[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5084 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5084

To require the Secretary of State to conduct ongoing assessments of the 
    effectiveness of sanctions against Iran, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2008

  Mr. Shays introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 
 Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, 
  and Agriculture, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of State to conduct ongoing assessments of the 
    effectiveness of sanctions against Iran, 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. ASSESSMENTS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN.

    (a) Improved Data Collection and Required Assessments.--The 
Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, and the 
intelligence community, shall--
            (1) collect, analyze, and improve data on actions by the 
        United States Government to enforce sanctions against Iran, 
        including data on--
                    (A) the number of goods seized, penalties imposed, 
                and convictions obtained under sanctions that prohibit 
                trade with Iran;
                    (B) sensitive items diverted to Iran through 
                transshipment points;
                    (C) the extent to which repeat foreign violators of 
                Iran-specific sanctions have ended their sale of 
                sensitive items to Iran;
                    (D) the amount of assets frozen resulting from 
                financial sanctions; and
                    (E) the extent of delays in foreign investment in 
                Iran's energy sector;
            (2) complete an overall baseline assessment of the impact 
        and use of sanctions against Iran, including factors that 
        impair or strengthen such sanctions;
            (3) develop a framework for assessing the ongoing impact of 
        United States sanctions against Iran and the contribution of 
        multilateral sanctions against Iran; and
            (4) conduct annual assessments of the effectiveness of 
        sanctions against Iran in achieving United States foreign 
        policy objectives.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to Congress a report that contains the results of the 
assessments conducted under subsection (a) for the prior year.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
        community'' has the meaning given the term in section 3(4) of 
        the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
            (2) Sanctions against iran.--The term ``sanctions against 
        Iran'' means--
                    (A) multilateral sanctions against Iran under 
                international law, including United Nations Security 
                Council Resolutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), and 1747 
                (2007); and
                    (B) bilateral sanctions against Iran under United 
                States law, including--
                            (i) the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 
                        (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note);
                            (ii) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
                        Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note);
                            (iii) the Iran-Iraq Arms Nonproliferation 
                        Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-484; 50 U.S.C. 1701 
                        note); and
                            (iv) Executive Order No. 12959 (May 6, 
                        1995), Executive Order No. 13059 (August 19, 
                        1997), Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 
                        2001), Executive Order No. 13382 (June 28, 
                        2005), or any other blocking of property or 
                        prohibition on transactions with respect to 
                        Iran that is imposed under the International 
                        Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
                        et seq.).
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