I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3203 
To provide congressional review and to counter Iranian and Russian 
governments’ aggression. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2017 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, and Mr. HOYER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
in addition to the Committees on Intelligence, Armed Services, the Judici-
ary, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Rules, and 
Ways and Means, 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 provide congressional review and to counter Iranian and 
Russian governments’ aggression. 
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 
‘‘Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
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Sec. 3. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian 
threats in the Middle East and North Africa. 
Sec. 4. Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile 
program. 
Sec. 5. Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the IRGC. 
Sec. 6. Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons responsible 
for human rights abuses. 
Sec. 7. Enforcement of arms embargos. 
Sec. 8. Review of applicability of sanctions relating to Iran’s support for ter-
rorism and its ballistic missile program. 
Sec. 9. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and the 
European Union. 
Sec. 10. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran. 
Sec. 11. Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance; rule of 
construction. 
Sec. 12. Presidential waiver authority. 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION AND COMBATING TERRORISM AND ILLICIT FINANCING 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other Measures With Respect to the Russian 
Federation 
Sec. 211. Findings. 
Sec. 212. Sense of Congress. 
PART I—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT 
TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 215. Short title. 
Sec. 216. Congressional review of certain actions relating to sanctions imposed 
with respect to the Russian Federation. 
PART II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 221. Definitions. 
Sec. 222. Codification of sanctions relating to the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 223. Modification of implementation of Executive Order 13662. 
Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to activities of the Russian Fed-
eration undermining cybersecurity. 
Sec. 225. Imposition of sanctions relating to special Russian crude oil projects. 
Sec. 226. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Russian and other foreign fi-
nancial institutions. 
Sec. 227. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to significant corrup-
tion in the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 228. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to certain trans-
actions with foreign sanctions evaders and serious human 
rights abusers in the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 229. Notifications to Congress under Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 
2014. 
Sec. 230. Standards for termination of certain sanctions with respect to the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 231. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons engaging in trans-
actions with the intelligence or defense sectors of the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation. 
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Sec. 232. Sanctions with respect to the development of pipelines in the Russian 
Federation. 
Sec. 233. Sanctions with respect to investment in or facilitation of privatization 
of state-owned assets by the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 234. Sanctions with respect to the transfer of arms and related materiel 
to Syria. 
Sec. 235. Sanctions described. 
Sec. 236. Exceptions, waiver, and termination. 
Sec. 237. Exception relating to activities of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. 
Sec. 238. Rule of construction. 
PART III—REPORTS 
Sec. 241. Report on oligarchs and parastatal entities of the Russian Federa-
tion. 
Sec. 242. Report on effects of expanding sanctions to include sovereign debt 
and derivative products. 
Sec. 243. Report on illicit finance relating to the Russian Federation. 
Subtitle B—Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia 
Sec. 251. Findings. 
Sec. 252. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 253. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 254. Coordinating aid and assistance across Europe and Eurasia. 
Sec. 255. Report on media organizations controlled and funded by the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 256. Report on Russian Federation influence on elections in Europe and 
Eurasia. 
Sec. 257. Ukranian energy security. 
Sec. 258. Termination. 
Sec. 259. Appropriate congressional committees defined. 
Subtitle C—Combating Terrorism and Illicit Financing 
PART I—NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING TERRORIST AND OTHER 
ILLICIT FINANCING 
Sec. 261. Development of national strategy. 
Sec. 262. Contents of national strategy. 
PART II—ENHANCING ANTITERRORISM TOOLS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
THE TREASURY 
Sec. 271. Improving antiterror finance monitoring of funds transfers. 
Sec. 272. Sense of Congress on international cooperation regarding terrorist fi-
nancing intelligence. 
Sec. 273. Examining the counter-terror financing role of the Department of the 
Treasury in embassies. 
Sec. 274. Inclusion of Secretary of the Treasury on the National Security 
Council. 
Sec. 275. Inclusion of all funds. 
PART III—DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 281. Definitions. 
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(5) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s Is-
lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 
(6) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 
50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(7) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 3. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVEN-
TIONAL AND ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN THREATS 
IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there-
after, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a strategy for deter-
ring conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities and 
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threats that directly threaten the United States and key 
allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall include at a minimum the following: 
(1) A summary of the near- and long-term 
United States objectives, plans, and means for coun-
tering Iran’s destabilizing activities, including identi-
fication of countries that share the objective of coun-
tering Iran’s destabilizing activities. 
(2) A summary of the capabilities and contribu-
tions of individual countries to shared efforts to 
counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and a sum-
mary of additional actions or contributions that each 
country could take to further contribute. 
(3) An assessment of Iran’s conventional force 
capabilities and an assessment of Iran’s plans to up-
grade its conventional force capabilities, including its 
acquisition, development, and deployment of ballistic 
and cruise missile capabilities, unmanned aerial vehi-
cles, and maritime offensive and anti-access or area 
denial capabilities. 
(4) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and bio-
logical weapons capabilities and an assessment of 
Iranian plans to upgrade its chemical or biological 
weapons capabilities. 
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(5) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activi-
ties in the region, including— 
(A) the size, capabilities, and activities of 
the IRGC, including the Quds Force; 
(B) the size, capabilities, and activities of 
Iran’s cyber operations; 
(C) the types and amount of support, in-
cluding funding, lethal and nonlethal contribu-
tions, and training, provided to Hezbollah, 
Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the regime of 
Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Houthi fighters in 
Yemen, and other violent groups across the 
Middle East; and 
(D) the scope and objectives of Iran’s in-
formation operations and use of propaganda. 
(6) A summary of United States actions, unilat-
erally and in cooperation with foreign governments, 
to counter destabilizing Iranian activities, includ-
ing— 
(A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms 
bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist 
organizations under section 219 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
(B) Iran’s interference in international 
commercial shipping lanes; 
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(C) attempts by Iran to undermine or sub-
vert internationally recognized governments in 
the Middle East region; and 
(D) Iran’s support for the regime of 
Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including— 
(i) financial assistance, military equip-
ment and personnel, and other support 
provided to that regime; and 
(ii) support and direction to other 
armed actors that are not Syrian or Ira-
nian and are acting on behalf of that re-
gime. 
(c) FORM OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RE-
SPONSE TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary 
of State should continue to implement Executive Order 
13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 
of 
weapons 
of 
mass 
destruction 
delivery 
system 
proliferators and their supporters). 
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(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 
impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re-
spect to any person that the President determines, on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that ma-
terially contributes to the activities of the Govern-
ment of Iran with respect to its ballistic missile pro-
gram, or any other program in Iran for developing, 
deploying, or maintaining systems capable of deliv-
ering weapons of mass destruction, including any ef-
forts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, 
transport, transfer, or use such capabilities; 
(2) is a successor entity to a person referred to 
in paragraph (1); 
(3) owns or controls or is owned or controlled 
by a person referred to in paragraph (1); 
(4) forms an entity with the purpose of evading 
sanctions that would otherwise be imposed pursuant 
to paragraph (3); 
(5) is acting for or on behalf of a person re-
ferred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 
(6) knowingly provides or attempts to provide 
financial, material, technological, or other support 
for, or goods or services in support of, a person re-
ferred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5). 
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(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall block, in accordance with the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of any person subject to subsection (b) 
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. 
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The 
Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 
United States, any person subject to subsection (b) 
that is an alien. 
(d) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub-
section (c)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen-
alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 
of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
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(e) REPORT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAN’S BAL-
LISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report describing each person that— 
(A) has, during the period specified in 
paragraph (2), conducted any activity that has 
materially contributed to the activities of the 
Government of Iran with respect to its ballistic 
missile program, or any other program in Iran 
for developing, deploying, or maintaining sys-
tems capable of delivering weapons of mass de-
struction, including any efforts to manufacture, 
acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or 
use such capabilities; 
(B) is a successor entity to a person re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A); 
(C) owns or controls or is owned or con-
trolled by a person referred to in subparagraph 
(A); 
(D) forms an entity with the purpose of 
evading sanctions that could be imposed as a 
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result of a relationship described in subpara-
graph (C); 
(E) is acting for or on behalf of a person 
referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or 
(D); or 
(F) is known or believed to have provided, 
or attempted to provide, during the period spec-
ified in paragraph (2), financial, material, tech-
nological, or other support for, or goods or serv-
ices in support of, any material contribution to 
a program described in subparagraph (A) car-
ried out by a person described in subparagraph 
(A), (B), (C), (D), or (E). 
(2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 
in this paragraph is— 
(A) in the case of the first report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1), the period begin-
ning January 1, 2016, and ending on the date 
the report is submitted; and 
(B) in the case of a subsequent such re-
port, the 180-day period preceding the submis-
sion of the report. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 
by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex. 
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SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANCTIONS 
WITH RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant 
to Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; re-
lating to blocking property of weapons of mass de-
struction delivery system proliferators and their sup-
porters), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8501 et seq.), Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain 
persons with respect to serious human rights abuses 
by the Government of Iran), and Executive Order 
13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
the property and suspending entry into the United 
States of certain persons with respect to grave 
human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran 
and Syria via information technology). 
(2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps– 
Quds Force (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘IRGC–QF’’) is the primary arm of the Government 
of Iran for executing its policy of supporting ter-
rorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC–QF provides 
material, logistical assistance, training, and financial 
support 
to 
militants 
and 
terrorist 
operatives 
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throughout the Middle East and South Asia and was 
designated for the imposition of sanctions by the 
Secretary of Treasury pursuant to Executive Order 
13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
property and prohibiting transactions with persons 
who commit, threaten to commit, or support ter-
rorism) in October 2007 for its support of terrorism. 
(3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC–QF, is re-
sponsible for implementing Iran’s international pro-
gram of destabilizing activities, support for acts of 
international terrorism, and ballistic missile pro-
gram. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) 
with respect to the IRGC and foreign persons that are 
officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC. 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are sanctions applicable with re-
spect to a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order 
13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 
and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 
threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 
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SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RE-
SPECT 
TO 
PERSONS 
RESPONSIBLE 
FOR 
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a list of each person the Secretary 
determines, based on credible evidence, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, tor-
ture, or other gross violations of internationally rec-
ognized human rights committed against individuals 
in Iran who seek— 
(A) to expose illegal activity carried out by 
officials of the Government of Iran; or 
(B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote 
internationally recognized human rights and 
freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, ex-
pression, association, and assembly, and the 
rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 
or 
(2) acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign 
person in a matter relating to an activity described 
in paragraph (1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in ac-
cordance with the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 
all transactions in all property and interests in prop-
erty of a person 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. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of paragraph (1) or any regulation, license, 
or order issued to carry out paragraph (1) shall be 
subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 
same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 
act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d), the President shall impose the sanctions described in 
subsection (b) with respect to any person that the Presi-
dent determines— 
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that ma-
terially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer 
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directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use 
in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored 
combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, com-
bat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or 
missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the 
United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or 
related materiel, including spare parts; or 
(2) knowingly provides to Iran any technical 
training, financial resources or services, advice, other 
services or assistance related to the supply, sale, 
transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms 
and related materiel described in paragraph (1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall block, in accordance with the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of any person subject to 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. 
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The 
Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 
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United States, any person subject to subsection (a) 
that is an alien. 
(c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub-
section (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen-
alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 
of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
(d) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to 
impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a 
person for engaging in an activity described in that sub-
section if the President certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that— 
(1) permitting the activity is in the national se-
curity interest of the United States; 
(2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat 
to the national security of the United States and to 
the allies of the United States; and 
(3) the Government of Iran has ceased pro-
viding operational or financial support for acts of 
international terrorism and no longer satisfies the 
requirements for designation as a state sponsor of 
terrorism. 
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(e) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means 
a country the government of which the Secretary of State 
has determined to be a government that has repeatedly 
provided support for acts of international terrorism for 
purposes of— 
(1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as con-
tinued in effect pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.)); 
(2) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 
(3) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 
(4) any other provision of law. 
SEC. 8. REVIEW OF APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS RELAT-
ING TO IRAN’S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM 
AND ITS BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall con-
duct a review of all persons on the list of specially des-
ignated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 
Treasury for activities relating to Iran— 
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(1) to assess the conduct of such persons as 
that conduct relates to— 
(A) any activity that materially contributes 
to the activities of the Government of Iran with 
respect to its ballistic missile program; or 
(B) support by the Government of Iran for 
acts of international terrorism; and 
(2) to determine the applicability of sanctions 
with respect to such persons under— 
(A) Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property of 
weapons of mass destruction delivery system 
proliferators and their supporters); or 
(B) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property and 
prohibiting transactions with persons who com-
mit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS.—If the Presi-
dent determines under subsection (a) that sanctions under 
an Executive Order specified in paragraph (2) of that sub-
section are applicable with respect to a person, the Presi-
dent shall— 
(1) impose sanctions with respect to that person 
pursuant to that Executive Order; or 
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(2), the President may not take that action unless 
a joint resolution of approval with respect to that ac-
tion is enacted in accordance with subsection (c). 
(4) LIMITATION
ON
ACTIONS
DURING
PRESI-
DENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION 
OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval re-
lating to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) 
passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 
subsection (c), the President may not take that ac-
tion for a period of 12 calendar days after the date 
of passage of the joint resolution of disapproval. 
(5) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING CONGRES-
SIONAL RECONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION 
OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval re-
lating to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) 
passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 
subsection (c), and the President vetoes the joint 
resolution, the President may not take that action 
for a period of 10 calendar days after the date of 
the President’s veto. 
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