I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1698 
To expand sanctions against Iran with respect to the ballistic missile program 
of Iran, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2017 
Mr. ROYCE of California (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MCCARTHY, and Mr. 
HOYER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Finan-
cial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To expand sanctions against Iran with respect to the ballistic 
missile program of Iran, and for other purposes. 
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 Ballistic Missiles 
and International Sanctions Enforcement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SANCTIONS RELATING TO EFFORTS BY THE GOV-
ERNMENT OF IRAN WITH RESPECT TO BAL-
LISTIC MISSILE-RELATED GOODS, SERVICES, 
AND TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 
2231 (2015)— 
(A) calls upon Iran ‘‘not to undertake any 
activity related to ballistic missiles designed to 
be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, in-
cluding launches using such ballistic missile 
technology’’; and 
(B) calls upon member states to ‘‘take the 
necessary measures to prevent, except as de-
cided otherwise by the UN Security Council in 
advance on a case-by-case basis, the supply, 
sale, or transfer of arms or related materiel 
from Iran’’. 
(2) The United States maintains bilateral sanc-
tions against Iran for its efforts to manufacture, ac-
quire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use 
ballistic missiles or ballistic missile launch tech-
nology, and its acquisition of destabilizing types and 
amounts of conventional weapons. 
(3) According to the 2016 Worldwide Threat 
Assessment, the United States intelligence commu-
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nity judges ‘‘that Tehran would choose ballistic mis-
siles as its preferred method of delivering nuclear 
weapons, if it builds them. Iran’s ballistic missiles 
are inherently capable of delivering [weapons of 
mass destruction], and Tehran already has the larg-
est inventory of ballistic missiles in the Middle East. 
Iran’s progress on space launch vehicles—along with 
its desire to deter the United States and its allies— 
provides Tehran with the means and motivation to 
develop longer-range missiles, including ICBMs.’’. 
(4) Since the passage of United Nations Secu-
rity Council 2231, Iran has conducted numerous 
tests of ballistic missiles designed to be capable of 
delivering nuclear weapons, and has acquired desta-
bilizing types of conventional weapons. 
(5) Iran has pursued the ability to indigenously 
produce ballistic missile and cruise missile goods, 
services, and technologies. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to prevent Iran from undertaking any activ-
ity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of 
delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such 
ballistic missile technology. 
(c) REPORT ON SUPPLY CHAIN OF IRAN’S BALLISTIC 
MISSILE PROGRAM.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that contains the following: 
(A) An analysis of the foreign and domes-
tic supply chain in Iran that directly or indi-
rectly significantly facilitates, supports, or oth-
erwise aids the Government of Iran’s ballistic 
missile program. 
(B) A description of the geographic dis-
tribution of the foreign and domestic supply 
chain described in subparagraph (A). 
(C) An assessment of the Government of 
Iran’s ability to indigenously manufacture or 
otherwise produce the goods, services, or tech-
nology necessary to support its ballistic missile 
program. 
(D) An identification of foreign persons 
that have, based on credible information, di-
rectly or indirectly facilitated or supported the 
development of the Government of Iran’s bal-
listic missile program, including the foreign and 
domestic supply chain described in subpara-
graph (A). 
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‘‘(i) on or after the date of the enact-
ment of the Iran Ballistic Missiles and 
International Sanctions Enforcement Act’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A)(i) (as so redesignated); 
(5) by striking ‘‘(B) knew’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) knew’’; 
(6) by striking ‘‘(i) the export’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(I) the export’’; 
(7) by striking ‘‘would likely’’ and inserting 
‘‘may’’; 
(8) by striking ‘‘(ii) the export’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(II) the export’’; 
(9) by striking ‘‘(I) acquire’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(aa) acquire’’; 
(10) by striking ‘‘; or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A)(ii)(II)(aa) (as so redesignated); 
(11) 
by 
inserting 
after 
subparagraph 
(A)(ii)(II)(aa) (as so redesignated) the following: 
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‘‘(bb) acquire or develop bal-
listic missiles or ballistic missile 
launch technologies; or’’; 
(12) by striking ‘‘(II) acquire’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(cc) acquire’’; 
(13) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (A)(ii)(II)(cc) (as so redesignated) and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(14) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(iii) knowingly exports or transfers, 
or permits or otherwise facilitates the 
transshipment or re-export of, any goods, 
services, technology, or other items to Iran 
that materially contributes to the ability of 
Iran to— 
‘‘(I) acquire or develop ballistic 
missiles or ballistic missile launch 
technologies; or 
‘‘(II) acquire or develop desta-
bilizing numbers and types of ad-
vanced conventional weapons (as such 
term is defined in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of section 1608 of the Iran-Iraq 
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Arms 
Non-Proliferation 
Act 
of 
1992).’’. 
(f) SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO 
BALLISTIC MISSILES.—Paragraph (1) of section 5(b) of 
the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by subsection (e), is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL BALLISTIC MISSILE-RE-
LATED GOODS, SERVICES, AND TECHNOLOGY.— 
‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY.—The 
President shall impose the sanctions de-
scribed in paragraph (8), (10), or (12) of 
section 6(a), as the case may be, with re-
spect to— 
‘‘(I) an agency or instrumentality 
of the Government of Iran if the 
agency or instrumentality, on or after 
the date of the enactment of this sub-
paragraph, seeks to develop, procure, 
or acquire goods, services, or tech-
nology that materially contributes to 
efforts by the Government of Iran 
with respect to ballistic missile-related 
goods, services, and technologies as 
described in clause (iii); 
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‘‘(II) a foreign person or an 
agency or instrumentality of a foreign 
state if the person or agency or in-
strumentality knowingly, on or after 
the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph, provides material support 
to the Government of Iran that mate-
rially contributes to efforts by the 
Government of Iran with respect to 
ballistic missile-related goods, services, 
and technologies as described in 
clause (iii); and 
‘‘(III) a foreign person that the 
President determines knowingly en-
gages in a significant transaction or 
transactions with, or provides signifi-
cant financial services for, a foreign 
person or an agency or instrumen-
tality of a foreign state described in 
subclause (I) or (II) with respect to 
ballistic missile-related goods, services, 
and technologies as described in 
clause (iii). 
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION ON BALLISTIC 
MISSILE TESTS.— 
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‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date on which 
the President receives credible infor-
mation that the Government of Iran 
has conducted a test of a ballistic mis-
sile, the President shall submit to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate a determination of whether 
or not the test of such missile fails to 
comply with, violates, or is in defiance 
of United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 2231 (2015). 
‘‘(II) REPORT.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—If the 
President determines pursuant to 
subclause (I) that the test of a 
ballistic missile fails to comply 
with, violates, or is in defiance of 
United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 
2231 
(2015), 
the 
President shall transmit to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and 
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the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate a report 
that— 
‘‘(AA) identifies each 
Iranian 
person 
that 
the 
President determines is re-
sponsible for ordering, con-
trolling, or otherwise direct-
ing the missile test described 
in subclause (I); 
‘‘(BB) 
determines 
whether the persons de-
scribed in sub-item (AA) 
have been designated for 
their activities in support of 
Iran’s ballistic missile pro-
gram, and if not, so des-
ignated, the reasons there-
for; and 
‘‘(CC) 
describes 
the 
steps the President is taking 
to respond to the ballistic 
missile test described in sub-
clause (I). 
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