Title: Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
This bill expands sanctions related to Iran's ballistic missile program and revises various related provisions.
Current law requires the President to impose various financial, visa-blocking, and assistance sanctions on persons that knowingly facilitate the transfer of goods, services, or technology to Iran that would materially contribute to Iran's acquisition or development of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. The bill expands such sanctions to cover transfers that materially support Iran's efforts to acquire or develop ballistic missile technologies or certain advanced conventional weapons. The bill also establishes additional sanctions related to Iran's ballistic missile program, including with respect to a foreign person or instrumentality of a foreign state that provides material support for Iran's efforts to acquire certain missile-related goods, services, technologies or weapons. The President shall notify Congress upon receiving credible information about certain conventional weapons transfers to Iran, with a determination of whether the transaction is subject to sanctions.
The bill expands existing visa-blocking sanctions related to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to cover additional parties, including (1) foreign persons that provide significant financial services to the IRGC, and (2) Iranian persons subject to certain executive orders related to Syria. Such sanctions are further expanded to include property-blocking sanctions.
The bill imposes various reporting requirements, including requirements for (1) an analysis of supply chains supporting Iran's ballistic missile program, and (2) a determination of Iran's use of commercial passenger aircraft for illicit military activities.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2118 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2118

To expand sanctions against Iran with respect to the ballistic missile 
program of Iran, to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran's 
           Revolutionary Guard Corps, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2019

  Mr. McCaul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 
 Financial Services, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, 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 expand sanctions against Iran with respect to the ballistic missile 
program of Iran, to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran's 
           Revolutionary Guard Corps, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 ``Iran Ballistic 
Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
   TITLE I--EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN WITH RESPECT TO THE 
                   BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN

Sec. 101. Sanctions relating to efforts by the Government of Iran with 
                            respect to ballistic missile-related goods, 
                            services, and technologies.
Sec. 102. Determinations with respect to the imposition of sanctions 
                            for the sale or transfer of destabilizing 
                            types and amounts of conventional weapons 
                            to the Government of Iran.
Sec. 103. Determination on use by the Government of Iran of commercial 
                            passenger aircraft and related services for 
                            illicit military or other activities.
Sec. 104. Regulatory authority.
Sec. 105. Definitions.
  TITLE II--IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN'S 
                       REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS

Sec. 201. Additional sanctions with respect to foreign persons that are 
                            officials, agents, or affiliates of, or 
                            owned or controlled by, Iran's 
                            Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Sec. 202. Additional sanctions with respect to foreign persons that 
                            support or conduct certain transactions 
                            with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or 
                            other sanctioned persons.
Sec. 203. Reports on certain Iranian persons.
Sec. 204. Statement of policy on prevention of accession of Iran to 
                            World Trade Organization.

   TITLE I--EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN WITH RESPECT TO THE 
                   BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM OF IRAN

SEC. 101. SANCTIONS RELATING TO EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN WITH 
              RESPECT TO BALLISTIC MISSILE-RELATED GOODS, SERVICES, AND 
              TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 
        (2015)--
                    (A) calls upon Iran ``not to undertake any activity 
                related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of 
                delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using 
                such ballistic missile technology''; and
                    (B) requires member states to ``take the necessary 
                measures to prevent, except as decided otherwise by the 
                UN Security Council in advance on a case-by-case basis, 
                the supply, sale, or transfer of arms or related 
                materiel from Iran''.
            (2) The United States maintains bilateral sanctions against 
        Iran for its efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, 
        transport, transfer or use ballistic missiles or ballistic 
        missile launch technology, and its acquisition of destabilizing 
        types and amounts of conventional weapons.
            (3) According to the 2016 Worldwide Threat Assessment, the 
        United States intelligence community judges ``that Tehran would 
        choose ballistic missiles as its preferred method of delivering 
        nuclear weapons, if it builds them. Iran's ballistic missiles 
        are inherently capable of delivering [weapons of mass 
        destruction], and Tehran already has the largest inventory of 
        ballistic missiles in the Middle East. Iran's progress on space 
        launch vehicles--along with its desire to deter the United 
        States and its allies--provides Tehran with the means and 
        motivation to develop longer-range missiles, including 
        ICBMs.''.
            (4) Since the passage of United Nations Security Council 
        2231, Iran has conducted numerous tests of ballistic missiles 
        designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, and has 
        acquired destabilizing types of conventional weapons.
            (5) Iran has pursued the ability to indigenously produce 
        ballistic missile and cruise missile goods, services, and 
        technologies.
    (b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States to 
prevent Iran from undertaking any activity related to ballistic 
missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, 
including launches using such ballistic missile technology.
    (c) Report on Supply Chain of Iran's Ballistic Missile Program.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the 
        following:
                    (A) An analysis of the foreign supply chain and 
                domestic supply chain in Iran that directly or 
                indirectly significantly facilitates, supports, or 
                otherwise aids the Government of Iran's ballistic 
                missile program.
                    (B) A description of the geographic distribution of 
                the foreign and domestic supply chain described in 
                subparagraph (A).
                    (C) An assessment of the Government of Iran's 
                ability to indigenously manufacture or otherwise 
                produce the goods, services, or technology necessary to 
                support its ballistic missile program.
                    (D) An identification of foreign persons that have, 
                based on credible information, directly or indirectly 
                facilitated or supported the development of the 
                Government of Iran's ballistic missile program, 
                including the foreign and domestic supply chain 
                described in subparagraph (A).
                    (E) A determination with respect to each foreign 
                person identified under subparagraph (D) as to whether 
                the foreign person meets the criteria for designation 
                under--
                            (i) paragraph (1) of section 5(b) of the 
                        Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 
                        50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by this 
                        section;
                            (ii) section 104 of the Countering 
                        America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 
                        (Public Law 115-44; 22 U.S.C. 9403); or
                            (iii) Executive Order 13382 (June 28, 
                        2005), relating to Blocking Property of Weapons 
                        of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their 
                        Supporters.
            (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
        annex.
    (d) Sanctionable Activities With Respect to Weapons of Mass 
Destruction.--Paragraph (1) of section 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``Exports, transfers, and 
        transshipments'' and inserting ``Weapons of mass destruction; 
        ballistic missiles; conventional weapons'';
            (2) by striking ``Except as'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) Weapons of mass destruction.--Except as'';
            (3) by striking ``(A) on or after the date of the enactment 
        of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 
        2012'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(i)(I) on or after the date of the 
                        enactment of the Iran Ballistic Missiles and 
                        International Sanctions Enforcement Act'';
            (4) by striking ``(B) knew'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(II) knew'';
            (5) by striking ``(i) the export'' and inserting the 
        following:
                                    ``(aa) the export'';
            (6) by striking ``would likely'' and inserting ``may'';
            (7) by striking ``(ii) the export'' and inserting the 
        following:
                                    ``(bb) the export'';
            (8) by striking ``(I) acquire'' and inserting the 
        following:
                                            ``(AA) acquire'';
            (9) by striking ``; or'' at the end of subparagraph 
        (A)(ii)(II)(bb)(AA) (as so redesignated);
            (10) by inserting after subparagraph (A)(ii)(II)(bb)(AA) 
        (as so redesignated) the following:
                                            ``(BB) acquire or develop 
                                        ballistic missiles or ballistic 
                                        missile launch technologies; 
                                        or'';
            (11) by striking ``(II) acquire'' and inserting the 
        following:
                                            ``(CC) acquire'';
            (12) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph 
        (A)(ii)(II)(bb)(CC) (as so redesignated) and inserting ``; 
        or''; and
            (13) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) the 
        following:
                            ``(ii) knowingly exports or transfers, or 
                        permits or otherwise facilitates the 
                        transshipment or re-export of, goods, services, 
                        technology, or other items to Iran that 
                        materially supports Iran's efforts to--
                                    ``(I) acquire or develop ballistic 
                                missiles or ballistic missile launch 
                                technologies; or
                                    ``(II) acquire or develop 
                                destabilizing numbers and types of 
                                advanced conventional weapons (as such 
                                term is defined in paragraphs (1) and 
                                (2) of section 1608 of the Iran-Iraq 
                                Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992).''.
    (e) Sanctionable Activities With Respect to Ballistic Missiles.--
Paragraph (1) of section 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by subsection (d), is 
further amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Additional ballistic missile-related goods, 
                services, and technology.--
                            ``(i) Additional authority.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The President 
                                shall impose the sanctions described in 
                                paragraph (8), (10), or (12) of section 
                                6(a), as the case may be, with respect 
                                to--
                                            ``(aa) an agency or 
                                        instrumentality of the 
                                        Government of Iran if the 
                                        President determines that the 
                                        agency or instrumentality, on 
                                        or after the date of the 
                                        enactment of this subparagraph, 
                                        knowingly seeks to develop, 
                                        procure, or acquire goods, 
                                        services, or technology that 
                                        materially supports efforts by 
                                        the Government of Iran with 
                                        respect to ballistic missile-
                                        related goods, services, and 
                                        technologies as described in 
                                        clause (ii);
                                            ``(bb) a foreign person or 
                                        an agency or instrumentality of 
                                        a foreign state if the 
                                        President determines that the 
                                        person or agency or 
                                        instrumentality knowingly, on 
                                        or after the date of the 
                                        enactment of this paragraph, 
                                        provides significant material 
                                        support to the Government of 
                                        Iran that supports efforts by 
                                        the Government of Iran with 
                                        respect to ballistic missile-
                                        related goods, services, and 
                                        technologies as described in 
                                        clause (ii); and
                                            ``(cc) a foreign person 
                                        that the President determines 
                                        knowingly engages in a 
                                        significant transaction or 
                                        transactions with, or provides 
                                        significant financial services 
                                        for, a foreign person or an 
                                        agency or instrumentality of a 
                                        foreign state described in item 
                                        (aa) or (bb) with respect to 
                                        ballistic missile-related 
                                        goods, services, and 
                                        technologies as described in 
                                        clause (ii).
                                    ``(II) Exception relating to 
                                importation of goods.--
                                            ``(aa) In general.--The 
                                        requirement to impose sanctions 
                                        as described in subclause (I) 
                                        shall not include the authority 
                                        to impose sanctions on the 
                                        importation of goods.
                                            ``(bb) Good defined.--In 
                                        this subclause, the term `good' 
                                        means any article, natural or 
                                        man-made substance, material, 
                                        supply or manufactured product, 
                                        including inspection and test 
                                        equipment, and excluding 
                                        technical data.
                            ``(ii) Efforts by the government of iran 
                        with respect to ballistic missile-related 
                        goods, services, and technologies described.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--For purposes of 
                                subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of 
                                clause (i), and except as provided in 
                                subclause (II) of this clause, efforts 
                                by the Government of Iran with respect 
                                to ballistic missile-related goods, 
                                services, and technologies described in 
                                this subsection are efforts by the 
                                Government of Iran to manufacture, 
                                acquire, possess, develop, transport, 
                                transfer, test or use ballistic 
                                missiles or associated goods, services, 
                                or technology by the Government of 
                                Iran, including efforts by the 
                                Government of Iran to manufacture, 
                                acquire, possess, develop, transport, 
                                transfer, purchase--
                                            ``(aa) goods, services, or 
                                        technology listed on the 
                                        Missile Technology Control 
                                        Regime Equipment and Technology 
                                        Annex of October 8, 2015, and 
                                        subsequent revisions that have 
                                        been acquired outside of the 
                                        Procurement Working Group or 
                                        not otherwise approved by the 
                                        United Nations Security 
                                        Council; or
                                            ``(bb) goods, services, or 
                                        technology not described in the 
                                        matter preceding item (aa) or 
                                        item (aa) but which 
                                        nevertheless the President 
                                        determines would be, if such 
                                        goods, services, or technology 
                                        were United States goods, 
                                        services, or technology, 
                                        prohibited for export to Iran 
                                        because of their potential to 
                                        materially support the 
                                        development of ballistic 
                                        missile systems or ballistic 
                                        missile launch technologies.
                                    ``(II) Exception.--Subclause (I) 
                                shall not apply with respect to efforts 
                                by the Government of Iran with respect 
                                to ballistic missile-related goods, 
                                services, and technologies that have 
                                been approved under paragraph 4 of 
                                Annex B of United Nations Security 
                                Council Resolution 2231 (2015).
                            ``(iii) Procurement working group 
                        defined.--In clause (ii)(I)(aa), the term 
                        `Procurement Working Group' means the 
                        Procurement Working Group of the Joint 
                        Commission established under Annex IV of the 
                        applicable provisions in Annex A of United 
                        Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 
                        (2015).''.
    (f) Sanctionable Activities With Respect to Conventional Weapons.--
Paragraph (1) of section 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by subsections (d) and 
(e), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Conventional weapons.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The President shall 
                        impose the sanctions described in paragraph (8) 
                        or (12) of section 6(a), as the case may be, 
                        with respect to a foreign person or an agency 
                        or instrumentality of a foreign state if the 
                        President determines that the person or agency 
                        or instrumentality knowingly, on or after the 
                        date of the enactment of this paragraph, 
                        imports, exports, or re-exports to, into, or 
                        from Iran, whether directly or indirectly, any 
                        significant arms or related materiel prohibited 
                        under paragraph (5) or (6) of Annex B of United 
                        Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 
                        (2015).
                            ``(ii) Exception relating to importation of 
                        goods.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The requirement 
                                to impose sanctions as described in 
                                clause (i) shall not include the 
                                authority to impose sanctions on the 
                                importation of goods.
                                    ``(II) Good defined.--In this 
                                clause, the term `good' means any 
                                article, natural or man-made substance, 
                                material, supply or manufactured 
                                product, including inspection and test 
                                equipment, and excluding technical 
                                data.''.
    (g) Exception and Definitions.--Paragraph (1) of section 5(b) of 
the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 
note), as amended by subsections (d), (e), and (f), is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Exception.--The President may not impose 
                sanctions under subparagraph (B) or (C) with respect to 
                a foreign person or a United States person if the 
                President determines that the person has exercised due 
                diligence in establishing and enforcing official 
                policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that the 
                person does not sell, supply, or transfer to or from 
                Iran materials the sale, supply, or transfer of which 
                would subject a person to the imposition of sanctions 
                under subparagraph (B) or (C), as the case may be, or 
                conduct or facilitate a financial transaction for such 
                a sale, supply, or transfer.
                    ``(E) Definitions.--In subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 
                this paragraph:
                            ``(i) Agency or instrumentality.--The term 
                        `agency or instrumentality' has the meaning 
                        given such term in section 1603(b) of title 28, 
                        United States Code.
                            ``(ii) Foreign state.--The term `foreign 
                        state' has the meaning given such term in 
                        section 1603(a) of title 28, United States 
                        Code.
                            ``(iii) Government of iran.--The term 
                        `Government of Iran' has the meaning given such 
                        term in section 560.304 of title 31, Code of 
                        Federal Regulations, as such section was in 
                        effect on January 1, 2016.
                            ``(iv) Significant transaction or 
                        transactions; significant financial services.--
                        The terms `significant transaction or 
                        transactions' and `significant financial 
                        services' shall be determined in accordance 
                        with section 561.404 of title 31, Code of 
                        Federal Regulations, as such section 561.404 
                        was in effect on January 1, 2016.''.
    (h) Sanctions Described.--Section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the following:
            ``(10) Inadmissibility to united states.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The President may direct the 
                Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary 
                of Homeland Security to exclude from the United States 
                and, if the individual has been issued a visa or other 
                documentation, revoke, in accordance with the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) 
                the visa or other documentation of any alien that--
                            ``(i) is designated pursuant to 
                        subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 5(b)(1); or
                            ``(ii) the President determines is a 
                        corporate officer or principal of, or a 
                        shareholder with a controlling interest in, a 
                        sanctioned person.
                    ``(B) Exception to comply with united nations 
                headquarters agreement.--Sanctions under subparagraph 
                (A) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien 
                into the United States is necessary to permit the 
                United States to comply with the Agreement regarding 
                the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
                Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 
                21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
                States, or other applicable international 
                obligations.'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (13); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:
            ``(12) Export sanction.--In the case of an agency or 
        instrumentality of a foreign state, no item on the United 
        States Munitions List or Commerce Control List may be exported 
        to that foreign state for a period of two years.''.
    (i) Rule of Construction.--The sanctions that are required to be 
imposed under this section and the amendments made by this section are 
in addition to other similar or related sanctions that are required to 
be imposed under any other provision of law.
    (j) Implementation.--The President may exercise all authorities 
provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out any 
amendments made by this section.
    (k) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall--
                    (A) take effect on the date of the enactment of 
                this Act; and
                    (B) apply with respect to an activity described in 
                subsection (b) of section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act 
                of 1996, as amended by this section, that is commenced 
                on or after such date of enactment.
            (2) Applicability to ongoing activities relating to certain 
        activities.--A person that, before the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, commenced an activity described in section 5(b) of 
        the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as in effect on the day before 
        such date of enactment, and continues the activity on or after 
        such date of enactment, shall be subject to the provisions of 
        the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this title.

SEC. 102. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS 
              FOR THE SALE OR TRANSFER OF DESTABILIZING TYPES AND 
              AMOUNTS OF CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF 
              IRAN.

    (a) Notification of Sales and Transfers.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the President receives credible information 
that destabilizing numbers and types of conventional weapons have been 
sold or transferred to Iran, the President shall notify the appropriate 
congressional committees of the sale or transfer.
    (b) Determinations With Respect to Sanctions.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date on 
        which the President notifies the appropriate congressional 
        committees of a sale or transfer under subsection (a), the 
        President shall--
                    (A) determine whether such sale or transfer meets 
                the requirements to impose sanctions under each 
                provision of law specified in subsection (c); and
                    (B)(i) if the determination is that the sale or 
                transfer is subject to any such sanctions, the 
                President shall--
                            (I) make a determination whether to impose 
                        or waive such sanctions with respect to such 
                        sale or transfer; and
                            (II) submit that determination to the 
                        appropriate congressional committees; or
                    (ii) if the determination is that the sale or 
                transfer is not subject to any such sanctions, the 
                President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
                committees a detailed report on the determination and 
                the specific reasons for the determination.
            (2) Form.--The determination in paragraph (1) shall be 
        provided in an unclassified form, and may contain a classified 
        annex.
    (c) Provisions of Law Specified.--The provisions of law specified 
in this subsection are the following:
            (1) Section 5(b)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 
        U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by section 102 of this Act.
            (2) The Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (50 
        U.S.C. 1701 note).
            (3) The Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act 
        (50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``destabilizing numbers 
and types of advanced conventional weapons''--
            (1) has the meaning given the terms ``advanced conventional 
        weapons'' and ``cruise missile'' as defined in paragraphs (1) 
        and (2), respectively, of section 1608 of the Iran-Iraq Arms 
        Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); and
            (2) includes the S-300 and S-400 missile defense systems 
        and air superiority fighters.

SEC. 103. DETERMINATION ON USE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN OF COMMERCIAL 
              PASSENGER AIRCRAFT AND RELATED SERVICES FOR ILLICIT 
              MILITARY OR OTHER ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Determination.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for three years, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a determination on use by the Government of Iran of commercial 
passenger aircraft and related services for illicit military or other 
activities on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Elements of Determination.--The determination required under 
subsection (a) shall include a description of the extent to which--
            (1) commercial passenger aircraft in Iran are being used to 
        transport--
                    (A) arms or related materiel, including defense 
                articles, defense services, or technical data that are 
                controlled on the United States Munitions List 
                established under section 38 of the Arms Export Control 
                Act (22 U.S.C. 2778);
                    (B) any item that is, or would be, if located in 
                the United States, controlled by Export Control 
                Classification Number 600 series listed on the Commerce 
                Control List maintained under Supplement No. 1 to part 
                774 of the Export Administration Regulations;
                    (C) items used to facilitate the development or 
                production of a chemical or biological weapon or other 
                weapon of mass destruction and their means of delivery, 
                including ballistic missiles and cruise missiles; or
                    (D) any foreign person that facilitates the 
                transfer of any of the articles described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C);
            (2) commercial passenger aircraft licensed by the Office of 
        Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury are 
        being used for activities described in paragraph (1); and
            (3) foreign governments and persons have facilitated the 
        activities described in paragraph (1), including allowing the 
        use of airports, services, or other resources.
    (c) Form of Determination.--The determination required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 
a classified annex.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commercial passenger aircraft.--The term ``commercial 
        passenger aircraft'' includes--
                    (A) an aircraft of United States origin and that is 
                classified under Export Control Classification Number 
                (ECCN) 9A99l on the Commerce Control List maintained 
                under Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the Export 
                Administration Regulations; or
                    (B) an aircraft not of United States origin of 
                which United States-controlled content constitutes 10 
                percent or more of the total value of the aircraft and 
                that is--
                            (i) classified under Export Control 
                        Classification Number (ECCN) 9A99l on the 
                        Commerce Control List maintained under 
                        Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the Export 
                        Administration Regulations; and
                            (ii) is registered in a jurisdiction other 
                        than the United States.
            (2) Export administration regulations.--The term ``Export 
        Administration Regulations'' means subchapter C of chapter VII 
        of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (3) Related services.--The term ``related services'', with 
        respect to a commercial passenger aircraft, includes--
                    (A) the export, re-export, sale, lease, or transfer 
                to Iran of spare parts and components; and
                    (B) warranty, maintenance, and repair services.

SEC. 104. REGULATORY AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--The President shall, not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations as 
necessary for the implementation of this title and the amendments made 
by this title.
    (b) Notification to Congress.--Not less than 10 days before the 
promulgation of regulations under subsection (a), the President shall 
notify the appropriate congressional committees of the proposed 
regulations and the provisions of this title and the amendments made by 
this title that the regulations are implementing.

SEC. 105. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
                on Ways and Means, the Committee on Financial Services, 
                the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
                Oversight and Reform, and the Permanent Select 
                Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
                Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, 
                Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on 
                Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs, and the Select Committee on 
                Intelligence of the Senate.
            (2) Credible information.--The term ``credible 
        information'' has the meaning given such term in section 14 of 
        the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 
        1701 note).
            (3) Government of iran.--The term ``Government of Iran'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 560.304 of title 31, 
        Code of Federal Regulations, as such section was in effect on 
        January 1, 2016.

  TITLE II--IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN'S 
                       REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS

SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS THAT ARE 
              OFFICIALS, AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES OF, OR OWNED OR 
              CONTROLLED BY, IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.

    (a) Sensitive Transactions and Activities Described.--Section 
301(c) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 
(22 U.S.C. 8741(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``$1,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$500,000''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``Iranian financial institution 
                or'' after ``involving a'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
        paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraphs:
            ``(3) a transaction to provide material support for an 
        organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization 
        under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1189(a)) or support for an act of international 
        terrorism (as defined in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act 
        of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note));
            ``(4) a transaction to provide material support to a 
        foreign person whose property and access to property has been 
        blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001; 
        relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 
        persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism);
            ``(5) a transaction to provide material support for--
                    ``(A) any entity whose property and access to 
                property has been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 
                13582 (August 17, 2011; relating to blocking property 
                of the Government of Syria and prohibiting certain 
                transactions with respect to Syria); or
                    ``(B) any entity owned or controlled by the 
                Government of Syria, including for purposes of post-
                conflict reconstruction;''.
    (b) Waiver of Imposition of Sanctions.--Section 301(e) of the Iran 
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(e)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``(A) determines'' and inserting 
                ``(A)(i) determines'';
                    (B) by striking ``(B) submits'' and inserting 
                ``(ii) submits'';
                    (C) by striking ``(i) identifies'' and inserting 
                ``(I) identifies'';
                    (D) by striking ``(ii) sets'' and inserting ``(II) 
                sets'';
                    (E) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; and''; and
                    (F) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) with respect to a foreign person identified 
                by reason of having conducted or attempted to conduct 
                one or more sensitive transactions or activities 
                described in subsection (c)(5), also certifies to the 
                appropriate congressional committees that Iran's 
                Revolutionary Guard Corps is significantly decreasing 
                provision of direct or indirect material support to the 
                Government of Syria or Hezbollah's operations in 
                Syria.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``paragraph (1)(B)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (1)(A)(ii)''.
    (c) Regulations, Implementation, Penalties, and Definitions.--
Section 301 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(f) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (a) or any 
regulation, license, or order issued to carry out subsection (a) shall 
be subject to the penalties 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.
    ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Foreign person.--The term `foreign person' means a 
        person that is not a United States person.
            ``(2) United states person.--The term `United States 
        person' means--
                    ``(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
                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.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect 
to conduct described in paragraph (3) of section 301(a) of the Iran 
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, as added by this 
section, engaged in on or after such date of enactment.

SEC. 202. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS THAT 
              SUPPORT OR CONDUCT CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN'S 
              REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS OR OTHER SANCTIONED PERSONS.

    (a) Identification.--Section 302(a)(1) of the Iran Threat Reduction 
and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(a)(1))--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, or provide significant 
                financial services to,'' after ``transactions with''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``or'' at the end; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                inserting ``, provide significant financial services 
                to, or provide material support to'' after 
                ``transactions with'';
                    (B) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end; 
                and
                    (C) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
                following:
                            ``(ii) an Iranian person or entity 
                        designated as foreign terrorist organizations 
                        under section 219(a) of the Immigration and 
                        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) or that has 
                        provided support for an act of international 
                        terrorism (as defined in section 14 of the Iran 
                        Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
                        U.S.C. 1701 note));
                            ``(iii) an Iranian person whose property 
                        and access to property has been blocked 
                        pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (September 
                        23, 2001; relating to blocking property and 
                        prohibiting transactions with persons who 
                        commit, threaten to commit, or support 
                        terrorism);
                            ``(iv) an Iranian person whose property and 
                        access to property has been blocked pursuant 
                        to--
                                    ``(I) Executive Order 13608 (May 1, 
                                2012), relating to Prohibiting Certain 
                                Transactions with and Suspending Entry 
                                Into the United States of Foreign 
                                Sanctions Evaders with Respect to Iran 
                                and Syria;
                                    ``(II) Executive Order 13606 (April 
                                23, 2012), 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;
                                    ``(III) Executive Order 13582 
                                (August 18, 2011), relating to Blocking 
                                Property of the Government of Syria and 
                                Prohibiting Certain Transactions with 
                                Respect to Syria;
                                    ``(IV) Executive Order 13573 (May 
                                18, 2011), relating to Blocking 
                                Property of Senior Officials of the 
                                Government of Syria;
                                    ``(V) Executive Order 13572 (April 
                                29, 2011), relating to Blocking 
                                Property of Certain Persons with 
                                Respect to Human Rights Abuses in 
                                Syria;
                                    ``(VI) Executive Order 13460 
                                (February 15, 2008), relating to 
                                Blocking Property of Additional Persons 
                                in Connection with the National 
                                Emergency with Respect to Syria;
                                    ``(VII) Executive Order 13399 
                                (April 26, 2006), relating to Blocking 
                                Property of Additional Persons in 
                                Connection with the National Emergency 
                                with Respect to Syria;
                                    ``(VIII) Executive Order 13338 (May 
                                12, 2004), relating to Blocking 
                                Property of Certain Persons and 
                                Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods 
                                to Syria; or
                                    ``(IX) any other Executive order 
                                adopted on or after the date of the 
                                enactment of the Iranian Revolutionary 
                                Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, to 
                                the extent that such Executive order 
                                imposes sanctions with respect to 
                                Syria; or
                            ``(v) a person acting on behalf of or at 
                        the direction of, or owned or controlled by, a 
                        person described in clauses (i) through 
                        (iv).''.
    (b) Imposition of Sanctions.--Section 302(b) of the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``If the President--'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--If the President'';
            (2) by striking ``subsection, the President--'' and all 
        that follows and inserting ``the President shall block and 
        prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property 
        with respect to such foreign person 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.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The requirement to impose 
                sanctions as described in paragraph (1) shall not 
                include the authority to impose sanctions on the 
                importation of goods.
                    ``(B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `good' means any article, natural or man-made 
                substance, material, supply or manufactured product, 
                including inspection and test equipment, and excluding 
                technical data.''.
    (c) Waiver of Imposition of Sanctions.--Section 302(d) of the Iran 
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(d)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``(A)(i) determines'' and inserting 
                ``(A)(i)(I) determines'';
                    (B) by striking ``(ii) determines'' and inserting 
                ``(II) determines'';
                    (C) by striking ``(B) submits'' and inserting 
                ``(ii) submits'';
                    (D) by striking ``(i) identifies'' and inserting 
                ``(I) identifies'';
                    (E) by striking ``(ii) describes'' and inserting 
                ``(II) describes'';
                    (F) by striking ``(iii) sets forth'' and inserting 
                ``(III) sets forth'';
                    (G) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``and''; and
                    (H) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) with respect to a foreign person identified 
                by reason of having engaged in a significant 
                transaction or transactions described in subsection 
                (a)(1)(C)(iv), also certifies to the appropriate 
                congressional committees that Iran's Revolutionary 
                Guard Corps is significantly decreasing provision of 
                direct or indirect material support to the Government 
                of Syria or Hezbollah's operations in Syria.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``paragraph (1)(B)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (1)(A)(ii)''.
    (d) Waiver of Identifications and Designations.--Section 302(e) of 
the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8742(e)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and subject to paragraph (2)'';
            (2) by striking ``(1) determines'' and inserting ``(1)(A) 
        determines'';
            (3) by striking ``(2) notifies'' and inserting ``(B) 
        notifies'';
            (4) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) with respect to a foreign person identified by reason 
        of having engaged in a significant transaction or transactions 
        described in subsection (a)(1)(C)(iv), also certifies to the 
        appropriate congressional committees that Iran's Revolutionary 
        Guard Corps is significantly decreasing provision of direct or 
        indirect material support to the Government of Syria or 
        Hezbollah's operations in Syria.''.
    (e) Application of Provisions of Iran Freedom and Counter-
Proliferation Act of 2012.--Section 302 of the Iran Threat Reduction 
and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Application of Provisions of Iran Freedom and Counter-
Proliferation Act of 2012.--Subsections (e) and (f) of section 1244 of 
the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803) 
apply with respect to the imposition under subsection (b)(1) of 
sanctions relating to activities described in subsection (a)(1) to the 
same extent that such provisions apply with respect to the imposition 
of sanctions under subsections (c) and (d) of the Iran Freedom and 
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012.''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect 
to conduct described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 302(a)(1) 
of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, as 
amended by this section, engaged in on or after such date of enactment.

SEC. 203. REPORTS ON CERTAIN IRANIAN PERSONS.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United 
States to fully implement and enforce sanctions against Iran's 
Revolutionary Guard Corps, including its officials, agents, and 
affiliates.
    (b) In General.--Subtitle B of title III of the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-158; 126 
Stat. 1247) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 313. REPORT ON CERTAIN IRANIAN PERSONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions 
Enforcement Act, and annually thereafter for a period not to exceed two 
years, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that contains the following:
            ``(1) A list of foreign persons that are operating business 
        enterprises in Iran that have a valuation of more than 
        $100,000,000 in Iran and, with respect to each such foreign 
        person, a determination of whether or not Iran's Revolutionary 
        Guard Corps or any foreign persons that are officials, agents, 
        or affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, directly or 
        indirectly owns or controls the foreign person.
            ``(2) A list of Iranian financial institutions that have a 
        valuation of more than $10,000,000 and, with respect to each 
        such Iranian financial institution, a determination of whether 
        or not--
                    ``(A) the institution has knowingly facilitated a 
                significant transaction directly or indirectly for, or 
                on behalf of, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps during 
                the 2-year period beginning on the date of the 
                enactment of this section; or
                    ``(B) Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or any 
                foreign persons that are officials, agents, or 
                affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, 
                directly or indirectly, owns or controls the 
                institution.
    ``(b) Form of Report; Public Availability.--
            ``(1) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 
        annex.
            ``(2) Public availability.--The unclassified portion of the 
        report required by paragraph (1) shall be posted on a publicly 
        available Internet website of the Department of the Treasury 
        and a publicly available Internet website of the Department of 
        State.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Foreign person.--The term `foreign person' means a 
        person that is not a United States person.
            ``(2) Iran's revolutionary guard corps.--The term `Iran's 
        Revolutionary Guard Corps' includes any senior foreign 
        political figure (as defined in section 1010.605 of title 31, 
        Code of Federal Regulations) of Iran's Revolutionary Guard 
        Corps.
            ``(3) Iranian financial institution.--The term `Iranian 
        financial institution' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 561.320 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
            ``(4) Significant transaction.--A transaction shall be 
        determined to be a `significant transaction' in accordance with 
        section 561.404 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
        such section 561.404 was in effect on January 1, 2016.
            ``(5) United states person.--The term `United States 
        person' means--
                    ``(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
                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.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 312 the following:

``Sec. 313. Report on certain Iranian persons.''.

SEC. 204. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON PREVENTION OF ACCESSION OF IRAN TO 
              WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.

    (a) In General.--It shall be the policy of the United States to 
work to prevent Iran's membership in the World Trade Organization and 
similar international bodies until the date on which the determination 
of the Secretary of State that the Government of Iran has repeatedly 
provided support for acts of international terrorism under the 
provisions of law described in subsection (b) is rescinded.
    (b) Provisions of Law Described.--The provisions of law described 
in this subsection are--
            (1) section 1754(c) of the Export Control Reform Act of 
        2018;
            (2) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act;
            (3) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; or
            (4) any other provision of law.
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