(1) the Administration should fully utilize all 
necessary and appropriate measures to prevent the 
Iranian regime from engaging in hostage-taking or 
the prolonged arbitrary detention of United States 
citizens or legal permanent resident aliens, to in-
clude— 
(A) the use of extradition to try and convict 
those individuals responsible for ordering or con-
trolling the hostage-taking or arbitrary detention 
of United States citizens; and 
(B) the use of the Department of Homeland 
Security’s Human Rights Violators and War 
Crimes Center to target such individuals; and 
(2) the United States should encourage its allies 
and other affected countries to pursue the criminal 
prosecution and extradition of state and non-state ac-
tors in Iran that assist in or benefit from such hos-
tage-taking to prevent such state and non-state actors 
from engaging in this practice in the future. 
(c) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States Government not to pay ransom for the pur-
pose of securing the release of United States citizens or legal 
permanent resident aliens taken hostage abroad. 
(d) STRATEGY.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
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submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate a report that contains a strategy to prevent 
elements of the Iranian regime from engaging in hostage- 
taking or the prolonged arbitrary detention of United States 
citizens or legal permanent resident aliens. 
SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRA-
NIAN PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN AC-
TIONS AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR 
IRANIAN PERSONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the United States should coordinate with United States 
allies and other allies and partners whose citizens may be 
subject to politically-motivated detention or trial in Iran, 
to apply sanctions against Iranian persons that are respon-
sible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, control-
ling, or otherwise directing, such detention or trial. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 is 
amended by inserting after section 105C (22 U.S.C. 8514c) 
the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 105D. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
IRANIAN PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN 
ACTIONS AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIZENS 
OR IRANIAN PERSONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc-
tions described in section 105(c) with respect to each person 
on the list required by subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) LIST OF IRANIAN PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN 
CERTAIN ACTIONS AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR 
IRANIAN PERSONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a list of Iranian persons that the 
President determines, are knowingly— 
‘‘(A) responsible for or complicit in, or re-
sponsible for ordering or otherwise directing, the 
politically-motivated harassment, abuse, extor-
tion, or extended detention or trial of citizens of 
the United States or United States legal perma-
nent resident aliens, regardless of whether such 
actions occurred in Iran; or 
‘‘(B) responsible for or complicit in, or re-
sponsible for ordering or otherwise directing, the 
politically-motivated harassment, abuse, extor-
tion, or extended detention or trial of Iranians, 
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Iranian residents, or persons of Iranian origin 
outside of Iran. 
‘‘(2) UPDATES
OF
LIST.—The President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an updated list under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) each time the President is required to 
submit an updated list to those committees under 
section 105(b)(2)(A); and 
‘‘(B) as new information becomes available. 
‘‘(3) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) FORM.—The list required by para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form 
but may contain a classified annex. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi-
fied portion of the list required by paragraph (1) 
shall be made available to the public and posted 
on the websites of the Department of the Treas-
ury and the Department of State. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS TO IMMEDIATE FAM-
ILY MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 
to impose sanctions described in paragraph (2) with 
respect to each person that is a family member of any 
person on the list required by subsection (b). 
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‘‘(2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.— 
‘‘(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 
alien who the Secretary of State or the Secretary 
of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of 
such Secretaries) knows, or has reason to believe, 
is a family member of any person on the list re-
quired by subsection (b) is— 
‘‘(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
‘‘(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or 
other documentation to enter the United 
States; and 
‘‘(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admit-
ted or paroled into the United States or to 
receive any other benefit under the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.). 
‘‘(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The issuing con-
sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-
ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall revoke 
any visa or other entry documentation 
issued to an alien who is a family member 
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