[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 101 (Wednesday, June 14, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3500-S3503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 253. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 722, to impose sanctions with respect to Iran in
relation to Iran's ballistic missile program, support for acts of
international terrorism, and violations of human rights, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Countering
Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric
Iranian threats in the Middle East and North Africa.
Sec. 4. Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran's
ballistic missile program.
Sec. 5. Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the
IRGC.
Sec. 6. Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons
responsible for human rights abuses.
Sec. 7. Enforcement of arms embargos.
Sec. 8. Continuation in effect of sanctions for Iranian support
relating to terrorism and Iran's ballistic missile
program.
Sec. 9. Review of applicability of sanctions relating to Iran's support
for terrorism and its ballistic missile program.
Sec. 10. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States
and the European Union.
Sec. 11. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran.
Sec. 12. Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance;
rule of construction.
Sec. 13. Waiver authority; termination of sanctions.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Act of international terrorism.--The term ``act of
international terrorism'' has the meaning given that term in
section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' has the meaning
given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of
1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
(3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means a
person that is not a United States person.
(4) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' means--
(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of Iran; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise
subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran.
(5) IRGC.--The term ``IRGC'' means Iran's Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps.
(6) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'' has the meaning
given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of
1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
(7) 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 of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a
foreign branch of such an entity.
SEC. 3. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVENTIONAL AND
ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN THREATS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
AND NORTH AFRICA.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary
of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence
shall jointly develop and submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a strategy for deterring
conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities and threats
that directly threaten the United States and key allies in
the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.
(b) Elements.--The strategy required by subsection (a)
shall include at a minimum the following:
(1) A summary of the near- and long-term United States
objectives, plans, and means for countering Iran's
destabilizing activities, including identification of
countries that share the objective of countering Iran's
destabilizing activities.
(2) A summary of the capabilities and contributions of
individual countries to shared efforts to counter Iran's
destabilizing activities, and a summary of additional actions
or contributions that each country could take to further
contribute.
(3) An assessment of Iran's conventional force capabilities
and an assessment of Iran's plans to upgrade its conventional
force capabilities, including its acquisition, development,
and deployment of ballistic and cruise missile capabilities,
unmanned aerial vehicles, and maritime offensive and anti-
access or area denial capabilities.
(4) An assessment of Iran's chemical and biological weapons
capabilities and an assessment of Iranian plans to upgrade
its chemical or biological weapons capabilities.
(5) An assessment of Iran's asymmetric activities in the
region, including--
(A) the size, capabilities, and activities of the IRGC,
including the Quds Force;
(B) the size, capabilities, and activities of Iran's cyber
operations;
(C) the types and amount of support, including funding,
lethal and nonlethal contributions, and training, provided to
Hezbollah, Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the regime of
Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Houthi fighters in Yemen, and other
violent groups across the Middle East; and
(D) the scope and objectives of Iran's information
operations and use of propaganda.
(6) A summary of United States actions, unilaterally and in
cooperation with foreign governments, to counter
destabilizing Iranian activities, including--
(A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms bound for groups
designated as foreign terrorist organizations under section
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189);
(B) Iran's interference in international commercial
shipping lanes;
(C) attempts by Iran to undermine or subvert
internationally recognized governments in the Middle East
region; and
(D) Iran's support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad in
Syria, including--
(i) financial assistance, military equipment and personnel,
and other support provided to that regime; and
(ii) support and direction to other armed actors that are
not Syrian or Iranian and are acting on behalf of that
regime.
(c) Form of Strategy.--The strategy required by subsection
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a
classified annex.
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE TO
IRAN'S BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.
(a) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President shall impose
the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any
person that the President determines, on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act--
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that materially
contributes to the activities of the Government of Iran with
respect to its ballistic missile program, or any other
program in Iran for developing, deploying, or maintaining
systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction,
including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess,
develop, transport, transfer, or use such capabilities;
(2) is a successor entity to a person referred to in
paragraph (1);
(3) owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person
referred to in paragraph (1);
(4) forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions
that would otherwise be imposed pursuant to paragraph (3);
(5) is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or
(6) knowingly provides or attempts to provide financial,
material, technological, or other support for, or goods or
services in support of, a person referred to in paragraph
(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5).
(b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Blocking of property.--The President shall block, in
accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all
property and interests in property of any person subject to
subsection (a) 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.
(2) Exclusion from united states.--The Secretary of State
shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall exclude from the United States, any person subject to
subsection (a) that is an alien.
(c) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of
subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued
to carry out that subsection 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.
(d) Report on Contributions to Iran's Ballistic Missile
Program.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report describing each person that--
(A) has, during the period specified in paragraph (2),
conducted any activity that has materially contributed to the
activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its
ballistic missile program, or any other program in Iran for
developing, deploying, or maintaining systems capable of
delivering weapons of mass destruction, including any efforts
to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport,
transfer, or use such capabilities;
(B) is a successor entity to a person referred to in
subparagraph (A);
(C) owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person
referred to in subparagraph (A);
(D) forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions
that could be imposed as a
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result of a relationship described in subparagraph (C);
(E) is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or
(F) is known or believed to have provided, or attempted to
provide, during the period specified in paragraph (2),
financial, material, technological, or other support for, or
goods or services in support of, any material contribution to
a program described in subparagraph (A) carried out by a
person described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).
(2) Period specified.--The period specified in this
paragraph is--
(A) in the case of the first report submitted under
paragraph (1), the period beginning January 1, 2016, and
ending on the date the report is submitted; and
(B) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180-day
period preceding the submission of the report.
(3) Form of report.--Each report required by paragraph (1)
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a
classified annex.
SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANCTIONS WITH
RESPECT TO THE IRGC.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant to Executive
Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking
property of weapons of mass destruction delivery system
proliferators and their supporters), the Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22
U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), 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), and Executive Order 13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note;
relating to blocking the property and suspending entry into
the United States of certain persons with respect to grave
human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via
information technology).
(2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (in
this section referred to as the ``IRGC-QF'') is the primary
arm of the Government of Iran for executing its policy of
supporting terrorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC-QF
provides material, logistical assistance, training, and
financial support to militants and terrorist operatives
throughout the Middle East and South Asia and was designated
for the imposition of sanctions by the Secretary of Treasury
pursuant to 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) in October 2007 for its support of terrorism.
(3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC-QF, is responsible for
implementing Iran's international program of destabilizing
activities, support for acts of international terrorism, and
ballistic missile program.
(b) In General.--Beginning on the date that is 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with
respect to the IRGC and foreign persons that are officials,
agents, or affiliates of the IRGC.
(c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign
person pursuant to 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).
SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a list of each person the Secretary
determines, based on credible evidence, on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act--
(1) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or
other gross violations of internationally recognized human
rights committed against individuals in Iran who seek--
(A) to expose illegal activity carried out by officials of
the Government of Iran; or
(B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote internationally
recognized human rights and freedoms, such as the freedoms of
religion, expression, association, and assembly, and the
rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; or
(2) acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person in
a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph (1).
(b) Sanctions Described.--
(1) In general.--The President may, in accordance with the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.), block all transactions in all property and
interests in property of a person on the list required by
subsection (a) 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.
(2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of
paragraph (1) or any regulation, license, or order issued to
carry out paragraph (1) 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.
SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS.
(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (d), the
President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection
(b) with respect to any person that the President
determines--
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that materially
contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or
indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of
Iran, of any battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large
caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack
helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as
defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of
Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare
parts; or
(2) knowingly provides to Iran any technical training,
financial resources or services, advice, other services or
assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer,
manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related materiel
described in paragraph (1).
(b) Sanctions Described.--
(1) Blocking of property.--The President shall block, in
accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all
property and interests in property of any person subject to
subsection (a) 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.
(2) Exclusion from united states.--The Secretary of State
shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall exclude from the United States, any person subject to
subsection (a) that is an alien.
(c) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of
subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued
to carry out that subsection 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.
(d) Exception.--The President is not required to impose
sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a person for
engaging in an activity described in that subsection if the
President certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees that--
(1) permitting the activity is in the national security
interest of the United States;
(2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat to the
national security of the United States and to the allies of
the United States; and
(3) the Government of Iran has ceased providing operational
or financial support for acts of international terrorism and
no longer satisfies the requirements for designation as a
state sponsor of terrorism.
(e) State Sponsor of Terrorism Defined.--In this section,
the term ``state sponsor of terrorism'' means a country the
government of which the Secretary of State has determined to
be a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism for purposes of--
(1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of
1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as continued in effect
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.));
(2) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2371(a));
(3) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2780(d)); or
(4) any other provision of law.
SEC. 8. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS FOR IRANIAN
SUPPORT RELATING TO TERRORISM AND IRAN'S
BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--United States sanctions imposed with
respect to a person under Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C.
1701 note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass
destruction delivery system proliferators and their
supporters) or 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), and imposed as a result of activities described
in subsection (b), that are in effect on the day before the
date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect
until the date that is 90 days after the date on which the
President submits to the appropriate congressional committees
the certification described in subsection (c) with respect to
the person.
(b) Activities Described.--An activity described in this
subsection is--
(1) any activity that materially contributes to the
activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its
ballistic missile program; or
(2) support by the Government of Iran for acts of
international terrorism.
(c) Certification.--
(1) In general.--A certification described in this
subsection is a certification that the person with respect to
which sanctions were imposed under Executive Order 13382 or
Executive Order 13224 has not, during the 3-month period
immediately preceding the date of the certification, provided
support for or otherwise facilitated or engaged in any
activity described in subsection (b).
(2) Submission to congress.--
(A) In general.--The President shall submit the
certification described in paragraph
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(1) to the appropriate congressional committees in writing
and shall include a detailed justification for the
certification.
(B) Form of certification.--The certification described in
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
include a classified annex.
(d) Reimposition.--If sanctions are suspended with respect
to a person under this section, such sanctions shall be
reinstated if the President determines that the person has
resumed any activity described in subsection (b).
SEC. 9. REVIEW OF APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO
IRAN'S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND ITS BALLISTIC
MISSILE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 5 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall conduct a
review of all persons 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
activities relating to Iran--
(1) to assess the conduct of such persons as that conduct
relates to--
(A) any activity that materially contributes to the
activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its
ballistic missile program; or
(B) support by the Government of Iran for acts of
international terrorism; and
(2) to determine the applicability of sanctions with
respect to such persons under--
(A) Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to
blocking property of weapons of mass destruction delivery
system proliferators and their supporters); or
(B) 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).
(b) Implementation of Sanctions.--If the President
determines under subsection (a) that sanctions under an
Executive Order specified in paragraph (2) of that subsection
are applicable with respect to a person, the President
shall--
(1) impose sanctions with respect to that person pursuant
to that Executive Order; or
(2) exercise the waiver authority provided under section
13.
SEC. 10. REPORT ON COORDINATION OF SANCTIONS BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report that includes the following:
(1) A description of each instance, during the period
specified in subsection (b)--
(A) in which the United States has imposed sanctions with
respect to a person for activity related to the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems for such
weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of international
terrorism by Iran, or human rights abuses in Iran, but in
which the European Union has not imposed corresponding
sanctions; and
(B) in which the European Union has imposed sanctions with
respect to a person for activity related to the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems for such
weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of international
terrorism by Iran, or human rights abuses in Iran, but in
which the United States has not imposed corresponding
sanctions.
(2) An explanation for the reason for each discrepancy
between sanctions imposed by the European Union and sanctions
imposed by the United States described in subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of paragraph (1).
(b) Period Specified.--The period specified in this
subsection is--
(1) in the case of the first report submitted under
subsection (a), the period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act and ending on the date the report is
submitted; and
(2) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180-day
period preceding the submission of the report.
(c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a
classified annex.
SEC. 11. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS DETAINED BY IRAN.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on United States citizens, including
United States citizens who are also citizens of other
countries, detained by Iran or groups supported by Iran that
includes--
(1) information regarding any officials of the Government
of Iran involved in any way in the detentions; and
(2) a summary of efforts the United States Government has
taken to secure the swift release of those United States
citizens.
(b) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
SEC. 12. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
(a) In General.--The following activities shall be exempt
from sanctions under sections 4, 5, 6, and 7:
(1) Any activity subject to the reporting requirements
under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3091 et seq.), or to any authorized intelligence activities
of the United States.
(2) The admission of an alien to the United States if such
admission is necessary to comply with United States
obligations under the Agreement between the United Nations
and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters
of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947,
and entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the
Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24,
1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or other
applicable international obligations of the United States.
(3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction for the
sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical
devices to Iran or for the provision of humanitarian
assistance to the people of Iran, including engaging in a
financial transaction relating to humanitarian assistance or
for humanitarian purposes or transporting goods or services
that are necessary to carry out operations relating to
humanitarian assistance or humanitarian purposes.
(b) Exception Relating to Importation of Goods.--A
requirement or the authority to block and prohibit all
transactions in all property and interests in property under
this Act shall not include the authority to impose sanctions
with respect to the importation of goods.
(c) Implementation.--The President 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 Act.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to limit the authority of the President under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.).
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural
commodity'' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of
the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
(2) Good.--The term ``good'' has the meaning given that
term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979
(50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued in effect pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.)).
(3) Medical device.--The term ``medical device'' has the
meaning given the term ``device'' in section 201 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
(4) Medicine.--The term ``medicine'' has the meaning given
the term ``drug'' in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
SEC. 13. WAIVER AUTHORITY; TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.
(a) Temporary Waiver Authority.--Except as provided in
subsection (b), the President may waive a requirement under
this Act to impose or maintain sanctions with respect to a
person for one period of not more than 120 days.
(b) Termination of Sanctions.--Sanctions waived under
subsection (a) shall terminate if--
(1) not later than 30 days before the waiver under
subsection (a) with respect to the sanctions expires, the
President submits to Congress a request to terminate the
sanctions; and
(2) during the 30-day period beginning on the date on which
the President submits the request to Congress, a joint
resolution of approval is enacted into law under subsection
(c).
(c) Joint Resolution of Approval.--
(1) Joint resolution of approval defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``joint resolution of approval'' means a
joint resolution the sole matter after the resolving clause
of which is as follows: ``That Congress approves the request
of the President under section 12 of the Countering Iran's
Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 submitted on ____ to
terminate the application of sanctions with respect to
____.'', with the first blank space being filled with the
date and the second blank space being filled with the name of
the person to which the request applies.
(2) Introduction.--On or after the day on which the
President submits to Congress a request under subsection
(b)(2), a joint resolution of approval with respect to the
request may be introduced--
(A) in the House, by the majority leader of the House, for
the majority leader and the minority leader of the House, or
by Members of the House designated by the majority leader and
minority leader of the House; and
(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader of the Senate,
for the majority leader and the minority leader of the
Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by the
majority leader and minority leader of the Senate.
(3) Committee referral.--A joint resolution of approval
shall be referred by the presiding officers of the respective
Houses to the appropriate committee.
(4) Amendments prohibited.--No amendment to a joint
resolution of approval shall be in order in either the House
of Representatives or the Senate. It shall not be in order to
suspend the application of this paragraph in either House or
for the Presiding Officer to entertain a request to suspend
the application of this paragraph by unanimous consent.
(5) Period for committee consideration.--If the committee
of either House to which a joint resolution of approval has
been referred has not reported the resolution at the close of
the 15th day after the introduction of the resolution, the
committee shall be automatically discharged from further
consideration
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of the resolution and the resolution shall be placed on the
appropriate calendar.
(6) Floor consideration.--
(A) In general.--A vote on final passage of a joint
resolution of approval shall be taken in each House on or
before the close of the 15th day after the resolution is
reported by the committee of that House to which the
resolution was referred, or after that committee has been
discharged from further consideration of the resolution under
paragraph (5).
(B) Resolution passed by other house.--If, prior to the
passage by one House of a joint resolution of approval of
that House, that House receives the same resolution from the
other House, then--
(i) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no
resolution had been received from the other House; but
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on the resolution
of the other House.
(7) Floor consideration in the house of representatives.--
(A) Motions to proceed.--A motion in the House of
Representatives to proceed to the consideration of a joint
resolution of approval shall be highly privileged and not
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order,
nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
(B) Time for debate.--Debate in the House of
Representatives on a joint resolution of approval shall be
limited to not more than 20 hours, which shall be divided
equally between those favoring and those opposing the
resolution. A motion further to limit debate shall not be
debatable. It shall not be in order to move to recommit a
joint resolution of approval or to move to reconsider the
vote by which a joint resolution of approval is agreed to or
disagreed to.
(C) Motions to postpone.--Motions to postpone, made in the
House of Representatives with respect to the consideration of
a joint resolution of approval, and motions to proceed to the
consideration of other business, shall be decided without
debate.
(D) Appeals.--All appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the Rules of the House of
Representatives to the procedure relating to a joint
resolution of approval shall be decided without debate.
(E) Applicability of rules.--Except to the extent
specifically provided in the preceding provisions of this
paragraph, consideration of a joint resolution of approval
shall be governed by the Rules of the House of
Representatives applicable to other resolutions in similar
circumstances.
(8) Floor consideration in the senate.--
(A) Motions to proceed.--A motion in the Senate to proceed
to the consideration of a joint resolution of approval shall
be privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion
shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to
reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
disagreed to.
(B) Time for debate.--Debate in the Senate on a joint
resolution of approval, and all debatable motions and appeals
in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10
hours. The time shall be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or
their designees.
(C) Motions and appeals.--Debate in the Senate on any
debatable motion or appeal in connection with a joint
resolution of approval shall be limited to not more than 1
hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
mover and the manager of the resolution, except that in the
event the manager of the resolution is in favor of any such
motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto shall be
controlled by the minority leader or the minority leader's
designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from time
under their control on the passage of a joint resolution of
approval, allot additional time to any Senator during the
consideration of any debatable motion or appeal.
(D) Motions to further limit debate.--A motion in the
Senate to further limit debate on a joint resolution of
approval is not debatable.
(E) Motions to recommit.--A motion to recommit a joint
resolution of approval is not in order.
(9) 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,
but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be
followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution of
approval, 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.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to limit the authority of the President to impose
sanctions under this Act with respect to a person with
respect to which sanctions were terminated under this
section.
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