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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-
ing given that term in section 11 b. of the 
Atomic 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 
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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 in-
vestment activity in Iran as described in section 
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 deter-
mination 
described 
in 
such 
section 
5(b)(2)(A) with respect to the government 
of that country),’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘important to the na-
tional interest of the United States’’ and 
inserting ‘‘vital to the national security in-
terest of the United States’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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(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: 
‘‘(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 
petroleum products, or to develop its weapons 
of mass destruction or other military capabili-
ties (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 
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or to develop or sustain Iran’s nuclear, chemical, bi-
ological, and missile weapons programs.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) REPORTS ON CERTAIN BUSINESS AND OTHER 
TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO IRAN.— 
‘‘(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 
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 described in 
section 5(a)(2)(B). 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(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); 
‘‘(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) ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.—The report 
required by this subsection shall also include a list 
of— 
‘‘(A) any person that the President deter-
mines is an agent, alias, front, instrumentality, 
representative, official, or affiliate of the Is-
lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or is an indi-
vidual serving as a representative of the Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps; 
‘‘(B) any person that the President deter-
mines has knowingly provided material support 
to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or an 
agent, alias, front, instrumentality, representa-
tive, official, or affiliate of the Islamic Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps; and 
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‘‘(C) any person who has conducted any 
commercial transaction or financial transaction 
with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps or 
an agent, alias, front, instrumentality, rep-
resentative, official, or affiliate of the Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps. 
‘‘(4) 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. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS ON GLOBAL TRADE RELATING TO 
IRAN.—Not later than one year after the date of the en-
actment 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, between Iran and each country maintaining mem-
bership 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)— 
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(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; 
(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 lique-
fied natural gas, oil or liquefied natural gas tankers, 
and products used to construct or maintain pipelines 
used to transport oil or compressed or liquefied nat-
ural gas. 
‘‘(16) REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.—The 
term ‘refined petroleum products’ means gasoline, 
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kerosene, 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.—Sec-
tion 8 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 is amended— 
(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 re-
quirements 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 cer-
tifies to the appropriate 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, in-
cluding uranium enrichment, that would facilitate 
the efforts described in paragraph (1).’’. 
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(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— 
(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 
AFFAIRS.—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 
striking ‘‘or 5(b)’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘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 
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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, 
notwithstanding section 5(f)(3) of the Iran Sanc-
tions 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 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) EXISTING
SANCTIONS
NOT
AFFECTED.— 
The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of 
section 3 of this Act shall not be construed to affect 
the requirements of section 5(a) of the Iran Sanc-
tions Act of 1996 as in effect before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and such requirements con-
tinue to apply, on and after such date of enactment, 
to conduct engaged 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 au-
thority under section 4(f) or section 9(c) of the Iran 
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Sanctions Act of 1996 as in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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