ance, to Iraqi militant groups that target Coalition 
and Iraqi forces and kill innocent Iraqi civilians. 
(4) Iranian-produced advanced rockets, sniper 
rifles, 
automatic 
weapons, 
explosively 
formed 
penetrators, and mortars have killed Iraqi and Coali-
tion Forces as well as civilians. 
(5) Iran has aided and abetted groups certified 
by the United States Government as foreign ter-
rorist organizations for nearly 3 decades, including 
Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Is-
lamic Jihad. 
(6) In April 2008 the Commanding General 
Multi-National 
Force-Iraq, 
General 
David 
H. 
Petraeus, testified before the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives that Iran 
has fueled the violence in a particularly damaging 
way, through its lethal support to the ‘‘special 
groups’’ operating against coalition forces in Iraq. 
(7) United States Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan C. 
Crocker, testified in April 2008 that Iran continues 
to undermine the efforts of the Government of Iraq 
to establish a stable, secure state by training crimi-
nal militia elements engaged in violence against 
Iraqi security forces, coalition forces, and Iraqi civil-
ians. 
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(8) The Director of the Central Intelligence 
Agency, General Michael V. Hayden, stated on May 
30, 2008, that ‘‘It is the policy of the Iranian gov-
ernment, approved at the highest levels of that gov-
ernment, to facilitate the killing of American and 
other coalition forces in Iraq. Period.’’. 
(9) The Director of Defense Intelligence Agen-
cy, Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, stated in 
his March 10, 2009, testimony before the Senate 
Armed Services Committee, ‘‘Iran continues to pro-
vide money, weapons and training to some Iraqi 
Shia militants despite pledges by senior Iranian offi-
cials to stop such support. The weapons include Ex-
plosively Formed Penetrators (EFPs) with radio- 
controlled, remote arming and passive infrared deto-
nators, mortars, rockets, rocket-propelled grenades 
and launchers, small arms ammunition and explo-
sives.’’. 
(b) IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE FLEET DEVELOP-
MENTS AND TESTING.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Government of Iran continues to en-
hance the capabilities of its ballistic missile fleet, 
holding United States interest in Southern Europe, 
the Persian Gulf region, and South Asia at risk of 
an attack. 
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(2) In September 2004, the Government of Iran 
showed off its range of ballistic missiles at an an-
nual military parade, with the rockets draped in 
banners vowing to ‘‘crush America’’ and ‘‘wipe Israel 
off the map’’. 
(3) On October 25, 2007, the Secretary of 
State designated under Executive Order 13382 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of 
weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their 
supporters) two key Iranian entities of missile pro-
liferation concern, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 
Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Defense and 
Armed Forces Logistics. In addition, the Secretary 
of the Treasury designated under Executive Order 
13382 for proliferation activities nine IRGC-affili-
ated entities and five IRGC-affiliated individuals as 
derivatives of the IRGC, Iran’s state-owned Banks 
Melli and Mellat, and three individuals affiliated 
with Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization. 
(4) The IRGC has been outspoken about its 
willingness to proliferate ballistic missiles capable of 
carrying weapons of mass destruction. 
(5) The IRGC’s ballistic missile inventory in-
cludes missiles which could be modified to deliver 
weapons of mass destruction. The IRGC is one of 
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the primary organizations of the Iranian regime tied 
to developing and testing the Shahab-3 missile. The 
IRGC attempted, as recently as 2006, to procure so-
phisticated and costly equipment that could be used 
to support Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear pro-
grams. 
(6) Iranian Defense Minister, Brigadier General 
Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, has stated that one of 
the major projects of the Iranian Ministry of De-
fense and Armed Forces Logistics is the manufac-
turing of Shahab-3 missiles, and that this project 
will not be halted. 
(7) Michael McConnell, then Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, stated before the Senate Armed 
Services Committee February 27, 2009, ‘‘Iran con-
tinues to deploy ballistic missiles inherently capable 
of delivering nuclear weapons, and to develop longer- 
range missiles. I note again that two activities rel-
evant to a nuclear weapons capability continue: ura-
nium enrichment that will enable the production of 
fissile material and development of long-range bal-
listic missile systems.’’. 
(8) Iran test-fired nine long-range and medium 
range missiles on July 9, 2008, and according to 
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Iranian state television, one of the missile systems 
was the Shahab-3, capable of striking Israel. 
(9) Iran currently possesses short-range bal-
listic missiles (SRBM), as well as medium-range bal-
listic missiles (MRBM), capable of reaching much of 
the Middle East region, including Israel, and reach-
ing Turkey. 
(10) On April 5, 2009, the President Barack 
Obama said, ‘‘So let me be clear: Iran’s nuclear and 
ballistic missile activity poses a real threat, not just 
to the United States, but to Iran’s neighbors and 
our allies.’’. 
(11) On February 3, 2009, the Government of 
Iran successfully launched its first satellite into 
orbit—an act in direct violation of United Nations 
Security Council Resolution 1737, limiting Iran from 
missile activity. 
(12) Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, stated before the Senate Armed 
Services Committee in March 2009, ‘‘Space launch 
technology is no different from military technology, 
and the Safir launch last month shows that Iran is 
mastering the use of ballistic weapons.’’. 
(13) Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, stated before the Senate Armed 
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Services Committee in March 2009, ‘‘Militarily, Iran 
continues to strengthen the three pillars of its stra-
tegic deterrence: surface-to-surface missiles, long- 
range rockets and aircraft for retaliation; naval 
forces to disrupt maritime traffic through key water-
ways; and unconventional forces and surrogates to 
conduct worldwide lethal operations. Although many 
of their statements are exaggerations, Iranian offi-
cials throughout the past year have repeatedly 
claimed both greater ballistic missile capabilities that 
could threaten United States and allied interests.’’. 
(14) General Michael Maples, Director of the 
Defense Intelligence Agency stated before the Senate 
Armed Services Committee in March 2009, ‘‘Iran’s 
February 3, 2009, launch of the Safir space launch 
vehicle shows progress in mastering technology need-
ed to produce ICBMs.’’. 
(15) On May 19, 2009, the Government of Iran 
test-fired a new two-stage, medium-range, solid fuel, 
surface-to-surface missile, claiming it can span the 
entire nation of Israel and United States forces de-
ployed in the Persian Gulf Region. 
(c) IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.—Congress finds the 
following: 
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(1) An Iranian Government armed with nuclear 
weapons would be significantly destabilizing to the 
Middle East region, placing United Sates interests 
at grave risk, and inspiring regional proliferation to 
counter-balance an Iranian nuclear-strike capability. 
(2) An Iranian Government equipped with nu-
clear weapons could have a far greater ability to 
quash domestic dissent with little fear of national 
intervention, hereby dimming prospects for internal 
democratic transformation within Iran. 
(3) The Government of Iran is actively devel-
oping the means to indigenously produce enriched 
uranium, a necessary element to develop a nuclear 
weapons capability, and has resisted international 
calls for transparency and accountability measures 
that would build confidence in the proclaimed peace-
ful intent of Iran’s nuclear program. 
(4) On February 5, 2008, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence testified before the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate that ‘‘Declared 
uranium enrichment efforts, which will enable the 
production of fissile material, continue. This is the 
most difficult challenge in nuclear production. Iran’s 
efforts to perfect ballistic missiles that can reach 
North Africa and Europe also continue.’’. 
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(5) In March 2009 Secretary of State Hillary 
Clinton, in referring to United States allies, the 
Czech Republic and Poland, said ‘‘They recognize 
there is a real potential future threat, that missiles 
not only with a nuclear warhead, but with a conven-
tional warhead or some other chemical or biological 
weapon could very well be in the hands of a regime 
like Iran’s, which we know will use whatever advan-
tage they have to intimidate as far as they think 
their voice can reach.’’. 
(6) On April 6, 2009, the President Barack 
Obama stated, ‘‘The peace of the region will also be 
advanced if Iran forgoes any nuclear weapons ambi-
tions.’’. 
(7) According to Israeli Defense estimates, 
Tehran is believed to currently have an arsenal of 
100–200 long-range Shahab missiles that have a 
range of up to 2,000 kilometers and carry up to one- 
ton warheads. 
(8) According to Israeli Defense estimates, it is 
the Government of Iran’s plan to obtain 500 missile 
launchers and over 1,000 missiles with a range of 
2,500 km by 2015. 
(9) On May 18, 2009, the President Barack 
Obama claimed, ‘‘the Islamic Republic’s obtaining a 
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nuclear weapon would be not only a threat to Israel 
and the United States, but ‘profoundly destabilizing’ 
to the international community in general’’. 
(10) On May 18, 2009, while meeting with the 
President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister 
Benyamin Netanyahu said, ‘‘[A nuclear Iran] could 
give the nuclear umbrella to terrorists or worse, it 
could actually give nuclear weapons to terrorists I 
believe it would put all of us in great peril.’’ Iran’s 
obtaining nuclear weapons would be an existential 
threat not only to Israel but the rest of the world. 
(11) According to the IAEA, Iran has installed 
2 or 3 types of next-generation centrifuges at 
Natanz FEP, including IR–2 and the IR–3. 
(12) On March 17, 2009, British Prime Min-
ister Gordon Brown states, ‘‘[L]et me be equally 
clear that Iran’s current nuclear program is unac-
ceptable. Iran has concealed nuclear activities, re-
fused to cooperate with the IAEA, and flouted 
United Nations Security Council Resolutions. Its re-
fusal to play by the rules leads us to view its nuclear 
program as a critical proliferation threat. Iran there-
fore faces a clear choice—continue in this way and 
face further and tougher sanctions, or change to a 
United Nations overseen civil nuclear energy pro-
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gram that will bring the greatest benefits to its citi-
zens.’’. 
(13) An International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA) report released on June 5, 2009, confirmed 
that the number of centrifuges enriching uranium at 
the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) has in-
creased to 4,920 (up from 3,936) with an additional 
2,132 installed and operating under vacuum. This 
brings the total number of centrifuges either enrich-
ing uranium or installed and ready to begin enrich-
ment to 7,052. 
(14) On July 8, 2009, Chairman of the Joint 
Chief of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen stated, the 
‘‘window is closing’’ for preventing Iran from acquir-
ing a nuclear weapon. He continues saying, ‘‘Iran is 
very focused on developing this capability and the 
clock is ticking and that’s why I’m as concerned as 
I am.’’. 
(15) On September 25, 2009, it was announced 
that Iran possessed a covert uranium enrichment fa-
cility along a road leading to the city of Qom. 
(16) On September 30, 2009, Iran’s nuclear 
chief Ali Akbar Salehi said, ‘‘The [Qom] facility was 
built inside a mountain next to a military compound 
of the Revolutionary Guard, and is equipped with air 
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defense systems.’’. He openly expressed this will en-
sure continuity of its nuclear activities in case of an 
attack. 
(17) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown 
commented on the Iranian nuclear facility at Qom 
saying, ‘‘this is clear evidence of Iran’s serial decep-
tion. The size and configuration of this facility is in-
consistent with a peaceful programme. Iran is break-
ing rules that all nations must follow—endangering 
the nonproliferation regime, denying its people ac-
cess to the opportunity they deserve, and threat-
ening the stability and security of the region and the 
world.’’. 
(18) Prime Minister Netanyahu called Iran 
‘‘the major terrorist-sponsoring state of our time’’. 
He says, ‘‘that Tehran could give those nuclear 
weapons to terrorists or give them a nuclear um-
brella that would bring terrorism beyond our wildest 
dreams’’. 
(19) In September 2009, it was reported Iran 
is helping to detect uranium deposits in Venezuela. 
Iran’s Mining Minister Rodolfo Sanz said ‘‘Iran has 
been assisting Venezuela with geophysical survey 
flights and geochemical analysis of the deposits, and 
that evaluations indicate the existence of uranium in 
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western parts of the country and in Santa Elena de 
Uairen’’. Sanz told reporters of this discovery, ‘‘We 
could have important reserves of uranium.’’. 
(20) Department of State spokesman Ian Kelly 
said recently that United States officials also have 
‘‘concerns’’ about a possible transfer of nuclear ma-
terials between Iran and Venezuela. 
(d) U.S. THREAT
OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE 
(EMP) ATTACK.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to the EMP Commission, a single 
nuclear weapon exploded at high altitude above the 
United States will produce an electromagnetic pulse 
(EMP). 
(2) According to the EMP Commission, an 
EMP attack would disrupt electrical power necessary 
to support other critical infrastructures, including 
supply and distribution of water, food, fuel, commu-
nications, transport, financial transactions, emer-
gency services, government services, and all other in-
frastructures supporting the national economy and 
welfare. If significant parts of the electrical power 
infrastructure are lost for any substantial period of 
time, the Commission believes that the consequences 
are likely to be catastrophic, and many people may 
ultimately die for lack of the basic elements nec-
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essary to sustain life in dense urban and suburban 
communities. 
(3) The EMP Commission stated in its report 
that certain types of relatively low-yield nuclear 
weapons can be employed to generate potentially cat-
astrophic EMP effects over wide geographic areas, 
and designs for variants of such weapons may have 
been illicitly trafficked for a quarter-century. 
(4) According to the EMP Commission, China 
and Russia have considered limited nuclear attack 
options that, unlike their Cold War plans, employ 
EMP as the primary or sole means of attack. 
(5) The EMP Commission recognizes a deter-
mined adversary can achieve an EMP attack capa-
bility without having a high level of sophistication. 
(6) Having already conducted tests from sea- 
based platforms, detonating warheads at the highest 
point of the missile trajectory, Iran is exploring a 
workable research program to deliver an EMP at-
tack against its enemies. 
(e) IRANIAN DEPENDENCE
ON PETROLEUM IM-
PORTS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Iran is OPEC’s largest oil producer after 
Saudi Arabia with a refining capacity of some 1.5 
million barrels per day but still has to import 
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around one-third of its gasoline to meet domestic de-
mand. 
(2) Iran imports around 140,000 barrels per 
day of gasoline, most of which is shipped in 30,000- 
to 35,000-ton cargoes to the Mideast Gulf port of 
Bandar Abbas. 
(3) An interruption or significant limiting of 
the supply of gasoline to Iran would considerably im-
pact the Iranian economy. 
(4) An international restriction of gasoline ex-
ports to Iran would significantly bolster current dip-
lomatic initiatives. 
(5) On June 4, 2008, then-Senator Barack 
Obama said, ‘‘we should work with Europe, Japan, 
and the Gulf states to find every avenue outside the 
United Nations to isolate the Iranian regime—from 
cutting off loan guarantees and expanding financial 
sanctions to banning the export of refined petroleum 
to Iran.’’. 
(6) On October 7, 2008, then-Senator Barack 
Obama said, ‘‘Iran right now imports gasoline . . . 
if we can prevent them from importing the gasoline 
that they need . . . that starts changing their cost- 
benefit analysis. That starts putting the squeeze on 
them.’’. 
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(f) VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.—Congress finds 
the following: 
(1) Reports indicate the Government of Iran di-
rected Iranian children to clear the minefields dur-
ing the Iran-Iraq war, resulting in their deaths. 
(2) The Department of State’s International 
Religious Freedom Report of 2008 concluded that 
there was a continued deterioration of the Govern-
ment of Iran’s extremely poor status regarding re-
spect for religious freedom, and every year since 
1999 the Department of State has designated Iran 
a ‘‘country of particular concern’’ under the Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for its viola-
tions of religious freedom. 
(3) The Department of State’s Human Rights 
Report of 2008 concluded the Government of Iran’s 
poor human rights record worsened, and it contin-
ued to commit numerous serious abuses. 
(4) The Government of Iran severely limits citi-
zens’ right to modify their government peacefully 
through free and fair elections. 
(5) The Government of Iran carries out sum-
mary executions, including executions of minors, fol-
lowing trials that lack due process. 
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(6) Many arrests in Iran are carried out by 
plain-clothed officials who fail to identify themselves 
and who do not produce an official arrest warrant 
or state a reason for the arrest. 
(7) On December 18, 2008, for the sixth con-
secutive year, the United Nations General Assembly 
adopted a resolution on Iran expressing ‘‘deep con-
cern at ongoing systematic violations of human 
rights’’. 
(8) The Government of Iran systemically sup-
presses the freedoms of expression and the press, 
and severely limits the freedom of assembly of its 
own citizens. 
(9) The Government of Iran takes away the 
rights of women in Iran, including their right to the 
freedoms of movement, association, thought, con-
science, and religion, as well as freedom from coer-
cion in matters or belief. 
(10) 
Iranian 
President 
Mahmoud 
Ahmadinejad’s denials of the Holocaust and state-
ments calling for Israel to be ‘‘wiped off the map’’ 
have created a climate of fear among Iran’s Jewish 
community. 
(11) The Government of Iran continues to 
abuse and torture detainees and prisoners, including 
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carrying out severe punishments such as amputa-
tions and floggings. 
(12) On February 9, 2009, Malcolm Smart, Di-
rector of Amnesty International’s Middle East and 
North Africa programme said, ‘‘Thirty years on, 
some of the worst abuses of the Shah’s time—tor-
ture, executions and the suppression of legitimate 
dissent—are still being replicated in Iran, despite 
the efforts of the country’s growing and valiant com-
munity of human rights defenders.’’. 
(13) Christians, in particular Evangelicals and 
other Protestants, in Iran continue to be subject to 
harassment, arrests, close surveillance, and impris-
onment, and many converts from Islam to Christi-
anity have fled the country for fear of persecution. 
(14) According to Amnesty International, peo-
ple in Iran are still enduring a catalogue of human 
rights abuses, 30 years after the Islamic Revolution. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be policy of the United 
States to seek normalization of relations with Iran once 
the following conditions are satisfied: 
(1) The Government of Iran denounces the use 
of terrorism as a means to further political ends. 
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(2) The Government of Iran turns over to the 
United States Al Qaeda members known by the Gov-
ernment of Iran to be living in Iran. 
(3) The Government of Iran stops providing 
material support to groups designated as terrorist 
organizations under United States law. 
(4) The Government of Iran ceases support for 
the wounding and killing of United States and coali-
tion forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
(5) The Government of Iran dismantles its 
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weap-
ons programs and commits to combating the pro-
liferation of such weapons. 
(6) The Government of Iran ceases the develop-
ment and testing of long range ballistic missiles. 
(7) The Government of Iran respects the 
boundaries, sovereignty, and right to exist of its 
neighbors, including the State of Israel, and contrib-
utes positively toward the Israeli-Palestinian peace 
process. 
(8) The Government of Iran upholds and de-
fends the human rights and civil liberties of its citi-
zens. 
(b) POLICY
ON INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT.— 
The United States shall take the following actions: 
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(1) The United States shall cooperate with al-
lies to employ all instruments of national power to 
prevent the successful development or deployment of 
a nuclear weapons capability by the Government of 
Iran. 
(2) The United States may not compromise ele-
ments of national missile defense systems, or offen-
sive strategic weapons in exchange for Russia put-
ting pressure on Iran. 
(3) The United States shall cooperate with al-
lies to expeditiously deploy a missile defense system 
that is capable of intercepting Iranian short, me-
dium, and long-range missiles aimed at the United 
States or North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) allies. 
(4) The United States shall support the right of 
Israel to protect itself and shall remain committed 
to the defense of Israel, including support of the de-
velopment of a national missile defense shield for 
Israel to defeat missile and rocket attack. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 
1996 AND RELATED PROVISIONS. 
(a) EXPLANATION OF SANCTIONS TO REFINED PE-
TROLEUM.—Section 4 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
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(50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAN.—It 
shall be the policy of the United States to encourage for-
eign governments to— 
‘‘(1) direct state-owned entities to cease all in-
vestment in Iran’s energy sector and all exports of 
refined petroleum resources to Iran; and 
‘‘(2) persuade, and, where possible, require pri-
vate entities based in their territories to cease all in-
vestment in Iran’s energy sector and all exports of 
refined petroleum resources to Iran.’’. 
(b) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES OF IRAN AND EXPORT 
OF REFINED PETROLEUM RESOURCES TO IRAN.—Section 
5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES OF IRAN.—Except as 
provided in subsection (f), the President shall impose 2 
or more of the sanctions described in paragraphs (1) 
through (6) of section 6 if the President determines that 
a person has, with actual knowledge, on or after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection, made an investment 
of $20,000,000 or more (or any combination of invest-
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ments of at least $5,000,000 each, which in the aggregate 
equals or exceeds $20,000,000 in any 12-month period), 
that directly and significantly contributed to the enhance-
ment of Iran’s ability to develop petroleum resources of 
Iran.’’. 
(c) MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO DE-
VELOPMENT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OR 
OTHER MILITARY CAPABILITIES.—Section 5(b) of the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
DEVELOPMENT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OR 
OTHER MILITARY CAPABILITIES.—The President shall 
impose two or more of the sanctions described in para-
graphs (1) through (6) of section 6 if the President deter-
mines that a person has, on or after the date of the enact-
ment of the subsection, provided Iran with refined petro-
leum resources, engaged in an activity, including produc-
tion, brokerage, insurance, and tanker delivery services, 
that could contribute to Iran’s ability to import refined 
petroleum resources, or exported, transferred, or otherwise 
provided to Iran any goods, services, technology, or other 
items knowing that the provision of such goods, services, 
technology, or other items would contribute materially to 
the ability of Iran to— 
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‘‘(1) acquire or develop chemical, biological, or 
nuclear weapons or related technologies; or 
‘‘(2) acquire or develop destabilizing numbers 
and types of advanced conventional weapons.’’. 
(d) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IMPORTATION OR 
EXPORTATION OF CERTAIN GOODS OR SERVICES.—Sec-
tion 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) 
as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IMPORTATION 
OR EXPORTATION OF CERTAIN GOODS OR SERVICES.— 
Except as provided in subsection (g), the President shall 
impose 2 or more of the sanctions described in paragraphs 
(1) through (6) of section 6 if the President determines 
that a person has, on or after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection— 
‘‘(1) imported, or financed such importation of, 
any goods or services of Iranian origin, other than 
Iranian-origin publications and materials imported 
for news publications or news broadcast dissemina-
tion; or 
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‘‘(2) exported to Iran, the Government of Iran, 
or to any entity owned or controlled by the Govern-
ment of Iran, or finances such exportation of, any 
goods or technology, other than goods for humani-
tarian purposes.’’; 
(3) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (a), (b), and (c)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a) or (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a), (b), or (c)’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘subsection (a) or (b)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: 
‘‘The exceptions specified in this subsection shall not 
apply to the Iranian state broadcasting system, in-
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cluding Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting 
(IRIB).’’. 
(e) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—Section 6(6) of the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The President’’; and inserting 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(B) FOREIGN
EXCHANGE.—The Presi-
dent shall, under such regulations as the Presi-
dent may prescribe, prohibit any transactions in 
foreign exchange by the sanctioned person. 
‘‘(C) 
BANKING
TRANSACTIONS.—The 
President shall, under such regulations as the 
President may prescribe, prohibit any transfers 
of credit or payments between, by, through, or 
to any financial institution, to the extent that 
such transfers or payments involve any interest 
of the sanctioned person. 
‘‘(D) 
PROPERTY
TRANSACTIONS.—The 
President shall, under such regulations as the 
President may prescribe, prohibit any acquisi-
tion, holding, withholding, use, transfer, with-
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drawal, transportation, importation, or expor-
tation of, dealing in, or exercising any right, 
power, or privilege with respect to, or trans-
actions involving, any property in which the 
sanctioned person has any interest by any per-
son, or with respect to any property, subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States.’’. 
(f) WAIVER.—Section 9(c) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) OVERSIGHT HEARINGS.—If the President 
exercises the waiver authority under this subsection, 
Congress shall, not later than 30 days after receipt 
of the report under paragraph (1), conduct oversight 
hearings with respect to the exercise of such waiver 
authority.’’. 
(g) CERTAIN BIANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 10 of 
the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(d) BIANNUAL REPORTS ON REFINED PETROLEUM 
EXPORTS TO IRAN.—Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection and every six 
months thereafter, the President shall transmit to the ap-
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propriate congressional committees a report describing, 
with respect to the preceding six-month period— 
‘‘(1) any person that has provided Iran with re-
fined petroleum resources, and the petroleum re-
sources so provided; 
‘‘(2) any activity, including production, broker-
age, insurance, and tanker delivery services, engaged 
in that could contribute to Iran’s ability to import 
refined petroleum resources; 
‘‘(3) any person that has provided Iran with 
goods, services, or technology for refining petroleum, 
and the goods, services, or technology so provided; 
and 
‘‘(4) steps taken by the President to carry out 
the policy set forth in section 4(g). 
‘‘(e) BIANNUAL REPORTS ON POLITICAL LEADER-
SHIP AND OTHER INDIVIDUAL AND BUSINESS INTER-
ESTS.—Not later than six months after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection and every six months there-
after, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that— 
‘‘(1) lists the top political leadership of Iran, 
the individuals and corporate entities supporting 
such political leadership, and the foreign trading 
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partners of such individuals and corporate entities; 
and 
‘‘(2) establishes a list of key individuals and 
commercial entities associated with the Islamic Rev-
olution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the foreign trad-
ing partners of the IRGC.’’. 
SEC. 5. DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY OPTIONS FOR PRE-
VENTING IRAN FROM DEVELOPING OR DE-
PLOYING A NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress declares 
that the United States is wholly capable, willing, and 
ready to use military force to prevent Iran from obtaining 
or developing a nuclear weapons capability. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT.—As part of a United States pol-
icy that uses all instruments of national power to prevent 
the Government of Iran from successfully developing nu-
clear weapons and the means to hold United States inter-
ests at risk with those weapons, the Secretary of Defense 
shall develop and maintain viable military options to pre-
vent the successful development or deployment of a nu-
clear weapons capability by the Government of Iran. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the en-
actment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
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on Armed Services of the Senate a report describing the 
following regarding military options toward the Govern-
ment of Iran: 
(1) An update on Iranian nuclear and ballistic 
missile threat to include all ballistic missile testing 
conducted, the status of Iran’s ability to produce or 
acquire fissile material, and nuclear stockpile 
changes in the previous one-year period. 
(2) An outline of Department of Defense mili-
tary options toward the Government of Iran to 
counter a nuclear ballistic missile threat. 
(3) A readiness update on the status of forces 
used in the various military options. 
Æ 
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