[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 6323 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6323


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To modify the availability of certain waiver authorities with respect 
to sanctions imposed with respect to the financial sector of Iran, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Counterterrorism Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITIES WITH RESPECT TO SANCTIONS 
              IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE FINANCIAL SECTOR OF IRAN.

    (a) FY 2013 NDAA.--Section 1247 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 8806) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) In subsection (f)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``determines 
                that such a waiver'' and inserting the following: 
                ``determines that--
                            ``(i) the Government of Iran has ceased to 
                        provide support for acts of international 
                        terrorism; or
                            ``(ii) such a waiver''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``before 
                issuing a waiver pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii),'' 
                before ``submits''.
            (2) By adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Period for Review by Congress.--
            ``(1) In general.--During the period of 30 calendar days 
        beginning on the date on which the President submits a report 
        under subsection (f)(1)(B), the appropriate congressional 
        committees should, as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings 
        and otherwise obtain information in order to fully review the 
        report.
            ``(2) Exception.--The period for congressional review under 
        paragraph (1) of a report required to be submitted under 
        subsection (f)(1)(B) shall be 60 calendar days if the report is 
        submitted on or after July 10 and on or before September 7 in 
        any calendar year.
            ``(3) Limitation on actions during initial congressional 
        review period.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
        during the period for congressional review provided for under 
        paragraph (1) of a report submitted under subsection (f)(1)(B) 
        proposing a waiver of the imposition of sanctions under 
        subsection (a), including any additional period for such review 
        as applicable under the exception provided in paragraph (2), 
        the President may not issue the waiver unless a joint 
        resolution of approval with respect to that waiver is enacted 
        in accordance with subsection (h).
            ``(4) Effect of enactment of a joint resolution of 
        disapproval.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a 
        joint resolution of disapproval relating to a report submitted 
        under subsection (f)(1)(B) proposing an action described in 
        subsection (f)(1)(A)(ii) is enacted in accordance with 
        subsection (h), the President may not issue the waiver.
    ``(h) Joint Resolutions of Disapproval or Approval Defined.--In 
this subsection:
            ``(1) Joint resolution of approval.--The term `joint 
        resolution of approval' means only a joint resolution of either 
        House of Congress--
                    ``(A) the title of which is as follows: `A joint 
                resolution approving the President's proposal to issue 
                a waiver relating to the application of certain 
                sanctions with respect to Iran.'; and
                    ``(B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of 
                which is the following: `Congress approves of the 
                issuance of a waiver relating to the application of 
                sanctions imposed with respect to Iran proposed by the 
                President in the report submitted to Congress under 
                section 1247(f)(1)(B) of the National Defense 
                Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 on _______ 
                relating to ________.', with the first blank space 
                being filled with the appropriate date and the second 
                blank space being filled with a short description of 
                the proposed waiver.
            ``(2) Joint resolution of disapproval.--The term `joint 
        resolution of disapproval' means only a joint resolution of 
        either House of Congress--
                    ``(A) the title of which is as follows: `A joint 
                resolution disapproving the President's proposal to 
                issue a waiver relating to the application of certain 
                sanctions with respect to Iran.'; and
                    ``(B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of 
                which is the following: `Congress disapproves of the 
                issuance of a waiver relating to the application of 
                sanctions imposed with respect to Iran proposed by the 
                President in the report submitted to Congress under 
                section 1247(f)(1)(B) of the National Defense 
                Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 on _______ 
                relating to ________.', with the first blank space 
                being filled with the appropriate date and the second 
                blank space being filled with a short description of 
                the proposed action.
            ``(3) Introduction.--During the period of 30 calendar days 
        provided for under subsection (g)(1), including any additional 
        period as applicable under the exception provided in subsection 
        (g)(2), a joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of 
        disapproval may be introduced--
                    ``(A) in the House of Representatives, by the 
                majority leader or the minority leader; and
                    ``(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the 
                majority leader's designee) or the minority leader (or 
                the minority leader's designee).
            ``(4) Floor consideration in house of representatives.--If 
        a committee of the House of Representatives to which a joint 
        resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval has 
        been referred has not reported the joint resolution within 10 
        calendar days after the date of referral, that committee shall 
        be discharged from further consideration of the joint 
        resolution.
            ``(5) Consideration in the senate.--
                    ``(A) Committee referral.--A joint resolution of 
                approval or joint resolution of disapproval introduced 
                in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on 
                Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
                    ``(B) Reporting and discharge.--If the committee to 
                which a joint resolution of approval or joint 
                resolution of disapproval was referred has not reported 
                the joint resolution within 10 calendar days after the 
                date of referral of the joint resolution, that 
                committee shall be discharged from further 
                consideration of the joint resolution and the joint 
                resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
                    ``(C) Proceeding to consideration.--Notwithstanding 
                Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in 
                order at any time after the Committee on Banking, 
                Housing, and Urban Affairs reports a joint resolution 
                of approval or joint resolution of disapproval to the 
                Senate or has been discharged from consideration of 
                such a joint resolution (even though a previous motion 
                to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 
                proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, 
                and all points of order against the joint resolution 
                (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are 
                waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 
                motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion 
                to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to 
                or disagreed to shall not be in order.
                    ``(D) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals 
                from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
                application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may 
                be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution of 
                approval or joint resolution of disapproval shall be 
                decided without debate.
                    ``(E) Consideration of veto messages.--Debate in 
                the Senate of any veto message with respect to a joint 
                resolution of approval or joint resolution of 
                disapproval, including all debatable motions and 
                appeals in connection with the joint resolution, shall 
                be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, 
                and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority 
                leader or their designees.
            ``(6) Rules relating to senate and house of 
        representatives.--
                    ``(A) Treatment of senate joint resolution in 
                house.--In the House of Representatives, the following 
                procedures shall apply to a joint resolution of 
                approval or a joint resolution of disapproval received 
                from the Senate (unless the House has already passed a 
                joint resolution relating to the same proposed action):
                            ``(i) The joint resolution shall be 
                        referred to the Committee on Financial 
                        Services.
                            ``(ii) If a committee to which a joint 
                        resolution has been referred has not reported 
                        the joint resolution within 2 calendar days 
                        after the date of referral, that committee 
                        shall be discharged from further consideration 
                        of the joint resolution.
                            ``(iii) Beginning on the third legislative 
                        day after each committee to which a joint 
                        resolution has been referred reports the joint 
                        resolution to the House or has been discharged 
                        from further consideration thereof, it shall be 
                        in order to move to proceed to consider the 
                        joint resolution in the House. All points of 
                        order against the motion are waived. Such a 
                        motion shall not be in order after the House 
                        has disposed of a motion to proceed on the 
                        joint resolution. The previous question shall 
                        be considered as ordered on the motion to its 
                        adoption without intervening motion. The motion 
                        shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider 
                        the vote by which the motion is disposed of 
                        shall not be in order.
                            ``(iv) The joint resolution shall be 
                        considered as read. All points of order against 
                        the joint resolution and against its 
                        consideration are waived. The previous question 
                        shall be considered as ordered on the joint 
                        resolution to final passage without intervening 
                        motion except 2 hours of debate equally divided 
                        and controlled by the sponsor of the joint 
                        resolution (or a designee) and an opponent. A 
                        motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 
                        joint resolution shall not be in order.
                    ``(B) Treatment of house joint resolution in 
                senate.--
                            ``(i) If, before the passage by the Senate 
                        of a joint resolution of approval or joint 
                        resolution of disapproval, the Senate receives 
                        an identical joint resolution from the House of 
                        Representatives, the following procedures shall 
                        apply:
                                    ``(I) That joint resolution shall 
                                not be referred to a committee.
                                    ``(II) With respect to that joint 
                                resolution--
                                            ``(aa) the procedure in the 
                                        Senate shall be the same as if 
                                        no joint resolution had been 
                                        received from the House of 
                                        Representatives; but
                                            ``(bb) the vote on passage 
                                        shall be on the joint 
                                        resolution from the House of 
                                        Representatives.
                            ``(ii) If, following passage of a joint 
                        resolution of approval or joint resolution of 
                        disapproval in the Senate, the Senate receives 
                        an identical joint resolution from the House of 
                        Representatives, that joint resolution shall be 
                        placed on the appropriate Senate calendar.
                            ``(iii) If a joint resolution of approval 
                        or a joint resolution of disapproval is 
                        received from the House, and no companion joint 
                        resolution has been introduced in the Senate, 
                        the Senate procedures under this subsection 
                        shall apply to the House joint resolution.
                    ``(C) Application to revenue measures.--The 
                provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the 
                House of Representatives to a joint resolution of 
                approval or joint resolution of disapproval that is a 
                revenue measure.
            ``(7) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This 
        subsection is enacted by Congress--
                    ``(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
                Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, 
                and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each 
                House, respectively, and supersedes other rules only to 
                the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
                    ``(B) with full recognition of the constitutional 
                right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
                relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
                in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 
                case of any other rule of that House.''.
    (b) FY 2012 NDAA.--Section 1245(d)(5) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(5)) is 
amended as follows:
            (1) In subparagraph (A), by striking ``determines that such 
        a waiver'' and inserting the following: ``determines that--
                            ``(i) the Government of Iran has ceased to 
                        provide support for acts of international 
                        terrorism; or
                            ``(ii) such a waiver''.
            (2) In subparagraph (B), by inserting ``before issuing a 
        waiver pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii),'' before ``submits''.
            (3) By adding at the end the following:
        ``The provisions relating to period for review by Congress 
        described in subsections (g) and (h) of section 1247 of the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 
        U.S.C. 8806) shall apply with respect to a report submitted 
        under subparagraph (B) proposing a waiver of the imposition of 
        sanctions under paragraph (1) in the same manner and to the 
        same extent as such provisions apply with respect to a report 
        submitted under subsection (f)(1)(B) of such section 1247 
        proposing a waiver of 


              

the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) of such section.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 17, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.