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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 825 

To terminate the authority to waive certain provisions of law requiring the 

imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran, to codify certain sanctions 

imposed by Executive order, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 19, 2015 

Mr. CRUZ introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To terminate the authority to waive certain provisions of 

law requiring the imposition of sanctions with respect 

to Iran, to codify certain sanctions imposed by Executive 

order, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Sanction Iran, Safe5 guard America Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘SISA Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) A nuclear-capable Iran poses a direct and 

2 existential threat to the United States, Israel, and 

3 allies around the world. 

4 (2) Iran is a leading state sponsor of terrorism, 

5 arming and funding terrorist groups around the 

6 world, including by providing material support for 

7 the terrorist organization Hamas in its relentless at8 tacks on Israel. 

9 (3) The Government of Iran has violated 

10 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1696 

11 (2006), 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 

12 1835 (2008), and 1929 (2010), relating to Iran’s 

13 nuclear program. 

14 (4) The Government of Iran has received sig15 nificant economic benefits from the relaxation of 

16 economic sanctions pursuant the Joint Plan of Ac17 tion, signed November 24, 2013, by Iran and by 

18 France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the Peo19 ple’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and 

20 the United States (in this section referred to as the 

21 ‘‘Joint Plan of Action’’), including increased eco22 nomic growth, reduced inflation, and a strengthened 

23 currency, while making no substantive reductions in 

24 its nuclear program. 


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1 (5) Any deal relating to Iran’s nuclear weapons 

2 program that does not completely dismantle the en3 tire nuclear weapons program would repeat the same 

4 mistakes observed with negotiations with North 

5 Korea, a totalitarian country that exported its nu6 clear technology to Syria and has shared similar nu7 clear and ballistic missile technology with Iran. 

8 (6) The Agreed Framework between the United 

9 States and the Democratic People’s Republic of 

10 Korea, signed in Geneva on October 21, 1994, which 

11 called for North Korea to freeze and dismantle its 

12 nuclear weapons program in exchange for eased 

13 sanctions and normalized relations with the United 

14 States, should serve as a reminder of previous failed 

15 negotiations resulting in billions of dollars made 

16 available for the development of nuclear weapons. 

17 (7) Economic sanctions imposed with respect to 

18 Iran are designed for the purpose of ending Iran’s 

19 pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, not of initi20 ating negotiations. Therefore, any easing of sanc21 tions in pursuit of negotiations undermines the pur22 pose of the sanctions, as is demonstrated by the case 

23 of North Korea. 

24 (8) Secretary of State John Kerry has publicly 

25 confirmed that any agreement the United States 


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1 reaches with Iran will not be ‘‘legally binding’’. 

2 Therefore, neither President Barack Obama nor any 

3 future President will be legally obligated in any way 

4 to enforce or carry out the terms of the agreement 

5 unless it is ratified as a treaty by the Senate or ap6 proved in an Act of Congress. 

7 (9) If the United Nations Security Council 

8 passes a resolution to enforce the terms of any 

9 agreement with Iran, that resolution will have no 

10 force or effect under United States law absent ap11 proval by an Act of Congress. 

12 (10) In the absence of such approval, neither 

13 President Obama nor any future President will be 

14 obligated under the Constitution of the United 

15 States or the laws of the United States to enforce 

16 or carry out the terms of the Security Council reso17 lution. 

18 (11) The President will instead be required by 

19 the Constitution to enforce any Act of Congress, 

20 even if the Act is contrary to the terms of the Secu21 rity Council resolution. 


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1 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION AND ELIMINATION OF WAIVER AU2 THORITIES FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONS WITH 

3 RESPECT TO IRAN. 

4 (a) MODIFICATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS RE5 LATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL FROM

6 IRAN.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(c)(1)(A) of the 

8 Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 

9 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by inserting 

10 ‘‘(other than the requirement in paragraph (7) of 

11 such section)’’ after ‘‘section 5(a)’’. 

12 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

13 the requirement in section 5(a)(7) of the Iran Sanc14 tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 

15 1701 note) exercised by the President under section 

16 9(c)(1)(A) of such Act, as in effect on the day before 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, shall cease to 

18 be in effect on and after such date of enactment. 

19 (b) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER WITH RESPECT TO

20 MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL

21 INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANS22 ACTIONS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the Com24 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di25 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513) is amend26 ed— 


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1 (A) by striking subsection (f); and 

2 (B) by redesignating subsections (g) 

3 through (i) as subsections (f) through (h), re4 spectively. 

5 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

6 the imposition of sanctions exercised by the Presi7 dent under section 104(f) of the Comprehensive Iran 

8 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

9 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(f)), as in effect on the day 

10 before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

11 cease to be in effect on and after such date of enact12 ment. 

13 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

14 (A) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FINAN15 CIAL SECTOR OF IRAN.—Section 1245(h) of the 

16 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

17 Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is amended by 

18 striking ‘‘section 104(i) of the Comprehensive 

19 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

20 Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i))’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanc22 tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

23 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513)’’. 

24 (B) EXPANSION OF MANDATORY SANC25 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL


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1 INSTITUTIONS.—Section 104A(d)(2) of the 

2 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 

3 and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

4 8513b(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

5 104(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 104’’. 

6 (C) DEFINITIONS FOR IRAN FREEDOM AND

7 COUNTER-PROLIFERATION ACT OF 2012.—Sec8 tion 1242(a)(5) of the Iran Freedom and 

9 Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

10 8801(a)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

11 104(i) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 

12 Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 

13 U.S.C. 8513(i))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 104 of 

14 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account15 ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

16 8513)’’. 

17 (c) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

18 RESPECT TO THE FINANCIAL SECTOR OF IRAN.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d) of the Na20 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

21 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) is amended by striking 

22 paragraph (5). 

23 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver 

24 exercised by the President under section 1245(d)(5) 

25 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 


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1 Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(5)), as in effect on 

2 the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, 

3 shall cease to be in effect on and after such date of 

4 enactment. 

5 (d) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

6 RESPECT TO PERSONS THAT SUPPORT OR CONDUCT

7 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY

8 GUARD CORPS OR OTHER SANCTIONED PERSONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Iran 

10 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 

11 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742) is amended by— 

12 (A) striking subsections (d) and (e); and 

13 (B) redesignating subsection (f) as sub14 section (d). 

15 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver 

16 exercised by the President under subsection (d) or 

17 (e) of section 302 of the Iran Threat Reduction and 

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

19 as in effect on the day before the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, shall cease to be in effect on and 

21 after such date of enactment. 

22 (e) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

23 RESPECT TO THE ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIP24 BUILDING SECTORS OF IRAN.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1244 of the Iran 

2 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

3 U.S.C. 8803) is amended by striking subsection (i). 

4 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

5 the imposition of sanctions under section 1244(i) of 

6 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 

7 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(i)), as in effect on the day 

8 before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

9 cease to be in effect on and after such date of enact10 ment. 

11 (f) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

12 RESPECT TO THE SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF CER13 TAIN MATERIALS TO OR FROM IRAN.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245 of the Iran 

15 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

16 U.S.C. 8804) is amended— 

17 (A) by striking subsection (g); and 

18 (B) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub19 section (g). 

20 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

21 the imposition of sanctions under section 1245(g) of 

22 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 

23 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8804(g)), as in effect on the day 

24 before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 


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1 cease to be in effect on and after such date of enact2 ment. 

3 (g) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

4 RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF UNDERWRITING SERV5 ICES OR INSURANCE OR REINSURANCE FOR ACTIVITIES

6 OR PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH SANCTIONS

7 HAVE BEEN IMPOSED.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1246 of the Iran 

9 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

10 U.S.C. 8805) is amended by striking subsection (e). 

11 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

12 the imposition of sanctions under section 1246(e) of 

13 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 

14 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8805(e)), as in effect on the day 

15 before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

16 cease to be in effect on and after such date of enact17 ment. 

18 (h) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER OF SANCTIONS WITH

19 RESPECT TO FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT

20 FACILITATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON BEHALF OF

21 SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1247 of the Iran 

23 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

24 U.S.C. 8806) is amended by striking subsection (f). 


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1 (2) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—Any waiver of 

2 the imposition of sanctions under subsection section 

3 1247(f) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Prolifera4 tion Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8806(f)), as in effect 

5 on the day before the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act, shall cease to be in effect on and after such 

7 date of enactment. 

8 (i) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1253(c) of 

9 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 

10 (22 U.S.C. 8809(c)) is amended, in the matter preceding 

11 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, and, as appropriate, instead 

12 of sections 1244(i), 1245(g), and 1246(e) of this Act’’. 

13 SEC. 4. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PURCHASE, ACQUI14 SITION, SALE, TRANSPORT, OR MARKETING 

15 OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, OR 

16 PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM IRAN. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title II of the Iran 

18 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

19 (22 U.S.C. 8721 et seq.) is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating sections 222, 223, and 224 

21 as sections 225, 226, and 227, respectively; and 

22 (2) by inserting after section 221 the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 222. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 PURCHASE, ACQUISITION, SALE, TRANSPORT, 

3 OR MARKETING OF PETROLEUM, PETRO4 LEUM PRODUCTS, AND PETROCHEMICAL 

5 PRODUCTS FROM IRAN. 

6 ‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS ON CORRESPONDENT AND PAY7 ABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNTS.—The President shall pro8 hibit the opening, and prohibit or impose strict conditions 

9 on the maintaining, in the United States of a cor10 respondent account or a payable-through account by a for11 eign financial institution that the President determines 

12 has knowingly conducted or facilitated any significant fi13 nancial transaction, on or after July 31, 2012— 

14 ‘‘(1) for the purchase, acquisition, sale, trans15 port, or marketing of petroleum or petroleum prod16 ucts from Iran; or 

17 ‘‘(2) for the purchase, acquisition, sale, trans18 port, or marketing of petrochemical products from 

19 Iran. 

20 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS FROM IRAN SANC21 TIONS ACT OF 1996.—The President shall impose on a 

22 person one or more of the sanctions described in section 

23 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– 

24 172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) upon determining that the per25 son knowingly, on or after July 31, 2012, engaged in a 


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1 significant transaction for the purchase, acquisition, sale, 

2 transport, or marketing of— 

3 ‘‘(1) petroleum or petroleum products from 

4 Iran; or 

5 ‘‘(2) petrochemical products from Iran. 

6 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY.—Subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) 

7 shall apply with respect to a person only if— 

8 ‘‘(1) the President determines under subpara9 graphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (4) of section 

10 1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

11 for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) that 

12 there is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petro13 leum products from countries other than Iran to 

14 permit a significant reduction in the volume of pe15 troleum and petroleum products purchased from 

16 Iran by or through foreign financial institutions; and 

17 ‘‘(2) an exception under subparagraph (D) of 

18 that paragraph from the imposition of sanctions 

19 under paragraph (1) of that section does not apply 

20 with respect to the country with primary jurisdiction 

21 over the person. 

22 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; 

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1 through account’ have the meanings given those 

2 terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States 

3 Code. 

4 ‘‘(2) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘fi5 nancial institution’ means a financial institution 

6 specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 

7 (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section 

8 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 

9 ‘‘(3) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

10 term ‘foreign financial institution’ has the meaning 

11 of that term as determined by the Secretary of the 

12 Treasury pursuant to section 104 of the Comprehen13 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

14 Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513). 

15 ‘‘(4) PETROLEUM.—The term ‘petroleum’ 

16 means a mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liq17 uid phase in natural underground reservoirs and re18 mains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing 

19 through surface separating facilities. 

20 ‘‘(5) PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘petroleum 

22 products’ includes unfinished oils, liquefied pe23 troleum gases, pentanes plus, aviation gasoline, 

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1 ual fuel oil, petrochemical feedstocks, special 

2 naphthas, lubricants, waxes, petroleum coke, as3 phalt, road oil, still gas, and miscellaneous 

4 products obtained from the processing of crude 

5 oil (including lease condensate), natural gas, 

6 and other hydrocarbon compounds. 

7 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘petroleum 

8 products’ does not include natural gas, liquefied 

9 natural gas, biofuels, methanol, and other non10 petroleum fuels. 

11 ‘‘(6) PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS.—The term 

12 ‘petrochemical products’ includes any aromatic, 

13 olefin, and synthesis gas, and any of derivatives of 

14 such a gas, including ethylene, propylene, butadiene, 

15 benzene, toluene, xylene, ammonia, methanol, and 

16 urea. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 223. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

18 SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL 

19 COMPANY, THE NAFTIRAN INTERTRADE COM20 PANY, OR THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN. 

21 ‘‘The President shall block and prohibit all trans22 actions in property and interests in property of a person 

23 the President determines has, on or after July 31, 2012, 

24 materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, mate25 rial, or technological support for, or goods or services in 


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1 support of, the National Iranian Oil Company, the 

2 Naftiran Intertrade Company, or the Central Bank of 

3 Iran if such property and interests in property are in the 

4 United States, come within the United States, or are or 

5 come within the possession or control of a United States 

6 person. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

8 SUPPORT FOR THE PURCHASE OF UNITED 

9 STATES BANK NOTES OR PRECIOUS METALS 

10 BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. 

11 ‘‘The President shall block and prohibit all trans12 actions in property and interests in property of a person 

13 the President determines has, on or after July 31, 2012, 

14 materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, mate15 rial, or technological support for, or goods or services in 

16 support of, the purchase or acquisition of United States 

17 bank notes or precious metals by the Government of Iran, 

18 if such property and interests in property are in the 

19 United States, come within the United States, or are or 

20 come within the possession or control of a United States 

21 person.’’. 

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

23 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

24 Act of 2012 is amended by striking the items relating to 

25 sections 222, 223, and 224 and inserting the following: 


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‘‘Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to purchase, acquisition, sale, 

transport, or marketing of petroleum, petroleum products, and 

petrochemical products from Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 223. Imposition of sanctions with respect to support for the National Iranian Oil Company, the Naftiran Intertrade Company, or the 

Central Bank of Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to support for the purchase of 

United States bank notes or precious metals by the Government of Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 225. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to certain authorities of State and local governments. 

‘‘Sec. 226. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that invest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum 

products to Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 227. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crude 

oil and refined petroleum products.’’. 

1 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 TRANSACTIONS WITH SPECIALLY DES3 IGNATED NATIONALS AND WITH RESPECT TO 

4 THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR OF IRAN. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Iran Freedom and Counter6 Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.) is 

7 amended by inserting after section 1247 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 1247A. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

9 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH SPECIALLY 

10 DESIGNATED NATIONALS. 

11 ‘‘(a) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President shall 

12 block and prohibit all transactions in property and inter13 ests in property of a person the President determines has, 

14 on or after July 1, 2013, materially assisted, sponsored, 

15 or provided financial, material, or technological support 

16 for, or goods or services in support of, any person specified 

17 in subsection (b) if such property and interests in property 

18 are in the United States, come within the United States, 


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1 or are or come within the possession or control of a United 

2 States person. 

3 ‘‘(b) PERSONS SPECIFIED.—A person specified in 

4 this subsection is any person as follows: 

5 ‘‘(1) Any Iranian person included on the list of 

6 specially designated nationals and blocked persons 

7 maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 

8 of the Department of the Treasury (other than an 

9 Iranian depository institution the property and inter10 ests in property of which are blocked solely pursuant 

11 to Executive Order 13599 (78 Fed. Reg. 33951)). 

12 ‘‘(2) Any person included on that list the prop13 erty and interests in property of which are blocked 

14 pursuant to subsection (a) or Executive Order 

15 13599 (other than an Iranian depository institution 

16 the property and interests in property of which are 

17 blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 13599). 

18 ‘‘SEC. 1247B. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

19 THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR OF IRAN. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc21 tions described in one or more of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), 

22 (5), (10), and (11) of section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions 

23 Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 

24 with respect to a person that the President determines 

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1 nificant financial transaction for the sale, supply, or trans2 fer to Iran of significant goods or services used in connec3 tion with the automotive sector of Iran. 

4 ‘‘(b) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.— 

5 The President shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 

6 impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the United 

7 States of a correspondent account or a payable-through 

8 account by a foreign financial institution that the Presi9 dent determines has, on or after July 1, 2013, knowingly 

10 facilitated a significant financial transaction for the sale, 

11 supply, or transfer to Iran of significant goods or services 

12 used in connection with the automotive sector of Iran. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 1247C. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR GOVERN14 MENT CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS IN AUTO15 MOTIVE SECTOR OF ANY COUNTRY. 

16 ‘‘(a) MODIFICATION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REG17 ULATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 

18 enactment of the Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act 

19 of 2015, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be re20 vised to require a certification from each person described 

21 in subsection (b) that is a prospective contractor that the 

22 person, and any person owned or controlled by the per23 son— 

24 ‘‘(1) has not, in the previous 90 days, con25 ducted any transaction with an Iranian person or 


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1 any entity owned or controlled by an Iranian person; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(2) does not have a business relationship with 

4 the Government of Iran. 

5 ‘‘(b) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 

6 this subsection is a person that is part of the automotive 

7 sector of any foreign country. 

8 ‘‘(c) REMEDIES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the head of an executive 

10 agency determines that a person has submitted a 

11 false certification under subsection (a) on or after 

12 the date on which the revision of the Federal Acqui13 sition Regulation required by subsection (a) becomes 

14 effective, the head of that executive agency shall ter15 minate a contract with that person or debar or sus16 pend that person from eligibility for Federal con17 tracts for a period of not less than 2 years. Any 

18 such debarment or suspension shall be subject to the 

19 procedures that apply to debarment and suspension 

20 under the Federal Acquisition Regulation under sub21 part 9.4 of part 9 of title 48, Code of Federal Regu22 lations. 

23 ‘‘(2) INCLUSION ON LIST OF PARTIES EX24 CLUDED FROM FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND NON25 PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS.—The Administrator of 


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1 General Services shall include on the List of Parties 

2 Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non3 procurement Programs maintained by the Adminis4 trator under part 9 of the Federal Acquisition Regu5 lation each person that is debarred, suspended, or 

6 proposed for debarment or suspension by the head 

7 of an executive agency on the basis of a determina8 tion of a false certification under paragraph (1). 

9 ‘‘(d) CLARIFICATION REGARDING CERTAIN PROD10 UCTS.—The remedies set forth in subsection (c) shall not 

11 apply with respect to the procurement of eligible products, 

12 as defined in section 308(4) of the Trade Agreements Act 

13 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)), of any foreign country or 

14 instrumentality designated under section 301(b) of that 

15 Act (19 U.S.C. 2511(b)). 

16 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall 

17 not be construed to limit the use of other remedies avail18 able to the head of an executive agency or any other offi19 cial of the Federal Government on the basis of a deter20 mination of a false certification under subsection (a). 

21 ‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY.—The revisions to the Federal 

22 Acquisition Regulation required under subsection (a) shall 

23 apply with respect to contracts for which solicitations are 

24 issued on or after the date of the enactment of the Sanc25 tion Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2015. 


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1 ‘‘(g) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE2 PORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact3 ment of the Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 

4 2015, and every 90 days thereafter, the Comptroller Gen5 eral of the United States shall submit to the appropriate 

6 congressional committees a list of all persons that are part 

7 of the automotive sector of any foreign country that— 

8 ‘‘(1) during the 90-day period preceding the 

9 submission of the report, have conducted a trans10 action with an Iranian person or any entity owned 

11 or controlled by an Iranian person; or 

12 ‘‘(2) have a business relationship with the Gov13 ernment of Iran. 

14 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 ‘‘(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘executive 

16 agency’ has the meaning given that term in section 

17 133 of title 41, United States Code. 

18 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.— 

19 The term ‘Federal Acquisition Regulation’ means 

20 the regulation issued pursuant to section 1303(a)(1) 

21 of title 41, United States Code.’’. 

22 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1242 of the Iran Free23 dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

24 8801) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (7) 

2 through (14) as paragraphs (9) through (16), 

3 respectively; 

4 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

5 through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), re6 spectively; 

7 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(3) AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR.—The term ‘auto10 motive sector’ means, with respect to a country, the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(A) The manufacturing or assembling in 

13 that country of vehicles, including passenger 

14 cars, trucks, buses, minibuses, pick-up trucks, 

15 and motorcycles. 

16 ‘‘(B) The manufacturing in that country of 

17 original equipment relating to such vehicles. 

18 ‘‘(C) The manufacturing in that country of 

19 after-market parts relating to such vehicles.’’; 

20 and 

21 (D) by inserting after paragraph (7), as 

22 redesignated by subparagraph (B), the fol23 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(8) IRANIAN DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The 

2 term ‘Iranian depository institution’ means an entity 

3 that— 

4 ‘‘(A) is— 

5 ‘‘(i) organized under the laws of Iran 

6 or any jurisdiction within Iran, including a 

7 foreign branch of such an institution; 

8 ‘‘(ii) located in Iran; 

9 ‘‘(iii) owned or controlled by the Gov10 ernment of Iran; or 

11 ‘‘(iv) owned or controlled by an entity 

12 described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); and 

13 ‘‘(B) is engaged primarily in the business 

14 of banking, as determined by the Secretary of 

15 the Treasury.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘financial transactions or 

18 financial services’’ and inserting ‘‘financial 

19 transactions, financial services, goods, or other 

20 services’’; and 

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘, with respect to finan22 cial transactions or financial services,’’ after 

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1 SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR2 EIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT FACILI3 TATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH SPE4 CIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS. 

5 Section 1247(a) of the Iran Freedom and Counter6 Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8806(a)) is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘the President determines has’’ and all that 

8 follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘the 

9 President determines has— 

10 ‘‘(1) on or after July 1, 2013, knowingly facili11 tated a significant financial transaction on behalf of 

12 any Iranian person included on the list of specially 

13 designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 

14 by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the De15 partment of the Treasury (other than an Iranian fi16 nancial institution described in subsection (b)); or 

17 ‘‘(2) on or after July 1, 2013, knowingly facili18 tated a significant financial transaction on behalf of 

19 any person included on that list the property and in20 terests in property of which are blocked pursuant to 

21 section 1247A or Executive Order 13599 (78 Fed. 

22 Reg. 33951) (other than an Iranian depository insti23 tution the property and interests in property of 

24 which are blocked solely pursuant to Executive 

25 Order 13599).’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF LOOPHOLE ALLOWING IMPORTA2 TION OF REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 

3 MADE FROM IRANIAN ORIGIN CRUDE OIL. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(b)(1) of the Com5 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

6 Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8512(b)(1)) is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION TO REFINED PETRO9 LEUM PRODUCTS MADE FROM IRANIAN ORIGIN

10 CRUDE OIL.—The prohibition in subparagraph 

11 (A) includes a prohibition on the importation 

12 into the United States of refined petroleum 

13 products produced using Iranian origin crude 

14 oil without regard to whether such crude oil 

15 was commingled with crude oil not of Iranian 

16 origin during the process of producing the re17 fined petroleum products.’’. 

18 (b) TERMINATION OF REGULATORY EXCEPTIONS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(d) of the Com20 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di21 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8512(d)) is 

22 amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(d) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall pre25 scribe regulations to carry out this section. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON REGULATORY EXCEP2 TIONS.—No exception to the prohibition under sub3 section (b)(1) may be made by regulation.’’. 

4 (2) TERMINATION OF EXCEPTIONS.—Any regu5 latory exception to the prohibition under section 

6 103(b)(1) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac7 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

8 8512(b)(1)) in effect on the day before the date of 

9 the enactment of this Act shall cease to be in effect 

10 on and after such date of enactment. 

11 SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

12 PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the 

14 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

15 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended— 

16 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘reduced re17 duced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘reduced the volume of its purchases 

19 of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and 

20 (2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur21 chases from Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of pe22 troleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’. 

23 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (g) of section 1245 of 

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1 2012, as amended by section 3(b)(3)(A) and as redesig2 nated by section 3(f)(1)(B), is further amended— 

3 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

4 paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

5 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(3) IRANIAN ORIGIN.—The term ‘Iranian ori8 gin’, with respect to petroleum, means extracted, 

9 produced, or refined in Iran. 

10 ‘‘(4) PETROLEUM.—The term ‘petroleum’ in11 cludes crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils, and 

12 other unfinished oils.’’. 

13 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 102(b) of 

14 the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 

15 of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘crude oil purchases from 

18 Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum 

19 from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘as amended by section 

21 504,’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur23 chases’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum from 

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1 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall apply with respect to determinations 

3 under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense 

4 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

5 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the date that is 90 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 9. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PROLIFERATORS OF 

8 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall block and 

10 prohibit all transactions in property and interests in prop11 erty of a person the President determines knowingly, on 

12 or after June 29, 2005, provides, or attempts to provide, 

13 financial, material, technological or other support for, or 

14 goods or services in support of, any activity or transaction 

15 described in subsection (b) or any person the property and 

16 interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to Ex17 ecutive Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to 

18 blocking property of weapons of mass destruction 

19 proliferators and their supporters), if such property and 

20 interests in property are in the United States, come within 

21 the United States, or are or come within the possession 

22 or control of a United States person. 

23 (b) ACTIVITIES AND TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

24 An activity or transaction described in this subsection is 

25 an activity or transaction that has materially contributed 


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1 to, or poses a risk of materially contributing to, the pro2 liferation of weapons of mass destruction or the means 

3 of delivery of such weapons (including missiles capable of 

4 delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manu5 facture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or 

6 use such weapons or means of delivery, by any person or 

7 foreign country the President determines to be of pro8 liferation concern. 

9 (c) UNITED STATES PERSON DEFINED.—In this sec10 tion, the term ‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning 

11 given that term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran 

12 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 

13 (22 U.S.C. 8511). 

14 SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR NEGOTIATIONS 

15 AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY NUCLEAR 

16 AGREEMENT WITH IRAN WITHOUT CONSENT 

17 OF CONGRESS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds authorized to be appro19 priated for fiscal year 2015 or any fiscal year thereafter 

20 may be obligated or expended to participate in a diplo21 matic negotiation with Iran or to implement any nuclear 

22 agreement with Iran until the date of the enactment of 

23 a joint resolution certifying that— 

24 (1) the United States will make public the text 

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1 scribed in the Joint Plan of Action) relating to 

2 Iran’s nuclear program; 

3 (2) the United States has secured a mechanism 

4 to carry out justice and award compensation to the 

5 United States citizens who were held hostage in the 

6 United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, in 1979; 

7 (3) the Government of Iran has freed all Amer8 ican prisoners of conscience who are being unjustly 

9 held in Iranian jails; 

10 (4) the Government of Iran is complying with 

11 all inspections conducted by the International Atom12 ic Energy Agency to fulfill its obligations under the 

13 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weap14 ons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 

15 1, 1968, and entered into force March 5, 1970 (com16 monly known as the ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation 

17 Treaty’’), to which Iran is a party; 

18 (5) the United States can verifiably determine, 

19 through certification by the International Atomic 

20 Energy Agency, that the Government of Iran— 

21 (A) has dismantled its nuclear program in 

22 its entirety, including all centrifuges, capabili23 ties, and facilities for enrichment and reprocess24 ing of uranium and plutonium; 


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1 (B) has relinquished all stockpiles of en2 riched uranium; 

3 (C) does not have any ballistic missiles or 

4 cruise missiles with a range of 300 kilometers 

5 or more and a payload of 500 kilograms or 

6 more and has dismantled its research and devel7 opment programs for such weapons; and 

8 (D) has addressed and clarified all out9 standing issues raised by the International 

10 Atomic Energy Agency, including possible mili11 tary dimensions of its nuclear program and 

12 measures related to the initiation of high explo13 sives and neutron transport calculations; 

14 (6) the Secretary of the Treasury no longer 

15 finds that the Central Bank of Iran is a financial in16 stitution of primary money laundering concern pur17 suant to section 5318A of title 31, United States 

18 Code; and 

19 (7) the President has submitted to Congress the 

20 notice and certification described in subsection (b). 

21 (b) NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION RELATING TO

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may not ter2 minate the designation of Iran as a state sponsor of 

3 terrorism unless— 

4 (A) not later than 60 days before termi5 nating that designation, the President submits 

6 to Congress— 

7 (i) a notice of the President’s intent 

8 to terminate the designation of Iran as a 

9 state sponsor of terrorism; and 

10 (ii) the certification described in para11 graph (2); and 

12 (B) there is enacted into law during the 

13 60-day period described in subparagraph (A) a 

14 joint resolution approving the termination of 

15 the designation. 

16 (2) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The certifi17 cation described in this paragraph is the certification 

18 of the President that— 

19 (A) the Government of Iran has not pro20 vided any support for acts of international ter21 rorism during the one-year period preceding the 

22 submission of the notice under paragraph 

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1 (B) the Government of Iran has provided 

2 assurances that it will not support acts of inter3 national terrorism in the future; and 

4 (C) the United States Government ac5 knowledges Iran’s participation in, and de6 mands Iran accept legal responsibility for— 

7 (i) the bombing of the Israeli embassy 

8 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 17, 

9 1992; 

10 (ii) the bombing of the World Trade 

11 Center in New York, New York, on Feb12 ruary 26, 1993; 

13 (iii) the bombing of the Asociacio ́n 

14 Mutual Israelita Argentina Jewish Com15 munity Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 

16 on July 18, 1994; and 

17 (iv) the bombing of the Khobar Tow18 ers in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, on June 25, 

19 1996. 

20 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The 

22 term ‘‘act of international terrorism’’ has the mean23 ing given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanc24 tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 

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1 (2) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—The term ‘‘Joint 

2 Plan of Action’’— 

3 (A) means the Joint Plan of Action, signed 

4 at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and by 

5 the United States, France, the Russian Federa6 tion, the People’s Republic of China, the United 

7 Kingdom, and Germany; and 

8 (B) includes all implementing materials 

9 and agreements related to the Joint Plan of Ac10 tion, including the technical understandings 

11 reached on January 12, 2014, the extension 

12 agreed to on July 19, 2014, and the extension 

13 agreed to on November 24, 2014. 

14 (3) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—The term 

15 ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the 

16 government of which the Secretary of State deter17 mines has repeatedly provided support for acts of 

18 international terrorism pursuant to— 

19 (A) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Ad20 ministration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 

21 2405(j)(1)(A)) (as continued in effect pursuant 

22 to the International Emergency Economic Pow23 ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); 

24 (B) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Con25 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 


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1 (C) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assist2 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)). 

3 SEC. 11. EXTENSION OF IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996. 

4 Section 13 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 

5 Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

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