‘‘(B) the name of any persons who partici-
pated or invested in or facilitated such activity; 
‘‘(C) the United States domiciliary of the 
persons referred to in subparagraph (B); 
‘‘(D) any Federal Government contracts to 
which the persons referred to in subparagraph 
(B) are parties; and 
‘‘(E) the steps taken by the United States 
to respond to such activity. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.—The report 
required by this subsection shall also include a list 
of— 
‘‘(A) any person that the President deter-
mines is an agent, alias, front, instrumentality, 
representative, official, or affiliate of the Is-
lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or is an indi-
vidual serving as a representative of the Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps; 
‘‘(B) any person that the President deter-
mines has knowingly provided material support 
to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or an 
agent, alias, front, instrumentality, representa-
tive, official, or affiliate of the Islamic Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps; and
‘‘(C) any person who has conducted any 
commercial transaction or financial transaction 
with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps or 
an agent, alias, front, instrumentality, rep-
resentative, official, or affiliate of the Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps. 
‘‘(4) FORM OF REPORTS; PUBLICATION.—The 
reports required under this subsection shall be— 
‘‘(A) submitted in unclassified form, but 
may contain a classified annex; and 
‘‘(B) published in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS ON GLOBAL TRADE RELATING TO 
IRAN.—Not later than one year after the date of the en-
actment of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 
2009 and annually thereafter, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report, with 
respect to the immediately preceding 12-month period, on 
the dollar value amount of trade, including in the energy 
sector, between Iran and each country maintaining mem-
bership in the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and 
Central Bank Governors.’’. 
(f) CLARIFICATION
AND EXPANSION
OF DEFINI-
TIONS.—Section 14 of such Act is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (13)(B)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘financial institution, in-
surer, underwriter, guarantor, any other busi-
ness organization, including any foreign sub-
sidiary, parent, or affiliate of such a business 
organization,’’ after ‘‘trust,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, such as an export cred-
it agency’’ before the semicolon at the end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (15) and (16) 
as paragraphs (17) and (18), respectively; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (14) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(14) 
KNOWINGLY.—The 
term 
‘knowingly’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) having actual knowledge; or 
‘‘(B) having the constructive knowledge 
deemed to be possessed by a reasonable indi-
vidual who acts under similar circumstances. 
‘‘(15) PETROLEUM RESOURCES.—The term ‘pe-
troleum resources’ includes petroleum, oil or lique-
fied natural gas, oil or liquefied natural gas tankers, 
and products used to construct or maintain pipelines 
used to transport oil or compressed or liquefied nat-
ural gas. 
‘‘(16) REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.—The 
term ‘refined petroleum products’ means gasoline,
kerosene, diesel fuel, residual fuel oil, and distillates 
and other goods classified in headings 2709 and 
2710 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States.’’. 
(g) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—Sec-
tion 8 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The requirement under section 
5(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO 
INVESTMENT.—The 
requirement 
under 
section 
5(a)(1)(A)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘with respect to Iran’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.—The re-
quirements under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of section 
5(a) and section 6(b) to impose sanctions shall no longer 
have force or effect if the President determines and cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
Iran— 
‘‘(1) has ceased its efforts to design, develop, 
manufacture, or acquire a nuclear explosive device or 
related materials and technology; and 
‘‘(2) has ceased nuclear-related activities, in-
cluding uranium enrichment, that would facilitate 
the efforts described in paragraph (1).’’.
(h) EXTENSION OF ACT.—Section 13(b) of the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 is amended by striking ‘‘2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
(i) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) MULTILATERAL
REGIME.—Section 4 of 
such Act is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘(in 
addition to that provided in subsection (d))’’; 
and 
(B) by striking subsection (d) and redesig-
nating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) 
and (e), respectively. 
(2) REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN 
AFFAIRS.—Section 14(2) of such Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘International Relations’’ and inserting 
‘‘Foreign Affairs’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section 
5(c)(1) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘or (b)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or (b)(1)’’. 
(B) Section 9(a) of such Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘or 5(b)’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘or 5(b)(1)’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect upon the expiration of the 60-day
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
except that— 
(1) paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 5(a), sec-
tion 5(b)(2), and section 6(b), of the Iran Sanctions 
Act of 1996, as amended by this Act, shall apply to 
conduct engaged in on or after October 28, 2009, 
notwithstanding section 5(f)(3) of the Iran Sanc-
tions Act of 1996; and 
(2) the amendments made by subsection (d) of 
section 3 of this Act shall apply with respect to con-
duct engaged in before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) EXISTING
SANCTIONS
NOT
AFFECTED.— 
The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of 
section 3 of this Act shall not be construed to affect 
the requirements of section 5(a) of the Iran Sanc-
tions Act of 1996 as in effect before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and such requirements con-
tinue to apply, on and after such date of enactment, 
to conduct engaged in before October 28, 2009. 
(2) WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—The amendments 
made by subsection (d) of section 3 of this Act shall 
not be construed to affect any exercise of the au-
thority under section 4(f) or section 9(c) of the Iran
Sanctions Act of 1996 as in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 
2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2194 
AN ACT 
To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to en-
hance United States diplomatic efforts with re-
spect to Iran by expanding economic sanctions 
against Iran.