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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6089 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 

Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and 

Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Iranian Drones 

3 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

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

7 Assembly Report on the continuing operation of the 

8 United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and 

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

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

11 of the 2006 Group that category IV already covered 

12 armed unmanned aerial vehicles and of the 2009 

13 Group on a proposal to include a new category for 

14 such vehicles. The Group reviewed proposals for pro15 viding greater clarity to category IV.’’. 

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

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

18 9406), enacted August 2, 2017, requires the Presi19 dent to impose sanctions on any person that the 

20 President determines ‘‘knowingly engages in any ac21 tivity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, 

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

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

24 armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery sys25 tems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, 

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1 pose of the United Nations Register of Conventional 

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

3 (3) In 2019, the United Nations formally 

4 changed the heading of category IV of the United 

5 Nations Register of Conventional Arms to ‘‘combat 

6 aircraft and unmanned combat aerial vehicles’’. 

7 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

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

9 Iran and Iranian-aligned terrorist and militia groups from 

10 acquiring unmanned aerial vehicles, including commer11 cially available component parts, that can be used in at12 tacks against United States persons and partner nations. 

13 SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO COUNTERING AMERICA’S ADVER14 SARIES THROUGH SANCTIONS ACT RELATING 

15 TO SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN. 

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

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

18 9406) is amended— 

19 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘EN20 FORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MAJOR

22 CONVENTIONAL ARMS’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘or un24 manned combat aerial vehicles’’ after ‘‘combat air25 craft’’. 


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

2 for the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanc3 tions Act is amended by striking the item relating to sec4 tion 107 and inserting the following: 

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

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

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

7 this Act and apply with respect to any person that know8 ingly engages in any activity that materially contributes 

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

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

11 unmanned combat aerial vehicles, as defined for the pur12 pose of the United Nations Register of Conventional 

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

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