109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 282
AN ACT 
To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threat-
ening behavior and to support a transition to democracy 
in Iran.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Freedom Support 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN 
Sec. 101. Codification of sanctions. 
Sec. 102. Liability of parent companies for violations of sanctions by foreign 
entities. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS 
ACT OF 1996 AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO INVEST-
MENT IN IRAN 
Sec. 201. Multilateral regime. 
Sec. 202. Imposition of sanctions. 
Sec. 203. Termination of sanctions. 
Sec. 204. Sunset. 
Sec. 205. Clarification and expansion of definitions. 
Sec. 206. United States pension plans. 
Sec. 207. Technical and conforming amendments. 
TITLE III—DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO CURTAIL IRANIAN NU-
CLEAR 
PROLIFERATION 
AND 
SPONSORSHIP 
OF 
INTER-
NATIONAL TERRORISM 
Sec. 301. Diplomatic efforts. 
Sec. 302. Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. 
TITLE IV—DEMOCRACY IN IRAN 
Sec. 401. Declaration of Congress regarding United States policy toward Iran. 
Sec. 402. Assistance to support democracy in Iran. 
Sec. 403. Waiver of certain export license requirements.
TITLE I—CODIFICATION OF 
SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN 
SEC. 101. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS.—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 Execu-
tive 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 January 1, 2006, 
shall remain in effect until the President certifies to the 
Committee on International Relations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate that the Government of Iran has verifiably 
dismantled its weapons of mass destruction programs. 
(b) NO EFFECT ON OTHER SANCTIONS RELATING TO 
SUPPORT FOR ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—
Subsection (a) shall have no effect on United States sanc-
tions, controls, and regulations relating to a determination 
under section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act 
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)(A)), section 620A(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2371(a)), or section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2780(d)) relating to support for acts of inter-
national terrorism by the Government of Iran, as in effect 
on January 1, 2006. 
SEC. 102. LIABILITY OF PARENT COMPANIES FOR VIOLA-
TIONS OF SANCTIONS BY FOREIGN ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which an entity en-
gages in an act outside the United States which, if com-
mitted in the United States or by a United States person,
would violate Executive Order No. 12959 of May 6, 1995, 
Executive Order No. 13059 of August 19, 1997, or any 
other prohibition on transactions with respect to Iran that 
is imposed under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and if that entity 
was created or availed of for the purpose of engaging in 
such an act, the parent company of that entity shall be 
subject to the penalties for such violation to the same ex-
tent as if the parent company had engaged in that act. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
(1) an entity is a ‘‘parent company’’ of another 
entity if it owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50 
percent of the equity interest in that other entity 
and is a United States person; and 
(2) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, as-
sociation, trust, joint venture, corporation, or other 
organization.
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE 
IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS 
ACT OF 1996 AND OTHER PRO-
VISIONS RELATED TO INVEST-
MENT IN IRAN 
SEC. 201. MULTILATERAL REGIME. 
(a) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 4(b) of the 
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of the Iran Free-
dom Support Act and every six months thereafter, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report regarding specific diplomatic efforts 
undertaken pursuant to subsection (a), the results of those 
efforts, and a description of proposed diplomatic efforts 
pursuant to such subsection. Each report shall include—
‘‘(1) a list of the countries that have agreed to 
undertake measures to further the objectives of sec-
tion 3 with respect to Iran; 
‘‘(2) a description of those measures, includ-
ing—
‘‘(A) government actions with respect to 
public or private entities (or their subsidiaries)
located in their territories, that are engaged in 
Iran; 
‘‘(B) any decisions by the governments of 
these countries to rescind or continue the provi-
sion of credits, guarantees, or other govern-
mental assistance to these entities; and 
‘‘(C) actions taken in international fora to 
further the objectives of section 3; 
‘‘(3) a list of the countries that have not agreed 
to undertake measures to further the objectives of 
section 3 with respect to Iran, and the reasons 
therefor; and 
‘‘(4) a description of any memorandums of un-
derstanding, political understandings, or inter-
national agreements to which the United States has 
acceded which affect implementation of this section 
or section 5(a).’’. 
(b) WAIVER.—Section 4(c) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, on a 
case by case basis, waive for a period of not more 
than six months the application of section 5(a) with 
respect to a national of a country, if the President 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees