[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 792 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                        Calendar No. 29
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 792

    To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose 
   additional sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 18, 2015

Mr. Shelby, from the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
 reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed 
                            on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
    To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose 
   additional sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Weapon 
Free Iran Act of 2015''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress with respect to Iran.
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress with respect to Israel's right to exist and 
                            to defend itself and its people.
    TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGREEMENTS WITH, AND ECONOMIC 
                   SANCTIONS RELIEF PROVIDED TO, IRAN

Sec. 101. Transmission to Congress of agreements with Iran and 
                            assessment reports with respect to such 
                            agreements.
Sec. 102. Period for review by Congress of long-term comprehensive 
                            solution.
Sec. 103. Sense of Congress on congressional approval of agreement.
            TITLE II--EXPANSION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS

Sec. 201. Effective dates for staged imposition of sanctions if long-
                            term comprehensive solution not reached.
Sec. 202. Termination of suspension of sanctions.
Sec. 203. Applicability of sanctions with respect to petroleum 
                            transactions.
Sec. 204. Ineligibility for exception to certain sanctions for 
                            countries that do not reduce purchases of 
                            petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin to 
                            a de minimis level.
Sec. 205. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect 
                            to, certain Iranian individuals.
Sec. 206. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in 
                            foreign currencies with or for certain 
                            sanctioned persons.
Sec. 207. Imposition of sanctions with respect to ports, special 
                            economic zones, and strategic sectors of 
                            Iran.
Sec. 208. Waiver of sanctions.
                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Exception for Afghanistan reconstruction.
Sec. 302. Exception for import restrictions.
Sec. 303. Applicability to certain intelligence activities.
Sec. 304. Applicability to certain natural gas projects.
Sec. 305. Rule of construction with respect to the use of force against 
                            Iran.
Sec. 306. Sense of Congress on increased staffing for agencies involved 
                            in the implementation and enforcement of 
                            sanctions against Iran.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The 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) Joint plan of action.--The term ``Joint Plan of 
        Action''--
                    (A) means the Joint Plan of Action, signed at 
                Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and the P5-plus-1 
                countries; and
                    (B) includes all implementing materials and 
                agreements related to the Joint Plan of Action, 
                including the technical understandings reached on 
                January 12, 2014, the extension agreed to on July 19, 
                2014, the extension agreed to on November 24, 2014, and 
                any extension that is agreed to on or after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act and is transmitted to the 
                appropriate congressional committees pursuant to 
                section 101.
            (3) Long-term comprehensive solution.--The term ``long-term 
        comprehensive solution'' means any comprehensive agreement, 
        including a framework agreement or political agreement, 
        regarding the nuclear program of Iran as described in the Joint 
        Plan of Action, without regard to whether or not one or more 
        countries other than the United States and Iran are parties to 
        the agreement, and all implementing materials and technical 
        understandings related to that comprehensive agreement.
            (4) P5-plus-1 countries.--The term ``P5-plus-1 countries'' 
        means the United States, France, the Russian Federation, the 
        People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) it is the policy of the United States that the 
        Government of Iran will not be allowed to develop or otherwise 
        acquire a nuclear weapon capability;
            (2) all instruments of power and influence of the United 
        States should remain on the table to prevent the Government of 
        Iran from developing or otherwise acquiring a nuclear weapon 
        capability;
            (3) a long-term comprehensive solution with Iran will be 
        most sustainable over the long term if the President consults 
        and coordinates closely with Congress to implement a strategy 
        that decisively ends any nuclear threat from Iran;
            (4) the Government of Iran does not have an absolute or 
        inherent right to enrichment and reprocessing capabilities and 
        technologies under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
        Nuclear Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 
        1968, and entered into force March 5, 1970 (commonly referred 
        to as the ``Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty'');
            (5) the goal of international negotiations with Iran, led 
        by the United States, should be to conclude a long-term 
        comprehensive solution with parameters that will--
                    (A) reverse the development of Iran's illicit 
                nuclear infrastructure, including enrichment and 
                reprocessing capabilities and facilities, the heavy 
                water reactor and production plant at Arak, and any 
                nuclear weapon components and technology, such that 
                Iran is precluded from a nuclear breakout capability 
                and prevented from pursuing both uranium and plutonium 
                pathways to a nuclear weapon;
                    (B) bring Iran into compliance with all United 
                Nations Security Council resolutions related to Iran's 
                nuclear program, including Resolutions 1696 (2006), 
                1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 
                1929 (2010), with a view toward bringing to a 
                satisfactory conclusion the Security Council's 
                consideration of matters relating to the nuclear 
                program of Iran;
                    (C) resolve all issues of past and present concern 
                with the International Atomic Energy Agency, including 
                possible military dimensions of the nuclear program of 
                Iran, and give inspectors access to personnel, 
                documents, and facilities involved, at any point, with 
                nuclear or nuclear weapons-related activities of Iran;
                    (D) permit on-site and short-notice inspection, 
                verification, and monitoring of all declared and 
                suspect facilities in Iran, including installation and 
                use of any compliance verification equipment requested 
                by the International Atomic Energy Agency, such that 
                any effort by Iran to produce a nuclear weapon will be 
                quickly detected;
                    (E) require that Iran fully implement and comply 
                with--
                            (i) the Agreement between Iran and the 
                        International Atomic Energy Agency for the 
                        Application of Safeguards in Connection with 
                        the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
                        Weapons, done at Vienna June 19, 1973 (commonly 
                        referred to as the ``Comprehensive Safeguards 
                        Agreement'');
                            (ii) modified Code 3.1 of the Subsidiary 
                        Arrangements to the Agreement between Iran and 
                        the International Atomic Energy Agency for the 
                        Application of Safeguards in Connection with 
                        the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
                        Weapons; and
                            (iii) ratification and implementation of 
                        the Protocol Additional to the Agreement 
                        between Iran and the International Atomic 
                        Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards 
                        in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-
                        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at 
                        Vienna December 18, 2003 (commonly referred to 
                        as the ``Additional Protocol''); and
                    (F) require that Iran implement measures in 
                addition to the Additional Protocol that include 
                verification by the International Atomic Energy Agency 
                of Iran's centrifuge research, development, and 
                manufacturing facilities, including raw materials and 
                components, and Iran's uranium mines, mills, and 
                processing facilities;
            (6) the United States should continue to impose sanctions 
        on the Government of Iran and its proxies for their continuing 
        sponsorship of terrorism;
            (7) the United States should continue to impose sanctions 
        on the Government of Iran and Iranian persons for--
                    (A) ongoing abuses of human rights; and
                    (B) actions in support of the regime of Bashar al-
                Assad in Syria; and
            (8) the United States should continue to impose sanctions 
        on the Government of Iran and other governments and persons for 
        the procurement, sale, or transfer of technology, services, or 
        goods that support the development or acquisition of weapons of 
        mass destruction or the means of delivery of those weapons.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST AND 
              TO DEFEND ITSELF AND ITS PEOPLE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Consistent with Article 51 of the Charter of the United 
        Nations, which recognizes the right of a country to self-
        defense, Israel must be allowed to take any actions necessary 
        to remove threats to its existence.
            (2) Iran, which rejects Israel's right to exist as a 
        country, is a continued threat to the safety and security of 
        Israel and the United States through its support of terrorist 
        organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
            (3) Any efforts by Iran to acquire nuclear weapons are a 
        direct threat to Israel's right to exist as a country.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the United 
States supports Israel's rights--
            (1) to exist as a democratic, Jewish state;
            (2) to defend itself against threats to its existence; and
            (3) to protect the lives and safety of the people of 
        Israel.

    TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGREEMENTS WITH, AND ECONOMIC 
                   SANCTIONS RELIEF PROVIDED TO, IRAN

SEC. 101. TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS OF AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN AND 
              ASSESSMENT REPORTS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Transmission of Agreements.--Not later than 5 days after 
entering into a long-term comprehensive solution or any agreement to 
extend the Joint Plan of Action entered into after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees--
            (1) the text of the agreement;
            (2) a verification assessment report of the Secretary of 
        State prepared under subsection (b) with respect to the 
        agreement; and
            (3) an economic sanctions relief assessment report of the 
        Secretary of the Treasury prepared under subsection (c) with 
        respect to the agreement.
    (b) Verification Assessment Report.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall, in 
        consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
        prepare, with respect to each agreement described in subsection 
        (a), a report assessing the extent to which the Secretary will 
        be able to verify that Iran is complying with its obligations 
        under the agreement, including an assessment, in conjunction 
        with the Secretary of the Treasury, of existing inadequacies in 
        the international monitoring and verification system.
            (2) Assumptions.--In preparing a report under paragraph (1) 
        with respect to an agreement described in subsection (a), the 
        Secretary of State shall assume that Iran could--
                    (A) use all measures not expressly prohibited by 
                the agreement to conceal activities that violate its 
                obligations under the agreement; and
                    (B) alter or deviate from standard practices in 
                order to impede efforts to verify that Iran is 
                complying with those obligations.
    (c) Economic Sanctions Relief Assessment Report.--The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall, in consultation with the Director of National 
Intelligence, prepare, with respect to each agreement described in 
subsection (a), a report assessing the extent to which the economy of 
Iran--
            (1) has, as of the date of the report, directly and 
        indirectly benefited from sanctions relief pursuant to the 
        Joint Plan of Action; and
            (2) is likely, over the course of the agreement, to 
        directly and indirectly benefit from proposed sanctions relief, 
        including enhanced trade and market opportunities, pursuant to 
        the agreement.
    (d) Form of Reports.--Each report under subsection (b) or (c) shall 
be transmitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex.

SEC. 102. PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS OF LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE 
              SOLUTION.

    (a) Transmission of Long-Term Comprehensive Solution.--
            (1) In general.--After transmitting a long-term 
        comprehensive solution and the assessment reports under section 
        101(a), the President shall not exercise any waiver authority 
        provided under any provision of law imposing sanctions with 
        respect to Iran, refrain from applying any such sanctions, or 
        take any other action to alter or limit the application of 
        sanctions in connection with or to implement the long-term 
        comprehensive solution, until the date that is 30 days of 
        continuous session of Congress after the President transmits 
        the long-term comprehensive solution and the assessment 
        reports.
            (2) Exception.--The prohibition under paragraph (1) does 
        not apply to a renewal of any deferral, waiver, or other 
        suspension of sanctions pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action if 
        that deferral, waiver, or other suspension is made--
                    (A) consistent with the law in effect on the date 
                of the enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) not later than 45 days before the transmission 
                by the President of the long-term comprehensive 
                solution and the assessment reports under section 
                101(a).
            (3) Rule of construction.--The President shall not construe 
        this subsection to allow any new deferral, waiver, or other 
        suspension of sanctions with respect to Iran during the 30 days 
        of continuous session specified in paragraph (1).
    (b) Computation of Continuous Session Days.--In computing days of 
continuous session of Congress under subsection (a)--
            (1) the days on which either House is not in session 
        because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a date certain 
        are excluded; and
            (2) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment 
        of Congress sine die.

SEC. 103. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT.

    It is the sense of Congress that the President should transmit to 
Congress any agreement subject to section 101(a), and that such 
agreement should be voted on by Congress prior to becoming effective.

            TITLE II--EXPANSION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS

SEC. 201. EFFECTIVE DATES FOR STAGED IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS IF LONG-
              TERM COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION NOT REACHED.

    If the President has not transmitted to the appropriate 
congressional committees, pursuant to section 101, a long-term 
comprehensive solution and the assessment reports described in that 
section--
            (1) by July 6, 2015, section 202 shall take effect;
            (2) by August 3, 2015, the provisions of and amendments 
        made by section 203 shall take effect;
            (3) by September 7, 2015, the provisions of and amendments 
        made by section 204 shall take effect;
            (4) by October 5, 2015, the provisions of and amendments 
        made by section 205 shall take effect;
            (5) by November 2, 2015, the provisions of and amendments 
        made by section 206 shall take effect; and
            (6) by December 7, 2015, the provisions of and amendments 
        made by section 207 shall take effect.

SEC. 202. TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS.

    Any sanctions imposed pursuant to statute or executive action that 
are deferred, waived, or otherwise suspended by the President before 
the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to the Joint Plan of 
Action shall be reinstated on the effective date specified in section 
201(1).

SEC. 203. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PETROLEUM 
              TRANSACTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``reduced reduced its 
        volume of crude oil purchases from Iran'' and inserting 
        ``reduced the volume of its purchases of petroleum from Iran or 
        of Iranian origin''; and
            (2) in subclause (II), by striking ``crude oil purchases 
        from Iran'' and inserting ``purchases of petroleum from Iran or 
        of Iranian origin''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 1245(h) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
        (5) and (6), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Iranian origin.--The term `Iranian origin', with 
        respect to petroleum, means extracted, produced, or refined in 
        Iran.
            ``(4) Petroleum.--The term `petroleum' includes crude oil, 
        lease condensates, plant condensates, fuel oils, other 
        unfinished oils, liquefied petroleum gases, and other petroleum 
        products.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 102(b) of the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``crude oil purchases from Iran'' 
                and inserting ``purchases of petroleum from Iran or of 
                Iranian origin''; and
                    (B) by striking ``as amended by section 504,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``crude oil purchases'' 
        and inserting ``purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian 
        origin''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to determinations under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the effective date specified in section 
201(2).

SEC. 204. INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN SANCTIONS FOR 
              COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT REDUCE PURCHASES OF PETROLEUM FROM 
              IRAN OR OF IRANIAN ORIGIN TO A DE MINIMIS LEVEL.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United 
States to seek to ensure that all countries reduce their purchases of 
crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils, and other unfinished oils from 
Iran or of Iranian origin to a de minimis level by the end of the 240-
day period beginning on the effective date specified in section 201(3).
    (b) Ineligibility for Exceptions to Sanctions.--Section 
1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                            ``(iii) Ineligibility for exception.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--A country that 
                                purchased petroleum from Iran or of 
                                Iranian origin during the one-year 
                                period preceding the effective date 
                                specified in section 201(3) of the 
                                Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015 
                                may continue to receive an exception 
                                under clause (i) on or after the date 
                                that is 240 days after such effective 
                                date only--
                                            ``(aa) if the country 
                                        reduces its purchases of 
                                        petroleum from Iran or of 
                                        Iranian origin to a de minimis 
                                        level by the end of the 240-day 
                                        period beginning on such 
                                        effective date; or
                                            ``(bb) as provided in 
                                        subclause (II) or (III).
                                    ``(II) Countries that dramatically 
                                reduce purchases.--
                                            ``(aa) In general.--A 
                                        country that would otherwise be 
                                        ineligible pursuant to 
                                        subclause (I)(aa) to receive an 
                                        exception under clause (i) may 
                                        continue to receive such an 
                                        exception during the one-year 
                                        period beginning on the date 
                                        that is 240 days after the 
                                        effective date specified in 
                                        section 201(3) of the Nuclear 
                                        Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015 if 
                                        the country--

                                                    ``(AA) dramatically 
                                                reduces by at least 30 
                                                percent its purchases 
                                                of petroleum from Iran 
                                                or of Iranian origin 
                                                during the 240-day 
                                                period beginning on 
                                                such effective date, as 
                                                compared to its average 
                                                monthly purchases of 
                                                such petroleum during 
                                                calendar year 2014; and

                                                    ``(BB) is expected 
                                                to reduce its purchases 
                                                of petroleum from Iran 
                                                or of Iranian origin to 
                                                a de minimis level 
                                                within a defined period 
                                                of time that is not 
                                                longer than 2 years 
                                                after such effective 
                                                date.

                                            ``(bb) Termination of 
                                        exception.--If a country that 
                                        continues to receive an 
                                        exception under clause (i) 
                                        pursuant to item (aa) does not 
                                        reduce its purchases of 
                                        petroleum from Iran or of 
                                        Iranian origin to a de minimis 
                                        level by the date that is 2 
                                        years after the effective date 
                                        specified in section 201(3) of 
                                        the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran 
                                        Act of 2015, that country shall 
                                        not be eligible for an 
                                        exception under clause (i) on 
                                        or after the date that is 2 
                                        years after such effective 
                                        date.
                                    ``(III) Reinstatement of 
                                eligibility for exception.--A country 
                                that becomes ineligible for an 
                                exception under clause (i) pursuant to 
                                subclause (I) or (II) shall be eligible 
                                for such an exception in accordance 
                                with the provisions of clause (i) on 
                                and after the date on which the 
                                President determines the country has 
                                reduced its purchases of petroleum from 
                                Iran or of Iranian origin to a de 
                                minimis level.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by 
striking ``Sanctions imposed'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
clause (iii), sanctions imposed''.

SEC. 205. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 
              TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Expansion of Individuals Identified.--Section 221(a) of the 
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8727(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
        a semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) an individual who engages in activities for or on 
        behalf of the Government of Iran that enables Iran to evade 
        sanctions imposed by the United States with respect to Iran;
            ``(4) an individual acting on behalf of the Government of 
        Iran who is involved in corrupt activities of that Government 
        or the diversion of humanitarian goods, including agricultural 
        commodities, food, medicine, and medical devices, intended for 
        the people of Iran; or
            ``(5) a senior official--
                    ``(A) of an entity designated for the imposition of 
                sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency 
                Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) in 
                connection with--
                            ``(i) Iran's illicit nuclear activities or 
                        proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or 
                        delivery systems for weapons of mass 
                        destruction; or
                            ``(ii) Iran's support for acts of 
                        international terrorism; and
                    ``(B) who was involved in the activity for which 
                the entity was designated for the imposition of 
                sanctions.''.
    (b) Expansion of Senior Officials Described.--Section 221(b) of the 
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8727(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) a senior official of--
                    ``(A) the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran;
                    ``(B) the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran;
                    ``(C) the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran;
                    ``(D) the Council of Ministers of Iran;
                    ``(E) the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces 
                Logistics of Iran;
                    ``(F) the Ministry of Justice of Iran;
                    ``(G) the Ministry of Interior of Iran;
                    ``(H) the prison system of Iran; or
                    ``(I) the judicial system of Iran.''.
    (c) Blocking of Property.--Section 221 of the Iran Threat Reduction 
and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
        (e) and (f), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Blocking of Property.--
            ``(1) Officials and other actors.--In the case of an 
        individual described in paragraph (1), (3), (4), or (5) of 
        subsection (a) who is on the list required by that subsection, 
        the President shall, 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 that individual if such property or 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.
            ``(2) Family members.--In the case of an individual 
        described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) who is on the list 
        required by that subsection, the President shall, pursuant to 
        the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
        et seq.), block and prohibit a transaction in property or an 
        interest in property of that individual if the property or 
        interest in property--
                    ``(A) was transferred to that individual from an 
                individual described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 
                who is on the list required by that subsection; and
                    ``(B) is in the United States, comes within the 
                United States, or is or comes within the possession or 
                control of a United States person.''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--Section 221 of the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727), as 
amended by subsections (a), (b), and (c), is further amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and inserting 
        ``identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect 
        to, certain iranian individuals'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``Not later than 180 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``Not later than 90 days after the effective date 
        specified in section 201(4) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act 
        of 2015''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``subsection (d)'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (e)''.
    (e) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 221 and inserting 
the following:

``Sec. 221. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect 
                            to, certain Iranian individuals.''.

SEC. 206. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS IN 
              FOREIGN CURRENCIES WITH OR FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONED 
              PERSONS.

    (a) In General.--Title II of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8721 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after section 221 the following:

                     ``Subtitle C--Other Matters'';

            (2) by redesignating sections 222, 223, and 224 as sections 
        231, 232, and 233, respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after section 221 the following:

``SEC. 222. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS IN 
              FOREIGN CURRENCIES WITH CERTAIN SANCTIONED PERSONS.

    ``(a) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President--
            ``(1) shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or impose 
        strict conditions on the maintaining, in the United States of a 
        correspondent account or a payable-through account by a foreign 
        financial institution that knowingly conducts or facilitates a 
        transaction described in subsection (b)(1); and
            ``(2) may impose sanctions pursuant to the International 
        Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with 
        respect to any other person that knowingly conducts or 
        facilitates such a transaction.
    ``(b) Transactions Described.--
            ``(1) In general.--A transaction described in this 
        subsection is a significant transaction conducted or 
        facilitated by a person related to the currency of a country 
        other than the country with primary jurisdiction over the 
        person with, for, or on behalf of--
                    ``(A) the Central Bank of Iran or an Iranian 
                financial institution designated by the Secretary of 
                the Treasury for the imposition of sanctions pursuant 
                to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
                U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or
                    ``(B) a person described in section 1244(c)(2) of 
                the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
                (22 U.S.C. 8803(c)(2)) (other than a person described 
                in subparagraph (C)(iii) of that section).
            ``(2) Primary jurisdiction.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        a country in which a person operates shall be deemed to have 
        primary jurisdiction over the person only with respect to the 
        operations of the person in that country.
    ``(c) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a 
transaction described in subsection (b)(1) conducted or facilitated--
            ``(1) on or after the effective date specified in section 
        201(5) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015 pursuant to 
        a contract entered into on or after such effective date; and
            ``(2) on or after the date that is 90 days after such 
        effective date pursuant to a contract entered into before such 
        effective date.
    ``(d) Inapplicability to Humanitarian Transactions.--The President 
may not impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to any 
person for conducting or facilitating a transaction for the sale of 
agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran or 
for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran.
    ``(e) Waiver.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President may waive the application 
        of subsection (a) with respect to a person for a period of not 
        more than 180 days, and may renew that waiver for additional 
        periods of not more than 180 days, if the President--
                    ``(A) determines that the waiver is important to 
                the national interest of the United States; and
                    ``(B) not less than 15 days after the waiver or the 
                renewal of the waiver, as the case may be, takes 
                effect, submits a report to the appropriate 
                congressional committees on the waiver and the reason 
                for the waiver.
            ``(2) Form of report.--Each report submitted under 
        paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
        may contain a classified annex.
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Financial institution; iranian financial 
        institution.--The terms `financial institution' and `Iranian 
        financial institution' have the meanings given those terms in 
        section 104A(d) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 
        Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
        8513b(d)).
            ``(2) Transaction.--The term `transaction' includes a 
        foreign exchange swap, a foreign exchange forward, and any 
        other type of currency exchange or conversion or derivative 
        instrument.''.
    (b) Additional Definitions.--Section 2 of the Iran Threat Reduction 
and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
        paragraphs (5), (6), and (9), respectively;
            (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Account; correspondent account; payable-through 
        account.--The terms `account', `correspondent account', and 
        `payable-through account' have the meanings given those terms 
        in section 5318A of title 31, United States Code.
            ``(2) Agricultural commodity.--The term `agricultural 
        commodity' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of 
        the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
            ``(3) Appropriate congressional committees.--The 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).
            ``(4) Domestic financial institution; foreign financial 
        institution.--The terms `domestic financial institution' and 
        `foreign financial institution' have the meanings determined by 
        the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(i) of the 
        Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 
        Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i)).''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1), the following:
            ``(7) Medical device.--The term `medical device' has the 
        meaning given the term `device' in section 201 of the Federal 
        Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
            ``(8) Medicine.--The term `medicine' has the meaning given 
        the term `drug' in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
        Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 is amended by striking the 
items relating to sections 222, 223, and 224 and inserting the 
following:

``Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in 
                            foreign currencies with certain sanctioned 
                            persons.
                      ``Subtitle C--Other Matters

``Sec. 231. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to 
                            certain authorities of State and local 
                            governments.
``Sec. 232. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities 
                            that invest in the energy sector of Iran or 
                            export refined petroleum products to Iran.
``Sec. 233. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran 
                            of crude oil and refined petroleum 
                            products.''.

SEC. 207. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PORTS, SPECIAL 
              ECONOMIC ZONES, AND STRATEGIC SECTORS OF IRAN.

    (a) Findings.--Section 1244(a)(1) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-
Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
``and shipbuilding'' and inserting ``shipbuilding, automotive, 
construction, engineering, and mining''.
    (b) Expansion of Designation of Entities of Proliferation 
Concern.--Section 1244(b) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation 
Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(b)) is amended by striking ``in Iran and 
entities in the energy, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors'' and 
inserting ``, special economic zones, or free economic zones in Iran, 
and entities in strategic sectors''.
    (c) Expansion of Entities Subject to Blocking of Property.--Section 
1244(c) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 
U.S.C. 8803(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``the date that is 180 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``the effective date specified in section 201(6) of 
        the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``the date that is 180 days after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``the 
                effective date specified in section 201(6) of the 
                Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015'';
                    (B) by striking ``the energy, shipping, or 
                shipbuilding sectors'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``a strategic sector''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``, special economic zone, or free 
                economic zone'' after ``port'' each place it appears; 
                and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Strategic sector defined.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In this section, the term 
                `strategic sector' means--
                            ``(i) the energy, shipping, shipbuilding, 
                        automotive, and mining sectors of Iran;
                            ``(ii) except as provided in subparagraph 
                        (B), the construction and engineering sectors 
                        of Iran; and
                            ``(iii) any other sector the President 
                        designates as of strategic importance to Iran.
                    ``(B) Exception for construction and engineering of 
                schools, hospitals, and similar facilities.--For 
                purposes of this section, a project to construct or 
                engineer a school, hospital, or similar facility (as 
                determined by the President) shall not be considered 
                part of a strategic sector of Iran.
                    ``(C) Notification of strategic sector 
                designation.--The President shall submit to Congress a 
                notification of the designation of a sector as a 
                strategic sector of Iran for purposes of subparagraph 
                (A)(iii) not later than 5 days after the date on which 
                the President makes the designation.''.
    (d) Additional Sanctions With Respect to Strategic Sectors.--
Section 1244(d) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``the date that is 180 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``the effective date specified in section 201(6) of 
        the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the date that is 180 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``the effective date specified in section 201(6) of 
        the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the energy, shipping, 
        or shipbuilding sectors'' and inserting ``a strategic sector''.
    (e) Sale, Supply, or Transfer of Certain Materials To or From 
Iran.--Section 1245 of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act 
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8804) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``the date that is 180 days after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``the 
                effective date specified in section 201(6) of the 
                Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), by striking ``the 
                energy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors'' and 
                inserting ``a strategic sector (as defined in section 
                1244(c)(4))''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``the date that is 180 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``the effective date specified in section 201(6) of 
        the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015''.
    (f) Provision of Insurance to Sanctioned Persons.--Section 
1246(a)(1) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
(22 U.S.C. 8805(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act'' and inserting ``the effective date specified in 
        section 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015''; 
        and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``the energy, 
        shipping, or shipbuilding sectors'' and inserting ``a strategic 
        sector (as defined in section 1244(c)(4))''.
    (g) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1244 of the Iran Freedom and 
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803), as amended by 
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), is further amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``the energy, 
        shipping, and shipbuilding'' and inserting ``certain ports, 
        economic zones, and'';
            (2) in subsection (b), in the subsection heading, by 
        striking ``Ports and Entities in the Energy, Shipping, and 
        Shipbuilding Sectors of Iran as'';
            (3) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, by 
        striking ``Entities in Energy, Shipping, and Shipbuilding 
        Sectors'' and inserting ``Certain Entities''; and
            (4) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading, by 
        striking ``the Energy, Shipping, and Shipbuilding'' and 
        inserting ``Strategic''.

SEC. 208. WAIVER OF SANCTIONS.

    The President may waive the application of any sanction pursuant to 
a provision of or amendment made by this title for a 30-day period, and 
may renew the waiver for additional 30-day periods, if the President, 
before the waiver or renewal, as the case may be, takes effect--
            (1) certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
        that--
                    (A) the waiver or renewal, as the case may be, is 
                in the national security interest of the United States;
                    (B) the waiver or renewal, as the case may be, is 
                necessary to and likely to result in achieving a long-
                term comprehensive solution with Iran; and
                    (C) Iran is not making further progress on its 
                nuclear weapons program and is in compliance with all 
                interim agreements with respect to that program; and
            (2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
        comprehensive report on the status of the negotiations toward a 
        long-term comprehensive solution that includes an assessment of 
        the likelihood of reaching that solution and the time frame 
        anticipated for achieving that solution.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. EXCEPTION FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION.

    The President may provide for an exception from the imposition of 
sanctions under the provisions of or amendments made by this Act for 
reconstruction assistance or economic development for Afghanistan--
            (1) to the extent that the President determines that such 
        an exception is in the national interest of the United States; 
        and
            (2) if, not later than 15 days before issuing the 
        exception, the President submits a notification of and 
        justification for the exception to the appropriate 
        congressional committees.

SEC. 302. EXCEPTION FOR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 
Act authorizes or requires the President to impose sanctions relating 
to the importation of goods.
    (b) Good Defined.--In this section, the term ``good'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act 
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as continued in effect pursuant to the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)).

SEC. 303. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.

    Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall apply 
to the authorized intelligence activities of the United States.

SEC. 304. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN NATURAL GAS PROJECTS.

    Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be 
construed to apply with respect to any activity relating to a project 
described in subsection (a) of section 603 of the Iran Threat Reduction 
and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8783) to which the 
exception under that section applies at the time of the activity.

SEC. 305. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST 
              IRAN.

    Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be 
construed as a declaration of war or an authorization of the use of 
force against Iran.

SEC. 306. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASED STAFFING FOR AGENCIES INVOLVED 
              IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS 
              AGAINST IRAN.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) when the President submits the President's budget for 
        fiscal year 2016 to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
        United States Code, the President should, in that budget, 
        prioritize--
                    (A) resources for the Office of Foreign Assets 
                Control for the Department of Treasury dedicated to the 
                implementation and enforcement of sanctions with 
                respect to Iran; and
                    (B) resources for the Department of State dedicated 
                to the implementation and enforcement of sanctions with 
                respect to Iran; and
            (2) the appropriate committees of the Senate and the House 
        of Representatives should prioritize the resources described in 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) during consideration 
        of authorization and appropriations legislation in future 
        fiscal years.
                                                        Calendar No. 29

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 792

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                                 A BILL

    To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose 
   additional sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.

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                             March 18, 2015

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar