President determines is used, or is likely to be used, for 
military applications. 
(b) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are, with respect to a person 
described in subsection (a), the following: 
(1) FOREIGN
EXCHANGE.—Prohibiting any 
transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States and in which 
that person has any interest. 
(2) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—Prohibiting any 
transfers of credit or payments between financial in-
stitutions or by, through, or to any financial institu-
tion, to the extent that such transfers or payments 
are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States 
and involve any interest of that person. 
(3) 
PROPERTY
TRANSACTIONS.—Prohibiting 
any person from— 
(A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, 
transferring, withdrawing, transporting, or ex-
porting any property that is subject to the ju-
risdiction of the United States and with respect 
to which the person described in subsection (a) 
has any interest;
(B) dealing in or exercising any right, 
power, or privilege with respect to such prop-
erty; or 
(C) conducting any transaction involving 
such property. 
(4) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Prohibiting the head 
of any Federal agency from providing a loan guar-
antee to that person. 
(5) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—Additional sanc-
tions, as appropriate, in accordance with the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT LICENSES FOR NU-
CLEAR COOPERATION
AND CERTAIN LOAN GUARAN-
TEES.—Before issuing a license for the exportation of any 
article pursuant to an agreement for cooperation under 
section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2153) or approving a loan guarantee or any other assist-
ance provided by the United States Government with re-
spect to a nuclear energy project, the Secretary of Energy, 
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall certify to Congress that issuing the li-
cense or approving the loan guarantee or other assistance 
(as the case may be) will not permit the transfer of any
good or technology described in subsection (a) to Iran, 
North Korea, or Syria. 
(d) EXCEPTION.—The sanctions described in sub-
section (b) shall not apply to the repayment or other satis-
faction of a loan or other obligation incurred under a pro-
gram of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 
as in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 13. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADHERENT TO RELEVANT NONPROLIFERA-
TION REGIME.—A government is an ‘‘adherent’’ to a 
‘‘relevant nonproliferation regime’’ if such govern-
ment— 
(A) is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers 
Group with respect to a transfer of goods, serv-
ices, 
or 
technology 
described 
in 
section 
3(a)(1)(A)(i); 
(B) is a member of the Missile Technology 
Control Regime with respect to a transfer of 
goods, services, or technology described in sec-
tion 3(a)(1)(A)(ii), or is a party to a binding 
international agreement with the United States 
that was in effect on January 1, 1999, to con-
trol the transfer of such goods, services, or 
technology in accordance with the criteria and
standards set forth in the Missile Technology 
Control Regime; 
(C) is a member of the Australia Group 
with respect to a transfer of goods, services, or 
technology described in section 3(a)(1)(A)(iii); 
(D) is a party to the Convention on the 
Prohibition of the Development, Production, 
Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and 
on Their Destruction with respect to a transfer 
of goods, services, or technology described in 
section 3(a)(1)(A)(iv); or 
(E) is a member of the Wassenaar Ar-
rangement with respect to a transfer of goods, 
services, or technology described in section 
3(a)(1)(A)(v). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
(3) EXTRAORDINARY
PAYMENTS
IN
CONNEC-
TION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.— 
The term ‘‘extraordinary payments in connection 
with the International Space Station’’ means pay-
ments in cash or in kind made or to be made by the 
United States Government— 
(A) for work on the International Space 
Station which the Government of the Russian 
Federation pledged at any time to provide at its 
expense, or 
(B) for work on the International Space 
Station, or for the purchase of goods or services 
relating to human space flight, that are not re-
quired to be made under the terms of a con-
tract or other agreement that was in effect on 
January 1, 1999, as such terms were in effect 
on such date, 
except that such term does not mean payments in 
cash or in kind made or to be made by the United 
States Government before December 31, 2020, for 
work to be performed or services to be rendered be-
fore such date necessary to meet United States obli-
gations under the Agreement Concerning Coopera-
tion on the Civil International Space Station, with 
annex, signed at Washington January 29, 1998, and 
entered into force March 27, 2001, or any protocol, 
agreement, memorandum of understanding, or con-
tract related thereto.
(4) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means— 
(A) a natural person who is an alien; 
(B) a corporation, business association, 
partnership, society, trust, or any other non-
governmental entity, organization, or group, 
successor, subunit, or subsidiary organized 
under the laws of a foreign country or that has 
its principal place of business in a foreign coun-
try; and 
(C)(i) any foreign government; or 
(ii) any foreign government agency or enti-
ty. 
(5) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 
means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 
result of such conduct, circumstance, or result. 
(6) ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY UNDER THE JU-
RISDICTION OR CONTROL OF THE RUSSIAN AVIATION 
AND SPACE AGENCY.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘organization 
or entity under the jurisdiction or control of the 
Russian Aviation and Space Agency’’ means an 
organization or entity that—
(i) was made part of the Russian 
Space Agency upon its establishment on 
February 25, 1992; 
(ii) was transferred to the Russian 
Space Agency by decree of the Government 
of the Russian Federation on July 25, 
1994, or May 12, 1998; 
(iii) was or is transferred to the Rus-
sian Aviation and Space Agency or Rus-
sian Space Agency by decree of the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation at any 
other time before, on, or after March 14, 
2000; or 
(iv) is a joint stock company in which 
the Russian Aviation and Space Agency or 
Russian Space Agency has at any time 
held controlling interest. 
(B) EXTENSION.—Any organization or en-
tity described in subparagraph (A) shall be 
deemed to be under the jurisdiction or control 
of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency re-
gardless of whether— 
(i) such organization or entity, after 
being part of or transferred to the Russian 
Aviation and Space Agency or Russian
Space Agency, is removed from or trans-
ferred out of the Russian Aviation and 
Space Agency or Russian Space Agency; or 
(ii) the Russian Aviation and Space 
Agency or Russian Space Agency, after 
holding a controlling interest in such orga-
nization or entity, divests its controlling in-
terest. 
(7) 
SUBSIDIARY.—The 
term 
‘‘subsidiary’’ 
means an entity (including a partnership, associa-
tion, trust, joint venture, corporation, or other orga-
nization) of a parent company that controls, directly 
or indirectly, the other entity. 
(8) TRANSFER OR TRANSFERRED.—The term 
‘‘transfer’’ or ‘‘transferred’’, with respect to a good, 
service, or technology, includes— 
(A) the conveyance of technological or in-
tellectual property; and 
(B) the conversion of technological or intel-
lectual advances into marketable goods, serv-
ices, or technology of value that is developed 
and generated in one location and transferred 
to another location through illegal or illicit 
means.
(9) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a natural person who is a citizen or 
resident of the United States; or 
(B) an entity that is organized under the 
laws of the United States or any State or terri-
tory thereof. 
(10) VESSEL.—The term ‘‘vessel’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 1081 of title 18, 
United States Code. Such term also includes air-
craft, regardless of whether or not the type of air-
craft at issue is described in such section. 
(11) 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The 
term 
‘‘technical assistance’’ means providing of advice, as-
sistance, and training pertaining to the installation, 
operation, and maintenance of equipment for desta-
bilizing types and forms of conventional weapons. 
SEC. 14. REPEAL OF IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA NON-
PROLIFERATION ACT. 
(a) REPEAL.—The Iran, North Korea, and Syria 
Nonproliferation Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is repealed. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, regula-
tion, document, or other record of the United States to
the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act 
shall be deemed to be a reference to this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 
2011. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2105 
AN ACT 
To provide for the application of measures to for-
eign persons who transfer to Iran, North Korea, 
and Syria certain goods, services, or technology, 
and for other purposes.