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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2667 

To prohibit the exercise of any waiver of the imposition of certain sanctions 

with respect to Iran unless the President certifies to Congress that 

the waiver will not result in the provision of funds to the Government 

of Iran for activities in support of international terrorism, to develop 

nuclear weapons, or to violate the human rights of the people of Iran. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2014 

Mr. KIRK (for himself, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. HATCH, and Mr. HOEVEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prohibit the exercise of any waiver of the imposition 

of certain sanctions with respect to Iran unless the President certifies to Congress that the waiver will not result 

in the provision of funds to the Government of Iran 

for activities in support of international terrorism, to 

develop nuclear weapons, or to violate the human rights 

of the people of Iran. 

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 ‘‘Iranian Sanctions Re3 lief Certification Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR EXERCISE OF CER5 TAIN WAIVERS OF PROVISIONS OF LAW IM6 POSING SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the en8 actment of this Act, the President may not exercise a 

9 waiver specified in subsection (b) in connection with the 

10 extension of the terms of the Joint Plan of Action beyond 

11 July 20, 2014, unless the President certifies to Congress 

12 before the waiver takes effect and every 60 days thereafter 

13 that any funds made available to the Government of Iran 

14 as a result of the waiver will not facilitate the ability of 

15 that Government— 

16 (1) to provide support for— 

17 (A) any individual or entity designated for 

18 the imposition of sanctions for activities relat19 ing to international terrorism pursuant to an 

20 Executive order or by the Office of Foreign As21 sets Control of the Department of the Treasury 

22 before July 22, 2014; 

23 (B) any organization designated by the 

24 Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organi25 zation under section 219(a) of the Immigration 


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1 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) before 

2 July 22, 2014; or 

3 (C) any other terrorist organization, in4 cluding Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic 

5 Jihad, and the regime of Bashar al-Assad in 

6 Syria; 

7 (2) to advance the efforts of Iran or any other 

8 country to develop nuclear weapons or ballistic mis9 siles overtly or covertly; or 

10 (3) to commit any violation of the human rights 

11 of the people of Iran. 

12 (b) WAIVERS SPECIFIED.—A waiver specified in this 

13 subsection is any of the following: 

14 (1) A waiver provided for under section 4(c) or 

15 9(c) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

16 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) to the imposition of 

17 sanctions under section 5(a)(7) of that Act. 

18 (2) A waiver provided for under paragraph (5) 

19 of section 1245(d) of the National Defense Author20 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

21 8513a(d)) to the imposition of sanctions under para22 graph (1) of that section. 

23 (3) A waiver provided for under subsection (e) 

24 of section 302 of the Iran Threat Reduction and 

25 Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742) 


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1 to the identification of foreign persons under sub2 section (a) of that section. 

3 (4) A waiver provided for under subsection (i) 

4 of section 1244 of the Iran Freedom and Counter5 Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803) to the 

6 imposition of sanctions under subsection (c) of that 

7 section. 

8 (c) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION DEFINED.—In this sec9 tion, the term ‘‘Joint Plan of Action’’ means the Joint 

10 Plan of Action, signed at Geneva November 24, 2013, by 

11 Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, 

12 the People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and 

13 the United States. 

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