SEC. 202. EXPANSION OF LIST OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN 
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105 of the Comprehensive 
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 
2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CER-
TAIN
PERSONS
WHO
ARE
RESPONSIBLE
FOR 
OR
COMPLICIT’’ and inserting ‘‘PERSONS
IN-
VOLVED’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OR COMPLICIT’’ 
and inserting ‘‘INVOLVED’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Iran Non-
nuclear Sanctions Act of 2017, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a list of persons the President determines have com-
mitted or facilitated, directly or indirectly, human 
rights abuses or other acts of violence, intimidation, 
or harassment, on behalf of the Government of Iran 
on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether 
such abuses or acts occurred in Iran.’’; and 
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(C) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the Iran Nonnuclear Sanc-
tions Act of 2017’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) INCLUSION OF ACTIONS THAT VIOLATE UNI-
VERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.—For pur-
poses of subsection (b)(1), the term ‘human rights abuses’ 
includes actions that violate the rights listed in the United 
Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 
at Paris December 10, 1948.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
Divestment Act of 2010 is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 105 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 105. Imposition of sanctions on persons involved in human rights abuses 
committed against citizens of Iran or their family members 
after the June 12, 2009, elections in Iran.’’. 
SEC. 203. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC-
TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN 
INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 221 of the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 
U.S.C. 8727) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 221. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC-
TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN 
INDIVIDUALS. 
‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Iran 
Nonnuclear Sanctions Act of 2017, and every 180 days 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and publish in the Federal Reg-
ister a list of all individuals the President determines are 
described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An individual de-
scribed in this subsection is— 
‘‘(1) the Supreme Leader of Iran; 
‘‘(2) the President of Iran; 
‘‘(3) a current or former key official, manager, 
or director of an entity that is owned or controlled 
after November 14, 1979, by— 
‘‘(A) the Supreme Leader of Iran; 
‘‘(B) the Office of the Supreme Leader of 
Iran; 
‘‘(C) the President of Iran; 
‘‘(D) the Office of the President of Iran; 
‘‘(E) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps; 
‘‘(F) the Basij-e Motaz’afin; 
‘‘(G) the Guardian Council; 
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‘‘(H) the Ministry of Intelligence and Se-
curity of Iran; 
‘‘(I) the Atomic Energy Organization of 
Iran; 
‘‘(J) the Islamic Consultative Assembly of 
Iran; 
‘‘(K) the Assembly of Experts of Iran; 
‘‘(L) the Ministry of Defense and Armed 
Forces Logistics of Iran; 
‘‘(M) the Ministry of Justice of Iran; 
‘‘(N) the Ministry of Interior of Iran; 
‘‘(O) the prison system of Iran; 
‘‘(P) the judicial system of Iran, including 
the Islamic Revolutionary Courts; or 
‘‘(Q) any citizen of Iran included on the 
list of specially designated nationals and 
blocked persons maintained by the Office of 
Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
the Treasury; 
‘‘(4) a citizen of Iran indicted in a foreign coun-
try for, or otherwise suspected of, participation in a 
terrorist attack; 
‘‘(5) an individual involved in the kidnapping or 
unjust detention of a United States citizen, includ-
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ing a United States citizen who is also a citizen of 
another country; or 
‘‘(6) a politically exposed individual associated 
with an individual described in any of paragraphs 
(1) through (5) who is not a United States person. 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—Except as 
provided in subsection (f), the Secretary of State shall 
deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall exclude from the United States, any alien who is on 
the list required by subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—Except as provided 
in subsection (f), the President shall block and prohibit 
all transactions in all property and interests in property 
of any individual who is on the list required by subsection 
(a) 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. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Iran Non-
nuclear Sanctions Act of 2017, and every 90 days 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that de-
scribes the efforts the President has taken during 
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the 90 days preceding the submission of the report 
to locate and block all property and interests in 
property of any individual who is on the list required 
by subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 
by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex if nec-
essary. 
‘‘(f) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may not in-
clude an individual on the list required by subsection 
(a) if the President determines that, during the 10- 
year period preceding the determination, the indi-
vidual has not in any way engaged in, facilitated, or 
otherwise supported— 
‘‘(A) human rights abuses; 
‘‘(B) acts of international terrorism; or 
‘‘(C) the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction. 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE
WITH
UNITED
NATIONS 
HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Subsection (c) shall 
not apply to the head of state of Iran, or necessary 
staff of that head of state, if admission to the 
United States is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
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Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 
the United States. 
‘‘(g) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 
the application of subsection (c) or (d) with respect 
to an individual for a period of 180 days, and may 
renew that waiver for additional periods of 180 days, 
if the President— 
‘‘(A) determines that the waiver is vital to 
the national security of the United States; and 
‘‘(B) not less than 7 days before the waiv-
er or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may 
be, takes effect, submits a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees on the waiver 
and the reason for the waiver. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The 
President may not exercise the waiver authority pro-
vided under paragraph (1) to implement any inter-
national agreement with Iran unless, before exer-
cising the waiver authority, the agreement is ap-
proved through the enactment of a joint resolution 
or the Senate provides its advice and consent with 
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respect to the agreement pursuant to section 2 of ar-
ticle II of the Constitution of the United States. 
‘‘(3) FORM
OF
REPORT.—Each report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex 
if necessary. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) OWN
OR
CONTROL.—The term ‘own or 
control’ means, with respect to an entity— 
‘‘(A) to hold more than 25 percent of the 
equity interest by vote or value in the entity; 
‘‘(B) to hold any seats on the board of di-
rectors of the entity; or 
‘‘(C) to otherwise control the actions, poli-
cies, or personnel decisions of the entity. 
‘‘(2) POLITICALLY EXPOSED INDIVIDUAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘politically 
exposed individual’ includes a current or former 
senior political figure, the immediate family of 
such a figure, and close associates of such a fig-
ure. 
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
DEFINITIONS.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A): 
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‘‘(i) CLOSE
ASSOCIATE.—The term 
‘close associate’, with respect to a senior 
political figure— 
‘‘(I) means an individual who is 
widely and publicly known to maintain 
an unusually close relationship with 
the senior political figure; and 
‘‘(II) includes an individual who 
is in a position to conduct substantial 
domestic and international financial 
transactions on behalf of the senior 
political figure. 
‘‘(ii) IMMEDIATE FAMILY.—The term 
‘immediate family’, with respect to a senior 
foreign political figure, means the parents, 
siblings, spouse, children, and in-laws of 
the senior political figure. 
‘‘(iii) SENIOR
POLITICAL
FIGURE.— 
The term ‘senior political figure’ means a 
senior official in the executive, legislative, 
administrative, 
military, 
or 
judicial 
branches of the Government of Iran 
(whether elected or not), a senior official of 
a major political party in Iran, or a senior 
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executive of an entity owned or controlled 
by the Government of Iran.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 
Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to section 221 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 221. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain 
Iranian individuals.’’. 
SEC. 204. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
PERSONS 
WHO 
CONDUCT 
TRANSACTIONS 
WITH OR ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN IRANIAN 
INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title II of the Iran 
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 
(22 U.S.C. 8721 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 221 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 221A. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
PERSONS 
WHO 
CONDUCT 
TRANSACTIONS 
WITH OR ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN IRANIAN 
INDIVIDUALS. 
‘‘(a) SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF GOODS AND 
SERVICES.—The President shall impose five or more of 
the sanctions described in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanc-
tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 
note) with respect to a person that knowingly, on or after 
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the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of the Iran Nonnuclear Sanctions Act of 2017, sells, sup-
plies, or transfers goods or services to an individual who 
is on the list required by section 221(a). 
‘‘(b) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.— 
The President shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or 
impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the United 
States of a correspondent account or a payable-through 
account by any foreign financial institution that has know-
ingly conducted or facilitated a significant financial trans-
action on behalf of an individual who is on the list required 
by section 221(a). 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 
the application of subsection (a) or (b) with respect 
to a person for a period of 180 days, and may renew 
that waiver for additional periods of 180 days, if the 
President— 
‘‘(A) determines that the waiver is vital to 
the national security of the United States; and 
‘‘(B) not less than 7 days before the waiv-
er or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may 
be, takes effect, submits a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees on the waiver 
and the reason for the waiver. 
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‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The 
President may not exercise the waiver authority pro-
vided under paragraph (1) to implement any inter-
national agreement with Iran unless, before exer-
cising the waiver authority, the agreement is ap-
proved through the enactment of a joint resolution 
or the Senate provides its advice and consent with 
respect to the agreement pursuant to section 2 of ar-
ticle II of the Constitution of the United States. 
‘‘(3) FORM
OF
REPORT.—Each report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex 
if necessary. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE 
IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996.—The following provisions 
of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 
50 U.S.C. 1701 note) shall apply with respect to the impo-
sition of sanctions under subsection (a) to the same extent 
that such provisions apply with respect to the imposition 
of sanctions under section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996: 
‘‘(1) Subsections (c), (d), and (f) of section 5. 
‘‘(2) Section 8. 
‘‘(3) Section 11. 
‘‘(4) Section 12. 
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‘‘(5) Section 13(b). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
‘‘(1) ACCOUNT; 
CORRESPONDENT
ACCOUNT; 
PAYABLE-THROUGH
ACCOUNT.—The 
terms 
‘ac-
count’, 
‘correspondent 
account’, 
and 
‘payable- 
through account’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘foreign financial institution’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 
regulation or ruling).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 
Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 221 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 221A. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who conduct trans-
actions with or on behalf of certain Iranian individuals.’’. 
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SEC. 205. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FI-
NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN 
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS ON BEHALF OF 
PERSONS 
INVOLVED 
IN 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS 
ABUSES OR THAT EXPORT SENSITIVE TECH-
NOLOGY TO IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(c)(2) of the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 
Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) facilitates a significant transaction or 
transactions or provides significant financial 
services for— 
‘‘(i) a person that is subject to sanc-
tions 
under 
section 
105(c), 
105A(c), 
105B(c), or 105C(a); or 
‘‘(ii) a person that exports sensitive 
technology to Iran and is subject to the 
prohibition on procurement contracts as 
described in section 106.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 
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of this Act and apply with respect to any activity described 
in subparagraph (F) of section 104(c)(2) of the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 
Act of 2010, as added by subsection (a)(3), initiated on 
or after the date that is 90 days after such date of enact-
ment. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall prescribe regulations to carry out the 
amendments made by subsection (a). 
SEC. 206. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF 
IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title IV of the Iran 
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 
(22 U.S.C. 8751 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 416. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF 
IRAN. 
‘‘(a) POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.—It is the pol-
icy of the United States— 
‘‘(1) to support the efforts of the people of Iran 
to promote the establishment of basic freedoms in 
Iran; 
‘‘(2) to lay the foundation for the emergence of 
a freely elected, open, and democratic political sys-
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tem in Iran that is not a threat to its neighbors or 
to the United States and to work with all citizens of 
Iran who seek to establish such a political system; 
‘‘(3) to support the emergence of a government 
in Iran that does not oppress the people of Iran and 
does not persecute, intimidate, arrest, imprison, or 
execute dissidents or minorities; 
‘‘(4) to advocate on behalf of those in Iran per-
secuted for their religion or belief; 
‘‘(5) to assist the people of Iran to produce, ac-
cess, and share information freely and safely 
through the Internet and other media; and 
‘‘(6) to defeat all attempts by the Government 
of Iran to jam or otherwise obstruct international 
satellite broadcast signals. 
‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
‘‘(1) the United States should support citizens 
of Iran that actively work to advance political, eco-
nomic, and social reforms, including freedom of the 
press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and 
representative government; 
‘‘(2) the President should use all available non-
violent means to support citizens of Iran that advo-
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in the possession or control of a United States per-
son. 
‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
NATIONAL
EMER-
GENCY
REQUIREMENT.—The requirements under 
section 202 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply 
for purposes of this subsection. 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary of State shall deny a visa 
to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ex-
clude from the United States, any alien subject to 
blocking of property and interests in property under 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE
WITH
UNITED
NATIONS 
HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to the head of state of Iran, or necessary 
staff of that head of state, if admission to the 
United States is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 
the United States. 
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