release prisoners for the purpose of securing the release 
of United States citizens or legal permanent resident 
aliens taken hostage abroad. 
(d) STRATEGY.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report that contains a strategy 
to prevent elements of the Iranian regime from engaging 
in hostage-taking or the prolonged arbitrary detention of 
United States citizens or legal permanent resident aliens. 
SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PER-
SONS WHO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN ACTIONS 
AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR IRA-
NIAN PERSONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should coordinate with 
United States allies and other allies and partners whose 
citizens may be subject to politically-motivated detention 
or trial in Iran, to apply sanctions against persons that 
are responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for or-
dering, controlling, or otherwise directing, such detention 
or trial. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 is 
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amended by inserting after section 105C (22 U.S.C. 
8514c) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 105D. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN ACTIONS 
AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR IRA-
NIAN PERSONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc-
tions described in section 105(c) with respect to each per-
son on the list required by subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) LIST OF PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN 
ACTIONS AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR IRANIAN 
PERSONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a list of persons that the Presi-
dent determines, based on credible evidence— 
‘‘(A) are responsible for or complicit in, or 
responsible for ordering, controlling, or other-
wise directing, the politically-motivated intimi-
dation, abuse, extortion, or detention or trial of 
citizens of the United States or United States 
legal permanent resident aliens, in Iran; or 
‘‘(B) are responsible for or complicit in, or 
responsible for ordering, controlling, or other-
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wise directing, the politically-motivated intimi-
dation, abuse, extortion, or detention or trial of 
Iranians, Iranian residents, or persons of Ira-
nian origin outside of Iran. 
‘‘(2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an updated list under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) each time the President is required to 
submit an updated list to those committees 
under section 105(b)(2)(A); and 
‘‘(B) as new information becomes avail-
able. 
‘‘(3) 
FORM
OF
REPORT; 
PUBLIC
AVAIL-
ABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) FORM.—The list required by para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may contain a classified annex. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclas-
sified portion of the list required by paragraph 
(1) shall be made available to the public and 
posted on the websites of the Department of the 
Treasury and the Department of State. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION
OF SANCTIONS
TO IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY MEMBERS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 
sanctions described in paragraph (2) with respect to 
each person that is a family member of any person 
on the list required by subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) ALIENS
INELIGIBLE
FOR
VISAS, ADMIS-
SION, OR PAROLE.— 
‘‘(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 
alien who the Secretary of State or the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security (or a designee of 
one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason 
to believe, is a family member of any person on 
the list required by subsection (b) is— 
‘‘(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
‘‘(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or 
other documentation to enter the United 
States; and 
‘‘(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admit-
ted or paroled into the United States or to 
receive any other benefit under the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101 et seq.). 
‘‘(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The issuing con-
sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-
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ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall re-
voke any visa or other entry documentation 
issued to an alien who is a family member 
of any person on the list required by sub-
section (b) regardless of when issued. 
‘‘(ii) EFFECT
OF
REVOCATION.—A 
revocation under clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) shall take effect imme-
diately; and 
‘‘(II) shall automatically cancel 
any other valid visa or entry docu-
mentation that is in the alien’s pos-
session. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA-
TIONS
HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 
under paragraph (2) shall not apply to an alien if 
admitting the alien into the United States is nec-
essary 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, 1947, 
between the United Nations and the United States, 
or other applicable international obligations. 
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