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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5139 
To limit the use of funds available to the Department of Defense for fiscal 
year 2017 to procure, or enter into any contract for the procurement 
of, any goods or services from persons that provide material support 
to certain Iranian persons. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2016 
Mr. ROSKAM (for himself and Mrs. WALORSKI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To limit the use of funds available to the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year 2017 to procure, or enter into 
any contract for the procurement of, any goods or serv-
ices from persons that provide material support to cer-
tain Iranian persons. 
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 ‘‘No Defense Contracts 
for Terror Profiteers Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 
2017 TO PROCURE, OR ENTER INTO ANY CON-
TRACT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF, ANY 
GOODS OR SERVICES FROM PERSONS THAT 
PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO CERTAIN 
IRANIAN PERSONS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—No funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2017 may be used to pro-
cure, or enter into any contract for the procurement of, 
any goods or services from any person that provides mate-
rial support to, including engaging in a significant trans-
action or transactions with, a covered Iranian person dur-
ing such fiscal year. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation shall be revised to require a certification from each 
person that is a prospective contractor that such person 
does not engage in any of the conduct described in sub-
section (a). Such revision shall apply with respect to con-
tracts in an amount greater than the simplified acquisition 
threshold (as defined in section 134 of title 41, United 
States Code) for which solicitations are issued on or after 
the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 
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Treasury, may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the limita-
tion in subsection (a) with respect to a person if the Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State and the Secretary of the Treasury— 
(1) determines that the waiver is important to 
the national security interest of the United States; 
and 
(2) submits to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a notification of, and detailed justification 
for, the waiver not less than 30 days before the date 
on which the waiver is to take effect. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) COVERED
IRANIAN
PERSON.—The term 
‘‘covered Iranian person’’ means an Iranian person 
that— 
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(A) is included on the list of specially des-
ignated nationals and blocked persons main-
tained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
of the Department of the Treasury and the 
property and interests in property of which are 
blocked pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.) for acting on behalf of or at the direction 
of, or being owned or controlled by, the Govern-
ment of Iran; 
(B) is included on the list of persons iden-
tified as blocked solely pursuant to Executive 
Order 13599; or 
(C) in the case of an Iranian person de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(B)— 
(i) is owned, directly or indirectly, 
by— 
(I) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 
Corps, or any agent or affiliate there-
of; or 
(II) one or more other Iranian 
persons that are included on the list 
of specially designated nationals and 
blocked persons as described in sub-
paragraph (A) if such Iranian persons 
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collectively own a 25 percent or great-
er interest in the Iranian person; or 
(ii) is controlled, managed, or di-
rected, directly or indirectly, by Iran’s Rev-
olutionary Guard Corps, or any agent or 
affiliate thereof, or by one or more other 
Iranian persons described in clause (i)(II). 
(3) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian per-
son’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a national of Iran; 
or 
(B) an entity that is organized under the 
laws of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdic-
tion of the Government of Iran. 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 560.305 of title 
31, Code of Federal Regulations, as such section 
560.305 was in effect on April 22, 2016. 
(5) SIGNIFICANT
TRANSACTION
OR
TRANS-
ACTIONS.—The term ‘‘significant transaction or 
transactions’’ shall be determined, for purposes of 
this section, in accordance with section 561.404 of 
title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as such sec-
tion 561.404 was in effect on January 1, 2016. 
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