[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5245-S5246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2976. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 title XII, add the following:

                       Subtitle G--Iran Sanctions

     SEC. 1291. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Preventing Underhanded 
     and Nefarious Iranian Supported Homicides Act of 2024'' or 
     the ``PUNISH Act of 2024''.

     SEC. 1292. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Covered executive order.--The term ``covered Executive 
     order'' means any of the following:
       (A) Executive Order 13871 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
     imposing sanctions with respect to the iron, steel, aluminum, 
     and copper sectors of Iran), as in effect on May 10, 2019.
       (B) Executive Order 13876 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
     imposing sanctions with respect to Iran), as in effect on 
     June 24, 2019.
       (C) Executive Order 13902 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
     imposing sanctions with respect to additional sectors of 
     Iran), as in effect on January 10, 2020.
       (D) Executive Order 13949 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
     blocking property of certain persons with respect to the 
     conventional arms activities of Iran), as in effect on 
     September 21, 2020.
       (3) Covered provision of law.--The term ``covered provision 
     of law'' means any of the following:
       (A) This subtitle.
       (B) Each covered Executive order.
       (C) The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note).
       (D) The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
     Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.).
       (E) Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a).
       (F) The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 
     2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.).
       (G) The Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
     (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.).
       (H) Title I of the Countering America's Adversaries Through 
     Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.).
       (I) The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
     U.S.C. 1701 et seq).
       (4) Government of iran.--The term ``Government of Iran'' 
     includes--
       (A) any agency or instrumentality of the Government of 
     Iran; and
       (B) any person owned or controlled by that Government.

     SEC. 1293. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS 
                   IMPOSING SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.

       (a) In General.--Each covered Executive order shall remain 
     in effect and continue to apply, and may not be modified, 
     until the termination date described in section 1299A.
       (b) Continuation in Effect of Sanctions Designations.--With 
     respect to each person designated for the imposition of 
     sanctions pursuant to a covered Executive order before the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the designation of the 
     person, and sanctions applicable to the person pursuant to 
     the designation, shall remain in effect and continue to 
     apply, and may not be modified, until the termination date 
     described in section 1299A.
       (c) Publication.--In publishing this subtitle in slip form 
     and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to 
     section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of 
     the United States shall include at the end an appendix 
     setting forth the text of each covered Executive order.

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     SEC. 1294. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF NATIONAL EMERGENCIES 
                   DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2) or (d) 
     of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1622), the national emergencies specified in subsection (b) 
     shall remain in effect and continue to apply, and may not be 
     modified, until the termination date described in section 
     1299A.
       (b) National Emergencies Specified.--The national 
     emergencies specified in this subsection are the following 
     national emergencies declared with respect to Iran:
       (1) The national emergency declared by Executive Order 
     12170 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking Iranian 
     Government property) and most recently continued by the 
     Notice of the President issued November 8, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 
     68,013).
       (2) The national emergency declared by Executive Order 
     12957 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to prohibiting certain 
     transactions with respect to the development of Iranian 
     petroleum resources) and most recently continued by the 
     Notice of the President issued March 10, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 
     15,595).

     SEC. 1295. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 
                   TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN, THE NATIONAL 
                   DEVELOPMENT FUND OF IRAN, THE ETEMAD TEJARTE 
                   PARS COMPANY, THE NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY, 
                   AND THE NATIONAL IRANIAN TANKER COMPANY UNDER 
                   EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224.

       With respect to each Iranian person designated on January 
     1, 2021, for the imposition of sanctions under Executive 
     Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
     property and prohibiting transactions with persons who 
     commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), as in 
     effect on September 9, 2019, the designation of the person, 
     and sanctions applicable to the person pursuant to the 
     designation, shall remain in effect and continue to apply, 
     and may not be modified, until the termination date described 
     in section 1299A.

     SEC. 1296. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF FOREIGN TERRORIST 
                   ORGANIZATION DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC 
                   REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.

       The designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as 
     a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), and 
     sanctions applicable to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 
     pursuant to that designation, shall remain in effect and 
     continue to apply, and may not be modified, until the 
     termination date described in section 1299A.

     SEC. 1297. PROHIBITION ON SANCTIONS RELIEF FOR IRANIAN 
                   FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT 
                   TO PETROLEUM PURCHASES FROM IRAN.

       Section 1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) is amended by 
     striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
       ``(4) Limitation on authority.--The President may not 
     exercise the authority under paragraph (5) to waive the 
     imposition of sanctions under paragraph (1), or issue any 
     license to authorize the purchase of petroleum or petroleum 
     products from Iran, unless the determination set forth in the 
     most recent report submitted under subsection (a) of section 
     1299 of the Preventing Underhanded and Nefarious Iranian 
     Supported Homicides Act of 2024 was a determination that the 
     Government of Iran has not engaged in any of activities 
     described in subsection (b) of that section during the 5-year 
     period preceding submission of the report.''.

     SEC. 1298. LIMITATION ON WAIVER, SUSPENSION, OR REDUCTION OF 
                   SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.

       The President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide 
     relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions 
     imposed pursuant to any covered provision of law unless, in 
     addition to the requirements for a waiver under that 
     provision of law, the determination set forth in the most 
     recent report submitted under subsection (a) of section 1299 
     was a determination that the Government of Iran has not 
     engaged in any of activities described in subsection (b) of 
     that section during the 5-year period preceding submission of 
     the report.

     SEC. 1299. DETERMINATION ON THE CESSATION OF IRANIAN-
                   SPONSORED ASSASSINATIONS OR ATTEMPTED 
                   ASSASSINATIONS OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND 
                   IRANIAN RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Determination Required.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
     thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, 
     and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report setting forth a 
     determination of whether the Government of Iran or any 
     foreign person (including any foreign financial institution) 
     has directly or indirectly ordered, controlled, directed, or 
     otherwise supported (including through the use of Iranian 
     agents or affiliates of the Government of Iran, including 
     Hezbollah, Hamas, Kata'ib Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic 
     Jihad, or any other entity determined to be such an agent or 
     affiliate) any of the activities described in subsection (b) 
     during the 5-year period preceding submission of the report.
       (b) Activities Described.--The activities described in this 
     subsection are--
       (1) the murder, attempted murder, assault, or other use or 
     threat to use violence against--
       (A) any current or former official of the Government of the 
     United States, wherever located;
       (B) any United States citizen or alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence in the United States, wherever 
     located; or
       (C) any Iranian national residing in the United States; or
       (2) the politically motivated intimidation, abuse, 
     extortion, or detention or trial--
       (A) in Iran, of a United States citizen or alien lawfully 
     admitted for permanent residence in the United States; or
       (B) outside of Iran, of an Iranian national or resident or 
     individual of Iranian origin.

     SEC. 1299A. TERMINATION DATE.

       The termination date described in this section is the date 
     that is 30 days after the date on which the President submits 
     to Congress the certification described in section 401(a) of 
     the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
     Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)).
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