[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3304]
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SA 2378. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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. 1226. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
MILITIAS IN IRAQ THAT ARE BACKED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.
(a) Imposition of Sanctions.--
(1) In general.--Beginning on the date that is 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall block and prohibit, pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all
transactions in all property and interests in property of As-
Saib Ahl al-Haq, Harakat Hizballah al-Nujaba, and any foreign
person that the President determines is an official, agent,
or affiliate of, or owned or controlled by, As-Saib Ahl al-
Haq or Harakat Hizballah al-Nujaba, 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) Exception.--The requirement to impose sanctions under
paragraph (1) shall not include the requirement or the
authority to impose sanctions on the importation of goods (as
that term is defined 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) United states person defined.--In this subsection, 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.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a
report that includes a detailed list of entities in which
there is a reasonable basis to determine that Iran's Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps has an ownership interest of not
less than 33 percent to--
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
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