DECEMBER 11, 2009 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
MCMAHON, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. 
MCCOTTER, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. HODES, Mr. SMITH 
of New Jersey, Mr. PLATTS, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. GENE 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. 
BISHOP of Utah, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. GOR-
DON of Tennessee, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. KING of New York, 
Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. BACA, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. FILNER, 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. FOXX, Mrs. MILLER of 
Michigan, Mr. LAMBORN, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. FALLIN, 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. DENT, Mr. COOPER, Mr. WAX-
MAN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 
SCALISE, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. HOLDEN, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. 
MITCHELL, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. BAR-
ROW, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. MACK, Mr. KAGEN, 
Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. COLE, 
Ms. BEAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. ADLER of New Jersey, Mr. UPTON, Mr. 
LANCE, Mr. LATTA, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CONNOLLY of Vir-
ginia, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HARE, Mr. SMITH of Ne-
braska, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SHULER, Mrs. 
BONO MACK, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ROSS, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BOREN, Mr. 
ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. 
MAFFEI, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, 
Mr. MELANCON, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 
BOOZMAN, Mr. CANTOR, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
VAN HOLLEN, Mr. SPACE, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 
MICHAUD, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. ROGERS of 
Alabama, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. BOSWELL, 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HILL, Mr. TIAHRT, Mrs. MCMORRIS 
RODGERS, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. COSTA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
DAVIS of Tennessee, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. CARTER, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. 
PRICE of Georgia, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. VIS-
CLOSKY, Mr. BOYD, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. HIMES, 
Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. 
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. 
RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. KRATOVIL, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. CHAFFETZ, 
Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New 
York, Mr. FORBES, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. COFFMAN of Colo-
rado, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. BOCCIERI, Mr. 
DEAL of Georgia, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. FOS-
TER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. WAL-
DEN, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. 
CASSIDY, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. BONNER, Mr. 
DRIEHAUS, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. STEARNS, Mrs. BIGGERT, Ms. MATSUI, 
Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. 
PENCE, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MASSA, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. JOHNSON 
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of Illinois, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. WU, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. KING of Iowa, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. DONNELLY of In-
diana, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. HOYER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
Mr. WELCH, Mr. MCCARTHY
of California, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 
SALAZAR, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. WOLF, Mr. SIMPSON, 
Mr. HERGER, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. BILBRAY, Mrs. MALONEY, Mrs. 
HALVORSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CARNAHAN, 
Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. NUNES, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. COURTNEY, 
Mr. POSEY, Mrs. EMERSON, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. LINDER, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Ms. MARKEY 
of Colorado, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. MILLER
of North Carolina, Mr. 
GOHMERT, Mr. BISHOP
of Georgia, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. CAO, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. FARR, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. BLACKBURN, 
Mr. TERRY, Mr. MINNICK, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Ms. 
CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Ms. LINDA 
T. SA´NCHEZ
of California, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. 
FORTENBERRY, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. WAMP, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 
SMITH of Texas, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 
SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. BUYER, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, 
Mr. WEINER, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. LEE of 
New York, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. MICA, Mr. TURNER, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, 
Mr. SKELTON, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. BRIGHT, Ms. KILROY, Mr. CHANDLER, 
Mr. WALZ, Mr. CHILDERS, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. 
CAPUANO, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Ms. CHU, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. MURPHY of 
Connecticut, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
TONKO, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. MURPHY of New 
York, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. HELLER, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. KISSELL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 
Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HARPER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. NYE, Ms. 
TSONGAS, Mr. TEAGUE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. 
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. ED-
WARDS of Texas, Mr. TANNER, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. FRANK 
of Massachusetts, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. LEWIS of Cali-
fornia, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Ms. CLARKE, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. RICH-
ARDSON, Mr. SPRATT, and Mr. HOLT 
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DECEMBER 11, 2009 
Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 30, 2009] 
A BILL 
To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance United 
States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by expand-
ing economic sanctions against Iran. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Refined Petroleum 
Sanctions Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF 
POLICY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The illicit nuclear activities of the Govern-
ment of Iran—combined with its development of un-
conventional weapons and ballistic missiles, and sup-
port for international terrorism—represent a serious 
threat to the security of the United States and U.S. 
allies in Europe, the Middle East, and around the 
world. 
(2) The United States and other responsible na-
tions have a vital interest in working together to pre-
vent the Government of Iran from acquiring a nu-
clear weapons capability. 
(3) The International Atomic Energy Agency has 
repeatedly called attention to Iran’s unlawful nuclear 
activities, and, as a result, the United Nations Secu-
rity Council has adopted a range of sanctions de-
signed to encourage the Government of Iran to sus-
pend those activities and comply with its obligations 
under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
Weapons (commonly known as the ‘‘Nuclear Non-Pro-
liferation Treaty’’). 
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(4) As a presidential candidate, then-Senator 
Obama stated that additional sanctions, especially 
those targeting Iran’s dependence on imported refined 
petroleum, may help to persuade the Government of 
Iran to abandon its illicit nuclear activities. 
(5) On October 7, 2008, then-Senator Obama 
stated, ‘‘Iran right now imports gasoline, even though 
it’s an oil producer, because its oil infrastructure has 
broken down. If we can prevent them from importing 
the gasoline that they need and the refined petroleum 
products, that starts changing their cost-benefit anal-
ysis. That starts putting the squeeze on them.’’. 
(6) On June 4, 2008, then-Senator Obama stat-
ed, ‘‘We should work with Europe, Japan, and the 
Gulf states to find every avenue outside the U.N. to 
isolate the Iranian regime—from cutting off loan 
guarantees and expanding financial sanctions, to 
banning the export of refined petroleum to Iran.’’. 
(7) Major European allies, including the United 
Kingdom, France, and Germany, have advocated that 
sanctions be significantly toughened should inter-
national diplomatic efforts fail to achieve verifiable 
suspension of Iran’s uranium enrichment program 
and an end to its nuclear weapons program and other 
illicit nuclear activities. 
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(8) The serious and urgent nature of the threat 
from Iran demands that the United States work to-
gether with U.S. allies to do everything possible—dip-
lomatically, politically, and economically—to prevent 
Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. 
(9) The human rights situation in Iran has 
steadily deteriorated in 2009, as punctuated by the 
transparent fraud that occurred on June 12, the bru-
tal repression and murder, arbitrary arrests, and 
show trials of peaceful dissidents, and ongoing sup-
pression of freedom of expression. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that— 
(1) international diplomatic efforts to address 
Iran’s illicit nuclear efforts, unconventional and bal-
listic missile development programs, and support for 
international terrorism are more likely to be effective 
if the President is empowered with the explicit au-
thority to impose additional sanctions on the Govern-
ment of Iran; 
(2) the concerns of the United States regarding 
Iran are strictly the result of the actions of the Gov-
ernment of Iran; 
(3) the revelation in September 2009 that Iran 
is developing a secret uranium enrichment site on an 
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps base near Qom, 
which appears to have no civilian application, high-
lights the urgency for Iran to fully disclose the full 
nature of its nuclear program, including any other 
secret locations, and provide the International Atomic 
Energy Agency (IAEA) unfettered access to its facili-
ties pursuant to Iran’s legal obligations under the 
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 
and Iran’s Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA; 
(4) because of its involvement in Iran’s nuclear 
program and other destabilizing activities, the Presi-
dent should impose sanctions, including the full range 
of sanctions otherwise applicable to Iran, on any in-
dividual or entity that is an agent, alias, front, in-
strumentality, representative, official, or affiliate of 
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or is an indi-
vidual serving as a representative of the Islamic Rev-
olutionary Guard Corps, or on any person that has 
conducted any commercial transaction or financial 
transaction with such entities; 
(5) Government to Government agreements with 
Iran to provide the regime with refined petroleum 
products, such as the September 2009 agreement 
under which the Government of Venezuela committed 
to provide 20,000 barrels of gasoline per day to Iran, 
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undermine efforts to pressure Iran to suspend its nu-
clear weapons program and cease all enrichment ac-
tivities; and 
(6) the people of the United States— 
(A) have feelings of friendship for the people 
of Iran; and 
(B) hold the people of Iran, their culture, 
and their ancient and rich history in the highest 
esteem. 
(c) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy of 
the United States— 
(1) to prevent Iran from achieving the capability 
to make nuclear weapons, including by supporting 
international diplomatic efforts to halt Iran’s ura-
nium enrichment program; 
(2) to fully implement and enforce the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 as a means of encouraging for-
eign governments to— 
(A) direct state-owned entities to cease all 
investment in, and support of, Iran’s energy sec-
tor and all exports of refined petroleum products 
to Iran; and 
(B) require private entities based in their 
territories to cease all investment in, and sup-
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port of, Iran’s energy sector and all exports of 
refined petroleum products to Iran; 
(3) to impose sanctions on— 
(A) the Central Bank of Iran, and any 
other financial institution in Iran that is en-
gaged in proliferation activities or support of 
terrorist groups, and 
(B) any other financial institution that 
conducts financial transactions with the Central 
Bank of Iran or with another financial institu-
tion described in subparagraph (A), 
including through the use of Executive Orders 13224, 
13382, and 13438 and United Nations Security 
Council Resolutions 1737, 1747, 1803, and 1835; 
(4) to persuade the allies of the United States 
and other countries to take appropriate measures to 
deny access to the international financial system by 
Iranian banks and financial institutions involved in 
proliferation activities or support of terrorist groups; 
(5) to support all Iranian citizens who embrace 
the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, 
and the rule of law; and 
(6) for the Secretary of State to make every effort 
to assist United States citizens held hostage in Iran 
at any time during the period beginning on November 
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4, 1979 and ending on January 20, 1981, and their 
survivors in matters of compensation related to such 
citizens’ detention. 
SEC. 3. 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 amend-
ed 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 RESOURCES 
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 knowingly, on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, made 
an investment of $20,000,000 or more (or any 
combination of investments of at least $5,000,000 
each, which in the aggregate equals or exceeds 
$20,000,000 in any 12-month period), that di-
rectly and significantly contributed to the en-
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hancement of Iran’s ability to develop petroleum 
resources of Iran. 
‘‘(B) PRODUCTION OF REFINED PETROLEUM 
PRODUCTS.—Except as provided in subsection 
(f), the President shall impose the sanctions de-
scribed in section 6(b) if the President deter-
mines that a person knowingly sells, leases, or 
provides to Iran any goods, services, technology, 
information, or support, or enters into a con-
tract to sell, lease, or provide to Iran any goods, 
services, technology, information, or support, 
that would allow Iran to maintain or expand its 
domestic production of refined petroleum prod-
ucts, including any assistance in the construc-
tion, modernization, or repair of refineries that 
make refined petroleum products, if— 
‘‘(i) the value of the goods, services, 
technology, information, or support pro-
vided in such sale, lease, or provision, or to 
be provided in such contract, exceeds 
$200,000; or 
‘‘(ii) the value of the goods, services, 
technology, information, or support pro-
vided in any combination of such sales, 
leases, or provision in any 12-month period, 
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or to be provided under contracts entered 
into in any 12-month period, exceeds 
$500,000. 
‘‘(2) EXPORTATION
OF
REFINED
PETROLEUM 
PRODUCTS TO IRAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subsection (f), the President shall impose the 
sanctions described in section 6(b) if the Presi-
dent determines that a person knowingly pro-
vides Iran with refined petroleum products or 
engages in any of the activities described in sub-
paragraph (B), if— 
‘‘(i) the value of such products or of the 
goods, services, technology, information, or 
support provided or to be provided in con-
nection with such activity exceeds $200,000; 
or 
‘‘(ii) the value of such products, or of 
the goods, services, technology, information, 
or support, provided or to be provided in 
connection with any combination of pro-
viding such products or such activities, in 
any 12-month period exceeds $500,000. 
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‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The activi-
ties referred to in subparagraph (A) are the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) Providing ships, vehicles, or other 
means of transportation to deliver refined 
petroleum products to Iran, or providing 
services relating to the shipping or other 
transportation of refined petroleum prod-
ucts to Iran. 
‘‘(ii) Underwriting or otherwise pro-
viding insurance or reinsurance for an ac-
tivity described in clause (i). 
‘‘(iii) Financing or brokering an activ-
ity described in clause (i).’’. 
(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)(1) 
of section 5 are as follows:’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section 5’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsections 
(a)(1)(A) and (b) of section 5’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL MANDATORY SANCTIONS.—The sanc-
tions to be imposed on a sanctioned person under para-
graphs (1)(B) and (2) of section 5(a) are as follows: 
‘‘(1) FOREIGN EXCHANGE.—The President shall 
prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange by the 
sanctioned person. 
‘‘(2) BANKING
TRANSACTIONS.—The President 
shall prohibit any transfers of credit or payments be-
tween, by, through, or to any financial institution, to 
the extent that such transfers or payments involve 
any interest of the sanctioned person. 
‘‘(3) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President 
shall prohibit any acquisition, holding, withholding, 
use, transfer, withdrawal, transportation, importa-
tion, or exportation of, dealing in, or exercising any 
right, power, or privilege with respect to, or trans-
actions involving, any property in which the sanc-
tioned person has any interest by any person, or with 
respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of 
the United States. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL MEASURE RELATING TO REFINED 
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each executive 
agency shall ensure that each contract with a person 
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entered into by such executive agency for the procure-
ment of goods or services, or agreement for the use of 
Federal funds as part of a grant, loan, or loan guar-
antee to a person, includes a clause that requires the 
person to certify to the contracting officer or other ap-
propriate official of such agency that the person does 
not conduct any activity described in paragraph 
(1)(B) or (2) of section 5(a). 
‘‘(2) REMEDIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the head of the execu-
tive agency determines that such person has sub-
mitted a false certification under paragraph (1) 
after the date on which the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation is revised to implement the require-
ments of this subsection, the head of an executive 
agency may terminate a contract, or agreement 
described in paragraph (1), with such person or 
debar or suspend such person from eligibility for 
Federal contracts or such agreements for a pe-
riod not to exceed 15 years. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION ON LIST OF PARTIES EX-
CLUDED
FROM
FEDERAL
PROCUREMENT
AND 
NONPROCUREMENT
PROGRAMS.—The Adminis-
trator of General Services shall include on the 
List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procure-
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ment and Nonprocurement Programs main-
tained by the Administrator under part 9 of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation issued under sec-
tion 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement Pol-
icy Act (41 U.S.C. 421) each person that is 
debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or 
suspension, or declared ineligible by the head of 
an executive agency on the basis of a determina-
tion of a false certification under subparagraph 
(A). 
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This sub-
section shall not be construed to limit the use of 
other remedies available to the head of an execu-
tive agency or any other official of the Federal 
Government on the basis of a determination of a 
false certification under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH THE FEDERAL 
ACQUISITION REGULATION.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Iran Refined Pe-
troleum Sanctions Act of 2009, the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation issued pursuant to section 25 of the 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
421) shall be revised to provide for the implementa-
tion of the requirements of this subsection.’’. 
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(c) ADDITIONAL MANDATORY SANCTIONS RELATING TO 
TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY.—Section 5(b) of the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving 
such paragraphs 2 ems to the right; 
(2) by striking ‘‘The President shall impose’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘section 6’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 6(a)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL SANCTION.— 
‘‘(A) RESTRICTION.—In any case in which 
a person is subject to sanctions under paragraph 
(1) because of an activity described in such 
paragraph that relates to the acquisition or de-
velopment of nuclear weapons or related tech-
nology or of missiles or other advanced conven-
tional weapons that are capable of delivering a 
nuclear weapon, then notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the following measures shall 
apply with respect to the country that has juris-
diction over such person, unless the President de-
termines and notifies the appropriate congres-
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sional committees that the government of such 
country has taken, or is taking, effective actions 
to penalize such person and to prevent a reoccur-
rence of such activity in the future: 
‘‘(i) No agreement for cooperation be-
tween the United States and the government 
of such country may be submitted to the 
President or to Congress pursuant to section 
123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2153), or may enter into force. 
‘‘(ii) No license may be issued for the 
export, and no approval may be given for 
the transfer or retransfer, directly or indi-
rectly, to such country of any nuclear mate-
rial, facilities, components, or other goods, 
services, or technology that would be subject 
to an agreement to cooperation. 
‘‘(B) CONSTRUCTION.—The restrictions in 
subparagraph (A) shall apply in addition to all 
other applicable procedures, requirements, and 
restrictions contained in the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 and other laws. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘agreement for cooperation’ has the mean-
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ing given that term in section 11 b. of the Atom-
ic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(b)).’’. 
(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)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘should 
determine, pursuant to section 5(a), if a person 
has engaged in investment activity in Iran as 
described in such section’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
determine, pursuant to section 5(a) or (b) (as the 
case may be), if a person has engaged in invest-
ment activity in Iran as described in section 
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5(a)(1) or other activity described in section 
5(a)(2) or 5(b) (as the case may be)’’. 
(2) GENERAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section 9(c) 
of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting after ‘‘on a person de-
scribed in section 5(c),’’ the following: ‘‘or 
on a country described in section 5(b)(2)(A) 
(if the President certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the President 
is unable to make the determination de-
scribed in such section 5(b)(2)(A) with re-
spect to the government of that country),’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘important to the na-
tional interest of the United States’’ and in-
serting ‘‘vital to the national security inter-
est of the United States’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(D), by striking ‘‘or (b)’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘or (b)(1)’’; and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 
read as follows: 
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‘‘(C) an estimate of the significance of the 
provision of the items described in paragraph (1) 
or (2) of section 5(a) or section 5(b)(1) to Iran’s 
ability to develop its petroleum resources, to 
maintain or expand its domestic production of 
refined petroleum products, to import refined pe-
troleum products, or to develop its weapons of 
mass destruction or other military capabilities 
(as the case may be); and’’. 
(e) REPORTS ON UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO CUR-
TAIL CERTAIN BUSINESS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS RE-
LATING TO IRAN.—Section 10 of such Act is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph 
(4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) Iran’s use in the Middle East, the Western 
Hemisphere, Africa, and other regions, of Iranian 
diplomats and representatives of other government 
and military or quasi-governmental institutions or 
proxies of Iran, including, but not limited to, 
Hezbollah, to promote acts of international terrorism 
or to develop or sustain Iran’s nuclear, chemical, bio-
logical, and missile weapons programs.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) REPORTS ON CERTAIN BUSINESS AND OTHER 
TRANSACTIONS 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 Petro-
leum Sanctions Act of 2009, and every 6 months 
thereafter, the President shall submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees regarding any 
person who has— 
‘‘(A) provided Iran with refined petroleum 
products; 
‘‘(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 products; or 
‘‘(C) engaged in any activity that could 
contribute to the enhancement of Iran’s ability to 
import refined petroleum products. 
‘‘(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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‘‘(4) FORM OF REPORTS; PUBLICATION.—The re-
ports required under this subsection shall be— 
‘‘(A) submitted in unclassified form, but 
may contain a classified annex; and 
‘‘(B) published in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS
ON GLOBAL TRADE RELATING
TO 
IRAN.—Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009 
and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report, with respect 
to the immediately preceding 12-month period, on the dollar 
value amount of trade, including in the energy sector, be-
tween Iran and each country maintaining membership in 
the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank 
Governors.’’. 
(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 business 
organization, including any foreign subsidiary, 
parent, or affiliate of such a business organiza-
tion,’’ after ‘‘trust,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, such as an export credit 
agency’’ before the semicolon at the end; 
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (15) and (16) 
as paragraphs (17) and (18), respectively; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (14) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(14) 
KNOWINGLY.—The 
term 
‘knowingly’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) having actual knowledge; or 
‘‘(B) having the constructive knowledge 
deemed to be possessed by a reasonable indi-
vidual who acts under similar circumstances. 
‘‘(15) PETROLEUM RESOURCES.—The term ‘pe-
troleum resources’ includes petroleum, oil or liquefied 
natural gas, oil or liquefied natural gas tankers, and 
products used to construct or maintain pipelines used 
to transport oil or compressed or liquefied natural 
gas. 
‘‘(16) REFINED
PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS.—The 
term ‘refined petroleum products’ means gasoline, ker-
osene, diesel fuel, residual fuel oil, and distillates and 
other goods classified in headings 2709 and 2710 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States.’’. 
(g) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—Section 
8 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘The requirement under section 
5(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO 
INVESTMENT.—The 
requirement 
under 
section 
5(a)(1)(A)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘with respect to Iran’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.—The require-
ments under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of section 5(a) and 
section 6(b) to impose sanctions shall no longer have force 
or effect if the President determines and certifies to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that Iran— 
‘‘(1) has ceased its efforts to design, develop, 
manufacture, or acquire a nuclear explosive device or 
related materials and technology; and 
‘‘(2) has ceased nuclear-related activities, includ-
ing uranium enrichment, that would facilitate the ef-
forts described in paragraph (1).’’. 
(h) EXTENSION OF ACT.—Section 13(b) of the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 is amended by striking ‘‘2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
(i) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) MULTILATERAL REGIME.—Section 4 of such 
Act is amended— 
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(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) REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AF-
FAIRS.—Section 14(2) of such Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘International Relations’’ and inserting 
‘‘Foreign Affairs’’. 
(3) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section 
5(c)(1) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘or (b)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or (b)(1)’’. 
(B) Section 9(a) of such Act is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or 5(b)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘or 
5(b)(1)’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect upon the expiration of the 60-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, except 
that— 
(1) paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 5(a), sec-
tion 5(b)(2), and section 6(b), of the Iran Sanctions 
Act of 1996, as amended by this Act, shall apply to 
conduct engaged in on or after October 28, 2009, not-
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withstanding section 5(f)(3) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996; and 
(2) the amendments made by subsection (d) of 
section 3 of this Act shall apply with respect to con-
duct engaged in before, on, or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) EXISTING SANCTIONS NOT AFFECTED.—The 
amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of sec-
tion 3 of this Act shall not be construed to affect the 
requirements of section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996 as in effect before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and such requirements continue to apply, 
on and after such date of enactment, to conduct en-
gaged in before October 28, 2009. 
(2) 
WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—The 
amendments 
made by subsection (d) of section 3 of this Act shall 
not be construed to affect any exercise of the authority 
under section 4(f) or section 9(c) of the Iran Sanc-
tions Act of 1996 as in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 217 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2194 
[Report No. 111–342, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to en-
hance United States diplomatic efforts with re-
spect to Iran by expanding economic sanctions 
against Iran. 
DECEMBER 11, 2009 
Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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