I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3364 
To provide congressional review and to counter aggression by the Governments 
of Iran, the Russian Federation, and North Korea, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2017 
Mr. ROYCE of California (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MCCARTHY, and Mr. 
HOYER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intel-
ligence, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Serv-
ices, Financial Services, Rules, Ways and Means, and Transportation and 
Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide congressional review and to counter aggression 
by the Governments of Iran, the Russian Federation, 
and North Korea, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions 
Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian 
threats in the Middle East and North Africa. 
Sec. 104. Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic mis-
sile program. 
Sec. 105. Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the IRGC. 
Sec. 106. Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons responsible 
for human rights abuses. 
Sec. 107. Enforcement of arms embargos. 
Sec. 108. Review of applicability of sanctions relating to Iran’s support for ter-
rorism and its ballistic missile program. 
Sec. 109. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and 
the European Union. 
Sec. 110. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran. 
Sec. 111. Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance; rule of 
construction. 
Sec. 112. Presidential waiver authority. 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION AND COMBATING TERRORISM AND ILLICIT FINANCING 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other Measures With Respect to the Russian 
Federation 
Sec. 211. Findings. 
Sec. 212. Sense of Congress. 
PART 1—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT 
TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 215. Short title. 
Sec. 216. Congressional review of certain actions relating to sanctions imposed 
with respect to the Russian Federation. 
PART 2—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 221. Definitions. 
Sec. 222. Codification of sanctions relating to the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 223. Modification of implementation of Executive Order 13662. 
Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to activities of the Russian Fed-
eration undermining cybersecurity. 
Sec. 225. Imposition of sanctions relating to special Russian crude oil projects. 
Sec. 226. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Russian and other foreign fi-
nancial institutions. 
Sec. 227. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to significant corrup-
tion in the Russian Federation. 
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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 
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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