SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Nonproliferation
Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. REPORTS ON PROLIFERATION TO IRAN.
(a) REPORTS.—The President shall, at the times
specified in subsection (b), submit to the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
a report identifying every foreign person with respect to
whom there is credible information indicating that that
person, on or after January 1, 1999, transferred to Iran—
(1) goods, services, or technology listed on—
(A) the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guide-
lines for the Export of Nuclear Material, Equip-
ment and Technology (published by the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency as Information
Circular INFCIRC/254/Rev.3/Part 1, and sub-
sequent revisions) and Guidelines for Transfers
of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Mate-
rial, and Related Technology (published by the
International Atomic Energy Agency as Infor-
mation Circular INFCIRC/254/Rev.3/Part 2,
and subsequent revisions);
(B) the Missile Technology Control Regime
Equipment and Technology Annex of June 11,
1996, and subsequent revisions;
(C) the lists of items and substances relat-
ing to biological and chemical weapons the ex-
port of which is controlled by the Australia
Group;
(D) the Schedule One or Schedule Two list
of toxic chemicals and precursors the export of
which is controlled pursuant to the Convention
on the Prohibition of the Development, Produc-
tion, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons
and on Their Destruction; or
(E) the Wassenaar Arrangement list of
Dual Use Goods and Technologies and Muni-
tions list of July 12, 1996, and subsequent revi-
sions; or
(2) goods, services, or technology not listed on
any list identified in paragraph (1) but which never-
theless would be, if they were United States goods,
services, or technology, prohibited for export to Iran
because of their potential to make a material con-
tribution to the development of nuclear, biological, or
chemical weapons, or of ballistic or cruise missile
systems.
(b) TIMING OF REPORTS.—The reports under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, not later than 6
months after such date of enactment, and not later than
the end of each 6-month period thereafter.
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—Any foreign person who—
(1) was identified in a previous report sub-
mitted under subsection (a) on account of a par-
ticular transfer; or
(2) has engaged in a transfer on behalf of, or
in concert with, the Government of the United
States,
is not required to be identified on account of that same
transfer in any report submitted thereafter under this sec-
tion, except to the degree that new information has
emerged indicating that the particular transfer may have
continued, or been larger, more significant, or different
in nature than previously reported under this section.
(d) SUBMISSION IN CLASSIFIED FORM.—When the
President considers it appropriate, reports submitted
under subsection (a), or appropriate parts thereof, may
be submitted in classified form.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF MEASURES TO CERTAIN FOREIGN
PERSONS.
(a) APPLICATION OF MEASURES.—Subject to sec-
tions 4 and 5, the President is authorized to apply with
respect to each foreign person identified in a report sub-
mitted pursuant to section 2(a), for such period of time
as he may determine, any or all of the measures described
in subsection (b).
(b) DESCRIPTION OF MEASURES.—The measures re-
ferred to in subsections (a) are the following:
(1) EXECUTIVE
ORDER
NO. 12938
PROHIBI-
TIONS.—The measures set forth in subsections (b)
and (c) of section 4 of Executive Order No. 12938
shall be applied with respect to that person.
(2) ARMS EXPORT PROHIBITION.—The United
States Government shall not sell to that foreign per-
son any item on the United States Munitions List
as in effect on August 8, 1995, and shall terminate
sales to that person of any defense articles, defense
services, or design and construction services under
the Arms Export Control Act.
(3) DUAL
USE
EXPORT
PROHIBITION.—The
President shall deny licenses and suspend existing li-
censes for the transfer to that person of items the
export of which is controlled under the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1979 or the Export Administra-
tion Regulations.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF MEASURES.—Measures ap-
plied pursuant to subsection (a) shall be effective with re-
spect to a foreign person no later than—
(1) 90 days after the report identifying the for-
eign person is submitted, if the report is submitted
on or before the date required by section 2(b);
(2) 90 days after the date required by section
2(b) for submitting the report, if the report identi-
fying the foreign person is submitted within 60 days
after that date; or
(3) on the date that the report identifying the
foreign person is submitted, if that report is sub-
mitted more than 60 days after the date required by
section 2(b).
(d) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—The ap-
plication of measures to a foreign person pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be announced by notice published in the
Federal Register.
SEC. 4. PROCEDURES IF MEASURES ARE NOT APPLIED.
(a) REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY CONGRESS.—Should
the President not exercise the authority of section 3(a)
to apply any or all of the measures described in section
3(b) with respect to a foreign person identified in a report
submitted pursuant to section 2(a), he shall so notify the
Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate no later than the effective date under section
3(c) for measures with respect to that person.