[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2626 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2626

To impose sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the 
President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses 
                       and support for terrorism.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mr. Padilla) 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 the Supreme Leader of Iran and the 
President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses 
                       and support for terrorism.

    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 ``Mahsa Amini Human rights and 
Security Accountability Act'' or the ``MAHSA Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFICES OF THE 
              SUPREME LEADER AND PRESIDENT OF IRAN AND AFFILIATED 
              PERSONS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Determination and report required.--Not later than 90 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
        thereafter, the President shall--
                    (A) determine whether each foreign person described 
                in subsection (b) meets the criteria for imposition of 
                sanctions under one or more of the sanctions programs 
                and authorities listed in paragraph (2);
                    (B) impose applicable sanctions with respect to any 
                foreign person determined to meet the criteria for 
                imposition of sanctions pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
                under the sanctions programs and authorities listed in 
                subparagraph (A) or (F) of paragraph (2);
                    (C) pursue applicable sanctions with respect to any 
                foreign person determined to meet the criteria for 
                imposition of sanctions pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
                under the sanctions programs and authorities listed in 
                subparagraph (B), (C), (D), or (E) of paragraph (2); 
                and
                    (D) submit to the appropriate congressional 
                committees a report containing--
                            (i) a list of all foreign persons described 
                        in subsection (b) that meet the criteria for 
                        imposition of sanctions under one or more of 
                        the sanctions programs and authorities listed 
                        in paragraph (2); and
                            (ii) for each foreign person identified 
                        pursuant to clause (i)--
                                    (I) a list of each sanctions 
                                program or authority listed in 
                                paragraph (2) for which the person 
                                meets the criteria for imposition of 
                                sanctions;
                                    (II) a statement of which, if any, 
                                of the sanctions authorized by any of 
                                the sanctions programs and authorities 
                                identified pursuant to subclause (I) 
                                have been imposed or will be imposed 
                                within 30 days of the submission of the 
                                report; and
                                    (III) with respect to which any of 
                                the sanctions authorized by any of the 
                                sanctions programs and authorities 
                                identified pursuant to subclause (I) 
                                have not been imposed and will not be 
                                imposed within 30 days of the 
                                submission of the report--
                                            (aa) the specific authority 
                                        under which otherwise 
                                        applicable sanctions are being 
                                        waived, have otherwise been 
                                        determined not to apply, or are 
                                        not being imposed; and
                                            (bb) a complete 
                                        justification of the decision 
                                        to waive or otherwise not apply 
                                        the sanctions authorized by 
                                        such sanctions programs and 
                                        authorities.
            (2) Sanctions programs and authorities listed.--The 
        sanctions programs and authorities listed in this paragraph are 
        sanctions programs and authorities pursuant to the following:
                    (A) Section 105(c) of the Comprehensive Iran 
                Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 
                (22 U.S.C. 8514(c)).
                    (B) Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
                relating to blocking property of certain persons with 
                respect to serious human rights abuses by the 
                Government of Iran).
                    (C) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
                relating to blocking property and prohibiting 
                transactions with persons who commit, threaten to 
                commit, or support terrorism).
                    (D) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
                relating to blocking the property of persons involved 
                in serious human rights abuse or corruption).
                    (E) Executive Order 13876 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
                relating to imposing sanctions with respect to Iran).
                    (F) Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, 
                Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
                Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117-328).
            (3) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph 
        (1)(D) shall be submitted in an unclassified form but may 
        contain a classified annex provided separately containing 
        additional contextual information pertaining to justification 
        for the issuance of any waiver issued, as described in 
        paragraph (1)(D)(ii). The unclassified portion of such report 
        shall be made available on a publicly available internet 
        website of the Federal Government.
    (b) Foreign Persons Described.--The foreign persons described in 
this subsection are the following:
            (1) The Supreme Leader of Iran and any official in the 
        Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran.
            (2) The President of Iran and any official in the Office of 
        the President of Iran or the President's cabinet, including 
        cabinet ministers and executive vice presidents.
            (3) Any entity, including foundations and economic 
        conglomerates, overseen by the Office of the Supreme Leader of 
        Iran that is complicit in financing or resourcing of human 
        rights abuses or support for terrorism.
            (4) Any official of any entity owned or controlled by the 
        Supreme Leader of Iran or the Office of the Supreme Leader of 
        Iran.
            (5) Any person determined by the President--
                    (A) to be a person appointed by the Supreme Leader 
                of Iran, the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran, the 
                President of Iran, or the Office of the President of 
                Iran to a position as a state official of Iran, or as 
                the head of any entity located in Iran or any entity 
                located outside of Iran that is owned or controlled by 
                one or more entities in Iran;
                    (B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or 
                provided financial, material, or technological support 
                for, or goods or services to or in support of, any 
                person the property and interests in property of which 
                are blocked pursuant to any sanctions program or 
                authority listed in subsection (a)(2);
                    (C) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted 
                or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
                indirectly, any person the property and interests in 
                property of which are blocked pursuant to any sanctions 
                program or authority listed in subsection (a)(2); or
                    (D) to be a member of the board of directors or a 
                senior executive officer of any entity the property and 
                interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to 
                any sanctions program or authority listed in subsection 
                (a)(2).
    (c) Congressional Oversight.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after receiving a 
        request from the chairman and ranking member of one of the 
        appropriate congressional committees with respect to whether a 
        foreign person meets the criteria of a person described in 
        subsection (b)(5), the President shall--
                    (A) determine if the person meets such criteria; 
                and
                    (B) submit an unclassified report, with a 
                classified annex provided separately if needed, to such 
                chairman and ranking member with respect to such 
                determination that includes a statement of whether or 
                not the President imposed or intends to impose 
                sanctions with respect to the person pursuant to any 
                sanctions program or authority listed in subsection 
                (a)(2).
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives.

SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision 
to any person or circumstance, is found to be unconstitutional, the 
remainder of this Act, or the application of that provision to other 
persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.
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