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or development of any part, component, or equipment subject to 
the Export Administration Regulations and produced in or destined 
to Iran. 
(d) LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A license shall be required to export, 
reexport, or in-country transfer a foreign-produced item from 
abroad that meets the product scope requirements described 
in subsection (b) and the destination scope requirements 
described in subsection (c) and is subject to the Export Adminis-
tration Regulations pursuant to this section. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The license requirements of paragraph 
(1) shall not apply to— 
(A) food, medicine, or medical devices that are— 
(i) designated as EAR99; or 
(ii) not designated under or listed on the Commerce 
Control List; or 
(B) services, software, or hardware (other than services, 
software, or hardware for end-users owned or controlled 
by the Government of Iran) that are— 
(i) necessarily and ordinarily incident to commu-
nications; or 
(ii) designated as— 
(I) EAR99; or 
(II) Export Control Classification Number 
5A992.c or 5D992.c, and classified in accordance 
with section 740.17 of title 15 Code of Federal 
Regulations; and 
(iii) subject to a general license issued by the 
Department of Commerce or Department of Treasury. 
(e) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.—The Secretary of Commerce 
may waive the requirements imposed under this section if the 
Secretary— 
(1) determines that the waiver is in the national interests 
of the United States; and 
(2) submits to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
a report explaining which requirements are being waived and 
the reasons for the waiver. 
(f) SUNSET.—The authority provided under this section shall 
terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of the enactment 
of this division. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Commerce Control List’’ means the list main-
tained pursuant to part 744 of the Export Administration Regu-
lations; 
(2) the term ‘‘covered Export Control Classification 
Number’’ means an Export Control Classification Number in 
product group D or E of Category 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of 
the Commerce Control List; 
(3) 
the 
terms 
‘‘Export 
Administration 
Regulations’’, 
‘‘export’’, ‘‘reexport’’, and ‘‘in-country transfer’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 1742 of the Export 
Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801); and 
(4) the terms ‘‘direct product’’, ‘‘technology’’, ‘‘software’’, 
‘‘major component’’, ‘‘knowledge’’, ‘‘production’’, ‘‘development’’,
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‘‘part’’, ‘‘component’’, ‘‘equipment’’, and ‘‘government end users’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 734.9 or part 
772 of the Export Administration Regulations, as the case 
may be. 
DIVISION O—STRENGTHENING TOOLS 
TO COUNTER THE USE OF HUMAN 
SHIELDS ACT 
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Tools to 
Counter the Use of Human Shields Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to fully implement 
and enforce sanctions against terrorist organizations and other 
malign actors that use innocent civilians as human shields. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF SANCTIONING THE USE 
OF CIVILIANS AS DEFENSELESS SHIELDS ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Sanctioning the Use of 
Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 
and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) Each foreign person that the President determines, 
on or after the date of the enactment of the Strengthening 
Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act— 
‘‘(A) is a member of Palestine Islamic Jihad or is know-
ingly acting on behalf of Palestine Islamic Jihad; and 
‘‘(B) knowingly orders, controls, or otherwise directs 
the use of civilians protected as such by the law of war 
to shield military objectives from attack.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) 
as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: 
‘‘(e) CONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS.—Not later than 120 days after 
receiving a request from the chairman and ranking member of 
one of the appropriate congressional committees with respect to 
whether a foreign person meets the criteria of a person described 
in subsection (b) or (c), the President shall— 
‘‘(1) determine if the person meets such criteria; and 
‘‘(2) submit a written justification to the chairman and 
ranking member detailing whether or not the President imposed 
or intends to impose sanctions described in subsection (b) or 
(c) with respect to such person.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Sanctioning the Use of 
Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) PALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD.—The term ‘Palestine Islamic 
Jihad’ means—
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‘‘(A) the entity known as Palestine Islamic Jihad and 
designated by the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist 
organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 
‘‘(B) any person identified as an agent or instrumen-
tality of Palestine Islamic Jihad on the list of specially 
designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by 
the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department 
of the Treasury, the property or interests in property of 
which are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).’’. 
(c) SUNSET.—Section 5 of the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians 
as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 
(d) SEVERABILITY.—The Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as 
Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 
‘‘If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision 
to any person or circumstance, is found to be unconstitutional, 
the remainder of this Act, or the application of that provision 
to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON COUNTERING THE USE OF HUMAN SHIELDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this division, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that contains the following: 
(1) A description of the lessons learned from the United 
States and its allies and partners in addressing the use of 
human shields by terrorist organizations such as Hamas, 
Hezbollah, Palestine Islamic Jihad, and any other organization 
as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
(2) A description of a specific plan and actions being taken 
by the Department of Defense to incorporate the lessons learned 
as identified in paragraph (1) into Department of Defense oper-
ating guidance, relevant capabilities, and tactics, techniques, 
and procedures to deter, counter, and address the challenge 
posed by the use of human shields and hold accountable ter-
rorist organizations for the use of human shields. 
(3) A description of specific measures being developed and 
implemented by the United States Government to mobilize 
and leverage allied nations, including member nations of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to deter, counter, 
and hold accountable terrorist organizations for the use of 
human shields. 
(4) The current status of joint exercises, doctrine develop-
ment, education, and training on countering the use of human 
shields in multinational centers of excellence. 
(5) The current status of participation of members of the 
Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian personnel 
in any multinational center of excellence for the purposes of 
countering the use of human shields. 
(6) The feasibility and advisability of beginning or con-
tinuing participation of members of the Armed Forces and
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Department of Defense civilian personnel to promote the 
integration of joint exercises, doctrine development, education, 
and training on countering the use of human shields into multi-
national centers of excellence. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘multinational center 
of excellence’’ has the meaning given that term in section 344 
of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. CONFRONTING ASYMMETRIC AND MALICIOUS CYBER ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this division, the President 
may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect 
to any foreign person that the Secretary of the Treasury, in con-
sultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State 
determine, on or after such date of enactment— 
(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has engaged know-
ingly in, significant cyber-enabled activities originating from, 
or directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, 
outside the United States that are reasonably likely to result 
in, or have materially contributed to, a significant threat to 
the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or 
financial stability of the United States; 
(2) materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to 
or in support of, any activity described in this subsection or 
any person whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to this section; 
(3) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or purported 
to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to this section; or 
(4) has attempted to engage in any of the activities 
described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) INADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES.—In the case of an 
alien— 
(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter the United 
States or to be admitted to the United States; or 
(B) if the individual has been issued a visa or other 
documentation, revocation, in accordance with section 
221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)), of the visa or other documentation. 
(2) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The blocking, in accordance 
with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all transactions in all property and 
interests in property of a foreign person 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. 
(c) REQUESTS BY APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after receiving 
a request that meets the requirements of paragraph (2) with 
respect to whether a foreign person has engaged in an activity 
described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in