3) of the National Defense Authorization 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘price or volume’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘price and volume’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end before the period the 

4 following: ‘‘and at least a pro rata amount totaling, 

5 in the aggregate, not less than an average of 

6 1,000,000 barrels of crude oil per day by the end of 

7 the 1-year period beginning on the date of submis8 sion of the strategy described in subsection 

9 (d)(4)(E)(ii)’’. 

10 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

11 this section take effect beginning on the date that is 180 

12 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 222. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

14 PORTS, SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, FREE 

15 ECONOMIC ZONES, AND STRATEGIC SECTORS 

16 OF IRAN. 

17 (a) FINDINGS.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 1244 of 

18 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

19 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8803) is amended by striking ‘‘and ship20 building’’ and inserting ‘‘shipbuilding, automotive, con21 struction, engineering, or mining’’. 

22 (b) DESIGNATION OF PORTS, SPECIAL ECONOMIC

23 ZONES, FREE ECONOMIC ZONES, AND ENTITIES IN STRA24 TEGIC SECTORS AS ENTITIES OF PROLIFERATION CON25 CERN.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 


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1 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘AND

2 ENTITIES IN THE ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIP3 BUILDING SECTORS’’ and inserting ‘‘, SPECIAL ECO4 NOMIC ZONES, FREE ECONOMIC ZONES, AND ENTI5 TIES IN STRATEGIC SECTORS’’; and 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘and entities in the energy, 

7 shipping, and shipbuilding sectors’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

8 entities that operate special economic zones or free 

9 economic zones, and entities in strategic sectors (as 

10 defined in subsection (c)(4))’’. 

11 (c) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY OF PORTS, SPECIAL

12 ECONOMIC ZONES, FREE ECONOMIC ZONES, AND ENTI13 TIES IN STRATEGIC SECTORS.—Subsection (c) of such 

14 section is amended— 

15 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘EN16 TITIES IN ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING

17 SECTORS’’ and inserting ‘‘PORTS, SPECIAL ECO18 NOMIC ZONES, FREE ECONOMIC ZONES, AND ENTI19 TIES IN STRATEGIC SECTORS’’; 

20 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘the energy, shipping, or 

22 shipbuilding sectors’’ each place it appears and 

23 inserting ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in 

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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘, special economic zone, 

2 or free economic zone’’ after ‘‘port’’ each place 

3 it appears; and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

5 paragraphs: 

6 ‘‘(4) STRATEGIC SECTOR DEFINED.—In this 

7 section, the term ‘strategic sector’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) the energy, shipping, shipbuilding, 

9 automotive, or mining sector of Iran; and 

10 ‘‘(B) the construction or engineering sector 

11 of Iran if the President determines and reports 

12 to Congress not later than 45 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of the Nuclear Iran Pre14 vention Act of 2013 that the construction or en15 gineering sector of Iran, as the case may be, is 

16 of strategic importance to Iran. 

17 ‘‘(5) NOTIFICATION AND REPORT RELATING TO

18 STRATEGIC SECTORS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall 

20 submit to Congress a notification of the des21 ignation of a sector as a strategic sector of Iran 

22 for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) not later than 

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1 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

2 after the date on which the President submits 

3 to Congress a notification of the designation of 

4 a sector as a strategic sector of Iran under sub5 paragraph (A), the Comptroller General of the 

6 United States shall submit to Congress a report 

7 that contains— 

8 ‘‘(i) a review and comment on such 

9 designation; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) recommendations regarding the 

11 designation of additional sectors as stra12 tegic sectors of Iran for purposes of para13 graph (4).’’. 

14 (d) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO

15 STRATEGIC SECTORS.—Subsection (d) of such section is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘THE

18 ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING SECTORS’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘STRATEGIC SECTORS’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the energy, 

21 shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

22 strategic sector (as defined in subsection 

23 (c)(4)(A))’’. 

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1 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

2 inserting ‘‘for a period of not more than 1 year, and 

3 may renew that exception for additional periods of 

4 not more than 1 year’’ after ‘‘economic development 

5 for Afghanistan’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘to the extent that’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘if’’; 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘or the renewal of the ex10 ception, as the case may be,’’ after ‘‘such an ex11 ception’’; and 

12 (C) by striking ‘‘in the national interest’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘in the national security inter14 est’’; and 

15 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘or the renewal of the ex17 ception, as the case may be,’’ before ‘‘not later 

18 than 15 days’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting at the end before the pe20 riod the following: ‘‘or the renewal of the excep21 tion’’. 

22 (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such section is fur23 ther amended in the section heading by striking ‘‘THE EN24 ERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING SECTORS’’ and 


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1 inserting ‘‘PORTS, SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, FREE

2 ECONOMIC ZONES, AND STRATEGIC SECTORS’’. 

3 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 this section— 

5 (1) take effect on the date that is 90 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

7 (2)(A) with respect to subsection (c) of section 

8 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

9 Fiscal Year 2013, as so amended, apply with respect 

10 to all transactions in all property and interests in 

11 property of any person described in subsection (c)(2) 

12 of such section that occur on or after the date that 

13 is 180 days after such date of enactment; and 

14 (B)(i) with respect to subsection (d)(1) of sec15 tion 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

16 for Fiscal Year 2013, apply with respect to the sale, 

17 supply, or transfer to or from Iran of goods or serv18 ices described in subsection (d)(3) of such section, as 

19 so amended, that occurs on or after the date that is 

20 180 days after such date of enactment; and 

21 (ii) with respect to subsection (d)(2) of section 

22 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

23 Fiscal Year 2013, apply with respect to the conduct 

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1 goods or services described in subsection (d)(3) of 

2 such section, as so amended, that occurs on or after 

3 the date that is 180 days after such date of enact4 ment. 

5 SEC. 223. REPORT ON DETERMINATIONS NOT TO IMPOSE 

6 SANCTIONS ON PERSONS WHO ALLEGEDLY 

7 SELL, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER PRECIOUS MET8 ALS TO OR FROM IRAN. 

9 Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization 

10 Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8804) is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub12 section (i); and 

13 (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol14 lowing new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(h) REPORT ON DETERMINATIONS NOT TO IMPOSE

16 SANCTIONS ON PERSONS WHO ALLEGEDLY SELL, SUP17 PLY, OR TRANSFER PRECIOUS METALS TO OR FROM

18 IRAN.— 

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

20 after the date of the enactment of Nuclear Iran Pre21 vention Act of 2013, and every 90 days thereafter, 

22 the President shall submit to the appropriate con23 gressional committees a report on each determina24 tion of the President during the preceding 90-day 

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1 or (c) with respect to a person who allegedly sells, 

2 supplies, or transfers precious metals, directly or in3 directly, to or from Iran, together with the reasons 

4 for such determination. 

5 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

6 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

7 contain a classified annex, if necessary.’’. 

8 SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

9 FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT FA10 CILITATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON BE11 HALF OF PERSONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED 

12 BY SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS. 

13 Section 1247 of the National Defense Authorization 

14 Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8806) is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub16 section (g); and 

17 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol18 lowing new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(f) PERSONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY SPE20 CIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 

22 sanctions described in subsection (a) with respect to 

23 a foreign financial institution, including but not lim24 ited to a foreign central bank, that the President de25 termines has, on or after the date that is 90 days 


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1 after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Iran 

2 Prevention Act of 2013, knowingly facilitated a sig3 nificant financial transaction on behalf of any person 

4 determined by the President to be directly owned or 

5 controlled by an Iranian person included on the list 

6 of specially designated nationals and blocked persons 

7 maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 

8 of the Department of the Treasury (other than an 

9 Iranian financial institution described in subsection 

10 (b)). 

11 ‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

12 Congress that the President routinely should deter13 mine on or after the date of the enactment of the 

14 Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 those persons 

15 that are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by 

16 an Iranian person included on the list of specially 

17 designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 

18 by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the De19 partment of the Treasury (other than an Iranian fi20 nancial institution described in subsection (b)). 

21 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION OF DATA FROM OTHER

22 COUNTRIES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA23 TIONS.—The President shall consider credible data 

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1 mental organizations in making determinations de2 scribed in paragraph (1).’’. 

3 SEC. 225. REPEAL OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER SANCTIONS 

4 PROVISIONS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AU5 THORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013. 

6 Subtitle D of title XII of the National Defense Au7 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8801 et 

8 seq.) is amended— 

9 (1) in section 1244— 

10 (A) in subsection (c)(1)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘(1) BLOCKING OF

12 PROPERTY.—’’ and all that follows through 

13 ‘‘On and after’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) BLOCK14 ING OF PROPERTY.—On and after’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

16 (B) in subsection (d)(1)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘(1) SALE, SUPPLY, OR

18 TRANSFER OF CERTAIN GOODS AND SERV19 ICES.—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Ex20 cept as provided’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) SALE, 

21 SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN GOODS

22 AND SERVICES.—Except as provided’’; and 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘(a) SALE, SUPPLY, OR

2 TRANSFER OF CERTAIN MATERIALS.—’’ and all 

3 that follows through ‘‘The President’’ and in4 serting ‘‘(a) SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF

5 CERTAIN MATERIALS.—The President’’; 

6 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

7 (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 

8 respectively (and by redesignating all sub-units 

9 therein accordingly); 

10 (C) in paragraph (3)(B) (as redesignated 

11 by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph)— 

12 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub13 clause (I) of clause (i)’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘clause (i) of subparagraph (A)’’; 

15 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘sub16 clause (II) of that clause’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘clause (ii) of that subparagraph’’; and 

18 (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘sub19 clause (III) of that clause’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘clause (iii) of that subparagraph’’; and 

21 (D) by striking ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—’’ and 

22 all that follows through ‘‘paragraph (1).’’; and 

23 (3) in section 1246(a)— 

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1 as provided’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF

2 SANCTIONS.—Except as provided’’; 

3 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

4 (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 

5 respectively (and by redesignating all sub-units 

6 therein accordingly); and 

7 (C) by striking ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—’’ and 

8 all that follows through ‘‘paragraph (1).’’; and 

9 SEC. 226. TERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS 

10 WITH PERSONS WHO SELL GOODS, SERVICES, 

11 OR TECHNOLOGY TO, OR CONDUCT ANY 

12 OTHER TRANSACTION WITH, IRAN. 

13 (a) MODIFICATION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGU14 LATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the en15 actment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

16 shall be revised to require a certification from each person 

17 that is a prospective contractor that the person, and any 

18 person under common ownership or control with the per19 son, does not sell goods, services, or technology to, or con20 duct any other transaction with, Iran for which sanctions 

21 may be imposed under this Act. 

22 (b) REMEDIES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the head of an executive 

24 agency determines that a person has submitted a 

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1 the date on which the applicable revision of the Fed2 eral Acquisition Regulation required by this section 

3 becomes effective, the head of that executive agency 

4 shall terminate a contract with such person or debar 

5 or suspend such person from eligibility for Federal 

6 contracts for a period of not less than 2 years. Any 

7 such debarment or suspension shall be subject to the 

8 procedures that apply to debarment and suspension 

9 under the Federal Acquisition Regulation under sub10 part 9.4 of part 9 of title 48, Code of Federal Regu11 lations. 

12 (2) INCLUSION ON LIST OF PARTIES EXCLUDED

13 FROM FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND NONPROCURE14 MENT PROGRAMS.—The Administrator of General 

15 Services shall include on the List of Parties Ex16 cluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocure17 ment Programs maintained by the Administrator 

18 under part 9 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

19 each person that is debarred, suspended, or proposed 

20 for debarment or suspension by the head of an exec21 utive agency on the basis of a determination of a 

22 false certification under paragraph (1). 

23 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 

24 be construed to limit the use of other remedies available 

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1 of the Federal Government on the basis of a determination 

2 of a false certification under subsection (a). 

3 (d) WAIVERS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may on a 

5 case-by-case basis waive the requirement that a per6 son make a certification under subsection (a) if the 

7 President determines and certifies in writing to the 

8 congressional committees described in paragraph (2) 

9 that it is essential to the national security interests 

10 of the United States to do so. 

11 (2) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE12 SCRIBED.—The congressional committees referred to 

13 in paragraph (1) are— 

14 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

15 Committee on Armed Services, and the Com16 mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of 

17 the House of Representatives; and 

18 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

19 the Committee on Armed Services, and the 

20 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern21 mental Affairs of the Senate. 

22 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 

24 agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

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1 (2) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.—The 

2 term ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regulation’’ means the 

3 regulation issued pursuant to section 1303(a)(1) of 

4 title 41, United States Code. 

5 (f) APPLICABILITY.—The revisions to the Federal 

6 Acquisition Regulation required under subsection (a) shall 

7 apply with respect to contracts for which solicitations are 

8 issued on or after the date that is 90 days after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act. 

10 SEC. 227. CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY AND OPERATION OF 

11 VESSELS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Ports and Waters Safety Act 

13 (33 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 16. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY AND OPERATION. 

16 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No foreign vessel described 

18 in subsection (b) shall enter or operate in the navi19 gable waters of the United States or transfer cargo 

20 in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the 

21 United States. 

22 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Paragraph 

23 (1) shall not apply with respect to a vessel described 

24 in subsection (b)(2) on and after any date on which 

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1 no longer registered as described in that subsection. 

2 The Secretary of State shall publish a notice of each 

3 such determination in the Federal Register. 

4 ‘‘(b) VESSELS DESCRIBED.—A vessel referred to in 

5 subsection (a) is a foreign vessel for which a Notice of 

6 Arrival is required to be filed under section 160 of title 

7 33, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date 

8 of enactment of the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, 

9 and that— 

10 ‘‘(1) is on a list of vessels published in Federal 

11 Register under subsection (c)(2); or 

12 ‘‘(2) more than 180 days after the publication 

13 of such a list, is registered, pursuant to the Geneva 

14 Convention on the High Seas (13 U.S.T. 2312; 

15 TIAS 5200; 450 UNTS 82), by a government the 

16 agents or instrumentalities of which are maintaining 

17 a registration of a vessel that is included in such 

18 list. 

19 ‘‘(c) INFORMATION AND PUBLICATION.—The Sec20 retary of Transportation, in consultation with the Sec21 retary of State, shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) maintain timely information on registra23 tions of all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons that 

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1 ‘‘(A) owned or operated by or on behalf 

2 of— 

3 ‘‘(i) the National Iran Tanker Com4 pany or the Islamic Republic of Iran Ship5 ping Line; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) any successor to an entity re7 ferred to in clause (i); or 

8 ‘‘(B) otherwise owned or operated by or on 

9 behalf of Iran; and 

10 ‘‘(2) publish in the Federal Register a list of 

11 vessels described in paragraph (1), including periodic 

12 updates of such list. 

13 ‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENTS.—The Sec14 retary of State shall notify each government the agents 

15 or instrumentalities of which are maintaining a registra16 tion of a foreign vessel that is included on the list pub17 lished under subsection (c)(2), that all vessels registered 

18 under such government’s authority are subject to the pro19 hibition under subsection (a) if more than 180 days after 

20 such publication the government continues to maintain a 

21 registration for a vessel that is included on the list pub22 lished under subsection (c)(2). 

23 ‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION OF VESSELS.—Upon receiving a 

24 Notice of Arrival under section 160 of title 33, Code of 

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1 of the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013) from a vessel 

2 described in (b), the Secretary shall notify the master of 

3 such vessel that the vessel may not enter or operate in 

4 the navigable waters of the United States or transfer 

5 cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the 

6 United States, unless— 

7 ‘‘(1) the Secretary has made a determination 

8 described in subsection (a)(2); or 

9 ‘‘(2) the Secretary allows provisional entry of 

10 the vessel, or transfer of cargo from the vessel, 

11 under subsection (f). 

12 ‘‘(f) PROVISIONAL ENTRY OR CARGO TRANSFER.— 

13 Notwithstanding subsection (e), the Secretary may allow 

14 provisional entry of, or transfer of cargo from, a foreign 

15 vessel described in subsection (b), if such entry or transfer 

16 is necessary for the safety of the vessel or persons aboard. 

17 ‘‘(g) RIGHT OF INNOCENT PASSAGE.—This section 

18 shall not be construed as authority to restrict the right 

19 of innocent passage as recognized under international law. 

20 ‘‘(h) FOREIGN VESSEL DEFINED.—In this section 

21 the term ‘foreign vessel’ has the meaning given that term 

22 in section 110 of title 46, United States Code.’’. 

23 (b) DEADLINE FOR PUBLICATION.—The Secretary 

24 shall publish a list under section 16(c)(2) of the Ports and 

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1 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

2 this Act. 

3 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (1) Section 13(e) of the Ports and Waterways 

5 Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1232(e)) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘section 9’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 9 and 16’’. 

7 (2) Section 4(b)(2) of the Ports and Waterways 

8 Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1223(b)(2)) is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘section 9’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9 or 16’’. 

10 TITLE III—ADDITIONAL AU11 THORITIES TO PREVENT CEN12 SORSHIP ACTIVITIES IN IRAN 

13 SEC. 301. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS 

14 AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 

15 BROADCASTING. 

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

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

18 shall submit to Congress a report on the following: 

19 (1) The current status of availability of the Is20 lamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on 

21 international satellites, entities that facilitate its op22 eration by providing services or equipment, and the 

23 technical means that it engages in jamming. 

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1 Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil 

2 and Political Rights, including broadcasting forced 

3 confessions and hate speech against minorities. 

4 (3) The instances, since January 1, 2012, in 

5 which international broadcasting programs origi6 nating from the United States and Europe have 

7 been subject to disruption in Iran, with relevant de8 tails such as which programs were disrupted, avail9 able location information on the origin of the disrup10 tion, and the extent of the disruption. 

11 (b) COORDINATION.—In developing the report re12 quired by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall co13 ordinate with the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the 

14 Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads of other relevant 

15 Federal departments and agencies. 

16 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—All unclassified portions 

17 of the report required by subsection (a) shall be made pub18 licly available on the Internet web site of the Department 

19 of State. 

20 SEC. 302. LIST OF PERSONS WHO ARE HIGH-RISK RE-EX21 PORTERS OF SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES. 

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

23 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days there24 after, the Secretary of Commerce, in conjunction with the 

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1 make publicly available and update as appropriate a list 

2 of persons who are high-risk re-exporters of sensitive tech3 nologies in order to seek to ensure that the Government 

4 of Iran or an entity owned or controlled by that Govern5 ment is unable to obtain sensitive technologies through the 

6 re-export of such sensitive technologies by third-party 

7 intermediaries. 

8 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sensitive 

9 technology’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

10 106 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

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

12 SEC. 303. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVISION OF INTER13 CEPT TECHNOLOGIES TO IRAN. 

14 It is the sense of Congress that— 

15 (1) those that provide intercept technologies 

16 that limit freedom of speech or expression to the 

17 Government of Iran should be held accountable for 

18 the repression of the Iranian people; and 

19 (2) no person should use an existing contract 

20 with the Government of Iran as a justification to 

21 continue to supply intercept technologies to the Gov22 ernment of Iran for purposes of restricting the free 

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1 SEC. 304. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AVAILABILITY OF CON2 SUMER COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN 

3 IRAN. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that— 

5 (1) the Department of State should encourage 

6 the free flow of information in Iran to counter the 

7 Government of Iran’s repression of its own people; 

8 and 

9 (2) in order to facilitate the free flow of infor10 mation in Iran, the Department of State should pro11 mote the availability of certain consumer commu12 nication technologies to Iranian civil society and the 

13 Iranian people. 

14 SEC. 305. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR 

15 AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSFER OF GOODS 

16 AND SERVICES TO IRAN TO FACILITATE THE 

17 ABILITY OF IRANIAN PERSONS TO FREELY 

18 COMMUNICATE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 413 of the Iran Threat 

20 Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 

21 U.S.C. 8753) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub23 section (f); and 

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1 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The expedited proc2 ess for the consideration of complete requests for author3 ization to engage in the activities described in subsection 

4 (a) shall be construed to also apply to the transfer of 

5 goods and services to Iran to facilitate the ability of Ira6 nian persons to freely communicate, obtain information, 

7 and access the Internet and other communications sys8 tems.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 

11 of this Act and apply with respect to requests described 

12 in section 413 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 

13 Human Rights Act of 2012, as so amended, that are sub14 mitted to the Office of Foreign Assets Control on or after 

15 such date of enactment. 

16 TITLE IV—REPORTS AND OTHER 

17 MATTERS 

18 SEC. 401. NATIONAL STRATEGY ON IRAN. 

19 (a) NATIONAL STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Presi20 dent shall develop a strategy, to be known as the ‘‘Na21 tional Strategy on Iran’’, that provides strategic guidance 

22 for activities that support the objective of addressing the 

23 threats posed by Iran. 

24 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

25 the date of the enactment of this Act or January 30, 2014, 


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1 whichever occurs first, and every January 30 thereafter, 

2 the President shall submit to the appropriate congres3 sional committees the National Strategy on Iran required 

4 under subsection (a). 

5 (c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re6 quired under subsection (b) shall include, at a minimum, 

7 the following: 

8 (1) A description of Iran’s grand strategy and 

9 security strategy, including strategic objectives, and 

10 the security posture and objectives of Iran. 

11 (2) A description of the United States strategy 

12 to— 

13 (A) address and counter the capabilities of 

14 Iran’s conventional forces and Iran’s unconven15 tional forces; 

16 (B) disrupt and deny Iranian efforts to de17 velop or augment capabilities related to nuclear, 

18 unconventional, and missile forces development; 

19 (C) address the Government of Iran’s eco20 nomic strategy to enable the objectives de21 scribed in this subsection; 

22 (D) exploit key vulnerabilities; and 

23 (E) combat Iranian efforts to suppress 

24 Internet freedom, including actions of the 

25 United States to— 


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1 (i) work to promote expanded Internet 

2 access for democracy activists in Iran; 

3 (ii) add a public diplomacy page to 

4 the United States’ virtual embassy in Iran; 

5 and 

6 (iii) leverage multilateral organiza7 tions committed to Internet connectivity in 

8 Iran. 

9 (3) An implementation plan for the United 

10 States strategy described in paragraph (2). 

11 (d) FORM.—The report required under subsection (b) 

12 shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest ex13 tent possible, but may include a classified annex, if nec14 essary. 

15 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

16 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means— 

18 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

19 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Fi20 nancial Services, the Committee on Ways and 

21 Means, and the Permanent Select Committee on In22 telligence of the House of Representatives; and 

23 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

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1 mittee on Finance, and the Permanent Select Com2 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

3 SEC. 402. REPORT ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR AND ECONOMIC 

4 CAPABILITIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub7 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

8 on the following: 

9 (1) An estimate of the timeline for Iranian ca10 pabilities to develop nuclear weapons, including— 

11 (A) an estimate of the period of time it 

12 would take Iran to produce enough weapons13 grade uranium for a single implosion-type nu14 clear weapon, taking into account all known rel15 evant technical data; 

16 (B) an estimate of the period of time it 

17 would take Iran to produce sufficient separated 

18 plutonium for a single nuclear weapon; 

19 (C) a description of the assumptions un20 derlying the estimates referred to in subpara21 graphs (A) and (B), and any information about 

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1 (D) an estimate of the date by which the 

2 periods of time referred to in subparagraphs 

3 (A) and (B) will be less than 45 days; and 

4 (E) a description of any efforts by the 

5 United States to increase the frequency of in6 spections by the International Atomic Energy 

7 Agency of nuclear facilities in Iran. 

8 (2) An assessment of Iranian strategy and ca9 pabilities relating to development of nuclear weap10 ons, including— 

11 (A) a summary and analysis of current nu12 clear weapons capabilities; 

13 (B) an estimate of the amount and sources 

14 of funding expended by, and an analysis of pro15 curement networks utilized by, Iran to develop 

16 its nuclear weapons capabilities; 

17 (C) a summary of the capabilities of Iran’s 

18 unconventional weapons and Iran’s ballistic 

19 missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces; 

20 (D) a detailed analysis of the effectiveness 

21 of Iran’s unconventional weapons and Iran’s 

22 ballistic missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile 

23 forces as delivery systems for a nuclear device; 

24 (E) a description of all efforts of Iran to 

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1 efforts to design or fit warheads, and any other 

2 possible military dimensions of the nuclear pro3 gram of Iran; and 

4 (F) an analysis of the procurement net5 work, including the amount and sources of 

6 funding expended by Iran on programs to de7 velop a nuclear weapons capability. 

8 (3) Projected economic effects of international 

9 sanctions on Iran, including— 

10 (A) an estimate of the capital accounts, 

11 current accounts, and amounts of foreign ex12 change reserves (including access to foreign ex13 change reserves) of the Government of Iran, 

14 and other leading indicators of the status of the 

15 economy of Iran; 

16 (B) an estimate of timelines with respect 

17 to macroeconomic viability of Iran, including 

18 the time by which the Government of Iran will 

19 exhaust its foreign exchange reserves; 

20 (C) an estimate of the date by which the 

21 reserves of the Central Bank of Iran will be in22 sufficient for the Government of Iran to avoid 

23 a severe balance of payments crisis that pre24 vents it from maintaining a functioning econ25 omy, including— 


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1 (i) the inflation rate, exchange rates, 

2 unemployment rate, and budget deficits in 

3 Iran; and 

4 (ii) other leading macroeconomic indi5 cators used by the International Monetary 

6 Fund, professional rating agencies, and 

7 other credible sources to assess the eco8 nomic health of a country; 

9 (D) a description of the assumptions un10 derlying the estimate referred to in paragraph 

11 (3) and an indication of how changes in each of 

12 those assumptions could affect the estimate; 

13 (E) an assessment of the effect of sanc14 tions imposed with respect to Iran on moving 

15 forward the date referred to in subparagraph 

16 (C); and 

17 (F) a description of actions taken by the 

18 Government of Iran to delay the date referred 

19 to in subparagraph (C). 

20 (b) UPDATE.—The President shall submit to the ap21 propriate congressional committees an update of the re22 port required by subsection (a) every 60 days after the 

23 date of submission of the report that includes any perti24 nent developments to Iranian nuclear or economic capa25 bilities. 


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1 (c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

2 and the update required under subsection (b) shall be sub3 mitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent possible, 

4 but may include a classified annex, if necessary. 

5 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means— 

9 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

10 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

11 on Financial Services, the Committee on Ways 

12 and Means, and the Permanent Select Com13 mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep14 resentatives; and 

15 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

16 the Committee on Armed Services, the Com17 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af18 fairs, the Committee on Finance, and the Select 

19 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

20 (2) NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.—The term 

21 ‘‘nuclear explosive device’’ means any device, wheth22 er assembled or disassembled, that is designed to 

23 produce an instantaneous release of an amount of 

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1 leased from the detonation of one pound of trinitro2 toluene (TNT). 

3 SEC. 403. REPORT ON PLAUSIBILITY OF EXPANDING SANC4 TIONS ON IRANIAN OIL. 

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

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub7 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

8 assessing the following: 

9 (1) Whether petroleum and petroleum products 

10 originating in and exported from Iran are refined 

11 and sold outside of Iran. 

12 (2) Whether products that contain Iranian-ori13 gin petroleum or petroleum products as part of their 

14 contents are imported into the United States and, if 

15 any such products are imported into the United 

16 States, whether such importation violates the ban on 

17 importation into the United States of Iranian-origin 

18 petroleum or petroleum products. 

19 (3) Whether it is feasible to ban the importa20 tion into the United States of products described in 

21 paragraph (2), regardless of whether the ban on im22 portation into the United States of Iranian-origin 

23 petroleum or petroleum products applies to such 

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1 (b) BASIS OF REPORT.—The report required under 

2 subsection (a) may be based on publicly-available informa3 tion and classified information. The information that is 

4 not classified information shall be made publically avail5 able. 

6 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

7 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means— 

9 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

10 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com11 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep12 resentatives; and 

13 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

14 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af15 fairs, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 

16 SEC. 404. GAO REPORT ON IRANIAN STRATEGY TO EVADE 

17 CURRENT SANCTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS. 

18 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

20 States shall submit to Congress a report that— 

21 (1) evaluates the strategy of the Government of 

22 Iran to evade current economic and financial sanc23 tions; and 

24 (2) specifically evaluates the ability of Iran to 

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1 sector, thereby lessening the impact and effective2 ness of economic and financial sanctions. 

3 SEC. 405. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE REPORTS RE4 QUIRED UNDER IRAN SANCTIONS LAWS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any or all reports required to be 

6 submitted to Congress under the provisions of law de7 scribed in subsection (c) that are subject to a deadline for 

8 submission consisting of the same unit of time may be con9 solidated into a single report that is submitted to Congress 

10 pursuant to such deadline. 

11 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with 

12 respect to the initial report of any report described in sub13 section (a). 

14 (c) PROVISIONS OF LAW DESCRIBED.—The provi15 sions of law referred to in this section are the following: 

16 (1) This Act and the amendments made by this 

17 Act. 

18 (2) The Iran Freedom and Counter-Prolifera19 tion Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.). 

20 (3) The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 

21 Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et 

22 seq.). 

23 (4) The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac24 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

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1 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 

3 respect to reports required to be submitted to Congress 

4 under the provisions of law described in subsection (c) on 

5 or after such date of enactment. 

6 SEC. 406. AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS UNDER IRAN 

7 SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996 AND IRAN THREAT 

8 REDUCTION AND SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 

9 OF 2012. 

10 (a) IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996.—Section 

11 14(4)(B) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

12 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘may include, in the discretion of the President’’ and in14 serting ‘‘includes’’. 

15 (b) IRAN THREAT REDUCTION AND SYRIA HUMAN

16 RIGHTS ACT OF 2012.—Section 211 of the Iran Threat 

17 Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 

18 U.S.C. 8721) is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing new subsection: 

20 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘appro21 priate congressional committees’ includes the Committee 

22 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

23 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

24 Science, and Transportation of the Senate.’’. 


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1 SEC. 407. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

2 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

3 Act shall be construed to apply with respect to— 

4 (1) any activity relating to a project described 

5 in subsection (a) of section 603 of the Iran Threat 

6 Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 

7 U.S.C. 8783) to which the exception under that sec8 tion applies at the time of the activity; or 

9 (2) any authorized intelligence activity of the 

10 United States. 

11 SEC. 408. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES. 

12 (a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 

13 all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 

14 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

15 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this Act and the 

16 amendments made by this Act. 

17 (b) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub18 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

19 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

20 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con21 spires to violate, or causes a violation of this Act or any 

22 amendment made by this Act or regulations prescribed 

23 under this Act to the same extent that such penalties 

24 apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described 

25 in section 206(a) of the International Emergency Eco26 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(a)). 


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1 SEC. 409. SEVERABILITY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—If any provision of this Act, or 

3 the application of such provision to any person or cir4 cumstance, is found to be unconstitutional, the remainder 

5 of this Act, or the application of that provision to other 

6 persons or circumstances, shall not be affected. 

7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE UNDER SECTION 214.—If sub8 section (d) of section 214 is found to be unconstitutional 

9 in accordance with subsection (a), the amendments made 

10 by such section 214 take effect on the date of the enact11 ment of this Act and apply with respect to transactions 

12 entered into on or after such date of enactment. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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