[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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