[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 450 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 450

      To strengthen export controls for emerging and foundational 
 technologies that bolster the destabilizing activities of the Islamic 
               Republic of Iran, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 15, 2023

 Mr. Lankford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
      To strengthen export controls for emerging and foundational 
 technologies that bolster the destabilizing activities of 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 ``Sanctioning Transfers and Outbound 
Products to Iran Act of 2023'' or the ``STOP Iran Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSES FOR EXPORTS OF EMERGING AND 
              FOUNDATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES TO IRANIAN ENTITIES SUBJECT TO 
              SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--On and after the date that is 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
require, pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1753 of the Export 
Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4817), a license for the export, 
reexport, or in-country transfer of emerging and foundational 
technologies identified pursuant to subsection (a) of that section to 
any Iranian person described in subsection (b).
    (b) Iranian Persons Described.--
            (1) In general.--An Iranian person is described in this 
        subsection if the Iranian person--
                    (A) is--
                            (i) on a list specified in paragraph (2); 
                        or
                            (ii) otherwise subject to sanctions imposed 
                        by the United States pursuant to the 
                        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
                        U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or any other provision of 
                        law; and
                    (B) provides material, tactical, operational, 
                developmental, or financial support to--
                            (i) the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps;
                            (ii) any agency or instrumentality of the 
                        Armed Forces of Iran;
                            (iii) any agency or instrumentality related 
                        to the nuclear program of Iran;
                            (iv) any organization designated as a 
                        foreign terrorist organization under section 
                        219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
                        U.S.C. 1189), including Hamas, Hezbollah, 
                        Palestinian Islamic Jihad, al-Qa'ida, and al-
                        Shabaab; or
                            (v) any entity engaged in hostilities with 
                        a country that is a partner or ally of the 
                        United States, including the Houthis and Shia 
                        militias in Iraq.
            (2) Lists specified.--A list specified in this paragraph is 
        any of the following lists maintained by the Office of Foreign 
        Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury:
                    (A) The SDN List.
                    (B) The List of Foreign Financial Institutions 
                Subject to Correspondent Account or Payable-Through 
                Account Sanctions.
                    (C) The Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions List.
    (c) Report Required.--Not later than 30 days after issuing a 
license under subsection (a) for the export, reexport, or in-country 
transfer of emerging and foundational technologies to an Iranian person 
described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes--
            (1) a list of Iranian persons described in subsection (b);
            (2) the rationale for issuing the license, including any 
        findings or evidence relating to support described in 
        subsection (b)(1)(B) provided by the Iranian person; and
            (3) an explanation of why the Iranian person was not 
        subject to export controls under section 1753(b) of the Export 
        Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4817(b)) before the date 
        that is 120 days after date of the enactment of this Act that 
        addresses any partial or inconclusive evidence that the person 
        provided support described in subsection (b)(1)(B).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
                Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Financial Services and the 
                Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Export; in-country transfer; reexport.--The terms 
        ``export'', ``in-country transfer'', and ``reexport'' have the 
        meanings given those terms in section 1742 of the Export 
        Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801).
            (3) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' means--
                    (A) an individual who is a citizen or national of 
                Iran; and
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of Iran or 
                otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government 
                of Iran.
            (4) SDN list.--The term ``SDN list'' means the list of 
        specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
        by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
        the Treasury.
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