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Calendar No. 400 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6089 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 28, 2022 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

JUNE 9, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

To clarify that section 107 of the Countering America’s 

Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applies sanctions 

with respect to unmanned combat aerial vehicles following a 2019 change by the United Nations providing 

additional clarity to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms. 

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 ‘‘Stop Iranian Drones 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) A July 15, 2013, United Nations General 

4 Assembly Report on the continuing operation of the 

5 United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and 

6 its further development (document A/68/140) states 

7 in paragraph 45, ‘‘The Group noted the discussion 

8 of the 2006 Group that category IV already covered 

9 armed unmanned aerial vehicles and of the 2009 

10 Group on a proposal to include a new category for 

11 such vehicles. The Group reviewed proposals for pro12 viding greater clarity to category IV.’’. 

13 (2) Section 107 of the Countering America’s 

14 Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 

15 9406), enacted August 2, 2017, requires the Presi16 dent to impose sanctions on any person that the 

17 President determines ‘‘knowingly engages in any ac18 tivity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, 

19 or transfer directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or 

20 for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, 

21 armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery sys22 tems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, 

23 missiles or missile systems, as defined for the pur24 pose of the United Nations Register of Conventional 

25 Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts’’. 


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1 (3) In 2019, the United Nations formally 

2 changed the heading of category IV of the United 

3 Nations Register of Conventional Arms to ‘‘combat 

4 aircraft and unmanned combat aerial vehicles’’. 

5 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

6 It shall be the policy of the United States to prevent 

7 Iran and Iranian-aligned terrorist and militia groups from 

8 acquiring unmanned aerial vehicles, including commer9 cially available component parts, that can be used in at10 tacks against United States persons and partner nations. 

11 SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO COUNTERING AMERICA’S ADVER12 SARIES THROUGH SANCTIONS ACT RELATING 

13 TO SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 107 of the Countering 

15 America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 

16 9406) is amended— 

17 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘EN18 FORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MAJOR

20 CONVENTIONAL ARMS’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘or un22 manned combat aerial vehicles’’ after ‘‘combat air23 craft’’. 

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

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1 tions Act is amended by striking the item relating to sec2 tion 107 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 107. Sanctions with respect to major conventional arms.’’. 

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

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

5 this Act and apply with respect to any person that know6 ingly engages in any activity that materially contributes 

7 to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly to or 

8 from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any 

9 unmanned combat aerial vehicles, as defined for the pur10 pose of the United Nations Register of Conventional 

11 Arms, before, on, or after such date of enactment. 

12 SEC. 5. REPORT TO IDENTIFY IRANIAN PERSONS THAT 

13 HAVE ATTACKED UNITED STATES CITIZENS 

14 USING UNMANNED COMBAT AERIAL VEHI15 CLES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there18 after, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee 

19 on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 

20 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 

21 that identifies, for the period specified in subsection (b), any 

22 Iranian person that has attacked a United States citizen 

23 using an unmanned combat aerial vehicle, as defined for 

24 the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional 

25 Arms. 


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1 (b) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this 

2 subsection is— 

3 (1) for the initial report, the period— 

4 (A) beginning on the date that is 10 years 

5 before the date such report is submitted; and 

6 (B) ending on the date such report is sub7 mitted; and 

8 (2) for the second or a subsequent report, the pe9 riod— 

10 (A) beginning on the date the preceding re11 port was submitted; and 

12 (B) ending on the date such second or subse13 quent report is submitted. 

14 (c) DESIGNATION OF PERSONS AS FOREIGN TER15 RORIST ORGANIZATIONS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall designate 

17 any person identified in a report submitted under 

18 subsection (a) as a foreign terrorist organization 

19 under section 219 of the Immigration and Natu20 ralization Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

21 (2) REVOCATION.—The President may not revoke 

22 a designation made under paragraph (1) until the 

23 date that is 10 years after the date of such designa24 tion. 


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1 (d) IRANIAN PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, the 

2 term ‘‘Iranian person’’— 

3 (1) means an entity organized under the laws of 

4 Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the 

5 Government of Iran; and 

6 (2) includes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

7 Corps. 

8 SEC. 56. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

9 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

10 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

11 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

12 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

13 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

14 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro15 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

16 vote on passage. 


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Calendar No. 400 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6089 

AN ACT 

To clarify that section 107 of the Countering AmerUnited Nations Register of Conventional Arms. United Nations providing additional clarity to the ial vehicles following a 2019 change by the sanctions with respect to unmanned combat aer- ica’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applies 

JUNE 9, 2022 

Reported with amendments 


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