Iranian Sanctions Relief Certification Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2667
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2014-07-24
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Human rights

Iran

Middle East

Nuclear weapons

Palestinians

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Sanctions

Syria

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Iranian Sanctions Relief Certification Act of 2014 - Prohibits the President from exercising a waiver specified under this Act in connection with the extension of the terms of the Joint Plan of Action beyond July 20, 2014, unless the President certifies to Congress before the waiver takes effect and every 60 days thereafter that any funds made available to the government of Iran as a result of the waiver will not facilitate Iran's ability to: </p> <ul> <li> support any individual or entity designated for the imposition of sanctions for international terrorism, any foreign terrorist organization, including Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; </li> <li> advance the efforts of Iran or any other country to develop nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles; or </li> <li> commit any violation of the human rights of the people of Iran. </li> </ul> <p>(Defines the Joint Plan of Action as the Joint Plan of Action signed on November 24, 2013, by Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States.)</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2667 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 24, 2014 Mr. Kirk (for himself, Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Isakson , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Hatch , and Mr. Hoeven ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To prohibit the exercise of any waiver of the imposition of certain sanctions with respect to Iran unless the President certifies to Congress that the waiver will not result in the provision of funds to the Government of Iran for activities in support of international terrorism, to develop nuclear weapons, or to violate the human rights of the people of Iran.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Iranian Sanctions Relief Certification Act of 2014 . 2. Certification required for exercise of certain waivers of provisions of law imposing sanctions with respect to Iran (a) In general On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President may not exercise a waiver specified in subsection (b) in connection with the extension of the terms of the Joint Plan of Action beyond July 20, 2014, unless the President certifies to Congress before the waiver takes effect and every 60 days thereafter that any funds made available to the Government of Iran as a result of the waiver will not facilitate the ability of that Government— (1) to provide support for— (A) any individual or entity designated for the imposition of sanctions for activities relating to international terrorism pursuant to an Executive order or by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury before July 22, 2014; (B) any organization designated by the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189(a) ) before July 22, 2014; or (C) any other terrorist organization, including Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; (2) to advance the efforts of Iran or any other country to develop nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles overtly or covertly; or (3) to commit any violation of the human rights of the people of Iran. (b) Waivers specified A waiver specified in this subsection is any of the following: (1) A waiver provided for under section 4(c) or 9(c) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) to the imposition of sanctions under section 5(a)(7) of that Act. (2) A waiver provided for under paragraph (5) of section 1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8513a(d) ) to the imposition of sanctions under paragraph (1) of that section. (3) A waiver provided for under subsection (e) of section 302 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8742 ) to the identification of foreign persons under subsection (a) of that section. (4) A waiver provided for under subsection (i) of section 1244 of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8803 ) to the imposition of sanctions under subsection (c) of that section. (c) Joint Plan of Action defined In this section, the term Joint Plan of Action means the Joint Plan of Action, signed at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the United States.