[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1208 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1208

   To strengthen existing legislation sanctioning persons aiding and 
facilitating nonproliferation activities by the Government of Iran, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2009

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (for herself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
  McCarthy of California, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. King of New 
 York, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. 
    Burton of Indiana, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Mack, Mr. Wilson of South 
  Carolina, Mr. Boozman, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Bilirakis, 
   Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
 Miller of Florida, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Linder, Mr. Platts, Mr. LoBiondo, 
Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Terry, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Tiberi, Mrs. Bachmann, 
Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Rooney, and Mr. Sam Johnson of 
    Texas) 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, 
 the Judiciary, Education and Labor, and Science and Technology, 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 strengthen existing legislation sanctioning persons aiding and 
facilitating nonproliferation activities by the Government of 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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Threat 
Reduction Act of 2009''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
          TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT

Sec. 101. Codification of sanctions against Iran.
  TITLE II--AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996 AND RELATED 
                               PROVISIONS

Sec. 201. Exclusion from the United States of senior officials of 
                            foreign persons who have aided 
                            proliferation relating to Iran.
Sec. 202. Import sanctions.
Sec. 203. Expansion and clarification of entities against which 
                            sanctions may be imposed pursuant to the 
                            Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
Sec. 204. Application to subsidiaries.
Sec. 205. Authority to impose sanctions on principal executive 
                            officers.
Sec. 206. Strengthening of waiver authority and sanctions 
                            implementation.
       TITLE III--AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA 
                          NONPROLIFERATION ACT

Sec. 301. Transshipment of certain goods, services, or technology.
Sec. 302. Prohibition on payments related to Service Module of the 
                            Russian Aviation and Space Agency.
                     TITLE IV--DIVESTMENT FROM IRAN

Sec. 401. Requiring the divestiture of current investments in Iran, 
                            prohibiting future investments in Iran, and 
                            requiring the disclosure to investors of 
                            information relating to such investments.
Sec. 402. Incentives for divestment from Iran.
Sec. 403. Denial of tax benefits for taxpayers engaged in business 
                            activity with Iran prohibited by United 
                            States law.
Sec. 404. Tax on income derived by foreign corporations from business 
                            activity with Iran prohibited by United 
                            States law.
 TITLE V--COMPENSATION FOR FORMER UNITED STATES HOSTAGES HELD BY IRAN 
 AND VICTIMS OF IRANIAN-SPONSORED TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED 
                                 STATES

Sec. 501. Creation of Fund.
Sec. 502. Transfers to Fund.
Sec. 503. Expenditures from Fund.
Sec. 504. Compensation amounts.
Sec. 505. Remaining funds.
Sec. 506. Rule of construction.
   TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO IRANIAN UNCONVENTIONAL 
        WEAPONS PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

Sec. 601. Biological weapons capabilities and programs.
Sec. 602. Iranian chemical weapons capabilities and programs.
Sec. 603. Restrictions on nuclear cooperation with countries assisting 
                            the nuclear program of Iran.
Sec. 604. Continuation of restrictions against the Government of Iran.
                         TITLE VII--DEFINITIONS

Sec. 701. Definitions.

          TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT

SEC. 101. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(a) of the Iran Freedom Support Act 
(Public Law 109-293; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ``and sections 2, 3, and 5 of Executive Order No. 
13059 (relating to exports and certain other transactions with Iran) as 
in effect on January 1, 2006,'' and inserting ``sections 2, 3, and 5 of 
Executive Order No. 13059 (relating to exports and certain other 
transactions with Iran) as in effect on January 1, 2006, and Executive 
Order No. 13382 as in effect on January 15, 2009, until the President 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, at least 90 days 
before the removal of sanctions, that the Government of Iran has 
verifiably dismantled its weapons of mass destruction programs and 
ceased its support for international terrorism.''.
    (b) Sanctions Relating to Support for Acts of International 
Terrorism.--Section 101 of the Iran Freedom Support Act is amended by 
amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) Sanctions Relating to Support for Acts of International 
Terrorism.--Any United States sanctions, controls, or regulations 
prohibiting or limiting engagement with Iranian entities as in effect 
on January 1, 2006, relating to a determination under section 
6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2405(j)(1)(A)), section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2371(a)), or section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2780(d)) shall remain in effect until the President 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, at least 90 days 
before the removal of such sanctions, that the Government of Iran--
            ``(A) is no longer engaged in the illegal development, 
        acquisition, procurement, or stockpiling of missile, nuclear, 
        chemical, biological, or radiological technology, or transfer 
        to any other country, the government of which the Secretary of 
        State has determined, for purposes of any of the provisions of 
        law specified in the matter preceding this paragraph, is a 
        government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
        international terrorism;
            ``(B) is no longer engaged in training, harboring, 
        supplying, financing, or supporting in any way--
                    ``(i) any organization designated by the Secretary 
                of State as a foreign terrorist organization in 
                accordance with section 219(a) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); and
                    ``(ii) any person included on the Annex to 
                Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001) and any 
                other person identified under section 1 of that 
                Executive Order whose property and interests in 
                property are blocked by that section (commonly known as 
                a `specially designated global terrorist'); and
            ``(C) has provided compensation for former United States 
        hostages held in Iran, and other victims of acts of Iranian-
        sponsored terrorism against United States persons before the 
        date of the enactment of this subsection, in accordance with 
        section 503 of the Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2009.
    ``(2) Determination.--The determination of Iran as a state-sponsor 
of terrorism under section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act 
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)(A)), section 620A(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)), or section 40(d) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)) shall remain in effect 
until the requirements of the notification described in subsection (a) 
and the certification described in this subsection are met.''.

  TITLE II--AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996 AND RELATED 
                               PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES OF SENIOR OFFICIALS OF 
              FOREIGN PERSONS WHO HAVE AIDED PROLIFERATION RELATING TO 
              IRAN.

    The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 
note) is amended--
            (1) in section 5(b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
        by inserting ``, or permitted, hosted, or otherwise facilitated 
        transshipment that may have enabled a person to export, 
        transfer, or otherwise provide to Iran,'' after ``or otherwise 
        provided to Iran'';
            (2) by redesignating sections (7) through (14) as sections 
        (8) through (15), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after section (6) the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 7. EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES OF SENIOR OFFICIALS OF 
              FOREIGN PERSONS WHO HAVE AIDED PROLIFERATION RELATING TO 
              IRAN.

    ``(a) Grounds for Exclusion.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
the Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of State 
shall exclude from the United States, any alien whom the Secretary of 
State determines is an alien who, on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act is a--
            ``(1) corporate officer, principal, or shareholder with a 
        controlling interest of a person against whom sanctions have 
        been imposed pursuant to section 5;
            ``(2) corporate officer, principal, or shareholder with a 
        controlling interest of a successor entity to or a parent or 
        subsidiary of such a person;
            ``(3) corporate officer, principal, or shareholder with a 
        controlling interest of an affiliate of such a sanctioned 
        person, if such affiliate engaged in a sanctionable activity 
        described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 5, and if such 
        affiliate is controlled in fact by such a person;
            ``(4) spouse, minor child, or agent of a person excludable 
        under paragraph (1), (2), or (3);
            ``(5) senior official of a foreign government that is 
        identified as a person against whom sanctions have been imposed 
        pursuant to section 5;
            ``(6) senior official of a foreign government with primary 
        jurisdiction over such a person; or
            ``(7) spouse, minor child, or agent of a person excludable 
        under paragraph (5) or (6).
    ``(b) Exception.--The President may waive the sanctions described 
in subsection (a) with respect to a person specified in paragraph (5), 
(6), or (7) if the President determines and certifies in writing to the 
appropriate congressional committees, on a case by case basis, that the 
foreign government with primary jurisdiction over such a person against 
whom sanctions have been imposed pursuant to section 5 has made and 
continues to make clear, specific efforts to stop and deter a 
sanctionable activity described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 
5.''; and
            (4) in section 15, as redesignated pursuant to paragraph 
        (2) of this section--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (15) and (16) as 
                paragraphs (17) and (18), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following 
                new paragraphs:
            ``(14) Transfer.--The term `transfer' means the conveyance 
        of technological or intellectual property, or the conversion of 
        intellectual or technological advances into marketable goods, 
        services, or articles of value, developed and generated in one 
        place, to another through illegal or illicit means to a 
        country, the government of which the Secretary of State has 
        determined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export 
        Administration Act of 1979 (as in effect pursuant to the 
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
        seq.), section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2780(d)), and section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), is a government that has repeatedly 
        provided support for acts of international terrorism.
            ``(15) Transshipment.--The term `transshipment' means the 
        export from one country to another that passes through a third 
        country, in which cargo is off-loaded and there is some change 
        to conveyance.''.

SEC. 202. IMPORT SANCTIONS.

    (a) Prohibition on Imports.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
        article that is the growth, product, or manufacture of Iran may 
        be imported directly or indirectly into the United States.
            (2) Exception.--The prohibition described in paragraph (1) 
        shall not apply to imports from Iran of information and 
        informational materials.
    (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the application on a case-by-
case basis of the prohibition described in subsection (a) if the 
President--
            (1) determines that such a waiver is vital to the national 
        security interest of the United States; and
            (2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
        report describing the reasons for such determination.

SEC. 203. EXPANSION AND CLARIFICATION OF ENTITIES AGAINST WHICH 
              SANCTIONS MAY BE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THE IRAN SANCTIONS 
              ACT OF 1996.

    (a) Person.--Section 14(13)(B) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``financial institution, insurer, 
        underwriter, guarantor, and any other business organization, 
        including any foreign subsidiary, parent, or affiliate of the 
        foregoing,'' after ``trust,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, such as an export credit agency'' 
        before the semicolon.
    (b) Petroleum Resources.--Section 14(14) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(14) Petroleum resources.--
                    ``(A) Petroleum resources.--The term `petroleum 
                resources' includes petroleum, petroleum by-products, 
                oil or liquefied natural gas, oil or liquefied natural 
                gas tankers, and products used to construct or maintain 
                pipelines used to transport oil or compressed or 
                liquefied natural gas.
                    ``(B) Petroleum by-products.--The term `petroleum 
                by-products' means gasoline, kerosene, distillates, 
                propane or butane gas, diesel fuel, residual fuel oil, 
                and other goods classified in headings 2709 and 2710 of 
                the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.''.

SEC. 204. APPLICATION TO SUBSIDIARIES.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), in any case 
in which an entity engages in an act outside the United States which, 
if committed in the United States or by a United States person, would 
violate Executive Order No. 12959 of May 6, 1995, Executive Order No. 
13059 of August 19, 1997, or any other prohibition on transactions with 
respect to Iran that is imposed under the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and if such entity was 
created or availed of for the purpose of engaging in such an act, the 
parent company of such entity shall be subject to the penalties for 
such violation to the same extent as if such parent company had engaged 
in such act.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to an act carried 
out under a contract or other obligation of an entity if such contract 
or obligation was entered into before the acquisition of such entity by 
a parent company unless such parent company acquired such entity 
knowing or having reason to know that such contract or other obligation 
existed or such contract or other obligation is expanded to cover 
additional activities beyond the terms of such contract or other 
obligation as it existed at the time of such acquisition.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, 
        trust, joint venture, corporation, or other organization;
            (2) an entity is a ``parent company'' of another entity if 
        it owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50 percent of the 
        equity interest in that other entity and is a United States 
        person; and
            (3) the term ``United States person'' means an entity 
        organized under the laws of the United States or a person in 
        the United States.

SEC. 205. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE 
              OFFICERS.

    Section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Authority To Impose Sanctions on Principal Executive 
Officers.--
            ``(1) Sanctions under section 6.--In addition to the 
        sanctions imposed under subsection (a), the President may 
        impose on the principal executive officer or officers of any 
        sanctioned person, or on persons performing similar functions 
        as such officer or officers, any of the sanctions under section 
        6. The President shall include on the list published under 
        subsection (d) the name of any person against whom sanctions 
        are imposed under this paragraph.
            ``(2) Additional sanctions.--In addition to the sanctions 
        imposed under paragraph (1), the President may block the 
        property of any person described in such paragraph, and 
        prohibit transactions in such property, to the same extent as 
        the property of a foreign person determined to have committed 
        acts of terrorism for purposes of Executive Order No. 13224 of 
        September 23, 2001 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note).''.

SEC. 206. STRENGTHENING OF WAIVER AUTHORITY AND SANCTIONS 
              IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) Investigations.--Section 4(f) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection 4(f)(1), by striking ``should'' and 
        inserting ``shall immediately;'' and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Definition of credible information.--For the purposes 
        of this subsection, the term `credible information' means 
        public or classified information or reporting supported by 
        other substantiating evidence.''.
    (b) Exception for Proliferation Security Initiative.--Section 5(f) 
of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) if the President determines in writing that the 
        person to which the sanctions would otherwise be applied is a 
        citizen, resident, or subsidiary of a country that is a 
        participant in the Proliferation Security Initiative.''.
    (c) General Waiver Authority.--Section 9(c)(1) of the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking 
``important to the national interest of the United States'' and 
inserting ``vital to the national security interest of the Untied 
States''.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--The amendments made by this section 
shall not be construed to affect any exercise of the authority of 
section 4(f) or section 9(c) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 as in 
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.

       TITLE III--AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA 
                          NONPROLIFERATION ACT

SEC. 301. TRANSSHIPMENT OF CERTAIN GOODS, SERVICES, OR TECHNOLOGY.

    The Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Public Law 
106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
            (1) in section 2--
                    (A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
                paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``or'' after ``Syria,''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by inserting after ``North Korea'' the 
                        following: ``, on or after January 1, 1999, 
                        permitted, hosted, or otherwise facilitated a 
                        transshipment (as such term is defined in 
                        section 5) that may have enabled a foreign 
                        person to transfer (as such term is defined in 
                        section 7) to or acquire from Iran, on or after 
                        January 1, 2005, permitted, hosted or otherwise 
                        facilitated a transshipment that may have 
                        enabled a foreign person to transfer to or 
                        acquire from Syria, or on or after January 1, 
                        2006, permitted, hosted or otherwise 
                        facilitated a transshipment that may have 
                        enabled a person to transfer to or acquire from 
                        North Korea''; and
                    (B) in subsection (e), by inserting ``, or whose 
                transfer via transshipment was permitted, hosted, or 
                facilitated,'' after ``transferred''; and
            (2) in section 5--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, or 
                        did not permit, host, or otherwise facilitate 
                        transshipment that may have enabled a foreign 
                        person to transfer to or acquire from,'' before 
                        ``Iran'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' 
                        at the end;
                            (iii) in paragraph (4), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following new 
                        paragraph:
            ``(5) in the case of a foreign person who permitted, 
        hosted, or otherwise facilitated transshipment that may have 
        enabled a foreign person to transfer to or acquire from Iran, 
        North Korea, or Syria, as the case may be, the goods, services, 
        or technology the apparent transfer of which caused that person 
        to be identified in a report submitted pursuant to section 
        2(a), the government with primary jurisdiction over the foreign 
        person has made and continues to make clear, specific efforts 
        to stop and deter the permitting, hosting, or other 
        facilitating of transshipments that may enable such transfers 
        or acquisitions.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Goods, services, or technology.--The term `goods, 
        services, or technology' includes--
                    ``(A) any defense articles or defense services on 
                the United States Munitions List under section 38 of 
                the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) for which 
                special export controls are warranted under such Act 
                (22 U.S.C. 2751 3 et seq.);
                    ``(B) any item identified on the Commerce Control 
                List maintained under part 774 of title 15, Code of 
                Federal Regulations; and
                    ``(C) other sensitive United States goods, 
                including intellectual property and services, that 
                would contribute to the ability of Iran, North Korea, 
                or Syria, as the case may be, to further its 
                conventional and unconventional military capabilities.
            ``(2) Transshipment.--The term `transshipment' means the 
        export from one country to another that passes through a third 
        country, in which cargo is off-loaded and there is some change 
        to conveyance.''.

SEC. 302. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS RELATED TO SERVICE MODULE OF THE 
              RUSSIAN AVIATION AND SPACE AGENCY.

    Section 6 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act 
(Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by--
            (1) striking subsection (g); and
            (2) redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections 
        (g) and (h), respectively.

                     TITLE IV--DIVESTMENT FROM IRAN

SEC. 401. REQUIRING THE DIVESTITURE OF CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN IRAN, 
              PROHIBITING FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN IRAN, AND REQUIRING THE 
              DISCLOSURE TO INVESTORS OF INFORMATION RELATING TO SUCH 
              INVESTMENTS.

    (a) United States Pension Plans.--
            (1) Publication in federal register.--Not later than six 
        months after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 
        six months thereafter, the President shall ensure publication 
        in the Federal Register of a list of all United States and 
        foreign entities that have invested more than $20,000,000 in 
        Iran's energy sector between August 5, 1996, and the date of 
        such publication. Such list shall include an itemization of 
        individual investments of each such entity, including the 
        dollar value, intended purpose, and current status of each such 
        investment.
            (2) Disclosure to investors.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
                date of publication of a list in the relevant Federal 
                Register under paragraph (1), managers of United States 
                Government pension plans or thrift savings plans, 
                managers of pension plans maintained in the private 
                sector by plan sponsors in the United States, and 
                managers of mutual funds sold or distributed in the 
                United States shall notify investors that the funds of 
                such investors are invested in an entity included on 
                the list and that the funds will be divested from such 
                investments. Such notification shall contain the 
                following information:
                            (i) The name or other identification of the 
                        entity.
                            (ii) The amount of the investment in the 
                        entity.
                            (iii) The potential liability to the entity 
                        if sanctions are imposed by the United States 
                        on Iran or on the entity.
                            (iv) The potential liability to investors 
                        if such sanctions are imposed.
                            (v) The measures being undertaken by the 
                        managers to divest from such investments.
                    (B) Follow-up notification.--
                            (i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (iii), in addition to the notification 
                        required under paragraph (A), such managers 
                        shall also include such notification in every 
                        prospectus and in every regularly provided 
                        quarterly, semi-annual, or annual report 
                        provided to investors, if the funds of such 
                        investors are invested in an entity included on 
                        the list.
                            (ii) Contents of notification.--The 
                        notification described in clause (i) shall be 
                        displayed prominently in any such prospectus or 
                        report and shall contain the information 
                        described in subparagraph (A).
                            (iii) Good-faith exception.--If, upon 
                        publication of a list in the relevant Federal 
                        Register under subsection (a)(1), such managers 
                        verifiably divest all investments of such plans 
                        or funds in any entity included on the list and 
                        such managers do not initiate any new 
                        investment in any other such entity, such 
                        managers shall not be required to include in 
                        any prospectus or report provided to investors 
                        the notification described in subparagraph (A).
            (3) Divestiture from iran.--Upon notification under 
        subsection (a)(2), managers of United States Government pension 
        plans or thrift savings plans, shall take, to the extent 
        consistent with the legal and fiduciary duties otherwise 
        imposed on them, immediate steps to divest all investments of 
        such plans or funds in any entity included on the list.
            (4) Sense of congress relating to further divestiture from 
        iran.--It is the sense of Congress that upon publication of a 
        list in the relevant Federal Register under subsection (a)(1), 
        managers of pension plans maintained in the private sector by 
        plan sponsors in the United States and managers of mutual funds 
        sold or distributed in the United States should take immediate 
        steps to divest all investments of such plans or funds in any 
        entity included on the list.
            (5) Prohibition on future investment.--Upon publication of 
        a list in the relevant Federal Register under subsection 
        (a)(1), there shall be, to the extent consistent with the legal 
        and fiduciary duties otherwise imposed on them, no future 
        investment in any entity included on the list by managers of 
        United States Government pension plans or thrift savings plans, 
        managers of pension plans maintained in the private sector by 
        plan sponsors in the United States, or managers of mutual funds 
        sold or distributed in the United States.
    (b) Report by Office of Global Security Risks.--Not later than 30 
days after the date of publication of a list in the relevant Federal 
Register under subsection (a), the Office of Global Security Risks 
within the Division of Corporation Finance of the United States 
Securities and Exchange Commission shall issue a report containing a 
list of the United States and foreign entities identified in accordance 
with such subsection, a determination of whether or not the operations 
in Iran of any such entity constitute a political, economic, or other 
risk to the United States, and a determination of whether or not the 
entity faces United States litigation, sanctions, or similar 
circumstances that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse 
impact on the financial condition or operations of the entity.
    (c) Sunset.--This section shall terminate 30 days after the date on 
which the President has made the certifications described in section 
101(b) of the Iran Freedom Support Act, as amended by section 101(b) of 
this Act.

SEC. 402. INCENTIVES FOR DIVESTMENT FROM IRAN.

    It shall be the policy of the United States to--
            (1) expedite the approval process and issuance of any 
        guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or participation in 
        the extension of credit in connection with the export of any 
        goods or services to an entity or person that deliberately and 
        willingly divests all investments in Iran;
            (2) provide preference to United States financial 
        institution loans or credits to an entity or person that 
        deliberately and willingly divests all investments in Iran; and
            (3) provide preference to United States Government 
        contracting or procurement of goods or services from an entity 
        or person that deliberately and willingly divests all 
        investments in Iran.

SEC. 403. DENIAL OF TAX BENEFITS FOR TAXPAYERS ENGAGED IN BUSINESS 
              ACTIVITY WITH IRAN PROHIBITED BY UNITED STATES LAW.

    (a) In General.--Section 901 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to taxes of foreign countries and of possessions of United 
States) is amended by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n) 
and by inserting after subsection (l) the following new subsection:
    ``(m) Taxpayers Engaged in Business Activity With Iran Prohibited 
by United States Law.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this part, in the case of a taxpayer which is a member of an 
        expanded affiliated group any member of which, on any day 
        during the taxable year, engaged in business activity with Iran 
        which is prohibited by United States law, no credit shall be 
        allowed under subsection (a) to the taxpayer for any income, 
        war profits, or excess profits taxes paid or accrued (or deemed 
        paid under section 902 or 960) to any country if such taxes are 
        with respect to income attributable to a period any part of 
        which occurs during such taxable year.
            ``(2) Business activity.--For purposes of paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `business activity' 
                means any of the following:
                            ``(i) An entity described in subparagraph 
                        (D) that--
                                    ``(I) has in effect a contract that 
                                includes the responsibility for the 
                                development of petroleum resources, 
                                petroleum refining capacity, or 
                                liquefied natural gas located in Iran 
                                or (as the case may be), or
                                    ``(II) has in effect a contract 
                                providing for the general supervision 
                                and guarantee of another person's 
                                performance of a contract described in 
                                subclause (I).
                            ``(ii) The purchase of a share of 
                        ownership, including an equity interest, in the 
                        development described in clause (i).
                            ``(iii) Having in effect a contract 
                        providing for the participation in royalties, 
                        earnings, or profits in the development 
                        described in clause (i), without regard to the 
                        form of the participation.
                    ``(B) Goods, services, and technology.--The term 
                `business activity' includes the entry into, 
                performance, or financing of a contract to sell or 
                purchase goods, services, or technology.
                    ``(C) Special rule.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, an amendment or other modification that is 
                made, on or the date of the enactment of this 
                subsection to an agreement or contract shall be treated 
                as the entry of an agreement or contract.
                    ``(D) Entities described.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), an entity described in this 
                subparagraph is--
                            ``(i) a natural person;
                            ``(ii) a corporation, business association, 
                        partnership, society, trust, financial 
                        institution, insurer, underwriter, guarantor, 
                        and any other business organization;
                            ``(iii) any foreign subsidiary of any 
                        entity described in clause (ii);
                            ``(iv) any governmental entity operating as 
                        a business enterprise, such as an export credit 
                        agency; and
                            ``(v) any successor to any entity described 
                        in clause (ii), (iii), or (iv).
            ``(3) Taxes allowed as a deduction, etc.--Sections 275 and 
        78 shall not apply to any tax which is not allowable as a 
        credit under subsection (a) by reason of this subsection.
            ``(4) Expanded affiliated group.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1), the term `expanded affiliated group' means an affiliated 
        group (as defined in subsection (a) of section 1504 (without 
        regard to subsections (b)(2), (b)(4), and (c) thereof)); except 
        that section 1504(a) shall be applied by substituting `more 
        than 50 percent' for `at least 80 percent' each place it 
        appears.
            ``(5) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
        regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the 
        purposes of this subsection, including regulations which impose 
        appropriate reporting requirements.''.
    (b) Income Included as Subpart F Income.--Subsection (a) of section 
952 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4), by 
striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ``, 
and'', and by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(6) all income of such corporation derived from all 
        foreign countries during any period during which section 901(m) 
        applies to such corporation.''.
    (c) Reporting.--
            (1) In general.--Part II of subchapter B of chapter 68 of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to failure to 
        comply with certain information reporting requirements) is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 6726. FAILURE TO REPORT INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 901(M).

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of each failure described in 
subsection (c) by any person, such person shall pay a penalty of 
$100,000 for each day in the noncompliance period with respect to which 
the failure relates.
    ``(b) Noncompliance Period.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`noncompliance period' means, with respect to any failure, the period--
            ``(1) beginning on the date such failure first occurs; and
            ``(2) ending on the date such failure is corrected.
    ``(c) Failures Subject to Penalty.--For purposes of subsection (a), 
the failure described in this subsection is a failure to comply with 
any requirement contained in the regulations prescribed under section 
901(m).''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for part II 
        of subchapter B of chapter 68 of such Code is amended by adding 
        at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 6726. Failure to report information under section 901(m).''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 404. TAX ON INCOME DERIVED BY FOREIGN CORPORATIONS FROM BUSINESS 
              ACTIVITY WITH IRAN PROHIBITED BY UNITED STATES LAW.

    (a) Tax Amendment.--Subpart B of part II of subchapter N of chapter 
1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to foreign 
corporations) is amended by inserting after section 884 the following 
new section:

``SEC. 884A. TAX ON INCOME DERIVED BY FOREIGN CORPORATIONS FROM 
              BUSINESS ACTIVITY WITH IRAN PROHIBITED BY UNITED STATES 
              LAW.

    ``In the case of a foreign corporation which is engaged in business 
activity with Iran prohibited by United States law--
            ``(1) in respect of tax on income derived from such 
        prohibited activity--
                    ``(A) section 881(a) shall be applied by 
                substituting `45 percent' for `30 percent';
                    ``(B) subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e) of section 
                881 shall not apply;
                    ``(C) tax imposed pursuant to section 882 shall be 
                imposed at a rate of `45 percent';
                    ``(D) section 883 shall not apply; and
                    ``(E) section 884(a) shall be applied by 
                substituting `45 percent' for `30 percent'; and
            ``(2) in respect of withholding--
                    ``(A) section 1442(a) shall be applied by 
                substituting `45 percent' for `30 percent'; and
                    ``(B) section 1442(c) shall not apply.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart B of 
part II of subchapter N of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 884 the following new 
item:

``Sec. 884A. Income tax of foreign corporations engaged in business 
                            activity with Iran prohibited by United 
                            States law.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

 TITLE V--COMPENSATION FOR FORMER UNITED STATES HOSTAGES HELD BY IRAN 
 AND VICTIMS OF IRANIAN-SPONSORED TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED 
                                 STATES

SEC. 501. CREATION OF FUND.

    There is established a fund to be known as the ``Compensation for 
Former United States Hostages in Iran Fund'' (in this title referred to 
as the ``Fund''), consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated to 
the Fund as provided by this section.

SEC. 502. TRANSFERS TO FUND.

    There are hereby appropriated to the Fund amounts equivalent to the 
taxes received in the Treasury by reason of the amendments made by 
sections 403 and 404 of this Act.

SEC. 503. EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.

    Amounts in the Fund shall be available, as provided by 
appropriation Acts, for making expenditures to pay claims to the United 
States citizens held hostage in Iran, and to members of the families of 
such United States citizens, who are identified as plaintiffs or class 
members in Case Number 1:00CV03110 (EGS).

SEC. 504. COMPENSATION AMOUNTS.

    Plaintiffs or class members referred to in section 503 shall be 
compensated from amounts in the Fund as follows:
            (1) For each former hostage so identified as a plaintiff or 
        class member, $1,000 for each day of captivity of such former 
        hostage.
            (2) For each spouse and child so identified as a plaintiff 
        or class member, $500 for each day of captivity of the hostage 
        to whom such spouse or child is related.
            (3) Interest on each amount identified in accordance with 
        paragraphs (1) and (2), calculated at the daily prime rate, as 
        determined by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
        System, from the period beginning on the date on which a former 
        hostage so identified was taken hostage until the date of 
        payment under this section.

SEC. 505. REMAINING FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--After all plaintiffs and class members referred to 
in section 503 are compensated in accordance with section 504, any 
amounts remaining in the Fund shall be distributed evenly among 
plaintiffs and class members who were granted judgments and awarded 
damages by United States courts in claims against Iran (identified in 
subsection (b)), but were not compensated.
    (b) Claims Identified.--Claims referred to in subsection (a) are 
the following:
            (1) Acosta v. Iran, 574 F. Supp. 2d 15 (D.D.C. 2008).
            (2) Bakhtiar v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civil Action No. 
        02-00092 (HHK) (D.D.C. 2008).
            (3) Beer v. Iran, 574 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2008).
            (4) Bennett v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 507 F. Supp. 2d 
        117 (D.D.C. 2007).
            (5) Ben-Rafael v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2008 WL 485091 
        (D.D.C. 2008).
            (6) Blais v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 459 F. Supp. 2d 40 
        (D.D.C. 2006).
            (7) Bodoff v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 424 F. Supp. 2d 74 
        (D.D.C. 2006).
            (8) Campuzano v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 281 F. Supp. 2d 
        258 (D.D.C. 2003).
            (9) Cicippio-Puleo v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civil 
        Action No. 01-01496 (HHK) (D.D.C. 2005).
            (10) Cronin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 238 F. Supp. 2d 
        222 (D.D.C. 2002).
            (11) Dammarell v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2006 WL 2583043 
        (D.D.C 2006).
            (12) Dodge v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2004 WL 5353873 
        (D.D.C. 2004).
            (13) Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 466 F. 
        Supp. 2d 229 (D.D.C. 2006).
            (14) Estate of Bayani v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civil 
        Action No. 04-01712 (HHK), 2007 WL 4116167 (D.D.C. 2007).
            (15) Greenbaum v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 451 F. Supp. 2d 
        90 (D.D.C 2006).
            (16) Haim v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 425 F. Supp. 2d 56 
        (D.D.C 2006).
            (17) Holland v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 496 F. Supp. 2d 1 
        (D.D.C. 2005).
            (18) Jacobsen v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civil Action No. 
        02-1365 (JR) (D.D.C. 2006).
            (19) Kerr v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 245 F. Supp. 2d 59 
        (D.D.C. 2003).
            (20) Levin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civil Action No. 
        05-02494 (GK), 2007 WL 4564399 (D.D.C. 2008).
            (21) Nikbin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 517 F. Supp. 2d 
        416 (D.D.C. 2007).
            (22) Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 515 F. Supp. 2d 
        25 (D.D.C. 2007).
            (23) Prevatt v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 421 F. Supp. 2d 
        152 (D.D.C. 2006).
            (24) Rafii v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civil Action No. 
        01-850 (CKK) (D.D.C. 2002).
            (25) Regier v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 281 F. Supp. 2d 87 
        (D.D.C. 2003).
            (26) Salazar v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 370 F. Supp. 2d 
        105 (D.D.C. 2005).
            (27) Sisso v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2007 WL 2007582 
        (D.D.C. 2007).
            (28) Steen v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2003 WL 21672820 
        (D.D.C. 2003).
            (29) Stern v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 271 F. Supp. 2d 286 
        (D.D.C. 2003).
            (30) Surette v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 231 F. Supp. 2d 
        260 (D.D.C. 2002).
            (31) Tracy v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2003 U.S. Dist. 
        LEXIS 15844 (D.D.C. 2003).
            (32) Turner v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2002 U.S. Dist. 
        LEXIS 26730 (D.D.C. 2002).
            (33) Valore v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 478 F. Supp. 2d 
        101 (D.D.C. 2007).
            (34) Weir v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civil Action No. 01-
        1303 (TPJ) (D.D.C. 2003).
            (35) Welch v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civil Action No. 
        A01-863(CKK)(AK) (D.D.C. 2007).

SEC. 506. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    No plaintiff or class member referred to in section 503, as a 
result of belonging to more than one claim identified in section 505, 
shall be eligible for multiple compensation under section 504.

   TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO IRANIAN UNCONVENTIONAL 
        WEAPONS PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

SEC. 601. BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CAPABILITIES AND PROGRAMS.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United 
States--
            (1) to recognize the grave threat to the United States and 
        to United States allies and interests that Iranian biological 
        weapons programs represent;
            (2) to use voice, vote, and influence of the United States 
        within international organizations to raise and investigate 
        Iranian compliance with its obligations under the Convention on 
        the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling 
        of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their 
        Destruction; and
            (3) to refrain from directly engaging with any person, 
        agent, instrumentality, or official of, is affiliated with, or 
        is serving as a representative of the Government of Iran until 
        Iran verifiably dismantles or otherwise ceases its programs 
        conducive to producing biological weapons.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 
        President shall transmits to the appropriate congressional 
        committees an inter-agency assessment of Iran's biological 
        weapons capabilities.
            (2) Classified annex.--The report required under paragraph 
        (1) shall be in unclassified form to the greatest extent 
        possible, but may include a classified annex where necessary.
            (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate.

SEC. 602. IRANIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS CAPABILITIES AND PROGRAMS.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United 
States to--
            (1) to recognize the grave threat to the United States, 
        United States allies, and United States interests that Iranian 
        chemical weapons programs represent;
            (2) to use voice, vote, and influence of the United States 
        within international organizations to declare the Government of 
        Iran in violation of its obligations under the Chemical Weapons 
        Convention; and
            (3) to refrain from directly engaging with any person, 
        agent, instrumentality, or official of, is affiliated with, or 
        is serving as a representative of the Government of Iran until 
        Iran verifiably dismantles otherwise ceases its programs 
        conducive to producing chemical weapons.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later 180 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the President 
        shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees an 
        interagency assessment of Iran's chemical weapons capabilities.
            (2) Classified annex.--The report required under paragraph 
        (1) shall be in unclassified form to the greatest extent 
        practicable, but may include a classified annex if necessary.
            (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate.

SEC. 603. RESTRICTIONS ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH COUNTRIES ASSISTING 
              THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 
international agreement, no agreement for cooperation between the 
United States and the government of any country that is assisting the 
nuclear program of Iran or transferring advanced conventional weapons 
or missiles to Iran may be submitted to the President or to Congress 
pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2153), no such agreement may enter into force with such country, no 
license may be issued for export directly or indirectly to such country 
of any nuclear material, facilities, components, or other goods, 
services, or technology that would be subject to such agreement, and no 
approval may be given for the transfer or retransfer directly or 
indirectly to such country of any nuclear material, facilities, 
components, or other goods, services, or technology that would be 
subject to such agreement, until the President determines and reports 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate--
            (1) Iran has ceased its efforts to design, develop, or 
        acquire a nuclear explosive device or related materials or 
        technology; or
            (2) the government of the country that is assisting the 
        nuclear program of Iran or transferring advanced conventional 
        weapons or missiles to Iran--
                    (A) has suspended all nuclear assistance to Iran 
                and all transfers of advanced conventional weapons and 
                missiles to Iran; and
                    (B) is committed to maintaining that suspension 
                until Iran has implemented measures that would permit 
                the President to make the determination described in 
                paragraph (1).
    (b) Construction.--The restrictions described in subsection (a)--
            (1) shall apply in addition to all other applicable 
        procedures, requirements, and restrictions contained in the 
        Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and other laws; and
            (2) shall not be construed as affecting the validity of 
        agreements for cooperation that are in effect on the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agreement for cooperation.--The term ``agreement for 
        cooperation'' has the meaning given that term in section 11 b. 
        of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014 b.).
            (2) Assisting the nuclear program of iran.--The term 
        ``assisting the nuclear program of Iran'' means the intentional 
        transfer to Iran by a government, or by a person subject to the 
        jurisdiction of a government with the knowledge and 
        acquiescence of such government, of goods, services, or 
        technology listed on the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines for 
        the Export of Nuclear Material, Equipment and Technology 
        (published by the International Atomic Energy Agency as 
        Information Circular INFCIRC/254/Rev. 3/Part 1, and subsequent 
        revisions), or the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines for 
        Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and 
        Related Technology (published by the International Atomic 
        Energy Agency as Information Circular INFCIR/254/Rev. 3/Part 2, 
        and subsequent revisions).
            (3) Country that is assisting the nuclear program of iran 
        or transferring advanced conventional weapons or missiles to 
        iran.--The term ``country that is assisting the nuclear program 
        of Iran or transferring advanced conventional weapons or 
        missiles to Iran'' means--
                    (A) the Russia Federation; and
                    (B) any other country determined by the President 
                to be assisting the nuclear program of Iran or 
                transferring advanced conventional weapons or missiles 
                to Iran.
            (4) Transferring advanced conventional weapons or missiles 
        to iran.--The term ``transferring advanced conventional weapons 
        or missiles to Iran'' means the intentional transfer to Iran by 
        a government, or by a person subject to the jurisdiction of a 
        government with the knowledge and acquiescence of such 
        government, of goods, services, or technology listed on--
                    (A) the Wassenaar Arrangement list of Dual Use 
                Goods and Technologies and Munitions list of July 12, 
                1996, and subsequent revisions; or
                    (B) the Missile Technology Control Regime Equipment 
                and Technology Annex of June 11, 1996, and subsequent 
                revisions.

SEC. 604. CONTINUATION OF RESTRICTIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.

    (a) In General.--Restrictions against the Government of Iran that 
were imposed by reason of a determination of the Secretary of State 
that the Government of Syria, for purposes of section 6(j) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 40 of the 
Arms Export Control Act, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, or other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly 
provided support for acts of international terrorism, shall remain in 
effect, and shall not be lifted pursuant to such provisions of law, 
unless the President certifies to Congress that the Government of 
Iran--
            (1) is no longer engaged in the illegal development, 
        acquisition, procurement, or stockpiling of missile, nuclear, 
        chemical, biological, or radiological technology, or transfer 
        to any other country, the government of which the Secretary of 
        State has determined, for purposes of any of the provisions of 
        law specified in the matter preceding this paragraph, is a 
        government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
        international terrorism;
            (2) is no longer engaged in training, harboring, supplying, 
        financing, or supporting in any way--
                    (A) any organization designated by the Secretary of 
                State as a foreign terrorist organization in accordance 
                with section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
                Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); and
                    (B) any person included on the Annex to Executive 
                Order 13224 (September 23, 2001) and any other person 
                identified under section 1 of that Executive Order 
                whose property and interests in property are blocked by 
                that section (commonly known as a ``specially 
                designated global terrorist'').
    (b) Limitation on Assistance.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, no funds under this or any other Act shall be used to provide 
direct or indirect assistance to the Government of Iran unless the 
President makes the certification described in subsection (a).

                         TITLE VII--DEFINITIONS

SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS.

    Except as otherwise provided, in this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
            (2) Government of iran.--The term ``Government of Iran'' 
        includes any agency or instrumentality of the Government of 
        Iran, including any entity that is controlled by the Government 
        of Iran.
            (3) Weapons of mass destruction programs.--The term 
        ``weapons of mass destruction programs'' means--
                    (A) and chemical weapons, biological weapons, 
                radiological or nuclear procurement and development 
                programs and efforts;
                    (B) ballistic missile procurement and development 
                programs and efforts; and
                    (C) other actions in violation of the Waasenaar 
                Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms 
                and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, the Missile 
                Technology Control Regime, the Australia Group, the 
                Nuclear Suppliers' Group, the Zangger Committee, and 
                any other international agreement or arrangement to 
                which the United States is a party that restricts the 
                export of chemical, biological, nuclear, and other 
                weapons and their delivery systems, and effectively 
                restricts the export of dual use components of such 
                weapons and their delivery systems.
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