I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1208 
To strengthen existing legislation sanctioning persons aiding and facilitating 
nonproliferation activities by the Government of Iran, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2009 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. PENCE, 
Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. KING 
of New York, Mr. BUYER, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. PRICE of 
Georgia, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. MACK, Mr. WIL-
SON of South Carolina, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. POE of Texas, 
Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, 
Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. LINDER, Mr. 
PLATTS, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. TERRY, Mr. 
LAMBORN, Mr. TIBERI, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. BROUN 
of Georgia, Mr. ROONEY, and Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight 
and Government Reform, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Education and 
Labor, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen existing legislation sanctioning persons aiding 
and facilitating nonproliferation activities by the Govern-
ment 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT 
Sec. 101. Codification of sanctions against Iran. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996 
AND RELATED PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. Exclusion from the United States of senior officials of foreign persons 
who have aided proliferation relating to Iran. 
Sec. 202. Import sanctions. 
Sec. 203. Expansion and clarification of entities against which sanctions may 
be imposed pursuant to the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. 
Sec. 204. Application to subsidiaries. 
Sec. 205. Authority to impose sanctions on principal executive officers. 
Sec. 206. Strengthening of waiver authority and sanctions implementation. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND 
SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT 
Sec. 301. Transshipment of certain goods, services, or technology. 
Sec. 302. Prohibition on payments related to Service Module of the Russian 
Aviation and Space Agency. 
TITLE IV—DIVESTMENT FROM IRAN 
Sec. 401. Requiring the divestiture of current investments in Iran, prohibiting 
future investments in Iran, and requiring the disclosure to in-
vestors of information relating to such investments. 
Sec. 402. Incentives for divestment from Iran. 
Sec. 403. Denial of tax benefits for taxpayers engaged in business activity with 
Iran prohibited by United States law. 
Sec. 404. Tax on income derived by foreign corporations from business activity 
with Iran prohibited by United States law. 
TITLE V—COMPENSATION FOR FORMER UNITED STATES HOS-
TAGES HELD BY IRAN AND VICTIMS OF IRANIAN-SPONSORED 
TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES 
Sec. 501. Creation of Fund. 
Sec. 502. Transfers to Fund. 
Sec. 503. Expenditures from Fund. 
Sec. 504. Compensation amounts. 
Sec. 505. Remaining funds. 
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Sec. 506. Rule of construction. 
TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO IRANIAN UN-
CONVENTIONAL 
WEAPONS 
PROGRAMS 
AND 
SUPPORT 
FOR 
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
Sec. 601. Biological weapons capabilities and programs. 
Sec. 602. Iranian chemical weapons capabilities and programs. 
Sec. 603. Restrictions on nuclear cooperation with countries assisting the nu-
clear program of Iran. 
Sec. 604. Continuation of restrictions against the Government of Iran. 
TITLE VII—DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 701. Definitions. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE 
IRAN FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT 
SEC. 101. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a) of the Iran Free-
dom Support Act (Public Law 109–293; 50 U.S.C. 1701 
note) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and 
sections 2, 3, and 5 of Executive Order No. 13059 (relat-
ing to exports and certain other transactions with Iran) 
as in effect on January 1, 2006,’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 
2, 3, and 5 of Executive Order No. 13059 (relating to 
exports and certain other transactions with Iran) as in ef-
fect on January 1, 2006, and Executive Order No. 13382 
as in effect on January 15, 2009, until the President cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees, at least 
90 days before the removal of sanctions, that the Govern-
ment of Iran has verifiably dismantled its weapons of mass 
destruction programs and ceased its support for inter-
national terrorism.’’. 
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