I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 808 
To impose nonnuclear sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2017 
Mr. ROSKAM (for himself, Mr. LANCE, Mr. ZELDIN, and Mr. LAMBORN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways 
and Means, the Judiciary, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Oversight 
and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To impose nonnuclear sanctions with respect 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Iran Nonnuclear Sanctions Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Findings. 
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Sec. 4. Statement of policy. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENTITIES OWNED BY 
IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS 
Subtitle A—Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Sanctions, Watch List, and 
Report 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the IRGC. 
Sec. 103. Imposition of sanctions against entities owned in whole or in part by 
the IRGC. 
Sec. 104. IRGC watch list and report. 
Sec. 105. Imposition of sanctions against Mahan Air. 
Sec. 106. Additional measures on Mahan Air. 
Sec. 107. Modification and extension of reporting requirements on the use of 
certain Iranian seaports by foreign vessels and use of foreign 
airports by sanctioned Iranian air carriers. 
Subtitle B—Other Provisions 
Sec. 111. Authority of States and local governments to divest from persons that 
engage in investment or business activities with Iran’s Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps. 
Sec. 112. Safe harbor for changes in investment policies by asset managers. 
Subtitle C—Termination 
Sec. 121. Termination. 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN 
IRAN 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Expansion of list of persons involved in human rights abuses in Iran. 
Sec. 203. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain 
Iranian individuals. 
Sec. 204. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who conduct trans-
actions with or on behalf of certain Iranian individuals. 
Sec. 205. Mandatory sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage 
in certain transactions on behalf of persons involved in human 
rights abuses or that export sensitive technology to Iran. 
Sec. 206. United States support for the people of Iran. 
Sec. 207. United States Special Coordinator on Human Rights and Democracy 
in Iran. 
Sec. 208. Broadcasting to Iran. 
Sec. 209. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran. 
Sec. 210. Sense of Congress on establishment of multilateral mechanism to pro-
mote human rights in Iran. 
Sec. 211. Sense of Congress on role of the United Nations in promoting human 
rights in Iran. 
TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE BALLISTIC 
MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN 
Sec. 301. Findings. 
Sec. 302. Sense of Congress. 
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Sec. 303. Expansion of sanctions with respect to efforts by Iran to acquire bal-
listic missile and related technology. 
Sec. 304. Imposition of sanctions with respect to ballistic missile program of 
Iran. 
Sec. 305. Expansion of mandatory sanctions with respect to financial institu-
tions that engage in certain transactions relating to ballistic 
missile capabilities of Iran. 
Sec. 306. Disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission of activities 
with certain sectors of Iran that support the ballistic missile 
program of Iran. 
Sec. 307. Regulations. 
TITLE IV—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN IRANIAN 
TRANSACTIONS 
Subtitle A—Sanctions Relating to Iran’s Support of Terrorism 
Sec. 401. Findings. 
Sec. 402. Special measures with respect to Iran relating to its designation as 
a jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern. 
Subtitle B—Prohibition on and Other Sanctions Relating to Transactions 
With Iran 
Sec. 411. Prohibition on facilitation of certain transactions involving the Gov-
ernment of Iran or Iranian persons. 
Sec. 412. Reports on, and authorization of imposition of sanctions with respect 
to, offshore United States dollar clearing for transactions in-
volving the Government of Iran or Iranian persons. 
Sec. 413. Clarification that freezing of assets of Iranian financial institutions 
includes assets in possession or control of a United States per-
son pursuant to a U-turn transaction. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 501. Modification of requirements relating to state sponsors of terrorism. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a cor-
poration, business association, partnership, trust, so-
ciety, or any other entity. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
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(3) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s 
Revolutionary Guard Corps. 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(5) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Secretary of State John Kerry stated on 
July 23, 2015, ‘‘We will not violate the [Joint Com-
prehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)] if we use our 
authorities to impose sanctions on Iran for ter-
rorism, human rights, missiles, or other nonnuclear 
reasons. And the JCPOA does not provide Iran any 
relief from United States sanctions under any of 
those authorities or other authorities.’’. 
(2) President Barack Obama stated on April 2, 
2015, ‘‘Other American sanctions on Iran for its 
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support for terrorism, its human rights abuses, its 
ballistic missile program, will continue to be fully en-
forced.’’. 
(3) Director of National Intelligence James 
Clapper wrote on February 9, 2016, ‘‘[T]he Islamic 
Republic of Iran presents an enduring threat to U.S. 
national interests because of its support to regional 
terrorist and militant groups and the Assad regime, 
as well as its development of advanced military capa-
bilities. Tehran views itself as leading the ‘axis of re-
sistance’ which includes the Assad regime and sub-
national groups aligned with Iran, especially Leba-
nese Hezbollah and Iraqi Shia militants . . . Tehran 
might even use American citizens detained when en-
tering Iranian territories as bargaining pieces to 
achieve financial or political concessions in line with 
their strategic intentions.’’. 
(4) Director of National Intelligence James 
Clapper wrote on June 3, 2015, ‘‘The United States 
Intelligence Community continues to assess that 
Iran and Hezbollah directly threaten the interests of 
the United States and our allies and that Hezbollah 
remains a global terrorist threat. Iran remains the 
foremost state sponsor of terrorism and is increasing 
its ability to influence regional crises and conduct 
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terrorism. Iran is doing this largely through the Is-
lamic 
Revolutionary 
Guard 
Corps-Qods 
Force 
(IRGC–QF) and Lebanese Hezbollah, as well as the 
support and use of sectarian political and militant 
proxies closely aligned with the IRGC–QF and its 
anti-Western ideology.’’. 
(5) Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew stated 
on July 14, 2015, ‘‘We harbor no illusions about the 
Iranian government’s nefarious activities beyond its 
nuclear program. Make no mistake: We will continue 
to impose and aggressively enforce sanctions to com-
bat Iran’s support for terrorist groups, its fomenting 
of violence in the region, and its perpetration of 
human rights abuses.’’. 
(6) Jake Sullivan, at the time Deputy Assistant 
to President Obama and National Security Advisor 
to Vice President Biden, stated on May 1, 2014, 
‘‘The wording of the Joint Plan of Action . . . 
speaks to the issue of nuclear-related sanctions. And 
that word was chosen very carefully, nuclear-related, 
because we have made clear that sanctions relating 
to terrorism and sanctions relating to human rights 
violations are not covered by the discussions that we 
are having on the nuclear file and that we are pre-
pared to continue to follow through on that . . . I 
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can tell you, as a matter of policy, this administra-
tion is committed to continuing to enforce and follow 
through on that set of sanctions.’’. 
(7) Jake Sullivan further stated on May 1, 
2014, ‘‘We must continue to speak out against the 
gross violations of human rights and fundamental 
freedoms in Iran and the hateful anti-Semitic rhet-
oric from some of its leaders, and we must keep pro-
viding support and assistance to those brave Ira-
nians seeking to have their voices heard . . . we’ve 
got to stand up for our values, and we need to stand 
against the human rights abuses and violations of 
fundamental freedom, including religious freedom, 
happening in Iran. And we have to provide real sup-
port to those voices on the ground who want to be 
heard, who want to push for a better future . . . 
this is an important line of effort that has to con-
tinue regardless of what is happening on the nuclear 
file or on any other issue.’’. 
(8) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad 
Zarif stated on February 4, 2016, ‘‘Rebuilding the 
confidence of the banks that the United States will 
not re-intervene in their relations with Iran may re-
quire some further assurance from the United 
States.’’. 
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SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to continue to impose pressure on the Gov-
ernment of Iran for its role as the foremost state 
sponsor of terrorism, its continued development of 
ballistic missiles, its ongoing human rights abuses 
against the citizens of Iran and other peoples, and 
its unjust detention of United States citizens; 
(2) to continue to use sanctions as an element 
of that pressure and to discourage financial institu-
tions and entities from engaging in business and 
commerce with Iranian entities tied to Iran’s Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps and to Iranian officials in-
volved in human rights abuses; 
(3) not to encourage any foreign financial insti-
tution or other foreign entity to do business in Iran; 
and 
(4) not to provide any assurances regarding 
protections from United States law or penalties to 
those foreign entities that decide to engage or re-
engage in business and commerce with Iran. 
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TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RE-
SPECT TO ENTITIES OWNED 
BY IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY 
GUARD CORPS 
Subtitle 
A—Iran’s 
Revolutionary 
Guard Corps Sanctions, Watch 
List, and Report 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The IRGC threatens the national security of 
the United States and United States allies. 
(2) The IRGC is the key entity carrying out the 
efforts of the Government of Iran to sow chaos and 
instability throughout the Middle East, including 
threatening activities against the United States, 
Israel, and other allies and partners of the United 
States in the region. 
(3) The IRGC provides direct sponsorship and 
support to numerous foreign terrorist organizations, 
including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic 
Jihad. 
(4) According to General Joseph Dunford, 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the IRGC is 
responsible for the deaths of more than 500 mem-
bers of the United States Armed Forces in Afghani-
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stan and Iraq, including through the provision of ex-
plosive materials to Shia militias in Iraq. 
(5) The IRGC is complicit in the ongoing 
slaughter of the people of Syria as it maintains sup-
port for, and seeks to preserve, the regime of Bashar 
al-Assad, which is responsible for hundreds of thou-
sands of deaths and millions of displaced citizens of 
Syria. 
(6) The Government of Iran and the IRGC 
have been responsible for the repeated testing of ille-
gal ballistic missiles capable of carrying a nuclear 
device, including observed tests in October and No-
vember 2015 and March 2016 that violated United 
Nations Security Council resolutions. 
(7) The United States holds the IRGC respon-
sible for severe and continuing human rights viola-
tions against the people of Iran, including unlawful 
arrests, torture, and harassment. 
(8) The United States upholds sanctions 
against the IRGC for its proliferation-related activi-
ties and human rights abuses, and also against 
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force for its 
support of terrorism. 
(9) The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the 
Department of the Treasury includes the IRGC on 
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