[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5147-S5148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 924. Mr. McCAIN (for Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. ____. REPORT ON USE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN OF 
                   COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND RELATED SERVICES FOR 
                   ILLICIT ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the 
     President, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the 
     Secretary of State, and the Director of National 
     Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on use by the Government of Iran of 
     commercial aircraft and related services for illicit 
     activities.
       (b) Elements of Report.--The report required under 
     subsection (a) shall include a description of the extent to 
     which--
       (1) the Government of Iran is using commercial aircraft, 
     including aircraft of Iran Air, or related services to 
     transport illicit cargo to or from Iran, including military 
     goods, weapons, military personnel, military-related 
     electronic parts and mechanical equipment, or rocket or 
     missile components; and
       (2) the commercial aviation sector of Iran, including Iran 
     Air, is providing financial, material, or technological 
     support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's 
     Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, the Bashar al 
     Assad Regime, Hezbollah, Hamas, Kata'ib Hezbollah, any 
     organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization 
     under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1189), or any entity designated as a specially 
     designated national and blocked person on the list maintained 
     by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
     the Treasury.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.

[[Page S5148]]

       (d) Sunset.--This section shall cease to be effective on 
     the date that is 30 days after the date on which the 
     President certifies to Congress that the Government of Iran 
     has ceased providing support for acts of international 
     terrorism.
                                 ______