Stop Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-4008
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-12-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Arms control and nonproliferation
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign loans and debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax deductions
Iran
Middle East
Military personnel and dependents
Mining
Nuclear weapons
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Sanctions
Securities
Technology transfer and commercialization
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-03
text: 
Stop Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program Act of 2010 - Amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to provide for the imposition of three or more sanctions with respect to a person who knowingly: (1) enters into an agreement relating to the purchase of petroleum resources from, or delivery of petroleum resources to, Iran; or (2) purchases, subscribes to, or facilitates the issuance of Iranian sovereign debt.
 
 
Imposes sanctions with respect to facilitating the extraction or milling of uranium ore in Iran.
 
Subjects a parent entity, with specified exceptions, to penalties for violations of certain sanctions regarding Iran committed by a subsidiary outside of the United States that would be subject to prohibitions if committed inside the United States or by a U.S. person.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the amortization of geological and geophysical expenditure tax incentives if certain sanctions regarding the development of Iranian petroleum resources are imposed on any member of an expanded affiliated group whose common parent is a foreign corporation.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make inadmissible certain aliens who engage in activities with Iran for which there are sanctions.
 
Imposes sanctions on affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and excludes any such affiliates from the United States. Requires additional measures (including foreign assistance, arms, import, and export restrictions) to be taken against a foreign government so identified.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to promote the divestment of investments in Iran by permitting the deferral of tax on gain from the sale of securities in any business that is engaged in certain discouraged activities in Iran if the holder of such securities purchases replacement securities from a business not engaged in such discouraged activities.
 
Expands the the prohibition on U.S. government contracts for persons conducting business with Iran to include contracts that provide: (1) for the export of sensitive technology (any technology determined to be used specifically to either restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Iran or disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Iran); and (2) support to the IRGC.
 
Requires the head of each executive agency to require any person seeking federal grants, loans or loan guarantees, insurance or reinsurance, or technical assistance from the agency to certify that the person does not engage in specified activities with Iran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-12-03
text: Introduced in Senate