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Calendar No. 29 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 792 

To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional 

sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 18, 2015 

Mr. SHELBY, from the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on 

the calendar 

A BILL 

To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to 

impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 


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Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Sense of Congress with respect to Iran. 

Sec. 4. Sense of Congress with respect to Israel’s right to exist and to defend 

itself and its people. 

TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGREEMENTS WITH, AND 

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS RELIEF PROVIDED TO, IRAN 

Sec. 101. Transmission to Congress of agreements with Iran and assessment 

reports with respect to such agreements. 

Sec. 102. Period for review by Congress of long-term comprehensive solution. 

Sec. 103. Sense of Congress on congressional approval of agreement. 

TITLE II—EXPANSION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS 

Sec. 201. Effective dates for staged imposition of sanctions if long-term comprehensive solution not reached. 

Sec. 202. Termination of suspension of sanctions. 

Sec. 203. Applicability of sanctions with respect to petroleum transactions. 

Sec. 204. Ineligibility for exception to certain sanctions for countries that do 

not reduce purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin to a de minimis level. 

Sec. 205. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain 

Iranian individuals. 

Sec. 206. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign currencies with or for certain sanctioned persons. 

Sec. 207. Imposition of sanctions with respect to ports, special economic zones, 

and strategic sectors of Iran. 

Sec. 208. Waiver of sanctions. 

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Exception for Afghanistan reconstruction. 

Sec. 302. Exception for import restrictions. 

Sec. 303. Applicability to certain intelligence activities. 

Sec. 304. Applicability to certain natural gas projects. 

Sec. 305. Rule of construction with respect to the use of force against Iran. 

Sec. 306. Sense of Congress on increased staffing for agencies involved in the 

implementation and enforcement of sanctions against Iran. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

6 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

7 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 


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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 the 

5 P5-plus-1 countries; and 

6 (B) includes all implementing materials 

7 and agreements related to the Joint Plan of Ac8 tion, including the technical understandings 

9 reached on January 12, 2014, the extension 

10 agreed to on July 19, 2014, the extension 

11 agreed to on November 24, 2014, and any ex12 tension that is agreed to on or after the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act and is transmitted 

14 to the appropriate congressional committees 

15 pursuant to section 101. 

16 (3) LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION.— 

17 The term ‘‘long-term comprehensive solution’’ means 

18 any comprehensive agreement, including a frame19 work agreement or political agreement, regarding 

20 the nuclear program of Iran as described in the 

21 Joint Plan of Action, without regard to whether or 

22 not one or more countries other than the United 

23 States and Iran are parties to the agreement, and 

24 all implementing materials and technical under25 standings related to that comprehensive agreement. 


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1 (4) P5-PLUS-1 COUNTRIES.—The term ‘‘P5- 

2 plus-1 countries’’ means the United States, France, 

3 the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of 

4 China, the United Kingdom, and Germany. 

5 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that— 

7 (1) it is the policy of the United States that the 

8 Government of Iran will not be allowed to develop or 

9 otherwise acquire a nuclear weapon capability; 

10 (2) all instruments of power and influence of 

11 the United States should remain on the table to pre12 vent the Government of Iran from developing or oth13 erwise acquiring a nuclear weapon capability; 

14 (3) a long-term comprehensive solution with 

15 Iran will be most sustainable over the long term if 

16 the President consults and coordinates closely with 

17 Congress to implement a strategy that decisively 

18 ends any nuclear threat from Iran; 

19 (4) the Government of Iran does not have an 

20 absolute or inherent right to enrichment and reproc21 essing capabilities and technologies under the Treaty 

22 on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done 

23 at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968, 

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1 ferred to as the ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Trea2 ty’’); 

3 (5) the goal of international negotiations with 

4 Iran, led by the United States, should be to conclude 

5 a long-term comprehensive solution with parameters 

6 that will— 

7 (A) reverse the development of Iran’s illicit 

8 nuclear infrastructure, including enrichment 

9 and reprocessing capabilities and facilities, the 

10 heavy water reactor and production plant at 

11 Arak, and any nuclear weapon components and 

12 technology, such that Iran is precluded from a 

13 nuclear breakout capability and prevented from 

14 pursuing both uranium and plutonium path15 ways to a nuclear weapon; 

16 (B) bring Iran into compliance with all 

17 United Nations Security Council resolutions re18 lated to Iran’s nuclear program, including Reso19 lutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 1747 

20 (2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 1929 

21 (2010), with a view toward bringing to a satis22 factory conclusion the Security Council’s consid23 eration of matters relating to the nuclear pro24 gram of Iran; 


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1 (C) resolve all issues of past and present 

2 concern with the International Atomic Energy 

3 Agency, including possible military dimensions 

4 of the nuclear program of Iran, and give inspec5 tors access to personnel, documents, and facili6 ties involved, at any point, with nuclear or nu7 clear weapons-related activities of Iran; 

8 (D) permit on-site and short-notice inspec9 tion, verification, and monitoring of all declared 

10 and suspect facilities in Iran, including installa11 tion and use of any compliance verification 

12 equipment requested by the International Atom13 ic Energy Agency, such that any effort by Iran 

14 to produce a nuclear weapon will be quickly de15 tected; 

16 (E) require that Iran fully implement and 

17 comply with— 

18 (i) the Agreement between Iran and 

19 the International Atomic Energy Agency 

20 for the Application of Safeguards in Con21 nection with the Treaty on the Non-Pro22 liferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vi23 enna June 19, 1973 (commonly referred to 

24 as the ‘‘Comprehensive Safeguards Agree25 ment’’); 


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1 (ii) modified Code 3.1 of the Sub2 sidiary Arrangements to the Agreement be3 tween Iran and the International Atomic 

4 Energy Agency for the Application of Safe5 guards in Connection with the Treaty on 

6 the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; 

7 and 

8 (iii) ratification and implementation of 

9 the Protocol Additional to the Agreement 

10 between Iran and the International Atomic 

11 Energy Agency for the Application of Safe12 guards in Connection with the Treaty on 

13 the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 

14 done at Vienna December 18, 2003 (com15 monly referred to as the ‘‘Additional Pro16 tocol’’); and 

17 (F) require that Iran implement measures 

18 in addition to the Additional Protocol that in19 clude verification by the International Atomic 

20 Energy Agency of Iran’s centrifuge research, 

21 development, and manufacturing facilities, in22 cluding raw materials and components, and 

23 Iran’s uranium mines, mills, and processing fa24 cilities; 


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1 (6) the United States should continue to impose 

2 sanctions on the Government of Iran and its proxies 

3 for their continuing sponsorship of terrorism; 

4 (7) the United States should continue to impose 

5 sanctions on the Government of Iran and Iranian 

6 persons for— 

7 (A) ongoing abuses of human rights; and 

8 (B) actions in support of the regime of 

9 Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and 

10 (8) the United States should continue to impose 

11 sanctions on the Government of Iran and other gov12 ernments and persons for the procurement, sale, or 

13 transfer of technology, services, or goods that sup14 port the development or acquisition of weapons of 

15 mass destruction or the means of delivery of those 

16 weapons. 

17 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO ISRAEL’S 

18 RIGHT TO EXIST AND TO DEFEND ITSELF 

19 AND ITS PEOPLE. 

20 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find21 ings: 

22 (1) Consistent with Article 51 of the Charter of 

23 the United Nations, which recognizes the right of a 

24 country to self-defense, Israel must be allowed to 


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1 take any actions necessary to remove threats to its 

2 existence. 

3 (2) Iran, which rejects Israel’s right to exist as 

4 a country, is a continued threat to the safety and se5 curity of Israel and the United States through its 

6 support of terrorist organizations such as Hamas 

7 and Hezbollah. 

8 (3) Any efforts by Iran to acquire nuclear 

9 weapons are a direct threat to Israel’s right to exist 

10 as a country. 

11 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that the United States supports Israel’s rights— 

13 (1) to exist as a democratic, Jewish state; 

14 (2) to defend itself against threats to its exist15 ence; and 

16 (3) to protect the lives and safety of the people 

17 of Israel. 


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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL RE2 VIEW OF AGREEMENTS WITH, 

3 AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS 

4 RELIEF PROVIDED TO, IRAN 

5 SEC. 101. TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS OF AGREEMENTS 

6 WITH IRAN AND ASSESSMENT REPORTS WITH 

7 RESPECT TO SUCH AGREEMENTS. 

8 (a) TRANSMISSION OF AGREEMENTS.—Not later 

9 than 5 days after entering into a long-term comprehensive 

10 solution or any agreement to extend the Joint Plan of Ac11 tion entered into after the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate con13 gressional committees— 

14 (1) the text of the agreement; 

15 (2) a verification assessment report of the Sec16 retary of State prepared under subsection (b) with 

17 respect to the agreement; and 

18 (3) an economic sanctions relief assessment re19 port of the Secretary of the Treasury prepared 

20 under subsection (c) with respect to the agreement. 

21 (b) VERIFICATION ASSESSMENT REPORT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, 

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1 tent to which the Secretary will be able to verify that 

2 Iran is complying with its obligations under the 

3 agreement, including an assessment, in conjunction 

4 with the Secretary of the Treasury, of existing inad5 equacies in the international monitoring and 

6 verification system. 

7 (2) ASSUMPTIONS.—In preparing a report 

8 under paragraph (1) with respect to an agreement 

9 described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State 

10 shall assume that Iran could— 

11 (A) use all measures not expressly prohib12 ited by the agreement to conceal activities that 

13 violate its obligations under the agreement; and 

14 (B) alter or deviate from standard prac15 tices in order to impede efforts to verify that 

16 Iran is complying with those obligations. 

17 (c) ECONOMIC SANCTIONS RELIEF ASSESSMENT RE18 PORT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall, in consulta19 tion with the Director of National Intelligence, prepare, 

20 with respect to each agreement described in subsection 

21 (a), a report assessing the extent to which the economy 

22 of Iran— 

23 (1) has, as of the date of the report, directly 

24 and indirectly benefited from sanctions relief pursu25 ant to the Joint Plan of Action; and 


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1 (2) is likely, over the course of the agreement, 

2 to directly and indirectly benefit from proposed sanc3 tions relief, including enhanced trade and market 

4 opportunities, pursuant to the agreement. 

5 (d) FORM OF REPORTS.—Each report under sub6 section (b) or (c) shall be transmitted in unclassified form, 

7 but may include a classified annex. 

8 SEC. 102. PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS OF LONG9 TERM COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION. 

10 (a) TRANSMISSION OF LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE

11 SOLUTION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—After transmitting a long13 term comprehensive solution and the assessment re14 ports under section 101(a), the President shall not 

15 exercise any waiver authority provided under any 

16 provision of law imposing sanctions with respect to 

17 Iran, refrain from applying any such sanctions, or 

18 take any other action to alter or limit the application 

19 of sanctions in connection with or to implement the 

20 long-term comprehensive solution, until the date that 

21 is 30 days of continuous session of Congress after 

22 the President transmits the long-term comprehensive 

23 solution and the assessment reports. 

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1 ral, waiver, or other suspension of sanctions pursu2 ant to the Joint Plan of Action if that deferral, 

3 waiver, or other suspension is made— 

4 (A) consistent with the law in effect on the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act; and 

6 (B) not later than 45 days before the 

7 transmission by the President of the long-term 

8 comprehensive solution and the assessment re9 ports under section 101(a). 

10 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The President 

11 shall not construe this subsection to allow any new 

12 deferral, waiver, or other suspension of sanctions 

13 with respect to Iran during the 30 days of contin14 uous session specified in paragraph (1). 

15 (b) COMPUTATION OF CONTINUOUS SESSION

16 DAYS.—In computing days of continuous session of Con17 gress under subsection (a)— 

18 (1) the days on which either House is not in 

19 session because of an adjournment of more than 3 

20 days to a date certain are excluded; and 

21 (2) continuity of session is broken only by an 

22 adjournment of Congress sine die. 


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1 SEC. 103. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONGRESSIONAL AP2 PROVAL OF AGREEMENT. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that the President should 

4 transmit to Congress any agreement subject to section 

5 101(a), and that such agreement should be voted on by 

6 Congress prior to becoming effective. 

7 TITLE II—EXPANSION AND 

8 IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS 

9 SEC. 201. EFFECTIVE DATES FOR STAGED IMPOSITION OF 

10 SANCTIONS IF LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE 

11 SOLUTION NOT REACHED. 

12 If the President has not transmitted to the appro13 priate congressional committees, pursuant to section 101, 

14 a long-term comprehensive solution and the assessment re15 ports described in that section— 

16 (1) by July 6, 2015, section 202 shall take ef17 fect; 

18 (2) by August 3, 2015, the provisions of and 

19 amendments made by section 203 shall take effect; 

20 (3) by September 7, 2015, the provisions of and 

21 amendments made by section 204 shall take effect; 

22 (4) by October 5, 2015, the provisions of and 

23 amendments made by section 205 shall take effect; 

24 (5) by November 2, 2015, the provisions of and 

25 amendments made by section 206 shall take effect; 

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1 (6) by December 7, 2015, the provisions of and 

2 amendments made by section 207 shall take effect. 

3 SEC. 202. TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS. 

4 Any sanctions imposed pursuant to statute or execu5 tive action that are deferred, waived, or otherwise sus6 pended by the President before the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action shall be 

8 reinstated on the effective date specified in section 201(1). 

9 SEC. 203. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

10 PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS. 

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

12 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

13 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended— 

14 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘reduced re15 duced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘reduced the volume of its purchases 

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

18 (2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur19 chases from Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of pe20 troleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’. 

21 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1245(h) of the National 

22 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 

23 U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is amended— 

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

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


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1 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(3) IRANIAN ORIGIN.—The term ‘Iranian ori4 gin’, with respect to petroleum, means extracted, 

5 produced, or refined in Iran. 

6 ‘‘(4) PETROLEUM.—The term ‘petroleum’ in7 cludes crude oil, lease condensates, plant conden8 sates, fuel oils, other unfinished oils, liquefied petro9 leum gases, and other petroleum products.’’. 

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

11 the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 

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

13 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

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

15 Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum 

16 from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and 

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

18 504,’’; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur20 chases’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum from 

21 Iran or of Iranian origin’’. 

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

23 this section shall apply with respect to determinations 

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

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


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1 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the effective date specified 

2 in section 201(2). 

3 SEC. 204. INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN 

4 SANCTIONS FOR COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT 

5 REDUCE PURCHASES OF PETROLEUM FROM 

6 IRAN OR OF IRANIAN ORIGIN TO A DE MINI7 MIS LEVEL. 

8 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

9 of the United States to seek to ensure that all countries 

10 reduce their purchases of crude oil, lease condensates, fuel 

11 oils, and other unfinished oils from Iran or of Iranian ori12 gin to a de minimis level by the end of the 240-day period 

13 beginning on the effective date specified in section 201(3). 

14 (b) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTIONS TO SANC15 TIONS.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense 

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

17 8513a(d)(4)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(iii) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEP20 TION.— 

21 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A country 

22 that purchased petroleum from Iran 

23 or of Iranian origin during the one24 year period preceding the effective 

25 date specified in section 201(3) of the 


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1 Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 

2 2015 may continue to receive an ex3 ception under clause (i) on or after 

4 the date that is 240 days after such 

5 effective date only— 

6 ‘‘(aa) if the country reduces 

7 its purchases of petroleum from 

8 Iran or of Iranian origin to a de 

9 minimis level by the end of the 

10 240-day period beginning on such 

11 effective date; or 

12 ‘‘(bb) as provided in sub13 clause (II) or (III). 

14 ‘‘(II) COUNTRIES THAT DRA15 MATICALLY REDUCE PURCHASES.— 

16 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—A 

17 country that would otherwise be 

18 ineligible pursuant to subclause 

19 (I)(aa) to receive an exception 

20 under clause (i) may continue to 

21 receive such an exception during 

22 the one-year period beginning on 

23 the date that is 240 days after 

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1 on Free Iran Act of 2015 if the 

2 country— 

3 ‘‘(AA) dramatically re4 duces by at least 30 percent 

5 its purchases of petroleum 

6 from Iran or of Iranian ori7 gin during the 240-day pe8 riod beginning on such effec9 tive date, as compared to its 

10 average monthly purchases 

11 of such petroleum during 

12 calendar year 2014; and 

13 ‘‘(BB) is expected to 

14 reduce its purchases of pe15 troleum from Iran or of Ira16 nian origin to a de minimis 

17 level within a defined period 

18 of time that is not longer 

19 than 2 years after such ef20 fective date. 

21 ‘‘(bb) TERMINATION OF EX22 CEPTION.—If a country that con23 tinues to receive an exception 

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1 chases of petroleum from Iran or 

2 of Iranian origin to a de minimis 

3 level by the date that is 2 years 

4 after the effective date specified 

5 in section 201(3) of the Nuclear 

6 Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015, 

7 that country shall not be eligible 

8 for an exception under clause (i) 

9 on or after the date that is 2 

10 years after such effective date. 

11 ‘‘(III) REINSTATEMENT OF ELI12 GIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION.—A country 

13 that becomes ineligible for an excep14 tion under clause (i) pursuant to sub15 clause (I) or (II) shall be eligible for 

16 such an exception in accordance with 

17 the provisions of clause (i) on and 

18 after the date on which the President 

19 determines the country has reduced 

20 its purchases of petroleum from Iran 

21 or of Iranian origin to a de minimis 

22 level.’’. 

23 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

24 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense Authorization 

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1 is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by strik2 ing ‘‘Sanctions imposed’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro3 vided in clause (iii), sanctions imposed’’. 

4 SEC. 205. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC5 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN 

6 INDIVIDUALS. 

7 (a) EXPANSION OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED.—Sec8 tion 221(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 

9 Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(a)) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

12 inserting a semicolon; 

13 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

14 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(3) an individual who engages in activities for 

17 or on behalf of the Government of Iran that enables 

18 Iran to evade sanctions imposed by the United 

19 States with respect to Iran; 

20 ‘‘(4) an individual acting on behalf of the Gov21 ernment of Iran who is involved in corrupt activities 

22 of that Government or the diversion of humanitarian 

23 goods, including agricultural commodities, food, 

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1 ‘‘(5) a senior official— 

2 ‘‘(A) of an entity designated for the impo3 sition of sanctions pursuant to the International 

4 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

5 1701 et seq.) in connection with— 

6 ‘‘(i) Iran’s illicit nuclear activities or 

7 proliferation of weapons of mass destruc8 tion or delivery systems for weapons of 

9 mass destruction; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) Iran’s support for acts of inter11 national terrorism; and 

12 ‘‘(B) who was involved in the activity for 

13 which the entity was designated for the imposi14 tion of sanctions.’’. 

15 (b) EXPANSION OF SENIOR OFFICIALS DE16 SCRIBED.—Section 221(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction 

17 and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(b)) 

18 is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in20 serting a semicolon; 

21 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

22 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(7) a senior official of— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the Office of the Supreme Leader of 

2 Iran; 

3 ‘‘(B) the Atomic Energy Organization of 

4 Iran; 

5 ‘‘(C) the Islamic Consultative Assembly of 

6 Iran; 

7 ‘‘(D) the Council of Ministers of Iran; 

8 ‘‘(E) the Ministry of Defense and Armed 

9 Forces Logistics of Iran; 

10 ‘‘(F) the Ministry of Justice of Iran; 

11 ‘‘(G) the Ministry of Interior of Iran; 

12 ‘‘(H) the prison system of Iran; or 

13 ‘‘(I) the judicial system of Iran.’’. 

14 (c) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—Section 221 of the 

15 Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 

16 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

18 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

19 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(d) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) OFFICIALS AND OTHER ACTORS.—In the 

23 case of an individual described in paragraph (1), (3), 

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1 suant to the International Emergency Economic 

2 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block and pro3 hibit all transactions in all property and interests in 

4 property of that individual if such property or inter5 ests in property are in the United States, come with6 in the United States, or are or come within the pos7 session or control of a United States person. 

8 ‘‘(2) FAMILY MEMBERS.—In the case of an in9 dividual described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) 

10 who is on the list required by that subsection, the 

11 President shall, pursuant to the International Emer12 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

13 seq.), block and prohibit a transaction in property or 

14 an interest in property of that individual if the prop15 erty or interest in property— 

16 ‘‘(A) was transferred to that individual 

17 from an individual described in paragraph (1) 

18 of subsection (a) who is on the list required by 

19 that subsection; and 

20 ‘‘(B) is in the United States, comes within 

21 the United States, or is or comes within the 

22 possession or control of a United States per23 son.’’. 

24 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 221 of the 

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1 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727), as amended by subsections (a), 

2 (b), and (c), is further amended— 

3 (1) by striking the section heading and insert4 ing ‘‘IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF

5 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRA6 NIAN INDIVIDUALS’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Not later 

8 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

9 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 90 days 

10 after the effective date specified in section 201(4) of 

11 the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015’’; and 

12 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 

13 (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’. 

14 (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

15 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

16 Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by strik17 ing the item relating to section 221 and inserting the fol18 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 221. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain 

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1 SEC. 206. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES 

3 WITH OR FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONED PER4 SONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Iran Threat Reduc6 tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

7 8721 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) by inserting after section 221 the following: 

9 ‘‘Subtitle C—Other Matters’’; 

10 (2) by redesignating sections 222, 223, and 224 

11 as sections 231, 232, and 233, respectively; and 

12 (3) by inserting after section 221 the following: 

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

14 TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES 

15 WITH CERTAIN SANCTIONED PERSONS. 

16 ‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President— 

17 ‘‘(1) shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 

18 impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the 

19 United States of a correspondent account or a pay20 able-through account by a foreign financial institu21 tion that knowingly conducts or facilitates a trans22 action described in subsection (b)(1); and 

23 ‘‘(2) may impose sanctions pursuant to the 

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1 son that knowingly conducts or facilitates such a 

2 transaction. 

3 ‘‘(b) TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A transaction described in 

5 this subsection is a significant transaction conducted 

6 or facilitated by a person related to the currency of 

7 a country other than the country with primary juris8 diction over the person with, for, or on behalf of— 

9 ‘‘(A) the Central Bank of Iran or an Ira10 nian financial institution designated by the Sec11 retary of the Treasury for the imposition of 

12 sanctions pursuant to the International Emer13 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

14 seq.); or 

15 ‘‘(B) a person described in section 

16 1244(c)(2) of the Iran Freedom and Counter17 Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

18 8803(c)(2)) (other than a person described in 

19 subparagraph (C)(iii) of that section). 

20 ‘‘(2) PRIMARY JURISDICTION.—For purposes of 

21 paragraph (1), a country in which a person operates 

22 shall be deemed to have primary jurisdiction over 

23 the person only with respect to the operations of the 

24 person in that country. 


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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply 

2 with respect to a transaction described in subsection 

3 (b)(1) conducted or facilitated— 

4 ‘‘(1) on or after the effective date specified in 

5 section 201(5) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act 

6 of 2015 pursuant to a contract entered into on or 

7 after such effective date; and 

8 ‘‘(2) on or after the date that is 90 days after 

9 such effective date pursuant to a contract entered 

10 into before such effective date. 

11 ‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY TO HUMANITARIAN TRANS12 ACTIONS.—The President may not impose sanctions under 

13 subsection (a) with respect to any person for conducting 

14 or facilitating a transaction for the sale of agricultural 

15 commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran or 

16 for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people 

17 of Iran. 

18 ‘‘(e) WAIVER.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

20 the application of subsection (a) with respect to a 

21 person for a period of not more than 180 days, and 

22 may renew that waiver for additional periods of not 

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1 ‘‘(A) determines that the waiver is impor2 tant to the national interest of the United 

3 States; and 

4 ‘‘(B) not less than 15 days after the waiver 

5 or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may 

6 be, takes effect, submits a report to the appro7 priate congressional committees on the waiver 

8 and the reason for the waiver. 

9 ‘‘(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report sub10 mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in 

11 unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. 

12 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; IRANIAN FINAN14 CIAL INSTITUTION.—The terms ‘financial institution’ 

15 and ‘Iranian financial institution’ have the meanings 

16 given those terms in section 104A(d) of the Com17 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di18 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)). 

19 ‘‘(2) TRANSACTION.—The term ‘transaction’ in20 cludes a foreign exchange swap, a foreign exchange 

21 forward, and any other type of currency exchange or 

22 conversion or derivative instrument.’’. 

23 (b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the 

24 Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 

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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and 

2 (4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (9), respectively; 

3 (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; 

6 PAYABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘ac7 count’, ‘correspondent account’, and ‘payable8 through account’ have the meanings given those 

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

10 Code. 

11 ‘‘(2) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term 

12 ‘agricultural commodity’ has the meaning given that 

13 term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 

14 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

15 ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’ has the meaning given that term in section 

18 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

19 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

20 ‘‘(4) DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; FOR21 EIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The terms ‘domes22 tic financial institution’ and ‘foreign financial insti23 tution’ have the meanings determined by the Sec24 retary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(i) of 

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1 and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i)).’’; 

2 and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6), as redesig4 nated by paragraph (1), the following: 

5 ‘‘(7) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘medical de6 vice’ has the meaning given the term ‘device’ in sec7 tion 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

8 Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

9 ‘‘(8) MEDICINE.—The term ‘medicine’ has the 

10 meaning given the term ‘drug’ in section 201 of the 

11 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

12 321).’’. 

13 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

14 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

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

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

‘‘Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign currencies with certain sanctioned persons. 

‘‘Subtitle C—Other Matters 

‘‘Sec. 231. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to certain authorities of State and local governments. 

‘‘Sec. 232. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that invest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum 

products to Iran. 

‘‘Sec. 233. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crude 

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1 SEC. 207. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 PORTS, SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, AND 

3 STRATEGIC SECTORS OF IRAN. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 1244(a)(1) of the Iran Free5 dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

6 8803(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and shipbuilding’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘shipbuilding, automotive, construction, en8 gineering, and mining’’. 

9 (b) EXPANSION OF DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES OF

10 PROLIFERATION CONCERN.—Section 1244(b) of the Iran 

11 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

12 U.S.C. 8803(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘in Iran and enti13 ties in the energy, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘, special economic zones, or free economic zones 

15 in Iran, and entities in strategic sectors’’. 

16 (c) EXPANSION OF ENTITIES SUBJECT TO BLOCKING

17 OF PROPERTY.—Section 1244(c) of the Iran Freedom and 

18 Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(c)) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the date 

21 that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the effective date specified 

23 in section 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran 

24 Act of 2015’’; and 

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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in4 serting ‘‘the effective date specified in section 

5 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 

6 2015’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘the energy, shipping, or 

8 shipbuilding sectors’’ each place it appears and 

9 inserting ‘‘a strategic sector’’; and 

10 (C) by inserting ‘‘, special economic zone, 

11 or free economic zone’’ after ‘‘port’’ each place 

12 it appears; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) STRATEGIC SECTOR DEFINED.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the 

16 term ‘strategic sector’ means— 

17 ‘‘(i) the energy, shipping, ship18 building, automotive, and mining sectors of 

19 Iran; 

20 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara21 graph (B), the construction and engineer22 ing sectors of Iran; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) any other sector the President 

24 designates as of strategic importance to 

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1 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND

2 ENGINEERING OF SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND

3 SIMILAR FACILITIES.—For purposes of this sec4 tion, a project to construct or engineer a school, 

5 hospital, or similar facility (as determined by 

6 the President) shall not be considered part of a 

7 strategic sector of Iran. 

8 ‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION OF STRATEGIC SEC9 TOR DESIGNATION.—The President shall sub10 mit to Congress a notification of the designa11 tion of a sector as a strategic sector of Iran for 

12 purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii) not later than 

13 5 days after the date on which the President 

14 makes the designation.’’. 

15 (d) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO

16 STRATEGIC SECTORS.—Section 1244(d) of the Iran Free17 dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 

18 8803(d)) is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the date 

20 that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

21 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the effective date specified 

22 in section 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran 

23 Act of 2015’’; 

24 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the date that 

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1 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the effective date specified in 

2 section 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act 

3 of 2015’’; and 

4 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the energy, 

5 shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

6 strategic sector’’. 

7 (e) SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN MA8 TERIALS TO OR FROM IRAN.—Section 1245 of the Iran 

9 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 

10 U.S.C. 8804) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

13 (A), by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in15 serting ‘‘the effective date specified in section 

16 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 

17 2015’’; and 

18 (B) in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), by striking 

19 ‘‘the energy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in 

21 section 1244(c)(4))’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the date that 

23 is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 

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1 section 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act 

2 of 2015’’. 

3 (f) PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO SANCTIONED PER4 SONS.—Section 1246(a)(1) of the Iran Freedom and 

5 Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8805(a)(1)) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

8 by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the ef10 fective date specified in section 201(6) of the Nu11 clear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015’’; and 

12 (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘the en13 ergy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in section 

15 1244(c)(4))’’. 

16 (g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1244 of 

17 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 

18 (22 U.S.C. 8803), as amended by subsections (a), (b), (c), 

19 and (d), is further amended— 

20 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘THE

21 ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘CERTAIN PORTS, ECONOMIC ZONES, 

23 AND’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (b), in the subsection heading, 

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1 SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING SECTORS OF IRAN

2 AS’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, 

4 by striking ‘‘ENTITIES IN ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND

5 SHIPBUILDING SECTORS’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN

6 ENTITIES’’; and 

7 (4) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading, 

8 by striking ‘‘THE ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIP9 BUILDING’’ and inserting ‘‘STRATEGIC’’. 

10 SEC. 208. WAIVER OF SANCTIONS. 

11 The President may waive the application of any sanc12 tion pursuant to a provision of or amendment made by 

13 this title for a 30-day period, and may renew the waiver 

14 for additional 30-day periods, if the President, before the 

15 waiver or renewal, as the case may be, takes effect— 

16 (1) certifies to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees that— 

18 (A) the waiver or renewal, as the case may 

19 be, is in the national security interest of the 

20 United States; 

21 (B) the waiver or renewal, as the case may 

22 be, is necessary to and likely to result in achiev23 ing a long-term comprehensive solution with 

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1 (C) Iran is not making further progress on 

2 its nuclear weapons program and is in compli3 ance with all interim agreements with respect to 

4 that program; and 

5 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

6 committees a comprehensive report on the status of 

7 the negotiations toward a long-term comprehensive 

8 solution that includes an assessment of the likeli9 hood of reaching that solution and the time frame 

10 anticipated for achieving that solution. 

11 TITLE III—GENERAL 

12 PROVISIONS 

13 SEC. 301. EXCEPTION FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUC14 TION. 

15 The President may provide for an exception from the 

16 imposition of sanctions under the provisions of or amend17 ments made by this Act for reconstruction assistance or 

18 economic development for Afghanistan— 

19 (1) to the extent that the President determines 

20 that such an exception is in the national interest of 

21 the United States; and 

22 (2) if, not later than 15 days before issuing the 

23 exception, the President submits a notification of 

24 and justification for the exception to the appropriate 

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1 SEC. 302. EXCEPTION FOR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act or any 

3 amendment made by this Act authorizes or requires the 

4 President to impose sanctions relating to the importation 

5 of goods. 

6 (b) GOOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

7 ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that term in section 16 of 

8 the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 

9 2415) (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter10 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

11 1701 et seq.)). 

12 SEC. 303. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AC13 TIVITIES. 

14 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

15 Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of 

16 the United States. 

17 SEC. 304. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN NATURAL GAS 

18 PROJECTS. 

19 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

20 Act shall be construed to apply with respect to any activity 

21 relating to a project described in subsection (a) of section 

22 603 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

23 Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8783) to which the excep24 tion under that section applies at the time of the activity. 


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1 SEC. 305. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO THE 

2 USE OF FORCE AGAINST IRAN. 

3 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

4 Act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an au5 thorization of the use of force against Iran. 

6 SEC. 306. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASED STAFFING 

7 FOR AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMEN8 TATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS 

9 AGAINST IRAN. 

10 It is the sense of Congress that— 

11 (1) when the President submits the President’s 

12 budget for fiscal year 2016 to Congress under sec13 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the 

14 President should, in that budget, prioritize— 

15 (A) resources for the Office of Foreign As16 sets Control for the Department of Treasury 

17 dedicated to the implementation and enforce18 ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and 

19 (B) resources for the Department of State 

20 dedicated to the implementation and enforce21 ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and 

22 (2) the appropriate committees of the Senate 

23 and the House of Representatives should prioritize 

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1 ization and appropriations legislation in future fiscal 

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Calendar No. 29 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 792 

A BILL 

To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran 

to Iran, and for other purposes. and to impose additional sanctions with respect 

MARCH 18, 2015 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 


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