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113TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION S.

llTo expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional

sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. K IRK , Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr.C ARDIN, Mr. MCC AIN, Mr. C ASEY , Mr. RUBIO, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN,

Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. A YOTTE, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. CORKER, Mr. PRYOR,

Ms. COLLINS, Ms. L ANDRIEU, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. ROB-

ERTS, Mr. W ARNER, Mr. JOHANNS, Mrs. H AGAN, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DON-

NELLY , and Mr. BLUNT) introduced the following bill; which was read

twice and referred to the Committee on llllllllll

A BILLTo expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to

impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran, and

for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.3

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the4

‘‘Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’.5

(b) T ABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for6

this Act is as follows:7



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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Sense of Congress on nuclear weapon capabilities of Iran.

TITLE I—EXPANSION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS

Sec. 101. Applicability of sanctions with respect to petroleum transactions.

Sec. 102. Ineligibility for exception to certain sanctions for countries that do

not reduce purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian ori-gin to a de minimis level.

Sec. 103. Imposition of sanctions with respect to ports, special economic zones,

and strategic sectors of Iran.

Sec. 104. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain

Iranian individuals.

Sec. 105. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign cur-

rencies with or for certain sanctioned persons.

Sec. 106. Sense of Congress on prospective sanctions.

TITLE II—ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS

Sec. 201. Sense of Congress on the provision of specialized financial messaging

services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Ira-nian financial institutions.

Sec. 202. Inclusion of transfers of goods, services, and technologies to strategic

sectors of Iran for purposes of identifying Destinations of Di-

version Concern.

Sec. 203. Authorization of additional measures with respect to Destinations of

Diversion Concern.

Sec. 204. Sense of Congress on increased staffing for agencies involved in the

implementation and enforcement of sanctions against Iran.

TITLE III—IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS

Sec. 301. Suspension of sanctions to facilitate a diplomatic solution.

TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 401. Exception for Afghanistan reconstruction.

Sec. 402. Exception for import restrictions.

Sec. 403. Applicability to certain intelligence activities.

Sec. 404. Applicability to certain natural gas projects.

Sec. 405. Rule of construction with respect to the use of force against Iran.

TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 501. Categories of aliens for purposes of refugee determinations.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NUCLEAR WEAPON CAPA-1

BILITIES OF IRAN.2

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-3

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(1) The Government of Iran continues to ex-1

pand the nuclear and missile programs of Iran in2

violation of multiple United Nations Security Coun-3

cil resolutions.4

(2) The Government of Iran has a decades-long5

track record of violating commitments regarding the6

nuclear program of Iran and has used diplomatic ne-7

gotiations as a subterfuge to advance its nuclear8

weapons program.9

(3) Iran remains the world’s foremost state10

sponsor of terrorism, having directed, supported,11

and financed acts of terrorism against the United12

States and its allies that have resulted in the thou-13

sands of deaths, including the deaths of United14

States citizens and members of the Armed Forces of15

the United States.16

(4) The Government of Iran and its terrorist17

proxies, particularly Lebanese Hezbollah, continue to18

provide military and financial support to the regime19

of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, aiding that regime in20

the mass killing of the people of Syria.21

(5) The Government of Iran continues to sow22

instability in the Middle East and threaten its neigh-23

bors, including allies of the United States, such as24

Israel.25



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(6) The Government of Iran denies its people1

fundamental freedoms, including freedom of the2

press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and3

freedom of conscience.4

(7) Strict sanctions on Iran, imposed by the5

United States and the international community, are6

responsible for bringing Iran to the negotiating7

table.8

(8) President Hassan Rouhani of Iran has in9

the past admitted to using diplomatic negotiations to10

buy time for Iran to make nuclear advances.11

(9) Based on Iran’s current stockpile of ura-12

nium enriched to 3.5 percent and 20 percent and its13

current centrifuge capacity, Iran could produce a14

sufficient quantity of weapons-grade uranium for a15

bomb in one to 2 months’ time.16

(10) If the Government of Iran commences the17

operation of its heavy water reactor in Arak, it could18

establish an alternate pathway to a nuclear weapon19

through the production of plutonium.20

(11) As of the date of the enactment of this21

Act, 19 countries access nuclear energy for peaceful22

purposes without conducting any enrichment or re-23

processing activities within those countries.24



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(12) The Government of Iran could likewise ac-1

cess nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without2

conducting any enrichment or reprocessing activities3

within Iran.4

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-5

gress that—6

(1) the Government of Iran must not be allowed7

to develop or maintain nuclear weapon capabilities;8

(2) all instruments of power and influence of9

the United States should remain on the table to pre-10

vent the Government of Iran from developing nu-11

clear weapon capabilities;12

(3) the Government of Iran does not have an13

absolute or inherent right to enrichment and reproc-14

essing capabilities and technologies under the Treaty15

on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done16

at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968,17

and entered into force March 5, 1970 (commonly18

known as the ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’’);19

(4) the imposition of sanctions under this Act,20

including sanctions on exports of petroleum from21

Iran, is triggered by violations by Iran of any in-22

terim or final agreement regarding its nuclear pro-23

gram, failure to reach a final agreement in a dis-24



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cernible time frame, or the breach of other condi-1

tions described in section 301;2

(5) if the Government of Israel is compelled to3

take military action in legitimate self-defense against4

Iran’s nuclear weapon program, the United States5

Government should stand with Israel and provide, in6

accordance with the law of the United States and7

the constitutional responsibility of Congress to au-8

thorize the use of military force, diplomatic, military,9

and economic support to the Government of Israel in10

its defense of its territory, people, and existence;11

(6) the United States should continue to impose12

sanctions on the Government of Iran and its ter-13

rorist proxies for their continuing sponsorship of ter-14

rorism; and15

(7) the United States should continue to impose16

sanctions on the Government of Iran for—17

(A) its ongoing abuses of human rights;18

and19

(B) its actions in support of Bashar al-20

Assad in Syria.21



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TITLE I—EXPANSION AND1

IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS2

SEC. 101. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO3

PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS.4

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the5

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20126

(22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended—7

(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘reduced re-8

duced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran’’9

and inserting ‘‘reduced the volume of its purchases10

of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and11

(2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur-12

chases from Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of pe-13

troleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’.14

(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1245(h) of the National15

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (2216

U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is amended—17

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as18

paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and19

(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-20

lowing:21

‘‘(3) IRANIAN ORIGIN.—The term ‘Iranian ori-22

gin’, with respect to petroleum, means extracted,23

produced, or refined in Iran.24



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‘‘(4) PETROLEUM.—The term ‘petroleum’ in-1

cludes crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils, and2

other unfinished oils.’’.3

(c) CONFORMING A MENDMENTS.—Section 102(b) of4

the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act5

of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is amended—6

(1) in paragraph (3)—7

(A) by striking ‘‘crude oil purchases from8

Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum9

from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and10

(B) by striking ‘‘as amended by section11

504,’’; and12

(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur-13

chases’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum from14

Iran or of Iranian origin’’.15

(d) EFFECTIVE D ATE.—The amendments made by16

this section shall apply with respect to determinations17

under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense18

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.19

8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the date that is 90 days20

after the date of the enactment of this Act.21



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SEC. 102. INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN1

SANCTIONS FOR COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT2

REDUCE PURCHASES OF PETROLEUM FROM3

IRAN OR OF IRANIAN ORIGIN TO A DE MINI-4

MIS LEVEL.5

(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY .—It is the policy of the6

United States to seek to ensure that all countries reduce7

their purchases of crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils,8

and other unfinished oils from Iran or of Iranian origin9

to a de minimis level by the end of the 1-year period begin-10

ning on the date of the enactment of this Act.11

(b) INELIGIBILITY FOR E XCEPTIONS TO S ANC-12

TIONS.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense13

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.14

8513a(d)(4)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-15

lowing:16

‘‘(iii) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEP-17

TION.—18

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A country19

that purchased petroleum from Iran20

or of Iranian origin during the one-21

year period preceding the date of the22

enactment of the Nuclear Weapon23

Free Iran Act of 2013 may continue24

to receive an exception under clause25

(i) on or after the date that is one26



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year after such date of enactment1

only—2

‘‘(aa) if the country reduces3

its purchases of petroleum from4

Iran or of Iranian origin to a de5

minimis level by the end of the6

one-year period beginning on7

such date of enactment; or8

‘‘(bb) as provided in sub-9

clause (II) or (III).10

‘‘(II) COUNTRIES THAT DRA -11

MATICALLY REDUCE PURCHASES.—12

‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—A13

country that would otherwise be14

ineligible pursuant to subclause15

(I)(aa) to receive an exception16

under clause (i) may continue to17

receive such an exception during18

the one-year period beginning on19

the date that is one year after20

the date of the enactment of the21

Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act22

of 2013 if the country—23

‘‘(AA) dramatically re-24

duces by at least 30 percent25



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its purchases of petroleum1

from Iran or of Iranian ori-2

gin during the one-year pe-3

riod beginning on such date4

of enactment; and5

‘‘(BB) is expected to6

reduce its purchases of pe-7

troleum from Iran or of Ira-8

nian origin to a de minimis9

level within a defined period10

of time that is not longer11

than 2 years after such date12

of enactment.13

‘‘(bb) TERMINATION OF EX -14

CEPTION.—If a country that con-15

tinues to receive an exception16

under clause (i) pursuant to item17

(aa) does not reduce its pur-18

chases of petroleum from Iran or19

of Iranian origin to a de minimis20

level by the date that is 2 years21

after the date of the enactment22

of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran23

Act of 2013, that country shall24

not be eligible for such an excep-25



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tion on or after the date that is1

2 years after such date of enact-2

ment.3

‘‘(III) REINSTATEMENT OF ELI-4

GIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION.—A country5

that becomes ineligible for an excep-6

tion under clause (i) pursuant to sub-7

clause (I) or (II) shall be eligible for8

such an exception in accordance with9

the provisions of clause (i) on and10

after the date on which the President11

determines the country has reduced12

its purchases of petroleum from Iran13

or of Iranian origin to a de minimis14

level.’’.15

(c) CONFORMING A MENDMENT.—Section16

1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense Authorization17

Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i))18

is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by strik-19

ing ‘‘Sanctions imposed’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-20

vided in clause (iii), sanctions imposed’’.21



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SEC. 103. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO1

PORTS, SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, AND2

STRATEGIC SECTORS OF IRAN.3

(a) FINDINGS.—Section 1244(a)(1) of the Iran Free-4

dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.5

8803(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and shipbuilding’’6

and inserting ‘‘shipbuilding, construction, engineering,7

and mining’’.8

(b) E XPANSION OF DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES OF 9

PROLIFERATION CONCERN.—Section 1244(b) of the Iran10

Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (2211

U.S.C. 8803(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘in Iran and enti-12

ties in the energy, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors’’ and13

inserting ‘‘, special economic zones, or free economic zones14

in Iran, and entities in strategic sectors’’.15

(c) E XPANSION OF ENTITIES SUBJECT TO A SSET 16

FREEZE.—Section 1244(c) of the Iran Freedom and17

Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(c)) is18

amended—19

(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the date20

that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of21

this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days22

after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear23

Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and24




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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph1

(A), by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after2

the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-3

serting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after the date4

of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free5

Iran Act of 2013’’;6

(B) by striking ‘‘the energy, shipping, or7

shipbuilding sectors’’ each place it appears and8

inserting ‘‘a strategic sector’’; and9

(C) by inserting ‘‘, special economic zone,10

or free economic zone’’ after ‘‘port’’ each place11

it appears; and12

(3) by adding at the end the following:13

‘‘(4) STRATEGIC SECTOR DEFINED.—14

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the15

term ‘strategic sector’ means—16

‘‘(i) the energy, shipping, ship-17

building, and mining sectors of Iran;18

‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara-19

graph (B), the construction and engineer-20

ing sectors of Iran; and21

‘‘(iii) any other sector the President22

designates as of strategic importance to23

Iran.24



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‘‘(B) E XCEPTION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND 1

ENGINEERING OF SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND 2

SIMILAR FACILITIES.—For purposes of this sec-3

tion, a person engaged in the construction or4

engineering of schools, hospitals, or similar fa-5

cilities (as determined by the President) shall6

not be considered part of a strategic sector of7

Iran.8

‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION OF STRATEGIC SEC-9

TOR DESIGNATION.—The President shall sub-10

mit to Congress a notification of the designa-11

tion of a sector as a strategic sector of Iran for12

purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii) not later than13

5 days after the date on which the President14

makes the designation.’’.15

(d) A DDITIONAL S ANCTIONS W ITH RESPECT TO 16

STRATEGIC SECTORS.—Section 1244(d) of the Iran Free-17

dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.18

8803(d)) is amended—19

(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the date20

that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of21

this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days22

after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear23

Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’;24



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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the date that1

is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this2

Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after3

the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon4

Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and5

(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the energy,6

shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and inserting ‘‘a7

strategic sector’’.8

(e) S ALE, SUPPLY , OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN M A -9

TERIALS TO OR FROM IRAN.—Section 1245 of the Iran10

Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (2211

U.S.C. 8804) is amended—12

(1) in subsection (a)(1)—13

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph14

(A), by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after15

the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-16

serting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after the date17

of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free18

Iran Act of 2013’’; and19

(B) in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), by striking20

‘‘the energy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’21

and inserting ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in22

section 1244(c)(4))’’; and23

(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the date that24

is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this25



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Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after1


Free Iran Act of 2013’’.3

(f) PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO S ANCTIONED PER-4

SONS.—Section 1246(a)(1) of the Iran Freedom and5

Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8805(a)(1))6

is amended—7

(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),8

by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after the date9

of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the10

date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment11

of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and12

(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘the en-13

ergy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and insert-14

ing ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in section15

1244(c)(4))’’.16

(g) CONFORMING A MENDMENTS.—Section 1244 of17

the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 201218

(22 U.S.C. 8803), as amended by subsections (a), (b), (c),19

and (d), is further amended—20

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘THE 21

ENERGY , SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING’’ and22

inserting ‘‘CERTAIN PORTS, ECONOMIC ZONES,23

AND’’;24



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(2) in subsection (b), in the subsection heading,1

by striking ‘‘PORTS AND ENTITIES IN THE ENERGY ,2

SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING SECTORS OF IRAN’’3

and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN ENTITIES’’;4

(3) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading,5

by striking ‘‘ENTITIES IN ENERGY , SHIPPING, AND 6

SHIPBUILDING SECTORS’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN 7

ENTITIES’’; and8

(4) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading,9

by striking ‘‘THE ENERGY , SHIPPING, AND SHIP-10

BUILDING’’ and inserting ‘‘STRATEGIC’’.11

SEC. 104. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC-12

TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN13

INDIVIDUALS.14

(a) E XPANSION OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED.—Sec-15

tion 221(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria16

Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(a)) is amend-17

ed—18

(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and19

inserting a semicolon;20

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at21

the end and inserting a semicolon; and22


‘‘(3) an individual who engages in activities for24

or on behalf of the Government of Iran that enables25



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Iran to evade sanctions imposed by the United1

States with respect to Iran;2

‘‘(4) an individual acting on behalf of the Gov-3

ernment of Iran who is involved in corrupt activities4

of that Government or the diversion of humanitarian5

goods, including agricultural commodities, food,6

medicine, and medical devices, intended for the peo-7

ple of Iran; or8

‘‘(5) a senior official—9

‘‘(A) of an entity designated for the impo-10

sition of sanctions pursuant to the International11

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.12

1701 et seq.) in connection with—13

‘‘(i) Iran’s proliferation of weapons of14

mass destruction or delivery systems for15

weapons of mass destruction; or16

‘‘(ii) Iran’s support for acts of inter-17

national terrorism; and18

‘‘(B) who was involved in the activity for19

which the entity was designated for the imposi-20

tion of sanctions.’’.21

(b) E XPANSION OF SENIOR OFFICIALS DE-22

SCRIBED.—Section 221(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction23

and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(b))24

is amended—25



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(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-1

serting a semicolon;2


the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and4


‘‘(7) a senior official of—6

‘‘(A) the Office of the Supreme Leader of7

Iran;8

‘‘(B) the Atomic Energy Organization of9

Iran;10

‘‘(C) the Islamic Consultative Assembly of11

Iran;12

‘‘(D) the Council of Ministers of Iran;13

‘‘(E) the Ministry of Defense and Armed14

Forces Logistics of Iran;15

‘‘(F) the Ministry of Justice of Iran;16

‘‘(G) the Ministry of Interior of Iran;17

‘‘(H) the prison system of Iran; or18

‘‘(I) the judicial system of Iran.’’.19

(c) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY .—Section 221 of the20

Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of21

2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727) is amended—22

(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as23

subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and24



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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-1

lowing:2

‘‘(d) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY .—3

‘‘(1) OFFICIALS AND OTHER ACTORS.—In the4

case of an individual described in paragraph (1), (3),5

(4), or (5) of subsection (a) who is on the list re-6

quired by that subsection, the President shall block7

and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-8

terests in property of that individual if such property9

or interests in property are in the United States,10

come within the United States, or are or come with-11

in the possession or control of a United States per-12

son.13

‘‘(2) F AMILY MEMBERS.—In the case of an in-14

dividual described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a)15

who is on the list required by that subsection, the16

President shall block and prohibit a transaction in17

property or an interest in property of that individual18

if the property or interest in property—19

‘‘(A) was transferred to that individual20

from an individual described in paragraph (1)21

of subsection (a) who is on the list required by22

that subsection; and23

‘‘(B) is in the United States, comes within24

the United States, or is or comes within the25



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possession or control of a United States per-1

son.’’.2

(d) CONFORMING A MENDMENTS.—Section 221 of the3

Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of4

2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727), as amended by subsections (a),5

(b), and (c), is further amended—6

(1) by striking the section heading and insert-7

ing ‘‘IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF 8

SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRA -9

NIAN INDIVIDUALS’’;10

(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the date of11

the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date12

of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran13

Act of 2013’’; and14

(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection15

(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’.16

(e) CLERICAL A MENDMENT.—The table of contents17

for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights18

Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by strik-19

ing the item relating to section 221 and inserting the fol-20

lowing:21

‘‘Sec. 221. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain

Iranian individuals.’’.



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SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO1

TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES2

WITH OR FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONED PER-3

SONS.4

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Iran Threat Reduc-5

tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.6

8721 et seq.) is amended—7

(1) by inserting after section 221 the following:8

‘‘Subtitle C—Other Matters’’;9

(2) by redesignating sections 222, 223, and 22410

as sections 231, 232, and 233, respectively; and11

(3) by inserting after section 221 the following:12

‘‘SEC. 222. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO13

TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES14

WITH CERTAIN SANCTIONED PERSONS.15

‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF S ANCTIONS.—The President—16

‘‘(1) shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or17

impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the18

United States of a correspondent account or a pay-19

able-through account by a foreign financial institu-20

tion that knowingly conducts or facilitates a trans-21

action described in subsection (b)(1); and22

‘‘(2) may impose sanctions pursuant to the23

International Emergency Economic Powers Act (5024

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to any other per-25



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son that knowingly conducts or facilitates such a1

transaction.2

‘‘(b) TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED.—3

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A transaction described in4

this subsection is a significant transaction conducted5

or facilitated by a person related to the currency of6

a country other than the country with primary juris-7

diction over the person with, for, or on behalf of—8

‘‘(A) the Central Bank of Iran or an Ira-9

nian financial institution designated by the Sec-10

retary of the Treasury for the imposition of11

sanctions pursuant to the International Emer-12

gency Economic Powers Act; or13

‘‘(B) a person described in section14

1244(c)(2) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-15

Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.16

8803(c)(2)) (other than a person described in17

subparagraph (C)(iii) of that subsection).18

‘‘(2) PRIMARY JURISDICTION.—For purposes of19

paragraph (1), a country in which a person operates20

shall be deemed to have primary jurisdiction over21

the person only with respect to the operations of the22

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‘‘(c) A PPLICABILITY .—Subsection (a) shall apply1

with respect to a transaction described in subsection2

(b)(1) conducted or facilitated—3

‘‘(1) on or after the date that is 90 days after4


Free Iran Act of 2013 pursuant to a contract en-6

tered into on or after such date of enactment; and7

‘‘(2) on or after the date that is 180 days after8

such date of enactment pursuant to a contract en-9

tered into before such date of enactment.10

‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY TO HUMANITARIAN TRANS-11

ACTIONS.—The President may not impose sanctions under12

subsection (a) with respect to any person for conducting13

or facilitating a transaction for the sale of agricultural14

commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran or15

for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people16

of Iran.17

‘‘(e) W AIVER.—18

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive19

the application of subsection (a) with respect to a20

person for a period of not more than 180 days, and21

may renew that waiver for additional periods of not22

more than 180 days, if the President—23



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‘‘(A) determines that the waiver is impor-1

tant to the national interest of the United2

States; and3

‘‘(B) not less than 15 days after the waiver4

or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may5

be, takes effect, submits a report to the appro-6

priate congressional committees on the waiver7

and the reason for the waiver.8

‘‘(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report sub-9

mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in10

unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.11

‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:12

‘‘(1) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; IRANIAN FINAN-13

CIAL INSTITUTION.—The terms ‘financial institution’14

and ‘Iranian financial institution’ have the meanings15

given those terms in section 104A(d) of the Com-16

prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-17

vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)).18

‘‘(2) TRANSACTION.—The term ‘transaction’ in-19

cludes a foreign exchange swap, a foreign exchange20

forward, and any other type of currency exchange or21

conversion or derivative instrument.’’.22

(b) A DDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the23

Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (2224

U.S.C. 8701) is amended—25



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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and1

(4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (9), respectively;2

(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the3

following:4

‘‘(1) A CCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT;5

PAYABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘ac-6

count’, ‘correspondent account’, and ‘payable-7

through account’ have the meanings given those8

terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States9

Code.10

‘‘(2) A GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The term11

‘agricultural commodity’ has the meaning given that12

term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of13

1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).14

‘‘(3) A PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-15

TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-16

mittees’ has the meaning given that term in section17

14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law18

104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).19

‘‘(4) DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; FOR-20

EIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The terms ‘domes-21

tic financial institution’ and ‘foreign financial insti-22

tution’ have the meanings determined by the Sec-23

retary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(i) of24

the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability,25



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and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i)).’’;1

and2

(3) by inserting after paragraph (6), as redesig-3

nated by paragraph (1), the following:4

‘‘(7) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘medical de-5

vice’ has the meaning given the term ‘device’ in sec-6

tion 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic7

Act (21 U.S.C. 321).8

‘‘(8) MEDICINE.—The term ‘medicine’ has the9

meaning given the term ‘drug’ in section 201 of the10

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.11

321).’’.12

(c) CLERICAL A MENDMENT.—The table of contents13

for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights14

Act of 2012 is amended by striking the items relating to15

sections 222, 223, and 224 and inserting the following:16

‘‘Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign cur-

rencies with certain sanctioned persons.

‘‘Subtitle C—Other Matters

‘‘Sec. 231. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to certain au-

thorities of State and local governments.

‘‘Sec. 232. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that in-

vest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum

products to Iran.

‘‘Sec. 233. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crudeoil and refined petroleum products.’’.

SEC. 106. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROSPECTIVE SANC-17

TIONS.18

It is the sense of Congress that, if additional sanc-19

tions are imposed pursuant to this Act and the Govern-20



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ment of Iran continues to pursue an illicit nuclear weapons1

program, Congress should pursue additional stringent2

sanctions on Iran, such as sanctions on entities providing3

the Government of Iran access to assets of the Govern-4

ment of Iran held outside Iran, sanctions on Iran’s energy5

sector, including its natural gas sector, and sanctions on6

entities providing certain underwriting, insurance, or rein-7

surance to the Government of Iran.8

TITLE II—ENFORCEMENT OF9

SANCTIONS10

SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE PROVISION OF SPE-11

CIALIZED FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES12

TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND OTHER13

SANCTIONED IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITU-14

TIONS.15

It is the sense of Congress that—16

(1) the President has been engaged in intensive17

diplomatic efforts to ensure that sanctions against18

Iran are imposed and maintained multilaterally to19

sharply restrict the access of the Government of20

Iran to the global financial system;21

(2) the European Union is to be commended for22

strengthening the multilateral sanctions regime23

against Iran by prohibiting all persons subject to the24

jurisdiction of the European Union from providing25



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specialized financial messaging services to the Cen-1

tral Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian fi-2

nancial institutions;3

(3) in order to continue to sharply restrict ac-4

cess by Iran to the global financial system, the5

President and the European Union must continue to6

expeditiously address any judicial, administrative, or7

other decisions in their respective jurisdictions that8

might weaken the current multilateral sanctions re-9

gime, including decisions regarding the designation10

of financial institutions and global specialized finan-11

cial messaging service providers for sanctions; and12

(4) existing restrictions on the access of Iran to13

global specialized financial messaging services should14

be maintained.15

SEC. 202. INCLUSION OF TRANSFERS OF GOODS, SERVICES,16

AND TECHNOLOGIES TO STRATEGIC SEC-17

TORS OF IRAN FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTI-18

FYING DESTINATIONS OF DIVERSION CON-19

CERN.20

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b) of the Comprehen-21

sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act22

of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8542(b)) is amended—23


(A) in subparagraph (B)—25



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(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; or’’1

and inserting a semicolon;2

(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; and’’3

and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and4

(iii) by adding at the end the fol-5

lowing:6

‘‘(iv) strategic sectors; and’’; and7

(B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘;8

or’’ and inserting a semicolon;9


the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and11


‘‘(3) that will be sold, transferred, or otherwise13

made available to a strategic sector of Iran.’’.14

(b) STRATEGIC SECTOR DEFINED.—Section 301 of15

the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and16

Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8541) is amended—17

(1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para-18

graph (15); and19

(2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-20

lowing:21

‘‘(14) STRATEGIC SECTOR.—The term ‘strategic22

sector’ has the meaning given that term in section23

1244(c)(4) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Pro-24

liferation Act of 2012.’’.25



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(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Section 302(a) of the1

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-2

vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8542(a)) is amended by3

striking ‘‘180 days after the date of the enactment of this4

Act’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days after the date of the enact-5

ment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’.6

SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES7

WITH RESPECT TO DESTINATIONS OF DIVER-8

SION CONCERN.9

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(c) of the Comprehen-10

sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act11

of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8543(c)) is amended—12

(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting13

the following:14

‘‘(1) LICENSING REQUIREMENT.—Not later15

than’’; and16


‘‘(2) A DDITIONAL MEASURES.—The President18

may—19

‘‘(A) impose restrictions on United States20

foreign assistance or measures authorized under21

the International Emergency Economic Powers22

Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to a23

country designated as a Destination of Diver-24

sion Concern under subsection (a) if the Presi-25



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dent determines that those restrictions or meas-1

ures would prevent the diversion of goods, serv-2

ices, and technologies described in section3

302(b) to Iranian end-users or Iranian inter-4

mediaries; or5

‘‘(B) prohibit the issuance of a license6

under section 38 of the Arms Export Control7

Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) for the export to such a8

country of a defense article or defense service9

for which a notification to Congress would be10

required under section 36(b) of that Act (2211

U.S.C. 2776(b)).12

‘‘(3) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 9013

days after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear14

Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013, and every 90 days15

thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro-16

priate congressional committees a report—17

‘‘(A) identifying countries that have al-18

lowed the diversion through the country of19

goods, services, or technologies described in sec-20

tion 302(b) to Iranian end-users or Iranian21

intermediaries during the 180-day period pre-22

ceding the submission of the report;23

‘‘(B) identifying the persons that engaged24

in such diversion during that period; and25



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‘‘(C) describing the activities relating to di-1

version in which those countries and persons2

engaged.’’.3

(b) CONFORMING A MENDMENTS.—Section 303 of the4

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-5

vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8543) is amended—6

(1) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading,7

by striking ‘‘LICENSING REQUIREMENT’’ and insert-8

ing ‘‘LICENSING AND OTHER MEASURES’’; and9

(2) in subsection (d)—10

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-11

section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’;12

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub-13

section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’;14

and15

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘is it’’16

and inserting ‘‘it is’’.17

SEC. 204. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASED STAFFING18

FOR AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMEN-19

TATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS20

AGAINST IRAN.21

It is the sense of Congress that—22

(1) when the President submits the President’s23

budget for fiscal year 2015 to Congress under sec-24



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tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the1

President should, in that budget, prioritize—2

(A) resources for the Office of Foreign As-3

sets Control for the Department of Treasury4

dedicated to the implementation and enforce-5

ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and6

(B) resources for the Department of State7

dedicated to the implementation and enforce-8

ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and9

(2) the appropriate committees of the Senate10

and the House of Representatives should prioritize11

the resources described in subparagraphs (A) and12

(B) of paragraph (1) during consideration of author-13

ization and appropriations legislation in future fiscal14

years.15

TITLE III—IMPLEMENTATION OF16

SANCTIONS17

SEC. 301. SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS TO FACILITATE A18

DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION.19

(a) SUSPENSION OF NEW S ANCTIONS.—20

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may suspend21

the application of sanctions imposed under this Act22

or amendments made by this Act for a 180-day pe-23

riod beginning on the earlier of the date of the en-24

actment of this Act or the date on which the Presi-25



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dent submits a notification described in paragraph1

(5) to the appropriate congressional committees, if2

the President makes the certification described in3

paragraph (2) to the appropriate congressional com-4

mittees every 30 days during that period.5

(2) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—A certifi-6

cation described in this paragraph is a certification7

that—8

(A) Iran is complying with the provisions9

of the Joint Plan of Action and any agreement10

to implement the Joint Plan of Action;11

(B) Iran has agreed to specific and12

verifiable measures to implement the Joint Plan13

of Action;14

(C) Iran is transparently, verifiably, and15

fully implementing the Joint Plan of Action and16

any agreement to implement the Joint Plan of17

Action;18

(D) Iran has not breached the terms of or19

any commitment made pursuant to the Joint20

Plan of Action or any agreement to implement21

the Joint Plan of Action;22

(E) Iran is proactively and in good faith23

engaged in negotiations toward a final agree-24

ment or arrangement to terminate its illicit nu-25



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clear activities, related weaponization activities,1

and any other nuclear activity not required for2

a civilian nuclear program;3

(F) the United States is working toward a4

final agreement or arrangement that will dis-5

mantle Iran’s illicit nuclear infrastructure to6

prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapons7

capability and permit daily verification, moni-8

toring, and inspections of suspect facilities in9

Iran so that an effort by Iran to produce a nu-10

clear weapon would be quickly detected;11

(G) any suspension of or relief from sanc-12

tions provided to Iran pursuant to the Joint13

Plan of Action is temporary, reversible, and14

proportionate to the specific and verifiable15

measures taken by Iran with respect to termi-16

nating its illicit nuclear program and related17

weaponization activities;18

(H) Iran has not directly, or through a19

proxy, supported, financed, planned, or other-20

wise carried out an act of terrorism against the21

United States or United States persons or22

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(I) Iran has not conducted any tests for1

ballistic missiles with a range exceeding 500 kil-2

ometers; and3

(J) the suspension of sanctions is vital to4

the national security interests of the United5

States.6

(3) RENEWAL OF SUSPENSION.—Following the7

180-day period described in paragraph (1), the8

President may renew a suspension of sanctions9

under that paragraph for 2 additional periods of not10

more than 30 days if, for each such renewal, the11

President submits to the appropriate congressional12

committees—13

(A) a certification described in paragraph14

(2) that covers the 30 days preceding the cer-15

tification; and16

(B) a certification that a final agreement17

or arrangement with Iran to fully and verifiably18

terminate its illicit nuclear program and related19

weaponization activities is imminent and that20

Iran will, pursuant to that agreement or ar-21

rangement, dismantle its illicit nuclear infra-22

structure to preclude a nuclear breakout capa-23

bility and other capabilities critical to the pro-24

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(4) TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF EXISTING 1

SANCTIONS.—2

(A) IN GENERAL.—Any sanctions deferred,3

waived, or otherwise suspended by the Presi-4

dent pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action or5

any agreement to implement the Joint Plan of6

Action, including sanctions suspended under7

this section and sanctions relating to precious8

metals, petrochemicals, Iran’s automotive sec-9

tor, and sanctions pursuant to section 1245 of10

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-11

cal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), shall be rein-12

stated immediately if—13

(i)(I) during the 180-day period de-14

scribed in paragraph (1), the President15

does not submit a certification every 3016

days pursuant that paragraph; or17

(II) the President does not renew the18

suspension of sanctions pursuant to para-19

graph (3);20

(ii) Iran breaches its commitments21

under either the Joint Plan of Action or a22

final agreement or arrangement described23

in subsection (b)(1); or24



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(iii) no final arrangement or agree-1

ment is reached with Iran by the earlier of2

the date that is 240 days after—3

(I) the date of the enactment of4

this Act; or5

(II) the date on which the Presi-6

dent submits a notification described7

in paragraph (5) to the appropriate8

congressional committees.9

(B) W AIVER.—10

(i) IN GENERAL.—The President may11

waive the reinstatement of any sanction12

under subparagraph (A)(iii) for periods of13

not more than 30 days during the period14

specified in clause (ii) if, for each such15

waiver, the President submits to the appro-16

priate congressional committees—17

(I) a notification of the waiver;18

(II) a certification described in19

paragraph (2) that covers the 30 days20

preceding the certification;21

(III) a certification that the waiv-22

er is vital to the national security in-23

terests of the United States with re-24



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spect to the dismantlement of Iran’s1

illicit nuclear weapons program; and2

(IV) a detailed report on the sta-3

tus of the negotiations with the Gov-4

ernment of Iran on a final agreement5

or arrangement to terminate its illicit6

nuclear program and related7

weaponization activities, including an8

assessment of prospects for and the9

expected timeline to reach such an10

agreement or arrangement.11

(ii) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period12

specified in this clause is the period that13

begins on the date of the enactment of this14

Act and ends on the earlier of the date15

that is one year after—16

(I) such date of enactment; or17

(II) the date on which the Presi-18

dent submits a notification described19

in paragraph (5) to the appropriate20

congressional committees.21

(5) NOTIFICATION RELATING TO AGREEMENT 22

TO IMPLEMENT JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—Not later23

than 3 days after Iran has agreed to specific and24

verifiable measures to implement the Joint Plan of25



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Action, the President shall notify the appropriate1

congressional committees of that agreement.2

(b) SUSPENSION FOR A FINAL A GREEMENT OR A R-3

RANGEMENT.—4

(1) IN GENERAL.—Unless a joint resolution of5

disapproval is enacted pursuant to subsection (c),6

the President may suspend the application of sanc-7

tions imposed under this Act or amendments made8

by this Act for a one-year period if the President9

certifies to the appropriate congressional committees10

that the United States and its allies have reached a11

final and verifiable agreement or arrangement with12

Iran that will—13

(A) dismantle Iran’s illicit nuclear infra-14

structure, including enrichment and reprocess-15

ing capabilities and facilities, the heavy water16

reactor and production plant at Arak, and any17

nuclear weapon components and technology, so18

that Iran is precluded from a nuclear breakout19

capability and prevented from pursuing both20

uranium and plutonium pathways to a nuclear21

weapon;22

(B) bring Iran into compliance with all23

United Nations Security Council resolutions re-24

lated to Iran’s nuclear program, including Reso-25



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lutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 17471

(2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 19292

(2010), with a view toward bringing to a satis-3

factory conclusion the Security Council’s consid-4

eration of matters relating to Iran’s nuclear5

program;6

(C) resolve all issues of past and present7

concern with the International Atomic Energy8

Agency, including possible military dimensions9

of Iran’s nuclear program;10

(D) permit continuous, around the clock,11

on-site inspection, verification, and monitoring12

of all suspect facilities in Iran, including instal-13

lation and use of any compliance verification14

equipment requested by the International Atom-15

ic Energy Agency, so that any effort by Iran to16

produce a nuclear weapon would be quickly de-17

tected; and18

(E) require Iran’s full implementation of19

and compliance with the Agreement between20

Iran and the International Atomic Energy21

Agency for the Application of Safeguards in22

Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Pro-23

liferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vienna24

June 19, 1973, including modified Code 3.1 of25



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the Subsidiary Arrangements to that Agree-1

ment and ratification and implementation of2

the Protocol Additional to that Agreement,3

done at Vienna December 18, 2003; and4

(F) requires Iran’s implementation of5

measures in addition to the Protocol Additional6

that include verification by the International7

Atomic Energy Agency of Iran’s centrifuge8

manufacturing facilities, including raw mate-9

rials and components, and Iran’s uranium10

mines and mills.11

(2) RENEWAL OF SUSPENSION.—The President12

may renew the suspension of sanctions pursuant to13

paragraph (1) for additional one-year periods if, for14

each such renewal, the President—15

(A) certifies to the appropriate congres-16

sional committees that Iran is complying with17

the terms of the final arrangement or agree-18

ment, including by—19

(i) dismantling Iran’s illicit nuclear20

infrastructure, including enrichment and21

reprocessing capabilities and facilities, and22

the heavy water reactor and production23

plant at Arak, so that Iran is prevented24



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from pursuing both uranium and pluto-1

nium pathways to a nuclear weapon;2

(ii) permitting continuous, around the3

clock, on-site inspection, verification, and4

monitoring of all suspect facilities in Iran,5

including installation and use of any com-6

pliance verification equipment requested by7

the International Atomic Energy Agency,8

so that any effort by Iran to produce a nu-9

clear weapon would be quickly detected;10

(iii) resolving all issues of past and11

present concern with the International12

Atomic Energy Agency, including possible13

military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear pro-14

gram;15

(iv) remaining in full compliance with16

all United Nations Security Council resolu-17

tions related to Iran’s nuclear program, in-18

cluding Resolutions 1696 (2006), 173719

(2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 183520

(2008), and 1929 (2010);21

(v) fully implementing and complying22

with the Agreement between Iran and the23

International Atomic Energy Agency for24

the Application of Safeguards in Connec-25



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tion with the Treaty on the Non-Prolifera-1

tion of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vienna2

June 19, 1973, including modified Code3

3.1 of the Subsidiary Arrangements to that4

Agreement and ratification and implemen-5

tation of the Protocol Additional to that6

Agreement, done at Vienna December 18,7

2003; and8

(vi) implementing measures, in addi-9

tion to the Protocol Additional, that in-10

clude verification by the International11

Atomic Energy Agency of Iran’s centrifuge12

manufacturing facilities, including raw ma-13

terials and components, and Iran’s ura-14

nium mines and mills; and15

(B) submits to the appropriate congres-16

sional committees with the certification under17

subparagraph (A) a detailed report describing18

the actions taken by Iran to comply with the19

terms of the final arrangement or agreement.20

(c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—21

(1) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the term22

‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means only a joint23

resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress, the sole24

matter after the resolving clause of which is as fol-25



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lows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves of the suspension1

of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran under sec-2

tion 301(b)(1) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act3

of 2013 pursuant to the certification of the Presi-4

dent submitted to Congress under that section on5

llllll ’’, with the blank space being filled6

with the appropriate date.7

(2) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERING RESOLU-8

TIONS.—9

(A) INTRODUCTION.—A joint resolution of10

disapproval—11

(i) may be introduced in the House of12

Representatives or the Senate during the13

15-day period beginning on the date on14

which the President submits a certification15

under subsection (b)(1) to the appropriate16

congressional committees;17

(ii) in the House of Representatives,18

may be introduced by the Speaker or the19

minority leader or a Member of the House20

designated by the Speaker or minority21

leader;22

(iii) in the Senate, may be introduced23

by the majority leader or minority leader24

of the Senate or a Member of the Senate25



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designated by the majority leader or mi-1

nority leader; and2

(iv) may not be amended.3

(B) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES.—A joint4

resolution of disapproval introduced in the Sen-5

ate shall be referred to the Committee on Bank-6

ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs and a joint7

resolution of disapproval in the House of Rep-8

resentatives shall be referred to the Committee9

on Foreign Affairs.10

(C) COMMITTEE DISCHARGE AND FLOOR 11

CONSIDERATION.—The provisions of sub-12

sections (c) through (f) of section 152 of the13

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) (relating14

to committee discharge and floor consideration15

of certain resolutions in the House of Rep-16

resentatives and the Senate) apply to a joint17

resolution of disapproval under this subsection18

to the same extent that such subsections apply19

to joint resolutions under such section 152, ex-20

cept that—21

(i) subsection (c)(1) shall be applied22

and administered by substituting ‘‘1023

days’’ for ‘‘30 days’’; and24



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(ii) subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) shall be ap-1

plied and administered by substituting2

‘‘Committee on Banking, Housing, and3

Urban Affairs’’ for ‘‘Committee on Fi-4

nance’’.5

(3) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA -6

TIVES AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by7

Congress—8

(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power9

of the Senate and the House of Representa-10

tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part11

of the rules of each House, respectively, but ap-12

plicable only with respect to the procedure to be13

followed in that House in the case of a joint14

resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to15

the extent that it is inconsistent with such16

rules; and17

(B) with full recognition of the constitu-18

tional right of either House to change the rules19

(so far as relating to the procedure of that20

House) at any time, in the same manner and21

to the same extent as in the case of any other22

rule of that House.23

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:24



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(1) A PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-1

TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2

mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section3

14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law4

104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).5

(2) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—The term ‘‘Joint6

Plan of Action’’ means the Joint Plan of Action,7

signed at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and8

by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the9

People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom,10

and the United States.11

(3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term12

‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given that13

term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran14

Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of15

2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511).16

TITLE IV—GENERAL17

PROVISIONS18

SEC. 401. EXCEPTION FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUC-19

TION.20

The President may provide for an exception from the21

imposition of sanctions under the provisions of or amend-22

ments made by this Act for reconstruction assistance or23

economic development for Afghanistan—24



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(1) to the extent that the President determines1

that such an exception is in the national interest of2

the United States; and3

(2) if, not later than 15 days before issuing the4

exception, the President submits a notification of5

and justification for the exception to the appropriate6

congressional committees (as defined in section 14 of7

the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–8

172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)).9

SEC. 402. EXCEPTION FOR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.10

No provision of or amendment made by this Act au-11

thorizes or requires the President to impose sanctions re-12

lating to the importation of goods.13

SEC. 403. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AC-14

TIVITIES.15

Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this16

Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of17

the United States.18

SEC. 404. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN NATURAL GAS19

PROJECTS.20

Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this21

Act shall be construed to apply with respect to any activity22

relating to a project described in subsection (a) of section23

603 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human24



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Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8783) to which the excep-1

tion under that section applies at the time of the activity.2

SEC. 405. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO THE3

USE OF FORCE AGAINST IRAN.4

Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this5

Act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an au-6

thorization of the use of force against Iran.7

TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS8

SEC. 501. CATEGORIES OF ALIENS FOR PURPOSES OF REF-9

UGEE DETERMINATIONS.10

The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re-11

lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law12

101–167) is amended—13

(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—14

(A) in subsection (b), by striking para-15

graph (3); and16

(B) in subsection (e)—17

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking18

‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’;19

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking20

‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’; and21

(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking22

‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’; and23

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