[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3061-S3063]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 884. Mr. RUBIO 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:

       Subtitle ___--Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act of 2023

     SEC. ___. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Stop Harboring Iranian 
     Petroleum Act of 2023''.

     SEC. ___. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
       (3) Family member.--The term ``family member'' means, with 
     respect to an individual, a spouse, child, parent, sibling, 
     grandchild, or grandparent of the individual.
       (4) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an 
     individual or entity that is not a United States person.
       (5) Foreign port.--The term ``foreign port'' means any 
     harbor, marine terminal, or other shore side facility outside 
     of the United States used principally for the movement of 
     goods on the water.
       (6) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to 
     conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has 
     actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the 
     circumstance, or the result.
       (7) Material support.--The term ``material support'' has 
     the meaning given the term ``material support or resources'' 
     in section 2339A of title 18, United States Code.
       (8) United states person.--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 any jurisdiction within the United States, including a 
     foreign branch of such an entity.
       (9) Vessel.--The term ``vessel'' means any watercraft or 
     aircraft capable of being used as a means of transportation 
     on, under, or over water.

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     SEC. ___. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran the ability to 
     engage in destabilizing activities, support international 
     terrorism, fund the development and acquisition of weapons of 
     mass destruction and the means to deliver such weapons by 
     limiting export of petroleum and petroleum products by the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran;
       (2) to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran funds to oppress 
     and commit human rights violations against the Iranian people 
     who are assembling peacefully to redress the Iranian regime;
       (3) to sanction entities that violate the laws of the 
     United States by providing support to the Iranian energy 
     sector; and
       (4) that the actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran to 
     finance and facilitate the participation of foreign terrorist 
     organizations in ongoing conflicts and illicit activities is 
     detrimental to the national security interests of the United 
     States.

     SEC. ___. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS THAT 
                   ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

       (a) Imposition of Sanctions.--
       (1) In general.--On and after the date that is 90 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
     shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with 
     respect to a foreign person that the President determines 
     knowingly engaged, on or after such date of enactment, in an 
     activity described in paragraph (2).
       (2) Activities described.--A foreign person engages in an 
     activity described in this paragraph if the foreign person--
       (A) owns or operates a foreign port that, on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, permitted to dock at such 
     foreign port a vessel--
       (i) that is included on the list of specially designated 
     nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury for 
     transporting Iranian crude oil; or
       (ii) of which the operator or owner of such vessel 
     otherwise knowingly engages in a significant transaction to 
     transport, offload, or deal in condensate, refined, or 
     unrefined petroleum products, or other petrochemical products 
     originating from the Islamic Republic of Iran;
       (B) owns or operates a vessel that conducts a sea-to-sea 
     transfer involving a significant transaction of any petroleum 
     product originating from the Islamic Republic of Iran;
       (C) owns or operates a refinery that engages in a 
     significant transaction to process, refine, or otherwise deal 
     in any petroleum product originating from the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran;
       (D) is a family member of a foreign person described in 
     subparagraph (A), (B), or (C);
       (E) is owned or controlled by a foreign person described in 
     subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or
       (F) engages in a significant transaction with, or provides 
     material support to, a foreign person described in 
     subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).
       (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) Sanctions on foreign vessels.--Subject to such 
     regulations as the President may prescribe, the President may 
     prohibit a vessel described in subsection (a)(2)(A) or 
     (a)(2)(B) from landing at any port in the United States--
       (A) with respect to a vessel described in subsection 
     (a)(2)(A), for a period of not more than 2 years beginning on 
     the date on which the President imposes sanctions with 
     respect to a related foreign port described in subsection 
     (a)(2)(A); and
       (B) with respect to a vessel described in subsection 
     (a)(2)(B), for a period of not more than 2 years.
       (2) Property blocking.--The President shall exercise all of 
     the powers granted to the President under the International 
     Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the 
     extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 
     property and interests in property of the foreign person 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.
       (3) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
       (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--In the case of an alien, 
     the alien is--
       (i) inadmissible to the United States;
       (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to 
     enter the United States; and
       (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into 
     the United States or to receive any other benefit under the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
       (B) Current visas revoked.--
       (i) In general.--The visa or other entry documentation of 
     an alien described in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, 
     regardless of when such visa or other entry documentation was 
     issued.
       (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under clause (i) 
     shall--

       (I) take effect immediately;
       (II) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry 
     documentation that is in the alien's possession; and
       (III) be implemented in accordance with section 221(i) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)).

       (4) Implementation; penalties.--
       (A) Implementation.--The President--
       (i) may exercise all authorities provided under sections 
     203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section; and
       (ii) not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, shall prescribe such regulations as 
     necessary to carry out this subtitle.
       (B) Notification to congress.--Not later than 10 days 
     before the effective date of any regulation prescribed under 
     subparagraph (A)(ii), the President shall brief the 
     appropriate congressional committees on the proposed 
     regulations and the provisions of this Act relating to such 
     regulations.
       (C) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 
     section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 
     out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
     in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) 
     to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act 
     described in subsection (a) of that section.
       (c) Exceptions.--
       (1) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--A requirement to block and prohibit all 
     transactions in all property and interests in property under 
     this section shall not include the authority or a requirement 
     to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
       (B) Good.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' means any 
     article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply or 
     manufactured product, including inspection and test 
     equipment, and excluding technical data.
       (2) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
     agreement and law enforcement activities.--Sanctions under 
     subsection (b)(3) shall not apply with respect to an alien if 
     admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is 
     necessary to permit the United States to comply with the 
     Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
     signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
     November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
     States, or other applicable international obligations of the 
     United States.
       (3) Exception to comply with intelligence, law enforcement, 
     and other national security activities.--Sanctions under 
     subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to a foreign 
     person if such foreign person is a subject or target of, or 
     otherwise involved in, an intelligence, law enforcement, or 
     national security activity of the United States, as 
     determined by the President.
       (d) Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--The President may waive the application of 
     sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person 
     for a period not to exceed 180 days if the President--
       (A) determines that such a waiver is vital to the national 
     interests of the United States; and
       (B) not less than 15 days before the granting of the 
     waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     notice of and justification for the waiver.
       (2) Special rule.--
       (A) In general.--The President may waive the application of 
     sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person 
     if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that--
       (i) the foreign person--

       (I) has ceased engaging in activities described in 
     subsection (b); or
       (II) has taken and is continuing to take significant 
     verifiable steps toward ceasing such activities; and

       (ii) the President has received reliable assurances from 
     the government of the foreign country that such foreign 
     person will not resume engaging in any activity described in 
     subsection (b).
       (B) Sunset.--The authority to grant a waiver under this 
     paragraph shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCT EXPORTS 
                   FROM IRAN.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Energy 
     Information Administration shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on the increase exports of 
     petroleum and petroleum products by the Islamic Republic of 
     Iran.
       (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An analysis of the export and sale of petroleum and 
     petroleum products by the Islamic Republic of Iran since 
     2018, including--
       (A) an estimate of the annual revenue of the export and 
     sale of petroleum by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
     disaggregated by year;
       (B) an estimate of the annual revenue of the export and 
     sale of petroleum to the People's Republic of China by the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year;
       (C) the number of petroleum and crude oil barrels annually 
     exported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by 
     year;
       (D) the number of petroleum and crude oil barrels annually 
     exported to the People's Republic of China by the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year;
       (E) the number of petroleum and crude oil barrels annually 
     exported to countries other than the People's Republic of 
     China by the Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year;

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       (F) the average price per petroleum and crude oil barrel 
     annually exported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
     disaggregated by year; and
       (G) the average price per petroleum and crude oil barrel 
     annually exported to the People's Republic of China by the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year.
       (2) An analysis of the labeling practices of the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran with respect to exported petroleum and 
     petroleum products.
       (3) A description of persons involved in the export and 
     sale of petroleum and petroleum products from the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran.
       (4) A description of vessels involved in the export and 
     sale of petroleum and petroleum products from the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran.
       (5) A description of foreign ports involved in the export 
     and sale of petroleum and petroleum products from the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Publication.--The unclassified portion of the report 
     required by subsection (a) shall be posted on a publicly 
     available website of the Energy Information Administration.
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