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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 850 

To impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions 

with respect to Iran, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 

Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. 

POE of Texas, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. SMITH

of New Jersey, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 

KEATING, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SCHNEIDER, 

Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Ms. MENG, Mr. COTTON, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. COOK, Mr. 

HOLDING, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. PERRY, Mr. RADEL, Mr. COLLINS

of Georgia, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. MESSER, Mr. MARINO, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 

HIGGINS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 

STOCKMAN, and Ms. GABBARD) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 

Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To impose 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. Designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as foreign terrorist 

organization. 

Sec. 102. 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. 103. 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. 

TITLE II—ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SANCTIONS 

Sec. 201. Sanctions with respect to certain transactions with Iran. 

Sec. 202. 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. 203. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the Central Bank of Iran and 

other Iranian financial institutions. 

Sec. 204. Sense of Congress regarding the European Central Bank. 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Report on Iranian nuclear and economic capabilities. 

Sec. 302. National Strategy on Iran. 

Sec. 303. Government Accountability Office report on sanctions enforcement. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

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

8 (1) Iran’s acquisition of a nuclear weapons ca9 pability would— 

10 (A) embolden its already aggressive foreign 

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1 forts to target the United States, United States 

2 allies, and United States interests globally; 

3 (B) increase the risk that Iran would share 

4 its nuclear technology and expertise with ex5 tremist groups and rogue nations; 

6 (C) destabilize global energy markets, pos7 ing a direct and devastating threat to the 

8 American and global economy; and 

9 (D) likely lead other governments in the 

10 region to pursue their own nuclear weapons 

11 programs, increasing the prospect of nuclear 

12 proliferation throughout the region and effec13 tively ending the viability of the global non14 proliferation regime, including the Treaty on 

15 the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. 

16 (2) A nuclear arms-capable Iran possessing 

17 intercontinental ballistic missiles, a development 

18 most experts expect could occur within a decade, 

19 would pose a direct nuclear threat to the United 

20 States. 

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

22 of the United States to prevent Iran from acquiring a nu23 clear weapons capability. 


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1 TITLE I—HUMAN RIGHTS AND 

2 TERRORISM SANCTIONS 

3 SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 

4 GUARD CORPS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST OR5 GANIZATION. 

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

7 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

8 (22 U.S.C. 8741 et seq.) is amended— 

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

10 and 

11 (2) by inserting after section 303 the following 

12 new section: 

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

14 GUARD CORPS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST OR15 GANIZATION. 

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

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

18 State shall determine if Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps 

19 meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist 

20 organization as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration 

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

22 ‘‘(b) AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION.—If the Sec23 retary of State determines under subsection (a) that 

24 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps meets the criteria set 

25 forth under such section 219, the Secretary shall designate 


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1 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist 

2 organization under such section 219. 

3 ‘‘(c) NEGATIVE DETERMINATION.— 

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

5 determines under subsection (a) that Iran’s Revolu6 tionary Guard Corps does not meet the criteria set 

7 forth under such section 219, the Secretary shall 

8 submit to the committees of Congress specified in 

9 subparagraph (C) a report that contains a detailed 

10 justification as to which criteria have not been met. 

11 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under para12 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

13 but may contain classified annex, if necessary. 

14 ‘‘(3) COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS SPECIFIED.— 

15 The committees of Congress referred to in para16 graph (1) are the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) The Committee on Foreign Affairs 

18 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

19 House of Representatives. 

20 ‘‘(B) The Committee on Foreign Relations 

21 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen22 ate.’’. 

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

24 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 


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

2 section 304 and inserting the following: 

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

‘‘Sec. 305. Rule of construction.’’. 

3 SEC. 102. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN PER4 SONS RESPONSIBLE FOR OR COMPLICIT IN 

5 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, ENGAGING IN CEN6 SORSHIP, OR ENGAGING IN THE DIVERSION 

7 OF GOODS INTENDED FOR THE PEOPLE OF 

8 IRAN. 

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

10 401(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

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

12 1251) is amended to read as follows: 

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

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

15 persons holding the following positions in the Gov16 ernment of Iran are ultimately responsible for and 

17 have and continue to knowingly order, control, direct 

18 and implement gross violations of the human rights 

19 of the Iranian people, the human rights of persons 

20 in other countries, censorship, and the diversion of 

21 food, medicine, medical devices, agricultural com22 modities and other goods intended for the Iranian 

23 people: 

24 ‘‘(A) The Supreme Leader of Iran. 


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1 ‘‘(B) The President of Iran. 

2 ‘‘(C) Members of the Council of Guard3 ians. 

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

5 ‘‘(E) The Minister of Intelligence and Se6 curity. 

7 ‘‘(F) The Commander of the Iran’s Revo8 lutionary Guard Corps. 

9 ‘‘(G) The Commander of the Basij-e10 Mostaz’afin. 

11 ‘‘(H) The Commander of Ansar-e12 Hezbollah. 

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

14 ‘‘(J) The Commander in Chief of the Po15 lice Force. 

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

17 Congress that— 

18 ‘‘(A) the President should include any Ira19 nian person holding a position in the Govern20 ment of Iran described in paragraph (1) on one 

21 or more of the lists of persons subject to sanc22 tions pursuant to section 105(b), 105A(b), 

23 105B(b), or 105C(b) of the Comprehensive Iran 

24 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act 

25 of 2010; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) the President should impose sanc2 tions on such Iranian person pursuant to sec3 tion 105, 105A, 105B, or 105C of such Act (as 

4 the case may be).’’. 

5 (b) ADDITIONAL FINDING AND SENSE OF CON6 GRESS.—Section 401of the Iran Threat Reduction and 

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

8 126 Stat. 1251) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub10 section (c); and 

11 (2) inserting after subsection (a) the following: 

12 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL FINDING AND SENSE OF CON13 GRESS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that other sen15 ior officials of the Government of Iran, its agencies 

16 and instrumentalities, also have and continue to 

17 knowingly order, control, direct, and implement 

18 gross violations of the human rights of the Iranian 

19 people and the human rights of persons in other 

20 countries. 

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

22 Congress that— 

23 ‘‘(A) the President should investigate viola24 tions of human rights described in paragraph 

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1 ernment of Iran that also have or continue to 

2 knowingly order, control, direct, or implement 

3 gross violations of human rights of the Iranian 

4 people and the human rights of persons in other 

5 countries; 

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

7 official on one or more of the lists of persons 

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

9 105A(b), 105B(b), or 105C(b) of the Com10 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

11 Divestment Act of 2010; 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 Iran Sanctions Enforcement and Augmentation Act, 

25 and every 180 days thereafter’’; 


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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, and medical devices, and agricul9 tural commodities, intended for the people 

10 of Iran.’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—For 

14 any such person’’. 

15 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

16 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

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

18 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.’’. 


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1 SEC. 103. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FI2 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN 

3 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS ON BEHALF OF 

4 PERSONS INVOLVED IN HUMAN RIGHTS 

5 ABUSES OR THAT EXPORT SENSITIVE TECH6 NOLOGY TO IRAN. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(c)(2) of the Com8 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

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

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

11 the end; 

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

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

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(F) facilitates a significant transaction or 

17 transactions or provides significant financial 

18 services for— 

19 ‘‘(i) a person that is subject to sanc20 tions under section 105(c), 105A(c), 

21 105B(c), or 105C(c); or 

22 ‘‘(ii) a person that exports sensitive 

23 technology to Iran and is subject to the 

24 prohibition on procurement contracts as 

25 described in section 106.’’. 


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

2 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact3 ment of this Act and shall apply with respect to any activ4 ity described in subparagraph (F) of section 104(c)(2) of 

5 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

6 Divestment Act of 2010 (as added by subsection (a)(3)) 

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

8 date of enactment. 

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

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

11 Treasury shall prescribe regulations to carry out the 

12 amendments made by subsection (a). 

13 TITLE II—ECONOMIC AND 

14 FINANCIAL SANCTIONS 

15 SEC. 201. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANS16 ACTIONS WITH IRAN. 

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

18 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

19 (22 U.S.C. 8721 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

20 the following new section: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 225. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANS22 ACTIONS WITH IRAN. 

23 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF SANCTIONS.— 

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1 tions pursuant to the International Emergency Eco2 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) on a for3 eign person that the President determines has, on or 

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

5 enactment of this section, knowingly conducted or 

6 facilitated a significant financial transaction with the 

7 Central Bank of Iran or other Iranian financial in8 stitution that has been designated by the Secretary 

9 of the Treasury for the imposition of sanctions pur10 suant to such Act, for— 

11 ‘‘(A) the purchase of goods (other than pe12 troleum or petroleum products) or services by a 

13 person in Iran or on behalf of a person in Iran; 

14 or 

15 ‘‘(B) the purchase of goods (other than pe16 troleum or petroleum products) or services from 

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

18 Iran. 

19 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

20 this section shall be construed to affect the imposi21 tion of sanctions with respect to a financial trans22 action for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum 

23 products from Iran under section 1245(d)(4) of the 

24 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

25 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1648). 


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1 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR OVERALL REDUCTIONS OF EX2 PORTS TO AND IMPORTS FROM IRAN.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may not im4 pose sanctions under subsection (a) on a foreign per5 son if the President determines and submits to the 

6 appropriate congressional committees a report that 

7 contains a determination of the President that the 

8 country with primary jurisdiction over the foreign 

9 person has, during the time period described in 

10 paragraph (2), significantly reduced— 

11 ‘‘(A) the value of exports of goods (other 

12 than petroleum or petroleum products) and 

13 services from such country to Iran; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the value of imports of goods (other 

15 than petroleum or petroleum products) and 

16 services to such country from Iran. 

17 ‘‘(2) TIME PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The time pe18 riod referred to in paragraph (1) is the 180-day pe19 riod ending on the date on which the President 

20 makes the determination under paragraph (1) as 

21 compared to the immediately preceding 180-day pe22 riod. 

23 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR SALES OF AGRICULTURAL

24 COMMODITIES, FOOD, MEDICINE AND MEDICAL DE25 VICES.—The President may not impose sanctions under 


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1 subsection (a) on a foreign person with respect to a trans2 action for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi3 cine or medical devices to Iran. 

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

5 ‘‘(1) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per6 son’ has the meaning given that term in section 14 

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

8 172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

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

10 term ‘Iranian financial institution’ has the meaning 

11 given that term in section 104A(d) of the Com12 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di13 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)).’’. 

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

15 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

16 Act of 2012 is amended by inserting after the item relat17 ing to section 224 the following: 

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

18 SEC. 202. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

19 FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT FA20 CILITATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON BE21 HALF OF PERSONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED 

22 BY SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS. 

23 Section 1247 of the National Defense Authorization 

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


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub2 section (g); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(f) PERSONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY SPE6 CIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.— 

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

8 sanctions described in subsection (a) with respect to 

9 a foreign financial institution that the President de10 termines has, on or after the date that is 90 days 

11 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

12 knowingly facilitated a significant financial trans13 action on behalf of any person on the list required 

14 by paragraph (2). 

15 ‘‘(2) LIST.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 

17 days after the date of the enactment of this 

18 subsection, the President shall submit to the 

19 appropriate congressional committees list of 

20 persons that the President determines on or 

21 after the date of the enactment of this sub22 section are directly or indirectly owned or con23 trolled by an Iranian person included on the list 

24 of specially designated nationals and blocked 

25 persons maintained by the Office of Foreign 


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1 Assets Control of the Department of the Treas2 ury (other than an Iranian financial institution 

3 described in subsection (b)). 

4 ‘‘(B) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President 

5 shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

6 committees an update of the list required by 

7 subparagraph (A)— 

8 ‘‘(i) not less than once every 180 days 

9 after the date of submission of such list; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) as new information becomes 

12 available. 

13 ‘‘(C) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAIL14 ABILITY.— 

15 ‘‘(i) FORM.—The list required by sub16 paragraph (A) shall be submitted in un17 classified form, but may contain a classi18 fied annex, if necessary. 

19 ‘‘(ii) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The un20 classified portion of the list required by 

21 clause (i) shall be made available to the 

22 public and posted on the websites of the 

23 Department of the Treasury and the De24 partment of State. 


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1 ‘‘(D) CONSIDERATION OF DATA FROM

2 OTHER COUNTRIES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL

3 ORGANIZATIONS.—In preparing the list required 

4 by subparagraph (A), the President shall con5 sider credible data already obtained by other 

6 countries and nongovernmental organizations.’’. 

7 SEC. 203. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

8 THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND OTHER 

9 IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

10 (a) EXCEPTION TO APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS

11 WITH RESPECT TO PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS.—Sec12 tion 1245(d)(4)(D)(i)(I) of the National Defense Author13 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 

14 Stat. 1648) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(I) has significantly reduced its 

16 volume of crude oil purchases from 

17 Iran, and volume of purchases of 

18 crude oil of Iranian origin, from the 

19 volume purchased in the immediately 

20 preceding 180-day period, and the 

21 President certifies in writing to Con22 gress that the President has based 

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1 chases of crude oil from Iran or of 

2 Iranian origin; or’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

4 this section shall take effect beginning on the date that 

5 is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 204. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE EURO7 PEAN CENTRAL BANK. 

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

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

10 instrumentalities, continue to have access to, and 

11 utilize, euro-denominated transactions, including for 

12 goods and services that are subject to sanctions im13 posed by the United States, the European Union 

14 and its member states and by the United Nations. 

15 (2) The Guidelines of the European Central 

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

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

18 obligations on them relating to legislation on data 

19 protection, prevention of money laundering and the 

20 financing of terrorism, proliferation-sensitive nuclear 

21 activities and the development of nuclear weapons 

22 delivery systems, in particular in terms of imple23 menting appropriate measures concerning any pay24 ments debited or credited on their PM accounts.’’ 


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1 (3) United States and European convergence 

2 with respect to United States sanctions efforts to3 ward the Iranian regime is a vital component of 

4 United States policy aimed at preventing the Iranian 

5 regime from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. 

6 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con7 gress that the President should closely coordinate and co8 operate with the European Union and its member states 

9 to restrict access and use of the euro currency by the Gov10 ernment of Iran, its agencies and instrumentalities, for 

11 transactions (with the exception of food, medicine, medical 

12 devices and other humanitarian goods), including through 

13 the payment systems of the European Central Bank, such 

14 as its second generation Trans-European Automated Real15 time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System, and local 

16 and regional Euro settlement platforms. 

17 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

18 PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 301. REPORT ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR AND ECONOMIC 

20 CAPABILITIES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later that 60 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 60 days there23 after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con24 gressional committees a report on the following: 


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1 (1) An estimate of the timeline for Iranian ca2 pabilities to develop nuclear weapons, including— 

3 (A) a nuclear explosive device; and 

4 (B) breakout capacity. 

5 (2) An assessment of Iranian strategy and ca6 pabilities relating to development of nuclear weap7 ons, including— 

8 (A) a summary and analysis of current nu9 clear weapons capabilities; 

10 (B) an estimate of the amount and sources 

11 of funding expended by, and an analysis of pro12 curement networks utilized by, Iran to develop 

13 its nuclear weapons capabilities; 

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

15 unconventional weapons and Iran’s ballistic 

16 missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces; 

17 (D) a detailed analysis of the effectiveness 

18 of Iran’s unconventional weapons and Iran’s 

19 ballistic missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile 

20 forces as delivery systems for a nuclear device; 

21 and 

22 (E) an estimate of the amount and sources 

23 of funding expended by, and an analysis of pro24 curement networks utilized by, Iran on pro25 grams to develop a nuclear weapons capability. 


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1 (3) Projected economic effects of international 

2 sanctions on Iran, including— 

3 (A) sources of funding for the activities of 

4 the Government of Iran described in para5 graphs (1) and (2); 

6 (B) the role of the Government of Iran in 

7 the formal and informal sector of the domestic 

8 Iranian economy; 

9 (C) evasive and other efforts by the Gov10 ernment of Iran to circumvent international 

11 and bilateral sanctions regimes; and 

12 (D) Iran’s capital accounts, current ac13 counts, foreign exchange reserve levels (includ14 ing access to foreign exchange reserves), and 

15 other leading macroeconomic indicators, and es16 timated timelines with respect to Iran’s macro17 economic viability, including Iran’s exhaustion 

18 of foreign exchange reserves. 

19 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

20 shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest ex21 tent possible, but may include a classified annex, if nec22 essary. 

23 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.—The term 

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1 er assembled or disassembled, that is designed to 

2 produce an instantaneous release of an amount of 

3 nuclear energy from special nuclear material that is 

4 greater than the amount of energy that would be re5 leased from the detonation of one pound of trinitro6 toluene (TNT). 

7 (2) BREAKOUT CAPACITY.—The term ‘‘break8 out capacity’’ means the point at which a country is 

9 able to produce enough weapon-grade uranium (or 

10 sufficient separated plutonium) for one or more nu11 clear explosive devices. 

12 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT13 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com14 mittees’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

16 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

17 on Financial Services, and the Permanent Se18 lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

19 Representatives; and 

20 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

21 the Committee on Armed Services, the Com22 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af23 fairs, the Committee on Finance, and the Select 

24 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 


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1 SEC. 302. NATIONAL STRATEGY ON IRAN. 

2 (a) NATIONAL STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Presi3 dent shall develop a strategy, to be known as the ‘‘Na4 tional Strategy on Iran’’, that provides strategic guidance 

5 for activities that support the objective of addressing the 

6 threats posed by Iran. 

7 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than January 30 

8 of each year, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

9 congressional committees the National Strategy on Iran 

10 required under subsection (a). 

11 (c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re12 quired under subsection (b) shall include, at a minimum, 

13 the following: 

14 (1) A description Iran’s grand strategy and se15 curity strategy, including strategic objectives, and 

16 the security posture and objectives of Iran. 

17 (2) A description of the United States strategy 

18 to— 

19 (A) address and counter the capabilities of 

20 Iran’s conventional forces and Iran’s unconven21 tional forces; 

22 (B) disrupt and deny Iranian efforts to de23 velop or augment capabilities related to nuclear, 

24 unconventional, and missile forces development; 


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1 (C) address the Government of Iran’s eco2 nomic strategy to enable the objectives de3 scribed in this subsection; and 

4 (D) exploit key vulnerabilities. 

5 (3) An implementation plan for the United 

6 States strategy described in paragraph (2). 

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

8 shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest ex9 tent possible, but may include a classified annex, if nec10 essary. 

11 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

12 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’’ means— 

14 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

15 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Fi16 nancial Services, the Committee on Ways and 

17 Means, and the Permanent Select Committee on In18 telligence of the House of Representatives; and 

19 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

20 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

21 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Com22 mittee on Finance, and the Permanent Select Com23 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 


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1 SEC. 303. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT 

2 ON SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT. 

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

4 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

5 the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 

6 to the appropriate congressional committees a report as7 sessing the extent to which the President is implementing 

8 section 5(a) and (b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 

9 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), sections 104 

10 and 104A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account11 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513 and 

12 8513b) and title III of the Iran Threat Reduction and 

13 Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741 et 

14 seq.). 

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

16 subsection (a) shall be based on publicly-available informa17 tion. 

18 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

19 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means— 

21 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

22 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com23 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep24 resentatives; and 


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1 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

2 Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, 

3 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 

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