Stop Iranian Drones Act

Bill: 117-hr-6089
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2021-11-30
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Foreign aid and international relief

Iran

Middle East

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Militias and paramilitary groups

Sanctions

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stop Iranian Drones Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands existing provisions requiring sanctions against individuals or entities that provide certain types of weapons to Iran. Specifically, the bill modifies the provisions by adding unmanned combat aerial vehicles to the list of weapons covered by the sanctions.</p>

action_date: 2022-04-27
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><strong>Stop Iranian Drones Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands existing provisions requiring sanctions against individuals or entities that provide certain types of weapons to Iran. Specifically, the bill modifies the provisions by adding unmanned combat aerial vehicles to the list of weapons covered by the sanctions.</p>

action_date: 2022-06-09
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p><strong>Stop Iranian Drones Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands existing provisions requiring sanctions against individuals or entities that provide certain types of weapons to Iran. Specifically, the bill modifies the provisions by adding unmanned combat aerial vehicles to the list of weapons covered by the sanctions.</p> <p>The bill also requires the Department of State to periodically report to Congress on the identities of any Iranian entity that has attacked a U.S. citizen using an unmanned combat aerial vehicle. The President must designate&nbsp;any such&nbsp;entity as a foreign terrorist organization.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6089 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 30, 2021 Mr. McCaul (for himself, Mr. Meeks , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , and Mr. Deutch ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , 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 clarify that section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applies sanctions with respect to unmanned combat aerial vehicles following a 2019 change by the United Nations providing additional clarity to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Iranian Drones Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A July 15, 2013, United Nations General Assembly Report on the continuing operation of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and its further development (document A/68/140) states in paragraph 45, The Group noted the discussion of the 2006 Group that category IV already covered armed unmanned aerial vehicles and of the 2009 Group on a proposal to include a new category for such vehicles. The Group reviewed proposals for providing greater clarity to category IV. . (2) Section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9406 ), enacted August 2, 2017, requires the President to impose sanctions on any person that the President determines knowingly engages in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts . (3) In 2019, the United Nations formally changed the heading of category IV of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms to combat aircraft and unmanned combat aerial vehicles . 3. Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States to prevent Iran and Iranian-aligned terrorist and militia groups from acquiring unmanned aerial vehicles, including commercially available component parts, that can be used in attacks against United States persons and partner nations. 4. Amendment to Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act relating to sanctions with respect to Iran (a) In general Section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9406 ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking enforcement of arms embargos and inserting sanctions with respect to major conventional arms ; and (2) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting or unmanned combat aerial vehicles after combat aircraft . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 107 and inserting the following: Sec. 107. Sanctions with respect to major conventional arms. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to any person that knowingly engages in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any unmanned combat aerial vehicles, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, before, on, or after such date of enactment.

tv_txt: IIB 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6089 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2022 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations AN ACT To clarify that section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applies sanctions with respect to unmanned combat aerial vehicles following a 2019 change by the United Nations providing additional clarity to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Iranian Drones Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A July 15, 2013, United Nations General Assembly Report on the continuing operation of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and its further development (document A/68/140) states in paragraph 45, The Group noted the discussion of the 2006 Group that category IV already covered armed unmanned aerial vehicles and of the 2009 Group on a proposal to include a new category for such vehicles. The Group reviewed proposals for providing greater clarity to category IV. . (2) Section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9406 ), enacted August 2, 2017, requires the President to impose sanctions on any person that the President determines knowingly engages in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts . (3) In 2019, the United Nations formally changed the heading of category IV of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms to combat aircraft and unmanned combat aerial vehicles . 3. Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States to prevent Iran and Iranian-aligned terrorist and militia groups from acquiring unmanned aerial vehicles, including commercially available component parts, that can be used in attacks against United States persons and partner nations. 4. Amendment to Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act relating to sanctions with respect to Iran (a) In general Section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9406 ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking enforcement of arms embargos and inserting sanctions with respect to major conventional arms ; and (2) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting or unmanned combat aerial vehicles after combat aircraft . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 107 and inserting the following: Sec. 107. Sanctions with respect to major conventional arms. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to any person that knowingly engages in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any unmanned combat aerial vehicles, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, before, on, or after such date of enactment. 5. Determination of budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2022. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6089 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To clarify that section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applies sanctions with respect to unmanned combat aerial vehicles following a 2019 change by the United Nations providing additional clarity to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Iranian Drones Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A July 15, 2013, United Nations General Assembly Report on the continuing operation of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and its further development (document A/68/140) states in paragraph 45, The Group noted the discussion of the 2006 Group that category IV already covered armed unmanned aerial vehicles and of the 2009 Group on a proposal to include a new category for such vehicles. The Group reviewed proposals for providing greater clarity to category IV. . (2) Section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9406 ), enacted August 2, 2017, requires the President to impose sanctions on any person that the President determines knowingly engages in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts . (3) In 2019, the United Nations formally changed the heading of category IV of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms to combat aircraft and unmanned combat aerial vehicles . 3. Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States to prevent Iran and Iranian-aligned terrorist and militia groups from acquiring unmanned aerial vehicles, including commercially available component parts, that can be used in attacks against United States persons and partner nations. 4. Amendment to Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act relating to sanctions with respect to Iran (a) In general Section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9406 ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking enforcement of arms embargos and inserting sanctions with respect to major conventional arms ; and (2) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting or unmanned combat aerial vehicles after combat aircraft . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 107 and inserting the following: Sec. 107. Sanctions with respect to major conventional arms. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to any person that knowingly engages in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any unmanned combat aerial vehicles, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, before, on, or after such date of enactment. 5. Determination of budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2022. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 400 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6089 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2022 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations June 9, 2022 Reported by Mr. Menendez , with amendments Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic AN ACT To clarify that section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applies sanctions with respect to unmanned combat aerial vehicles following a 2019 change by the United Nations providing additional clarity to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Iranian Drones Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A July 15, 2013, United Nations General Assembly Report on the continuing operation of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and its further development (document A/68/140) states in paragraph 45, The Group noted the discussion of the 2006 Group that category IV already covered armed unmanned aerial vehicles and of the 2009 Group on a proposal to include a new category for such vehicles. The Group reviewed proposals for providing greater clarity to category IV. . (2) Section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9406 ), enacted August 2, 2017, requires the President to impose sanctions on any person that the President determines knowingly engages in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts . (3) In 2019, the United Nations formally changed the heading of category IV of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms to combat aircraft and unmanned combat aerial vehicles . 3. Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States to prevent Iran and Iranian-aligned terrorist and militia groups from acquiring unmanned aerial vehicles, including commercially available component parts, that can be used in attacks against United States persons and partner nations. 4. Amendment to Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act relating to sanctions with respect to Iran (a) In general Section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9406 ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking enforcement of arms embargos and inserting sanctions with respect to major conventional arms ; and (2) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting or unmanned combat aerial vehicles after combat aircraft . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 107 and inserting the following: Sec. 107. Sanctions with respect to major conventional arms. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to any person that knowingly engages in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any unmanned combat aerial vehicles, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, before, on, or after such date of enactment. 5. Report to identify Iranian persons that have attacked United States citizens using unmanned combat aerial vehicles (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that identifies, for the period specified in subsection (b), any Iranian person that has attacked a United States citizen using an unmanned combat aerial vehicle, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms. (b) Period specified The period specified in this subsection is— (1) for the initial report, the period— (A) beginning on the date that is 10 years before the date such report is submitted; and (B) ending on the date such report is submitted; and (2) for the second or a subsequent report, the period— (A) beginning on the date the preceding report was submitted; and (B) ending on the date such second or subsequent report is submitted. (c) Designation of persons as foreign terrorist organizations (1) In general The President shall designate any person identified in a report submitted under subsection (a) as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). (2) Revocation The President may not revoke a designation made under paragraph (1) until the date that is 10 years after the date of such designation. (d) Iranian person defined In this section, the term Iranian person — (1) means an entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran; and (2) includes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 5 6 . Determination of budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

June 9, 2022 Reported with amendments