General Services shall include on the List of Parties 
Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non-
procurement Programs maintained by the Adminis-
trator under part 9 of the Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation each person that is debarred, suspended, or 
proposed for debarment or suspension by the head 
of an executive agency on the basis of a determina-
tion of a false certification under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) CLARIFICATION REGARDING CERTAIN PROD-
UCTS.—The remedies set forth in subsection (c) shall not 
apply with respect to the procurement of eligible products, 
as defined in section 308(4) of the Trade Agreements Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)), of any foreign country or 
instrumentality designated under section 301(b) of that 
Act (19 U.S.C. 2511(b)). 
‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall 
not be construed to limit the use of other remedies avail-
able to the head of an executive agency or any other offi-
cial of the Federal Government on the basis of a deter-
mination of a false certification under subsection (a). 
‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY.—The revisions to the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation required under subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to contracts for which solicitations are 
issued on or after the date of the enactment of the Sanc-
tion Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2015. 
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‘‘(g) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE-
PORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 
2015, and every 90 days thereafter, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a list of all persons that are part 
of the automotive sector of any foreign country that— 
‘‘(1) during the 90-day period preceding the 
submission of the report, have conducted a trans-
action with an Iranian person or any entity owned 
or controlled by an Iranian person; or 
‘‘(2) have a business relationship with the Gov-
ernment of Iran. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘executive 
agency’ has the meaning given that term in section 
133 of title 41, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
ACQUISITION
REGULATION.— 
The term ‘Federal Acquisition Regulation’ means 
the regulation issued pursuant to section 1303(a)(1) 
of title 41, United States Code.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1242 of the Iran Free-
dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8801) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(7) 
through (14) as paragraphs (9) through (16), 
respectively; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), re-
spectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR.—The term ‘auto-
motive sector’ means, with respect to a country, the 
following: 
‘‘(A) The manufacturing or assembling in 
that country of vehicles, including passenger 
cars, trucks, buses, minibuses, pick-up trucks, 
and motorcycles. 
‘‘(B) The manufacturing in that country of 
original equipment relating to such vehicles. 
‘‘(C) The manufacturing in that country of 
after-market parts relating to such vehicles.’’; 
and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (7), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (B), the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(8) IRANIAN DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Iranian depository institution’ means an entity 
that— 
‘‘(A) is— 
‘‘(i) organized under the laws of Iran 
or any jurisdiction within Iran, including a 
foreign branch of such an institution; 
‘‘(ii) located in Iran; 
‘‘(iii) owned or controlled by the Gov-
ernment of Iran; or 
‘‘(iv) owned or controlled by an entity 
described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); and 
‘‘(B) is engaged primarily in the business 
of banking, as determined by the Secretary of 
the Treasury.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘financial transactions or 
financial services’’ and inserting ‘‘financial 
transactions, financial services, goods, or other 
services’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, with respect to finan-
cial transactions or financial services,’’ after 
‘‘including’’. 
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SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-
EIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT FACILI-
TATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH SPE-
CIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS. 
Section 1247(a) of the Iran Freedom and Counter- 
Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8806(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘the President determines has’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘the 
President determines has— 
‘‘(1) on or after July 1, 2013, knowingly facili-
tated a significant financial transaction on behalf of 
any Iranian person included on the list of specially 
designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the De-
partment of the Treasury (other than an Iranian fi-
nancial institution described in subsection (b)); or 
‘‘(2) on or after July 1, 2013, knowingly facili-
tated a significant financial transaction on behalf of 
any person included on that list the property and in-
terests in property of which are blocked pursuant to 
section 1247A or Executive Order 13599 (78 Fed. 
Reg. 33,951) (other than an Iranian depository in-
stitution the property and interests in property of 
which are blocked solely pursuant to Executive 
Order 13599).’’. 
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SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF LOOPHOLE ALLOWING IMPORTA-
TION OF REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 
MADE FROM IRANIAN ORIGIN CRUDE OIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(b)(1) of the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 
Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8512(b)(1)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION
TO
REFINED
PETRO-
LEUM PRODUCTS MADE FROM IRANIAN ORIGIN 
CRUDE OIL.—The prohibition in subparagraph 
(A) includes a prohibition on the importation 
into the United States of refined petroleum 
products produced using Iranian origin crude 
oil without regard to whether such crude oil 
was commingled with crude oil not of Iranian 
origin during the process of producing the re-
fined petroleum products.’’. 
(b) TERMINATION OF REGULATORY EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(d) of the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-
vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8512(d)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall pre-
scribe regulations to carry out this section. 
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‘‘(2) PROHIBITION
ON
REGULATORY
EXCEP-
TIONS.—No exception to the prohibition under sub-
section (b)(1) may be made by regulation.’’. 
(2) TERMINATION OF EXCEPTIONS.—Any regu-
latory exception to the prohibition under section 
103(b)(1) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8512(b)(1)) in effect on the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act shall cease to be in effect 
on and after such date of enactment. 
SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
(22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘reduced re-
duced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran’’ 
and inserting ‘‘reduced the volume of its purchases 
of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and 
(2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur-
chases from Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of pe-
troleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (g) of section 1245 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
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2012, as amended by section 3(b)(3)(A) and as redesig-
nated by section 3(f)(1)(B), is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) IRANIAN ORIGIN.—The term ‘Iranian ori-
gin’, with respect to petroleum, means extracted, 
produced, or refined in Iran. 
‘‘(4) PETROLEUM.—The term ‘petroleum’ in-
cludes crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils, and 
other unfinished oils.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 102(b) of 
the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘crude oil purchases from 
Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum 
from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘as amended by section 
504,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur-
chases’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum from 
Iran or of Iranian origin’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to determinations 
under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the date that is 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 9. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PROLIFERATORS OF 
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall block and 
prohibit all transactions in property and interests in prop-
erty of a person the President determines knowingly, on 
or after June 29, 2005, provides, or attempts to provide, 
financial, material, technological or other support for, or 
goods or services in support of, any activity or transaction 
described in subsection (b) or any person the property and 
interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to Ex-
ecutive Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38,567; relating to 
blocking property of weapons of mass destruction 
proliferators and their supporters), if such property and 
interests in property are in the United States, come within 
the United States, or are or come within the possession 
or control of a United States person. 
(b) ACTIVITIES AND TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
An activity or transaction described in this subsection is 
an activity or transaction that has materially contributed 
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to, or poses a risk of materially contributing to, the pro-
liferation of weapons of mass destruction or the means 
of delivery of such weapons (including missiles capable of 
delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manu-
facture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or 
use such weapons or means of delivery, by any person or 
foreign country the President determines to be of pro-
liferation concern. 
(c) UNITED STATES PERSON DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 
(22 U.S.C. 8511). 
SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR NEGOTIATIONS 
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY NUCLEAR 
AGREEMENT WITH IRAN WITHOUT CONSENT 
OF CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No funds authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2015 or any fiscal year thereafter 
may be obligated or expended to participate in a diplo-
matic negotiation with Iran or to implement any nuclear 
agreement with Iran until the date of the enactment of 
a joint resolution certifying that— 
(1) the United States will make public the text 
of a long-term comprehensive agreement (as de-
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