I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 566 
To require the President to report on the use by the Government of Iran 
of commercial aircraft and related services for illicit military or other 
activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2017 
Mr. ROSKAM (for himself, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. ZELDIN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the President to report on the use by the Govern-
ment of Iran of commercial aircraft and related services 
for illicit military or other activities, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Terror-Free Skies 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Iran is designated as the world’s foremost 
state sponsor of terrorism and a direct threat to the 
national security of the United States and United 
States allies. 
(2) Iran, through its Islamic Revolutionary 
Guard Corps (IRGC), provides material and finan-
cial support to Foreign Terrorist Organizations 
(FTO), including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Kata’ib 
Hezbollah, as well as to the Bashar al-Assad regime 
in Syria which is responsible for over 400,000 civil-
ian deaths. 
(3) Iran has systematically employed its na-
tional air carrier, Iran Air, as well as numerous pri-
vate and publically owned Iranian and Syrian air-
liners, including Mahan Air, to ferry weapons, 
troops, and military equipment on behalf of the 
IRGC and Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed 
Forces Logistics (MODAFL) to FTOs and rogue re-
gimes around the world. 
(4) On June 23, 2011, the U.S. Department of 
the Treasury designated Iran Air pursuant to Exec-
utive Order 13882 for providing material support 
and services to the IRGC, including shipping mili-
tary-related equipment on behalf of the IRGC since 
2006 and transporting rockets or missiles to Syria. 
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(5) On January 16, 2016, Iran Air was delisted 
as a Specially Designated National (SDN) by the 
U.S. Department of the Treasury even though Iran 
Air had not ceased its illicit and sanctionable activ-
ity. 
(6) Iran Air remains owned and operated by 
the Iranian government and has, since January 16, 
2016, flown numerous unscheduled flights on well- 
known weapons supply routes between Iran and 
Syria. 
(7) In correspondence with U.S. Members of 
Congress, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has 
refused to confirm that Iran Air has ceased its illicit 
activity. In a November 23, 2016, letter to Rep. 
Peter Roskam, Thomas Patrick Maloney, Senior Ad-
visor in the Office of Legislative Affairs of the U.S. 
Department of the Treasury wrote: ‘‘The United 
States retains the ability to designate any individual 
or entity that engages in sanctionable activities 
under our authorities targeting conduct outside the 
scope of the JCPOA, including Iran’s support for 
terrorism, human rights abuses, ballistic missile pro-
gram, and other destabilizing activities in the re-
gion.’’. 
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(8) Evidence supports that despite being re-
moved from the Specially Designated National 
(SDN) on January 16, 2016, Iran Air has since con-
tinued its illicit and sanctionable activity in support 
of the IRGC, MODAFL, Hezbollah, and the Bashar 
al-Assad regime since January 16, 2016. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON USE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN OF 
COMMERCIAL 
AIRCRAFT 
AND 
RELATED 
SERVICES FOR ILLICIT MILITARY OR OTHER 
ACTIVITIES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there-
after, the President, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services, Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services, 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate a report on use by 
the Government of Iran of commercial aircraft and related 
services for illicit military or other activities on or after 
the date that is the beginning of the 5-year period ending 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall include a description of the ex-
tent to which— 
(1) the Government of Iran has used commer-
cial aircraft, including aircraft of Iran Air, or re-
lated services to transport illicit cargo to or from 
Iran, including military goods, weapons, military 
personnel, military-related electronic parts and me-
chanical equipment, or rocket or missile components; 
(2) the commercial aviation sector of Iran, in-
cluding Iran Air, has provided financial, material, or 
technological support to the IRGC, MODAFL, the 
Bashar al Assad Regime, Hezbollah, Hamas, Kata’ib 
Hezbollah, or any other FTOs or entities designated 
on the SDN list; 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) EFFECT OF DETERMINATION.—If, in a report 
submitted under this section, the President determines 
that Iran Air or any other Iranian commercial airliner has 
used or has been using commercial aircraft for illicit mili-
tary purposes on or after January 16, 2016, the President 
shall, within 90 days of making such determination, des-
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ignate such airline as a specially designated national and 
blocked person on the list maintained by the Office of For-
eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. 
SEC. 4. SUNSET. 
This Act shall cease to be effective on the date that 
is 30 days after the date on which the President certifies 
to Congress that the Government of Iran has ceased pro-
viding support for acts of international terrorism. 
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