(1) a foreign country the government of which 
the President has received credible information is as-
sisting Iran, North Korea, or Syria in the acquisi-
tion, development, or proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction or ballistic missiles; or 
(2) a foreign country identified in the most-re-
cent report transmitted to the appropriate congres-
sional committees under section 6(a). 
(b) RESUMPTION OF ASSISTANCE.—The President is 
authorized to provide assistance described in subsection 
(a) to a foreign country subject to the prohibition in sub-
section (a) if the President determines and notifies the ap-
propriate congressional committees that there is credible 
information that the government of the country is no 
longer assisting Iran, North Korea, or Syria in the acqui-
sition, development, or proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction or ballistic missiles and has taken appropriate 
steps to correct the behavior that resulted in it being in-
cluded in the report in section 6(A). 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘assist-
ing’’ means providing material or financial support of any 
kind, including purchasing of material, technology or 
equipment from Iran, North Korea, or Syria. 
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SEC. 8. RESTRICTION ON EXTRAORDINARY PAYMENTS IN 
CONNECTION 
WITH 
THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION. 
(a) RESTRICTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no agency of the United States 
Government may make extraordinary payments in 
connection with the International Space Station to 
the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, any organi-
zation or entity under the jurisdiction or control of 
the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, or any 
other organization, entity, or element of the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation, unless, during the 
fiscal year in which such extraordinary payments are 
to be made, the President has made the determina-
tion described in subsection (b), and reported such 
determination to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate. 
(2) WAIVER.—If the President is unable to 
make the determination described in subsection (b) 
with respect to a fiscal year in which extraordinary 
payments in connection with the International Space 
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Station are to be made, the President is authorized 
to waive the application of paragraph (1) on a case- 
by-case basis with respect to the fiscal year if not 
less than 15 days prior to the date on which the 
waiver is to take effect the President submits to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that 
contains— 
(A) the reasons why the determination de-
scribed in subsection (b) cannot be made; 
(B) the amount of the extraordinary pay-
ment to be made under the waiver; 
(C) the steps being undertaken by the 
United States to ensure compliance by the Rus-
sian Federation with the conditions described in 
subsection (b); and 
(D) a determination of the President that 
the waiver is vital to the national interests of 
the United States. 
(b) DETERMINATION
REGARDING
RUSSIAN
CO-
OPERATION IN PREVENTING PROLIFERATION RELATING 
TO IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA.—The determina-
tion referred to in subsection (a) is a determination by 
the President that— 
(1) it is the policy of the Government of the 
Russian Federation (including the law enforcement, 
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export promotion, export control, and intelligence 
agencies of such Government) to oppose the pro-
liferation to or from Iran, North Korea, and Syria 
of weapons of mass destruction and missile systems 
capable of delivering such weapons; 
(2) the Government of the Russian Federation 
(including the law enforcement, export promotion, 
export control, and intelligence agencies of such Gov-
ernment) has demonstrated and continues to dem-
onstrate a sustained commitment to seek out and 
prevent the transfer to or from Iran, North Korea, 
and Syria of goods, services, and technology that 
could make a contribute to the nuclear, biological, or 
chemical weapons, or of ballistic or cruise missile 
systems development programs of Iran; and 
(3) neither the Russian Aviation and Space 
Agency, nor any organization or entity under the ju-
risdiction or control of the Russian Aviation and 
Space Agency, has, during the one-year period end-
ing on the date of the determination under this sub-
section made transfers to or from Iran, North 
Korea, or Syria subject to sanctions under section 
3(a) (other than transfers with respect to which a 
determination pursuant to section 5 has been or will 
be made). 
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(c) PRIOR NOTIFICATION.—Not less than five days 
before making a determination under this section, the 
President shall notify the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on For-
eign Relations and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate of the President’s inten-
tion to make such a determination. 
(d) WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION.—A determination of 
the President under this section shall include a written 
justification describing in detail the facts and cir-
cumstances supporting the President’s conclusion. 
(e) TRANSMISSION
IN CLASSIFIED FORM.—If the 
President considers it appropriate, a determination of the 
President under this section, a prior notification under 
subsection (c), and a written justification under subsection 
(d), or appropriate parts thereof, may be transmitted in 
classified form. 
(f) EXCEPTION FOR CREW SAFETY.— 
(1) EXCEPTION.—The National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration may make extraordinary 
payments in connection with the International Space 
Station to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency 
or any organization or entity under the jurisdiction 
or control of the Russian Aviation and Space Agen-
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cy, or any subcontractor thereof, that would other-
wise be prohibited under this section if the President 
notifies Congress in writing that such payments are 
necessary to prevent the imminent loss of life of or 
grievous injury to individuals aboard the Inter-
national Space Station. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after no-
tifying Congress that the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration will make extraordinary pay-
ments under paragraph (1), the President shall 
transmit to Congress a report describing— 
(A) the extent to which the provisions of 
subsection (b) had been met as of the date of 
notification; and 
(B) the measures that the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration is taking to 
ensure that— 
(i) the conditions posing a threat of 
imminent loss of life of or grievous injury 
to individuals aboard the International 
Space Station necessitating the extraor-
dinary payments are not repeated; and 
(ii) it is no longer necessary to make 
extraordinary payments in order to prevent 
imminent loss of life of or grievous injury 
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to individuals aboard the International 
Space Station. 
(g) SERVICE MODULE EXCEPTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration may make extraordinary 
payments in connection with the International Space 
Station to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, 
any organization or entity under the jurisdiction or 
control of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, 
or any subcontractor thereof, that would otherwise 
be prohibited under this section for the construction, 
testing, preparation, delivery, launch, or mainte-
nance of the Service Module, and for the purchase 
(at a total cost not to exceed $14,000,000) of the 
pressure dome for the Interim Control Module and 
the Androgynous Peripheral Docking Adapter and 
related hardware for the United States propulsion 
module, if— 
(A) the President has notified Congress at 
least five days before making such payments; 
(B) the entity is not subject to sanctions 
under section 3(a) with respect to an activity of 
the entity to receive such payment, and the 
President has no credible information of any ac-
tivity that would require such a report; and 
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(C) the United States will receive goods or 
services of value to the United States commen-
surate with the value of the extraordinary pay-
ments made. 
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘maintenance’’ means activities 
that cannot be performed by the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration and which must 
be performed in order for the Service Module to pro-
vide environmental control, life support, and orbital 
maintenance functions which cannot be performed 
by an alternative means at the time of payment. 
(3) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall cease 
to be effective on the date that is 60 days after the 
date on which a United States propulsion module is 
in place at the International Space Station. 
(h) EXCEPTION.—No agency of the United States 
Government may make extraordinary payments in connec-
tion with the International Space Station, or any other 
payments in connection with the International Space Sta-
tion, to any foreign person subject to measures applied 
pursuant to section 4 of Executive Order 12938 (Novem-
ber 14, 1994), as amended by Executive Order 13094 
(July 28, 1998). 
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(i) REPORT ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS RELATED TO 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall transmit 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives a report that identifies 
each Russian entity or person to whom the United 
States Government has, since November 22, 2005, 
made a payment in cash or in kind for work to be 
performed or services to be rendered under the 
Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the Civil 
International Space Station, with annex, signed at 
Washington January 29, 1998, and entered into 
force March 27, 2001, or any protocol, agreement, 
memorandum of understanding, or contract related 
thereto. 
(2) CONTENT.—Each report transmitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) the specific purpose of each payment 
made to each entity or person identified in such 
report; and 
(B) with respect to each such payment, the 
assessment of the President that the payment 
was not prejudicial to the achievement of the 
objectives of the United States Government to 
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prevent the proliferation of ballistic or cruise 
missile systems in Iran and other countries that 
have repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism, as determined by the 
Secretary of State under section 620A(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2371(a)), section 6(j) of the Export Adminis-
tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)), 
or section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)). 
SEC. 9. EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES OF SENIOR 
OFFICIALS OF FOREIGN PERSONS WHO HAVE 
AIDED PROLIFERATION RELATING TO IRAN, 
NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA. 
Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary 
of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall exclude from the United States, any 
alien whom the Secretary of State determines is an alien 
who, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
is a— 
(1) corporate officer, principal, or shareholder 
with a controlling interest of a foreign person sub-
ject to sanctions under section 3(a); 
(2) corporate officer, principal, or shareholder 
with a controlling interest of a successor entity to, 
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or a parent or subsidiary of, a foreign person identi-
fied in such a report; 
(3) corporate officer, principal, or shareholder 
with a controlling interest of an affiliate of a foreign 
person identified in such a report, if such affiliate 
engaged in the activities referred to in such report, 
and if such affiliate is controlled in fact by the for-
eign person identified in such report; or 
(4) spouse, minor child, or agent of a person 
excludable under paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 
SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN VESSELS LANDING IN 
THE UNITED STATES; ENHANCED INSPEC-
TIONS. 
The Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 
1221 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 16. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN VESSELS LANDING IN 
THE UNITED STATES; ENHANCED INSPEC-
TIONS. 
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of 
enactment of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Non-
proliferation Accountability Act of 2013, before a 
vessel arrives at a port in the United States, the 
owner, charterer, operator, or master of the vessel 
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shall certify that the vessel did not enter a port in 
Iran, North Korea, or Syria during the 180-day pe-
riod ending on the date of arrival of the vessel at the 
port in the United States. 
‘‘(2) FALSE
CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall prohibit from landing at a port in the United 
States for a period of at least 2 years— 
‘‘(A) any vessel for which a false certifi-
cation was made under section (a); and 
‘‘(B) any other vessel owned or operated 
by a parent corporation, partnership, associa-
tion, or individual proprietorship of the vessel 
for which the false certification was made. 
‘‘(b) 
ENHANCED
INSPECTIONS.—The 
Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) identify foreign ports at which vessels have 
landed during the preceding 12-month period that 
have also landed at ports in Iran, North Korea, or 
Syria during that period; and 
‘‘(2) inspect vessels arriving in the United 
States from foreign ports identified under paragraph 
(1) to establish whether the vessel was involved, dur-
ing the 12-month period ending on the date of ar-
rival of the vessel at the port in the United States, 
in any activity that would be subject to sanctions 
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