[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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