I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2118 
To expand sanctions against Iran with respect to the ballistic missile program 
of Iran, to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran’s Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2019 
Mr. MCCAUL 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, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To expand sanctions against Iran with respect to the ballistic 
missile program of Iran, to impose additional sanctions 
with respect to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions En-
forcement Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN WITH 
RESPECT TO THE BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN 
Sec. 101. Sanctions relating to efforts by the Government of Iran with respect 
to ballistic missile-related goods, services, and technologies. 
Sec. 102. Determinations with respect to the imposition of sanctions for the 
sale or transfer of destabilizing types and amounts of conven-
tional weapons to the Government of Iran. 
Sec. 103. Determination on use by the Government of Iran of commercial pas-
senger aircraft and related services for illicit military or other 
activities. 
Sec. 104. Regulatory authority. 
Sec. 105. Definitions. 
TITLE II—IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS 
Sec. 201. Additional sanctions with respect to foreign persons that are officials, 
agents, or affiliates of, or owned or controlled by, Iran’s Revo-
lutionary Guard Corps. 
Sec. 202. Additional sanctions with respect to foreign persons that support or 
conduct certain transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 
Corps or other sanctioned persons. 
Sec. 203. Reports on certain Iranian persons. 
Sec. 204. Statement of policy on prevention of accession of Iran to World 
Trade Organization. 
TITLE I—EXPANSION OF SANC-
TIONS AGAINST IRAN WITH 
RESPECT TO THE BALLISTIC 
MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN 
SEC. 101. 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)— 
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(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) requires 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-
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. 
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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.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that contains the fol-
lowing: 
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(i) 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 this section; 
(ii) section 104 of the Countering 
America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions 
Act (Public Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9403); 
or 
(iii) Executive Order 13382 (June 28, 
2005), relating to Blocking Property of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators 
and Their Supporters. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex. 
(d) SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO 
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘EXPORTS, 
TRANSFERS, AND TRANSSHIPMENTS’’ and inserting 
‘‘WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; BALLISTIC MIS-
SILES; CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Except as’’ and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(A) WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.— 
Except as’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘(A) on or after the date of the 
enactment of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i)(I) on or after the date of the en-
actment of the Iran Ballistic Missiles and 
International Sanctions Enforcement Act’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘(B) knew’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(II) knew’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘(i) the export’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(aa) the export’’; 
(6) by striking ‘‘would likely’’ and inserting 
‘‘may’’; 
(7) by striking ‘‘(ii) the export’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(bb) the export’’; 
(8) by striking ‘‘(I) acquire’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(AA) acquire’’; 
(9) by striking ‘‘; or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A)(ii)(II)(bb)(AA) (as so redesignated); 
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(10) 
by 
inserting 
after 
subparagraph 
(A)(ii)(II)(bb)(AA) (as so redesignated) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(BB) acquire or develop 
ballistic missiles or ballistic mis-
sile launch technologies; or’’; 
(11) by striking ‘‘(II) acquire’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(CC) acquire’’; 
(12) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (A)(ii)(II)(bb)(CC) (as so redesignated) 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(13) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(ii) knowingly exports or transfers, 
or permits or otherwise facilitates the 
transshipment or re-export of, goods, serv-
ices, technology, or other items to Iran 
that materially supports Iran’s efforts 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 
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term is defined in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of section 1608 of the Iran-Iraq 
Arms 
Non-Proliferation 
Act 
of 
1992).’’. 
(e) 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 (d), is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL BALLISTIC MISSILE-RE-
LATED GOODS, SERVICES, AND TECHNOLOGY.— 
‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Presi-
dent shall impose the sanctions de-
scribed in paragraph (8), (10), or (12) 
of section 6(a), as the case may be, 
with respect to— 
‘‘(aa) an agency or instru-
mentality of the Government of 
Iran if the President determines 
that the agency or instrumen-
tality, on or after the date of the 
enactment of this subparagraph, 
knowingly seeks to develop, pro-
cure, or acquire goods, services, 
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or technology that materially 
supports efforts by the Govern-
ment of Iran with respect to bal-
listic missile-related goods, serv-
ices, and technologies as de-
scribed in clause (ii); 
‘‘(bb) a foreign person or an 
agency or instrumentality of a 
foreign state if the President de-
termines that the person or agen-
cy or instrumentality knowingly, 
on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph, provides 
significant material support to 
the Government of Iran that sup-
ports efforts by the Government 
of Iran with respect to ballistic 
missile-related 
goods, 
services, 
and technologies as described in 
clause (ii); and 
‘‘(cc) a foreign person that 
the President determines know-
ingly engages in a significant 
transaction or transactions with, 
or provides significant financial 
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services for, a foreign person or 
an agency or instrumentality of a 
foreign state described in item 
(aa) or (bb) with respect to bal-
listic missile-related goods, serv-
ices, and technologies as de-
scribed in clause (ii). 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTION
RELATING
TO 
IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—The 
requirement to impose sanctions 
as described in subclause (I) 
shall not include the authority to 
impose sanctions on the importa-
tion of goods. 
‘‘(bb) GOOD
DEFINED.—In 
this subclause, the term ‘good’ 
means any article, natural or 
man-made substance, material, 
supply or manufactured product, 
including inspection and test 
equipment, and excluding tech-
nical data. 
‘‘(ii) EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT 
OF
IRAN
WITH
RESPECT
TO
BALLISTIC 
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MISSILE-RELATED GOODS, SERVICES, AND 
TECHNOLOGIES DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—For purposes 
of subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of 
clause (i), and except as provided in 
subclause (II) of this clause, efforts 
by the Government of Iran with re-
spect to ballistic missile-related goods, 
services, and technologies described in 
this subsection are efforts by the Gov-
ernment of Iran to manufacture, ac-
quire, possess, develop, transport, 
transfer, test or use ballistic missiles 
or associated goods, services, or tech-
nology by the Government of Iran, in-
cluding efforts by the Government of 
Iran to manufacture, acquire, possess, 
develop, 
transport, 
transfer, 
pur-
chase— 
‘‘(aa) goods, services, or 
technology listed on the Missile 
Technology 
Control 
Regime 
Equipment 
and 
Technology 
Annex of October 8, 2015, and 
subsequent revisions that have 
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been acquired outside of the Pro-
curement Working Group or not 
otherwise approved by the United 
Nations Security Council; or 
‘‘(bb) goods, services, or 
technology not described in the 
matter preceding item (aa) or 
item (aa) but which nevertheless 
the President determines would 
be, if such goods, services, or 
technology were United States 
goods, services, or technology, 
prohibited for export to Iran be-
cause of their potential to materi-
ally support the development of 
ballistic missile systems or bal-
listic missile launch technologies. 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTION.—Subclause (I) 
shall not apply with respect to efforts 
by the Government of Iran with re-
spect to ballistic missile-related goods, 
services, and technologies that have 
been approved under paragraph 4 of 
Annex B of United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 2231 (2015). 
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‘‘(iii) PROCUREMENT WORKING GROUP 
DEFINED.—In clause (ii)(I)(aa), the term 
‘Procurement Working Group’ means the 
Procurement Working Group of the Joint 
Commission established under Annex IV of 
the applicable provisions in Annex A of 
United Nations Security Council Resolu-
tion 2231 (2015).’’. 
(f) SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO 
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS.—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 subsections 
(d) and (e), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The President 
shall impose the sanctions described in 
paragraph (8) or (12) of section 6(a), as 
the case may be, with respect to a foreign 
person or an agency or instrumentality of 
a foreign state if the President determines 
that the person or agency or instrumen-
tality knowingly, on or after the date of 
the enactment of this paragraph, imports, 
exports, or re-exports to, into, or from 
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Iran, whether directly or indirectly, any 
significant arms or related materiel prohib-
ited under paragraph (5) or (6) of Annex 
B of United Nations Security Council Res-
olution 2231 (2015). 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION
RELATING
TO
IM-
PORTATION OF GOODS.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The require-
ment to impose sanctions as described 
in clause (i) shall not include the au-
thority to impose sanctions on the im-
portation of goods. 
‘‘(II) GOOD
DEFINED.—In this 
clause, the term ‘good’ means any ar-
ticle, natural or man-made substance, 
material, supply or manufactured 
product, including inspection and test 
equipment, and excluding technical 
data.’’. 
(g) EXCEPTION AND DEFINITIONS.—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 sub-
sections (d), (e), and (f), is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘(D) EXCEPTION.—The President may not 
impose sanctions under subparagraph (B) or 
(C) with respect to a foreign person or a United 
States person if the President determines that 
the person has exercised due diligence in estab-
lishing and enforcing official policies, proce-
dures, and controls to ensure that the person 
does not sell, supply, or transfer to or from 
Iran materials the sale, supply, or transfer of 
which would subject a person to the imposition 
of sanctions under subparagraph (B) or (C), as 
the case may be, or conduct or facilitate a fi-
nancial transaction for such a sale, supply, or 
transfer. 
‘‘(E) 
DEFINITIONS.—In 
subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) of this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) 
AGENCY
OR
INSTRUMEN-
TALITY.—The term ‘agency or instrumen-
tality’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 1603(b) of title 28, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(ii) FOREIGN
STATE.—The term 
‘foreign state’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 1603(a) of title 28, United 
States Code. 
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‘‘(iii) GOVERNMENT
OF
IRAN.—The 
term ‘Government of Iran’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 560.304 of 
title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
such section was in effect on January 1, 
2016. 
‘‘(iv) SIGNIFICANT
TRANSACTION
OR 
TRANSACTIONS; 
SIGNIFICANT
FINANCIAL 
SERVICES.—The terms ‘significant trans-
action or transactions’ and ‘significant fi-
nancial services’ shall be determined in ac-
cordance with section 561.404 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations, as such sec-
tion 561.404 was in effect on January 1, 
2016.’’. 
(h) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—Section 6(a) of the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(10) INADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President may di-
rect the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security to ex-
clude from the United States and, if the indi-
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vidual has been issued a visa or other docu-
mentation, revoke, in accordance with the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.) the visa or other documentation of any 
alien that— 
‘‘(i) is designated pursuant to sub-
paragraph (B) or (C) of section 5(b)(1); or 
‘‘(ii) the President determines is a 
corporate officer or principal of, or a 
shareholder with a controlling interest in, a 
sanctioned person. 
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION
TO
COMPLY
WITH 
UNITED
NATIONS
HEADQUARTERS
AGREE-
MENT.—Sanctions under subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien 
into the United States is necessary to permit 
the United States to comply with the Agree-
ment regarding the Headquarters of the United 
Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 
1947, and entered into force November 21, 
1947, between the United Nations and the 
United States, or other applicable international 
obligations.’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para-
graph (13); and 
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(12) EXPORT SANCTION.—In the case of an 
agency or instrumentality of a foreign state, no item 
on the United States Munitions List or Commerce 
Control List may be exported to that foreign state 
for a period of two years.’’. 
(i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The sanctions that 
are required to be imposed under this section and the 
amendments made by this section are in addition to other 
similar or related sanctions that are required to be im-
posed under any other provision of law. 
(j) 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 any amendments 
made by this section. 
(k) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall— 
(A) take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(B) apply with respect to an activity de-
scribed in subsection (b) of section 5 of the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this 
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section, that is commenced on or after such 
date of enactment. 
(2) APPLICABILITY TO ONGOING ACTIVITIES RE-
LATING
TO
CERTAIN
ACTIVITIES.—A person that, 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, com-
menced an activity described in section 5(b) of the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as in effect on the day 
before such date of enactment, and continues the ac-
tivity on or after such date of enactment, shall be 
subject to the provisions of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996, as amended by this title. 
SEC. 102. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPO-
SITION OF SANCTIONS FOR THE SALE OR 
TRANSFER OF DESTABILIZING TYPES AND 
AMOUNTS OF CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TO 
THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. 
(a) NOTIFICATION OF SALES AND TRANSFERS.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date on which the President 
receives credible information that destabilizing numbers 
and types of conventional weapons have been sold or 
transferred to Iran, the President shall notify the appro-
priate congressional committees of the sale or transfer. 
(b) DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT
TO SANC-
TIONS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date on which the President notifies the 
appropriate congressional committees of a sale or 
transfer under subsection (a), the President shall— 
(A) determine whether such sale or trans-
fer meets the requirements to impose sanctions 
under each provision of law specified in sub-
section (c); and 
(B)(i) if the determination is that the sale 
or transfer is subject to any such sanctions, the 
President shall— 
(I) make a determination whether to 
impose or waive such sanctions with re-
spect to such sale or transfer; and 
(II) submit that determination to the 
appropriate congressional committees; or 
(ii) if the determination is that the sale or 
transfer is not subject to any such sanctions, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a detailed report on 
the determination and the specific reasons for 
the determination. 
(2) FORM.—The determination in paragraph 
(1) shall be provided in an unclassified form, and 
may contain a classified annex. 
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(c) PROVISIONS OF LAW SPECIFIED.—The provisions 
of law specified in this subsection are the following: 
(1) Section 5(b)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 
1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by section 
102 of this Act. 
(2) The Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act 
of 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(3) The Iran, North Korea, and Syria Non-
proliferation Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘desta-
bilizing numbers and types of advanced conventional 
weapons’’— 
(1) has the meaning given the terms ‘‘advanced 
conventional weapons’’ and ‘‘cruise missile’’ as de-
fined in paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of sec-
tion 1608 of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation 
Act of 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); and 
(2) includes the S–300 and S–400 missile de-
fense systems and air superiority fighters. 
SEC. 103. DETERMINATION ON USE BY THE GOVERNMENT 
OF IRAN OF COMMERCIAL PASSENGER AIR-
CRAFT AND RELATED SERVICES FOR ILLICIT 
MILITARY OR OTHER ACTIVITIES. 
(a) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
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thereafter for three years, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a determination 
on use by the Government of Iran of commercial passenger 
aircraft and related services for illicit military or other ac-
tivities on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) ELEMENTS
OF DETERMINATION.—The deter-
mination required under subsection (a) shall include a de-
scription of the extent to which— 
(1) commercial passenger aircraft in Iran are 
being used to transport— 
(A) arms or related materiel, including de-
fense articles, defense services, or technical data 
that are controlled on the United States Muni-
tions List established under section 38 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778); 
(B) any item that is, or would be, if lo-
cated in the United States, controlled by Export 
Control Classification Number 600 series listed 
on the Commerce Control List maintained 
under Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the Ex-
port Administration Regulations; 
(C) items used to facilitate the develop-
ment or production of a chemical or biological 
weapon or other weapon of mass destruction 
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and their means of delivery, including ballistic 
missiles and cruise missiles; or 
(D) any foreign person that facilitates the 
transfer of any of the articles described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (C); 
(2) commercial passenger aircraft licensed by 
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury are being used for activities 
described in paragraph (1); and 
(3) foreign governments and persons have fa-
cilitated the activities described in paragraph (1), in-
cluding allowing the use of airports, services, or 
other resources. 
(c) FORM OF DETERMINATION.—The determination 
required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclas-
sified form but may include a classified annex. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMERCIAL PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.—The 
term ‘‘commercial passenger aircraft’’ includes— 
(A) an aircraft of United States origin and 
that is classified under Export Control Classi-
fication Number (ECCN) 9A99l on the Com-
merce Control List maintained under Supple-
ment No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Adminis-
tration Regulations; or 
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(B) an aircraft not of United States origin 
of which United States-controlled content con-
stitutes 10 percent or more of the total value of 
the aircraft and that is— 
(i) classified under Export Control 
Classification Number (ECCN) 9A99l on 
the Commerce Control List maintained 
under Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the 
Export Administration Regulations; and 
(ii) is registered in a jurisdiction other 
than the United States. 
(2) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 
The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 
means subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
(3) RELATED
SERVICES.—The term ‘‘related 
services’’, with respect to a commercial passenger 
aircraft, includes— 
(A) the export, re-export, sale, lease, or 
transfer to Iran of spare parts and components; 
and 
(B) warranty, maintenance, and repair 
services. 
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SEC. 104. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
promulgate regulations as necessary for the implementa-
tion of this title and the amendments made by this title. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not less than 10 
days before the promulgation of regulations under sub-
section (a), the President shall notify the appropriate con-
gressional committees of the proposed regulations and the 
provisions of this title and the amendments made by this 
title that the regulations are implementing. 
SEC. 105. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee 
on Financial Services, the Committee on Appro-
priations, the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Finance, the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the 
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Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate. 
(2) CREDIBLE INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘cred-
ible information’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(3) GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.—The term ‘‘Gov-
ernment of Iran’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, as such section was in effect on January 1, 
2016. 
TITLE II—IMPOSITION OF ADDI-
TIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RE-
SPECT TO IRAN’S REVOLU-
TIONARY GUARD CORPS 
SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-
EIGN 
PERSONS 
THAT 
ARE 
OFFICIALS, 
AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES OF, OR OWNED OR 
CONTROLLED BY, IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 
GUARD CORPS. 
(a) SENSITIVE TRANSACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES DE-
SCRIBED.—Section 301(c) of the Iran Threat Reduction 
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and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(c)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$500,000’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘Iranian financial institu-
tion or’’ after ‘‘involving a’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and 
(5) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) a transaction to provide material support 
for an organization designated as a foreign terrorist 
organization under section 219(a) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) or sup-
port for an act of international terrorism (as defined 
in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)); 
‘‘(4) a transaction to provide material support 
to a foreign person whose property and access to 
property has been blocked pursuant to Executive 
Order 13224 (September 23, 2001; relating to 
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 
persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 
terrorism); 
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‘‘(5) a transaction to provide material support 
for— 
‘‘(A) any entity whose property and access 
to property has been blocked pursuant to Exec-
utive Order 13582 (August 17, 2011; relating 
to blocking property of the Government of Syria 
and prohibiting certain transactions with re-
spect to Syria); or 
‘‘(B) any entity owned or controlled by the 
Government of Syria, including for purposes of 
post-conflict reconstruction;’’. 
(b) WAIVER OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Section 
301(e) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 
Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A) determines’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A)(i) determines’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(B) submits’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(ii) submits’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘(i) identifies’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(I) identifies’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘(ii) sets’’ and inserting 
‘‘(II) sets’’; 
(E) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) with respect to a foreign person iden-
tified by reason of having conducted or at-
tempted to conduct one or more sensitive trans-
actions or activities described in subsection 
(c)(5), also certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that Iran’s Revolutionary 
Guard Corps is significantly decreasing provi-
sion of direct or indirect material support to the 
Government of Syria or Hezbollah’s operations 
in Syria.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(ii)’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS, IMPLEMENTATION, PENALTIES, 
AND DEFINITIONS.—Section 301 of the Iran Threat Re-
duction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8741) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(f) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub-
section (a) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 
carry out subsection (a) shall be subject to the penalties 
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set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per-
son’ means a person that is not a United States per-
son. 
‘‘(2) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ means— 
‘‘(A) a United States citizen or an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 
the United States; or 
‘‘(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and apply with respect to conduct described in 
paragraph (3) of section 301(a) of the Iran Threat Reduc-
tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, as added by 
this section, engaged in on or after such date of enact-
ment. 
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SEC. 202. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-
EIGN PERSONS THAT SUPPORT OR CONDUCT 
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN’S REVO-
LUTIONARY GUARD CORPS OR OTHER SANC-
TIONED PERSONS. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION.—Section 302(a)(1) of the Iran 
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 
(22 U.S.C. 8742(a)(1))— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, or provide significant 
financial services to,’’ after ‘‘transactions with’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
inserting ‘‘, provide significant financial services 
to, or provide material support to’’ after ‘‘trans-
actions with’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(C) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) an Iranian person or entity des-
ignated as foreign terrorist organizations 
under section 219(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) or 
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that has provided support for an act of 
international terrorism (as defined in sec-
tion 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 
note)); 
‘‘(iii) an Iranian person whose prop-
erty and access to property has been 
blocked pursuant to Executive Order 
13224 (September 23, 2001; relating to 
blocking property and prohibiting trans-
actions with persons who commit, threaten 
to commit, or support terrorism); 
‘‘(iv) an Iranian person whose prop-
erty and access to property has been 
blocked pursuant to— 
‘‘(I) 
Executive 
Order 
13608 
(May 1, 2012), relating to Prohibiting 
Certain Transactions with and Sus-
pending Entry Into the United States 
of Foreign Sanctions Evaders with 
Respect to Iran and Syria; 
‘‘(II) Executive Order 13606 
(April 23, 2012), relating to Blocking 
the Property and Suspending Entry 
Into the United States of Certain Per-
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sons With Respect to Grave Human 
Rights Abuses by the Governments of 
Iran and Syria via Information Tech-
nology; 
‘‘(III) Executive Order 13582 
(August 18, 2011), relating to Block-
ing Property of the Government of 
Syria and Prohibiting Certain Trans-
actions with Respect to Syria; 
‘‘(IV) Executive Order 13573 
(May 18, 2011), relating to Blocking 
Property of Senior Officials of the 
Government of Syria; 
‘‘(V) Executive Order 13572 
(April 29, 2011), relating to Blocking 
Property of Certain Persons with Re-
spect to Human Rights Abuses in 
Syria; 
‘‘(VI) Executive Order 13460 
(February 15, 2008), relating to 
Blocking Property of Additional Per-
sons in Connection with the National 
Emergency with Respect to Syria; 
‘‘(VII) Executive Order 13399 
(April 26, 2006), relating to Blocking 
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Property of Additional Persons in 
Connection with the National Emer-
gency with Respect to Syria; 
‘‘(VIII) Executive Order 13338 
(May 12, 2004), relating to Blocking 
Property of Certain Persons and Pro-
hibiting the Export of Certain Goods 
to Syria; or 
‘‘(IX) any other Executive order 
adopted on or after the date of the en-
actment of the Iranian Revolutionary 
Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, 
to the extent that such Executive 
order imposes sanctions with respect 
to Syria; or 
‘‘(v) a person acting on behalf of or at 
the direction of, or owned or controlled by, 
a person described in clauses (i) through 
(iv).’’. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Section 302(b) of 
the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘If the President—’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the President’’; 
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