I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4896 
To authorize the President to utilize the Proliferation Security Initiative 
and all other measures for the purpose of interdicting the import into 
or export from Iran by the Government of Iran or any other country, 
entity, or person of all items, materials, equipment, goods and technology 
useful for any nuclear, biological, chemical, missile, or conventional arms 
program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2010 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. HOEK-
STRA, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, 
Mr. ROYCE, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MACK, Mr. PENCE, Mr. COFFMAN of 
Colorado, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. FRANKS of Ar-
izona, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
BOOZMAN, and Mr. AKIN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the President to utilize the Proliferation Secu-
rity Initiative and all other measures for the purpose 
of interdicting the import into or export from Iran by 
the Government of Iran or any other country, entity, 
or person of all items, materials, equipment, goods and 
technology useful for any nuclear, biological, chemical, 
missile, or conventional arms program. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Proliferation Pre-
vention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO INTERDICT CERTAIN IMPORTS TO 
AND EXPORTS FROM IRAN. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President is authorized to— 
(1) utilize the Proliferation Security Initiative 
and all other measures determined by the President 
to be necessary to enforce all United States laws and 
Executive Orders, all United Nations Security Coun-
cil resolutions, including Resolutions 1696, 1737, 
1747, and 1803, and all other international, multi-
lateral, and bilateral agreements, including the 2005 
Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of 
Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navi-
gation, for the purpose of interdicting the import 
into or export from Iran by the Government of Iran 
or any other country, entity, or person of all items, 
materials, equipment, goods and technology useful 
for any nuclear, biological, chemical, missile, or con-
ventional arms program; and 
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(2) negotiate and utilize ship boarding and 
other interdiction agreements with countries deter-
mined to be necessary to accomplish the purpose 
paragraph (1). 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and every 120 days thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that— 
(1) identifies all known countries, entities, and 
persons, including the Government of Iran, that 
have engaged in the import into or export from Iran 
of any items, materials, equipment, goods and tech-
nology useful for any nuclear, biological, chemical, 
missile, or conventional arms program during the 
preceding 120-day period; 
(2) describes the type, volume, origin and des-
tination of the items, materials, equipment, goods 
and technology described in paragraph (1); 
(3) describes all United States laws, United Na-
tions Security Council resolutions, and other inter-
national, multilateral, or bilateral treaties, conven-
tions, and agreements violated by the countries, enti-
ties, and persons identified in paragraph (1); 
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(4) describes measures to be taken by the 
United States or in cooperation with other countries 
or international and multinational organizations to 
hold violators identified in paragraph (1) account-
able to the provisions of the laws, resolutions, trea-
ties, conventions, and agreements referred to in 
paragraph (3); and 
(5) describes the actions taken by foreign gov-
ernments assisting in interdicting the activities de-
scribed in paragraph (1) during the preceding 120- 
day period. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee of Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.—The term ‘‘Gov-
ernment of Iran’’ means— 
(A) any official of the Government of Iran; 
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(B) any agency or instrumentality of the 
Government of Iran; 
(C) any entity that is owned or controlled, 
directly or indirectly, by the Government of 
Iran; 
(D) any member or instrumentality of the 
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); or 
(E) any entity that is owned or controlled, 
directly or indirectly by a member or instru-
mentality of the IRGC. 
Æ 
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