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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4896 

To authorize the President to utilize the Proliferation Security Initiative 

and all other measures for the purpose of interdicting the import into 

or export from Iran by the Government of Iran or any other country, 

entity, or person of all items, materials, equipment, goods and technology 

useful for any nuclear, biological, chemical, missile, or conventional arms 

program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2010 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, 

Mr. ROYCE, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MACK, Mr. PENCE, Mr. COFFMAN of 

Colorado, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 

Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 

BOOZMAN, and Mr. AKIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the President to utilize the Proliferation Security Initiative and all other measures for the purpose 

of interdicting the import into or export from Iran by 

the Government of Iran or any other country, entity, 

or person of all items, materials, equipment, goods and 

technology useful for any nuclear, biological, chemical, 

missile, or conventional arms program. 


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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 Proliferation Pre5 vention Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO INTERDICT CERTAIN IMPORTS TO 

7 AND EXPORTS FROM IRAN. 

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

9 President is authorized to— 

10 (1) utilize the Proliferation Security Initiative 

11 and all other measures determined by the President 

12 to be necessary to enforce all United States laws and 

13 Executive Orders, all United Nations Security Coun14 cil resolutions, including Resolutions 1696, 1737, 

15 1747, and 1803, and all other international, multi16 lateral, and bilateral agreements, including the 2005 

17 Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of 

18 Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navi19 gation, for the purpose of interdicting the import 

20 into or export from Iran by the Government of Iran 

21 or any other country, entity, or person of all items, 

22 materials, equipment, goods and technology useful 

23 for any nuclear, biological, chemical, missile, or con24 ventional arms program; and 


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1 (2) negotiate and utilize ship boarding and 

2 other interdiction agreements with countries deter3 mined to be necessary to accomplish the purpose 

4 paragraph (1). 

5 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

6 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act and every 120 days thereafter, the Presi8 dent shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com9 mittees a report that— 

10 (1) identifies all known countries, entities, and 

11 persons, including the Government of Iran, that 

12 have engaged in the import into or export from Iran 

13 of any items, materials, equipment, goods and tech14 nology useful for any nuclear, biological, chemical, 

15 missile, or conventional arms program during the 

16 preceding 120-day period; 

17 (2) describes the type, volume, origin and des18 tination of the items, materials, equipment, goods 

19 and technology described in paragraph (1); 

20 (3) describes all United States laws, United Na21 tions Security Council resolutions, and other inter22 national, multilateral, or bilateral treaties, conven23 tions, and agreements violated by the countries, enti24 ties, and persons identified in paragraph (1); 


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1 (4) describes measures to be taken by the 

2 United States or in cooperation with other countries 

3 or international and multinational organizations to 

4 hold violators identified in paragraph (1) account5 able to the provisions of the laws, resolutions, trea6 ties, conventions, and agreements referred to in 

7 paragraph (3); and 

8 (5) describes the actions taken by foreign gov9 ernments assisting in interdicting the activities de10 scribed in paragraph (1) during the preceding 120- 

11 day period. 

12 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this Act: 

14 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT15 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com16 mittees’’ means— 

17 (A) the Committee of Foreign Affairs and 

18 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

19 of Representatives; and 

20 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

21 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

22 Senate. 

23 (2) GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.—The term ‘‘Gov24 ernment of Iran’’ means— 

25 (A) any official of the Government of Iran; 


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1 (B) any agency or instrumentality of the 

2 Government of Iran; 

3 (C) any entity that is owned or controlled, 

4 directly or indirectly, by the Government of 

5 Iran; 

6 (D) any member or instrumentality of the 

7 Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); or 

8 (E) any entity that is owned or controlled, 

9 directly or indirectly by a member or instru10 mentality of the IRGC. 

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