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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6865 
To provide for additional sanctions and other measures relating to Iran, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2023 
Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for additional sanctions and other measures 
relating to Iran, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Allyship Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AND STRATEGY. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall issue a comprehensive 
policy and strategy with respect to Iran that includes the 
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manner in which the United States will achieve the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Counter threats posed to regional and glob-
al security posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
(2) Support the human rights and humani-
tarian needs of the people of Iran. 
(3) Increase the ability of Iranians to access 
free and open information, particularly through the 
internet. 
(4) Employ frozen Iranian assets for the benefit 
of the people of Iran. 
SEC. 3. COMPTROLLER GENERAL EVALUATION OF STRAT-
EGY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Con-
gress a report assessing the impact of United States ef-
forts to achieve the goals described in section 2. Such re-
port shall be submitted in unclassified form but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF TARGETED SANCTIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the President shall determine whether any of 
the following persons meet the criteria for the imposition 
of sanctions pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive 
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Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 
2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514): 
(1) Any Iranian person who had a role in estab-
lishing or implementing the legal framework respon-
sible for the detention, prosecution, harassment, in-
jury, or murder of peaceful participants in Iranian 
protests beginning September 16, 2022. 
(2) Any Iranian person who had a role in estab-
lishing or implementing the systems responsible 
for— 
(A) denying Iranians access to free infor-
mation; 
(B) actively promoting misinformation or 
disinformation; or 
(C) engagement in cybercrime. 
SEC. 5. MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, subject 
to subsection (c), establish a mechanism to facilitate the 
ability of United States persons to transfer up to $6,000 
per year to any citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
as well as promoting the availability of technology to help 
Iranians circumvent restrictions on free and open commu-
nication. 
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(b) ELIGIBLE TECHNOLOGY.—Technologies eligible 
for promotion under the authority provided by subsection 
(a) may include virtual private networks, Bluetooth, sat-
ellite technology, and shortwave radio. 
(c) PREVENTING MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR CRIMINAL 
ACTIONS.—The Secretary shall ensure that the mecha-
nism described in subsection (a) shall not directly benefit 
any citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran who the Sec-
retary determines is— 
(1) guilty of a gross violation of human rights; 
(2) subject to sanctions imposed pursuant to 
the authority provided by the Global Magnitsky 
Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 
et seq.); 
(3) currently included in the List of Specially 
Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons main-
tained by the Office of Foreign Assets control of the 
Department of the Treasury; or 
(4) an employee of the Government of the Is-
lamic Republic of Iran, or of any security force of 
the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for each of 
fiscal years 2025 through 2029 $50,000,000, for pro-
grams, projects, and activities consistent with the goals 
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described in section 2. Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
the authorization under this section are authorized to re-
main available for a period of 2 fiscal years. 
SEC. 7. PAROLE FOR VICTIMS OF POLITICAL PERSECU-
TION. 
(a) PROCESS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall establish a process for determining eli-
gibility for humanitarian parole subject to 212(d)(5) of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(d)(5)) for any eligible individual as defined in sub-
section (b). The Secretary shall not impose a fee for any 
such request. 
(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—For the purposes of 
this section, an eligible individual is any of the following: 
(1) An individual that the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, determines 
was unjustly imprisoned by the Islamic Republic of 
Iran. 
(2) A child or spouse of an individual that the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, determines was unjustly imprisoned by the Is-
lamic Republic of Iran. 
(3) A child or spouse of an individual that the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
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State, determines was killed by the Islamic Republic 
of Iran. 
SEC. 8. SENIOR ADVISOR FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS IN 
IRAN. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President, acting in co-
ordination with the Secretary of State, shall designate an 
individual to serve as Senior Advisor for Political Pris-
oners in Iran. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Senior Advisor for Political Pris-
oners in Iran shall— 
(1) advise the Secretary of State, the relevant 
heads of other Federal departments and independent 
agencies, and other entities within the Executive Of-
fice of the President, regarding the establishment 
of— 
(A) policies, goals, objectives, and priorities 
for supporting individuals unjustly imprisoned 
by the Islamic Republic of Iran, and their fam-
ily members; and 
(B) mechanisms to improve the effective-
ness, coordination, impact, and outcomes of 
programs relating to individuals unjustly im-
prisoned by the Islamic Republic of Iran, and 
their family members; and 
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(2) identify and assist in the resolution of any 
disputes that arise between Federal agencies relating 
to policies and programs to support individuals un-
justly imprisoned by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
and their family members. 
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