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Union Calendar No. 90 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 589 

[Report No. 118–118, Part I] 

To impose sanctions on the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President 

of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses and support 

for terrorism. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2023 

Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 

WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. CRENSHAW, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. FALLON, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. GUEST, 

Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. SWALWELL, and Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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 

JUNE 22, 2023 

Additional sponsors: Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. KIM of California, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. ISSA, 

Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. HIMES, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms. PORTER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. 

WEXTON, Mr. PETERS, Ms. ESHOO, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. LIEU, Mr. 

LAHOOD, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. POSEY, Mr. RYAN, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. 

AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. NICKEL, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 

DUARTE, Mr. TRONE, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. GREEN of 

Tennessee, Mr. CORREA, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. MAST, Mr. 

MCCAUL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. MILLS, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. 

SELF, Ms. GRANGER, Mrs. STEEL, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. FOXX, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Ms. WILD, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. 

MULLIN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. BACON, Mr. COSTA, Ms. 

LEE of Nevada, Mr. COHEN, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. BAIRD, 

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braska, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. LATURNER, Ms. STEVENS, Mrs. GONZA ́LEZCOLO ́N, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, 

Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. 

BURCHETT, Mr. MILLER of Ohio, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. LATTA, Mr. 

STANTON, Ms. CHU, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. 

HORSFORD, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. JACKSON

of Texas, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. 

MANN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. MENG, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. 

SOTO, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. BERA, Mr. NUNN

of Iowa, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. 

KUSTOFF, and Mr. D’ESPOSITO

JUNE 22, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JUNE 22, 2023 

Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 27, 2023] 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions on the Supreme Leader of Iran and 

the President of Iran and their respective offices for 

human rights abuses and support for terrorism. 


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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 ‘‘Mahsa Amini Human 

5 rights and Security Accountability Act’’ or the ‘‘MAHSA 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON IRAN’S SUPREME 

8 LEADER’S OFFICE, ITS APPOINTEES, AND ANY 

9 AFFILIATED PERSONS. 

10 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

11 (1) The Supreme Leader is an institution of the 

12 Islamic Republic of Iran. 

13 (2) The Supreme Leader holds ultimate author14 ity over Iran’s judiciary and security apparatus, in15 cluding the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, law 

16 enforcement forces under the Interior Ministry, the Is17 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the 

18 Basij, a nationwide volunteer paramilitary group 

19 subordinate to the IRGC, all of which have engaged 

20 in human rights abuses in Iran. Additionally the 

21 IRGC, a United States designated Foreign Terrorist 

22 Organization, which reports to the Supreme Leader, 

23 continues to perpetrate terrorism around the globe, 

24 including attempts to kill and kidnap American citi25 zens on United States soil. 


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1 (3) The Supreme Leader appoints the head of 

2 Iran’s judiciary. International observers continue to 

3 criticize the lack of independence of Iran’s judicial 

4 system and maintained that trials disregarded inter5 national standards of fairness. 

6 (4) The revolutionary courts, created by Iran’s 

7 former Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, within 

8 Iran’s judiciary, are chiefly responsible for hearing 

9 cases of political offenses, operate in parallel to Iran’s 

10 criminal justice system and routinely hold grossly un11 fair trials without due process, handing down pre12 determined verdicts and rubberstamping executions 

13 for political purpose. 

14 (5) The Iranian security and law enforcement 

15 forces engage in serious human rights abuse at the be16 hest of the Supreme Leader. 

17 (6) Iran’s President, Ebrahim Raisi, sits at the 

18 helm of the most sanctioned cabinet in Iranian his19 tory which includes internationally sanctioned rights 

20 violators. Raisi has supported the recent crackdown 

21 on protestors and is a rights violator himself, having 

22 served on a ‘‘death commission’’ in 1988 that led to 

23 the execution of several thousand political prisoners 

24 in Iran. He most recently served as the head of Iran’s 

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1 preme Leader Ali Khamenei, and may likely be a po2 tential candidate to replace Khamenei as Iran’s next 

3 Supreme Leader. 

4 (7) On September 16, 2022, a 22-year-old 

5 woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the detention of the 

6 Morality Police after being beaten and detained for 

7 allegedly transgressing discriminatory dress codes for 

8 women. This tragic incident triggered widespread, 

9 pro-women’s rights, pro-democracy protests across all 

10 of Iran’s 31 provinces, calling for the end to Iran’s 

11 theocratic regime. 

12 (8) In the course of the protests, the Iranian se13 curity forces’ violent crackdown includes mass arrests, 

14 well documented beating of protestors, throttling of the 

15 internet and telecommunications services, and shoot16 ing protestors with live ammunition. Iranian security 

17 forces have reportedly killed hundreds of protestors 

18 and other civilians, including women and children, 

19 and wounded many more. 

20 (9) Iran’s Supreme Leader is the leader of the 

21 ‘‘Axis of Resistance’’, which is a network of Tehran’s 

22 terror proxy and partner militias materially sup23 ported by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 

24 that targets the United States as well as its allies and 

25 partners. 


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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

2 that— 

3 (1) the United States shall stand with and sup4 port the people of Iran in their demand for funda5 mental human rights; 

6 (2) the United States shall continue to hold the 

7 Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly the Supreme 

8 Leader and President, accountable for abuses of 

9 human rights, corruption, and export of terrorism; 

10 and 

11 (3) Iran must immediately end its gross viola12 tions of internationally recognized human rights. 

13 (c) IN GENERAL.— 

14 (1) DETERMINATION AND REPORT REQUIRED.— 

15 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President 

17 shall— 

18 (A) determine whether each foreign person 

19 described in subsection (d) meets the criteria for 

20 imposition of sanctions under one or more of the 

21 sanctions programs and authorities listed in 

22 paragraph (2); 

23 (B) impose applicable sanctions against 

24 any foreign person determined to meet the cri25 teria for imposition of sanctions pursuant to 


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1 subparagraph (A) under the sanctions programs 

2 and authorities listed in subparagraph (A) or 

3 (F) of subsection (c)(2) and pursue applicable 

4 sanctions against any foreign person determined 

5 to meet the criteria for imposition of sanctions 

6 pursuant to subparagraph (A) under the sanc7 tions programs and authorities listed in sub8 paragraph (B), (C), (D), or (E) of subsection 

9 (c)(2); and 

10 (C) submit to the appropriate congressional 

11 committees a report in unclassified form, with a 

12 classified annex provided separately if needed, 

13 containing— 

14 (i) a list of all foreign persons de15 scribed in subsection (d) that meet the cri16 teria for imposition of sanctions under one 

17 or more of the sanctions programs and au18 thorities listed in paragraph (2); and 

19 (ii) for each foreign person identified 

20 pursuant to clause (i)— 

21 (I) a list of each sanctions pro22 gram or authority listed in paragraph 

23 (2) for which the person meets the cri24 teria for imposition of sanctions; 


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1 (II) a statement which, if any, of 

2 the sanctions authorized by any of the 

3 sanctions programs and authorities 

4 identified pursuant to subclause (I) 

5 have been imposed or will be imposed 

6 within 30 days of the submission of the 

7 report; and 

8 (III) with respect to which any of 

9 the sanctions authorized by any of the 

10 sanctions programs and authorities 

11 identified pursuant to subclause (I) 

12 have not been imposed and will not be 

13 imposed within 30 days of the submis14 sion of the report, the specific author15 ity under which otherwise applicable 

16 sanctions are being waived, have other17 wise been determined not to apply, or 

18 are not being imposed and a complete 

19 justification of the decision to waive or 

20 otherwise not apply the sanctions au21 thorized by such sanctions programs 

22 and authorities. 

23 (2) SANCTIONS LISTED.—The sanctions listed in 

24 this paragraph are the following: 


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1 (A) Sanctions described in section 105(c) of 

2 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account3 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

4 8514(c)). 

5 (B) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 

6 person pursuant to Executive Order 13553 (50 

7 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 

8 of certain persons with respect to serious human 

9 rights abuses by the Government of Iran). 

10 (C) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 

11 person pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 

12 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 

13 and prohibiting transactions with persons who 

14 commit, threaten to commit, or support ter15 rorism). 

16 (D) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 

17 person pursuant to Executive Order 13818 (re18 lating to blocking the property of persons in19 volved in serious human rights abuse or corrup20 tion). 

21 (E) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 

22 person pursuant to Executive Order 13876 (re23 lating to imposing sanctions with respect to 

24 Iran). 


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1 (F) Penalties and visa bans applicable with 

2 respect to a person pursuant to section 7031(c) 

3 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

4 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021. 

5 (3) FORM OF DETERMINATION.—The determina6 tion required by paragraph (1) shall be provided in 

7 an unclassified form but may contain a classified 

8 annex provided separately containing additional con9 textual information pertaining to justification for the 

10 issuance of any waiver issued, as described in para11 graph (1)(C)(ii). The unclassified portion of such de12 termination shall be made available on a publicly 

13 available internet website of the Federal Government. 

14 (d) FOREIGN PERSONS DESCRIBED.—The foreign per15 sons described in this subsection are the following: 

16 (1) The Supreme Leader of Iran and any official 

17 in the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran. 

18 (2) The President of Iran and any official in the 

19 Office of the President of Iran or the President’s cabi20 net, including cabinet ministers and executive vice 

21 presidents. 

22 (3) Any entity, including foundations and eco23 nomic conglomerates, overseen by the Office of the Su24 preme Leader of Iran which is complicit in financing 


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1 or resourcing of human rights abuses or support for 

2 terrorism. 

3 (4) Any official of any entity owned or con4 trolled by the Supreme Leader of Iran or the Office 

5 of the Supreme Leader of Iran. 

6 (5) Any person determined by the President— 

7 (A) to be a person appointed by the Su8 preme Leader of Iran, the Office of the Supreme 

9 Leader of Iran, the President of Iran, or the Of10 fice of the President of Iran to a position as a 

11 state official of Iran, or as the head of any entity 

12 located in Iran or any entity located outside of 

13 Iran that is owned or controlled by one or more 

14 entities in Iran; 

15 (B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, 

16 or provided financial, material, or technological 

17 support for, or goods or services to or in support 

18 of any person whose property and interests in 

19 property are blocked pursuant to any sanctions 

20 program or authority listed in subsection (c)(2); 

21 (C) to be owned or controlled by, or to have 

22 acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, di23 rectly or indirectly any person whose property 

24 and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 


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1 any sanctions program or authority listed in 

2 subsection (c)(2); or 

3 (D) to be a member of the board of directors 

4 or a senior executive officer of any person whose 

5 property and interests in property are blocked 

6 pursuant to any sanctions program or authority 

7 listed in subsection (c)(2). 

8 (e) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

10 receiving a request from the chairman and ranking 

11 member of one of the appropriate congressional com12 mittees with respect to whether a foreign person meets 

13 the criteria of a person described in subsection (d)(5), 

14 the President shall— 

15 (A) determine if the person meets such cri16 teria; and 

17 (B) submit an unclassified report, with a 

18 classified annex provided separately if needed, to 

19 such chairman and ranking member with respect 

20 to such determination that includes a statement 

21 of whether or not the President imposed or in22 tends to impose sanctions with respect to the per23 son pursuant to any sanctions program or au24 thority listed in subsection (c)(2). 


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1 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

2 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

3 congressional committees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

5 House of Representatives; and 

6 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

7 the Senate. 

8 SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY. 

9 If any provision of this Act, or the application of such 

10 provision to any person or circumstance, is found to be un11 constitutional, the remainder of this Act, or the application 

12 of that provision to other persons or circumstances, shall 

13 not be affected. 


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Union Calendar No. 90 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 589 

[Report No. 118–118, Part I] 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions on the Supreme Leader of 

for terrorism. tive offices for human rights abuses and support Iran and the President of Iran and their respecJUNE 22, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an 

amendment 

JUNE 22, 2023 

Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and 

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