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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5709 

To terminate the authority to waive certain provisions of law requiring the 

imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran, to codify certain sanctions 

imposed by executive order, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2014 

Mr. FRANKS of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

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

Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, 

and the Judiciary, 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 terminate the authority to waive certain provisions of 

law requiring the imposition of sanctions with respect 

to Iran, to codify certain sanctions imposed by executive 

order, 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 ‘‘Sanction Iran, Safe5 guard America Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘SISA Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) A nuclear-capable Iran poses a direct and 

4 existential threat to the United States, Israel, and 

5 allies around the world. 

6 (2) Iran is a leading state sponsor of terrorism, 

7 arming and funding terrorist groups around the 

8 world, including by providing material support for 

9 the terrorist organization Hamas in its relentless at10 tacks on Israel. 

11 (3) The Government of Iran has violated 

12 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1696 

13 (2006), 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 

14 1835 (2008), and 1929 (2010), relating to Iran’s 

15 nuclear program. 

16 (4) The Government of Iran has received sig17 nificant economic benefits from the relaxation of 

18 economic sanctions pursuant the Joint Plan of Ac19 tion, signed November 24, 2013, by Iran and by 

20 France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the Peo21 ple’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and 

22 the United States (in this section referred to as the 

23 ‘‘Joint Plan of Action’’), including increased eco24 nomic growth, reduced inflation, and a strengthened 

25 currency, while making no substantive reductions in 

26 its nuclear program. 


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1 (5) Any deal relating to Iran’s nuclear weapons 

2 program that does not completely dismantle the en3 tire nuclear weapons program would repeat the same 

4 mistakes observed with negotiations with North 

5 Korea, a totalitarian country that exported its nu6 clear technology to Syria and has shared similar nu7 clear and ballistic missile technology with Iran. 

8 (6) The Agreed Framework between the United 

9 States and the Democratic People’s Republic of 

10 Korea, signed in Geneva on October 21, 1994, which 

11 called for North Korea to freeze and dismantle its 

12 nuclear weapons program in exchange for eased 

13 sanctions and normalized relations with the United 

14 States, should serve as a reminder of previous failed 

15 negotiations resulting in billions of dollars made 

16 available for the development of nuclear weapons. 

17 (7) Economic sanctions imposed with respect to 

18 Iran are designed for the purpose of ending Iran’s 

19 pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, not of initi20 ating negotiations. Therefore, any easing of sanc21 tions in pursuit of negotiations undermines the pur22 pose of the sanctions, as is demonstrated by the case 

23 of North Korea. 


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1 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION AND ELIMINATION OF WAIVER AU2 THORITIES FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONS WITH 

3 RESPECT TO IRAN. 

4 (a) MODIFICATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS RE5 LATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL FROM

6 IRAN.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(c)(1)(A) of the 

8 Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 

9 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by inserting 

10 ‘‘(other than the requirement in paragraph (7) of 

11 such section)’’ after ‘‘section 5(a)’’. 

12 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

13 the requirement in section 5(a)(7) of the Iran Sanc14 tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 

15 1701 note) exercised by the President under section 

16 9(c)(1)(A) of such Act shall cease to be in effect on 

17 and after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 (b) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER WITH RESPECT TO

19 MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL

20 INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANS21 ACTIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the Com23 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di24 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513) is amend25 ed— 

26 (A) by striking subsection (f); and 


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1 (B) by redesignating subsections (g) 

2 through (i) as subsections (f) through (h), re3 spectively. 

4 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

5 the imposition of sanctions exercised by the Presi6 dent under section 104(f) of the Comprehensive Iran 

7 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

8 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(f)), as in effect on the day 

9 before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

10 cease to be in effect on and after such date of enact11 ment. 

12 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

13 (A) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FINAN14 CIAL SECTOR OF IRAN.—Section 1245(h) of the 

15 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

16 Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘section 104(i) of the Comprehensive 

18 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

19 Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i))’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanc21 tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

22 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513)’’. 

23 (B) EXPANSION OF MANDATORY SANC24 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL

25 INSTITUTIONS.—Section 104A(d)(2) of the 


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1 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

2 and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

3 8513b(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

4 104(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 104’’. 

5 (C) DEFINITIONS FOR IRAN FREEDOM AND

6 COUNTER-PROLIFERATION ACT OF 2012.—Sec7 tion 1242(a)(5) of the Iran Freedom and 

8 Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

9 8801(a)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

10 104(i) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 

11 Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 

12 U.S.C. 8513(i))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 104 of 

13 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account14 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

15 8513)’’. 

16 (c) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

17 RESPECT TO THE FINANCIAL SECTOR OF IRAN.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d) of the Na19 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

20 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) is amended by striking 

21 paragraph (5). 

22 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver 

23 exercised by the President under section 1245(d)(5) 

24 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

25 Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(5)), as in effect on 


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1 the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, 

2 shall cease to be in effect on and after such date of 

3 enactment. 

4 (d) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

5 RESPECT TO PERSONS THAT SUPPORT OR CONDUCT

6 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY

7 GUARD CORPS OR OTHER SANCTIONED PERSONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Iran 

9 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 

10 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742) is amended by— 

11 (A) striking subsections (d) and (e); and 

12 (B) redesignating subsection (f) as sub13 section (d). 

14 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver 

15 exercised by the President under subsection (d) or 

16 (e) of section 302 of the Iran Threat Reduction and 

17 Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

18 8742(d)), as in effect on the day before the date of 

19 the enactment of this Act, shall cease to be in effect 

20 on and after such date of enactment. 

21 (e) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

22 RESPECT TO THE ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIP23 BUILDING SECTORS OF IRAN.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1244 of the Iran 

2 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

3 U.S.C. 8803) is amended by striking subsection (i). 

4 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

5 the imposition of sanctions under section 1244(i) of 

6 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 

7 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(i)), as in effect on the day 

8 before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

9 cease to be in effect on and after such date of enact10 ment. 

11 (f) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

12 RESPECT TO THE SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF CER13 TAIN MATERIALS TO OR FROM IRAN.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245 of the Iran 

15 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

16 U.S.C. 8804) is amended— 

17 (A) by striking subsection (g); and 

18 (B) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub19 section (g). 

20 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

21 the imposition of sanctions under section 1245(g) of 

22 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 

23 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8804(g)), as in effect on the day 

24 before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 


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1 cease to be in effect on and after such date of enact2 ment. 

3 (g) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

4 RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF UNDERWRITING SERV5 ICES OR INSURANCE OR REINSURANCE FOR ACTIVITIES

6 OR PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH SANCTIONS

7 HAVE BEEN IMPOSED.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1246 of the Iran 

9 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

10 U.S.C. 8805) is amended by striking subsection (e). 

11 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

12 the imposition of sanctions under section 1246(e) of 

13 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 

14 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8805(e)), as in effect on the day 

15 before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

16 cease to be in effect on and after such date of enact17 ment. 

18 (h) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

19 RESPECT TO FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT

20 FACILITATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON BEHALF OF

21 SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1247 of the Iran 

23 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

24 U.S.C. 8806) is amended by striking subsection (f). 


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1 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

2 the imposition of sanctions under section 1247(f) of 

3 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 

4 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8806(f)), as in effect on the day 

5 before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

6 cease to be in effect on and after such date of enact7 ment. 

8 (i) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1253(c) of 

9 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 

10 (22 U.S.C. 8809(c)) is amended, in the matter preceding 

11 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, and, as appropriate, instead 

12 of sections 1244(i), 1245(g), and 1246(e) of this Act’’. 

13 SEC. 4. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PURCHASE, ACQUI14 SITION, SALE, TRANSPORT, OR MARKETING 

15 OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, OR 

16 PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM 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— 

20 (1) by redesignating sections 222, 223, and 224 

21 as sections 225, 226, and 227, respectively; and 

22 (2) by inserting after section 221 the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 222. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 PURCHASE, ACQUISITION, SALE, TRANSPORT, 

3 OR MARKETING OF PETROLEUM, PETRO4 LEUM PRODUCTS, AND PETROCHEMICAL 

5 PRODUCTS FROM IRAN. 

6 ‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS ON CORRESPONDENT AND PAY7 ABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNTS.—The President shall pro8 hibit the opening, and prohibit or impose strict conditions 

9 on the maintaining, in the United States of a cor10 respondent account or a payable-through account by a for11 eign financial institution that the President determines 

12 has knowingly conducted or facilitated any significant fi13 nancial transaction, on or after July 31, 2012— 

14 ‘‘(1) for the purchase, acquisition, sale, trans15 port, or marketing of petroleum or petroleum prod16 ucts from Iran; or 

17 ‘‘(2) for the purchase, acquisition, sale, trans18 port, or marketing of petrochemical products from 

19 Iran. 

20 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS FROM IRAN SANC21 TIONS ACT OF 1996.—The President shall impose on a 

22 person one or more of the sanctions described in section 

23 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– 

24 172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) upon determining that the per25 son knowingly, on or after July 31, 2012, engaged in a 


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1 significant transaction for the purchase, acquisition, sale, 

2 transport, or marketing of— 

3 ‘‘(1) petroleum or petroleum products from 

4 Iran; or 

5 ‘‘(2) petrochemical products from Iran. 

6 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY.—Subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) 

7 shall apply with respect to a person only if— 

8 ‘‘(1) the President determines under subpara9 graphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (4) of section 

10 1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

11 for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) that 

12 there is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petro13 leum products from countries other than Iran to 

14 permit a significant reduction in the volume of pe15 troleum and petroleum products purchased from 

16 Iran by or through foreign financial institutions; and 

17 ‘‘(2) an exception under subparagraph (D) of 

18 that paragraph from the imposition of sanctions 

19 under paragraph (1) of that section does not apply 

20 with respect to the country with primary jurisdiction 

21 over the person. 

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

23 ‘‘(1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; 

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1 through account’ have the meanings given those 

2 terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States 

3 Code. 

4 ‘‘(2) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘fi5 nancial institution’ means a financial institution 

6 specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 

7 (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section 

8 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 

9 ‘‘(3) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

10 term ‘foreign financial institution’ has the meaning 

11 of that term as determined by the Secretary of the 

12 Treasury pursuant to section 104 of the Comprehen13 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

14 Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513). 

15 ‘‘(4) PETROLEUM.—The term ‘petroleum’ 

16 means a mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liq17 uid phase in natural underground reservoirs and re18 mains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing 

19 through surface separating facilities. 

20 ‘‘(5) PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘petroleum 

22 products’ includes unfinished oils, liquefied pe23 troleum gases, pentanes plus, aviation gasoline, 

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1 ual fuel oil, petrochemical feedstocks, special 

2 naphthas, lubricants, waxes, petroleum coke, as3 phalt, road oil, still gas, and miscellaneous 

4 products obtained from the processing of crude 

5 oil (including lease condensate), natural gas, 

6 and other hydrocarbon compounds. 

7 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘petroleum 

8 products’ does not include natural gas, liquefied 

9 natural gas, biofuels, methanol, and other non10 petroleum fuels. 

11 ‘‘(6) PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS.—The term 

12 ‘petrochemical products’ includes any aromatic, 

13 olefin, and synthesis gas, and any of derivatives of 

14 such a gas, including ethylene, propylene, butadiene, 

15 benzene, toluene, xylene, ammonia, methanol, and 

16 urea. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 223. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

18 SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL 

19 COMPANY, THE NAFTIRAN INTERTRADE COM20 PANY, OR THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN. 

21 ‘‘The President shall block and prohibit all trans22 actions in property and interests in property of a person 

23 the President determines has, on or after July 31, 2012, 

24 materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, mate25 rial, or technological support for, or goods or services in 


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1 support of, the National Iranian Oil Company, the 

2 Naftiran Intertrade Company, or the Central Bank of 

3 Iran if such property and interests in property are in the 

4 United States, come within the United States, or are or 

5 come within the possession or control of a United States 

6 person. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

8 SUPPORT FOR THE PURCHASE OF UNITED 

9 STATES BANK NOTES OR PRECIOUS METALS 

10 BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. 

11 ‘‘The President shall block and prohibit all trans12 actions in property and interests in property of a person 

13 the President determines has, on or after July 31, 2012, 

14 materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, mate15 rial, or technological support for, or goods or services in 

16 support of, the purchase or acquisition of United States 

17 bank notes or precious metals by the Government of Iran, 

18 if such property and interests in property are in the 

19 United States, come within the United States, or are or 

20 come within the possession or control of a United States 

21 person.’’. 

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

23 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

24 Act of 2012 is amended by striking the items relating to 

25 sections 222, 223, and 224 and inserting the following: 


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‘‘Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to purchase, acquisition, sale, 

transport, or marketing of petroleum, petroleum products, and 

petrochemical products from Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 223. Imposition of sanctions with respect to support for the National Iranian Oil Company, the Naftiran Intertrade Company, or the 

Central Bank of Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to support for the purchase of 

United States bank notes or precious metals by the Government of Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 225. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to certain authorities of State and local governments. 

‘‘Sec. 226. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that invest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum 

products to Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 227. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crude 

oil and refined petroleum products.’’. 

1 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 TRANSACTIONS WITH SPECIALLY DES3 IGNATED NATIONALS AND WITH RESPECT TO 

4 THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR OF IRAN. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Iran Freedom and Counter6 Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.) is 

7 amended by inserting after section 1247 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 1247A. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

9 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH SPECIALLY 

10 DESIGNATED NATIONALS. 

11 ‘‘(a) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President shall 

12 block and prohibit all transactions in property and inter13 ests in property of a person the President determines has, 

14 on or after June 1, 2013, materially assisted, sponsored, 

15 or provided financial, material, or technological support 

16 for, or goods or services in support of, any person specified 

17 in subsection (b) if such property and interests in property 

18 are in the United States, come within the United States, 


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1 or are or come within the possession or control of a United 

2 States person. 

3 ‘‘(b) PERSONS SPECIFIED.—A person specified in 

4 this subsection is any person as follows: 

5 ‘‘(1) Any Iranian person included on the list of 

6 specially designated nationals and blocked persons 

7 maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 

8 of the Department of the Treasury (other than an 

9 Iranian depository institution whose property and in10 terests in property are blocked solely pursuant to 

11 Executive Order 13599 (78 Fed. Reg. 33,951)). 

12 ‘‘(2) Any person included on such list whose 

13 property and interests in property are blocked pur14 suant to subsection (a) or Executive Order 13599 

15 (other than an Iranian depository institution whose 

16 property and interests in property are blocked solely 

17 pursuant to Executive Order 13599). 

18 ‘‘SEC. 1247B. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

19 THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR OF IRAN. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc21 tions described in one or more of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), 

22 (5), (10), and (11) of section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions 

23 Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 

24 with respect to a person that the President determines 

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1 significant financial transaction for the sale, supply, or 

2 transfer to Iran of significant goods or services used in 

3 connection with the automotive sector of Iran. 

4 ‘‘(b) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.— 

5 The President shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 

6 impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the United 

7 States of a correspondent account or a payable-through 

8 account by a foreign financial institution that the Presi9 dent determines has, on or after June 1, 2013, knowingly 

10 facilitated a significant financial transaction for the sale, 

11 supply, or transfer to Iran of significant goods or services 

12 used in connection with the automotive sector of Iran. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 1247C. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR GOVERN14 MENT CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS IN AUTO15 MOTIVE SECTOR OF ANY COUNTRY. 

16 ‘‘(a) MODIFICATION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REG17 ULATION.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 

18 enactment of the Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act 

19 of 2014, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be re20 vised to require a certification from each person described 

21 in subsection (b) that is a prospective contractor that the 

22 person, and any person owned or controlled by the per23 son— 

24 ‘‘(1) has not, in the previous 90 days, con25 ducted any transaction with an Iranian person or 


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1 any entity owned or controlled by an Iranian person; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(2) does not have a business relationship with 

4 the Government of Iran. 

5 ‘‘(b) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 

6 this subsection is a person that is part of the automotive 

7 sector of any foreign country. 

8 ‘‘(c) REMEDIES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the head of an executive 

10 agency determines that a person has submitted a 

11 false certification under subsection (a) on or after 

12 the date on which the revision of the Federal Acqui13 sition Regulation required by this subsection be14 comes effective, the head of that executive agency 

15 shall terminate a contract with such person or debar 

16 or suspend such person from eligibility for Federal 

17 contracts for a period of not less than 2 years. Any 

18 such debarment or suspension shall be subject to the 

19 procedures that apply to debarment and suspension 

20 under the Federal Acquisition Regulation under sub21 part 9.4 of part 9 of title 48, Code of Federal Regu22 lations. 

23 ‘‘(2) INCLUSION ON LIST OF PARTIES EX24 CLUDED FROM FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND NON25 PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS.—The Administrator of 


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1 General Services shall include on the List of Parties 

2 Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non3 procurement Programs maintained by the Adminis4 trator under part 9 of the Federal Acquisition Regu5 lation each person that is debarred, suspended, or 

6 proposed for debarment or suspension by the head 

7 of an executive agency on the basis of a determina8 tion of a false certification under paragraph (1). 

9 ‘‘(d) CLARIFICATION REGARDING CERTAIN PROD10 UCTS.—The remedies set forth in subsection (c) shall not 

11 apply with respect to the procurement of eligible products, 

12 as defined in section 308(4) of the Trade Agreements Act 

13 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)), of any foreign country or 

14 instrumentality designated under section 301(b) of that 

15 Act (19 U.S.C. 2511(b)). 

16 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall 

17 not be construed to limit the use of other remedies avail18 able to the head of an executive agency or any other offi19 cial of the Federal Government on the basis of a deter20 mination of a false certification under subsection (a). 

21 ‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY.—The revisions to the Federal 

22 Acquisition Regulation required under subsection (a) shall 

23 apply with respect to contracts for which solicitations are 

24 issued on or after the date of the enactment of the Sanc25 tion Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2014. 


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1 ‘‘(g) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE2 PORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact3 ment of the Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 

4 2014, and every 30 days thereafter, the Comptroller Gen5 eral of the United States shall submit to the appropriate 

6 congressional committees a list of all persons that are part 

7 of the automotive sector of any foreign country that— 

8 ‘‘(1) during the 30-day period preceding the 

9 submission of the report, have conducted a trans10 action with an Iranian person or any entity owned 

11 or controlled by an Iranian person; or 

12 ‘‘(2) have a business relationship with the Gov13 ernment of Iran. 

14 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 ‘‘(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘executive 

16 agency’ has the meaning given that term in section 

17 133 of title 41, United States Code. 

18 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.— 

19 The term ‘Federal Acquisition Regulation’ means 

20 the regulation issued pursuant to section 1303(a)(1) 

21 of title 41, United States Code.’’. 

22 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1242 of the Iran Free23 dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

24 8801) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (7) 

2 through (14) as paragraphs (9) through (16), 

3 respectively; 

4 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

5 through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), re6 spectively; and 

7 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(3) AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR.—The term ‘auto10 motive sector’ means, with respect to a country, the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(A) The manufacturing or assembling in 

13 that country of vehicles, including passenger 

14 cars, trucks, buses, minibuses, pick-up trucks, 

15 and motorcycles. 

16 ‘‘(B) The manufacturing in that country of 

17 original equipment relating to such vehicles. 

18 ‘‘(C) The manufacturing in that country of 

19 after-market parts relating to such vehicles.’’; 

20 and 

21 (D) by inserting after paragraph (7), as 

22 redesignated by subparagraph (B), the fol23 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(8) IRANIAN DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The 

2 term ‘Iranian depository institution’ means an entity 

3 that— 

4 ‘‘(A) is— 

5 ‘‘(i) organized under the laws of Iran 

6 or any jurisdiction within Iran, including a 

7 foreign branch of such an institution; 

8 ‘‘(ii) located in Iran; 

9 ‘‘(iii) owned or controlled by the Gov10 ernment of Iran; or 

11 ‘‘(iv) owned or controlled by an entity 

12 described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); and 

13 ‘‘(B) is engaged primarily in the business 

14 of banking, as determined by the Secretary of 

15 the Treasury.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘financial transactions or 

18 financial services’’ and inserting ‘‘financial 

19 transactions, financial services, goods, or other 

20 services’’; and 

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘, with respect to finan22 cial transactions or financial services,’’ after 

23 ‘‘including’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR2 EIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT FACILI3 TATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH SPE4 CIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS. 

5 Section 1247(a) of the Iran Freedom and Counter6 Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8806(a)) is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘the President determines has’’ and all that 

8 follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘the 

9 President determines has— 

10 ‘‘(1) on or after the date that is 180 days after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, knowingly fa12 cilitated a significant financial transaction on behalf 

13 of any Iranian person included on the list of spe14 cially designated nationals and blocked persons 

15 maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 

16 of the Department of the Treasury (other than an 

17 Iranian financial institution described in subsection 

18 (b)); or 

19 ‘‘(2) on or after June 1, 2013, knowingly facili20 tated a significant financial transaction on behalf of 

21 any person included on such list whose property and 

22 interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 

23 1247A or Executive Order 13599 (78 Fed. Reg. 

24 33,951) (other than an Iranian depository institu25 tion whose property and interests in property are 


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1 blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 

2 13599).’’. 

3 SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF LOOPHOLE ALLOWING IMPORTA4 TION OF REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 

5 MADE FROM IRANIAN ORIGIN CRUDE OIL. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(b)(1) of the Com7 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

8 Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8512(b)(1)) is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION TO REFINED PETRO11 LEUM PRODUCTS MADE FROM IRANIAN ORIGIN

12 CRUDE OIL.—The prohibition in subparagraph 

13 (A) includes a prohibition on the importation 

14 into the United States of refined petroleum 

15 products produced using Iranian origin crude 

16 oil without regard to whether such crude oil 

17 was commingled with crude oil not of Iranian 

18 origin during the process of producing the re19 fined petroleum products.’’. 

20 (b) TERMINATION OF REGULATORY EXCEPTIONS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(d) of the Com22 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di23 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8512(d)) is 

24 amended to read as follows: 

25 ‘‘(d) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall pre2 scribe regulations to carry out this section. 

3 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON REGULATORY EXCEP4 TIONS.—No exception to the prohibition under sub5 section (b)(1) may be made by regulation.’’. 

6 (2) TERMINATION OF EXCEPTIONS.—Any regu7 latory exception to the prohibition under section 

8 103(b)(1) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac9 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

10 8512(b)(1)) in effect on the day before the date of 

11 the enactment of this Act shall cease to be in effect 

12 on and after such date of enactment. 

13 SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

14 PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the 

16 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

17 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended— 

18 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘reduced re19 duced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘reduced the volume of its purchases 

21 of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and 

22 (2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur23 chases from Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of pe24 troleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’. 


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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1245(h) of the National 

2 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 

3 U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

5 paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

6 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(3) IRANIAN ORIGIN.—The term ‘Iranian ori9 gin’, with respect to petroleum, means extracted, 

10 produced, or refined in Iran. 

11 ‘‘(4) PETROLEUM.—The term ‘petroleum’ in12 cludes crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils, and 

13 other unfinished oils.’’. 

14 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 102(b) of 

15 the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 

16 of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘crude oil purchases from 

19 Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum 

20 from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘as amended by section 

22 504,’’; and 

23 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur24 chases’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum from 

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

2 this section shall apply with respect to determinations 

3 under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense 

4 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

5 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the date that is 90 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 9. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PROLIFERATORS OF 

8 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall block and 

10 prohibit all transactions in property and interests in prop11 erty of a person the President determines knowingly, on 

12 or after June 29, 2005, provides, or attempts to provide, 

13 financial, material, technological or other support for, or 

14 goods or services in support of, any activity or transaction 

15 described in subsection (b) or any person whose property 

16 and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Execu17 tive Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38,567; relating to block18 ing property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators 

19 and their supporters), if such property and interests in 

20 property are in the United States, come within the United 

21 States, or are or come within the possession or control 

22 of a United States person. 

23 (b) ACTIVITIES AND TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

24 An activity or transaction described in this subsection is 

25 an activity or transaction that has materially contributed 


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1 to, or poses a risk of materially contributing to, the pro2 liferation of weapons of mass destruction or the means 

3 of delivery of such weapons (including missiles capable of 

4 delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manu5 facture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or 

6 use such weapons or means of delivery, by any person or 

7 foreign country the President determines to be of pro8 liferation concern. 

9 (c) UNITED STATES PERSON DEFINED.—In this sec10 tion, the term ‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning 

11 given that term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran 

12 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 

13 (22 U.S.C. 8511). 

14 SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR NEGOTIATIONS 

15 WITH IRAN WITHOUT CONSENT OF CON16 GRESS. 

17 No funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 

18 2014 or any fiscal year thereafter may be obligated or ex19 pended to participate in a diplomatic negotiation with Iran 

20 until the date of the enactment of a joint resolution certi21 fying that— 

22 (1) the Government of Iran has freed all Amer23 ican prisoners of conscience who are being unjustly 

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1 (2) the Government of Iran is complying with 

2 all inspections conducted by the International Atom3 ic Energy Agency to fulfill its obligations under the 

4 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weap5 ons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 

6 1, 1968, and entered into force March 5, 1970 (com7 monly known as the ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation 

8 Treaty’’), to which Iran is a party; and 

9 (3) the United States can verifiably determine, 

10 through certification by the International Atomic 

11 Energy Agency, that the Government of Iran— 

12 (A) has dismantled its nuclear program in 

13 its entirety, including all centrifuges, capabili14 ties, and facilities for enrichment and reprocess15 ing of uranium and plutonium; 

16 (B) has relinquished all stockpiles of en17 riched uranium; and 

18 (C) does not have any ballistic missiles 

19 with a range of 300 kilometers or more and a 

20 payload of 500 kilograms or more and has dis21 mantled its research and development programs 

22 for such weapons; 

23 (4) the Secretary of the Treasury no longer 

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1 suant to section 5318A of title 31, United States 

2 Code; and 

3 (5) the Government of Iran has demonstrated 

4 its renunciation of state-sponsored terrorism by ac5 knowledging its participation in, assisting the inves6 tigation, if any, into, relinquishing any suspects cur7 rently harbored by the Government of Iran, and ac8 cepting legal responsibility for— 

9 (A) the bombing of the Israeli embassy in 

10 Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 17, 1992; 

11 (B) the bombing of the World Trade Cen12 ter in New York on February 26, 1993; 

13 (C) the bombing of the Asociacio ́n Mutual 

14 Israelita Argentina Jewish Community Center 

15 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 18, 1994; 

16 and 

17 (D) the bombing of the Khobar Towers in 

18 Khobar, Saudi Arabia, on June 25, 1996. 

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