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Sec. 261. Development of national strategy. 
Sec. 262. Contents of national strategy. 
PART 2—ENHANCING ANTITERRORISM TOOLS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
Sec. 271. Improving antiterror finance monitoring of funds transfers. 
Sec. 272. Sense of Congress on international cooperation regarding terrorist fi-
nancing intelligence. 
Sec. 273. Examining the counter-terror financing role of the Department of the 
Treasury in embassies. 
Sec. 274. Inclusion of Secretary of the Treasury on the National Security 
Council. 
Sec. 275. Inclusion of all funds. 
PART 3—DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 281. Definitions. 
Subtitle D—Rule of Construction 
Sec. 291. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 292. Sense of Congress on the strategic importance of Article 5 of the 
North Atlantic Treaty. 
TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions to Enforce and Implement United Nations Security 
Council Sanctions Against North Korea 
Sec. 311. Modification and expansion of requirements for the designation of 
persons. 
Sec. 312. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts. 
Sec. 313. Limitations on foreign assistance to noncompliant governments. 
Sec. 314. Amendments to enhance inspection authorities. 
Sec. 315. Enforcing compliance with United Nations shipping sanctions against 
North Korea. 
Sec. 316. Report on cooperation between North Korea and Iran. 
Sec. 317. Report on implementation of United Nations Security Council resolu-
tions by other governments. 
Sec. 318. Briefing on measures to deny specialized financial messaging services 
to designated North Korean financial institutions. 
Subtitle B—Sanctions With Respect to Human Rights Abuses by the 
Government of North Korea 
Sec. 321. Sanctions for forced labor and slavery overseas of North Koreans. 
Sec. 322. Modifications to sanctions suspension and waiver authorities. 
Sec. 323. Reward for informants. 
Sec. 324. Determination on designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of 
terrorism. 
Subtitle C—General Authorities 
Sec. 331. Authority to consolidate reports. 
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Sec. 332. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 333. Regulatory authority. 
Sec. 334. Limitation on funds. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO IRAN 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Iran’s De-
stabilizing Activities Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The 
term ‘‘act of international terrorism’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanc-
tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 
1701 note). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
(4) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian per-
son’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a citizen or na-
tional of Iran; or 
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(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of 
the Government of Iran. 
(5) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s Is-
lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 
(6) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 
50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(7) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 103. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CON-
VENTIONAL 
AND 
ASYMMETRIC 
IRANIAN 
THREATS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH 
AFRICA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there-
after, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, 
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the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees and leadership a 
strategy for deterring conventional and asymmetric Ira-
nian activities and threats that directly threaten the 
United States and key allies in the Middle East, North 
Africa, and beyond. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall include at a minimum the following: 
(1) A summary of the near- and long-term 
United States objectives, plans, and means for coun-
tering Iran’s destabilizing activities, including identi-
fication of countries that share the objective of coun-
tering Iran’s destabilizing activities. 
(2) A summary of the capabilities and contribu-
tions of individual countries to shared efforts to 
counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and a sum-
mary of additional actions or contributions that each 
country could take to further contribute. 
(3) An assessment of Iran’s conventional force 
capabilities and an assessment of Iran’s plans to up-
grade its conventional force capabilities, including its 
acquisition, development, and deployment of ballistic 
and cruise missile capabilities, unmanned aerial vehi-
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cles, and maritime offensive and anti-access or area 
denial capabilities. 
(4) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and bio-
logical weapons capabilities and an assessment of 
Iranian plans to upgrade its chemical or biological 
weapons capabilities. 
(5) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activi-
ties in the region, including— 
(A) the size, capabilities, and activities of 
the IRGC, including the Quds Force; 
(B) the size, capabilities, and activities of 
Iran’s cyber operations; 
(C) the types and amount of support, in-
cluding funding, lethal and nonlethal contribu-
tions, and training, provided to Hezbollah, 
Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the regime of 
Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Houthi fighters in 
Yemen, and other violent groups across the 
Middle East; and 
(D) the scope and objectives of Iran’s in-
formation operations and use of propaganda. 
(6) A summary of United States actions, unilat-
erally and in cooperation with foreign governments, 
to counter destabilizing Iranian activities, includ-
ing— 
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(A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms 
bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist 
organizations under section 219 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
(B) Iran’s interference in international 
commercial shipping lanes; 
(C) attempts by Iran to undermine or sub-
vert internationally recognized governments in 
the Middle East region; and 
(D) Iran’s support for the regime of 
Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including— 
(i) financial assistance, military equip-
ment and personnel, and other support 
provided to that regime; and 
(ii) support and direction to other 
armed actors that are not Syrian or Ira-
nian and are acting on behalf of that re-
gime. 
(c) FORM OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
AND LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees and leadership’’ 
means— 
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(1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and 
minority leaders of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the majority lead-
er, and the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 104. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RE-
SPONSE TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary 
of State should continue to implement Executive Order 
No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
property of weapons of mass destruction delivery system 
proliferators and their supporters). 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 
impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re-
spect to any person that the President determines, on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that ma-
terially contributes to the activities of the Govern-
ment of Iran with respect to its ballistic missile pro-
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gram, or any other program in Iran for developing, 
deploying, or maintaining systems capable of deliv-
ering weapons of mass destruction, including any ef-
forts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, 
transport, transfer, or use such capabilities; 
(2) is a successor entity to a person referred to 
in paragraph (1); 
(3) owns or controls or is owned or controlled 
by a person referred to in paragraph (1); 
(4) forms an entity with the purpose of evading 
sanctions that would otherwise be imposed pursuant 
to paragraph (3); 
(5) is acting for or on behalf of a person re-
ferred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 
(6) knowingly provides or attempts to provide 
financial, material, technological, or other support 
for, or goods or services in support of, a person re-
ferred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5). 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall block, in accordance with the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of any person subject to subsection (b) 
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if such property and interests in property are in the 
United States, come within the United States, or are 
or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The 
Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 
United States, any person subject to subsection (b) 
that is an alien. 
(d) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub-
section (c)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen-
alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 
of the International 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. 
(e) REPORT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAN’S BAL-
LISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report describing each person that— 
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(A) has, during the period specified in 
paragraph (2), conducted any activity that has 
materially contributed to the activities of the 
Government of Iran with respect to its ballistic 
missile program, or any other program in Iran 
for developing, deploying, or maintaining sys-
tems capable of delivering weapons of mass de-
struction, including any efforts to manufacture, 
acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or 
use such capabilities; 
(B) is a successor entity to a person re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A); 
(C) owns or controls or is owned or con-
trolled by a person referred to in subparagraph 
(A); 
(D) forms an entity with the purpose of 
evading sanctions that could be imposed as a 
result of a relationship described in subpara-
graph (C); 
(E) is acting for or on behalf of a person 
referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or 
(D); or 
(F) is known or believed to have provided, 
or attempted to provide, during the period spec-
ified in paragraph (2), financial, material, tech-
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nological, or other support for, or goods or serv-
ices in support of, any material contribution to 
a program described in subparagraph (A) car-
ried out by a person described in subparagraph 
(A), (B), (C), (D), or (E). 
(2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 
in this paragraph is— 
(A) in the case of the first report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1), the period begin-
ning January 1, 2016, and ending on the date 
the report is submitted; and 
(B) in the case of a subsequent such re-
port, the 180-day period preceding the submis-
sion of the report. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 
by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANC-
TIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant 
to Executive Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note; relating to blocking property of weapons of 
mass destruction delivery system proliferators and 
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