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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5921 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5921

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 16, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 AN ACT

 
  To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain 
  transactions by a United States financial institution in connection 
 with Iran, to prevent the International Monetary Fund from providing 
 financial assistance to Iran, to codify prohibitions on Export-Import 
   Bank financing for the Government of Iran, and for other purposes.

    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 ``No U.S. Financing for Iran Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AUTHORIZATIONS FOR UNITED STATES FINANCIAL 
              INSTITUTIONS.

    The Secretary of the Treasury may not authorize a transaction by a 
U.S. financial institution (as defined in section 561.309 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations) in connection with the importation from or 
exportation to the Islamic Republic of Iran of any goods, services, or 
technology, other than the sale of agricultural commodities, food, 
medicine, medical devices, or humanitarian assistance benefitting the 
civilian population of Iran.

SEC. 3. OPPOSITION TO IMF ASSISTANCE.

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to--
            (1) oppose the provision of financial assistance by the 
        Fund to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the allocation to the 
        Government of Iran of Special Drawing Rights; and
            (2) seek to ensure that member countries of the Fund 
        prohibit the exchange of Special Drawing Rights held by the 
        Government of Iran.

SEC. 4. CODIFICATION OF EXPORT-IMPORT BANK PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO 
              IRAN.

    Section 2(b) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 
635(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(14) Prohibition on financing for iran.--The Bank may not 
        guarantee, insure, or extend (or participate in an extension 
        of) credit in connection with any transaction, with respect to 
        which credit assistance from the Bank is first sought after the 
        effective date of this paragraph, for which a lender or obligor 
        is the Government of Iran or an entity owned or controlled by 
        the Government of Iran.''.

SEC. 5. SUNSET.

    This Act and the amendment made by this Act are hereby repealed 
effective on the earliest of--
            (1) the date that is 30 days after the date the President 
        of the United States certifies to the Congress that the 
        Government of Iran--
                    (A) has ceased providing support for acts of 
                international terrorism; and
                    (B) is not a jurisdiction of primary money 
                laundering concern, as described under section 5318A of 
                title 31, United States Code; or
            (2) 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 15, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.
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