support of, the National Iranian Oil Company, the 
Naftiran Intertrade Company, or the Central Bank of 
Iran 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. 
‘‘SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
SUPPORT FOR THE PURCHASE OF UNITED 
STATES BANK NOTES OR PRECIOUS METALS 
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. 
‘‘The President shall block and prohibit all trans-
actions in property and interests in property of a person 
the President determines has, on or after July 31, 2012, 
materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, mate-
rial, or technological support for, or goods or services in 
support of, the purchase or acquisition of United States 
bank notes or precious metals by the Government of Iran, 
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.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 
Act of 2012 is amended by striking the items relating to 
sections 222, 223, and 224 and inserting the following: 
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‘‘Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to purchase, acquisition, sale, 
transport, or marketing of petroleum, petroleum products, and 
petrochemical products from Iran. 
‘‘Sec. 223. Imposition of sanctions with respect to support for the National Ira-
nian Oil Company, the Naftiran Intertrade Company, or the 
Central Bank of Iran. 
‘‘Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to support for the purchase of 
United States bank notes or precious metals by the Govern-
ment of Iran. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to certain au-
thorities of State and local governments. 
‘‘Sec. 226. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that in-
vest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum 
products to Iran. 
‘‘Sec. 227. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crude 
oil and refined petroleum products.’’. 
SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
TRANSACTIONS 
WITH 
SPECIALLY 
DES-
IGNATED NATIONALS AND WITH RESPECT TO 
THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR OF IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Iran Freedom and Counter- 
Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 1247 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1247A. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH SPECIALLY 
DESIGNATED NATIONALS. 
‘‘(a) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President shall 
block and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-
ests in property of a person the President determines has, 
on or after July 1, 2013, materially assisted, sponsored, 
or provided financial, material, or technological support 
for, or goods or services in support of, any person specified 
in subsection (b) if such property and interests in property 
are in the United States, come within the United States, 
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or are or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
‘‘(b) PERSONS SPECIFIED.—A person specified in 
this subsection is any person as follows: 
‘‘(1) Any Iranian person included on the list of 
specially designated nationals and blocked persons 
maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
of the Department of the Treasury (other than an 
Iranian depository institution the property and inter-
ests in property of which are blocked solely pursuant 
to Executive Order 13599 (78 Fed. Reg. 33,951)). 
‘‘(2) Any person included on that list the prop-
erty and interests in property of which are blocked 
pursuant to subsection (a) or Executive Order 
13599 (other than an Iranian depository institution 
the property and interests in property of which are 
blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 13599). 
‘‘SEC. 1247B. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR OF IRAN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc-
tions described in one or more of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), 
(5), (10), and (11) of section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions 
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
with respect to a person that the President determines 
has, on or after July 1, 2013, knowingly engaged in a sig-
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nificant financial transaction for the sale, supply, or trans-
fer to Iran of significant goods or services used in connec-
tion with the automotive sector of Iran. 
‘‘(b) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.— 
The President shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 
impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the United 
States of a correspondent account or a payable-through 
account by a foreign financial institution that the Presi-
dent determines has, on or after July 1, 2013, knowingly 
facilitated a significant financial transaction for the sale, 
supply, or transfer to Iran of significant goods or services 
used in connection with the automotive sector of Iran. 
‘‘SEC. 1247C. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR GOVERN-
MENT CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS IN AUTO-
MOTIVE SECTOR OF ANY COUNTRY. 
‘‘(a) MODIFICATION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REG-
ULATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act 
of 2015, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be re-
vised to require a certification from each person described 
in subsection (b) that is a prospective contractor that the 
person, and any person owned or controlled by the per-
son— 
‘‘(1) has not, in the previous 90 days, con-
ducted any transaction with an Iranian person or 
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any entity owned or controlled by an Iranian person; 
and 
‘‘(2) does not have a business relationship with 
the Government of Iran. 
‘‘(b) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 
this subsection is a person that is part of the automotive 
sector of any foreign country. 
‘‘(c) REMEDIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the head of an executive 
agency determines that a person has submitted a 
false certification under subsection (a) on or after 
the date on which the revision of the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulation required by subsection (a) becomes 
effective, the head of that executive agency shall ter-
minate a contract with that person or debar or sus-
pend that person from eligibility for Federal con-
tracts for a period of not less than 2 years. Any 
such debarment or suspension shall be subject to the 
procedures that apply to debarment and suspension 
under the Federal Acquisition Regulation under sub-
part 9.4 of part 9 of title 48, Code of Federal Regu-
lations. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION
ON
LIST
OF
PARTIES
EX-
CLUDED FROM FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND NON-
PROCUREMENT
PROGRAMS.—The Administrator of 
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