[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 23 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 8473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02377]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11344]


Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13 NDAA)

ACTION: Notice of report.

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SUMMARY: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, 
(also known as the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
(IFCA)), as delegated by Presidential Memorandum of June 3, 2013 
(``IFCA Delegation Memorandum''), requires the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees every 180 days that contains a 
determination with respect to: (1) Whether Iran is (A) using any of the 
materials described in IFCA as a medium for barter, swap, or any other 
exchange or transaction, or (B) listing any of such materials as assets 
of the Government of Iran for purposes of the national balance sheet of 
Iran; (2) which sectors of the economy of Iran are controlled directly 
or indirectly by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); and 
(3) which of the materials described in subsection (d) are used in 
connection with the nuclear, military, or ballistic missile programs of 
Iran. Materials described are graphite, raw or semi-finished metals 
such as aluminum and steel, coal, and software for integrating 
industrial processes.

DATES: The Secretary of State approved this action January 15, 2021.
    Contact: Office of Counterproliferation Initiatives, Department of 
State, Telephone: (202) 647-7594 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 9, 2020, the Secretary of State 
approved the following as noted in 85 FR 3467: For the purpose of 
implementing the provisions of IFCA delegated to the Secretary of 
State, including Sections 1245(a)(1)(B), 1245(a)(1)(C), and 1245(e), 
``raw or semi-finished metals'' under IFCA 1245(d) includes, but is not 
limited to, the following materials (including all types of such 
materials and all alloys or compounds containing such materials): 
Aluminum, Americium, Antimony, Barium, Beryllium, Bismuth, Boron, 
Cadmium, Calcium, Cerium, Cesium, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Dysprosium, 
Erbium, Europium, Gallium, Gadolinium, Germanium, Gold, Hafnium, 
Hastelloy, Inconel, Indium, Iridium, Iron, Lanthanum, Lithium, Lead, 
Lutetium, Manganese, Magnesium, Mercury, Molybdenum, Monel, Neodymium, 
Neptunium, Nickel, Niobium, Osmium, Palladium, Platinum, Plutonium, 
Polonium, Potassium, Praseodymium, Promethium, Radium, Rhenium, 
Rhodium, Ruthenium, Samarium, Scandium, Silicon, Silver, Sodium, 
Steels, Strontium, Tantalum, Technetium, Tellurium, Terbium, Thallium, 
Thorium, Tin, Titanium, Tungsten, Uranium, Vanadium, Ytterbium, 
Yttrium, Zinc, and Zirconium.
    This report pursuant to Section 1245(e) of IFCA covers the period 
July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
    Following a review of the available information, and in 
consultation with the Department of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
State has determined that Iran is not using the materials described in 
Section 1245(d) as a medium for barter, swap, or any other exchange or 
transaction.
    Following a review of the available information, and in 
consultation with the Department of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
State has determined Iran is listing gold as an asset of the Government 
of Iran for the purposes of the National Balance Sheet of Iran.
    Following a review of the available information, and in 
consultation with the Department of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
State has determined that the construction sector of Iran is controlled 
directly or indirectly by the IRGC.
    Following a review of the available information, and in 
consultation with the Department of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
State has determined that the following certain types of materials are 
used in connection with the nuclear, military, or ballistic missile 
programs of Iran:

 ALUMINIUM 6061-T6
 ALUMINIUM 6061-O
 ALUMINIUM 6063-T5
 ALUMINIUM 7075-O
 AISI 316L
 100Cr6
 115CrV3
 ALUMINIUM 6061-F
 AISI 309
 AISI 304
 ALUMINIUM 6063-T1
 ALUMINIUM 7075-T6
 ZIRCONIUM CARBIDE (ZrC)
 ZrSiO2 (ZIRCON SAND, ZIRCONIUM SILICATE)
 4340 STEEL

Gonzalo O. Suarez,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Security and Non-
Proliferation, Department of State.
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