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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4896 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.

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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Proliferation Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO INTERDICT CERTAIN IMPORTS TO AND EXPORTS FROM 
              IRAN.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President is 
authorized to--
            (1) utilize the Proliferation Security Initiative and all 
        other measures determined by the President to be necessary to 
        enforce all United States laws and Executive Orders, all United 
        Nations Security Council resolutions, including Resolutions 
        1696, 1737, 1747, and 1803, and all other international, 
        multilateral, and bilateral agreements, including the 2005 
        Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts 
        against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 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; and
            (2) negotiate and utilize ship boarding and other 
        interdiction agreements with countries determined to be 
        necessary to accomplish the purpose paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and every 120 days thereafter, the President shall transmit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that--
            (1) identifies all known countries, entities, and persons, 
        including the Government of Iran, that have engaged in the 
        import into or export from Iran of any items, materials, 
        equipment, goods and technology useful for any nuclear, 
        biological, chemical, missile, or conventional arms program 
        during the preceding 120-day period;
            (2) describes the type, volume, origin and destination of 
        the items, materials, equipment, goods and technology described 
        in paragraph (1);
            (3) describes all United States laws, United Nations 
        Security Council resolutions, and other international, 
        multilateral, or bilateral treaties, conventions, and 
        agreements violated by the countries, entities, and persons 
        identified in paragraph (1);
            (4) describes measures to be taken by the United States or 
        in cooperation with other countries or international and 
        multinational organizations to hold violators identified in 
        paragraph (1) accountable to the provisions of the laws, 
        resolutions, treaties, conventions, and agreements referred to 
        in paragraph (3); and
            (5) describes the actions taken by foreign governments 
        assisting in interdicting the activities described in paragraph 
        (1) during the preceding 120-day period.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee of Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
            (2) Government of iran.--The term ``Government of Iran'' 
        means--
                    (A) any official of the Government of Iran;
                    (B) any agency or instrumentality of the Government 
                of Iran;
                    (C) any entity that is owned or controlled, 
                directly or indirectly, by the Government of Iran;
                    (D) any member or instrumentality of the Iranian 
                Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); or
                    (E) any entity that is owned or controlled, 
                directly or indirectly by a member or instrumentality 
                of the IRGC.
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