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is amended by striking ‘‘section 4 of the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
133 of title 41, United States Code’’. 
SEC. 312. DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER THE NATIONAL IRANIAN 
OIL COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL IRANIAN TANKER COM-
PANY ARE AGENTS OR AFFILIATES OF IRAN’S REVOLU-
TIONARY GUARD CORPS. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker 
Company are not only owned and controlled by the Government 
of Iran but that those companies provide significant support to 
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliates. 
(b) DETERMINATIONS.—Section 104(c) of the Comprehensive 
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 
U.S.C. 8513(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) DETERMINATIONS REGARDING NIOC AND NITC.— 
‘‘(A) DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of paragraph 
(2)(E), the Secretary of the Treasury shall, not later than 
45 days after the date of the enactment of the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012— 
‘‘(i) determine whether the NIOC or the NITC 
is an agent or affiliate of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 
Corps; and 
‘‘(ii) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the determinations made under 
clause (i), together with the reasons for those deter-
minations. 
‘‘(B) FORM
OF
REPORT.—A report submitted under 
subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be submitted in unclassified form 
but may contain a classified annex. 
‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY
WITH
RESPECT
TO
PETROLEUM 
TRANSACTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), if the Secretary of the Treasury 
determines that the NIOC or the NITC is a person 
described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(E), the 
regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) shall apply 
with respect to a significant transaction or transactions 
or significant financial services knowingly facilitated 
or provided by a foreign financial institution for the 
NIOC or the NITC, as applicable, for the purchase 
of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran, only 
if a determination of the President under section 
1245(d)(4)(B) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(B)) 
that there is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petro-
leum products produced in countries other than Iran 
to permit purchasers of petroleum and petroleum prod-
ucts from Iran to reduce significantly their purchases 
from Iran is in effect at the time of the transaction 
or the provision of the service. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES.—If the 
Secretary of the Treasury determines that the NIOC 
or the NITC is a person described in clause (i) or 
(ii) of paragraph (2)(E), the regulations prescribed 
under paragraph (1) shall not apply to a significant
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transaction or transactions or significant financial serv-
ices knowingly facilitated or provided by a foreign 
financial institution for the NIOC or the NITC, as 
applicable, for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum 
products from Iran if an exception under paragraph 
(4)(D) of section 1245(d) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8513a(d)) applies to the country with primary jurisdic-
tion over the foreign financial institution at the time 
of the transaction or the provision of the service. 
‘‘(iii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The exceptions in 
clauses (i) and (ii) shall not be construed to limit the 
authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to impose 
sanctions pursuant to the regulations prescribed under 
paragraph (1) for an activity described in paragraph 
(2) to the extent the activity would meet the criteria 
described in that paragraph in the absence of the 
involvement of the NIOC or the NITC. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) NIOC.—The term ‘NIOC’ means the National 
Iranian Oil Company. 
‘‘(ii) NITC.—The term ‘NITC’ means the National 
Iranian Tanker Company.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) WAIVER.—Section 104(f) of the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 
U.S.C. 8513(f)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or section 104A’’ after 
‘‘subsection (c)’’. 
(2) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—Section 104(g) of the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act 
of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection 
(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection (c) 
or section 104A’’ both places it appears. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If an exception to sanctions described 
in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (4)(C) of section 104(c) of 
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divest-
ment Act of 2010, as added by subsection (b), applies to a 
person that engages in a transaction described in paragraph 
(2) at the time of the transaction, the President is authorized 
not to impose sanctions with respect to the transaction under— 
(A) section 302(b)(1); 
(B) section 104A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by 
section 216; or 
(C) any other applicable provision of law authorizing 
the imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran. 
(2) TRANSACTION DESCRIBED.—A transaction described in 
this paragraph is a transaction— 
(A) solely for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum 
products from Iran; and 
(B) for which sanctions may be imposed solely as a 
result of the involvement of the National Iranian Oil Com-
pany or the National Iranian Tanker Company in the trans-
action under— 
(i) section 302(b)(1);
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(ii) section 104A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanc-
tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as 
added by section 216; or 
(iii) any other applicable provision of law author-
izing the imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran. 
TITLE IV—MEASURES RELATING TO 
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN IRAN 
Subtitle A—Expansion of Sanctions 
Relating to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 
SEC. 401. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN PERSONS RESPON-
SIBLE FOR OR COMPLICIT IN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 
COMMITTED AGAINST CITIZENS OF IRAN OR THEIR 
FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER THE JUNE 12, 2009, ELECTIONS 
IN IRAN. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Supreme Leader of Iran, the President of Iran, senior members 
of the Intelligence Ministry of Iran, senior members of Iran’s Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps, Ansar-e-Hezbollah and Basij-e-Mostaz’afin, 
and the Ministers of Defense, Interior, Justice, and Telecommuni-
cations are ultimately responsible for ordering, controlling, or other-
wise directing a pattern and practice of serious human rights abuses 
against the Iranian people, and thus the President should include 
such persons on the list of persons who are responsible for or 
complicit in committing serious human rights abuses and subject 
to sanctions pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8514). 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed 
report with respect to whether each person described in sub-
section (a) is responsible for or complicit in, or responsible 
for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing the commission 
of serious human rights abuses against citizens of Iran or 
their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless 
of whether such abuses occurred in Iran. For any such person 
who is not included in such report, the Secretary of State 
should describe in the report the reasons why the person was 
not included, including information on whether sufficient cred-
ible evidence of responsibility for such abuses was found. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 
annex. 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives.
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SEC. 402. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 
TRANSFER OF GOODS OR TECHNOLOGIES TO IRAN THAT 
ARE LIKELY TO BE USED TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS 
ABUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account-
ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 105 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 105A. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 
TRANSFER OF GOODS OR TECHNOLOGIES TO IRAN THAT 
ARE LIKELY TO BE USED TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS 
ABUSES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanctions in 
accordance with subsection (c) with respect to each person on the 
list required by subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) LIST.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that 
the President determines have knowingly engaged in an activity 
described in paragraph (2) on or after such date of enactment. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITY DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A person engages in an activity 
described in this paragraph if the person— 
‘‘(i) transfers, or facilitates the transfer of, goods 
or technologies described in subparagraph (C) to Iran, 
any entity organized under the laws of Iran or other-
wise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of 
Iran, or any national of Iran, for use in or with respect 
to Iran; or 
‘‘(ii) provides services (including services relating 
to hardware, software, and specialized information, and 
professional consulting, engineering, and support serv-
ices) with respect to goods or technologies described 
in subparagraph (C) after such goods or technologies 
are transferred to Iran. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY TO CONTRACTS AND OTHER AGREE-
MENTS.—A person engages in an activity described in 
subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the activity 
is carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement 
entered into before, on, or after the date of the enactment 
of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 
Act of 2012. 
‘‘(C) GOODS OR TECHNOLOGIES DESCRIBED.—Goods or 
technologies described in this subparagraph are goods or 
technologies that the President determines are likely to 
be used by the Government of Iran or any of its agencies 
or instrumentalities (or by any other person on behalf 
of the Government of Iran or any of such agencies or 
instrumentalities) to commit serious human rights abuses 
against the people of Iran, including— 
‘‘(i) firearms or ammunition (as those terms are 
defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code), 
rubber bullets, police batons, pepper or chemical 
sprays, stun grenades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, 
water cannons, or surveillance technology; or
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‘‘(ii) sensitive technology (as defined in section 
106(c)). 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL
RULE
TO
ALLOW
FOR
TERMINATION
OF 
SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—The President shall not be required 
to include a person on the list required by paragraph (1) if 
the President certifies in writing to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that— 
‘‘(A) the person is no longer engaging in, or has taken 
significant verifiable steps toward stopping, the activity 
described in paragraph (2) for which the President would 
otherwise have included the person on the list; and 
‘‘(B) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in any activity 
described in paragraph (2) in the future. 
‘‘(4) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an updated list under 
paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) each time the President is required to submit 
an updated list to those committees under section 
105(b)(2)(A); and 
‘‘(B) as new information becomes available. 
‘‘(5) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classi-
fied annex. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion of 
the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available 
to the public and posted on the websites of the Department 
of the Treasury and the Department of State. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the President 
shall impose sanctions described in section 105(c) with respect 
to a person on the list required by subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) TRANSFERS TO IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.— 
In the case of a person on the list required by subsection 
(b) for transferring, or facilitating the transfer of, goods or 
technologies described in subsection (b)(2)(C) to Iran’s Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps, or providing services with respect to 
such goods or technologies after such goods or technologies 
are transferred to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Presi-
dent shall— 
‘‘(A) impose sanctions described in section 105(c) with 
respect to the person; and 
‘‘(B) impose such other sanctions from among the sanc-
tions described in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) as 
the President determines appropriate.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of
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2010 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
105 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 105A. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or tech-
nologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human rights 
abuses.’’. 
SEC. 403. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS 
WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP OR OTHER RELATED 
ACTIVITIES AGAINST CITIZENS OF IRAN. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) satellite service providers and other entities that have 
direct contractual arrangements to provide satellite services 
to the Government of Iran or entities owned or controlled 
by that Government should cease providing broadcast services 
to that Government and those entities unless that Government 
ceases activities intended to jam or restrict satellite signals; 
and 
(2) the United States should address the illegal jamming 
of satellite signals by the Government of Iran through the 
voice and vote of the United States in the United Nations 
International Telecommunications Union. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The Comprehensive Iran Sanc-
tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 
et seq.), as amended by section 402, is further amended by inserting 
after section 105A the following: 
‘‘SEC. 105B. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS 
WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP OR OTHER RELATED 
ACTIVITIES AGAINST CITIZENS OF IRAN. 
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanctions 
described in section 105(c) with respect to each person on the 
list required by subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) LIST OF PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that 
the President determines have, on or after June 12, 2009, 
engaged in censorship or other activities with respect to Iran 
that— 
‘‘(A) prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom 
of expression or assembly by citizens of Iran; or 
‘‘(B) limit access to print or broadcast media, including 
the facilitation or support of intentional frequency manipu-
lation by the Government of Iran or an entity owned or 
controlled by that Government that would jam or restrict 
an international signal. 
‘‘(2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an updated list under 
paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) each time the President is required to submit 
an updated list to those committees under section 
105(b)(2)(A); and 
‘‘(B) as new information becomes available. 
‘‘(3) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—
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‘‘(A) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classi-
fied annex. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion of 
the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available 
to the public and posted on the websites of the Department 
of the Treasury and the Department of State.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 
2010, as amended by section 402, is further amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 105A the following: 
‘‘Sec. 105B. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censor-
ship or other related activities against citizens of Iran.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 401(b)(1) of the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 
2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, 105A(a), or 105B(a)’’ after ‘‘105(a)’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, 105A(b), or 105B(b)’’ after ‘‘105(b)’’. 
Subtitle B—Additional Measures to 
Promote Human Rights 
SEC. 411. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO GRAVE 
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF IRAN 
AND SYRIA USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 
United States sanctions with respect to Iran and Syria provided 
for in Executive Order No. 13606 (77 Fed. Reg. 24571), as in 
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
shall remain in effect— 
(1) with respect to Iran, until the date that is 30 days 
after the date on which the President submits to Congress 
the certification described in section 401(a) of the Comprehen-
sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 
(22 U.S.C. 8551(a)); and 
(2) with respect to Syria, until the date on which the 
provisions of and sanctions imposed pursuant to title VII termi-
nate pursuant to section 706. 
SEC. 412. CLARIFICATION OF SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUR-
POSES OF PROCUREMENT BAN UNDER COMPREHENSIVE 
IRAN SANCTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DIVESTMENT 
ACT OF 2010. 
The Secretary of State shall— 
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, issue guidelines to further describe the technologies 
that may be considered ‘‘sensitive technology’’ for purposes of 
section 106 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account-
ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8515), with 
special attention to new forms of sophisticated jamming, moni-
toring, and surveillance technology relating to mobile tele-
communications and the Internet, and publish those guidelines 
in the Federal Register; 
(2) determine the types of technologies that enable any 
indigenous capabilities that Iran has to disrupt and monitor
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information and communications in that country, and consider 
adding descriptions of those items to the guidelines; and 
(3) periodically review, but in no case less than once each 
year, the guidelines and, if necessary, amend the guidelines 
on the basis of technological developments and new information 
regarding transfers of technologies to Iran and the development 
of Iran’s indigenous capabilities to disrupt and monitor informa-
tion and communications in Iran. 
SEC. 413. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZA-
TION OF CERTAIN HUMAN RIGHTS-, HUMANITARIAN-, AND 
DEMOCRACY-RELATED ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO 
IRAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Office of Foreign Assets Control, in 
consultation with the Department of State, shall establish an expe-
dited process for the consideration of complete requests for 
authorization to engage in human rights-, humanitarian-, or democ-
racy-related activities relating to Iran that are submitted by— 
(1) entities receiving funds from the Department of State 
to engage in the proposed activity; 
(2) the Broadcasting Board of Governors; and 
(3) other appropriate agencies of the United States Govern-
ment. 
(b) PROCEDURES.—Requests for authorization under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted to the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
in conformance with the Office’s regulations, including section 
501.801 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known 
as the Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations). Applicants 
shall fully disclose the parties to the transactions as well as describe 
the activities to be undertaken. License applications involving the 
exportation or reexportation of goods, technology, or software to 
Iran shall include a copy of an official Commodity Classification 
issued by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and 
Security, as part of the license application. 
(c) FOREIGN POLICY REVIEW.—The Department of State shall 
complete a foreign policy review of a request for authorization 
under subsection (a) not later than 30 days after the request is 
referred to the Department by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. 
(d) LICENSE DETERMINATIONS.—License determinations for com-
plete requests for authorization under subsection (a) shall be made 
not later than 90 days after receipt by the Office of Foreign Assets 
Control, with the following exceptions: 
(1) Any requests involving the exportation or reexportation 
to Iran of goods, technology, or software listed on the Commerce 
Control List maintained pursuant to part 774 of title 15, Code 
of Federal Regulations, shall be processed in a manner con-
sistent with the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 
(title XVI of Public Law 102–484) and other applicable provi-
sions of law. 
(2) Any other requests presenting unusual or extraordinary 
circumstances. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe 
such regulations as are appropriate to carry out this section. 
SEC. 414. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO PROMOTE INTERNET 
FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN IRAN. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
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of the Treasury and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appro-
priate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a comprehensive strategy to— 
(1) assist the people of Iran to produce, access, and share 
information freely and safely via the Internet, including in 
Farsi and regional languages; 
(2) support the development of counter-censorship tech-
nologies that enable the citizens of Iran to undertake Internet 
activities without interference from the Government of Iran; 
(3) increase the capabilities and availability of secure 
mobile and other communications through connective tech-
nology among human rights and democracy activists in Iran; 
(4) provide resources for digital safety training for media 
and academic and civil society organizations in Iran; 
(5) provide accurate and substantive Internet content in 
local languages in Iran; 
(6) increase emergency resources for the most vulnerable 
human rights advocates seeking to organize, share information, 
and support human rights in Iran; 
(7) expand surrogate radio, television, live stream, and 
social network communications inside Iran, including— 
(A) by expanding Voice of America’s Persian News 
Network and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Radio 
Farda to provide hourly live news update programming 
and breaking news coverage capability 24 hours a day 
and 7 days a week; and 
(B) by assisting telecommunications and software 
companies that are United States persons to comply with 
the export licensing requirements of the United States 
for the purpose of expanding such communications inside 
Iran; 
(8) expand activities to safely assist and train human 
rights, civil society, and democracy activists in Iran to operate 
effectively and securely; 
(9) identify and utilize all available resources to overcome 
attempts by the Government of Iran to jam or otherwise deny 
international satellite broadcasting signals; 
(10) expand worldwide United States embassy and con-
sulate programming for and outreach to Iranian dissident 
communities; 
(11) expand access to proxy servers for democracy activists 
in Iran; and 
(12) discourage telecommunications and software compa-
nies from facilitating Internet censorship by the Government 
of Iran. 
SEC. 415. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON POLITICAL PRISONERS. 
It shall be the policy of the United States— 
(1) to support efforts to research and identify prisoners 
of conscience and cases of human rights abuses in Iran; 
(2) to offer refugee status or political asylum in the United 
States to political dissidents in Iran if requested and consistent 
with the laws and national security interests of the United 
States; 
(3) to offer to assist, through the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Refugees, with the relocation of such political 
prisoners to other countries if requested, as appropriate and