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6401 et seq.) and authority delegated by the Presi-
dent, designates nations found guilty of ‘‘particularly 
severe violations of religious freedom’’ as ‘‘Countries 
of Particular Concern’’. 
(2) In November 2006, the Secretary of State 
announced that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
was no longer designated as a ‘‘Country of Par-
ticular Concern’’. 
(3) The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam 
(UBCV), the Hoa Hao Buddhists, and the Cao Dai 
groups continue to face unwarranted abuses because 
of their attempts to organize independently of the 
Government of Vietnam, including the detention and 
imprisonment of individual members of these reli-
gious communities. 
(4) Over the last 3 years, 18 Hoa Hao Bud-
dhists have been arrested for distributing sacred 
texts or publically protesting the religious restric-
tions placed on them by the Government of Vietnam, 
at least 12 remain in prison, including 4 sentenced 
in 2007 for staging a peaceful hunger strike. 
(5) At least 15 individuals are being detained in 
long term house arrest for reasons relating to their 
faith, including the most venerable Thich Quang Do 
and most of the leadership of the UBCV. 
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(6) According to Human Rights Watch, ‘‘In 
April 2008 Montagnard Christian Y Ben Hdok was 
beaten to death while in police custody in Dak Lak 
after other Montagards in his district tried to flee to 
Cambodia to seek political asylum.’’. 
(7) According to the United States Commission 
on International Religious Freedom 2009 Annual 
Report, religious freedom advocates and human 
rights defenders Nguyen Van Dai, Le Thi Cong 
Nhan, and Fr. Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly are in 
prison under Article 88 of the Criminal Code of 
Vietnam and Fr. Nguyen Van Loi is being held 
without official detention orders under house arrest. 
(8) In February 2009, as many as 11 
Montagnard Protestants were detained for refusing 
to join the officially recognized Southern Evangelical 
Church of Vietnam, and 2 still remain in prison. 
(9) Since August 2008, the Government of 
Vietnam has arrested and sentenced at least eight 
individuals and beaten, tear-gassed, harassed, pub-
licly slandered, and threatened Catholics engaged in 
peaceful activities seeking the return of Catholic 
Church properties confiscated by the Vietnamese 
Government after 1954 in Hanoi, including in the 
Thai Ha parish. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Secretary of State should place Vietnam 
on the list of ‘‘Countries of Particular Concern’’ for 
particularly severe violations of religious freedom; 
and 
(2) the Government of Vietnam should lift re-
strictions on religious freedom and implement nec-
essary legal and political reforms to protect religious 
freedom. 
SEC. 1113. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HOLOCAUST-ERA 
PROPERTY RESTITUTION AND COMPENSA-
TION. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) countries in Central and Eastern Europe 
which have not already done so— 
(A) should return looted and confiscated 
properties to their rightful owners or, where 
restitution is not possible, pay equitable com-
pensation to the rightful owners, in accordance 
with principles of justice and in a manner that 
is expeditious, transparent, and fair; and 
(B) should enact and implement appro-
priate restitution and compensation laws to ef-
fectively facilitate private, communal, and reli-
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gious property restitution in a manner that is 
expeditious, transparent and fair; and 
(2) the Secretary of State should urge all gov-
ernments of countries whose domestic insurance 
companies have not done an adequate job of settling 
Holocaust-era insurance policies and disclosing the 
names of policy owners to enact and implement nec-
essary laws to resolve these remaining matters. 
TITLE XII—ISRAEL 
SEC. 1201. FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING FOR ISRAEL. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should continue to support 
the August 2007 announcement that it would increase 
United States military assistance to Israel by $6 billion 
through incremental $150 million annual increases in For-
eign Military Financing to Israel, starting at $2.55 billion 
in fiscal year 2009 and reaching $3.15 billion by 2013 
through 2018. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the President for grant 
assistance to Israel under section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763; relating to the Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program) such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 
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SEC. 1202. SUPPORT TO ISRAEL FOR MISSILE DEFENSE. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States to— 
(1) provide for deployment as soon as is techno-
logically possible of effective missile defense systems 
capable of defending Israel and all member nations 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization against 
ballistic missile attack from Iran, Syria and other 
potential threats; and 
(2) fully resource and expand the ballistic mis-
sile defense system of the United States to fully in-
tegrate with the defenses of Israel to provide robust, 
layered protection against ballistic missile, and me-
dium and short range projectile attack. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for co-development of joint ballistic 
missile, medium and short-range projectile defense 
projects with Israel, including— 
(1) complete accelerated co-production of Arrow 
missiles and continued integration with the ballistic 
missile defense system of the United States; 
(2) system development of the Missile Defense 
Agency and Israel Missile Defense Organization 
joint program to develop a short-range ballistic mis-
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sile defense capability, David’s Sling weapon system, 
and integrate the weapon system with the ballistic 
missile defense system and force protection efforts of 
the United States; and 
(3) research, development, and test and evalua-
tion of the Iron Dome short-range projectile defense 
system. 
(c) REPORT AND STRATEGY.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter in connection with the submission 
of congressional presentation materials for the for-
eign operations appropriations and defense appro-
priations budget request, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report regarding the activities authorized under 
subsection (b)(1). 
(2) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The report required 
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form to the maximum extent practicable, but 
may include a classified annex, if necessary. 
(3) DEFINITION
OF
APPROPRIATE
CONGRES-
SIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Armed Services in the 
Senate. 
SEC. 1203. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL CIVILIAN NUCLEAR CO-
OPERATION AGREEMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States and Israel are robust de-
mocracies, with a deeply rooted alliance that is based 
on a shared commitment to freedom, the promotion 
of human rights and dignity, and the determination 
to secure a just and lasting peace in the Middle 
East. 
(2) The cooperation between the United States 
and Israel on political, military, intelligence, and 
economic matters is among the strongest of all of 
United States allies. 
(3) Israel’s economic well-being and security re-
quire a guaranteed source of energy, which can be 
supplied through the use of peaceful nuclear power. 
Israel’s role as a key ally in the Middle East ensures 
that the United States will have a strong and con-
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tinuing interest in enhancing that well-being and se-
curity. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States to secure an agreement on peaceful 
nuclear cooperation with Israel pursuant to section 123 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. 
SEC. 1204. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN THE 
ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERA-
TION AND DEVELOPMENT. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to support 
and advocate for Israel’s accession to the OECD, includ-
ing through coordination of efforts with other countries 
supportive of Israel’s membership in the OECD. 
SEC. 1205. RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL 
OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND RELOCATION 
OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY TO JERU-
SALEM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in 
which the rights of every ethnic and religious group 
are protected as they have been by Israel since 
1967; 
(2) the President and the Secretary of State 
should publicly affirm as a matter of United States 
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policy that Jerusalem must remain the undivided 
capital of the State of Israel; 
(3) the President should immediately implement 
the provisions of Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 
(Public Law 104–45) and begin the process of relo-
cating the United States Embassy in Israel to Jeru-
salem; and 
(4) United States officials should refrain from 
any actions that contradict United States law on 
this subject. 
(b) REMOVAL OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Jeru-
salem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–45) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking section 7; and 
(2) by redesignating section 8 as section 7. 
(c) IDENTIFICATION OF JERUSALEM ON GOVERN-
MENT DOCUMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any official document of the United States 
Government which lists countries and their capital cities 
shall identify Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 
(d) TIMETABLE.— 
(1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of 
the United States that the United States Embassy 
in Israel should be established in Jerusalem as soon 
as possible, and not later than January 1, 2012. 
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(2) OPENING DETERMINATION.—Not more than 
50 percent of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of State for fiscal year 2012 for ‘‘Acquisition 
and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad’’ may be obli-
gated until the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to Congress that the United States Embassy 
in Jerusalem has officially opened. 
(e) FISCAL YEARS 2010 AND 2011 FUNDING.— 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2010.—Of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated for ‘‘Acquisition and Mainte-
nance of Buildings Abroad’’ for the Department of 
State for fiscal year 2010, such sums as may be nec-
essary should be made available until expended only 
for construction and other costs associated with the 
establishment of the United States Embassy in 
Israel in the capital of Jerusalem. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2011.—Of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated for ‘‘Acquisition and Mainte-
nance of Buildings Abroad’’ for the Department of 
State for fiscal year 2011, such sums as may be nec-
essary should be made available until expended only 
for construction and other costs associated with the 
establishment of the United States Embassy in 
Israel in the capital of Jerusalem. 
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(f) DEFINITION.—As used in this Act, the term 
‘‘United States Embassy’’ means the offices of the United 
States diplomatic mission and the residence of the United 
States chief of mission. 
TITLE XIII—IRAN REFINED 
PETROLEUM SANCTIONS 
SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Refined Petro-
leum Sanctions Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 1302. AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 
1996. 
(a) EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS.—Section 5(a) of the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES OF IRAN AND EXPOR-
TATION OF REFINED PETROLEUM TO IRAN.— 
‘‘(1) 
DEVELOPMENT
OF
PETROLEUM
RE-
SOURCES OF IRAN.— 
‘‘(A) INVESTMENT.—Except as provided in 
subsection (f), the President shall impose 2 or 
more of the sanctions described in paragraphs 
(1) through (6) of section 6(a) if the President 
determines that a person has, with actual 
knowledge, on or after the date of the enact-
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ment of this Act, made an investment of 
$20,000,000 or more (or any combination of in-
vestments of at least $5,000,000 each, which in 
the aggregate equals or exceeds $20,000,000 in 
any 12-month period), that directly and signifi-
cantly contributed to the enhancement of Iran’s 
ability to develop petroleum resources of Iran. 
‘‘(B) PRODUCTION
OF
REFINED
PETRO-
LEUM RESOURCES.—Except as provided in sub-
section (f), the President shall impose the sanc-
tions described in section 6(b) (in addition to 
any sanctions imposed under subparagraph (A)) 
if the President determines that a person has, 
with actual knowledge, on or after the date of 
the enactment of the Iran Refined Petroleum 
Sanctions Act of 2009, sold, leased, or provided 
to Iran any goods, services, technology, infor-
mation, or support that would allow Iran to 
maintain or expand its domestic production of 
refined petroleum resources, including any as-
sistance in refinery construction, modernization, 
or repair. 
‘‘(2) EXPORTATION OF REFINED PETROLEUM 
RESOURCES TO IRAN.—Except as provided in sub-
section (f), the President shall impose the sanctions 
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described in section 6(b) if the President determines 
that a person has, with actual knowledge, on or after 
the date of the enactment of the Iran Refined Petro-
leum Sanctions Act of 2009, provided Iran with re-
fined petroleum resources or engaged in any activity 
that could contribute to the enhancement of Iran’s 
ability to import refined petroleum resources, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) providing ships or shipping services 
to deliver refined petroleum resources to Iran; 
‘‘(B) underwriting or otherwise providing 
insurance or reinsurance for such activity; or 
‘‘(C) financing or brokering such activity.’’. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF SANCTIONS.—Section 6 of such 
Act is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The sanctions to be imposed on 
a sanctioned person under section 5 are as follows:’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions to be imposed on 
a sanctioned person under subsections (a)(1)(A) and (b) 
of section 5 are as follows:’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—The sanctions to be 
imposed on a sanctioned person under paragraphs (1)(B) 
and (2) of section 5(a) are as follows: 
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‘‘(1) FOREIGN
EXCHANGE.—The President 
shall, under such regulations as the President may 
prescribe, prohibit any transactions in foreign ex-
change by the sanctioned person. 
‘‘(2) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President 
shall, under such regulations as the President may 
prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or pay-
ments between, by, through, or to any financial in-
stitution, to the extent that such transfers or pay-
ments involve any interest of the sanctioned person. 
‘‘(3) PROPERTY
TRANSACTIONS.—The Presi-
dent shall, under such regulations as the President 
may prescribe, prohibit any acquisition, holding, 
withholding, use, transfer, withdrawal, transpor-
tation, importation, or exportation of, dealing in, or 
exercising any right, power, or privilege with respect 
to, or transactions involving, any property in which 
the sanctioned person has any interest by any per-
son, or with respect to any property, subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States.’’. 
(c) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER.—Section 9(c)(2) of such 
Act is amended by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) an estimate of the significance of the 
provision of the items described in paragraph 
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(1) or (2) of section 5(a) or section 5(b) to 
Iran’s ability to develop its petroleum resources, 
to maintain or expand its domestic production 
of refined petroleum resources, to import re-
fined petroleum resources, or to develop its 
weapons of mass destruction or other military 
capabilities (as the case may be); and’’. 
(d) STRENGTHENING OF WAIVER AUTHORITY AND 
SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) INVESTIGATIONS.—Section 4(f) of the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘should initiate’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall immediately initiate’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or 5(b)’’ after ‘‘sec-
tion 5(a)’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘as described in such 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘as described in sec-
tion 5(a)(1) or other activity described in 
section 5(a)(2) or 5(b) (as the case may 
be)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, pursu-
ant to section 5(a), if a person has engaged in 
investment activity in Iran as described in such 
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section’’ and inserting ‘‘, pursuant to section 
5(a) or (b) (as the case may be), if a person 
has engaged in investment activity in Iran as 
described in section 5(a)(1) or other activity de-
scribed in section 5(a)(2) or 5(b) (as the case 
may be)’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION
OF
CREDIBLE
INFORMA-
TION.—For the purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘credible information’ means public or classified in-
formation or reporting supported by other substan-
tiating evidence.’’. 
(2) EXCEPTION FOR PROLIFERATION SECURITY 
INITIATIVE.—Section 5(f) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) if the President determines in writing that 
the person to which the sanctions would otherwise be 
applied is— 
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‘‘(A) a citizen or resident of a country that 
is a participant in the Proliferation Security 
Initiative; or 
‘‘(B) a foreign person that is organized 
under the laws of a country described in sub-
paragraph (A) and is a subsidiary of a United 
States person.’’. 
(3) GENERAL
WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—Section 
9(c)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘impor-
tant to the national interest of the United States’’ 
and inserting ‘‘vital to the national security interest 
of the United States’’. 
(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—The amend-
ments made by this subsection shall not be con-
strued to affect any exercise of the authority of sec-
tion 4(f) or section 9(c) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996 as in effect on the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(e) REPORTS ON UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO CUR-
TAIL CERTAIN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO 
IRAN.—Section 10 of such Act is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(d) REPORTS
ON
CERTAIN
BUSINESS
TRANS-
ACTIONS RELATING TO IRAN.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Iran Refined 
Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, and every 6 
months thereafter, the President shall submit a re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees re-
garding any person who has— 
‘‘(A) provided Iran with refined petroleum 
resources; 
‘‘(B) sold, leased, or provided to Iran any 
goods, services, or technology that would allow 
Iran to maintain or expand its domestic produc-
tion of refined petroleum resources; or 
‘‘(C) engaged in any activity that could 
contribute to the enhancement of Iran’s ability 
to import refined petroleum resources. 
‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION.—For each activity set forth 
in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1), 
the President shall provide a complete and detailed 
description of such activity, including— 
‘‘(A) the date or dates of such activity; 
‘‘(B) the name of any persons who partici-
pated or invested in or facilitated such activity; 
‘‘(C) the United States domiciliary of the 
persons referred to in subparagraph (B); 
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‘‘(D) any Federal Government contracts to 
which the persons referred to in subparagraph 
(B) are parties; and 
‘‘(E) the steps taken by the United States 
to respond to such activity. 
‘‘(3) FORM OF REPORTS; PUBLICATION.—The 
reports required under this subsection shall be— 
‘‘(A) submitted in unclassified form, but 
may contain a classified annex; and 
‘‘(B) published in the Federal Register.’’. 
(f) CLARIFICATION
AND EXPANSION
OF DEFINI-
TIONS.—Section 14 of such Act is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (13)(B)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘financial institution, in-
surer, underwriter, guarantor, any other busi-
ness organization, including any foreign sub-
sidiary, parent, or affiliate of such a business 
organization,’’ after ‘‘trust,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, such as an export cred-
it agency’’ before the semicolon at the end; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (14) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(14) PETROLEUM RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘petroleum 
resources’ includes petroleum, petroleum by- 
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products, oil or liquefied natural gas, oil or liq-
uefied natural gas tankers, and products used 
to construct or maintain pipelines used to 
transport oil or compressed or liquefied natural 
gas. 
‘‘(B) 
PETROLEUM
BY-PRODUCTS.—The 
term ‘petroleum by-products’ means gasoline, 
kerosene, distillates, propane or butane gas, die-
sel fuel, residual fuel oil, and other goods classi-
fied in headings 2709 and 2710 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States.’’. 
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) MULTILATERAL
REGIME.—Section 4 of 
such Act is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘(in 
addition to that provided in subsection (d))’’; 
and 
(B) by striking subsection (d) and redesig-
nating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) 
and (e), respectively. 
(2) IMPOSITIONS OF SANCTIONS.—Section 5(b) 
of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘section 6’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 6(a)’’. 
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TITLE XIV—LIMITATION ON NU-
CLEAR COOPERATION WITH 
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
SEC. 1401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Limitation on Nuclear 
Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 1402. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIR-
ATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Government 
of the United Arab Emirates’’ includes the gov-
ernment of any subdivision of the United Arab 
Emirates, and any agency or instrumentality of 
the Government of the United Arab Emirates. 
(B) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘agen-
cy or instrumentality of the Government of the 
United Arab Emirates’’ means an agency or in-
strumentality of a foreign state as defined in 
section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code, 
with each reference in such section to ‘‘a for-
eign state’’ deemed to be a reference to ‘‘the 
United Arab Emirates’’. 
(2) GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Government 
of Iran’’ includes the government of any sub-
division of Iran, and any agency or instrumen-
tality of the Government of Iran. 
(B) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘agen-
cy or instrumentality of the Government of 
Iran’’ means an agency or instrumentality of a 
foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of 
title 28, United States Code, with each ref-
erence in such section to ‘‘a foreign state’’ 
deemed to be a reference to ‘‘Iran’’. 
(3) NATIONAL
OF
THE
UNITED
ARAB
EMIR-
ATES.—The term ‘‘national of the United Arab 
Emirates’’ means— 
(A) any citizen of the United Arab Emir-
ates; or 
(B) any other legal entity that is organized 
under the laws of the United Arab Emirates. 
(4) NATIONAL OF IRAN.—The term ‘‘national 
of Iran’’ means— 
(A) any citizen of Iran; or 
(B) any other legal entity that is organized 
under the laws of Iran. 
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SEC. 1403. RESTRICTION ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH 
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 
(a) RESTRICTION
ON
NUCLEAR
COOPERATION 
AGREEMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or any international agreement, no agreement for co-
operation between the United States of America and the 
United Arab Emirates pursuant to section 123 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) may enter 
into force on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act unless not less than 30 legislative days prior to such 
entry into force the President certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the requirements of sub-
section (c) have been met. 
(b) RESTRICTION ON EXPORTS OF NUCLEAR MATE-
RIAL, EQUIPMENT, OR TECHNOLOGY.—No license may be 
issued for the export of nuclear material, equipment, or 
technology to the United Arab Emirates pursuant to an 
agreement for cooperation between the United States of 
America and the United Arab Emirates pursuant to sec-
tion 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2153) for any fiscal year beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act unless not less than 30 legislative 
days prior to the issuance of such license the President 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees for 
such fiscal year that the requirements of subsection (c) 
have been met. 
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