I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 485 
To strengthen existing legislation sanctioning persons aiding and facilitating 
nonproliferation activities by the Governments of Iran, North Korea, 
and Syria, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2009 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 
Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and 
Financial Services, 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 concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen existing legislation sanctioning persons aiding 
and facilitating nonproliferation activities by the Govern-
ments of Iran, North Korea, and Syria, 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 
‘‘Security through Termination Of Proliferation Act of 
2009’’ or the ‘‘STOP Act of 2009’’. 
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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—CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN, NORTH 
KOREA, AND SYRIA 
Sec. 101. Codification of sanctions against Iran. 
Sec. 102. Codification of sanctions against North Korea. 
Sec. 103. Codification of sanctions against Syria. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND 
SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT 
Sec. 201. Transshipment of certain goods, services, or technology. 
Sec. 202. Restrictions on nuclear cooperation. 
Sec. 203. Exclusion of senior officials. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996 
AND RELATED PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Exclusion from the United States of senior officials of foreign persons 
who have aided proliferation relating to Iran. 
Sec. 302. Denial of tax benefits for taxpayers engaged in business activity with 
Iran prohibited by United States law. 
Sec. 303. Income tax of foreign corporations engaged in business activity with 
Iran prohibited by United States law. 
Sec. 304. Compensation for Former United States Hostages in Iran Fund. 
TITLE IV—DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 401. Definitions. 
TITLE 
I—CODIFICATION 
OF 
SANCTIONS 
AGAINST 
IRAN, 
NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA 
SEC. 101. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN. 
United States sanctions, controls, and regulations 
with respect to Iran imposed pursuant to Executive Order 
No. 12957, sections 1(b) through (1)(g) and sections (2) 
through (6) of Executive Order No. 12959, and sections 
2 and 3 of Executive Order No. 13059 (relating to exports 
and certain other transactions with Iran) as in effect on 
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January 1, 2006, shall remain in effect until the President 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
the Government of Iran has verifiably dismantled its 
weapons of mass destruction programs. 
SEC. 102. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH 
KOREA. 
United States sanctions, controls, and regulations 
with respect to North Korea imposed by reason of a deter-
mination of the Secretary of State that the Government 
of North Korea, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursu-
ant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 
620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or other pro-
vision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided 
support for acts of international terrorism, shall remain 
in effect and may not be lifted pursuant to such provisions 
of law until the President certifies to appropriate congres-
sional committees that the Government of North Korea 
has verifiably dismantled its weapons of mass destruction 
programs. 
SEC. 103. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST SYRIA. 
Restrictions against the Government of Syria, and on 
persons by reason of their direction of, or contribution to, 
activities of the Government of Syria, that were imposed 
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pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act, the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sov-
ereignty Act of 2003, the Iran, North Korea, and Syria 
Nonproliferation Act, or any similar provision of law, as 
in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, includ-
ing the restrictions imposed under Executive Order 12938 
(as amended by Executive Order 13094), Executive Order 
13338, Executive Order 13399, Executive Order 13460, 
and any similar Executive Order, shall remain in effect 
and may not be lifted pursuant to such provisions of law 
until the President certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that the Government of Syria has 
verifiably dismantled its weapons of mass destruction pro-
grams. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE 
IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND 
SYRIA 
NONPROLIFERATION 
ACT 
SEC. 201. TRANSSHIPMENT OF CERTAIN GOODS, SERVICES, 
OR TECHNOLOGY. 
The Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation 
Act (Public Law 106–178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 2— 
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(A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘Syria’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after ‘‘North Korea’’ 
the following: ‘‘, on or after January 1, 
1999, permitted, hosted or otherwise facili-
tated a transshipment (as such term is de-
fined in section 5) that may have enabled 
a foreign person to transfer (as such term 
is defined in section 7) to or acquire from 
Iran, on or after January 1, 2005, per-
mitted, hosted or otherwise facilitated a 
transshipment that may have enabled a 
foreign person to transfer to or acquire 
from Syria, or on or after January 1, 
2006, permitted, hosted or otherwise facili-
tated a transshipment that may have en-
abled a person to transfer to or acquire 
from North Korea’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘, or 
whose transfer via transshipment was per-
mitted, hosted or facilitated,’’ after ‘‘trans-
ferred’’; and 
(2) in section 5— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
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