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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1422 
To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in logistical transactions 
and sanctions evasion relating to oil, gas, liquefied natural gas, and 
related petrochemical products from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2025 
Mr. LAWLER (for himself and Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in 
logistical transactions and sanctions evasion relating to 
oil, gas, liquefied natural gas, and related petrochemical 
products from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhanced Iran Sanc-
tions Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) that, in accordance with the Iran Nuclear 2 
Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act 
of 2022 (22 U.S.C. 8701 note; Public Law 117– 
4263), the United States must— 
(A) ensure that the Islamic Republic of 
Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapons capa-
bility; 
(B) protect against aggression from the Is-
lamic Republic of Iran manifested through its 
missiles and drone programs; and 
(C) counter regional and global terrorism 
of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a manner 
that minimizes the threat posed by state and 
non-state actors to the interests of the United 
States; 
(2) to fully enforce sanctions against all persons 
involved in the international logistical chain that 
provide support to the energy sector of the Islamic 
Republic of Iran; 
(3) through such sanctions, to deny the Islamic 
Republic of Iran the financial resources required— 
(A) to fund and facilitate international ter-
rorism; 
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(B) to finance the development of weapons 
of mass destruction; 
(C) to engage in destabilizing efforts 
abroad; and 
(D) to repress the rights of Iranian citi-
zens; and 
(4) to strengthen coherence among members of 
the international community in enforcing sanctions 
on the malign activity of the Islamic Republic of 
Iran. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-
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mittee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives. 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person, including the government of a foreign coun-
try. 
(4) 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. 
(5) PROPERTY; INTEREST IN PROPERTY.—The 
terms ‘‘property’’ and ‘‘interest in property’’ have 
the meanings given the terms ‘‘property’’ and ‘‘prop-
erty interest’’, respectively, in section 576.312 of 
title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(6) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a United States 
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence to the United States; 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
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United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(C) any person in the United States. 
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PER-
SONS 
ENGAGED 
IN 
LOGISTICAL 
TRANS-
ACTIONS OF OIL, GAS, LIQUEFIED NATURAL 
GAS, AND PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM 
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanc-
tions described in subsection (b) with respect to any for-
eign person, including any bank or foreign financial insti-
tution, insurance provider, flagging registry, pipeline con-
struction or operation facility for liquefied natural gas, 
that— 
(1) the President determines knowingly engaged 
in, on or after such date of enactment, any trans-
action involved in, relating or incident to the proc-
essing, export, or sale of oil, condensates, gas, lique-
fied natural gas, or other petrochemical products in 
whole or in part from the Islamic Republic of Iran; 
(2) is a subsidiary, successor, or alias of a for-
eign person described in paragraph (1); 
(3)(A) directly or indirectly owns or controls a 
50 percent or greater interest in or is owned or con-
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trolled by a 50 percent or greater interest of a for-
eign person or foreign persons subject to sanctions 
pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2); and 
(B) directly or indirectly conducts a significant 
transaction with, for, or on behalf of a foreign per-
son described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 
3(b) of the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act 
(22 U.S.C. 8572); 
(4) the President determines is a corporate offi-
cer of a foreign person described paragraph (1), (2), 
or (3); or 
(5) is an immediate family member of a foreign 
person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 
(b) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall, pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 
and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-
ests in property of a foreign person subject to sanc-
tions pursuant to subsection (a)(1) if such property 
and interests in property are in the United States, 
come within the United States, or are or come with-
in the possession or control of a United States per-
son. 
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(2) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMIS-
SION, OR PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR
PAROLE.—In 
the case of an alien subject to sanctions pursu-
ant to subsection (a), the alien 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 admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other 
entry documentation of an alien described 
in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re-
gardless of when such visa or other entry 
documentation was issued. 
(ii) IMMEDIATE
EFFECT.—A revoca-
tion under clause (i) shall— 
(I) take effect immediately; and 
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(II) automatically cancel any 
other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 
GOODS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The requirement to im-
pose sanctions under this section shall not in-
clude the authority or a requirement to impose 
sanctions on the importation of goods. 
(B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 
manmade substance, material, supply, or manu-
factured product, including inspection and test 
equipment, and excluding technical data. 
(2) EXCEPTION
TO
COMPLY
WITH
INTER-
NATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS
AND
LAW
ENFORCEMENT 
ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under subsection (b)(2) 
shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 
or paroling the alien into the United States is nec-
essary— 
(A) to permit the United States to comply 
with the Agreement regarding the Head-
quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
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November 21, 1947, between the United Na-
tions and the United States, or other applicable 
international obligations; or 
(B) to carry out or assist authorized law 
enforcement activity in the United States. 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
HUMANITARIAN
ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Sanctions under this 
section shall not apply to— 
(i) the conduct or facilitation of a 
transaction for the provision of agricultural 
commodities, food, medicine, medical de-
vices, or humanitarian assistance, or for 
humanitarian purposes; or 
(ii) transactions that are necessary for 
or related to the activities described in 
clause (i). 
(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 
(i) 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); 
(ii) the term ‘‘medical device’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in section 
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201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321); and 
(iii) the term ‘‘medicine’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 
201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(4) EXCEPTION FOR SAFETY OF VESSELS AND 
CREW.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 
with respect to a person providing provisions to a 
vessel otherwise subject to sanctions under this sec-
tion if such provisions are intended for the safety 
and care of the crew aboard the vessel, the protec-
tion of human life aboard the vessel, or the mainte-
nance of the vessel to avoid any environmental or 
other significant damage. 
(d) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, on a 
case-by-case basis for a period of not more than 180 
days, waive the application of sanctions imposed 
with respect to a foreign person under this section 
if the President— 
(A) certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that the waiver is vital to the 
national interests of the United States; and 
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(B) submits with the certification required 
under subparagraph (A) a detailed justification 
explaining the reasons for the waiver. 
(2) RENEWAL
OF
WAIVER.—The President 
may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver issued 
under paragraph (1) for additional periods of not 
more than 180 days if the President— 
(A) determines that the renewal of the 
waiver is vital to the national interests of the 
United States; and 
(B) not less than 15 days before the waiv-
er expires, submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the renewal of 
the waiver that includes— 
(i) a justification for the renewal of 
the waiver; and 
(ii) a detailed plan to phase out the 
need for any such waiver issued with re-
spect to such foreign person. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise 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 
subsection (b)(1). 
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(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, li-
cense, or order issued to carry out that subsection 
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national 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. 
(f) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) Subsection (a)(3)(A) shall be construed to 
be consistent with Frequently Asked Questions 398 
through 402, published by the Office of Foreign As-
sets Control on August 11, 2020, and August 13, 
2014, or any successors to such frequently asked 
questions. 
(2) For purposes of determinations under sub-
section (a) that a foreign person engaged in activi-
ties described in such subsection (a), a foreign per-
son shall not be determined to know that petroleum 
or petroleum products originated from Iran if such 
person relied on a certificate of origin or other docu-
mentation confirming that the origin of the petro-
leum or petroleum products was a country other 
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than Iran, unless such person knew or had reason 
to know that such documentation was falsified. 
(3) Nothing in this section may be construed to 
affect the availability of any existing authorities to 
issue waivers, exceptions, exemptions, licenses, or 
other authorization. 
SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON IRANIAN SANC-
TIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall establish a working group to be known as the 
‘‘Interagency Working Group on Iranian Sanctions’’ (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Working Group’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Working Group shall be 
composed one or more representatives from each of the 
following: 
(1) The Department of State. 
(2) The Department of the Treasury. 
(3) The Department of Justice. Such other 
Federal departments or agencies as the Secretary of 
State determines appropriate. 
(c) CHAIR.—The President shall designate a Chair 
of the Working Group. 
(d) MULTILATERAL CONTACT GROUP.— 
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Working Group 
shall endeavor to establish a multilateral contact 
group with like-minded nations to coordinate inter-
national efforts to enforce sanctions imposed with 
respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
(2) DUTIES.—The multilateral contact group 
shall— 
(A) share information on evolving sanc-
tions frameworks to identify areas of difference 
or enforcement gaps; 
(B) share information on newly-designated 
entities; 
(C) raise awareness of new sanctions eva-
sion practices; and 
(D) coordinate on new measures to curb 
Iranian malign activity, including uranium en-
richment activities, ballistic missile production, 
and support for terrorism. 
SEC. 6. PRIVATE SECTOR REPORTING ON PERSONS EN-
GAGED IN SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES OR 
SANCTIONS EVASION. 
Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
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(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following para-
graph: 
‘‘(15) the identification a person described in 
section 4(a) of the Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 
2025 or any person that has attempted or is at-
tempting to evade sanctions imposed under such Act 
with proceeds generated by the sale of intercepted 
oil, gas, liquefied natural gas, petrochemical prod-
ucts, or related products from the Islamic Republic 
of Iran.’’. 
Æ 
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