I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2185 
To require the President to transmit to Congress determinations and certifi-
cations of whether foreign financial institutions listed in Attachment 
3 or Attachment 4 to Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
Action have facilitated transactions or provided services for foreign ter-
rorist organizations, sanctioned foreign persons, or Iran’s Revolutionary 
Guard Corps or any of its officials, agents, or affiliates, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2017 
Mr. PITTENGER (for himself and Mr. ZELDIN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the President to transmit to Congress determina-
tions and certifications of whether foreign financial insti-
tutions listed in Attachment 3 or Attachment 4 to Annex 
II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action have facili-
tated transactions or provided services for foreign ter-
rorist organizations, sanctioned foreign persons, or Iran’s 
Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its officials, agents, 
or affiliates, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Sanctions Relief 
Review Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF WHETH-
ER CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITU-
TIONS HAVE FACILITATED TRANSACTIONS 
OR PROVIDED SERVICES FOR COVERED PER-
SONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter for a period not to exceed 5 years, the President 
shall— 
(1) with respect to each foreign financial insti-
tution, including an Iranian financial institution, 
listed in Attachment 3 or Attachment 4 to Annex II 
of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, deter-
mine whether the institution has, on or after Janu-
ary 30, 2016, knowingly facilitated a significant 
transaction or transactions or provided significant fi-
nancial services for any person described in section 
4; and 
(2) transmit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a certification of each determination 
with respect to a foreign financial institution, includ-
ing an Iranian financial institution, made under 
paragraph (1). 
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(b) FORM.—A certification described in subsection 
(a)(2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
contain a classified annex. 
(c) DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION 
OR TRANSACTIONS AND SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL SERV-
ICES.—For purposes of this section, a transaction or 
transactions shall be determined to be significant and fi-
nancial services shall be determined to be significant in 
accordance with section 561.404 of title 31, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF WHETH-
ER CERTAIN FOREIGN PERSONS HAVE SUP-
PORTED COVERED PERSONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter for a period not to exceed 5 years, the President 
shall— 
(1) with respect to each foreign person listed in 
Attachment 3 or Attachment 4 to Annex II of the 
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, determine 
whether the foreign person has, on or after January 
30, 2016, knowingly, directly or indirectly, materi-
ally assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, mate-
rial, or technological support for, or goods or serv-
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ices in support of any person described in section 4; 
and 
(2) transmit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a certification of each determination 
with respect to a foreign person made under para-
graph (1). 
(b) FORM.—A determination described in subsection 
(a)(2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 4. COVERED PERSONS. 
A person described in this section is— 
(1) an organization that is designated by the 
Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization 
pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
(2) a foreign person the property or interests in 
property of which are blocked pursuant to— 
(A) Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 
2001; relating to blocking property and prohib-
iting transactions with persons who commit, 
threaten to commit, or support terrorism); 
(B) Executive Order 13382 (June 28, 
2005; relating to blocking property of weapons 
of mass destruction proliferators and their sup-
porters); 
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(B) a person acting on behalf of or at the direc-
tion of, or owned or controlled by, a person de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(2) FOREIGN
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 1010.605 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’— 
(A) means— 
(i) a natural person who is not a 
United States person; 
(ii) a corporation, partnership, or 
other nongovernmental entity which is not 
a United States person; or 
(iii) any representative, agent or in-
strumentality of, or an individual working 
on behalf of a foreign government; but 
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(B) does not include a foreign financial in-
stitution, including an Iranian financial institu-
tion, described in section 2(b). 
(4) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means any or-
ganization designated by the Secretary of State as a 
foreign terrorist organization in accordance with sec-
tion 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
(5) IRANIAN
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘Iranian financial institution’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 104A(d)(3) of the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-
vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)(3)). 
(6) JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION.— 
The term ‘‘Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’’ 
means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, 
agreed to at Vienna July 14, 2015, by Iran and by 
the People’s Republic of China, France, Germany, 
the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and 
the United States, with the High Representative of 
the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Secu-
rity Policy, and all implementing materials and 
agreements related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
of Action, and transmitted by the President to Con-
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gress on July 19, 2015, pursuant to section 135(a) 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by 
the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114–17; 129 Stat. 201). 
(7) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 14 of the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(8) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
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