[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2667 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2667
To prohibit the exercise of any waiver of the imposition of certain
sanctions with respect to Iran unless the President certifies to
Congress that the waiver will not result in the provision of funds to
the Government of Iran for activities in support of international
terrorism, to develop nuclear weapons, or to violate the human rights
of the people of Iran.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 24, 2014
Mr. Kirk (for himself, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Isakson, Mr.
Roberts, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Hoeven) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To prohibit the exercise of any waiver of the imposition of certain
sanctions with respect to Iran unless the President certifies to
Congress that the waiver will not result in the provision of funds to
the Government of Iran for activities in support of international
terrorism, to develop nuclear weapons, or to violate the human rights
of the people of Iran.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iranian Sanctions Relief
Certification Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR EXERCISE OF CERTAIN WAIVERS OF
PROVISIONS OF LAW IMPOSING SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
IRAN.
(a) In General.--On and after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the President may not exercise a waiver specified in subsection
(b) in connection with the extension of the terms of the Joint Plan of
Action beyond July 20, 2014, unless the President certifies to Congress
before the waiver takes effect and every 60 days thereafter that any
funds made available to the Government of Iran as a result of the
waiver will not facilitate the ability of that Government--
(1) to provide support for--
(A) any individual or entity designated for the
imposition of sanctions for activities relating to
international terrorism pursuant to an Executive order
or by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
Department of the Treasury before July 22, 2014;
(B) any organization designated by the Secretary of
State as a foreign terrorist organization under section
219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1189(a)) before July 22, 2014; or
(C) any other terrorist organization, including
Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the
regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria;
(2) to advance the efforts of Iran or any other country to
develop nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles overtly or
covertly; or
(3) to commit any violation of the human rights of the
people of Iran.
(b) Waivers Specified.--A waiver specified in this subsection is
any of the following:
(1) A waiver provided for under section 4(c) or 9(c) of the
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701
note) to the imposition of sanctions under section 5(a)(7) of
that Act.
(2) A waiver provided for under paragraph (5) of section
1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) to the imposition of sanctions
under paragraph (1) of that section.
(3) A waiver provided for under subsection (e) of section
302 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742) to the identification of foreign persons
under subsection (a) of that section.
(4) A waiver provided for under subsection (i) of section
1244 of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012
(22 U.S.C. 8803) to the imposition of sanctions under
subsection (c) of that section.
(c) Joint Plan of Action Defined.--In this section, the term
``Joint Plan of Action'' means the Joint Plan of Action, signed at
Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian
Federation, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the
United States.
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