[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1829 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1829

 To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the import of 
  petroleum from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2023

   Mr. Rubio (for himself, Ms. Hassan, and Ms. Rosen) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the import of 
  petroleum from the Islamic Republic 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 ``Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (3) Family member.--The term ``family member'' means, with 
        respect to an individual, a spouse, child, parent, sibling, 
        grandchild, or grandparent of the individual.
            (4) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an 
        individual or entity that is not a United States person.
            (5) Foreign port.--The term ``foreign port'' means any 
        harbor, marine terminal, or other shore side facility outside 
        of the United States used principally for the movement of goods 
        on the water.
            (6) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to 
        conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has 
        actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the 
        circumstance, or the result.
            (7) Material support.--The term ``material support'' has 
        the meaning given the term ``material support or resources'' in 
        section 2339A of title 18, United States Code.
            (8) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' means--
                    (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
                admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 
                or
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
                United States or any jurisdiction within the United 
                States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
            (9) Vessel.--The term ``vessel'' means any watercraft or 
        aircraft capable of being used as a means of transportation on, 
        under, or over water.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States--
            (1) to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran the ability to 
        engage in destabilizing activities, support international 
        terrorism, fund the development and acquisition of weapons of 
        mass destruction and the means to deliver such weapons by 
        limiting export of petroleum and petroleum products by the 
        Islamic Republic of Iran;
            (2) to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran funds to oppress 
        and commit human rights violations against the Iranian people 
        who are assembling peacefully to redress the Iranian regime;
            (3) to sanction entities that violate the laws of the 
        United States by providing support to the Iranian energy 
        sector; and
            (4) that the actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran to 
        finance and facilitate the participation of foreign terrorist 
        organizations in ongoing conflicts and illicit activities is 
        detrimental to the national security interests of the United 
        States.

SEC. 4. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS THAT ENGAGE IN 
              CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

    (a) Imposition of Sanctions.--
            (1) In general.--On and after the date that is 90 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
        shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with 
        respect to a foreign person that the President determines 
        knowingly engaged, on or after such date of enactment, in an 
        activity described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Activities described.--A foreign person engages in an 
        activity described in this paragraph if the foreign person--
                    (A) owns or operates a foreign port that, on or 
                after the date of the enactment of this Act, permitted 
                to dock at such foreign port a vessel--
                            (i) that is included on the list of 
                        specially designated nationals and blocked 
                        persons maintained by the Office of Foreign 
                        Assets Control of the Department of the 
                        Treasury for transporting Iranian crude oil; or
                            (ii) of which the operator or owner of such 
                        vessel otherwise knowingly engages in a 
                        significant transaction to transport, offload, 
                        or deal in condensate, refined, or unrefined 
                        petroleum products, or other petrochemical 
                        products originating from the Islamic Republic 
                        of Iran;
                    (B) owns or operates a vessel that conducts a sea-
                to-sea transfer involving a significant transaction of 
                any petroleum product originating from the Islamic 
                Republic of Iran;
                    (C) owns or operates a refinery that engages in a 
                significant transaction to process, refine, or 
                otherwise deal in any petroleum product originating 
                from the Islamic Republic of Iran;
                    (D) is a family member of a foreign person 
                described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C);
                    (E) is owned or controlled by a foreign person 
                described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or
                    (F) engages in a significant transaction with, or 
                provides material support to, a foreign person 
                described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).
    (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) Sanctions on foreign vessels.--Subject to such 
        regulations as the President may prescribe, the President may 
        prohibit a vessel described in subsection (a)(2)(A) or 
        (a)(2)(B) from landing at any port in the United States--
                    (A) with respect to a vessel described in 
                subsection (a)(2)(A), for a period of not more than 2 
                years beginning on the date on which the President 
                imposes sanctions with respect to a related foreign 
                port described in subsection (a)(2)(A); and
                    (B) with respect to a vessel described in 
                subsection (a)(2)(B), for a period of not more than 2 
                years.
            (2) Property blocking.--The President shall exercise all of 
        the powers granted to the President under the International 
        Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the 
        extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 
        property and interests in property of the 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.
            (3) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
                    (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--In the case of an 
                alien, the alien is--
                            (i) inadmissible to the United States;
                            (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
                        documentation to enter the United States; and
                            (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
                        or paroled into the United States or to receive 
                        any other benefit under the Immigration and 
                        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
                    (B) Current visas revoked.--
                            (i) In general.--The visa or other entry 
                        documentation of an alien described in 
                        subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, regardless 
                        of when such visa or other entry documentation 
                        was issued.
                            (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under 
                        clause (i) shall--
                                    (I) take effect immediately;
                                    (II) automatically cancel any other 
                                valid visa or entry documentation that 
                                is in the alien's possession; and
                                    (III) be implemented in accordance 
                                with section 221(i) of the Immigration 
                                and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)).
            (4) Implementation; penalties.--
                    (A) Implementation.--The President--
                            (i) 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 this section; and
                            (ii) not later than 180 days after the date 
                        of the enactment of this Act, shall prescribe 
                        such regulations as necessary to carry out this 
                        Act.
                    (B) Notification to congress.--Not later than 10 
                days before the effective date of any regulation 
                prescribed under subparagraph (A)(ii), the President 
                shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on 
                the proposed regulations and the provisions of this Act 
                relating to such regulations.
                    (C) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
                violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of 
                this section or any regulation, license, or order 
                issued to carry out this section shall be subject to 
                the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of 
                section 206 of the International Emergency Economic 
                Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a 
                person that commits an unlawful act described in 
                subsection (a) of that section.
    (c) Exceptions.--
            (1) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
                    (A) In general.--A requirement to block and 
                prohibit all transactions in all property and interests 
                in property under this section shall not include the 
                authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the 
                importation of goods.
                    (B) Good.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' 
                means any article, natural or manmade substance, 
                material, supply or manufactured product, including 
                inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical 
                data.
            (2) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
        agreement and law enforcement activities.--Sanctions under 
        subsection (b)(3) shall not apply with respect to an alien if 
        admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is 
        necessary to permit the United States to comply with the 
        Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
        signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
        November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
        States, or other applicable international obligations of the 
        United States.
            (3) Exception to comply with intelligence, law enforcement, 
        and other national security activities.--Sanctions under 
        subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to a foreign person 
        if such foreign person is a subject or target of, or otherwise 
        involved in, an intelligence, law enforcement, or national 
        security activity of the United States, as determined by the 
        President.
    (d) Waivers.--
            (1) In general.--The President may waive the application of 
        sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person 
        for a period not to exceed 180 days if the President--
                    (A) determines that such a waiver is vital to the 
                national interests of the United States; and
                    (B) not less than 15 days before the granting of 
                the waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional 
                committees a notice of and justification for the 
                waiver.
            (2) Special rule.--
                    (A) In general.--The President may waive the 
                application of sanctions under this section with 
                respect to a foreign person if the President certifies 
                in writing to the appropriate congressional committees 
                that--
                            (i) the foreign person--
                                    (I) has ceased engaging in 
                                activities described in subsection (b); 
                                or
                                    (II) has taken and is continuing to 
                                take significant verifiable steps 
                                toward ceasing such activities; and
                            (ii) the President has received reliable 
                        assurances from the government of the foreign 
                        country that such foreign person will not 
                        resume engaging in any activity described in 
                        subsection (b).
                    (B) Sunset.--The authority to grant a waiver under 
                this paragraph shall terminate on the date that is 5 
                years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. REPORT ON PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCT EXPORTS FROM IRAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Energy Information 
Administration shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the increase exports of petroleum and petroleum products by 
the Islamic Republic of Iran.
    (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) An analysis of the export and sale of petroleum and 
        petroleum products by the Islamic Republic of Iran since 2018, 
        including--
                    (A) an estimate of the annual revenue of the export 
                and sale of petroleum by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
                disaggregated by year;
                    (B) an estimate of the annual revenue of the export 
                and sale of petroleum to the People's Republic of China 
                by the Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year;
                    (C) the number of petroleum and crude oil barrels 
                annually exported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
                disaggregated by year;
                    (D) the number of petroleum and crude oil barrels 
                annually exported to the People's Republic of China by 
                the Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year;
                    (E) the number of petroleum and crude oil barrels 
                annually exported to countries other than the People's 
                Republic of China by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
                disaggregated by year;
                    (F) the average price per petroleum and crude oil 
                barrel annually exported by the Islamic Republic of 
                Iran, disaggregated by year; and
                    (G) the average price per petroleum and crude oil 
                barrel annually exported to the People's Republic of 
                China by the Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by 
                year.
            (2) An analysis of the labeling practices of the Islamic 
        Republic of Iran with respect to exported petroleum and 
        petroleum products.
            (3) A description of persons involved in the export and 
        sale of petroleum and petroleum products from the Islamic 
        Republic of Iran.
            (4) A description of vessels involved in the export and 
        sale of petroleum and petroleum products from the Islamic 
        Republic of Iran.
            (5) A description of foreign ports involved in the export 
        and sale of petroleum and petroleum products from the Islamic 
        Republic of Iran.
    (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
    (d) Publication.--The unclassified portion of the report required 
by subsection (a) shall be posted on a publicly available website of 
the Energy Information Administration.
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