Comptroller General shall consult with non-
governmental organizations. 
SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST MAHAN AIR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to— 
(1) a person that provides, directly or indi-
rectly, goods, services, technology, or financial serv-
ices, including the sale or provision of aircraft or air-
craft parts, fuel, ramp assistance, baggage and 
cargo handling, catering, refueling, ticketing, check- 
in services, crew handling, or other services related 
to flight operations, to Mahan Air or its agents or 
affiliates, or for aircraft of Mahan Air or its agents 
or affiliates; 
(2) a person that controls, manages, or directs 
Mahan Air or any of its agents or affiliates; 
(3) an individual who is on the board of direc-
tors of Mahan Air or any of its agents or affiliates; 
or 
(4) an entity in which Mahan Air or an agent 
or affiliate of Mahan Air that owns, directly or indi-
rectly, a 25 percent or greater interest, regardless of 
whether the entity is included on the list of specially 
designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
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by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the De-
partment of the Treasury. 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall block, in accordance with the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of any person subject to subsection (a) 
if such property and interests in property are in the 
United States, come within the United States, or are 
or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The 
Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 
United States, any person subject to subsection (a) 
that is an alien. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.— 
(1) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
NATIONAL
EMER-
GENCY REQUIREMENT.—The requirements of section 
202 of the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply for pur-
poses of subsection (b)(1). 
(2) COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS HEAD-
QUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Subsection (b)(2) shall 
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not apply to the head of state of Iran, or necessary 
staff of that head of state, if admission to the 
United States is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 
the United States. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—A 
person with respect to which the President imposes sanc-
tions under subsection (a) shall be considered an agent 
or affiliate of the IRGC for purposes of sections 104 and 
104A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account-
ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513 and 
8513b). 
SEC. 106. ADDITIONAL MEASURES ON MAHAN AIR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall require each 
covered person to provide a certification to the President 
that the person does not conduct transactions with any 
entity that provides, directly or indirectly, goods, services, 
technology, or financial services, including the sale or pro-
vision of aircraft or aircraft parts, fuel, ramp assistance, 
baggage or cargo handling, catering, refueling, ticketing, 
check-in services, crew handling, or other services related 
to flight operations— 
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(1) to Mahan Air or its agents or affiliates; 
(2) for aircraft owned or operated by Mahan 
Air or its agents or affiliates; or 
(3) to a person described in section 105(a). 
(b) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) DNI LIST.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Act, and 
annually thereafter, the Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Treasury, shall submit to Congress a list 
of each entity described in subsection (a). 
(B) FORM OF LIST.—Each list required by 
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas-
sified form, but may include a classified annex 
if necessary. 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Act, and 
annually thereafter, the President shall submit 
to Congress a report that includes— 
(i) a list of countries where aircraft of 
Mahan Air or its agents or affiliates land; 
(ii) a description of the efforts of the 
President to encourage countries to pro-
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hibit aircraft of Mahan Air or its agents or 
affiliates from landing in the territory of 
those countries; and 
(iii) if the President has not imposed 
sanctions under section 105(a) with re-
spect to any entity described in subsection 
(a), an explanation for why the President 
has not imposed such sanctions. 
(B) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report re-
quired by subparagraph (A) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex if necessary. 
(3) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE-
PORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall— 
(i) conduct a review of the certifi-
cations required by subsection (a), the lists 
required by paragraph (1), and the reports 
required by paragraph (2); and 
(ii) not later than 60 days after the 
submission of each list required by para-
graph (1) and each report required by 
paragraph (2), submit to Congress a re-
port— 
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(I) on the review conducted 
under clause (i); and 
(II) assessing the implementation 
of section 105. 
(B) CONSULTATIONS.—In preparing the 
report required by subparagraph (A)(ii), the 
Comptroller General shall consult with non-
governmental organizations. 
(c) COVERED PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered person’’ means— 
(1) an air carrier or foreign air carrier, as those 
terms are defined in section 40102 of title 49, 
United States Code; or 
(2) a United States person that exports aircraft 
or components for aircraft. 
SEC. 107. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS ON THE USE OF CERTAIN 
IRANIAN SEAPORTS BY FOREIGN VESSELS 
AND USE OF FOREIGN AIRPORTS BY SANC-
TIONED IRANIAN AIR CARRIERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1252(a) of the Iran Free-
dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8808(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) a description of all efforts the Department 
of State has made to encourage other countries to 
prohibit the use of air space and airports by Iranian 
air carriers described in paragraph (2) during the 
period specified in subsection (b).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and apply with respect to reports required to 
be submitted under section 1252(a) of the Iran Freedom 
and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 on or after such 
date of enactment. 
Subtitle B—Other Provisions 
SEC. 111. AUTHORITY OF STATES AND LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTS TO DIVEST FROM PERSONS THAT EN-
GAGE IN INVESTMENT OR BUSINESS ACTIVI-
TIES WITH IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD 
CORPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title III of the Iran 
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 
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(Public Law 112–158; 126 Stat. 1247) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 313. AUTHORITY OF STATES AND LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTS TO DIVEST FROM PERSONS THAT EN-
GAGE IN INVESTMENT OR BUSINESS ACTIVI-
TIES WITH IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD 
CORPS. 
‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should support the decision 
of any State or local government that for moral, pruden-
tial, or reputational reasons divests from, or prohibits the 
investment of assets of the State or local government in, 
a person that engages in investment or business activities 
with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or a person de-
scribed in subsection (c), as long as Iran’s Revolutionary 
Guard Corps is subject to economic sanctions imposed by 
the United States. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO DIVEST.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, a State or local government may 
adopt and enforce measures that meet the requirements 
of subsection (e) to divest the assets of the State or local 
government from, or prohibit investment of the assets of 
the State or local government in, any person that the 
State or local government determines, using credible infor-
mation available to the public, engages in investment or 
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business activities described in subsection (d) with Iran’s 
Revolutionary Guard Corps or a person described in sub-
section (c). 
‘‘(c) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 
this subsection is— 
‘‘(1) an entity, regardless of whether the entity 
is included on the list of specially designated nation-
als and blocked persons maintained by the Office of 
Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 
Treasury, that is owned, directly or indirectly, by a 
25 percent or greater interest— 
‘‘(A) by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps 
or an agent or affiliate of Iran’s Revolutionary 
Guard Corps; or 
‘‘(B) collectively by a group of individuals 
that are members of Iran’s Revolutionary 
Guard Corps or an agent or affiliate of Iran’s 
Revolutionary Guard Corps, even if none of 
such individuals hold a 25 percent or greater 
interest in the entity; 
‘‘(2) a person that controls, manages, or directs 
an entity described in paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) an individual who is on the board of direc-
tors of an entity described in paragraph (1); or 
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‘‘(4) a person on the IRGC Watch List required 
by section 104 of the Iran Nonnuclear Sanctions Act 
of 2017. 
‘‘(d) INVESTMENT
OR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES DE-
SCRIBED.—A person engages in investment or business ac-
tivities with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or a person 
described in subsection (c) if the person— 
‘‘(1) has a financial investment in Iran’s Revo-
lutionary Guard Corps or such a person; 
‘‘(2) owns, in whole or in part, such a person; 
or 
‘‘(3) is a financial institution that extends cred-
it or financing to another person, for 45 days or 
more, if that person will use the credit or financing 
for investment in a person described in subsection 
(c). 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.—Any measure taken by a 
State or local government under subsection (b) shall meet 
the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) NOTICE.—The State or local government 
shall provide written notice to each person to which 
a measure is to be applied. 
‘‘(2) TIMING.—The measure shall apply to a 
person not earlier than the date that is 90 days 
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after the date on which written notice is provided to 
the person under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING.—The State 
or local government shall provide an opportunity to 
comment in writing to each person to which a meas-
ure is to be applied. If the person demonstrates to 
the State or local government that the person does 
not engage in investment or business activities de-
scribed in subsection (d) with Iran’s Revolutionary 
Guard Corps or a person described in subsection (c), 
the measure shall not apply to the person. 
‘‘(4) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AVOIDING ERRO-
NEOUS
TARGETING.—It is the sense of Congress 
that a State or local government should not adopt 
a measure under subsection (b) with respect to a 
person unless the State or local government has 
made every effort to avoid erroneously targeting the 
person and has verified that the person engages in 
investment or business activities described in sub-
section (d) with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps 
or a person described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(f) NOTICE TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.—Not 
later than 30 days after adopting a measure pursuant to 
subsection (b), a State or local government shall submit 
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written notice to the Attorney General describing the 
measure. 
‘‘(g) NONPREEMPTION.—A measure of a State or 
local government authorized under subsection (b) or (i) 
is not preempted by any Federal law or regulation. 
‘‘(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) or subsection (i), this section applies to 
measures adopted by a State or local government be-
fore, on, or after the date of the enactment of the 
Iran Nonnuclear Sanctions Act of 2017. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (i), subsections (e) and (f) apply 
to measures adopted by a State or local government 
on or after the date of the enactment of the Iran 
Nonnuclear Sanctions Act of 2017. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION FOR PRIOR ENACTED MEAS-
URES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section or any other provision of 
law, a State or local government may enforce a 
measure (without regard to the requirements of sub-
section (e), except as provided in paragraph (2)) 
adopted by the State or local government before the 
date of the enactment of the Iran Nonnuclear Sanc-
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tions Act of 2017 that provides for the divestment 
of assets of the State or local government from, or 
prohibits the investment of the assets of the State 
or local government in, any person that the State or 
local government determines, using credible informa-
tion available to the public, engages in investment or 
business activities with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 
Corps or a person described in subsection (c) (deter-
mined without regard to subsection (d)) or other 
business or investment activities that are identified 
in the measure. 
‘‘(2) 
APPLICATION
OF
NOTICE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—A measure described in paragraph (1) 
shall be subject to the requirements of paragraphs 
(1) and (2) and the first sentence of paragraph (3) 
of subsection (e) on and after the date that is 2 
years after the date of the enactment of the Iran 
Nonnuclear Sanctions Act of 2017. 
‘‘(j) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion or any other provision of law authorizing sanctions 
with respect to Iran shall be construed to abridge the au-
thority of a State to issue and enforce rules governing the 
safety, soundness, and solvency of a financial institution 
subject to its jurisdiction or the business of insurance pur-
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suant to the Act of March 9, 1945 (15 U.S.C. 1011 et 
seq.) (commonly known as the ‘McCarran-Ferguson Act’). 
‘‘(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ASSETS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘assets’ refers to 
public monies and includes any pension, retire-
ment, annuity, or endowment fund, or similar 
instrument, that is controlled by a State or 
local government. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘assets’ does 
not include employee benefit plans covered by 
title I of the Employee Retirement Income Se-
curity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
‘‘(2) 
INVESTMENT.—The 
‘investment’ 
in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) a commitment or contribution of 
funds or property; 
‘‘(B) a loan or other extension of credit; 
and 
‘‘(C) the entry into or renewal of a con-
tract for goods or services.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 
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Act of 2012 is amended by adding after the item relating 
to section 312 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 313. Authority of States and local governments to divest from persons 
that engage in investment or business activities with Iran’s 
Revolutionary Guard Corps.’’. 
SEC. 112. SAFE HARBOR FOR CHANGES IN INVESTMENT 
POLICIES BY ASSET MANAGERS. 
Section 13(c)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–13(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) engage in investment or business ac-
tivities described in subsection (d) of section 
313 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012 with Iran’s Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps or a person described in 
subsection (c) of that section.’’. 
Subtitle C—Termination 
SEC. 121. TERMINATION. 
This title and the amendments made by this title 
shall terminate on the date that is 30 days after the date 
on which the President makes the certification described 
in section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 
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Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8551(a)). 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS RELATING 
TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 
IN IRAN 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) According to Freedom House, none of the 
elections held in Iran after the Islamic revolution in 
1979 have been regarded as free or fair. 
(2) According to the October 2015 report by 
the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situa-
tion of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
Iran continues to execute more individuals per cap-
ita than any other country in the world. Executions 
have been rising at an exponential rate since 2005 
and peaked in 2015, when human rights groups re-
ported a shocking 830 executions between January 
and November 2015, and as many as 1,084 execu-
tions during the entire year. 
(3) According to an October 2015 United Na-
tions report on human rights in Iran, ‘‘Some 150 
Sunni Muslims are in prison on charges related to 
their beliefs and religion activities. More than 30 are 
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on death row after having been convicted of ‘enmity 
against God’ in unfair judicial proceedings.’’. 
(4) In 2015, Iran was rated as ‘‘not free’’ in a 
report on the freedom of the press by Freedom 
House for a lack of flow of independent information 
and the inability of news outlets, whether through 
print, broadcast, or the Internet, to operate freely 
and without fear of repercussions. 
(5) Journalists, social media activists, writers, 
and human rights activists are routinely arrested 
and interrogated by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 
Corps, the Ministry of Intelligence, and cyber-polic-
ing units. 
(6) According to the Committee to Protect 
Journalists— 
(A) from the 2015 prison census, Iran is 
one of the leading jailers of journalists, with 19 
behind bars; 
(B) Iran ranks as first among countries 
from which journalists have fled into exile be-
tween 2009 and 2015; and 
(C) in 2015, Iran ranked number 7 among 
the top 10 most censored countries in the 
world. 
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