[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4516-S4517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 889. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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:

       On page 1663 of the amendment, strike lines 1 through 26, 
     and insert the following:
       (e) Restriction on Issuance of Iran Sanctions Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--If the Director assesses, in the report 
     required by subsection (b), that the Government of Iran is 
     supporting proxy

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     forces in Syria and Lebanon, the President may not--
       (A) issue any waiver of the application of sanctions 
     under--
       (i) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note);
       (ii) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
     Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.);
       (iii) section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a);
       (iv) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 
     of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.); or
       (v) the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
     (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); or
       (B) remove any Iranian person from the SDN list.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 1242 of the Iran Freedom 
     and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801).
       (B) 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.

     SEC. 10708. ANNUAL REPORT ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES SUPPORTING 
                   FOREIGN MILITARY AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Annual Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently 
     than once each year thereafter, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report describing 
     Iranian expenditures in the previous calendar year on 
     military and terrorist activities outside the country, 
     including each of the following:
       (1) The amount spent in such calendar year on activities by 
     the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including activities 
     providing support for--
       (A) Hizballah;
       (B) Houthi rebels in Yemen;
       (C) Hamas;
       (D) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or
       (E) any other entity or country the Director determines to 
     be relevant.
       (2) The amount spent in such calendar year for ballistic 
     missile research and testing or other activities that the 
     Director determines are destabilizing to the Middle East 
     region.
       (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (c) Restriction on Issuance of Iran Sanctions Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--The President may not issue a waiver 
     described in paragraph (2) or remove any Iranian person from 
     the SDN list--
       (A) unless there is enacted into law a joint resolution 
     approving the issuance of the waiver or the removal of the 
     person from that list, as the case may be; or
       (B) if the Director assesses, in the report required by 
     subsection (a), that the Government of Iran has expended 
     funds for activities described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
     that subsection.
       (2) Waivers described.--A waiver described in this 
     paragraph is any waiver of the application of sanctions 
     under--
       (A) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note);
       (B) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
     Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.);
       (C) section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a);
       (D) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 
     2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.); or
       (E) the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
     (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.).
       (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 1242 of the Iran Freedom 
     and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801).
       (B) 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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