[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2443-S2444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 281. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2024 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 in title XII, insert the 
     following:

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     SEC. 12__. REPEAL OF SUNSET OF IRAN SANCTIONS ACT OF 1996.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note) requires the imposition of sanctions with 
     respect to Iran's illicit weapons programs, conventional 
     weapons and ballistic missile development, and support for 
     terrorism, including Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps.
       (2) The Government of Iran has acquired destabilizing 
     conventional weapons systems from the Russian Federation and 
     other malign actors, and is funneling weapons and financial 
     support to its terrorist proxies throughout the Middle East, 
     threatening allies and partners of the United States, such as 
     Israel.
       (b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States to fully implement and enforce the Iran Sanctions Act 
     of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
       (c) Repeal of Sunset.--Section 13 of the Iran Sanctions Act 
     of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``; sunset'';
       (2) by striking ``(a) Effective Date.--''; and
       (3) by striking subsection (b).

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