nological, or other support for, or goods or serv-
ices in support of, any material contribution to 
a program described in subparagraph (A) car-
ried out by a person described in subparagraph 
(A), (B), (C), (D), or (E). 
(2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 
in this paragraph is— 
(A) in the case of the first report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1), the period begin-
ning January 1, 2016, and ending on the date 
the report is submitted; and 
(B) in the case of a subsequent such re-
port, the 180-day period preceding the submis-
sion of the report. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 
by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANC-
TIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant 
to Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; re-
lating to blocking property of weapons of mass de-
struction delivery system proliferators and their sup-
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porters), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8501 et seq.), Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain 
persons with respect to serious human rights abuses 
by the Government of Iran), and Executive Order 
13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
the property and suspending entry into the United 
States of certain persons with respect to grave 
human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran 
and Syria via information technology). 
(2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps– 
Quds Force (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘IRGC–QF’’) is the primary arm of the Government 
of Iran for executing its policy of supporting ter-
rorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC–QF provides 
material, logistical assistance, training, and financial 
support 
to 
militants 
and 
terrorist 
operatives 
throughout the Middle East and South Asia and was 
designated for the imposition of sanctions by the 
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Executive 
Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 
persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 
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terrorism) in October 2007 for its support of ter-
rorism. 
(3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC–QF, is re-
sponsible for implementing Iran’s international pro-
gram of destabilizing activities, support for acts of 
international terrorism, and ballistic missile pro-
gram. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) 
with respect to the IRGC and foreign persons that are 
officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC. 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are sanctions applicable with re-
spect to a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order 
13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 
and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 
threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 
SEC. 106. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a list of each person the Secretary 
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determines, based on credible evidence, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, tor-
ture, or other gross violations of internationally rec-
ognized human rights committed against individuals 
in Iran who seek— 
(A) to expose illegal activity carried out by 
officials of the Government of Iran; or 
(B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote 
internationally recognized human rights and 
freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, ex-
pression, association, and assembly, and the 
rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 
or 
(2) acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign 
person in a matter relating to an activity described 
in paragraph (1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in ac-
cordance with the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 
all transactions in all property and interests in prop-
erty of a person on the list required by subsection 
(a) if such property and interests in property are in 
the United States, come within the United States, or 
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are or come within the possession or control of a 
United States person. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of paragraph (1) or any regulation, license, 
or order issued to carry out paragraph (1) shall be 
subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 
same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 
act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
SEC. 107. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d), the President shall impose the sanctions described in 
subsection (b) with respect to any person that the Presi-
dent determines— 
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that ma-
terially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer 
directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use 
in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored 
combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, com-
bat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or 
missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the 
United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or 
related materiel, including spare parts; or 
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(2) knowingly provides to Iran any technical 
training, financial resources or services, advice, other 
services or assistance related to the supply, sale, 
transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms 
and related materiel described in paragraph (1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall block, in accordance with the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of any person subject to subsection (a) 
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. 
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The 
Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 
United States, any person subject to subsection (a) 
that is an alien. 
(c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub-
section (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen-
alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 
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of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
(d) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to 
impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a 
person for engaging in an activity described in that sub-
section if the President certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that— 
(1) permitting the activity is in the national se-
curity interest of the United States; 
(2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat 
to the national security of the United States and to 
the allies of the United States; and 
(3) the Government of Iran has ceased pro-
viding operational or financial support for acts of 
international terrorism and no longer satisfies the 
requirements for designation as a state sponsor of 
terrorism. 
(e) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means 
a country the government of which the Secretary of State 
has determined to be a government that has repeatedly 
provided support for acts of international terrorism for 
purposes of— 
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(1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as con-
tinued in effect pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.)); 
(2) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 
(3) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 
(4) any other provision of law. 
SEC. 108. REVIEW OF APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS RE-
LATING TO IRAN’S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM 
AND ITS BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall con-
duct a review of all persons on the list of specially des-
ignated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 
Treasury for activities relating to Iran— 
(1) to assess the conduct of such persons as 
that conduct relates to— 
(A) any activity that materially contributes 
to the activities of the Government of Iran with 
respect to its ballistic missile program; or 
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(B) support by the Government of Iran for 
acts of international terrorism; and 
(2) to determine the applicability of sanctions 
with respect to such persons under— 
(A) Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property of 
weapons of mass destruction delivery system 
proliferators and their supporters); or 
(B) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property and 
prohibiting transactions with persons who com-
mit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS.—If the Presi-
dent determines under subsection (a) that sanctions under 
an Executive order specified in paragraph (2) of that sub-
section are applicable with respect to a person, the Presi-
dent shall— 
(1) impose sanctions with respect to that person 
pursuant to that Executive order; or 
(2) exercise the waiver authority provided under 
section 112. 
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SEC. 109. REPORT ON COORDINATION OF SANCTIONS BE-
TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EURO-
PEAN UNION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A description of each instance, during the 
period specified in subsection (b)— 
(A) in which the United States has im-
posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac-
tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction or delivery systems for such 
weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter-
national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 
abuses in Iran, but in which the European 
Union has not imposed corresponding sanctions; 
and 
(B) in which the European Union has im-
posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac-
tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction or delivery systems for such 
weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter-
national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 
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abuses in Iran, but in which the United States 
has not imposed corresponding sanctions. 
(2) An explanation for the reason for each dis-
crepancy between sanctions imposed by the Euro-
pean Union and sanctions imposed by the United 
States described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
paragraph (1). 
(b) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this 
subsection is— 
(1) in the case of the first report submitted 
under subsection (a), the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the 
date the report is submitted; and 
(2) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 
180-day period preceding the submission of the re-
port. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 110. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS DETAINED 
BY IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and leadership a report on 
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United States citizens, including United States citizens 
who are also citizens of other countries, detained by Iran 
or groups supported by Iran that includes— 
(1) information regarding any officials of the 
Government of Iran involved in any way in the de-
tentions; and 
(2) a summary of efforts the United States 
Government has taken to secure the swift release of 
those United States citizens. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
AND LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees and leadership’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and 
minority leaders of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the majority lead-
er, and the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
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SEC. 111. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND HU-
MANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; RULE OF CON-
STRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following activities shall be 
exempt from sanctions under sections 104, 105, 106, and 
107: 
(1) Any activity subject to the reporting re-
quirements under title V of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any au-
thorized intelligence activities of the United States. 
(2) The admission of an alien to the United 
States if such admission is necessary to comply with 
United States obligations under the Agreement be-
tween the United Nations and the United States of 
America regarding the Headquarters of the United 
Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the 
Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 
April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 
1967, or other applicable international obligations of 
the United States. 
(3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction 
for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi-
cine, or medical devices to Iran or for the provision 
of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran, in-
cluding engaging in a financial transaction relating 
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to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur-
poses or transporting goods or services that are nec-
essary to carry out operations relating to humani-
tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 
all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this Act. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to limit the authority of the President 
under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITY.—The term 
‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade 
Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 
(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 16 of the Export Adminis-
tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued 
in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). 
(3) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de-
vice’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in 
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section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(4) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
321). 
SEC. 112. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY. 
(a) CASE-BY-CASE WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 
on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more 
than 180 days, a requirement under section 104, 
105, 106, 107, or 108 to impose or maintain sanc-
tions with respect to a person, and may waive the 
continued imposition of such sanctions, not less than 
30 days after the President determines and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that it 
is vital to the national security interests of the 
United States to waive such sanctions. 
(2) RENEWAL
OF
WAIVERS.—The President 
may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under 
paragraph (1) for an additional period of not more 
than 180 days if, not later than 15 days before that 
waiver expires, the President makes the determina-
tion and submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report described in paragraph (1). 
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(3) SUCCESSIVE RENEWAL.—The renewal au-
thority provided under paragraph (2) may be exer-
cised for additional successive periods of not more 
than 180 days if the President follows the proce-
dures set forth in paragraph (2), and submits the 
report described in paragraph (1), for each such re-
newal. 
(b) CONTENTS OF WAIVER REPORTS.—Each report 
submitted under subsection (a) in connection with a waiv-
er of sanctions under section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 
with respect to a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, 
shall include— 
(1) a specific and detailed rationale for the de-
termination that the waiver is vital to the national 
security interests of the United States; 
(2) a description of the activity that resulted in 
the person being subject to sanctions; 
(3) an explanation of any efforts made by the 
United States, as applicable, to secure the coopera-
tion of the government with primary jurisdiction 
over the person or the location where the activity de-
scribed in paragraph (2) occurred in terminating or, 
as appropriate, penalizing the activity; and 
(4) an assessment of the significance of the ac-
tivity described in paragraph (2) in contributing to 
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