(1) A description of Iran’s grand strategy and 
security strategy, including strategic objectives, and 
the security posture and objectives of Iran. 
(2) A description of the United States strategy 
to— 
(A) address and counter the capabilities of 
Iran’s conventional forces and Iran’s unconven-
tional forces; 
(B) disrupt and deny Iranian efforts to de-
velop or augment capabilities related to nuclear, 
unconventional, and missile forces development; 
(C) address the Government of Iran’s eco-
nomic strategy to enable the objectives described 
in this subsection; 
(D) exploit key vulnerabilities; and 
(E) combat Iranian efforts to suppress 
Internet freedom, including actions of the United 
States to— 
(i) work to promote expanded Internet 
access for democracy activists in Iran; 
(ii) add a public diplomacy page to 
the United States’ virtual embassy in Iran; 
and 
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(iii) leverage multilateral organiza-
tions committed to Internet connectivity in 
Iran. 
(3) An implementation plan for the United 
States strategy described in paragraph (2). 
(d) FORM.—The report required under subsection (b) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent 
possible, but may include a classified annex, if necessary. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee 
on Finance, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 402. REPORT ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR AND ECONOMIC 
CAPABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
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to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
following: 
(1) An estimate of the timeline for Iranian capa-
bilities to develop nuclear weapons, including— 
(A) an estimate of the period of time it 
would take Iran to produce enough weapons- 
grade uranium for a single implosion-type nu-
clear weapon, taking into account all known rel-
evant technical data; 
(B) an estimate of the period of time it 
would take Iran to produce sufficient separated 
plutonium for a single nuclear weapon; 
(C) a description of the assumptions under-
lying the estimates referred to in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B), and any information about devel-
opments that might alter or otherwise affect those 
assumptions; 
(D) an estimate of the date by which the pe-
riods of time referred to in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) will be less than 45 days; and 
(E) a description of any efforts by the 
United States to increase the frequency of inspec-
tions by the International Atomic Energy Agen-
cy of nuclear facilities in Iran. 
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(2) An assessment of Iranian strategy and capa-
bilities relating to development of nuclear weapons, 
including— 
(A) a summary and analysis of current nu-
clear weapons capabilities; 
(B) an estimate of the amount and sources 
of funding expended by, and an analysis of pro-
curement networks utilized by, Iran to develop 
its nuclear weapons capabilities; 
(C) a summary of the capabilities of Iran’s 
unconventional weapons and Iran’s ballistic 
missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces; 
(D) a detailed analysis of the effectiveness of 
Iran’s unconventional weapons and Iran’s bal-
listic missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile 
forces as delivery systems for a nuclear device; 
(E) a description of all efforts of Iran to de-
sign and develop a nuclear weapon, including ef-
forts to design or fit warheads, and any other 
possible military dimensions of the nuclear pro-
gram of Iran; and 
(F) an analysis of the procurement network, 
including the amount and sources of funding ex-
pended by Iran on programs to develop a nu-
clear weapons capability. 
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(3) Projected economic effects of international 
sanctions on Iran, including— 
(A) an estimate of the capital accounts, cur-
rent accounts, and amounts of foreign exchange 
reserves (including access to foreign exchange re-
serves) of the Government of Iran, and other 
leading indicators of the status of the economy of 
Iran; 
(B) an estimate of timelines with respect to 
macroeconomic viability of Iran, including the 
time by which the Government of Iran will ex-
haust its foreign exchange reserves; 
(C) an estimate of the date by which the re-
serves of the Central Bank of Iran will be insuf-
ficient for the Government of Iran to avoid a se-
vere balance of payments crisis that prevents it 
from maintaining a functioning economy, in-
cluding— 
(i) the inflation rate, exchange rates, 
unemployment rate, and budget deficits in 
Iran; and 
(ii) other leading macroeconomic indi-
cators used by the International Monetary 
Fund, professional rating agencies, and 
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other credible sources to assess the economic 
health of a country; 
(D) a description of the assumptions under-
lying the estimate referred to in paragraph (3) 
and an indication of how changes in each of 
those assumptions could affect the estimate; 
(E) an assessment of the effect of sanctions 
imposed with respect to Iran on moving forward 
the date referred to in subparagraph (C); and 
(F) a description of actions taken by the 
Government of Iran to delay the date referred to 
in subparagraph (C). 
(b) UPDATE.—The President shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees an update of the report 
required by subsection (a) every 60 days after the date of 
submission of the report that includes any pertinent devel-
opments to Iranian nuclear or economic capabilities. 
(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
and the update required under subsection (b) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent possible, 
but may include a classified annex, if necessary. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the 
Committee on Finance, and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) NUCLEAR
EXPLOSIVE
DEVICE.—The term 
‘‘nuclear explosive device’’ means any device, whether 
assembled or disassembled, that is designed to produce 
an instantaneous release of an amount of nuclear en-
ergy from special nuclear material that is greater 
than the amount of energy that would be released 
from the detonation of one pound of trinitrotoluene 
(TNT). 
SEC. 403. REPORT ON PLAUSIBILITY OF EXPANDING SANC-
TIONS ON IRANIAN OIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report assess-
ing the following: 
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(1) Whether petroleum and petroleum products 
originating in and exported from Iran are refined 
and sold outside of Iran. 
(2) Whether products that contain Iranian-ori-
gin petroleum or petroleum products as part of their 
contents are imported into the United States and, if 
any such products are imported into the United 
States, whether such importation violates the ban on 
importation into the United States of Iranian-origin 
petroleum or petroleum products. 
(3) Whether it is feasible to ban the importation 
into the United States of products described in para-
graph (2), regardless of whether the ban on importa-
tion into the United States of Iranian-origin petro-
leum or petroleum products applies to such products. 
(b) BASIS OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) may be based on publicly-available informa-
tion and classified information. The information that is not 
classified information shall be made publically available. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and 
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 
SEC. 404. GAO REPORT ON IRANIAN STRATEGY TO EVADE 
CURRENT SANCTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report that— 
(1) evaluates the strategy of the Government of 
Iran to evade current economic and financial sanc-
tions; and 
(2) specifically evaluates the ability of Iran to 
successfully diversify its economy beyond its energy 
sector, thereby lessening the impact and effectiveness 
of economic and financial sanctions. 
SEC. 405. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE REPORTS RE-
QUIRED UNDER IRAN SANCTIONS LAWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any or all reports required to be 
submitted to Congress under the provisions of law described 
in subsection (c) on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act may, notwithstanding the deadline requirements 
for submission under such provisions of law, be consolidated 
into a single report that is submitted to Congress on an 
annual basis. 
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(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with 
respect to the initial report of any report described in sub-
section (a). 
(c) PROVISIONS OF LAW DESCRIBED.—The provisions 
of law referred to in this section are the following: 
(1) This Act and the amendments made by this 
Act. 
(2) The Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation 
Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.). 
(3) The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.). 
(4) The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account-
ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 
et seq.). 
SEC. 406. AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS UNDER IRAN 
SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996 AND IRAN THREAT 
REDUCTION AND SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 
OF 2012. 
(a) IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996.—Section 14(4)(B) 
of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 
50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘may include, 
in the discretion of the President’’ and inserting ‘‘includes’’. 
(b) IRAN THREAT REDUCTION AND SYRIA HUMAN 
RIGHTS ACT OF 2012.—Section 211 of the Iran Threat Re-
duction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
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8721) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘appro-
priate congressional committees’ includes the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 407. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 
all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1702 and 1704) to carry out this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act. 
(b) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 
apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of this Act or any 
amendment made by this Act or regulations prescribed 
under this Act to the same extent that such penalties apply 
to a person that commits an unlawful act described in sec-
tion 206(a) of the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(a)). 
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