Calendar No. 370
118th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the import of petroleum from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for other purposes.
June 6, 2023
Mr. Rubio (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. Britt, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Collins, Mr. Braun, Mr. Thune, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Moran, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Risch, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Casey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Coons, Mr. Bennet, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
May 7, 2024
Reported by Mr. Cardin, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the import of petroleum from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
In this Act:
(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.
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;
SEC. 4. Sanctions with respect to foreign persons that engage in certain transactions.
(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.).
(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 Act.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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) 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. 5. 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;
(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.
This Act may be cited as the “Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act of 2024”.
In this Act:
(1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN; LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE.—The terms “admission”, “admitted”, “alien”, and “lawfully admitted for permanent residence” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term “foreign person” means an individual or entity that is not a United States person.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
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;
SEC. 4. 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 180 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 at which, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, such person knowingly permits to dock 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 petroleum products; or
(ii) of which the operator or owner of such vessel otherwise knowingly engages in a significant transaction involving such vessel to transport, offload, or deal in significant transactions in condensate, refined, or unrefined petroleum products, or other petrochemical products originating from the Islamic Republic of Iran;
(B) owns or operates a vessel through which such owner knowingly 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 vessel that is knowingly used by a foreign person for the transportation of significant amounts of petroleum or petroleum products from the Islamic Republic of Iran;
(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—
(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—
(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—
(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—
(B) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 10 days before the effective date of any regulation prescribed in accordance with 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) Waivers.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive the application of sanctions under this section for renewable periods not to exceed 180 days if the President—
(d) Sunset.—The authority to impose sanctions under this section, and any sanctions imposed under this section, shall terminate on the date that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(e) Covered family member defined.—In this section, the term “covered family member”, with respect to a foreign person who is an individual, means a spouse, adult child, parent, or sibling of the person who engages in the sanctionable activity described under subsection (a)(2) or who demonstrably benefits from such activity.
SEC. 5. 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 of 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;
(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.
SEC. 6. Modification and extension of Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act.
(a) In general.—Section 3 of the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
(b) Definitions.—Section 4 of the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
“(7) PALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD.—The term ‘Palestine Islamic Jihad’ means—
“(A) the entity known as Palestine Islamic Jihad and designated by the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or
“(B) any person identified as an agent or instrumentality of Palestine Islamic Jihad on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury, the property or interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).”.
(c) Sunset.—Section 5 of the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking “December 31, 2023” and inserting “December 31, 2030”.
SEC. 7. Confronting asymmetric and malicious cyber activities.
(a) In general.—On and after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign person that the President determines, on or after such date of enactment—
(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has engaged knowingly in, significant cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States that are reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed to, a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or financial stability of the United States;(2) materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any activity described in this subsection or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section;
(b) Sanctions described.—The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:
(1) INADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES.—In the case of an alien—
(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter the United States or to be admitted to the United States; or
(B) if the individual has been issued a visa or other documentation, revocation, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or other documentation.
(2) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The blocking, in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all transactions in all property and interests in property of a 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.
(c) Requests by appropriate congressional committees.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after receiving a request that meets the requirements of paragraph (2) with respect to whether a foreign person has engaged in an activity described in subsection (a), the President shall—
(B) submit a classified or unclassified report to the chairperson and ranking member of the committee or committees that submitted the request with respect to that determination that includes—
SEC. 8. Sanctions with respect to threats to current or former United States officials.
(a) In general.—On and after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign person the President determines has, on or after such date of enactment, ordered, directed, or taken material steps to carry out any use of violence or has attempted or threatened to use violence against any current or former official of the Government of the United States.
(b) Sanctions described.—The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:
(1) INADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES.—In the case of a foreign person who is an individual—
(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter the United States or to be admitted to the United States; or
(B) if the individual has been issued a visa or other documentation, revocation, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or other documentation.
(2) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The blocking, in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all transactions in all property and interests in property of a 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.
(c) Enforcement of blocking of property.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of a sanction described in subsection (b)(2) that is imposed by the President or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out such a sanction 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.
(d) Waiver.—
(e) Termination and sunset.—
(1) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President may terminate the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a person if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days before the termination of the sanctions that—
(A) credible information exists that the person did not engage in the activity for which sanctions were imposed;
SEC. 9. Resources for sanctions implementation at the Department of State.
(a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that sanctions are a vital foreign policy and national security tool, and as such, it is critical that the Department of State and other agencies with responsibilities relating to sanctions across the executive branch—
(b) Increasing resources and improving modernization for sanctions implementation.—The Secretary of State shall take steps to modernize the sanctions infrastructure and increase resources dedicated to implementing sanctions, including by—
(1) ensuring the Department of State has necessary subscriptions and access to open-source databases for purposes of making determinations to support the designation of persons for the imposition of sanctions;
(c) Report on modernizations efforts.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report describing steps the Department of State is taking to address challenges in the ability of the Department to support the designation of persons for the imposition of sanctions.
(a) Exception relating to importation of goods.—
(b) Exception To comply with United Nations Headquarters Agreement and law enforcement activities.—Sanctions under this Act shall not apply with respect to the admission of an alien to the United States if admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary—
(1) 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; or
(c) Exception To comply with intelligence activities.—Sanctions under this Act shall not apply to any activity subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities of the United States.
(d) Humanitarian assistance.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Sanctions under this Act shall not apply to—
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—
(A) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
(B) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term “medical device” has the meaning given the term “device” in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
(C) MEDICINE.—The term “medicine” has the meaning given the term “drug” in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
(e) Rule of construction.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the availability of any existing authorities to issue waivers, exceptions, exemptions, licenses, or other authorization.
(f) Annual report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes each activity that would be sanctionable under this Act if not excepted pursuant to subsections (b) and (c).
SEC. 11. Report on impacts on the Islamic Republic of Iran of sanctions imposed by the United States.
(a) In general.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and drawing on subject-matter experts including economists and statisticians from the Department of State and the Department of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees (as defined in section 2(c)) a report on the impacts on the Islamic Republic of Iran of sanctions imposed by the United States.
(b) Elements.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the following:
(1) The impact of sanctions imposed by the United States on the following:
(A) Problematic activities and policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including ballistic missile development, proliferation of Iranian drones and missiles to state and non-state actors, uranium enrichment, and funding of terrorist groups in the “Axis of Resistance”, and how sanctions have meaningfully impacted the ability of such groups to operate.
(B) Key officials of the Iranian regime, including their access to alternative financial markets, their standard of living, and impacts to their personal wealth.
(C) The operations of independent civil society organizations in Iran, including the ability of such organizations to access products that would allow them to document and share human rights abuses, promote democratic norms, and engage in political dissent.
(D) The efficacy of licensing actions aimed at ensuring the people of Iran have access to circumvention technologies around Iranian regime firewalls and censors to promote internet freedom, including General License D-2 of the Department of the Treasury.
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To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the import of petroleum from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for other purposes. | |||||
May 7, 2024 | |||||
Reported with an amendment |