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

  SA 890. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN TERMINATION AND WAIVER 
                   PROVISIONS RELATING TO IRAN SANCTIONS.

       (a) Repeal of Sunset Provision of Iran Sanctions Act of 
     1996.--Section 13(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
     (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is repealed.
       (b) Modification of Applicability of Certain Sanctions to 
     Petroleum Transactions.--Section 1245(d)(4) of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
     8513a(d)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(4) Applicability of sanctions with respect to petroleum 
     transactions.--Sanctions imposed under paragraph (1)(A) shall 
     apply with respect to a financial transaction conducted or 
     facilitated by a foreign financial institution on or after 
     the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
     for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from 
     Iran.''.
       (c) Limitation on Certain Waivers of Sanctions.--
       (1) In general.--Until the date on which the conditions 
     specified in paragraph (2) are met, 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) Conditions.--The conditions specified in this paragraph 
     are met if--
       (A) the President certifies to Congress that--
       (i) the Government of Iran has--

       (I) ceased supporting acts of international terrorism; and
       (II) has released all hostages who are United States 
     citizens or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for 
     permanent residence; and

       (ii) the International Atomic Energy Agency has verified 
     that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful in 
     nature; and
       (B) there is enacted into law a joint resolution approving 
     the issuance of the waiver described in subparagraph (A) of 
     paragraph (1) or the removal of the Iranian person from the 
     SDN list, as the case may be.
       (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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