SEC. 2. IMPROVED COORDINATION OF EFFORTS TO PRO-
MOTE INTERNET FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO 
INFORMATION IN IRAN. 
(a) DUTIES.—The Secretary of State shall be the 
Federal official with primary responsible for the following 
duties: 
(1) Promoting widespread internet freedom in 
Iran and access to information in Iran. 
(2) Coordinating any efforts carried out by the 
heads of other Federal departments and agencies re-
lating to the promotion of widespread internet free-
dom in Iran and access to information in Iran. 
(3) Serving as the principal official within the 
Federal Government responsible for coordinating up-
dates to the strategy required under section 414 of 
the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 
Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754) and implementing 
such strategy and any updates thereto. 
(b) UPDATES TO COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO 
PROMOTE INTERNET FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO INFOR-
MATION IN IRAN.— 
(1) UPDATES.—Section 414 of the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 
U.S.C. 8754) is amended— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A) INITIAL STRATEGY.—Not later 
than’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (11) and 
(12) as paragraphs (14) and (15), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (10) the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(11) evaluate the use of virtual private net-
works and direct-to-cell satellite technologies by civil 
society and human rights activists in Iran and de-
velop strategies for increasing the accessibility of 
such networks and technologies; 
‘‘(12) develop guidance for the Department of 
the Treasury to ensure that enforcement of sanc-
tions does not prevent companies from providing to 
Iranian civilians the technology and other tools nec-
essary to access the open internet; 
‘‘(13) assess the ability of the Iranian regime to 
cut off all access to the internet and develop a strat-
egy to circumvent internet blackouts for Iranian civil 
society;’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) UPDATES.—The Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Treasury, the Secretary of Com-
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merce, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and the heads of the elements 
of the intelligence community (as such term is defined in 
section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003)), shall review the strategy under subsection (a) on 
an ongoing basis and update the strategy as appropriate, 
taking into account the results of such review.’’. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF FIRST UPDATES.— 
(A) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment, the Sec-
retary of State shall— 
(i) review and update the strategy 
pursuant to section 414(b) of the Iran 
Threat 
Reduction 
and 
Syria 
Human 
Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754), as 
amended by paragraph (1); and 
(ii) submit such updated strategy to 
the appropriate congressional committees. 
(B) FORM.—The strategy under subpara-
graph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the following: 
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(1) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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