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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4807 

To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to require the President to 

investigate possible violations of that Act within a specified period, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2010 

Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. LANCE, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Ms. 

LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. SCHOCK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to require the 

President to investigate possible violations of that Act 

within a specified period, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Sanctions En5 hancement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ACTION BY PRESIDENT ON SUSPECTED VIOLATIONS 

2 OF IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996. 

3 Section 4(f) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 

4 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(f) INVESTIGATIONS AND DETERMINATIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) INVESTIGATIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) INITIATION OF INVESTIGATIONS.— 

8 The President shall initiate an investigation 

9 into the possible imposition of sanctions under 

10 subsection (a) or (b) of section 5 against a per11 son immediately upon receipt by the United 

12 States of credible information indicating that 

13 such person may have engaged in an activity 

14 described in such subsection for which such 

15 sanctions could be imposed under section 6. 

16 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF GAO REPORTS.—The 

17 President shall initiate an investigation under 

18 subparagraph (A) of any person included in a 

19 report of the Comptroller General published 

20 under section 10(d), unless the President has 

21 already initiated such an investigation with re22 spect to such person. 

23 ‘‘(C) CONSTRUCTION.—Subparagraph (B) 

24 shall not be construed to limit any sources of 

25 information, in addition to the reports pub26 lished under section 10(d), that the President 


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1 may consider with respect to an investigation 

2 under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATIONS AND NOTIFICATION.— 

4 Not later than 45 days after an investigation is initi5 ated under paragraph (1), the President shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) determine, pursuant to subsection (a) 

7 or (b) of section 5 (as the case may be), wheth8 er or not a person has engaged in an activity 

9 in Iran as described in such subsection for 

10 which such sanctions could be imposed under 

11 section 6; and 

12 ‘‘(B) notify the appropriate congressional 

13 committees of the basis for any such determina14 tion that a person has engaged in such activity, 

15 including the name of such person. 

16 ‘‘(3) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 10 days 

17 after the date on which the President notifies the 

18 appropriate congressional committees of a deter19 mination under paragraph (2)(B), the President 

20 shall cause to be published in the Federal Register 

21 the identity of any person who is the subject of the 

22 determination and against whom the President has 

23 determined that the imposition of sanctions under 

24 section 6 is appropriate, together with an expla25 nation of the determination regarding sanctions.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. MONTHLY GAO REPORTS. 

2 Section 10 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 

3 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(d) MONTHLY GAO REPORTS.—The Comptroller 

6 General of the United States shall publish, every 30 days, 

7 beginning 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 

8 subsection, a report that— 

9 ‘‘(1) includes the name of any person— 

10 ‘‘(A) who the Comptroller General deter11 mines there is credible evidence to believe may 

12 have engaged in an activity described in sub13 section (a) or (b) of section 5 for which such 

14 sanctions could be imposed under section 6; and 

15 ‘‘(B) on whom such sanctions have not 

16 been imposed; and 

17 ‘‘(2) describes the basis for each determination 

18 under paragraph (1).’’. 

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