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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5330 

To provide for the imposition of sanctions on persons who are officials 

of the Government of Iran or persons acting on behalf of that Government who are responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of the United States or United States legal 

permanent resident aliens. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 19, 2018 

Mr. CICILLINE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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 provide for the imposition of sanctions on persons who 

are officials of the Government of Iran or persons acting 

on behalf of that Government who are responsible for 

or complicit in human rights abuses committed against 

citizens of the United States or United States legal permanent resident aliens. 

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. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Human Rights 

3 Accountability Act of 2018’’. 

4 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON PERSONS WHO ARE 

5 OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN 

6 OR PERSONS ACTING ON BEHALF OF THAT 

7 GOVERNMENT WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 

8 OR COMPLICIT IN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 

9 COMMITTED AGAINST CITIZENS OF THE 

10 UNITED STATES OR UNITED STATES LEGAL 

11 PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(b)(1) of the Com13 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

14 Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514(b)) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of 

16 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of the enactment 

17 of the Iran Human Rights Accountability Act of 

18 2018’’; and 

19 (2) by inserting ‘‘or against citizens of the 

20 United States or United States legal permanent resi21 dent aliens,’’ after ‘‘June 12, 2009,’’. 

22 (b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

23 The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

24 Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is 

25 amended— 


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1 (1) in the heading of section 105, by inserting 

2 at the end before the period the following: ‘‘OR

3 AGAINST CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OR

4 UNITED STATES LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT

5 ALIENS’’; and 

6 (2) in the table of contents, by amending the 

7 item relating to section 105 to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 105. Imposition of sanctions on certain persons who are responsible for 

or complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens 

of Iran or their family members after the June 12, 2009, elections in Iran or against citizens of the United States or United 

States legal permanent resident aliens.’’. 

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

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

10 this Act and apply with respect to the commission of seri11 ous human rights abuses described in section 105 of the 

12 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di13 vestment Act of 2010 on or after such date of enactment. 

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