That upon the adoption of this resolution the bill (H.R. 1905) entitled An Act to strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and for other purposes.
, with the Senate amendment thereto, shall be considered to have been taken from the Speaker's table to the end that the Senate amendment thereto be, and the same is hereby, agreed to with the following amendment:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment of the Senate, insert the following:
1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—Expansion of multilateral sanctions regime with respect to Iran
Sec. 101. Sense of Congress on enforcement of multilateral sanctions regime and expansion and implementation of sanctions laws.
Sec. 102. Diplomatic efforts to expand multilateral sanctions regime.
TITLE II—Expansion of sanctions relating to the energy sector of Iran and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by Iran
Subtitle A—Expansion of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996
Sec. 201. Expansion of sanctions with respect to the energy sector of Iran.
Sec. 202. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transportation of crude oil from Iran and evasion of sanctions by shipping companies.
Sec. 203. Expansion of sanctions with respect to development by Iran of weapons of mass destruction.
Sec. 204. Expansion of sanctions available under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
Sec. 205. Modification of waiver standard under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
Sec. 206. Briefings on implementation of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
Sec. 207. Expansion of definitions under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
Sec. 208. Sense of Congress on energy sector of Iran.
Subtitle B—Additional measures relating to sanctions against Iran
Sec. 211. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the provision of vessels or shipping services to transport certain goods related to proliferation or terrorism activities to Iran.
Sec. 212. Imposition of sanctions with respect to provision of underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for the National Iranian Oil Company or the National Iranian Tanker Company.
Sec. 213. Imposition of sanctions with respect to purchase, subscription to, or facilitation of the issuance of Iranian sovereign debt.
Sec. 214. Imposition of sanctions with respect to subsidiaries and agents of persons sanctioned by United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Sec. 215. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions with persons sanctioned for certain activities relating to terrorism or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Sec. 216. Expansion of, and reports on, mandatory sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain activities relating to Iran.
Sec. 217. Continuation in effect of sanctions with respect to the Government of Iran, the Central Bank of Iran, and sanctions evaders.
Sec. 218. Liability of parent companies for violations of sanctions by foreign subsidiaries.
Sec. 219. Disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to sanctionable activities.
Sec. 220. Reports on, and authorization of imposition of sanctions with respect to, the provision of specialized financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions.
Sec. 221. Identification of, and immigration restrictions on, senior officials of the Government of Iran and their family members.
Sec. 222. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to certain authorities of State and local governments.
Sec. 223. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that invest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum products to Iran.
Sec. 224. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crude oil and refined petroleum products.
TITLE III—Sanctions with respect to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
Subtitle A—Identification of, and sanctions with respect to, officials, agents, affiliates, and supporters of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and other sanctioned persons
Sec. 301. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, officials, agents, and affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Sec. 302. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, persons that support or conduct certain transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or other sanctioned persons.
Sec. 303. Identification of, and imposition of measures with respect to, foreign government agencies carrying out activities or transactions with certain Iran-affiliated persons.
Sec. 304. Rule of construction.
Subtitle B—Additional measures relating to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
Sec. 311. Expansion of procurement prohibition to foreign persons that engage in certain transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Sec. 312. Determinations of whether the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker Company are agents or affiliates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
TITLE IV—Measures relating to human rights abuses in Iran
Subtitle A—Expansion of sanctions relating to human rights abuses in Iran
Sec. 401. Imposition of sanctions on certain persons responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Iran or their family members after the June 12, 2009, elections in Iran.
Sec. 402. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses.
Sec. 403. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other related activities against citizens of Iran.
Subtitle B—Additional measures to promote human rights
Sec. 411. Codification of sanctions with respect to grave human rights abuses by the governments of Iran and Syria using information technology.
Sec. 412. Clarification of sensitive technologies for purposes of procurement ban under Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010.
Sec. 413. Expedited consideration of requests for authorization of certain human rights-, humanitarian-, and democracy-related activities with respect to Iran.
Sec. 414. Comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran.
Sec. 415. Statement of policy on political prisoners.
TITLE V—Miscellaneous
Sec. 501. Exclusion of citizens of Iran seeking education relating to the nuclear and energy sectors of Iran.
Sec. 502. Interests in certain financial assets of Iran.
Sec. 503. Technical correction to section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
Sec. 504. Expansion of sanctions under section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
Sec. 505. Reports on natural gas exports from Iran.
Sec. 506. Report on membership of Iran in international organizations.
Sec. 507. Sense of Congress on exportation of goods, services, and technologies for aircraft produced in the United States.
TITLE VI—General provisions
Sec. 601. Implementation; penalties.
Sec. 602. Applicability to certain intelligence activities.
Sec. 603. Applicability to certain natural gas projects.
Sec. 604. Rule of construction with respect to use of force against Iran and Syria.
Sec. 605. Termination.
TITLE VII—Sanctions with respect to human rights abuses in Syria
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain persons who are responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Syria or their family members.
Sec. 703. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Syria that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses.
Sec. 704. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other forms of repression in Syria.
Sec. 705. Waiver.
Sec. 706. Termination.
2.Except as otherwise specifically provided, in this Act:
(1)Appropriate congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional committees has the meaning given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
(2)The term financial transaction means any transfer of value involving a financial institution, including the transfer of forwards, futures, options, swaps, or precious metals, including gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.
(3)The term knowingly has the meaning given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
(4)The term United States person has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511).
<enum>I</enum><header>Expansion of multilateral sanctions regime with respect to Iran</header>
<section commented="no" id="H7214E52F556A4B6095328E6C9778D4A3"><enum>101.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on enforcement of multilateral sanctions regime and expansion and implementation of sanctions laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the goal of compelling Iran to abandon efforts to acquire a nuclear weapons capability and other threatening activities can be effectively achieved through a comprehensive policy that includes economic sanctions, diplomacy, and military planning, capabilities and options, and that this objective is consistent with the one stated by President Barack Obama in the 2012 State of the Union Address: <quote>Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal</quote>. Among the economic measures to be taken are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H66028919ABED461FA14D1C93F4CCDFD7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prompt enforcement of the current multilateral sanctions regime with respect to Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H01A6B07174B646299A3E8CC4579EC28A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>full, timely, and vigorous implementation of all sanctions enacted into law, including sanctions imposed or expanded by this Act or amendments made by this Act, through—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDDBA3315710147BAA7A9FB33E778AE19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>intensified monitoring by the President and the designees of the President, including the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and senior officials in the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)), as appropriate;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0183E8796D49459CB72542381A680DF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more extensive use of extraordinary authorities provided for under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and other sanctions laws;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8A66DF39CA264DA49A49588AC374A7EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reallocation of resources to provide the personnel necessary, within the Department of the Treasury, the Department of State, and the Department of Commerce, and, where appropriate, the intelligence community, to apply and enforce sanctions; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H633324014B49448FB48520715D6DE179"><enum>(D)</enum><text>expanded cooperation with international sanctions enforcement efforts;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDB8C73B3E81A4BACA276988E79308D96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>urgent consideration of the expansion of existing sanctions with respect to such areas as—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEF27A5339AAA4D6FBD12CE57333D573B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the provision of energy-related services to Iran;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFA37C62870A946FD902C65E13955258C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the provision of insurance and reinsurance services to Iran;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H36F47ED304204A0EA971C1AF33D7FD44"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the provision of shipping services to Iran; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9C968856F6C04A2684718ACDA3969439"><enum>(D)</enum><text>those Iranian financial institutions not yet designated for the imposition of sanctions that may be acting as intermediaries for Iranian financial institutions that are designated for the imposition of sanctions; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA7B5DEDC5190455CB9D86506F4A60D0B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a focus on countering Iran’s efforts to evade sanctions, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H070A2A45E73744A0BE94B5E1B0730CFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities of telecommunications, Internet, and satellite service providers, in and outside of Iran, to ensure that such providers are not participating in or facilitating, directly or indirectly, the evasion of the sanctions regime with respect to Iran or violations of the human rights of the people of Iran;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA4D8B2B17A0649D5990537885E84F3DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the activities of financial institutions or other businesses or government agencies, in or outside of Iran, not yet designated for the imposition of sanctions; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDEECB66C28924F03B5F34BBFD7E92590"><enum>(C)</enum><text>urgent and ongoing evaluation of Iran’s energy, national security, financial, and telecommunications sectors, to gauge the effects of, and possible defects in, particular sanctions, with prompt efforts to correct any gaps in the existing sanctions regime with respect to Iran.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H1BDB3ED096B647338CB9FDF91BBBD0ED"><enum>102.</enum><header>Diplomatic efforts to expand multilateral sanctions regime</header>
<subsection id="H3154886A599245B0B3DF76945B91370A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Multilateral negotiations</header><text>Congress urges the President to intensify diplomatic efforts, both in appropriate international fora such as the United Nations and bilaterally with allies of the United States, for the purpose of—</text>
<paragraph id="H8C23F79A1F784906BA418938D985411A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>expanding the United Nations Security Council sanctions regime to include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40292BA4754A4FE1AAC4DEAA7CB8EF24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a prohibition on the issuance of visas to any official of the Government of Iran who is involved in—</text>
<clause id="H0914547B947848598D4AE23878C5F97D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>human rights violations in or outside of Iran;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE1B602877BEA4FBD8F2F843DC818266D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the development of a nuclear weapons program and a ballistic missile capability in Iran; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H07BB4E19535D4E7587033D87F8FB3863"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>support by the Government of Iran for terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Hezbollah; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1484176CC44410DA56F713991B5E75C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a requirement that each member country of the United Nations—</text>
<clause id="H73C2068B2FA1428394B73D9E553A5350"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prohibit the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines from landing at seaports, and cargo flights of Iran Air from landing at airports, in that country because of the role of those organizations in proliferation and illegal arms sales; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HCE8280F26FD74191A2B38FF2701A3DC2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>apply the prohibitions described in clause (i) to other Iranian entities designated for the imposition of sanctions on or after the date of the enactment of this Act;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B6D9E328D904007B2D7813B2B7F211C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expanding the range of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran by allies of the United States;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8BAC6DB334AC42DA8F8D6DEE82982166"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expanding efforts to limit the development of petroleum resources and the importation of refined petroleum products by Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CC39DEFAB1A480FB32BD87F9A34B966"><enum>(4)</enum><text>developing additional initiatives to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B59A682D1CA46F6AC2E042794B42FBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase the production of crude oil in countries other than Iran; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7554FA7B9EA445597A4B0292F8B29A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assist countries that purchase or otherwise obtain crude oil or petroleum products from Iran to eliminate their dependence on crude oil and petroleum products from Iran; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9B850676D7BA4CAA84CDF2A99E5D5308"><enum>(5)</enum><text>eliminating the revenue generated by the Government of Iran from the sale of petrochemical products produced in Iran to other countries.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA9F4B6289B0C49209AE7DF0C04DF61CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the extent to which diplomatic efforts described in subsection (a) have been successful that includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H169BB0A200BE4758BA05572FBB908C41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an identification of the countries that have agreed to impose sanctions or take other measures to further the policy set forth in subsection (a);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3B75D5BE4EDC4242A85F39CE298A94C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent of the implementation and enforcement of those sanctions or other measures by those countries;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H46BB08851A744DB3A81C1FA548D0629F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the criteria the President uses to determine whether a country has significantly reduced its crude oil purchases from Iran pursuant to section 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, as amended by section 504, including considerations of reductions both in terms of volume and price;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9F6DE332A63B4E9AB57E90C0D9E0AC3A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an identification of the countries that have not agreed to impose such sanctions or measures, including such countries granted exceptions for significant reductions in crude oil purchases pursuant to such section 1245(d)(4)(D);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H46D2A72C55EC47C4BA1F97EB369D4754"><enum>(5)</enum><text>recommendations for additional measures that the United States could take to further diplomatic efforts described in subsection (a); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8D45E3F57ACC41558F1375B0ED3899F4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the disposition of any decision with respect to sanctions imposed with respect to Iran by the World Trade Organization or its predecessor organization.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Expansion of sanctions relating to the energy sector of Iran and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by Iran</header>
<subtitle id="H2A433EBBBD72424DB3B9D3130DB049E0"><enum>A</enum><header>Expansion of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header>
<section id="H5DCADAC66D144EC4B4FCFEA691593EF8"><enum>201.</enum><header>Expansion of sanctions with respect to the energy sector of Iran</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFD05B0A6A13D4E999B4716C8E7978236"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">with respect to</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">to Iran</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">relating to the energy sector of Iran</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD073F3F8927F4BB9BD1041A7E5A62F55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3CB06D3D2CB74B0A893B55016C6B711B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3 or more</quote> and inserting <quote>5 or more</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4192B304307E4C0C87958275E377A5BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title></quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB23493120D54B8DAAF218DB19E699F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HABB1C7AD8CF84F19B911BC4A46BE9BA2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H2DEBFE2588B2472A9A7DEBCC3404F361"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3 or more</quote> and inserting <quote>5 or more</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H46378A68FD6E4632932918E10424DE1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title></quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H438D85D3EE7C4F38AE876D6AFCEAC3B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>or directly associated infrastructure, including construction of port facilities, railways, and roads, the primary use of which is to support the delivery of refined petroleum products</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40EBEF46D6824F689A0AA45E311CE527"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B353E8ABC1F4E39B0EF4B0C585FADDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HFBD96E10A22045759D2D1339D66C0D45"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3 or more</quote> and inserting <quote>5 or more</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC9F71220B1B547909472041690B2F591"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title></quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H57FE1AD12BBF49879736BF9C19E5E05A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="HE584E987A509458F9739010D56AD0F4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></clause>
<clause id="H20619FF0BCDC4AFDB228A163A8753016"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HAC5A77D5FF284B70A702A0125CCEC6E6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H270B572D3B5D4D7392637A868C7EED9A" style="OLC">
<clause id="HB2076C43F63E4773A390B763F9010A71"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>bartering or contracting by which goods are exchanged for goods, including the insurance or reinsurance of such exchanges; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HCF354ED8E4954A28A64BFFB9C91D198A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>purchasing, subscribing to, or facilitating the issuance of sovereign debt of the Government of Iran, including governmental bonds, issued on or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H757842C0B139454D9970FCA381F8ABD1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6522DB7AA0D64E9F84250E41E61C75A3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0C303DD28DED4F97A04AFD0E3B1E8445"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Joint ventures with Iran relating to developing petroleum resources</header>
<subparagraph id="H80DD51DE3F90431F8D540E271BB517CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or subsection (f), the President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) with respect to a person if the President determines that the person knowingly participates, on or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, in a joint venture with respect to the development of petroleum resources outside of Iran if—</text>
<clause id="HDEB6F72E45404D2D96641DA7C0EFAC3A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the joint venture is established on or after January 1, 2002; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H810FB93EA66D4FCB9225DE877377BA3C"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF37AFBADBCDC4BD8916E676A735B1533"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Government of Iran is a substantial partner or investor in the joint venture; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1B10281C710544FAB4D00564477BC170" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Iran could, through a direct operational role in the joint venture or by other means, receive technological knowledge or equipment not previously available to Iran that could directly and significantly contribute to the enhancement of Iran's ability to develop petroleum resources in Iran.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H80ADFFD708E9427C991EF5A94680DD40"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to participation in a joint venture established on or after January 1, 2002, and before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, if the person participating in the joint venture terminates that participation not later than the date that is 180 days after such date of enactment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4BED20678F6744EF914FDF71B71D1A26"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Support for the development of petroleum resources and refined petroleum products in Iran</header>
<subparagraph id="HBB6293D4217E41609DB5C623E934F24C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (f), the President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) with respect to a person if the President determines that the person knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, sells, leases, or provides to Iran goods, services, technology, or support described in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="H073BFE9229754A81A7DECD8CEFD8A8E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any of which has a fair market value of $1,000,000 or more; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H300E3529750A4B45A4F478C99D2AE510"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that, during a 12-month period, have an aggregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H799FF3E0D3BB4ACDBC6A72C77ACD1477"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Goods, services, technology, or support described</header><text>Goods, services, technology, or support described in this subparagraph are goods, services, technology, or support that could directly and significantly contribute to the maintenance or enhancement of Iran's—</text>
<clause id="HB83373A62A4A44DAB732C5C21E76B2D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ability to develop petroleum resources located in Iran; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H9CF0DEFC6E0345BE86CBF20DE5B58792"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>domestic production of refined petroleum products, including any direct and significant assistance with respect to the construction, modernization, or repair of petroleum refineries or directly associated infrastructure, including construction of port facilities, railways, and roads, the primary use of which is to support the delivery of refined petroleum products.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB2F9E865A764F60A72522EB5C9B73DF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Development and purchase of petrochemical products from Iran</header>
<subparagraph id="H258EB56B0A1E407C98CFA87A9FA27301"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (f), the President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) with respect to a person if the President determines that the person knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, sells, leases, or provides to Iran goods, services, technology, or support described in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="HE69A05456B874AA999087ECE9DBC918D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any of which has a fair market value of $250,000 or more; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HAAC2B3A543684761B4DA59A55F3C2AFA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that, during a 12-month period, have an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF436E6A802FB4627A2DBDCBCED4CC83E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Goods, services, technology, or support described</header><text>Goods, services, technology, or support described in this subparagraph are goods, services, technology, or support that could directly and significantly contribute to the maintenance or expansion of Iran's domestic production of petrochemical products.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HB4D164C98BE045D286FD308D88651050"><enum>202.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to transportation of crude oil from Iran and evasion of sanctions by shipping companies</header>
<subsection id="HDB10F526FCE946BAB9778094FB60FCA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by section 201, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE937BD25B2C54939AEDD59CA40E0ECB5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Transportation of crude oil from Iran</header>
<subparagraph id="H3B956473F3F54CF99135B8AC5BE7B21D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (f), the President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) with respect to a person if the President determines that—</text>
<clause id="H99368313E4B94110A73DFDEAF5F85819"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the person is a controlling beneficial owner of, or otherwise owns, operates, or controls, or insures, a vessel that, on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, was used to transport crude oil from Iran to another country; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HDD209EA5D7774A01B20095C15D111C18"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA1C2680DF1564E5584B87CB638DD4507"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of a person that is a controlling beneficial owner of the vessel, the person had actual knowledge the vessel was so used; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H04DDA8FA0E22489BB832C8A4160A4591" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of a person that otherwise owns, operates, or controls, or insures, the vessel, the person knew or should have known the vessel was so used.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD2252FA4860844AC8DD71347C2524F36"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability of sanctions</header>
<clause id="H27586DEEA4D0494FB68694C78934792B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (ii), subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to the transportation of crude oil from Iran only if a determination of the President under section 1245(d)(4)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(B)) that there is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petroleum products produced in countries other than Iran to permit purchasers of petroleum and petroleum products from Iran to reduce significantly their purchases from Iran is in effect at the time of the transportation of the crude oil.</text></clause>
<clause id="H4E3867E369B24EA58B9C9EB701121826"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception for certain countries</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to the transportation of crude oil from Iran to a country to which the exception under paragraph (4)(D) 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 applies at the time of the transportation of the crude oil.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE38E4BCBE52A40539DC479A038E6D5FC"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Concealing Iranian origin of crude oil and refined petroleum products</header>
<subparagraph id="HD39418D10A1C4CA2B6F80A67057670B6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (f), the President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) with respect to a person if the President determines that the person is a controlling beneficial owner, or otherwise owns, operates, or controls, a vessel that, on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, is used, with actual knowledge in the case of a person that is a controlling beneficial owner or knowingly in the case of a person that otherwise owns, operates, or controls the vessel, in a manner that conceals the Iranian origin of crude oil or refined petroleum products transported on the vessel, including by—</text>
<clause id="H504956F5DEFA41849FD842410DF23B31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>permitting the operator of the vessel to suspend the operation of the vessel's satellite tracking device; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HE0C1B45B56254850A365D2504861A783"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>obscuring or concealing the ownership, operation, or control of the vessel by—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H87CFB0D125B048A8B648928FDC25D3FB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Government of Iran;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="HFF6D0F8BCA8642C19CCF898ADB5F9F3B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the National Iranian Tanker Company or the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines; or</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="HC73EF5755BA8423E9B5DCF06FD68FEAF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any other entity determined by the President to be owned or controlled by the Government of Iran or an entity specified in subclause (II).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE08BDE6C274142A6B629C8CDDA41B5A4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional sanction</header><text>Subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe and in addition to the sanctions imposed under subparagraph (A), the President may prohibit a vessel owned, operated, or controlled by a person, including a controlling beneficial owner, with respect to which the President has imposed sanctions under that subparagraph and that was used for the activity for which the President imposed those sanctions from landing at a port in the United States for a period of not more than 2 years after the date on which the President imposed those sanctions.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF70FFE01A170412291D07D91D9B0016D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Vessels identified by the Office of Foreign Assets Control</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), a person shall be deemed to have actual knowledge that a vessel is owned, operated, or controlled by the Government of Iran or an entity specified in subclause (II) or (III) of subparagraph (A)(ii) if the International Maritime Organization vessel registration identification for the vessel is—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H011C2165E7364BA59866386ECC55C2C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>included on a list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury for activities with respect to Iran; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H893975C6CC8A4B0891AB20350777A6BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identified by the Office of Foreign Assets Control as a vessel in which the Government of Iran or any entity specified in subclause (II) or (III) of subparagraph (A)(ii) has an interest.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB01E1A8828FC4C3FA83564D87F2CE9A8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Definition of Iranian origin</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term <term>Iranian origin</term> means—</text>
<clause id="H7C3C931C9E754E9C930CE0AF29DB5BF8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with respect to crude oil, that the crude oil was extracted in Iran; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE2DE2DD9E66A4475AA9B6E81D006C265"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to a refined petroleum product, that the refined petroleum product was produced or refined in Iran.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFAE062146E3E40CDB5F6771B0E88915D"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Exception for provision of underwriting services and insurance and reinsurance</header><text>The President may not impose sanctions under paragraph (7) or (8) with respect to a person that provides underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance if the President determines that the person has exercised due diligence in establishing and enforcing official policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that the person does not provide underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for the transportation of crude oil or refined petroleum products from Iran in a manner for which sanctions may be imposed under either such paragraph.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE79A2CCE08B44947955656E248DC1797"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations and guidelines</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall prescribe such regulations or guidelines as are necessary to implement paragraphs (7), (8), and (9) of section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as added by this section, including such regulations or guidelines as are necessary to implement subparagraph (B) of such paragraph (8).</text></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HA6D8395B6E6048369C7BE164179BBB82"><enum>203.</enum><header>Expansion of sanctions with respect to development by Iran of weapons of mass destruction</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE3C077BE87964EE1B5FE0A0CB0FE3826"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9834BF2B048043CB9E72DFE7F5C693D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H92E07E6806E340C88166749420C94022"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E986CBEBC9C4DCD9776332310E58D7F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exports, transfers, and transshipments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (f), the President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) with respect to a person if the President determines that the person—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0242193C83C444A5BA9191C7682F8AB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, exported or transferred, or permitted or otherwise facilitated the transshipment of, any goods, services, technology, or other items to any other person; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34EE014125854F96A8D167493C1BF11F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knew or should have known that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70FDACEF5D174747A5064FD9D4D0E4F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the export, transfer, or transshipment of the goods, services, technology, or other items would likely result in another person exporting, transferring, transshipping, or otherwise providing the goods, services, technology, or other items to Iran; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4DBCA20B1BB4E45BC3805A9226D813B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the export, transfer, transshipment, or other provision of the goods, services, technology, or other items to Iran would contribute materially to the ability of Iran to—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H47129C618B904BB491A6AE652C1AEA40"><enum>(I)</enum><text>acquire or develop chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons or related technologies; or</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H639F72AECD0A46A8A37BE45731D4BFC7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>acquire or develop destabilizing numbers and types of advanced conventional weapons.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7E6AE8D7127D45C198E3EDDBD4314769"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint ventures relating to the mining, production, or transportation of uranium</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H84E224DF0ADB48038845BA0EE7764AD2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or subsection (f), the President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) with respect to a person if the President determines that the person knowingly participated, on or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, in a joint venture that involves any activity relating to the mining, production, or transportation of uranium—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HAEA0562A6B8B4FEBADE73A7CBD4B3D58"><enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H62D352841DA34555B14F2FF9D2B6EE69"><enum>(I)</enum><text>established on or after February 2, 2012; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="HAFEA51F0672F42538DB62813555DDD9F" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>with—</text>
<item commented="no" id="H2E5FCE626F164971B5B882E63C12E4B5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the Government of Iran;</text></item>
<item commented="no" id="H1A542497F0494D8DB7FE02A51F43E9E7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>an entity incorporated in Iran or subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran; or</text></item>
<item commented="no" id="HF32676B3B35A447E8B4F5CBB5C262E86"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of, or owned or controlled by, the Government of Iran or an entity described in item (bb); or</text></item></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HB0A9434C6C554FC69F9F56FE2A08AAD3"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5BDC2C444FF143BA9E4F2ABA2660C1A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>established before February 2, 2012;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H2B8DB953211B43E7AD0CA7A6D25D94AC" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>with the Government of Iran, an entity described in item (bb) of clause (i)(II), or a person described in item (cc) of that clause; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H2E34E479D1324AB6BBA9B0882004507A" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>through which—</text>
<item commented="no" id="H6FCB8D1B498A43939A841AB2A7EBF098"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>uranium is transferred directly to Iran or indirectly to Iran through a third country;</text></item>
<item commented="no" id="H15DEB43C0BF24D0491B186A15CFB218C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the Government of Iran receives significant revenue; or</text></item>
<item commented="no" id="H0FC9C16D27B140E4B162EE2F3212C4B7"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>Iran could, through a direct operational role or by other means, receive technological knowledge or equipment not previously available to Iran that could contribute materially to the ability of Iran to develop nuclear weapons or related technologies.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17319D4F7D594AB395CBBC46CFD9C8E2"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to participation in a joint venture established before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title> if the person participating in the joint venture terminates that participation not later than the date that is 180 days after such date of enactment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFD62D6FD157B487F80F20E6D0520BE2E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this section and sections 201 and 202, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H529B914641BF44409CD7F5BA69DFB32F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 5—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB6B5A9DC97094E22964FC2199BAD8701"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) of subsection (b), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2F899E762FD84972B15684B69E08D00C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>paragraph (1) or (2)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H76FB769F18BA4DE09C11B81B7947605F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H8EFE78DFCADD4637B2E33BE2483A817C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1) or (2), as the case may be</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H8802C2C21B274E6589128DDE3EA0A602"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title></quote>;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA2C5F9067A434D38B1379EBA8159F2C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H3F0835FE483C46C4A5B8C68461C01257"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsections (a) and (b)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H04D168F566D1401490F9AC16800A1EC8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection (a) or (b)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a) or paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1D25E8A6FF194753AD0B9D376C9EA607"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2389830318F642B4B3ECD23B7037C505"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection (a) or (b)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a) or paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HFA8EBD76789F4DAAA89769D0E86937FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBBB10E969C8F468A8814BF80D76BA10F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 9, by striking <quote>section 5(a) or 5(b)(1)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subsection (a) or paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of section 5</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HE6BB6263B06E40B7A3CF31571EB9E2E5"><enum>204.</enum><header>Expansion of sanctions available under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header>
<subsection id="H5866E6880CE7474C9489B971E24173B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB148D479A69149DB9AE274A56202AAA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (12); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7167379FB5374A4E88545BB0A62E7C66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H63C81CD49A6C4989BBCE40F306B81C1D"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Ban on investment in equity or debt of sanctioned person</header><text>The President may, pursuant to such regulations or guidelines as the President may prescribe, prohibit any United States person from investing in or purchasing significant amounts of equity or debt instruments of a sanctioned person.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC1D9E105BED04155BC6E746BFD68C911"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Exclusion of corporate officers</header><text>The President may direct the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to exclude from the United States, any alien that the President determines is a corporate officer or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling interest in, a sanctioned person.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD6EB429254A84F7EB3D51308B9D4495D"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Sanctions on principal executive officers</header><text>The President may impose on the principal executive officer or officers of any sanctioned person, or on persons performing similar functions and with similar authorities as such officer or officers, any of the sanctions under this subsection.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5C29911616BF4014A3AB8313CC44E428"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to activities described in subsections (a) and (b) of section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this title, commenced on or after such date of enactment.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H2C82597E5BD44361B880B88B056CF73C"><enum>205.</enum><header>Modification of waiver standard under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(c) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by section 203, is further amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FA094C7ABED4E1481D1FF3AAB6C6281"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09AE94AB7DC94286B2DA00BAF6C611B4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Sanctions relating to the energy sector of Iran</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may waive, on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more than one year, the requirement in section 5(a) to impose a sanction or sanctions on a person described in section 5(c), and may waive the continued imposition of a sanction or sanctions under subsection (b) of this section, 30 days or more after the President determines and so reports to the appropriate congressional committees that it is essential to the national security interests of the United States to exercise such waiver authority.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H604D450248DE494B88AE27593A2C5BE5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sanctions relating to development of weapons of mass destruction or other military capabilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may waive, on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more than one year, the requirement in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 5(b) to impose a sanction or sanctions on a person described in section 5(c), and may waive the continued imposition of a sanction or sanctions under subsection (b) of this section, 30 days or more after the President determines and so reports to the appropriate congressional committees that it is vital to the national security interests of the United States to exercise such waiver authority.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44005D00A6104B178A47336A7972B697"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Renewal of waivers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may renew, on a case-by-case basis, a waiver with respect to a person under subparagraph (A) or (B) for additional one-year periods if, not later than 30 days before the waiver expires, the President makes the determination and submits to the appropriate congressional committees the report described in subparagraph (A) or (B), as applicable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H856C0C0A51D24ED897AE614A9EB0C0D2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Briefings on implementation of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33F29A8EC5514E09B0BD1A51452DB53B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Briefings on implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, and every 120 days thereafter, the President, acting through the Secretary of State, shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive briefing on efforts to implement this Act.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HD475CBF6BC4D4419B5B3A75085F2F97D"><enum>207.</enum><header>Expansion of definitions under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header>
<subsection id="H7AB4E5052E624CC8872F813D51318663"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC074209B8334768BA92A80C1913FB91"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (17) and (18) as paragraphs (20) and (21), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H528B4AB16C7841A898F440FF56D9816A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (15) and (16) as paragraphs (17) and (18), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA6BDC997D21A4557A719EC8B1E112095"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (14) as paragraphs (5) through (15), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97AB1566E016438E90996B1FD4CFD40F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HFAB49BBC274F477484A0093F39968A8D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Credible information</header><text>The term <term>credible information</term>, with respect to a person—</text>
<subparagraph id="H54794A834A5E42B5ABCD3444D1E00A40"><enum>(A)</enum><text>includes—</text>
<clause id="HCD8F2FAF2AD4497D802FD084CF402D02"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a public announcement by the person that the person has engaged in an activity described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 5; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H3DDC96F1D88A47129C37E628D39642B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information set forth in a report to stockholders of the person indicating that the person has engaged in such an activity; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65501A4BF9574AE4BDCC0D7251515F08"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include, in the discretion of the President—</text>
<clause id="H30B208C7973942D3AE30F2419E842E26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an announcement by the Government of Iran that the person has engaged in such an activity; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H09054F6FFDD14B85B053CE81417BF54C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information indicating that the person has engaged in such an activity that is set forth in—</text>
<subclause id="HB14511DDC5FF41899F5E22DEC4F59820"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a report of the Government Accountability Office, the Energy Information Administration, or the Congressional Research Service; or</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC6E3A23ABD542D2B69D48F17E0663F9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a report or publication of a similarly reputable governmental organization or trade or industry organization.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF3812F331C64575BBE3EDC29A667BBE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (15), as redesignated by paragraph (3), the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H24A26DBCB0C544B7B230904F480C8B23"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Petrochemical product</header><text>The term <term>petrochemical product</term> includes any aromatic, olefin, or synthesis gas, and any derivative of such a gas, including ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, xylene, ammonia, methanol, and urea.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H03EA07B0A8F442C080D675AF3C040FAB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (18), as redesignated by paragraph (2), the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HDFCE3D0BF1DD43CCA01C7DD8DCA944A0"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Services</header><text>The term <term>services</term> includes software, hardware, financial, professional consulting, engineering, and specialized energy information services, energy-related technical assistance, and maintenance and repairs.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE2486F818AF24CDC9CB2D8A862707B93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to activities described in subsections (a) and (b) of section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this title, commenced on or after such date of enactment.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H70ECF87492D24776A4A66D953BC1AAE8"><enum>208.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on energy sector of Iran</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F9C0A022F4B4B08BFD79CA70B93E4EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the energy sector of Iran remains a zone of proliferation concern since the Government of Iran continues to divert substantial revenues derived from sales of petroleum resources to finance its illicit nuclear and missile activities; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB017443FCA24EB589C0B160E49CA7B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President should apply the full range of sanctions under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this Act, to address the threat posed by the Government of Iran.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H5219AD3645994CA79B5AC7EEB01CFB78"><enum>B</enum><header>Additional measures relating to sanctions against Iran</header>
<section commented="no" id="HE78C385BB8CA4FE78BE9C8F2D9BA3B3B"><enum>211.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to the provision of vessels or shipping services to transport certain goods related to proliferation or terrorism activities to Iran</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF7DE444663B84675BDA2E76114B6A384"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (c), if the President determines that a person, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, knowingly sells, leases, or provides a vessel or provides insurance or reinsurance or any other shipping service for the transportation to or from Iran of goods that could materially contribute to the activities of the Government of Iran with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or support for acts of international terrorism, the President shall, pursuant to Executive Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to blocking of property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters) or Executive Order 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079; relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), or otherwise pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of the persons specified in subsection (b) if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H37B38F03393841E69F12CF5916E36FA1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Persons specified</header><text>The persons specified in this subsection are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDF30F72AB7E44946BC99A1068C61F6A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the person that sold, leased, or provided a vessel or provided insurance or reinsurance or another shipping service described in subsection (a); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6B5B834CB3DC4C11B1C55CF243BA76FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any person that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE5F2545C3E3943628F1F4C26A4684B37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a successor entity to the person referred to in paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1D5EFE352EBA4A0CA1D35B60880D8C53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>owns or controls the person referred to in paragraph (1), if the person that owns or controls the person referred to in paragraph (1) had actual knowledge or should have known that the person referred to in paragraph (1) sold, leased, or provided the vessel or provided the insurance or reinsurance or other shipping service; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC488DAEFA2B847E884B0BA97BC08ADE1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with, the person referred to in paragraph (1), if the person owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with (as the case may be), the person referred to in paragraph (1) knowingly engaged in the sale, lease, or provision of the vessel or the provision of the insurance or reinsurance or other shipping service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H477A9690AD4A40089CEF03AEC3D839A8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the requirement to impose sanctions with respect to a person under subsection (a) on or after the date that is 30 days after the President—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2569B92704FF4652B5C682E7E806DF59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such a waiver is vital to the national security interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C061D51228F45559A6B3E329373FD81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the reasons for that determination.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB28FAF2C2BCC4C0D8F031B0E53F102F5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report required</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H90D1E5DB3B0E4575A86D7230521251C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report identifying operators of vessels and other persons that conduct or facilitate significant financial transactions with persons that manage ports in Iran that have been designated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H42225CA7AFF243B3B476334D8EC6FF87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>A report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H42424DF0E2514EC09E58F3F0DC1ECEAC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the President to designate persons for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to the blocking of property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters) or Executive Order 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079; relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), or otherwise pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H033F80E1B2534A3F8F9B29C739B5D44A"><enum>212.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to provision of underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for the National Iranian Oil Company or the National Iranian Tanker Company</header>
<subsection id="HC92A729C71964FD9B98334170CF9778E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by section 204, with respect to a person if the President determines that the person knowingly, on or after such date of enactment, provides underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for the National Iranian Oil Company, the National Iranian Tanker Company, or a successor entity to either such company.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HFB284468E2A14AAD91CD6DD0025955B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<paragraph id="H9C920A12D1004027BC518B361EAEF7B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Underwriters and insurance providers exercising due diligence</header><text>The President is authorized not to impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a person that provides underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance if the President determines that the person has exercised due diligence in establishing and enforcing official policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that the person does not provide underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for the National Iranian Oil Company, the National Iranian Tanker Company, or a successor entity to either such company.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H083059CB1E4248CB937A970945F09464"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Food; medicine; humanitarian assistance</header><text>The President may not impose sanctions under subsection (a) for the provision of underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for any activity relating solely to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED573EC90340441FAB50F44C765B17D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the provision of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F6B3C27E165481690D4284BB9BD5C64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0773CB46082F4802B2244C91C5A5DD96"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination period</header><text>The President is authorized not to impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a person if the President receives reliable assurances that the person will terminate the provision of underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for the National Iranian Oil Company, the National Iranian Tanker Company, and any successor entity to either such company, not later than the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3DB5A4A2102B499C9C5A510058D20E58"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DC3E5FE327B4093931EB8F3DA48A92C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural commodity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>agricultural commodity</term> has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF79293F0A0C14877BADEE2F4E7E28E6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Medical device</header><text>The term <term>medical device</term> has the meaning given the term <term>device</term> in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H704F8A93676B489CA907BE25F0FFEE35"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Medicine</header><text>The term <term>medicine</term> has the meaning given the term <term>drug</term> in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB618320574654E11A7383C78E3180F6F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application of provisions of Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header><text>The following provisions of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this Act, apply with respect to the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) to the same extent that such provisions apply with respect to the imposition of sanctions under section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996:</text>
<paragraph id="HFD730A34FDB347B38744F2EAED14B7AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (c) of section 4.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H257FDF451AF947C3802CCD1380C1A642"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsections (c), (d), and (f) of section 5.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FF419CE947B436CADEC3DFF7C3C1E8B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 8.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42B11D48201E410E95DBA55F0D9A8B18"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 9.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF9552B842A045CCBDE052FF47246007"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 11.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H32BCA55EA9964959911502CC1323F866"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 12.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H16562C1EEB754F51A4510350EF9D8D27"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of section 13.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD9D746DE85D463FBBB0D781D06D80DF"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 14.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEE8144A2B38842C8B4D1942061A5F6FA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rule of construction and implementation</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the President to impose sanctions pursuant to the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), or any other provision of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HB651242C874B4C92832195965D04CEDD"><enum>213.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to purchase, subscription to, or facilitation of the issuance of Iranian sovereign debt</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFFC7702AC2BA4FA093A787E5CF8137B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by section 204, with respect to a person if the President determines that the person knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, purchases, subscribes to, or facilitates the issuance of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1F4DC0A1A0DD40C5B8DB9BD61A0AA14E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sovereign debt of the Government of Iran issued on or after such date of enactment, including governmental bonds; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H16DE604764F14F109CCBF9AAE421DEE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>debt of any entity owned or controlled by the Government of Iran issued on or after such date of enactment, including bonds.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5E35D19C8C0C4991BA8B09E75D50680A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of provisions of Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header><text>The following provisions of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this Act, apply with respect to the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) to the same extent that such provisions apply with respect to the imposition of sanctions under section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996:</text>
<paragraph id="HFA47019E9ED54B1F8A4F0C7CF8386796"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (c) of section 4.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD453DF62AC524B41884336A623732051"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsections (c), (d), and (f) of section 5.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H818F946E93A64A0C977F7C9CFBF3D79A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 8.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A5A654DF921408BACC4A266F013F08D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 9.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD31FEA3FADD48F78FE2FD8B1028391F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 11.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H041E4B811C88404598EAFC0EB95099B1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 12.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC465DFE706A24BD69F99C4CF5B09F879"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of section 13.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H391F33F723E64DDD8E0D2924DD006145"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 14.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H31EDE0BD0C834135951AF0A7FD9D75CB"><enum>214.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to subsidiaries and agents of persons sanctioned by United Nations Security Council resolutions</header>
<subsection id="H9FD39FA89A9945738CC26E593212CCD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H82050A210DAB46C4933ED990A25448E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>of a person subject</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDC803C82302747C09733D3A6A5B745FE" style="OLC"><text>of—</text>
<clause id="HC62DA181F5364CB989710CCD69098FBC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a person subject</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5B04A05138145A68FA990C3A35DF785"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i), as designated by paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B2EAA0672A247CDB6187D93CFBF9EAE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72CE63E780FD4643AFCD12E4DCA417F2" style="OLC">
<clause id="H1B6763D0EAEF41269AEDB0D48CF7802A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of, or owned or controlled by, a person described in clause (i);</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF19063318374491C9EE5FAE18E7D5AF9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make such revisions to the regulations prescribed under section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513) as are necessary to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HB1E2EB102F86472282370207787B2D7B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions with persons sanctioned for certain activities relating to terrorism or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction</header>
<subsection id="H8B106AEC52A84AEEBF5D9E39594F6225"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)) is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by striking <quote>financial institution</quote> and inserting <quote>person</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0CD083BC5594714A73A8AA0B1728939"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make such revisions to the regulations prescribed under section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513) as are necessary to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA8E2B847CA0B41D481E4D5FE6FD36EC6"><enum>216.</enum><header>Expansion of, and reports on, mandatory sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain activities relating to Iran</header>
<subsection id="HDA272FFC76754CF095FCD4287D487029"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 104 the following:</text>
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<section id="H7E94F600B9004B11AEF0187AED9CEDEA"><enum>104A.</enum><header>Expansion of, and reports on, mandatory sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain activities</header>
<subsection id="HF627788A2B124DEEB74B47B6CAD0BB1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, the Secretary of the Treasury shall revise the regulations prescribed under section 104(c)(1) to apply to a foreign financial institution described in subsection (b) to the same extent and in the same manner as those regulations apply to a foreign financial institution that the Secretary of the Treasury finds knowingly engages in an activity described in section 104(c)(2).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H534269EC2B4145369B39E3070A550CBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foreign financial institutions described</header><text>A foreign financial institution described in this subsection is a foreign financial institution, including an Iranian financial institution, that the Secretary of the Treasury finds—</text>
<paragraph id="H35C9C8339CEC4E8284AA7AA1CCC6F37B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>knowingly facilitates, or participates or assists in, an activity described in section 104(c)(2), including by acting on behalf of, at the direction of, or as an intermediary for, or otherwise assisting, another person with respect to the activity;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01C4265280C644B3A26EFC6C132C1BD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>attempts or conspires to facilitate or participate in such an activity; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBAFB8E1F9A5645EDBA89C849CAE4EC11"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is owned or controlled by a foreign financial institution that the Secretary finds knowingly engages in such an activity.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3F400094E2944915ADD5454A6A78B878"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports required</header>
<paragraph id="HBE6833CD66184AF0AD171E6BEDC56E9C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains a detailed description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H656064DFF133471E9EE1DDE5285BEAD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the effect of the regulations prescribed under section 104(c)(1) on the financial system and economy of Iran and capital flows to and from Iran; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCDC6384A7A07418480D35F46E5E06D83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the ways in which funds move into and out of financial institutions described in section 104(c)(2)(E)(ii), with specific attention to the use of other Iranian financial institutions and other foreign financial institutions to receive and transfer funds for financial institutions described in that section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H577DF8C75C9F4057A235C68E2500D556"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3F4074441E154DE596BABA510F05DBB1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC8335BF2E42B44DF8339204779179BD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Financial institution</header><text>The term <term>financial institution</term> means a financial institution specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (M), (N), (R), or (Y) of section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H28001B06665B48F5BFEDE516C873371F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign financial institution</header><text>The term <term>foreign financial institution</term> has the meaning of that term as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(i).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2141B16A02624D3EA9C2D7A762ACF73B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Iranian financial institution</header><text>The term <term>Iranian financial institution</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0982D87D09384E48A369872396F4BC08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a financial institution organized under the laws of Iran or any jurisdiction within Iran, including a foreign branch of such an institution;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF2E192C2FFC9445F99389D2E06E6C88E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a financial institution located in Iran;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H57D19E3BBA3F451DACA4ECD535C7DCD9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a financial institution, wherever located, owned or controlled by the Government of Iran; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H34564055E5B548559B35C566C44F4ADD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a financial institution, wherever located, owned or controlled by a financial institution described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HFDA67558580F4E8A986277F7193AB018"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 104 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 104A. Expansion of, and reports on, mandatory sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain activities.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H6066D67044DE44ABB71BB5D208799E9A"><enum>217.</enum><header>Continuation in effect of sanctions with respect to the Government of Iran, the Central Bank of Iran, and sanctions evaders</header>
<subsection id="H86F37B9809BA43898D3D489A206869DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sanctions relating to blocking of property of the Government of Iran and Iranian financial institutions</header><text>United States sanctions with respect to Iran provided for in Executive Order 13599 (77 Fed. Reg. 6659), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect until the date that is 90 days after the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees the certification described in subsection (d).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H981F8169E85746C6A0C170B7765AF3E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions relating to foreign sanctions evaders</header><text>United States sanctions with respect to Iran provided for in Executive Order 13608 (77 Fed. Reg. 26409), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees the certification described in section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H33F83BBD3DA54C63A4D2B715C7697853"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Continuation of sanctions with respect to the Central Bank of Iran</header><text>In addition to the sanctions referred to in subsection (a), the President shall continue to apply to the Central Bank of Iran sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), including blocking of property and restrictions or prohibitions on financial transactions and the exportation of property, until the date that is 90 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the certification described in subsection (d).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB71B52A2E1D9437EA1E20FBC84D7A29D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certification described</header>
<paragraph id="HAF9D973D114242A98D5E3B8B499CCA41"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The certification described in this subsection is the certification of the President to Congress that the Central Bank of Iran is not—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4CAC77BF7A09450597B63DFD90214EAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing financial services in support of, or otherwise facilitating, the ability of Iran to—</text>
<clause id="H622401452B7C4A77BE8E605517B29E6F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>acquire or develop chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons, or related technologies;</text></clause>
<clause id="H050B1D19F3604B8F86D9BB1B44BBAA88"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>construct, equip, operate, or maintain nuclear facilities that could aid Iran’s effort to acquire a nuclear capability; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H37A1216EFCAB4BED95B64DEB5A26622E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>acquire or develop ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, or destabilizing types and amounts of conventional weapons; or</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA9841B7AD0B4484CA69EBBBAFB5AD1A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitating transactions or providing financial services for—</text>
<clause id="H849CAAF25CBA4BEBBCF9BCF45D072948"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HC7F14FB44F3B4E02A41226CFB145F2EE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>financial institutions the property or interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) in connection with—</text>
<subclause id="HB53FFDC97F554309B015631B493A6FF0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Iran's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HBE71EF7B8B934674B670B458A1F5FDA4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Iran's support for international terrorism.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00FD8C23E7B94DAD8B6FA0E8AED1FE47"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header>
<subparagraph id="H2E25288C1D4440F9B088168D627BEC1C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall submit the certification described in paragraph (1) to the appropriate congressional committees in writing and shall include a justification for the certification.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H70525B9015F245DBA2612F8832A3B7D3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of certification</header><text>The certification described in paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6D679C58EC304FD9A817710346641EE3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the President pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H1D57E715F32345D6A687D27B487D01A8"><enum>218.</enum><header>Liability of parent companies for violations of sanctions by foreign subsidiaries</header>
<subsection id="H613AB6BE92A546788CC7739AB28E7876"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HA47184668F7843C8AA70B0BF7AA4E384"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Entity</header><text>The term <term>entity</term> means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, or other organization.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H227EC0B993824CF1915667EE248CF938"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Own or control</header><text>The term <term>own or control</term> means, with respect to an entity—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6B5CA586C7243CD8CC3587E56E0A915"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to hold more than 50 percent of the equity interest by vote or value in the entity;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFCCA5E2826C243BCABFF0E2A45E7E659"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to hold a majority of seats on the board of directors of the entity; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD8D0C1CB8804E00821DC1023DE3EC72"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to otherwise control the actions, policies, or personnel decisions of the entity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H57E2BA9FBEEA4CB3BB96E77BD9D2439A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall prohibit an entity owned or controlled by a United States person and established or maintained outside the United States from knowingly engaging in any transaction directly or indirectly with the Government of Iran or any person subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran that would be prohibited by an order or regulation issued pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) if the transaction were engaged in by a United States person or in the United States.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H05288500F7DC4FA98A021D8AB7F479DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Civil penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The civil penalties provided for in section 206(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(b)) shall apply to a United States person to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act if an entity owned or controlled by the United States person and established or maintained outside the United States violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of any order or regulation issued to implement subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBB5F0150D61C49ADA71D917C28B4E1EF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Subsection (c) shall not apply with respect to a transaction described in subsection (b) by an entity owned or controlled by a United States person and established or maintained outside the United States if the United States person divests or terminates its business with the entity not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H81299AF4AFC4486BB9578F1291CA463D"><enum>219.</enum><header>Disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to sanctionable activities</header>
<subsection id="H09AF090AC9A24BFC9BDAE12B5252BFCE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H0B72688678194862BD4C283778957B42"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Disclosure of certain activities relating to Iran</header>
<paragraph id="H2C3C6617305743538010684C4FB35501"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each issuer required to file an annual or quarterly report under subsection (a) shall disclose in that report the information required by paragraph (2) if, during the period covered by the report, the issuer or any affiliate of the issuer—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5DA09B46E4504168876EEDBEC41680C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>knowingly engaged in an activity described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB3D8C1D9470544EFA4B1052330AED1C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>knowingly engaged in an activity described in subsection (c)(2) of section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513) or a transaction described in subsection (d)(1) of that section;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A50EC60B0D54BBB9A7E3DBBA55BDD09"><enum>(C)</enum><text>knowingly engaged in an activity described in section 105A(b)(2) of that Act; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9E2F194090C4DD9A1A224F2735E64CA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>knowingly conducted any transaction or dealing with—</text>
<clause id="HD041F2F21C024B2681098D1C566C60F1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any person the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079; relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism);</text></clause>
<clause id="H95C393AA3C804C3293BA8483071A8DDE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any person the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to blocking of property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters); or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H04CCFE296E5949999FC5FFC296705589"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any person or entity identified under section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the definition of the Government of Iran) without the specific authorization of a Federal department or agency.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2586769200E488DBD673EA692FA5571"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information required</header><text>If an issuer or an affiliate of the issuer has engaged in any activity described in paragraph (1), the issuer shall disclose a detailed description of each such activity, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAABE345AB7B7469A929B0F833135DF91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the nature and extent of the activity;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38AF4D4677EA448BACAC32D07BBB3CE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the gross revenues and net profits, if any, attributable to the activity; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H196DB08D49234D72A61F2D46E9B08E70"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the issuer or the affiliate of the issuer (as the case may be) intends to continue the activity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB13D401E05844CA1B852CA0638C97979"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice of disclosures</header><text>If an issuer reports under paragraph (1) that the issuer or an affiliate of the issuer has knowingly engaged in any activity described in that paragraph, the issuer shall separately file with the Commission, concurrently with the annual or quarterly report under subsection (a), a notice that the disclosure of that activity has been included in that annual or quarterly report that identifies the issuer and contains the information required by paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D94F182FDCC4DFC8FCE4F340EC55A9D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public disclosure of information</header><text>Upon receiving a notice under paragraph (3) that an annual or quarterly report includes a disclosure of an activity described in paragraph (1), the Commission shall promptly—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC26352FF2EED44D6882EA42CEBDE2151"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmit the report to—</text>
<clause id="H9FF016509793491993080B5BEDE71EBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the President;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7846AB1557B94F9B8B648202C05E00D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC0A2DD303AB147D4ABFD48B9EAD79D99"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD649BA6AD6BA4810997A147FB4149D4E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make the information provided in the disclosure and the notice available to the public by posting the information on the Internet website of the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE6C56379D75D495DB24EC5B5810F1366"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Investigations</header><text>Upon receiving a report under paragraph (4) that includes a disclosure of an activity described in paragraph (1) (other than an activity described in subparagraph (D)(iii) of that paragraph), the President shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1525F0F31465418B8B901044DBD5F658"><enum>(A)</enum><text>initiate an investigation into the possible imposition of sanctions under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), section 104 or 105A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, an Executive Order specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1)(D), or any other provision of law relating to the imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran, as applicable; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E700FE68410405CBC7685860BFC8EE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 180 days after initiating such an investigation, make a determination with respect to whether sanctions should be imposed with respect to the issuer or the affiliate of the issuer (as the case may be).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H076325E7694441019570264CDC9EECD1"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The provisions of this subsection shall terminate on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President makes the certification described in section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA979464E81041578ED85E75E54EC32A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to reports required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H8C3B05DADD6C4155B743AB8F21BE90BE"><enum>220.</enum><header>Reports on, and authorization of imposition of sanctions with respect to, the provision of specialized financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions</header>
<subsection id="HB85652ADBAD34082831F2251D440269E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D007C570C4F4A7294E201A2C5F49F3F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>providers of specialized financial messaging services are a critical link to the international financial system;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB434A6880A904198A050943DBFC1DB3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the European Union is to be commended for strengthening the multilateral sanctions regime against Iran by deciding that specialized financial messaging services may not be provided to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the European Union; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD11B0A7635524FC9AE85B71227076CA4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the loss of access by sanctioned Iranian financial institutions to specialized financial messaging services must be maintained.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3C311AC04C15442BAE8936596ED54AC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports required</header>
<paragraph id="H4E73EBF8D1C244CDA6F80111072F51F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5FCE97A4BEF34F8C8F0A0D0198369A29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of all persons that the Secretary has identified that directly provide specialized financial messaging services to, or enable or facilitate direct or indirect access to such messaging services for, the Central Bank of Iran or a financial institution described in section 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0016EF6BD5B64CC19E1EC49F25D9E0C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a detailed assessment of the status of efforts by the Secretary to end the direct provision of such messaging services to, and the enabling or facilitation of direct or indirect access to such messaging services for, the Central Bank of Iran or a financial institution described in that section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CB03CBF1510410D89F8CECAEB4FCB92"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enabling or facilitation of access to specialized financial messaging services through intermediary financial institutions</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1) and subsection (c), enabling or facilitating direct or indirect access to specialized financial messaging services for the Central Bank of Iran or a financial institution described in section 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)) includes doing so by serving as an intermediary financial institution with access to such messaging services.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9AC574E2B0BC49C99CAC544D8564B156"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>A report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE28130BED17D4EF2A306EDCC1FE3FEE9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of imposition of sanctions</header>
<paragraph id="H069EC6AB47D14E33B08F5203BDF7A9E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), if, on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a person continues to knowingly and directly provide specialized financial messaging services to, or knowingly enable or facilitate direct or indirect access to such messaging services for, the Central Bank of Iran or a financial institution described in paragraph (2)(E)(ii) of section 104(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)), the President may impose sanctions pursuant to that section or the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to the person.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4323BAC76E954A7691D28C7F21E7BA86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The President may not impose sanctions pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to a person for directly providing specialized financial messaging services to, or enabling or facilitating direct or indirect access to such messaging services for, the Central Bank of Iran or a financial institution described in section 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)) if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H880B43BD464D4D87B343CF52B2124F04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the person is subject to a sanctions regime under its governing foreign law that requires it to eliminate the knowing provision of such messaging services to, and the knowing enabling and facilitation of direct or indirect access to such messaging services for—</text>
<clause id="HF3DCC1AE2AF442DDA03BA3139B39A4E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Central Bank of Iran; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HCF51ABC15E6F4DEBB293D2CDDDDDB062"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a group of Iranian financial institutions identified under such governing foreign law for purposes of that sanctions regime if the President determines that—</text>
<subclause id="H4A6DE7ACE4404179BB791D0460D12DD0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the group is substantially similar to the group of financial institutions described in section 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HAEBB91AA5BFD40B392480686CCE35A1D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the differences between those groups of financial institutions do not adversely affect the national interest of the United States; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FE52CC8742640228BF8FEEBBE3DB13C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the person has, pursuant to that sanctions regime, terminated the knowing provision of such messaging services to, and the knowing enabling and facilitation of direct or indirect access to such messaging services for, the Central Bank of Iran and each Iranian financial institution identified under such governing foreign law for purposes of that sanctions regime.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9C8B416FDCD643BC83BD4F08A5EE6716"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the President pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H5F0CA84533A44717A57EA414C95EF6FC"><enum>221.</enum><header>Identification of, and immigration restrictions on, senior officials of the Government of Iran and their family members</header>
<subsection id="HBD593E6630AA423996301073B91B148F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall publish a list of each individual the President determines is—</text>
<paragraph id="H9342AE0E4CD949C9B18B20A9DD687E24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a senior official of the Government of Iran described in subsection (b) that is involved in Iran's—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F522A693BE94A69981F288DC36C1939"><enum>(A)</enum><text>illicit nuclear activities or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8F111159B824447A466571F7B423C67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support for international terrorism; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA5E5E79B9D54F598305465FAA40A81A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of Iran or their family members; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7466660F23B447E3A9DF589614D741E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a family member of such an official.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8E7E2030B4B44F5E95D0CDB4981EC143"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Senior officials of the Government of Iran described</header><text>A senior official of the Government of Iran described in this subsection is any senior official of that Government, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H46F9B62DC0F54BB486D8D434FA48D433"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Supreme Leader of Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72159CE3EB284259B139F4406D02828A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President of Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B0F5EB17A804C86A99C72806569FD6A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a member of the Cabinet of the Government of Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4BE046270B87470BAA4DCD1CEC58C9EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a member of the Assembly of Experts;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D58F49068E542D29C83050A4E577A96"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a senior member of the Intelligence Ministry of Iran; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H558C2497D88C4F65B41D2AC8E65DDFEF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a senior member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, including a senior member of a paramilitary organization such as Ansar-e-Hezbollah or Basij-e Motaz’afin.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1D2D1458939E491392C7DF8A8D8C5DD6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exclusion from United States</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (d), the Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any alien who is on the list required by subsection (a).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H7CBDE2FC449C458AA3E52BAB5372E86D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exception To comply with United Nations Headquarters Agreement</header><text>Subsection (c) shall not apply to an individual if admitting the individual to the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, and other applicable international obligations.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1EE96298277B49AFA8DFEBA8B5DFEC20"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the application of subsection (a) or (c) with respect to an individual if the President—</text>
<paragraph id="H20BFE18436204A4B9B0FA8CFDF5E6CA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such a waiver is essential to the national interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C841EC60A8E45938110CADC531EA298"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not less than 7 days before the waiver takes effect, notifies Congress of the waiver and the reason for the waiver.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HF14E82B8BC9E4DA8B5B7D71450E0C6FE"><enum>222.</enum><header>Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to certain authorities of State and local governments</header>
<subsection id="H46C129B3BC7A44BBAF7797513B69DF47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the United States should support actions by States or local governments that are within their authority, including determining how investment assets are valued for purposes of safety and soundness of financial institutions and insurers, that are consistent with and in furtherance of the purposes of this Act and other Acts that are amended by this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3D138ED5F4E94E9191609883FBC45111"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8532) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD452D99DCA58405BB2B17106F5AA5992" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6131641C23EB446DBF991E0F10E00EB0"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this Act or any other provision of law authorizing sanctions with respect to Iran shall be construed to abridge the authority of a State to issue and enforce rules governing the safety, soundness, and solvency of a financial institution subject to its jurisdiction or the business of insurance pursuant to the Act of March 9, 1945 (15 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) (commonly known as the <quote>McCarran-Ferguson Act</quote>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54FDB4BAC6B74B5C84765E62C2E875B9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>223.</enum><header>Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that invest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum products to Iran</header>
<subsection id="H4BC21E003BCF4F41BFDDB689720C0C6A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial report</header>
<paragraph id="H74CC1E1D83614E908F7C292C5FF40DBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44161542AB4049AC99B9C2A7643A33AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">listing all foreign investors in the energy sector of Iran during the period specified in paragraph (2), including—</text>
<clause id="H4216446B4F724C76830DAFD7F886F218"><enum>(i)</enum><text>entities that exported gasoline and other refined petroleum products to Iran;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCE473DC3F2D0412B992B44897A0085A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>entities involved in providing refined petroleum products to Iran, including—</text>
<subclause id="H9D8562BAB83641EBA1230B75DE760332"><enum>(I)</enum><text>entities that provided ships to transport refined petroleum products to Iran; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC734993D1AF44145940BE899A3171FCD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>entities that provided insurance or reinsurance for shipments of refined petroleum products to Iran; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69CD3EAF69074E83B52E93475DA8D1A6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>entities involved in commercial transactions of any kind, including joint ventures anywhere in the world, with Iranian energy companies; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2E59C48178F460EA6064BB25AFB2312"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying the countries in which gasoline and other refined petroleum products exported to Iran during the period specified in paragraph (2) were produced or refined.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE85D0DAF1D7E416790D485B62F2EA769"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period specified</header><text>The period specified in this paragraph is the period beginning on January 1, 2009, and ending on the date that is 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H760BBB841C394B6E92570B3911873A16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Updated report</header><text>Not later than one year after submitting the report required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing the matters required in the report under subsection (a)(1) for the one-year period beginning on the date that is 30 days before the date on which the preceding report was required to be submitted by this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H41404D40F98747B795EE5FC9419FB349"><enum>224.</enum><header>Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crude oil and refined petroleum products</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 110(b) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8518(b)) is amended by striking <quote>a report containing the matters</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “a report, covering the 180-day period beginning on the date that is 30 days before the date on which the preceding report was required to be submitted by this section, that—</text>
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<paragraph id="H6B51F85752A445D6BAE5DB128D7B0E42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contains the matters required in the report under subsection (a)(1); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC7D31CFA61994B29B237D6E238AE0766"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9F760A98C9D54E6D8BA5256FBF6229B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the volume of crude oil and refined petroleum products imported to and exported from Iran (including through swaps and similar arrangements);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H23FDE1A79B1C42D2BD0414C48D1339B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the persons selling and transporting crude oil and refined petroleum products described in subparagraph (A), the countries with primary jurisdiction over those persons, and the countries in which those products were refined;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H018DF6E958904E818B34EB992E9AB9A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the sources of financing for imports to Iran of crude oil and refined petroleum products described in subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6CE0E62D57CF49919B89C9A249B52B0C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the involvement of foreign persons in efforts to assist Iran in—</text>
<clause id="H5A52655F16474B3EA6B92617B9D3794D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>developing upstream oil and gas production capacity;</text></clause>
<clause id="H758232D547AB49BEBB66EDBE09BEED3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>importing advanced technology to upgrade existing Iranian refineries;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1C69529E5A8C46FAB7C14D55BA97B14D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>converting existing chemical plants to petroleum refineries; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H81D4A0EC405C4DC9BB7F9316DD282CC5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>maintaining, upgrading, or expanding existing refineries or constructing new refineries.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle>
<enum>III</enum><header>Sanctions with respect to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header>
<subtitle id="HE263F3455606405EAB9C760A3992C82B"><enum>A</enum><header>Identification of, and sanctions with respect to, officials, agents, affiliates, and supporters of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and other sanctioned persons</header>
<section commented="no" id="HECD90C6923774B0EA2F10267FE80BE09"><enum>301.</enum><header>Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, officials, agents, and affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3677774170B54DF4BE47C50F85EF87AE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and as appropriate thereafter, the President shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2564B86DF808462E851F0213DE24FA16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify foreign persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1803448D7B5E48D7A59F3FB0458E37A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for each foreign person identified under paragraph (1) that is not already designated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEF8901F302DF4F63909D58187DF010AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designate that foreign person for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to that Act; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H293CFC7DCBC747DA98F10D628B9684CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of that foreign person if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8E31B743A10248E9B7E03537908DC0DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority for investigation</header><text>In identifying foreign persons pursuant to subsection (a)(1) as officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the President shall give priority to investigating—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H55FDE09BB85C425D9D6DEDF74FB67AF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>foreign persons or entities identified under section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the definition of the Government of Iran); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEFFB8CC65B9149E3A826A4558B2F25E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>foreign persons for which there is a reasonable basis to find that the person has conducted or attempted to conduct one or more sensitive transactions or activities described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6BB9645901E342EE8F1675F745EBA16F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sensitive transactions and activities described</header><text>A sensitive transaction or activity described in this subsection is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0657D73F017D459981FD73BE54EEB44F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a financial transaction or series of transactions valued at more than $1,000,000 in the aggregate in any 12-month period involving a non-Iranian financial institution;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HED023EB739C74BABB4CF7DC5EBDD264A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a transaction to facilitate the manufacture, importation, exportation, or transfer of items needed for the development by Iran of nuclear, chemical, biological, or advanced conventional weapons, including ballistic missiles;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB28508EF9B0040599E5600E021127839"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a transaction relating to the manufacture, procurement, or sale of goods, services, and technology relating to Iran's energy sector, including a transaction relating to the development of the energy resources of Iran, the exportation of petroleum products from Iran, the importation of refined petroleum to Iran, or the development of refining capacity available to Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H11F18FA3CE25416CB20AFB29480DBDFA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a transaction relating to the manufacture, procurement, or sale of goods, services, and technology relating to Iran's petrochemical sector; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9B13BFB4E1264426B7F7BAF951920521"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a transaction relating to the procurement of sensitive technologies (as defined in section 106(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8515(c))).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA7F895454ED44A28A1CC669B9A12ABD1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exclusion from United States</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5A060B232C3D45E2A8AC48C9FF6D25AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any alien who, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is a foreign person designated pursuant to subsection (a) for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B55DAF05F734742B9E4C40BE5775629"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory exceptions to comply with international obligations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirement to deny visas to and exclude aliens from the United States pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe, including regulatory exceptions to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, and other applicable international obligations.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA0FAF9D515394013A291A55AFFD2D644"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver of imposition of sanctions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC13026EDAA934633B59C6751FF6E915D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President may waive the application of subsection (a) or (d) with respect to a foreign person if the President—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9C0901CBC2694472A132E1C34DEA5EB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines that it is vital to the national security interests of the United States to do so; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD7971748FCCC4426ACEB7E8C7D3E048D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H9FCD54720DFD4D8CA1DC0D510E8D8C7B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifies the foreign person with respect to which the waiver applies; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6B070015D08425BB42632AD8BE29ABF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sets forth the reasons for the determination.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE53B9A4648534608BB295CF9055E2FCA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>A report submitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBFD0C20FAAF447BBD16E44C220F317C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to remove any sanction of the United States in force with respect to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H39EB2B41DA28406692BA37E870A389AB"><enum>302.</enum><header>Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, persons that support or conduct certain transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or other sanctioned persons</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H548B568916F442849A192CFA87B2FDD6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H84EA8B148A944AD29A1B38C556AEFB38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report identifying foreign persons that the President determines, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, knowingly—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2E3782F991344A02A552907B5E4E249D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>materially assist, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its officials, agents, or affiliates the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFF75D44BC8EE45D0AD2272110AC5CB28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engage in a significant transaction or transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its officials, agents, or affiliates—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H3197EF353DE54B6A966CD2B57A490D10"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to that Act; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H6F533210A86E4EC79649CBCF2FD2FA30"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that are identified under section 301(a)(1) or pursuant to paragraph (4)(A) of section 104(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by section 312; or</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB6D63868F2534ADD90833E4970504077"><enum>(C)</enum><text>engage in a significant transaction or transactions with—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF6829E01A15045289A339F4A67C99FBB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a person subject to financial sanctions pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), or 1929 (2010), or any other resolution that is adopted by the Security Council and imposes sanctions with respect to Iran or modifies such sanctions; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8B73F2C56D4480C92DF3B71AE000CB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of, or owned or controlled by, a person described in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC51A5CE9EC5D4BA9A45CAAA3DDEE59EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>A report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8FA8954F2E543F8A4A0715AE3A7995C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Barter transactions</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term <term>transaction</term> includes a barter transaction.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8C2C038B5F34484F8E930E93D617C5F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions</header><text>If the President determines under subsection (a)(1) that a foreign person has knowingly engaged in an activity described in that subsection, the President—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2D0E83CB51CD4E348181D7EBBB687539"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by section 204; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4322FD1072234303903313348A28757C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may impose additional sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to the person.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H62322320D4894428BF647EBDEFED450F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may terminate a sanction imposed with respect to a foreign person pursuant to subsection (b) if the President determines that the person—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H33DB8A97A6A64E9C8E2B485E686B54D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no longer engages in the activity for which the sanction was imposed; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64D359137B6A46639B240A18B8EF181B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has provided assurances to the President that the person will not engage in any activity described in subsection (a)(1) in the future.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HAC4539C36BBB4E9091581B69B321F460"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver of imposition of sanctions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCEAC27904C8549098F4F3022D7C7D8A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President may waive the imposition of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a foreign person if the President—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H137A13727BE2410887E4FC8FA55EFDC3"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H67B1724573604A8D875451C4E2FC83B5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determines that the person has ceased the activity for which sanctions would otherwise be imposed and has taken measures to prevent a recurrence of the activity; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H7297FBAA9F204CC8A8BA4A8759C97CF5" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>determines that it is essential to the national security interests of the United States to do so; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7557551EF08348B5BCD0E8E85750D5E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2DEBF667F4EE40B3B2044A910C3EBAEC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifies the foreign person with respect to which the waiver applies;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H9523B982F3794801908B66FB77B190CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the activity that would otherwise subject the foreign person to the imposition of sanctions under subsection (b); and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD9D7431D1A584D298951952F34C85F0E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>sets forth the reasons for the determination.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC07E0EB906F1479491901F96C74894A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>A report submitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H08C781798F5240C5B5023FA3C7A9B2B1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver of identifications and designations</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle and subject to paragraph (2), the President shall not be required to make any identification of a foreign person under subsection (a) or any identification or designation of a foreign person under section 301(a) if the President—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFE4DBC125331474F84BB333C6478DB28"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that doing so would cause damage to the national security of the United States; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE7CEED2AEF16403D8ABAB8F11305E6FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notifies the appropriate congressional committees of the exercise of the authority provided under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26FCAD03DE054DCD9E8DD728A68A2198"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Application of provisions of Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header><text>The following provisions of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this Act, apply with respect to the imposition under subsection (b)(1) of sanctions relating to activities described in subsection (a)(1) to the same extent that such provisions apply with respect to the imposition of sanctions under section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2F7A3428512483FB4513536F891FE4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsections (c) and (e) of section 4.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD48C2E8191446B28D7C064286DF4968"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsections (c), (d), and (f) of section 5.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0A0670572FC44E6932EABD2FDA63307"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 8.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40AAD5DC32EB40089EA10457828F3743"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 9.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F30F4C3342A4CB5AC391C945A2D0D44"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 11.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2F614FE891842EF85C3367AA1D94697"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 12.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF19B4A5C7114839A53F6D818D917966"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of section 13.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA46E06FF76744070B6AB9E64B928BF2F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 14.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H3C729BCD2F864686B422F60D1235F4C0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Identification of, and imposition of measures with respect to, foreign government agencies carrying out activities or transactions with certain Iran-affiliated persons</header>
<subsection id="H916D4E852D4146BE909A5A555294D3E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification</header>
<paragraph id="H9B0C7BA19F894255AA511A13E0153470"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that identifies each agency of the government of a foreign country (other than Iran) that the President determines knowingly and materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, or knowingly and materially engaged in a significant transaction with, any person described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H331E605B4E7145409F9B6563ED2A9023"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Person described</header><text>A person described in this paragraph is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D72F1A8364B4270A29514D297216C1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a foreign person that is an official, agent, or affiliate of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps that is designated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF5678C445FDA45CEB4D56A86505A0547"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a foreign person that is designated and subject to financial sanctions pursuant to—</text>
<clause id="HB9C9034CEF5D49908C15D781DA150C51"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Annex of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 (2006);</text></clause>
<clause id="HA1AD6AF7F5FB4E618573AB5B61CCC7D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Annex I of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 (2007);</text></clause>
<clause id="H05BEC4A3F2E0430D8F4E220AFBB15801"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Annex I, II, or III of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 (2008);</text></clause>
<clause id="H32393C313C1349C3BE17CF52D4F72BBF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Annex I, II, or III of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929 (2010); or</text></clause>
<clause id="HF75B8B71CDCF4450ADBBA96760C04D81"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any subsequent and related United Nations Security Council resolution, or any annex thereto, that imposes new sanctions with respect to Iran or modifies existing sanctions with respect to Iran; or</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9199CBA46C2470282AF508B9C8F83CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a foreign person that the agency knows is acting on behalf of or at the direction of, or owned or controlled by, a person described in subparagraph (A) or (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H540003C090824DB38560B469A372A2F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H30E1BE255E9C42F79BF084741069FB06"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Imposition of measures</header>
<paragraph id="HA0C69E53FBED46F8AFC52EC399A95140"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President may impose any of the following measures with respect to an agency identified pursuant to subsection (a) if the President determines that the assistance, exports, or other support to be prohibited by reason of the imposition of the measures have contributed and would otherwise directly or indirectly contribute to the agency’s capability to continue the activities or transactions for which the agency has been identified pursuant to subsection (a):</text>
<subparagraph id="HD135E5CE10324F19893B44F53EE08C1A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No assistance may be provided to the agency under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) or the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) other than humanitarian assistance or the provision of food or other agricultural commodities.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7EAC8295527B4BCAB31588F58CA0B575"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No sales of any defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) may be made to the agency.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA3F167E9AEE24B93B5AB481CB0FBB471"><enum>(C)</enum><text>No licenses for export of any item on the United States Munitions List that include the agency as a party to the license may be granted.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6AB3DA7EA5E042A2B959B030661F152C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No exports may be permitted to the agency of any goods or technologies controlled for national security reasons under the Export Administration Regulations, except that such prohibition shall not apply to any transaction subject to the reporting requirements of title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.; relating to congressional oversight of intelligence activities).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H565A02CE9A4741CB82DA6FBE4D2A3065"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States shall oppose any loan or financial or technical assistance to the agency by international financial institutions in accordance with section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262d).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0FF2F992CC244F9A7FA72BB655E3ABF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The United States shall deny to the agency any credit or financial assistance by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except that this paragraph shall not apply—</text>
<clause id="HFCC715DB3F424917913481A5BACBFD79"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any transaction subject to the reporting requirements of title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.; relating to congressional oversight of intelligence activities);</text></clause>
<clause id="HEE538F580FF54D9D88B30627A745C900"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to the provision of medicines, medical equipment, and humanitarian assistance; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H61ECEFEDA190458A920D18442B4CD04A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to any credit, credit guarantee, or financial assistance provided by the Department of Agriculture to support the purchase of food or other agricultural commodities.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5785E5403CE24190A02F509115FDA762"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Additional restrictions as may be imposed pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE37FF77AF89458F9EBE6B1FBCF056C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to impose measures with respect to programs under section 1501 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2632 note) and programs under the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501 et seq).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD2D803E6C255478B966D6025AB532B05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may terminate any measures imposed with respect to an agency pursuant to subsection (b) if the President determines and notifies the appropriate congressional committees that—</text>
<paragraph id="H227A30BB861F46D79D1AE47A5C7CB8BD"><enum>(1)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB9D4A13D916A46BBA830AF77E84B2988"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2) with respect to which the agency is carrying out activities or transactions is no longer designated pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2145892959F94A779F6C1365BD911716" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any person described in subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(2) with respect to which the agency is carrying out activities or transactions is no longer acting on behalf of or at the direction of, or owned or controlled by, any person described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C65B5486FFE4440BCAB9043E98736CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the agency is no longer carrying out activities or transactions for which the measures were imposed and has provided assurances to the United States Government that the agency will not carry out the activities or transactions in the future; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3542AC08D430421C825C11909F78077E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>it is essential to the national security interest of the United States to terminate such measures.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5364D8F4830A445AA29FBDF7A4311B2E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President does not impose one or more measures described in subsection (b) with respect to an agency identified in the report required by subsection (a), the President shall include in the subsequent report an explanation as to why the President did not impose such measures.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H69174186323A4B3A9EDA2AC260E3B7E0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text>
<paragraph id="H609C8C217C9C4C4D87C307C8CF4687B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDCB4DC44F7A46D3A6CFACA0E285AA28"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA29456C8E57647FE8B601E19EB5C6C0F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to activities and transactions described in subsection (a) that are carried out on or after the later of—</text>
<paragraph id="H16E78969E6A547999324A23CB89A9327"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date that is 45 days after such date of enactment; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DBD0D5C2C3C4B028A89155565BF0185"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the date that is 45 days after a person is designated as described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F0CC8613F0F4C6B9431903603BC0780" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to limit the authority of the President to designate foreign persons for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text></section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H7A453473ADE341F48F36CD8A4F0E6ADD"><enum>B</enum><header>Additional measures relating to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header>
<section id="H7FC9677CEC3D4C22AA700B71E2C76105"><enum>311.</enum><header>Expansion of procurement prohibition to foreign persons that engage in certain transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header>
<subsection id="HA21B9A9B177F4BE58A927159419803AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(b)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1CDA986F418E4C92BB292CED3C17B34A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Not later than 90 days</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8B7CD1E5E5642298447439753FA45E3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H387FF197ED7F40488698FB18F57C6CE7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Certifications relating to activities described in section 5</header><text>Not later than 90 days</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC7F449C11056435DB48EC1090F36D50B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF6A915969314564993AC4C1EF179A48" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6C0D23D911D943CC87106569BD884154"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certifications relating to transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to require a certification from each person that is a prospective contractor that the person, and any person owned or controlled by the person, does not knowingly engage in a significant transaction or transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its officials, agents, or affiliates the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H814F4348406A4FE88DCD92441434CAF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDA67753046C34CF9970DC859D6AF3B2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 6(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7F01C8BAD82D4E859A26DD21099AA6D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), as designated by subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>issued pursuant to section 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H116B37EC136E438384D2B368F3A36D5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H55AACA58F9364FD6BCF8ACED97BA9337"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HAADA6A78371642EAAABCE830B4646228"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the revision</quote> and inserting <quote>the applicable revision</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H2425916C2D8746BAADEF5ABE6852D441"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>not more than 3 years</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than 2 years</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HA83BB2AC2EC5483A8601AD232627F412"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>issued pursuant to section 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H457299114DFA4B30A537AB0D3D51B808"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>in the national interest</quote> and inserting <quote>essential to the national security interests</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H09F048DB0622447ABF01A766F8F1BDCC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF124BB934ACE49039BF1E24FCD49EE82" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9281E1E74C254B139B649C2EA6F73A99"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9440861B663448E79E2498330960D2DC"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>executive agency</term> has the meaning given that term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H668E53E53BBE4D54896C0267E00E9239"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal Acquisition Regulation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Federal Acquisition Regulation</term> means the regulation issued pursuant to section 1303(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6208704D3F2A4153ABBCCBCB33DB50BF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H063B63FBE43245EEB8F8230A7908182C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation required under paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79FD4CE14BFE47778E60065AF0B05BA8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7D3EAD16DA71454B853C92008F2AF2BE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Certifications relating to activities described in section 5</header><text>The revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation required under paragraph (1)(A)</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HB11011F31B774926B09570F4CFF56AB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31233E9039684629896730756AB560E9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA50C5EEB300F47C8AB11E37F1FC366C0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certifications relating to transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header><text>The revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation required under paragraph (1)(B) shall apply with respect to contracts for which solicitations are issued on or after the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBA20A70B40A4B088734248322D903C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 101(3) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511(3)) is amended by striking <quote>section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 133 of title 41, United States Code</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H6BA842C71C2A421B9227A29260056091"><enum>312.</enum><header>Determinations of whether the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker Company are agents or affiliates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps</header>
<subsection id="H400CD20484734BE48941F098211707F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker Company are not only owned and controlled by the Government of Iran but that those companies provide significant support to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliates.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA940B4F22CF449E996F499DFAE27709E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determinations</header><text>Section 104(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEACFA2EA738D43FD8ED208505157CC0F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H03F95AD80C7F4744903018D6BE18ABC6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Determinations regarding NIOC and NITC</header>
<subparagraph id="H03AC2CCC17A049BB928F47DB5ECFB11A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Determinations</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (2)(E), the Secretary of the Treasury shall, not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>—</text>
<clause id="H6C293B4723C14B58819DE1E3EB90A16C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determine whether the NIOC or the NITC is an agent or affiliate of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HBE56F6D56E7044DCBAC1EB0F35805172"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the determinations made under clause (i), together with the reasons for those determinations.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H709B3B0ABC4D460282306F8E30842028"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>A report submitted under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1AC6FC21ADC24A11A47AC8B0010CC287"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Applicability with respect to petroleum transactions</header>
<clause id="H2E2FC8B8D8654C839AF242030949E896"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Application of sanctions</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), if the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the NIOC or the NITC is a person described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(E), the regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to a significant transaction or transactions or significant financial services knowingly facilitated or provided by a foreign financial institution for the NIOC or the NITC, as applicable, for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran, only if a determination of the President under section 1245(d)(4)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(B)) that there is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petroleum products produced in countries other than Iran to permit purchasers of petroleum and petroleum products from Iran to reduce significantly their purchases from Iran is in effect at the time of the transaction or the provision of the service.</text></clause>
<clause id="HE13B19A457C74047871BB9A530BE14C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception for certain countries</header><text>If the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the NIOC or the NITC is a person described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(E), the regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) shall not apply to a significant transaction or transactions or significant financial services knowingly facilitated or provided by a foreign financial institution for the NIOC or the NITC, as applicable, for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran if an exception under paragraph (4)(D) of section 1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) applies to the country with primary jurisdiction over the foreign financial institution at the time of the transaction or the provision of the service.</text></clause>
<clause id="HB9C61F5F2CD34FB187759056822F1439"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>The exceptions in clauses (i) and (ii) shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to impose sanctions pursuant to the regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) for an activity described in paragraph (2) to the extent the activity would meet the criteria described in that paragraph in the absence of the involvement of the NIOC or the NITC.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1188C1F48C234560800784DB4EB91641"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="HF9FCC454689F40CAB536421C2BA3A6EE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>NIOC</header><text>The term <term>NIOC</term> means the National Iranian Oil Company.</text></clause>
<clause id="H2C399284E7E041EB928AAC3324675770"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>NITC</header><text>The term <term>NITC</term> means the National Iranian Tanker Company.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HAEDFC8C80EB347379B5801EFF6C053A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H66FC196428544E89BBB7E58A957DAC4B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>Section 104(f) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(f)) is amended by inserting <quote>or section 104A</quote> after <quote>subsection (c)</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB2BC5D986BA1475296E17F9DF8FBEBC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Classified information</header><text>Section 104(g) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(g)) is amended by striking <quote>subsection (c)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection (c) or section 104A</quote> both places it appears.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB0DC267C2E54497C89D9318093D23DA9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC2EB353521464E1A9BE6EA1C202C9937"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If an exception to sanctions described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (4)(C) of section 104(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by subsection (b), applies to a person that engages in a transaction described in paragraph (2) at the time of the transaction, the President is authorized not to impose sanctions with respect to the transaction under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H99329E3A812D4C858F94891A0BAAE267"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 302(b)(1);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6DD3E99208BF4730BE583DD89B9A3BB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 104A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by section 216; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7C8AC516E2A34C23A8A36F5864870248"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other applicable provision of law authorizing the imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5DE041661D1C4D13AF2533E566DAF42A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transaction described</header><text>A transaction described in this paragraph is a transaction—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5CECC3585EDC4EF5B4FF32EB54B56870"><enum>(A)</enum><text>solely for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF9D36AECB2C5414E9EC32A5C64C87764"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which sanctions may be imposed solely as a result of the involvement of the National Iranian Oil Company or the National Iranian Tanker Company in the transaction under—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H3859CBCE19C04FF8B7F035E539A47C5A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 302(b)(1);</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H3C24E889365847509105B5B1D1281464"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 104A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by section 216; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H93F1DA32A3CC48F7A457D569B5C1298E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any other applicable provision of law authorizing the imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Measures relating to human rights abuses in Iran</header>
<subtitle id="H9684BB61B09B42DCBB87C3A24B3F3263"><enum>A</enum><header>Expansion of sanctions relating to human rights abuses in Iran</header>
<section id="HCF996E426CA646EBBC8340B3DB6E9CAE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions on certain persons responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Iran or their family members after the June 12, 2009, elections in Iran</header>
<subsection id="HE3C49B21364C4F71950AFBC172B4D7ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Supreme Leader of Iran, the President of Iran, senior members of the Intelligence Ministry of Iran, senior members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ansar-e-Hezbollah and Basij-e-Mostaz’afin, and the Ministers of Defense, Interior, Justice, and Telecommunications are ultimately responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing a pattern and practice of serious human rights abuses against the Iranian people, and thus the President should include such persons on the list of persons who are responsible for or complicit in committing serious human rights abuses and subject to sanctions pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC3285AC4CE604829848BBF5B8C3F676A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="HB730C4E154AF4039A0DD9DE7DA2FF9C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed report with respect to whether each person described in subsection (a) is responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of Iran or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran. For any such person who is not included in such report, the Secretary of State should describe in the report the reasons why the person was not included, including information on whether sufficient credible evidence of responsibility for such abuses was found.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75F30ACEB5644D1EA11211E9A3BB200E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86E96B7C4BEF4692A5A6FA8BF863F2E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F79B114D8094AD0B11038D6AB204B0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7337997B05B748E599EFDC070ABCC603"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HC440C69271E54E42B47BE2293A45A5D3"><enum>402.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses</header>
<subsection id="H0801BB44ADE24A0B8F523520BA17FF9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 105 the following:</text>
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<section id="H76E6112AD2B64970A468E5310D79D845"><enum>105A.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses</header>
<subsection id="H668AD1ED1DFE4432A4A5D0B4FF6307A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall impose sanctions in accordance with subsection (c) with respect to each person on the list required by subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H7AD8535172B2435ABAB1F5AB34D3E943"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List</header>
<paragraph id="H53AFE7044A9D44E3AD439EC70FD6E601"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have knowingly engaged in an activity described in paragraph (2) on or after such date of enactment.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D534AE0FD124412B1DCECF1EA210A0B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activity described</header>
<subparagraph id="HE6AC6B6B42BD4112B5CEA080750B866C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A person engages in an activity described in this paragraph if the person—</text>
<clause id="H7E38C2C23908454782A02EDEAAE04D45"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transfers, or facilitates the transfer of, goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C) to Iran, any entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran, or any national of Iran, for use in or with respect to Iran; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H60A3C21B542343948375ADF3BA8E3BD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides services (including services relating to hardware, software, and specialized information, and professional consulting, engineering, and support services) with respect to goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C) after such goods or technologies are transferred to Iran.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFFC4E1D69A50466BB30FDE8EAF85BF66"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability to contracts and other agreements</header><text>A person engages in an activity described in subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the activity is carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H091B4B4F907548C39E306F04D7E5530A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Goods or technologies described</header><text>Goods or technologies described in this subparagraph are goods or technologies that the President determines are likely to be used by the Government of Iran or any of its agencies or instrumentalities (or by any other person on behalf of the Government of Iran or any of such agencies or instrumentalities) to commit serious human rights abuses against the people of Iran, including—</text>
<clause id="HDA23B6CB323A45BB91497B0834C6C678"><enum>(i)</enum><text>firearms or ammunition (as those terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code), rubber bullets, police batons, pepper or chemical sprays, stun grenades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, water cannons, or surveillance technology; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H4F390DAC9C64401AAE0997422C01C21F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sensitive technology (as defined in section 106(c)).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81A43BB69758484987699809429A52E1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule to allow for termination of sanctionable activity</header><text>The President shall not be required to include a person on the list required by paragraph (1) if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD187E8C1B97A46B69F8FDE6596BB62CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the person is no longer engaging in, or has taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping, the activity described in paragraph (2) for which the President would otherwise have included the person on the list; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H230719FD311C47219B86481EE2949725"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President has received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in any activity described in paragraph (2) in the future.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H082C48ECC11A44118C418FF81BBFC23B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Updates of list</header><text>The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H02467829BA4C4078BCC265D2CC0BA654"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each time the President is required to submit an updated list to those committees under section 105(b)(2)(A); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2321DF9F2A92448E8380E285E8D2DA74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as new information becomes available.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF400F73135D64A578BA4B5DA6FDD6915"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Form of report; public availability</header>
<subparagraph id="HD58A7BC28E594D9090DED99B5011D36F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C745AC3420941FB88DBBE1EF71F13B1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7269CEF387C24AD8B2D536AE885C68C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of sanctions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9B01252893A94280818DE584BE70C2C8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the President shall impose sanctions described in section 105(c) with respect to a person on the list required by subsection (b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8682962600564A02BE5C25E0FA0B9CBE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfers to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header><text>In the case of a person on the list required by subsection (b) for transferring, or facilitating the transfer of, goods or technologies described in subsection (b)(2)(C) to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, or providing services with respect to such goods or technologies after such goods or technologies are transferred to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the President shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H92AFE7BEE58C4006A238AC6E431E79B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>impose sanctions described in section 105(c) with respect to the person; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB4BD970FB6F24360A340C4E70AAEFFAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>impose such other sanctions from among the sanctions described in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) as the President determines appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HC5E4C444D990422BA5597A8D0217A063"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 105 the following:</text>
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<toc>
<toc-entry idref="H76E6112AD2B64970A468E5310D79D845" level="section">Sec. 105A. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H97FFC37262BE48D2B13803CA2583CCCC"><enum>403.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other related activities against citizens of Iran</header>
<subsection id="H9E2C91042FC847FDB076AE0D2171FA7D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D9AC4F3F34A4984AB16E0200C75E89F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>satellite service providers and other entities that have direct contractual arrangements to provide satellite services to the Government of Iran or entities owned or controlled by that Government should cease providing broadcast services to that Government and those entities unless that Government ceases activities intended to jam or restrict satellite signals; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBDC68A76BF2E4F97B3C1BFD83DB84AEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States should address the illegal jamming of satellite signals by the Government of Iran through the voice and vote of the United States in the United Nations International Telecommunications Union.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1B4A2F21DE464E4791389830AF72DB4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions</header><text>The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), as amended by section 402, is further amended by inserting after section 105A the following:</text>
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<section id="H21C02529E02F40F18FAD25D69112FF17"><enum>105B.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other related activities against citizens of Iran</header>
<subsection id="H6B44CA6C672B4F2586B0299B9E2C2BC5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall impose sanctions described in section 105(c) with respect to each person on the list required by subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5E91F4CA168740508175975A83F0F23F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of persons who engage in censorship</header>
<paragraph id="HBFA6405729F24A3295D207E4B835B40A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have, on or after June 12, 2009, engaged in censorship or other activities with respect to Iran that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H691988B89B224673A57044AB04A730C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Iran; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E12EECD7E6A4474AF93828A9E8BA4F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>limit access to print or broadcast media, including the facilitation or support of intentional frequency manipulation by the Government of Iran or an entity owned or controlled by that Government that would jam or restrict an international signal.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDBD6FFD46B61496CA77608393762ABDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates of list</header><text>The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA329537B0D44219B98CCB12C4F0F1A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each time the President is required to submit an updated list to those committees under section 105(b)(2)(A); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB0A25B09045747968942443884DF85B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as new information becomes available.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H043C4969EFFB40DBADF5D955CAAE953F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of report; public availability</header>
<subparagraph id="H2ED5642D7F564F36A6304AB9062DED56"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D7DEEE9DDC148E08B4FC69FF69FC564"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H675E6E7AAADD488C8A224DEAE6793960"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as amended by section 402, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 105A the following:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="H21C02529E02F40F18FAD25D69112FF17" level="section">Sec. 105B. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other related activities against citizens of Iran.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HA3ADA4C30A334F3397A622FB28C3EF54"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 401(b)(1) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E0221A9DE3940A08E893B1D0566F890"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, 105A(a), or 105B(a)</quote> after <quote>105(a)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5D57FF800D140EDAD093B65029D81DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, 105A(b), or 105B(b)</quote> after <quote>105(b)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H23E8A59EF5044319A5FE64AE38076C24"><enum>B</enum><header>Additional measures to promote human rights</header>
<section commented="no" id="H64CE18697F074D63A1FD08045F939846"><enum>411.</enum><header>Codification of sanctions with respect to grave human rights abuses by the governments of Iran and Syria using information technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">United States sanctions with respect to Iran and Syria provided for in Executive Order 13606 (77 Fed. Reg. 24571), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5AADF94E8C084D56B4E86EB236C0ED6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with respect to Iran, until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the certification described in section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H642F5249302B43D8B4118C0DA94B8C3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to Syria, until the date on which the provisions of and sanctions imposed pursuant to title VII terminate pursuant to section 706.</text></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="HA36E5C2DCDED449EB97D8CD943DA0DD2"><enum>412.</enum><header>Clarification of sensitive technologies for purposes of procurement ban under Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC1CB028536BD440D8C9897926E0E33B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, issue guidelines to further describe the technologies that may be considered <quote>sensitive technology</quote> for purposes of section 106 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8515), with special attention to new forms of sophisticated jamming, monitoring, and surveillance technology relating to mobile telecommunications and the Internet, and publish those guidelines in the Federal Register;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1C2486D48B3437EBD79E2E18DB58337"><enum>(2)</enum><text>determine the types of technologies that enable any indigenous capabilities that Iran has to disrupt and monitor information and communications in that country, and consider adding descriptions of those items to the guidelines; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCED9ECC2CD564A4D901D39ADF351D44F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>periodically review, but in no case less than once each year, the guidelines and, if necessary, amend the guidelines on the basis of technological developments and new information regarding transfers of technologies to Iran and the development of Iran's indigenous capabilities to disrupt and monitor information and communications in Iran.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H0F8BC2AF2C6943418DC884A5F13C75E5"><enum>413.</enum><header>Expedited consideration of requests for authorization of certain human rights-, humanitarian-, and democracy-related activities with respect to Iran</header>
<subsection id="H847C319826C7436DA4781DCE1A7A0A9A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Office of Foreign Assets Control, in consultation with the Department of State, shall establish an expedited process for the consideration of complete requests for authorization to engage in human rights-, humanitarian-, or democracy-related activities relating to Iran that are submitted by—</text>
<paragraph id="HFF7D10B8D06B44618402FB573288A8A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>entities receiving funds from the Department of State to engage in the proposed activity;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD97900873C634F81A478E1809407DC9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Broadcasting Board of Governors; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F6CD8CF360547D28A25A2ECA9DD5068"><enum>(3)</enum><text>other appropriate agencies of the United States Government.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5F216DB1E3064398AB89B36C7BF5D3C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Requests for authorization under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Office of Foreign Assets Control in conformance with the Office’s regulations, including section 501.801 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations). Applicants shall fully disclose the parties to the transactions as well as describe the activities to be undertaken. License applications involving the exportation or reexportation of goods, technology, or software to Iran shall include a copy of an official Commodity Classification issued by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, as part of the license application.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H45559310711343FA8F6C7059EBDC39DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Foreign Policy review</header><text>The Department of State shall complete a foreign policy review of a request for authorization under subsection (a) not later than 30 days after the request is referred to the Department by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5521FC46283044DF8F0BEB1B3BCE30CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>License determinations</header><text>License determinations for complete requests for authorization under subsection (a) shall be made not later than 90 days after receipt by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, with the following exceptions:</text>
<paragraph id="H96D6BA2DABD34EA5B665275468975DE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any requests involving the exportation or reexportation to Iran of goods, technology, or software listed on the Commerce Control List maintained pursuant to part 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be processed in a manner consistent with the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (title XVI of Public Law 102–484) and other applicable provisions of law.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C3170DCBA4F486CB293B9BBDAD3915E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any other requests presenting unusual or extraordinary circumstances.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CD0E397D7D44B609C3E8015B954DD6B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such regulations as are appropriate to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA8D8A75B68E7451EAF28420D379DDE1B"><enum>414.</enum><header>Comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy to—</text>
<paragraph id="HA7CA703E0E874AA28B95E64A341AECEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assist the people of Iran to produce, access, and share information freely and safely via the Internet, including in Farsi and regional languages;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H879F24B06D304DC4905739592C99237B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>support the development of counter-censorship technologies that enable the citizens of Iran to undertake Internet activities without interference from the Government of Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF33A555A9F674FA98CCF5AE5B7EBCBE7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increase the capabilities and availability of secure mobile and other communications through connective technology among human rights and democracy activists in Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55DF0C2281B04EEC82769E2FB612FC71"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide resources for digital safety training for media and academic and civil society organizations in Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFEA57937DE24EEE83FF3FF2BE46A5FC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide accurate and substantive Internet content in local languages in Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04400EADE4E943D1B28EBBC6C90FE77A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>increase emergency resources for the most vulnerable human rights advocates seeking to organize, share information, and support human rights in Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73ACB8FBF5184CD6A09763D9D76F2D16"><enum>(7)</enum><text>expand surrogate radio, television, live stream, and social network communications inside Iran, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD52A9E083872407D88B201C2277D84E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by expanding Voice of America's Persian News Network and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Radio Farda to provide hourly live news update programming and breaking news coverage capability 24 hours a day and 7 days a week; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H736B501CE12D42A280FC8758B178CD0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by assisting telecommunications and software companies that are United States persons to comply with the export licensing requirements of the United States for the purpose of expanding such communications inside Iran;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77A1FF0BB194495B8DB685651ECE96BB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>expand activities to safely assist and train human rights, civil society, and democracy activists in Iran to operate effectively and securely;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC4CA439E4754B1A8AE4FBB64F0076C2"><enum>(9)</enum><text>identify and utilize all available resources to overcome attempts by the Government of Iran to jam or otherwise deny international satellite broadcasting signals;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D6447245C9047B0A9688E1C49A67E98"><enum>(10)</enum><text>expand worldwide United States embassy and consulate programming for and outreach to Iranian dissident communities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FFF6B44740948E59A2FC4CD3A69E7D3"><enum>(11)</enum><text>expand access to proxy servers for democracy activists in Iran; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5DE8C46F7BF446748D192A84A6237C8B"><enum>(12)</enum><text>discourage telecommunications and software companies from facilitating Internet censorship by the Government of Iran.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HEABBF860398349778F492EDC737BD239"><enum>415.</enum><header>Statement of policy on political prisoners</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the policy of the United States—</text>
<paragraph id="H8EE401D9DE8149E7AECE576FBF6507E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to support efforts to research and identify prisoners of conscience and cases of human rights abuses in Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E837EE9D4DA46B4910A471BA6EB78E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to offer refugee status or political asylum in the United States to political dissidents in Iran if requested and consistent with the laws and national security interests of the United States;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9630296A5DC944B18063EB984FC873E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to offer to assist, through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, with the relocation of such political prisoners to other countries if requested, as appropriate and with appropriate consideration for the national security interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H34904F1308EC4309A57880EF707E232F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to publicly call for the release of Iranian dissidents by name and raise awareness with respect to individual cases of Iranian dissidents and prisoners of conscience, as appropriate and if requested by the dissidents or prisoners themselves or their families.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle>
<enum>V</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section commented="no" id="HCA0E1FE150C24EC59293C8B592A6748B"><enum>501.</enum><header>Exclusion of citizens of Iran seeking education relating to the nuclear and energy sectors of Iran</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE1FEF4253596422A82C1372EE11C4B13"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any alien who is a citizen of Iran that the Secretary of State determines seeks to enter the United States to participate in coursework at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) to prepare the alien for a career in the energy sector of Iran or in nuclear science or nuclear engineering or a related field in Iran.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H06D48F3BB2BF408DBD88A2B5B0F3B9F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Subsection (a) applies with respect to visa applications filed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H06399731C1764CADB9A6CB6BE0CED6FC"><enum>502.</enum><header>Interests in certain financial assets of Iran</header>
<subsection id="H6F0D5FF0101549EEAA0DA76E27FFAC08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interests in blocked assets</header>
<paragraph id="H7E4B7CCAE19D4F03A4F187CA422263D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any provision of law relating to sovereign immunity, and preempting any inconsistent provision of State law, a financial asset that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2D28216EF034453488FDA696F195F1C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>held in the United States for a foreign securities intermediary doing business in the United States,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE84D3ABF6C8145B08199C3C2BB9D9E24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a blocked asset (whether or not subsequently unblocked) that is property described in subsection (b), and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H92DDCECA5BE34289BA785FBC604CBFC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>equal in value to a financial asset of Iran, including an asset of the central bank or monetary authority of the Government of Iran or any agency or instrumentality of that Government, that such foreign securities intermediary or a related intermediary holds abroad,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be subject to execution or attachment in aid of execution in order to satisfy any judgment to the extent of any compensatory damages awarded against Iran for damages for personal injury or death caused by an act of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, or hostage-taking, or the provision of material support or resources for such an act.</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF82EAE751CD1421289573EEE6674017A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Court determination required</header><text>In order to ensure that Iran is held accountable for paying the judgments described in paragraph (1) and in furtherance of the broader goals of this Act to sanction Iran, prior to an award turning over any asset pursuant to execution or attachment in aid of execution with respect to any judgments against Iran described in paragraph (1), the court shall determine whether Iran holds equitable title to, or the beneficial interest in, the assets described in subsection (b) and that no other person possesses a constitutionally protected interest in the assets described in subsection (b) under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. To the extent the court determines that a person other than Iran holds—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5CD236EAF46C43D2AF4FC8FCF27C3C2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>equitable title to, or a beneficial interest in, the assets described in subsection (b) (excluding a custodial interest of a foreign securities intermediary or a related intermediary that holds the assets abroad for the benefit of Iran), or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0F067E0821A47B786A80257C897F551"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a constitutionally protected interest in the assets described in subsection (b),</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">such assets shall be available only for execution or attachment in aid of execution to the extent of Iran’s equitable title or beneficial interest therein and to the extent such execution or attachment does not infringe upon such constitutionally protected interest.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H845DC0E479244741B34160A19D8B260F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Financial assets described</header><text>The financial assets described in this section are the financial assets that are identified in and the subject of proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in <italic>Peterson et al.</italic> v. <italic>Islamic Republic of Iran et al.</italic>, Case No. 10 Civ. 4518 (BSJ) (GWG), that were restrained by restraining notices and levies secured by the plaintiffs in those proceedings, as modified by court order dated June 27, 2008, and extended by court orders dated June 23, 2009, May 10, 2010, and June 11, 2010, so long as such assets remain restrained by court order.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC49555B16A1243E38179A11AD2B9F473"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed—</text>
<paragraph id="H315C40A8A5AF481FBCDBE3938173412B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to affect the availability, or lack thereof, of a right to satisfy a judgment in any other action against a terrorist party in any proceedings other than proceedings referred to in subsection (b); or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1AB8B26036E4173A642316F92F10F0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to apply to assets other than the assets described in subsection (b), or to preempt State law, including the Uniform Commercial Code, except as expressly provided in subsection (a)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H067E133DBDBA4D428850DEEFFC75D6DE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H9CB3D693C5B849A2B1B03C25C6D27DB9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Blocked asset</header><text>The term <term>blocked asset</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7BF0514967284CE9983B552F6A075DFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any asset seized or frozen by the United States under section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)) or under section 202 or 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 and 1702); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA17C7611F23E4EB49813DDA6259063F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include property that—</text>
<clause id="HB25B9AC5B5974ECF840CD8790C270859"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is subject to a license issued by the United States Government for final payment, transfer, or disposition by or to a person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States in connection with a transaction for which the issuance of the license has been specifically required by a provision of law other than the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.); or</text></clause>
<clause id="H56D9BD1C0FEE4B6A929828101F8A7C8E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is property subject to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations or the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, or that enjoys equivalent privileges and immunities under the laws of the United States, and is being used exclusively for diplomatic or consular purposes.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB6FCEF3DD8C943EC88E4AB5341507150"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Financial asset; securities intermediary</header><text>The terms <term>financial asset</term> and <term>securities intermediary</term> have the meanings given those terms in the Uniform Commercial Code, but the former includes cash.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BEFB20021EF42C5A2986F729BBF2B81"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Iran</header><text>The term <term>Iran</term> means the Government of Iran, including the central bank or monetary authority of that Government and any agency or instrumentality of that Government.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA920C92F68684A89A707C2BA3784B950"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Person</header>
<subparagraph id="H970772A5EB304616A2128E75DDB41C11"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means an individual or entity.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H270E01E3904B41258220695EA99F0F34"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Entity</header><text>The term <term>entity</term> means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E6A5277CE1C421D9B3D66FCDDF5723A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Terrorist party</header><text>The term <term>terrorist party</term> has the meaning given that term in section 201(d) of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (28 U.S.C. 1610 note).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75415A5D01F14170824D150AF7051C22"><enum>(6)</enum><header>United States</header><text>The term <term>United States</term> includes all territory and waters, continental, or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H04B18E1B1C214BF7A0F1947A595E6B06"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical changes to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act</header>
<paragraph id="H090B7834A51A427E98E8595250613AFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Title 28, United States Code</header><text>Section 1610 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C25A1AABEE4474A927E174A24D8CE2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(7), by inserting after <quote>section 1605A</quote> the following: <quote>or section 1605(a)(7) (as such section was in effect on January 27, 2008)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97D2DC576EEF46DFABD09051D3E33D9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="HDAF0EF4CCAF1491ABF77B2A2505868E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subclause id="H78E7926942F34713AA90087B446A9229"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(5), 1605(b), or 1605A</quote> and inserting <quote>(5) or 1605(b)</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0AF589C9FBA6437793A5C1969CE99BBB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, or</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HB23B4BEB92D34179966A3A1F88EA746D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CAE550A04EA4680A0976DC2E774328E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF9F5725FC008487ABE5854A0025EACD4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the judgment relates to a claim for which the agency or instrumentality is not immune by virtue of section 1605A of this chapter or section 1605(a)(7) of this chapter (as such section was in effect on January 27, 2008), regardless of whether the property is or was involved in the act upon which the claim is based.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89B00DC0084A420CA4AEA178668BD3D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002</header><text>Section 201(a) of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (28 U.S.C. 1610 note) is amended by striking <quote>section 1605(a)(7)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1605A or 1605(a)(7) (as such section was in effect on January 27, 2008)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H8F73DA1CD7D746CFA374082F97FF2DB6"><enum>503.</enum><header>Technical corrections to section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012</header>
<subsection id="HD674A500B7374CA5A7C297A1D43CED8A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exception for sales of agricultural commodities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEFE10E3A0AB74AD7B341D1AE29606A91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1245(d)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(2)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H73547951818E4BFAA59C7C1F0CD9590C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">agricultural commodities,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">sales of</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBCED5F39B84A4B32BBB32CFD4FF4E847"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the text, by inserting <quote>agricultural commodities,</quote> after <quote>sale of</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H053ADDB8E3B44224A9C1509093F0B1CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1298).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5A494329082041E5B840E7B5779B120B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report of Energy Information Administration</header>
<paragraph id="H272DC7D470A1498ABB0F059B9D72089E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1245(d)(4)(A) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(A)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDAFDB0CEB6B74682932B3901C1054B9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 60 days thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>October 25, 2012, and the last Thursday of every other month thereafter</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB70DBD7BD7A948938E3121D1C6E8F774"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>60-day period</quote> and inserting <quote>2-month period</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF07FCF7C813946F5982264B27A948E5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on September 1, 2012.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H2B94174BD6B54FC4ACDDC28FF560721E"><enum>504.</enum><header>Expansion of sanctions under section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012</header>
<subsection id="H871E660CD2B74954AEBB279CDF9D3406"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), as amended by section 503, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE4E048ACB1E5421BB0A3BCBE6D96CE09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2C70134860FA41508C3B8E0FC14ABF9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>a foreign financial institution owned or controlled by the government of a foreign country, including</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD16ADAAB0A654F888351AEFBF82BA588"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(D)—</text>
<clause id="H0E93FEA1C60C4BDABFB2510565035352"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Sanctions imposed</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB8F8B478F3C4E18872F00500D3C51AD" style="OLC">
<clause id="HE1F3388FC2E9452882AD495ECFB8B1D3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Sanctions imposed</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="H226AB26E7B954540B518F786F3313CCD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i), as designated by clause (i) of this subparagraph—</text>
<subclause id="HC8E875D32B18444194D204BCE03F46BE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a foreign financial institution</quote> and inserting <quote>a financial transaction described in clause (ii) conducted or facilitated by a foreign financial institution</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3FE6FE623D2747FC877B1F99C03617DF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>institution has significantly</quote> and inserting “institution—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF61458F60A4F4770B9AEC66DB08B161A" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H5058C1ED6FD24D6E8D43E192043F5131"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has significantly reduced</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause>
<subclause id="H804DA1E460F44A7DA2C9AB8A05D34079"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3348715F0EF94F2C9C45E02C0937816C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40D9342F89544473AAB562A0B590E246" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H6C73536EB5234293A674860337DA2220"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of a country that has previously received an exception under this subparagraph, has, after receiving the exception, reduced its crude oil purchases from Iran to zero.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H7EE6950626554650B1A1196982083F65"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16EB7BEFC2454F679CB9F0C0F902D61F" style="OLC">
<clause id="HD28BA383648B4E9DB8DC44F000FD95BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Financial transactions described</header><text>A financial transaction conducted or facilitated by a foreign financial institution is described in this clause if—</text>
<subclause id="HD5954F69026444F889CE7376087062A6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the financial transaction is only for trade in goods or services between the country with primary jurisdiction over the foreign financial institution and Iran; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA76EF9D82C6645498ACCDD7057C99B99"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any funds owed to Iran as a result of such trade are credited to an account located in the country with primary jurisdiction over the foreign financial institution.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H29684812A56B46239668F3FBEC99367D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H99ABBD11CFEE455DAD2B7E4743A9D830"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29DB89E990274952945F723E5DD39B6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB0CE1F0620D4F2591989FCE06ED6C3A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4CCB9B3436C04D75AB56B5C73E6B5DA7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Significant reductions</header><text>The terms <term>reduce significantly</term>, <term>significant reduction</term>, and <term>significantly reduced</term>, with respect to purchases from Iran of petroleum and petroleum products, include a reduction in such purchases in terms of price or volume toward a complete cessation of such purchases.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6A8E2746FBE46B0A206A7C4020CD9B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA699F12FEF5424888F39A97D0655BDA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDBDA9667FEFC4C1DB1C6908599A4417A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The provisions of this section shall terminate on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the certification described in section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBF74E0A42E1040AC9BDADFE4A547F439"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall apply with respect to financial transactions conducted or facilitated on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H953468FFDC6648D6A39DD3529CFB042B"><enum>505.</enum><header>Reports on natural gas exports from Iran</header>
<subsection id="HED2DED1BFA0745C39DE802DDC280DDFD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report by Energy Information Administration</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration shall submit to the President and the appropriate congressional committees a report on the natural gas sector of Iran that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H4E2B820F8E4F4A90AA0D6CE0372A19F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of exports of natural gas from Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD6C3D6FC2CA4931ABA27482B37E0191"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an identification of the countries that purchase the most natural gas from Iran;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD991AFB2BB4044319B4D16DF2344B356"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of alternative supplies of natural gas available to those countries;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0E2A9DD46484FD88C5FE511056DB2DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of the impact a reduction in exports of natural gas from Iran would have on global natural gas supplies and the price of natural gas, especially in countries identified under paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAFDDCCDFD3C94C06A15C685B75C0B78A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>such other information as the Administrator considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H66B8AB1557B4439F89E93FBA65C2F1C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report by President</header>
<paragraph id="HDBA3996433454AA0BF776AFA6FD47D9A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after receiving the report required by subsection (a), the President shall, relying on information in that report, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2DF124FB9B774C83AA3698E94D991BC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of—</text>
<clause id="H141D90A6294141F28048172BE4EF9285"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the extent to which revenues from exports of natural gas from Iran are still enriching the Government of Iran;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0723F9F31F4245CC90B76C31C89ABB5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether a sanctions regime similar to the sanctions regime imposed with respect to purchases of petroleum and petroleum products from Iran pursuant to section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, as amended by sections 503 and 504, or other measures could be applied effectively to exports of natural gas from Iran;</text></clause>
<clause id="H19CA285C76B7404FA1DA692E53B1DDD0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the geostrategic implications of a reduction in exports of natural gas from Iran, including the impact of such a reduction on the countries identified under subsection (a)(2);</text></clause>
<clause id="HB2494A385A944846AC594EB38B5612BF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>alternative supplies of natural gas available to those countries; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HD59FA33F04EC435A8890DF483B1A9649"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the impact a reduction in exports of natural gas from Iran would have on global natural gas supplies and the price of natural gas and the impact, if any, on swap arrangements for natural gas in place between Iran and neighboring countries; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H342D9056C81C42DF93A223FCA16DE2FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>specific recommendations with respect to measures designed to limit the revenue received by the Government of Iran from exports of natural gas; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8CE1D5E408B2410588B7AE5E6B1C430C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other information the President considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A6161AD15BA4F3DBB137641E442CD65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>Each report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H5D9F0D435B9F4460B45297807115324B"><enum>506.</enum><header>Report on membership of Iran in international organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than September 1 of each year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report listing the international organizations of which Iran is a member and detailing the amount that the United States contributes to each such organization on an annual basis.</text></section>
<section commented="no" id="H13743784D9A444F9B93C03C5E79C08ED"><enum>507.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on exportation of goods, services, and technologies for aircraft produced in the United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that licenses to export or reexport goods, services, or technologies for aircraft produced in the United States should be provided only in situations in which such licenses are truly essential and in a manner consistent with the laws and foreign policy goals of the United States.</text></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>General provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="H75436976FA7E415EABF65A9689DA5942"><enum>601.</enum><header>Implementation; penalties</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5ADB717B09BA430A9B5BB57C0C1EAA99"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA316467BFDFD485783D419C10A48370F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sections 211, 212, 213, 217, 218, 220, 312, and 411, subtitle A of title III, and title VII;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE7A3FEA60E2645B5B7534A57DBAC910A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 104A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by section 312; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDA00704356DE45B6B66300AFE4D6516A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>sections 105A and 105B of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by subtitle A of title IV.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H462EE17A9A6848D5BD9BA6F36CBE549A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H530ACEE7BC15447CA338965DB26BF18F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of a provision specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection, or an order or regulation prescribed under such a provision, to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H749153F548274436959370815E6E2BAA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Provisions specified</header><text>The provisions specified in this paragraph are the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA9016B08154D4C9486D0660B7507DF8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sections 211, 212, 213, and 220, subtitle A of title III, and title VII.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB49041AE16854F819B0DB9428AD2BC9B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Sections 105A and 105B of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as added by subtitle A of title IV.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HAC9491E91E19446CB0C788077B4F77CB"><enum>602.</enum><header>Applicability to certain intelligence activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of the United States.</text></section>
<section commented="no" id="HFEA1BD92C6E1495B890C80662E629130"><enum>603.</enum><header>Applicability to certain natural gas projects</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H12DFCFD590B24B4C94D7C608E9E32A48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exception for certain natural gas projects</header><text>Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall apply to any activity relating to a project—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE2A9615A7B7E40499B771BA524A3E766"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the development of natural gas and the construction and operation of a pipeline to transport natural gas from Azerbaijan to Turkey and Europe;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0FA98A1204E74B838A1926C2431924EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that provides to Turkey and countries in Europe energy security and energy independence from the Government of the Russian Federation and other governments with jurisdiction over persons subject to sanctions imposed under this Act or amendments made by this Act; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFC8242B7703C4A748C2A8F1D2C16A534"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that was initiated before the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to a production-sharing agreement, or an ancillary agreement necessary to further a production-sharing agreement, entered into with, or a license granted by, the government of a country other than Iran before such date of enactment.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H85438ABE0F7D4E52873C0D98140C9017"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of exception</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAC29B4D89CB14C59A97EA7EB95339B3D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The exception under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project described in that subsection on or after the date on which the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0F7B63361F7544A2944E5283E4CB8C0D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the percentage of the equity interest in the project held by or on behalf of an entity described in paragraph (2) has increased relative to the percentage of the equity interest in the project held by or on behalf of such an entity on January 1, 2002; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7B189A6016B445AD9539883FA5D25B13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an entity described in paragraph (2) has assumed an operational role in the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC300F791915F40E9806CD0723048A8FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Entity described</header><text>An entity described in this paragraph is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H58B03BA52A6F42F7A7051BD1C597D4A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an entity—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HE2B7B0C0BD9443D8B3262B5083025DD5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>owned or controlled by the Government of Iran or identified under section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the definition of the Government of Iran); or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H7B2A1C60208D487387D6E0D8C6D40005"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>organized under the laws of Iran or with the participation or approval of the Government of Iran;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE7EBE64DD64F4068B4F148C0B7ED539C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an entity owned or controlled by an entity described in subparagraph (A); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H590D399825CD43A889544676DAA6EDC5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a successor entity to an entity described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H59570FE7E2B34501A5BDB7DB14A2F911"><enum>604.</enum><header>Rule of construction with respect to use of force against Iran and Syria</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an authorization of the use of force against Iran or Syria.</text></section>
<section id="HAE97FD12A5A14E3B831AAB1285851912"><enum>605.</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subsection id="H3F100B25532C47079BBE65AE84869018"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of sections 211, 212, 213, 218, 220, 221, and 501, title I, and subtitle A of title III shall terminate on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President makes the certification described in section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)).</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC4E2E469DCDE4D02BFFF10FA57F2BD22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment to termination date of Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010</header><text>Section 401(a)(2) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)(2)) is amended by inserting <quote>, and verifiably dismantled its,</quote> after <quote>development of</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>VII</enum><header>Sanctions with respect to human rights abuses in Syria</header>
<section id="HC9EAE98001814D3EBD6CA5592FA7F425" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text></section>
<section id="HAF2A5DF06FE2473383ED738E1301C961"><enum>702.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain persons who are responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Syria or their family members</header>
<subsection id="H04FE936757FA4491B3D10518BEE7DE22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall impose sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to each person on the list required by subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5DD40945B1E449FCB8E8B13118BDD776"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of persons who are responsible for or complicit in certain human rights abuses</header>
<paragraph id="H0857AB1B63574993BC80972351502C93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons who are officials of the Government of Syria or persons acting on behalf of that Government that the President determines, based on credible evidence, are responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of Syria or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Syria.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FD9DDB7FD814DB5B83FEC8AC219099E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates of list</header><text>The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7EACC152840543A193AA3CF5D8716E63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 300 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD364F2C5B9E148208916A4B674BE7AF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as new information becomes available.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA32337760B274329B9AC4152BF95E783"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of report; public availability</header>
<subparagraph id="H01C6C4E8D78C4613973F79821D9A7699"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2FEAF901B804E4E83CF753E1CC0606D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED5B7176EAAD4657A5A2B47B7E4613FA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consideration of data from other countries and nongovernmental organizations</header><text>In preparing the list required by paragraph (1), the President shall consider credible data already obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations, including organizations in Syria, that monitor the human rights abuses of the Government of Syria.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB9182D3F10FA456484E314A61F871E1C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), including blocking of property and restrictions or prohibitions on financial transactions and the exportation of property, subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HE83F92443FED48019D8B18C3A2441448"><enum>703.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Syria that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses</header>
<subsection id="HC0C824D9FAA44AB19E03A74CEE7D4E3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall impose sanctions described in section 702(c) with respect to—</text>
<paragraph id="H259697F6CA774E21976A3963E4EBCE58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>each person on the list required by subsection (b); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A2A2B09E707404E9E6522A715FB2094"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any person that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3764896C28446C1B0C9C7DF8C3E714B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a successor entity to a person on the list;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDE5FF0693CD4C6893693C364EDF6CB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>owns or controls a person on the list, if the person that owns or controls the person on the list had actual knowledge or should have known that the person on the list engaged in the activity described in subsection (b)(2) for which the person was included in the list; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43507D82994042ADBB779AF6B32F1F80"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with, the person on the list, if the person owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with (as the case may be), the person on the list knowingly engaged in the activity described in subsection (b)(2) for which the person was included in the list.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEDE23FAD1FEC447C8999DB3E1C8B4437"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List</header>
<paragraph id="H5E7B5BC857A0481088697D9C94FE1D39"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have knowingly engaged in an activity described in paragraph (2) on or after such date of enactment.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B94AA7E7EA047FC9F19965981CABE67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activity described</header>
<subparagraph id="H9A65A585199F44FEB708E5993F5279BB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A person engages in an activity described in this paragraph if the person—</text>
<clause id="HDAABAE00EA374B72BA8EA801480EE7F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transfers, or facilitates the transfer of, goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C) to Syria; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H28CECF842E92491B8A1C583B133C8670"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides services with respect to goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C) after such goods or technologies are transferred to Syria.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2A2CBD07022E4D23854DE20D1F9A5AD7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability to contracts and other agreements</header><text>A person engages in an activity described in subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the activity is carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H892F1DC5636D4620A35F47445F707FE2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Goods or technologies described</header><text>Goods or technologies described in this subparagraph are goods or technologies that the President determines are likely to be used by the Government of Syria or any of its agencies or instrumentalities to commit human rights abuses against the people of Syria, including—</text>
<clause id="HE626D38DCE2B41DA8BDFC2D9FC172D57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>firearms or ammunition (as those terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code), rubber bullets, police batons, pepper or chemical sprays, stun grenades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, water cannons, or surveillance technology; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H88D6D578A7364F63A148FCE831331282"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sensitive technology.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF823F6CD07FF43599F7BEC3887316442"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sensitive technology defined</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82B66AEF48044526B6BAA18BA9CB2D9A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (C), the term <term>sensitive technology</term> means hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology, that the President determines is to be used specifically—</text>
<subclause id="HDD1F107FB22F4977BA933FB927CF878A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Syria; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HDDC42B3FAAC44C2FACEE404B23904103"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Syria.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A5789D6362947CDB62694B4AB0EC820"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The term <term>sensitive technology</term> does not include information or informational materials the exportation of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 203(b)(3) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA4A2B0C49CE45E5978336251FE73214"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule to allow for termination of sanctionable activity</header><text>The President shall not be required to include a person on the list required by paragraph (1) if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAABE983D45944527BEE49EE8CD8E1658"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the person is no longer engaging in, or has taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping, the activity described in paragraph (2) for which the President would otherwise have included the person on the list; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF824218E998C43908D5E69E99E7E5D5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President has received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in any activity described in paragraph (2) in the future.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA6404194EAB54021B1E2C4767175764D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Updates of list</header><text>The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD440E8642F014517AA2CEC9F9F06DE2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 300 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0E7F5EB392FB4C16BFBDF1B4C506D7F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as new information becomes available.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4922BC0C1FBA447B91314D92A652141A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Form of report; public availability</header>
<subparagraph id="H52E81E42AC704482822BA799A66A9A7D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B7F9F181EBF4824A72EA2C84DDEC3D9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HFC21339DE77B46F7B29537B256ADBD70"><enum>704.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other forms of repression in Syria</header>
<subsection id="H452AC6C5A6D04585945DC20A13604BBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall impose sanctions described in section 702(c) with respect to each person on the list required by subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H139A4D03D9CF472DAFEB53F401D30DDA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of persons who engage in censorship</header>
<paragraph id="H05AD1C74E7654B769C7CD67E865F8505"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have engaged in censorship, or activities relating to censorship, in a manner that prohibits, limits, or penalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of expression by citizens of Syria.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E3C28DBF94B49B49EAC01E339747016"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates of list</header><text>The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H70EBEFB2AB91474B973C9AAB7DBFB3C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 300 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E97E49F864744E3BF302491D285001E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as new information becomes available.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H798AB14BB51A41C89640FDE78AC94FA6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of report; public availability</header>
<subparagraph id="H4550F7E75D4E456F83885022F9AFF51D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H166E6A190E5240C293DCC3B61B68715F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H4EE7EE5F1F944D949F0155136C583BDE"><enum>705.</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President may waive the requirement to include a person on a list required by section 702, 703, or 704 or to impose sanctions pursuant to any such section if the President—</text>
<paragraph id="H04DDB4BE3734412184A12D7800DC8091"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB7A081F6D144356B16854286443E6B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the reasons for that determination.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H987E0CFF2D684D91A5A68BADFC35257B"><enum>706.</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subsection id="HB543989BFEAA42DC95AAAE2DBA5D0954"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of this title and any sanctions imposed pursuant to this title shall terminate on the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees—</text>
<paragraph id="HB1A5904D0B704D5BA25FC62C935451A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the certification described in subsection (b); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67273802BFBA4E00B849DA2BCE1D1E7A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8EB1CCFF3CA74A5DBF6CA7BE62880B2A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Government of Syria is democratically elected and representative of the people of Syria; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF16A25B23EE435F9EE4A55A2AB6398F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a legitimate transitional government of Syria is in place.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAFC44AFBC815471A92EE18D8D654AC40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certification described in this subsection is a certification by the President that the Government of Syria—</text>
<paragraph id="HDDCFA70C99EF4336A10F1621BED8EE7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has unconditionally released all political prisoners;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17C5779F914C405CB6D73642ACE7AC69"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has ceased its practices of violence, unlawful detention, torture, and abuse of citizens of Syria engaged in peaceful political activity;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CE355396B004370B203742447F92D91"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has ceased its practice of procuring sensitive technology designed to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Syria, or to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict the right of citizens of Syria to freedom of expression;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD1CCC65E0EF04D4E89BA7A89BFA9DDB3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has ceased providing support for foreign terrorist organizations and no longer allows such organizations, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, to maintain facilities in territory under the control of the Government of Syria; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7EF55B1E1E0B4CC7891B498633BFB322"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has ceased the development and deployment of medium- and long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H34806C11D8B742A98B78817536EDDD5F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not pursuing or engaged in the research, development, acquisition, production, transfer, or deployment of biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons, and has provided credible assurances that it will not engage in such activities in the future; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H655E3D79934B411E952E60F51302BC9E"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has agreed to allow the United Nations and other international observers to verify that the Government of Syria is not engaging in such activities and to assess the credibility of the assurances provided by that Government.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA80CFF04262B402CAD8F9434CF5C8253"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Suspension of sanctions after election of democratic government</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees the certification described in subsection (a)(2), the President may suspend the provisions of this title and any sanctions imposed under this title for not more than 180 days to allow time for a certification described in subsection (b) to be submitted.</text></subsection></section>
Karen L. Haas,Clerk.