other applicable procedures, requirements, and 
restrictions contained in the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 and other laws. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘agreement for cooperation’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 11 b. of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2014(b)).’’. 
(d) STRENGTHENING OF WAIVER AUTHORITY AND 
SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) INVESTIGATIONS.—Section 4(f) of the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘should initiate’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall immediately initiate’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or 5(b)’’ after ‘‘sec-
tion 5(a)’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘as described in such 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘as described in sec-
tion 5(a)(1) or other activity described in 
section 5(a)(2) or 5(b) (as the case may 
be)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘should 
determine, pursuant to section 5(a), if a person
has engaged in investment activity in Iran as 
described in such section’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
determine, pursuant to section 5(a) or (b) (as 
the case may be), if a person has engaged in in-
vestment activity in Iran as described in section 
5(a)(1) or other activity described in section 
5(a)(2) or 5(b) (as the case may be)’’. 
(2) GENERAL
WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—Section 
9(c) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting after ‘‘on a person de-
scribed in section 5(c),’’ the following: ‘‘or 
on 
a 
country 
described 
in 
section 
5(b)(2)(A) (if the President certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that 
the President is unable to make the deter-
mination 
described 
in 
such 
section 
5(b)(2)(A) with respect to the government 
of that country),’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘important to the na-
tional interest of the United States’’ and 
inserting ‘‘vital to the national security in-
terest of the United States’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(D), by striking ‘‘or (b)’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘or (b)(1)’’; and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(C) an estimate of the significance of the 
provision of the items described in paragraph 
(1) or (2) of section 5(a) or section 5(b)(1) to 
Iran’s ability to develop its petroleum resources, 
to maintain or expand its domestic production 
of refined petroleum products, to import refined 
petroleum products, or to develop its weapons 
of mass destruction or other military capabili-
ties (as the case may be); and’’. 
(e) REPORTS ON UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO CUR-
TAIL CERTAIN BUSINESS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS RE-
LATING TO IRAN.—Section 10 of such Act is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph 
(4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) Iran’s use in the Middle East, the Western 
Hemisphere, Africa, and other regions, of Iranian 
diplomats and representatives of other government 
and military or quasi-governmental institutions or 
proxies of Iran, including, but not limited to, 
Hezbollah, to promote acts of international terrorism
or to develop or sustain Iran’s nuclear, chemical, bi-
ological, and missile weapons programs.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) REPORTS ON CERTAIN BUSINESS AND OTHER 
TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO IRAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Iran Refined 
Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, and every 6 
months thereafter, the President shall submit a re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees re-
garding any person who has— 
‘‘(A) provided Iran with refined petroleum 
products; 
‘‘(B) sold, leased, or provided to Iran any 
goods, services, or technology that would allow 
Iran to maintain or expand its domestic produc-
tion of refined petroleum products; or 
‘‘(C) engaged in any activity described in 
section 5(a)(2)(B). 
‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION.—For each activity set forth 
in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1), 
the President shall provide a complete and detailed 
description of such activity, including— 
‘‘(A) the date or dates of such activity;