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goods or services described in subsection (d)(3) of 
such section, as so amended, that occurs on or after 
the date that is 180 days after such date of enact-
ment. 
SEC. 223. REPORT ON DETERMINATIONS NOT TO IMPOSE 
SANCTIONS ON PERSONS WHO ALLEGEDLY 
SELL, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER PRECIOUS MET-
ALS TO OR FROM IRAN. 
Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8804) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(h) REPORT ON DETERMINATIONS NOT TO IMPOSE 
SANCTIONS ON PERSONS WHO ALLEGEDLY SELL, SUP-
PLY, OR TRANSFER PRECIOUS METALS
TO
OR FROM 
IRAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of Nuclear Iran Pre-
vention Act of 2013, and every 90 days thereafter, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on each determina-
tion of the President during the preceding 90-day 
period not to impose sanctions under subsection (a) 
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or (c) with respect to a person who allegedly sells, 
supplies, or transfers precious metals, directly or in-
directly, to or from Iran, together with the reasons 
for such determination. 
‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
contain a classified annex, if necessary.’’. 
SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT FA-
CILITATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON BE-
HALF OF PERSONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED 
BY SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS. 
Section 1247 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8806) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) PERSONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY SPE-
CIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 
sanctions described in subsection (a) with respect to 
a foreign financial institution, including but not lim-
ited to a foreign central bank, that the President de-
termines has, on or after the date that is 90 days 
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after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Iran 
Prevention Act of 2013, knowingly facilitated a sig-
nificant financial transaction on behalf of any person 
determined by the President to be directly owned or 
controlled by an 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 financial institution described in subsection 
(b)). 
‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the President routinely should deter-
mine on or after the date of the enactment of the 
Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 those persons 
that are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by 
an Iranian person included on the list of specially 
designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the De-
partment of the Treasury (other than an Iranian fi-
nancial institution described in subsection (b)). 
‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION OF DATA FROM OTHER 
COUNTRIES
AND
NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The President shall consider credible data 
already obtained by other countries and nongovern-
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mental organizations in making determinations de-
scribed in paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 225. REPEAL OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER SANCTIONS 
PROVISIONS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AU-
THORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013. 
Subtitle D of title XII of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8801 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 1244— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(1) BLOCKING
OF 
PROPERTY.—’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘On and after’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) BLOCK-
ING OF PROPERTY.—On and after’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(1) SALE, SUPPLY, OR 
TRANSFER OF CERTAIN GOODS AND SERV-
ICES.—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Ex-
cept as provided’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) SALE, 
SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN GOODS 
AND SERVICES.—Except as provided’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(2) in section 1245(a)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘(a) SALE, SUPPLY, OR 
TRANSFER OF CERTAIN MATERIALS.—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘The President’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF 
CERTAIN MATERIALS.—The President’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 
respectively (and by redesignating all sub-units 
therein accordingly); 
(C) in paragraph (3)(B) (as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub-
clause (I) of clause (i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘clause (i) of subparagraph (A)’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘sub-
clause (II) of that clause’’ and inserting 
‘‘clause (ii) of that subparagraph’’; and 
(iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘sub-
clause (III) of that clause’’ and inserting 
‘‘clause (iii) of that subparagraph’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘paragraph (1).’’; and 
(3) in section 1246(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF SANC-
TIONS.—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Except 
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as provided’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF 
SANCTIONS.—Except as provided’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 
respectively (and by redesignating all sub-units 
therein accordingly); and 
(C) by striking ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘paragraph (1).’’; and 
SEC. 226. TERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS 
WITH PERSONS WHO SELL GOODS, SERVICES, 
OR TECHNOLOGY TO, OR CONDUCT ANY 
OTHER TRANSACTION WITH, IRAN. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGU-
LATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
shall be revised to require a certification from each person 
that is a prospective contractor that the person, and any 
person under common ownership or control with the per-
son, does not sell goods, services, or technology to, or con-
duct any other transaction with, Iran for which sanctions 
may be imposed under this Act. 
(b) 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 
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the date on which the applicable revision of the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation required by this section 
becomes effective, the head of that executive agency 
shall terminate a contract with such person or debar 
or suspend such person from eligibility for Federal 
contracts 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 EXCLUDED 
FROM FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND NONPROCURE-
MENT
PROGRAMS.—The Administrator of General 
Services shall include on the List of Parties Ex-
cluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocure-
ment Programs maintained by the Administrator 
under part 9 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
each person that is debarred, suspended, or proposed 
for debarment or suspension by the head of an exec-
utive agency on the basis of a determination of a 
false certification under paragraph (1). 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 
be construed to limit the use of other remedies available 
to the head of an executive agency or any other official 
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of the Federal Government on the basis of a determination 
of a false certification under subsection (a). 
(d) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President may on a 
case-by-case basis waive the requirement that a per-
son make a certification under subsection (a) if the 
President determines and certifies in writing to the 
congressional committees described in paragraph (2) 
that it is essential to the national security interests 
of the United States to do so. 
(2) 
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES
DE-
SCRIBED.—The congressional committees referred to 
in paragraph (1) are— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Armed Services, and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
133 of title 41, United States Code. 
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(2) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.—The 
term ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regulation’’ means the 
regulation issued pursuant to section 1303(a)(1) of 
title 41, United States Code. 
(f) APPLICABILITY.—The revisions to the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation required under subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to contracts for which solicitations are 
issued on or after the date that is 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 227. CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY AND OPERATION OF 
VESSELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Ports and Waters Safety Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 16. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY AND OPERATION. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No foreign vessel described 
in subsection (b) shall enter or operate in the navi-
gable waters of the United States or transfer cargo 
in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the 
United States. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Paragraph 
(1) shall not apply with respect to a vessel described 
in subsection (b)(2) on and after any date on which 
the Secretary of State determines that the vessel is 
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no longer registered as described in that subsection. 
The Secretary of State shall publish a notice of each 
such determination in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(b) VESSELS DESCRIBED.—A vessel referred to in 
subsection (a) is a foreign vessel for which a Notice of 
Arrival is required to be filed under section 160 of title 
33, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date 
of enactment of the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, 
and that— 
‘‘(1) is on a list of vessels published in Federal 
Register under subsection (c)(2); or 
‘‘(2) more than 180 days after the publication 
of such a list, is registered, pursuant to the Geneva 
Convention on the High Seas (13 U.S.T. 2312; 
TIAS 5200; 450 UNTS 82), by a government the 
agents or instrumentalities of which are maintaining 
a registration of a vessel that is included in such 
list. 
‘‘(c) INFORMATION
AND PUBLICATION.—The Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain timely information on registra-
tions of all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons that 
are— 
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SEC. 304. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AVAILABILITY OF CON-
SUMER COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN 
IRAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Department of State should encourage 
the free flow of information in Iran to counter the 
Government of Iran’s repression of its own people; 
and 
(2) in order to facilitate the free flow of infor-
mation in Iran, the Department of State should pro-
mote the availability of certain consumer commu-
nication technologies to Iranian civil society and the 
Iranian people. 
SEC. 305. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR 
AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSFER OF GOODS 
AND SERVICES TO IRAN TO FACILITATE THE 
ABILITY OF IRANIAN PERSONS TO FREELY 
COMMUNICATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 413 of the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 
U.S.C. 8753) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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