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‘‘(A) owned or operated by or on behalf 
of— 
‘‘(i) the National Iran Tanker Com-
pany or the Islamic Republic of Iran Ship-
ping Line; or 
‘‘(ii) any successor to an entity re-
ferred to in clause (i); or 
‘‘(B) otherwise owned or operated by or on 
behalf of Iran; and 
‘‘(2) publish in the Federal Register a list of 
vessels described in paragraph (1), including periodic 
updates of such list. 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of State shall notify each government the agents 
or instrumentalities of which are maintaining a registra-
tion of a foreign vessel that is included on the list pub-
lished under subsection (c)(2), that all vessels registered 
under such government’s authority are subject to the pro-
hibition under subsection (a) if more than 180 days after 
such publication the government continues to maintain a 
registration for a vessel that is included on the list pub-
lished under subsection (c)(2). 
‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION OF VESSELS.—Upon receiving a 
Notice of Arrival under section 160 of title 33, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment 
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of the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013) from a vessel 
described in (b), the Secretary shall notify the master of 
such vessel that the vessel may not enter or operate in 
the navigable waters of the United States or transfer 
cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the 
United States, unless— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary has made a determination 
described in subsection (a)(2); or 
‘‘(2) the Secretary allows provisional entry of 
the vessel, or transfer of cargo from the vessel, 
under subsection (f). 
‘‘(f) PROVISIONAL ENTRY OR CARGO TRANSFER.— 
Notwithstanding subsection (e), the Secretary may allow 
provisional entry of, or transfer of cargo from, a foreign 
vessel described in subsection (b), if such entry or transfer 
is necessary for the safety of the vessel or persons aboard. 
‘‘(g) RIGHT OF INNOCENT PASSAGE.—This section 
shall not be construed as authority to restrict the right 
of innocent passage as recognized under international law. 
‘‘(h) FOREIGN VESSEL DEFINED.—In this section 
the term ‘foreign vessel’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 110 of title 46, United States Code.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR PUBLICATION.—The Secretary 
shall publish a list under section 16(c)(2) of the Ports and 
Waterways Safety Act, as amended by this section, by not 
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later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 13(e) of the Ports and Waterways 
Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1232(e)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 9’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 9 and 16’’. 
(2) Section 4(b)(2) of the Ports and Waterways 
Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1223(b)(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 9’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9 or 16’’. 
TITLE 
III—ADDITIONAL 
AU-
THORITIES TO PREVENT CEN-
SORSHIP ACTIVITIES IN IRAN 
SEC. 301. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS 
AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 
BROADCASTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to Congress a report on the following: 
(1) The current status of availability of the Is-
lamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on 
international satellites, entities that facilitate its op-
eration by providing services or equipment, and the 
technical means that it engages in jamming. 
(2) The instances, since January 1, 2012, in 
which the IRIB engaged in activities that violated 
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Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil 
and Political Rights, including broadcasting forced 
confessions and hate speech against minorities. 
(3) The instances, since January 1, 2012, in 
which international broadcasting programs origi-
nating from the United States and Europe have 
been subject to disruption in Iran, with relevant de-
tails such as which programs were disrupted, avail-
able location information on the origin of the disrup-
tion, and the extent of the disruption. 
(b) COORDINATION.—In developing the report re-
quired by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall co-
ordinate with the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the 
Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads of other relevant 
Federal departments and agencies. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—All unclassified portions 
of the report required by subsection (a) shall be made pub-
licly available on the Internet web site of the Department 
of State. 
SEC. 302. LIST OF PERSONS WHO ARE HIGH-RISK RE-EX-
PORTERS OF SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days there-
after, the Secretary of Commerce, in conjunction with the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 
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make publicly available and update as appropriate a list 
of persons who are high-risk re-exporters of sensitive tech-
nologies in order to seek to ensure that the Government 
of Iran or an entity owned or controlled by that Govern-
ment is unable to obtain sensitive technologies through the 
re-export of such sensitive technologies by third-party 
intermediaries. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sensitive 
technology’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
106 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 
and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8515). 
SEC. 303. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVISION OF INTER-
CEPT TECHNOLOGIES TO IRAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) those that provide intercept technologies 
that limit freedom of speech or expression to the 
Government of Iran should be held accountable for 
the repression of the Iranian people; and 
(2) no person should use an existing contract 
with the Government of Iran as a justification to 
continue to supply intercept technologies to the Gov-
ernment of Iran for purposes of restricting the free 
flow of information. 
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