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sion in that list, as determined by the Comp-
troller General. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATIONS.—In preparing the report 
required by paragraph (1)(B), the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall consult with nongovernmental organiza-
tions. 
‘‘SEC. 234. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN PERSONS INVOLVED IN BALLISTIC 
MISSILE ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of the Iran Accountability Act 
of 2016, and not less frequently than once every 180 days 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a certification that each person 
listed in an annex of United Nations Security Council Res-
olution 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), or 1929 (2010) is not 
directly or indirectly facilitating, supporting, or involved 
with the development of or transfer to Iran of ballistic mis-
siles or technology, parts, components, or technology infor-
mation relating to ballistic missiles. 
‘‘(b) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—If the President is 
unable to make a certification under subsection (a) with 
respect to a person and the person is not currently subject 
to sanctions with respect to Iran under any other provision 
of law, the President shall, not later than 15 days after 
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that certification would have been required under that 
subsection— 
‘‘(1) in accordance with the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.), block and prohibit all transactions in all 
property and interests in property of that person 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; and 
‘‘(2) publish in the Federal Register a report 
describing the reason why the President was unable 
to make a certification with respect to that person. 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES .— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary of State shall deny a visa 
to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ex-
clude from the United States, any alien subject to 
blocking of property and interests in property under 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE
WITH
UNITED
NATIONS 
HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to the head of state of Iran, or necessary 
staff of that head of state, if admission to the 
United States is necessary to permit the United 
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States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 
the United States. 
‘‘(d) 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 knowingly, on or after the date that is 
180 days after the date of the enactment of the Iran Ac-
countability Act of 2016, conducts or facilitates a signifi-
cant financial transaction for a person subject to blocking 
of property and interests in property under subsection (b). 
‘‘SEC. 235. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN SECTORS OF IRAN THAT SUPPORT 
THE BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN. 
‘‘(a) LIST OF SECTORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Iran Account-
ability Act of 2016, and not less frequently than 
once every 180 days thereafter, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
and publish in the Federal Register a list of the sec-
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tors of the economy of Iran that are directly or indi-
rectly facilitating, supporting, or involved with the 
development of or transfer to Iran of ballistic mis-
siles or technology, parts, components, or technology 
information relating to ballistic missiles. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN SECTORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of enactment of the Iran 
Accountability Act of 2016, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a determination as to whether each of 
the chemical, computer science, construction, 
electronic, metallurgy, mining, research (includ-
ing universities and research institutions), and 
telecommunications sectors of Iran meet the 
criteria specified in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION IN INITIAL LIST.—If the 
President determines under subparagraph (A) 
that the sectors of the economy of Iran speci-
fied in such subparagraph meet the criteria 
specified in paragraph (1), that sector shall be 
included in the initial list submitted and pub-
lished under that paragraph. 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFIED SEC-
TORS OF IRAN.— 
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‘‘(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall, in accordance with the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.), block and prohibit all transactions in all prop-
erty and interests in property of any person de-
scribed in paragraph (4) if such property and inter-
ests in property are in the United States, come with-
in the United States, or are or come within the pos-
session or control of a United States person. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary of State shall 
deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall exclude from the United States, 
any alien that is a person described in para-
graph (4). 
‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS 
HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Subparagraph 
(A) shall not apply to the head of state of Iran, 
or necessary staff of that head of state, if ad-
mission to the United States is necessary to 
permit the United States to comply with the 
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 
26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 
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1947, between the United Nations and the 
United States. 
‘‘(3) 
FACILITATION
OF
CERTAIN
TRANS-
ACTIONS.—Except as provided in this section, 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 pay-
able-through account by a foreign financial institu-
tion that the President determines knowingly, on or 
after the date that is 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Iran Accountability Act of 2016, 
conducts or facilitates a significant financial trans-
action for a person described in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(4) PERSONS
DESCRIBED.—A person is de-
scribed in this paragraph if the President determines 
that the person, on or after the date that is 180 
days after the date of the enactment of the Iran Ac-
countability Act of 2016— 
‘‘(A) operates in a sector of the economy 
of Iran included in the most recent list pub-
lished by the President under subsection (a); 
‘‘(B) knowingly provides significant finan-
cial, material, technological, or other support to, 
or goods or services in support of, any activity 
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or transaction on behalf of or for the benefit of 
a person described in subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(C) is owned or controlled by a person de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(c) HUMANITARIAN EXCEPTION.—The President 
may not impose sanctions under this section with respect 
to any person for conducting or facilitating a transaction 
for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, 
or medical devices to Iran or for the provision of humani-
tarian assistance to the people of Iran. 
‘‘SEC. 236. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN PERSONS THAT 
SUPPORT THE BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM 
OF IRAN IN CERTAIN SECTORS OF IRAN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of the Iran Accountability Act 
of 2016, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and publish in the Federal Register a 
list of all foreign persons that have, based on credible in-
formation, directly or indirectly facilitated, supported, or 
been involved with the development of ballistic missiles or 
technology, parts, components, or technology information 
related to ballistic missiles in the following sectors of the 
economy of Iran during the period specified in subsection 
(b): 
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‘‘(1) Chemical. 
‘‘(2) Computer Science. 
‘‘(3) Construction. 
‘‘(4) Electronic. 
‘‘(5) Metallurgy. 
‘‘(6) Mining. 
‘‘(7) Petrochemical. 
‘‘(8) Research (including universities and re-
search institutions). 
‘‘(9) Telecommunications. 
‘‘(10) Any other sector of the economy of Iran 
identified under section 235(a). 
‘‘(b) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in 
this subsection is— 
‘‘(1) with respect to the first list submitted 
under subsection (a), the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of the Iran Accountability Act 
of 2016 and ending on the date that is 120 days 
after such date of enactment; and 
‘‘(2) with respect to each subsequent list sub-
mitted under such subsection, the one year period 
preceding the submission of the list. 
‘‘(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each list 
submitted under subsection (a), not later than 120 
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days after the list is submitted under that sub-
section, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
‘‘(A) an assessment of the processes fol-
lowed by the President in preparing the list; 
‘‘(B) an assessment of the foreign persons 
included in the list; and 
‘‘(C) a list of persons not included in the 
list that qualify for inclusion in the list, as de-
termined by the Comptroller General. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATIONS.—In preparing the report 
required by paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 
shall consult with nongovernmental organizations. 
‘‘(d) CREDIBLE INFORMATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘credible information’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
‘‘Subtitle D—General Provisions 
‘‘SEC. 241. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) ENTITY.—The term ‘entity’ means any 
corporation, business association, partnership, trust, 
society, or any other entity. 
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‘‘(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per-
son’ means a person that is not a United States per-
son. 
‘‘(3) OWN
OR
CONTROL.—The term ‘own or 
control’ means, with respect to an entity— 
‘‘(A) to hold more than 25 percent of the 
equity interest by vote or value in the entity; 
‘‘(B) to hold any seats on the board of di-
rectors of the entity; or 
‘‘(C) to otherwise control the actions, poli-
cies, or personnel decisions of the entity. 
‘‘(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 
lawfully 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.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 
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Act of 2012 is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 224 the following: 
‘‘Subtitle C—Measures Relating to Ballistic Missile Program of Iran 
‘‘Sec. 231. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 232. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons that support the bal-
listic missile program of Iran. 
‘‘Sec. 233. Blocking of property of persons affiliated with certain Iranian enti-
ties. 
‘‘Sec. 234. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain persons involved in 
ballistic missile activities. 
‘‘Sec. 235. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain sectors of Iran that 
support the ballistic missile program of Iran. 
‘‘Sec. 236. Identification of foreign persons that support the ballistic missile 
program of Iran in certain sectors of Iran. 
‘‘Subtitle D—General Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 241. Definitions.’’. 
SEC. 204. EXPANSION OF MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT 
ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS RELAT-
ING TO BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPABILITIES OF 
IRAN. 
Section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8513) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as 
clause (iii); and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 
following: 
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‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury may not waive under paragraph (1) the applica-
tion of a prohibition or condition imposed with re-
spect to an activity described in subparagraph 
(A)(ii) or (E)(ii)(II) of subsection (c)(2).’’. 
SEC. 205. DISCLOSURE TO THE SECURITIES AND EX-
CHANGE COMMISSION OF ACTIVITIES WITH 
CERTAIN SECTORS OF IRAN THAT SUPPORT 
THE BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13(r)(1) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(r)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) knowingly engaged in any activity for 
which sanctions may be imposed under section 
235 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012;’’. 
(b) INVESTIGATIONS.—Section 13(r)(5)(A) of the Se-
curities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended by striking ‘‘an 
Executive order specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph 
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(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 235 of the Iran Threat Re-
duction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, an Execu-
tive order specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph 
(1)(E)’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 13(r)(5) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended, in the 
matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (D)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (E)(iii)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect with respect to reports re-
quired to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission after the date that is 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 206. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall prescribe regulations 
to carry out this title and the amendments made by this 
title. 
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TITLE 
III—SANCTIONS 
RELAT-
ING TO IRAN’S SUPPORT OF 
TERRORISM 
SEC. 301. SPECIAL MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO IRAN RE-
LATING TO ITS DESIGNATION AS A JURISDIC-
TION OF PRIMARY MONEY LAUNDERING CON-
CERN. 
(a) PROHIBITION
ON
DIRECT
USE
OF
COR-
RESPONDENT ACCOUNTS.—A covered financial institution 
shall terminate any correspondent account that— 
(1) is established, maintained, administered, or 
managed in the United States for, or on behalf of, 
an Iranian banking institution; and 
(2) is not blocked under any Executive Order 
issued pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(b) SPECIAL DUE DILIGENCE MEASURES FOR COR-
RESPONDENT ACCOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered financial institu-
tion shall apply special due diligence measures to 
correspondent accounts of the financial institution 
that are reasonably designed to guard against the 
improper indirect use of such accounts by Iranian 
banking institutions. 
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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The special due diligence 
measures a covered financial institution is required 
to apply to correspondent accounts under paragraph 
(1) shall include, at a minimum— 
(A) notifying the holders of such accounts 
that the covered financial institution knows or 
has reason to know provide services to Iranian 
banking institutions, that such holders generally 
may not provide Iranian banking institutions 
with access to such accounts; and 
(B) taking reasonable steps to identify any 
indirect use of such accounts by Iranian bank-
ing institutions, to the extent that such indirect 
use can be determined from transactional 
records maintained by the covered financial in-
stitution in the normal course of business. 
(3) RISK-BASED APPROACH.—A covered finan-
cial institution shall take a risk-based approach 
when deciding what, if any, other due diligence 
measures the financial institution should adopt to 
guard against the improper indirect use of its cor-
respondent accounts by Iranian banking institutions. 
(4) RESPONSE TO INDIRECT ACCESS BY IRA-
NIAN BANKING INSTITUTIONS.—A covered financial 
institution that obtains credible information that a 
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correspondent account is being used by a foreign 
bank to provide indirect access to an Iranian bank-
ing institution, shall— 
(A) take all appropriate steps to prevent 
such indirect access, including notifying the 
holder of the account under paragraph (1)(A); 
and 
(B) where necessary, terminate the ac-
count. 
(c) RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered financial institu-
tion shall document its compliance with the notice 
requirement set forth in subsection (b)(2)(A). 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall require a covered financial institution 
to report any information not otherwise required to 
be reported by law or regulation. 
(d) TERMINATION.—This section shall terminate on 
the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Presi-
dent submits to Congress— 
(1) the certification described in section 401(a) 
of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account-
ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8551(a)); and 
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(2) a certification that the Financial Action 
Task Force has lifted its call for countermeasures 
against Iran and Iran has become a member of a re-
gional body of the Financial Action Task Force. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CORRESPONDENT
ACCOUNT.—The term 
‘‘correspondent account’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (as in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act). 
(2) COVERED
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘covered financial institution’’ has the meaning 
given that term under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 1010.605(e) of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act). 
(3) FOREIGN BANK.—The term ‘‘foreign bank’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 
1010.100(u) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations 
(as in effect on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act). 
(4) IRANIAN BANKING INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘‘Iranian banking institution’’ means— 
(A) any foreign bank chartered by Iran, in-
cluding— 
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(i) any branches, offices, or subsidi-
aries of such a bank operating in any juris-
diction; and 
(ii) any branch or office within Iran of 
any foreign bank licensed by Iran; 
(B) the Central Bank of Iran; and 
(C) any foreign bank of which more than 
50 percent of the voting stock or analogous in-
terest is owned by two or more foreign banks 
chartered by Iran. 
TITLE IV—SANCTIONS RELATING 
TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 
IN IRAN 
SEC. 401. EXPANSION OF LIST OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN 
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105 of the Comprehensive 
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 
2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CER-
TAIN
PERSONS
WHO
ARE
RESPONSIBLE
FOR 
OR
COMPLICIT’’ and inserting ‘‘PERSONS
IN-
VOLVED’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OR COMPLICIT’’ 
and inserting ‘‘INVOLVED’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Iran Account-
ability Act of 2016, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a list of 
persons the President determines have committed or 
facilitated, directly or indirectly, human rights 
abuses or other acts of violence, intimidation, or har-
assment, on behalf of the Government of Iran on or 
after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such 
abuses or acts occurred in Iran.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the Iran Accountability Act 
of 2016’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) INCLUSION OF ACTIONS THAT VIOLATE UNI-
VERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.—For pur-
poses of subsection (b)(1), the term ‘human rights abuses’ 
includes actions that violate the rights listed in the United 
Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 
at Paris December 10, 1948.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
Divestment Act of 2010 is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 105 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 105. Imposition of sanctions on persons involved in human rights abuses 
committed against citizens of Iran or their family members 
after the June 12, 2009, elections in Iran.’’. 
SEC. 402. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC-
TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN 
INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 221 of the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 
U.S.C. 8727) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 221. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC-
TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN 
INDIVIDUALS. 
‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Iran 
Accountability Act of 2016, and every 180 days thereafter, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and publish in the Federal Register a 
list of all individuals the President determines are de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An individual de-
scribed in this subsection is— 
‘‘(1) the Supreme Leader of Iran; 
‘‘(2) the President of Iran; 
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‘‘(3) a current or former key official, manager, 
or director of an entity that is owned or controlled 
after November 14, 1979, by— 
‘‘(A) the Supreme Leader of Iran; 
‘‘(B) the Office of the Supreme Leader of 
Iran; 
‘‘(C) the President of Iran; 
‘‘(D) the Office of the President of Iran; 
‘‘(E) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps; 
‘‘(F) the Basij-e Motaz’afin; 
‘‘(G) the Guardian Council; 
‘‘(H) the Ministry of Intelligence and Se-
curity of Iran; 
‘‘(I) the Atomic Energy Organization of 
Iran; 
‘‘(J) the Islamic Consultative Assembly of 
Iran; 
‘‘(K) the Assembly of Experts of Iran; 
‘‘(L) the Ministry of Defense and Armed 
Forces Logistics of Iran; 
‘‘(M) the Ministry of Justice of Iran; 
‘‘(N) the Ministry of Interior of Iran; 
‘‘(O) the prison system of Iran; 
‘‘(P) the judicial system of Iran, including 
the Islamic Revolutionary Courts; or 
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‘‘(Q) any citizen of Iran 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; 
‘‘(4) a citizen of Iran indicted in a foreign coun-
try for, or otherwise suspected of, participation in a 
terrorist attack; 
‘‘(5) a person that ordered, controlled, directed, 
or was otherwise complicit in the kidnaping or politi-
cally motivated detention of a United States citizen, 
including a United States citizen who is also a cit-
izen of another country; or 
‘‘(6) a significant foreign political figure associ-
ated with an individual described in any of para-
graphs (1) through (5) who is not a United States 
person. 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—Except as 
provided in subsection (f), the Secretary of State shall 
deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall exclude from the United States, any alien who is on 
the list required by subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—Except as provided 
in subsection (f), the President shall, in accordance with 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
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U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block and prohibit all transactions 
in all property and interests in property of any individual 
who is on the list required by subsection (a) if such prop-
erty 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. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Iran Account-
ability Act of 2016, and every 90 days thereafter, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report that describes the ef-
forts the President has taken during the 90 days 
preceding the submission of the report to locate and 
block all property and interests in property of any 
individual who is on the list required by subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 
by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex if nec-
essary. 
‘‘(f) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may not in-
clude an individual on the list required by subsection 
(a) if the President determines that, during the 10- 
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year period preceding the determination, the indi-
vidual has not in any way engaged in, facilitated, or 
otherwise supported— 
‘‘(A) human rights abuses; 
‘‘(B) acts of international terrorism; or 
‘‘(C) the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction. 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE
WITH
UNITED
NATIONS 
HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Subsection (c) shall 
not apply to the head of state of Iran, or necessary 
staff of that head of state, if admission to the 
United States is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 
the United States. 
‘‘(g) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 
the application of subsection (c) or (d) with respect 
to an individual for a period of 180 days, and may 
renew that waiver for additional periods of 180 days, 
if the President— 
‘‘(A) determines that the waiver is vital to 
the national security of the United States; and 
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‘‘(B) not less than 7 days before the waiv-
er or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may 
be, takes effect, submits a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees on the waiver 
and the reason for the waiver. 
‘‘(2) FORM
OF
REPORT.—Each report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex 
if necessary. 
‘‘(3) SUNSET.—The provisions of this sub-
section and any waivers issued pursuant to this sub-
section shall terminate on December 31, 2018. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) OWN
OR
CONTROL.—The term ‘own or 
control’ means, with respect to an entity— 
‘‘(A) to hold more than 25 percent of the 
equity interest by vote or value in the entity; 
‘‘(B) to hold any seats on the board of di-
rectors of the entity; or 
‘‘(C) to otherwise control the actions, poli-
cies, or personnel decisions of the entity. 
‘‘(2) SIGNIFICANT
FOREIGN
POLITICAL
FIG-
URE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘significant 
foreign political figure’ includes a current or 
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former senior political figure, the immediate 
family of such a figure, and close associates of 
such a figure. 
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
DEFINITIONS.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(i) CLOSE
ASSOCIATE.—The term 
‘close associate’, with respect to a senior 
political figure— 
‘‘(I) means an individual who is 
widely and publicly known to maintain 
an unusually close relationship with 
the senior political figure; and 
‘‘(II) includes an individual who 
is in a position to conduct substantial 
domestic and international financial 
transactions on behalf of the senior 
political figure. 
‘‘(ii) IMMEDIATE FAMILY.—The term 
‘immediate family’, with respect to a senior 
foreign political figure, means the parents, 
siblings, spouse, children, and in-laws of 
the senior political figure. 
‘‘(iii) SENIOR
POLITICAL
FIGURE.— 
The term ‘senior political figure’ means a 
senior official in the executive, legislative, 
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administrative, 
military, 
or 
judicial 
branches of the Government of Iran 
(whether elected or not), a senior official of 
a major political party in Iran, or a senior 
executive of an entity owned or controlled 
by the Government of Iran.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 
Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to section 221 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 221. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain 
Iranian individuals.’’. 
SEC. 403. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
PERSONS 
WHO 
CONDUCT 
TRANSACTIONS 
WITH OR ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN IRANIAN 
INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title II of the Iran 
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 
(22 U.S.C. 8721 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 221 the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 221A. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
PERSONS 
WHO 
CONDUCT 
TRANSACTIONS 
WITH OR ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN IRANIAN 
INDIVIDUALS. 
‘‘(a) SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF GOODS AND 
SERVICES.—The President shall impose 5 or more of the 
sanctions described in 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 knowingly, on or after the 
date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
the Iran Accountability Act of 2016, sells, supplies, or 
transfers goods or services to an individual who is on the 
list required by section 221(a). 
‘‘(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 any foreign financial institution that has know-
ingly conducted or facilitated a significant financial trans-
action on behalf of an individual who is on the list required 
by section 221(a). 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE 
IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996.—The following provisions 
of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 
50 U.S.C. 1701 note) shall apply with respect to the impo-
sition of sanctions under subsection (a) to the same extent 
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that such provisions apply with respect to the imposition 
of sanctions under section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996: 
‘‘(1) Subsections (c), (d), and (f) of section 5. 
‘‘(2) Section 8. 
‘‘(3) Section 11. 
‘‘(4) Section 12. 
‘‘(5) Section 13(b). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
‘‘(1) ACCOUNT; 
CORRESPONDENT
ACCOUNT; 
PAYABLE-THROUGH
ACCOUNT.—The 
terms 
‘ac-
count’, 
‘correspondent 
account’, 
and 
‘payable- 
through account’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘foreign financial institution’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 
regulation or ruling).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 
Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 221 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 221A. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who conduct trans-
actions with or on behalf of certain Iranian individuals.’’. 
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SEC. 404. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FI-
NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN 
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS ON BEHALF OF 
PERSONS 
INVOLVED 
IN 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS 
ABUSES OR THAT EXPORT SENSITIVE TECH-
NOLOGY TO IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(c)(2) of the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 
Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) facilitates a significant transaction or 
transactions or provides significant financial 
services for a person that is subject to sanctions 
under section 105(c), 105A(c), 105B(c), or 
105C(a);’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and apply with respect to any activity described 
in subparagraph (F) of section 104(c)(2) of the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 
Act of 2010, as added by subsection (a)(3), initiated on 
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or after the date that is 90 days after such date of enact-
ment. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall prescribe regulations to carry out the 
amendments made by subsection (a). 
SEC. 405. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF 
IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title IV of the Iran 
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 
(22 U.S.C. 8751 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 416. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF 
IRAN. 
‘‘(a) POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.—It is the pol-
icy of the United States— 
‘‘(1) to support the efforts of the people of Iran 
to promote the establishment of basic freedoms in 
Iran; 
‘‘(2) to lay the foundation for the emergence of 
a freely elected, open, and democratic political sys-
tem in Iran that is not a threat to its neighbors or 
to the United States and to work with all citizens of 
Iran who seek to establish such a political system; 
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‘‘(3) to support the emergence of a government 
in Iran that does not oppress the people of Iran and 
does not persecute, intimidate, arrest, imprison, or 
execute dissidents or minorities; 
‘‘(4) to advocate on behalf of those in Iran per-
secuted for their religion or belief; 
‘‘(5) to assist the people of Iran to produce, ac-
cess, and share information freely and safely 
through the Internet and other media; and 
‘‘(6) to defeat all attempts by the Government 
of Iran to jam or otherwise obstruct international 
satellite broadcast signals. 
‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
‘‘(1) the United States should support citizens 
of Iran that actively work to advance political, eco-
nomic, and social reforms, including freedom of the 
press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and 
representative government; 
‘‘(2) the President should use all available non-
violent means to support citizens of Iran that advo-
cate for pluralistic, prosperous, and participatory so-
cieties; 
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‘‘(3) programs of the Department of State to 
support reform in Iran have not resulted in a more 
democratic Iran; 
‘‘(4) the Government of Iran continues to play 
a pernicious role in the Middle East, undermining 
democratic consolidation in Iraq, supporting inter-
national terrorism through Hezbollah, and aiding 
the autocratic regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; 
‘‘(5) the Secretary of State should make every 
effort to deliver support directly to people working 
in Iran to implement programs carried out using as-
sistance provided by the Department of State when 
possible and all possible means of delivering such as-
sistance should be used; and 
‘‘(6) oversight, management, and implementa-
tion of programs of the Department of State to sup-
port reform in Iran should be under the direction of 
the Special Coordinator on Human Rights and De-
mocracy in Iran established under section 406 of the 
Iran Accountability Act of 2016, in consultation 
with the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor. 
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT REFORM IN IRAN.— 
‘‘(1) 
ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZED.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
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State may provide assistance (including through the 
award of grants) to individuals and entities working 
in Iran for the purpose of supporting and promoting 
the rule of law, good governance, civil society, and 
economic opportunity in Iran. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
ASSISTANCE.—Assist-
ance authorized under this subsection should be pro-
vided only to a person that— 
‘‘(A) officially opposes the use of violence 
and terrorism and has not been designated as 
a foreign terrorist organization under section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189) at any time during the 4-year pe-
riod ending on the date of the enactment of the 
Iran Accountability Act of 2016; 
‘‘(B) advocates the adherence by Iran to 
nonproliferation regimes for nuclear, chemical, 
and biological weapons and materiel, and bal-
listic missiles; 
‘‘(C) is dedicated to democratic values and 
supports the adoption of a democratic form of 
government in Iran; 
‘‘(D) is dedicated to respect for human 
rights, including the fundamental equality of 
women; and 
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