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114TH 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. KIRK (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms.AYOTTE, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. COATS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr.
MANCHIN, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. CASEY, Mr.
BURR, and Mr. BLUNT) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on llllllllll
A BILL
To 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 2015.5
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.The table of contents for6
this Act is as follows:7
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
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Sec. 3. Sense of Congress.
TITLE ICONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGREEMENTS WITH,
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS RELIEF PROVIDED TO, IRAN
Sec. 101. Transmission to Congress of agreements with Iran and assessment
reports with respect to such agreements.
Sec. 102. Period for review by Congress of long-term comprehensive solution.
TITLE IIEXPANSION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS
Sec. 201. Effective dates for staged imposition of sanctions if long-term com-
prehensive solution not reached.
Sec. 202. Termination of suspension of sanctions.
Sec. 203. Applicability of sanctions with respect to petroleum transactions.
Sec. 204. 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. 205. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain
Iranian individuals.
Sec. 206. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign cur-rencies with or for certain sanctioned persons.
Sec. 207. Imposition of sanctions with respect to ports, special economic zones,
and strategic sectors of Iran.
Sec. 208. Waiver of sanctions.
TITLE IIIGENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Exception for Afghanistan reconstruction.
Sec. 302. Exception for import restrictions.
Sec. 303. Applicability to certain intelligence activities.
Sec. 304. Applicability to certain natural gas projects.
Sec. 305. Rule of construction with respect to the use of force against Iran.
Sec. 306. Sense of Congress on increased staffing for agencies involved in theimplementation and enforcement of sanctions against Iran.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.1
In this Act:2
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-3
TEES.The term appropriate congressional com-4
mittees has the meaning given that term in section5
14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law6
104172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).7
(2) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.The term Joint8
Plan of Action9
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(A) means the Joint Plan of Action, signed1
at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and the2
P5-plus-1 countries; and3
(B) includes all implementing materials4
and agreements related to the Joint Plan of Ac-5
tion, including the technical understandings6
reached on January 12, 2014, the extension7
agreed to on July 19, 2014, the extension8
agreed to on November 24, 2014, and any ex-9
tension that is agreed to on or after the date10
of the enactment of this Act and is transmitted11
to the appropriate congressional committees12
pursuant to section 101.13
(3) LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION.14
The term long-term comprehensive solution means15
any comprehensive agreement, including a frame-16
work agreement or political agreement, regarding17
the nuclear program of Iran as described in the18
Joint Plan of Action, without regard to whether or19
not one or more countries other than the United20
States and Iran are parties to the agreement, and21
all implementing materials and technical under-22
standings related to that comprehensive agreement.23
(4) P5-PLUS-1 COUNTRIES.The term P5-24
plus-1 countries means the United States, France,25
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the Russian Federation, the Peoples Republic of1
China, the United Kingdom, and Germany.2
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.3
It is the sense of Congress that4
(1) it is the policy of the United States that the5
Government of Iran will not be allowed to develop or6
otherwise acquire a nuclear weapon capability;7
(2) all instruments of power and influence of8
the United States should remain on the table to pre-9
vent the Government of Iran from developing or oth-10
erwise acquiring a nuclear weapon capability;11
(3) a long-term comprehensive solution with12
Iran will be most sustainable over the long term if13
the President consults and coordinates closely with14
Congress to implement a strategy that decisively15
ends any nuclear threat from Iran;16
(4) the Government of Iran does not have an17
absolute or inherent right to enrichment and reproc-18
essing capabilities and technologies under the Treaty19
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done20
at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968,21
and entered into force March 5, 1970 (commonly re-22
ferred to as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Trea-23
ty);24
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(5) the goal of international negotiations with1
Iran, led by the United States, should be to conclude2
a long-term comprehensive solution with parameters3
that will4
(A) reverse the development of Irans illicit5
nuclear infrastructure, including enrichment6
and reprocessing capabilities and facilities, the7
heavy water reactor and production plant at8
Arak, and any nuclear weapon components and9
technology, such that Iran is precluded from a10
nuclear breakout capability and prevented from11
pursuing both uranium and plutonium path-12
ways to a nuclear weapon;13
(B) bring Iran into compliance with all14
United Nations Security Council resolutions re-15
lated to Irans nuclear program, including Reso-16
lutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 174717
(2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 192918
(2010), with a view toward bringing to a satis-19
factory conclusion the Security Councils consid-20
eration of matters relating to the nuclear pro-21
gram of Iran;22
(C) resolve all issues of past and present23
concern with the International Atomic Energy24
Agency, including possible military dimensions25
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of the nuclear program of Iran, and give inspec-1
tors access to personnel, documents, and facili-2
ties involved, at any point, with nuclear or nu-3
clear weapons-related activities of Iran;4
(D) permit on-site and short-notice inspec-5
tion, verification, and monitoring of all declared6
and suspect facilities in Iran, including installa-7
tion and use of any compliance verification8
equipment requested by the International Atom-9
ic Energy Agency, such that any effort by Iran10
to produce a nuclear weapon will be quickly de-11
tected;12
(E) require that Iran fully implement and13
comply with14
(i) the Agreement between Iran and15
the International Atomic Energy Agency16
for the Application of Safeguards in Con-17
nection with the Treaty on the Non-Pro-18
liferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vi-19
enna June 19, 1973 (commonly referred to20
as the Comprehensive Safeguards Agree-21
ment);22
(ii) modified Code 3.1 of the Sub-23
sidiary Arrangements to the Agreement be-24
tween Iran and the International Atomic25
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Energy Agency for the Application of Safe-1
guards in Connection with the Treaty on2
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;3
and4
(iii) ratification and implementation of5
the Protocol Additional to the Agreement6
between Iran and the International Atomic7
Energy Agency for the Application of Safe-8
guards in Connection with the Treaty on9
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,10
done at Vienna December 18, 2003 (com-11
monly referred to as the Additional Pro-12
tocol); and13
(F) require that Iran implement measures14
in addition to the Additional Protocol that in-15
clude verification by the International Atomic16
Energy Agency of Irans centrifuge research,17
development, and manufacturing facilities, in-18
cluding raw materials and components, and19
Irans uranium mines, mills, and processing fa-20
cilities;21
(6) the United States should continue to impose22
sanctions on the Government of Iran and its proxies23
for their continuing sponsorship of terrorism;24
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(7) the United States should continue to impose1
sanctions on the Government of Iran and Iranian2
persons for3
(A) ongoing abuses of human rights; and4
(B) actions in support of the regime of5
Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and6
(8) the United States should continue to impose7
sanctions on the Government of Iran and other gov-8
ernments and persons for the procurement, sale, or9
transfer of technology, services, or goods that sup-10
port the development or acquisition of weapons of11
mass destruction or the means of delivery of those12
weapons.13
TITLE ICONGRESSIONAL RE-14
VIEW OF AGREEMENTS WITH,15
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS RE-16
LIEF PROVIDED TO, IRAN17
SEC. 101. TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS OF AGREEMENTS18
WITH IRAN AND ASSESSMENT REPORTS WITH19
RESPECT TO SUCH AGREEMENTS.20
(a) TRANSMISSION OF AGREEMENTS.Not later21
than 5 days after entering into a long-term comprehensive22
solution or any agreement to extend the Joint Plan of Ac-23
tion entered into after the date of the enactment of this24
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Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate con-1
gressional committees2
(1) the text of the agreement;3
(2) a verification assessment report of the Sec-4
retary of State prepared under subsection (b) with5
respect to the agreement; and6
(3) an economic sanctions relief assessment re-7
port of the Secretary of the Treasury prepared8
under subsection (c) with respect to the agreement.9
(b) VERIFICATIONASSESSMENT REPORT.10
(1) IN GENERAL.The Secretary of State shall,11
in consultation with the Director of National Intel-12
ligence, prepare, with respect to each agreement de-13
scribed in subsection (a), a report assessing the ex-14
tent to which the Secretary will be able to verify that15
Iran is complying with its obligations under the16
agreement.17
(2) ASSUMPTIONS.In preparing a report18
under paragraph (1) with respect to an agreement19
described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall as-20
sume that Iran could21
(A) use all measures not expressly prohib-22
ited by the agreement to conceal activities that23
violate its obligations under the agreement; and24
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(B) alter or deviate from standard prac-1
tices in order to impede efforts to verify that2
Iran is complying with those obligations.3
(c) ECONOMIC SANCTIONS RELIEFASSESSMENT RE-4
PORT.The Secretary of the Treasury shall, in consulta-5
tion with the Director of National Intelligence, prepare,6
with respect to each agreement described in subsection7
(a), a report assessing the extent to which the economy8
of Iran9
(1) has, as of the date of the report, directly10
and indirectly benefited from sanctions relief pursu-11
ant to the Joint Plan of Action; and12
(2) is likely, over the course of the agreement,13
to directly and indirectly benefit from proposed sanc-14
tions relief, including enhanced trade and market15
opportunities, pursuant to the agreement.16
(d) FORM OF REPORTS.Each report under sub-17
section (b) or (c) shall be transmitted in unclassified form,18
but may include a classified annex.19
SEC. 102. PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS OF LONG-20
TERM COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION.21
(a) TRANSMISSION OF LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE22
SOLUTION.23
(1) IN GENERAL.After transmitting a long-24
term comprehensive solution and the assessment re-25
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ports under section 101(a), the President shall not1
exercise any waiver authority provided under any2
provision of law imposing sanctions with respect to3
Iran, refrain from applying any such sanctions, or4
take any other action to alter or limit the application5
of sanctions in connection with or to implement the6
long-term comprehensive solution, until the date that7
is 30 days of continuous session of Congress after8
the President transmits the long-term comprehensive9
solution and the assessment reports.10
(2) EXCEPTION.The prohibition under para-11
graph (1) does not apply to a renewal of any defer-12
ral, waiver, or other suspension of sanctions pursu-13
ant to the Joint Plan of Action if that deferral,14
waiver, or other suspension is made15
(A) consistent with the law in effect on the16
date of the enactment of this Act; and17
(B) not later than 45 days before the18
transmission by the President of the long-term19
comprehensive solution and the assessment re-20
ports under section 101(a).21
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.The President22
shall not construe this subsection to allow any new23
deferral, waiver, or other suspension of sanctions24
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(4) by October 5, 2015, the provisions of and1
amendments made by section 205 shall take effect;2
(5) by November 2, 2015, the provisions of and3
amendments made by section 206 shall take effect;4
and5
(6) by December 7, 2015, the provisions of and6
amendments made by section 207 shall take effect.7
SEC. 202. TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS.8
Any sanctions imposed pursuant to statute or execu-9
tive action that are deferred, waived, or otherwise sus-10
pended by the President before the date of the enactment11
of this Act pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action shall be12
reinstated on the effective date specified in section 201(1).13
SEC. 203. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO14
PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS.15
(a) IN GENERAL.Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the16
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 201217
(22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended18
(1) in subclause (I), by striking reduced re-19
duced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran20
and inserting reduced the volume of its purchases21
of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin; and22
(2) in subclause (II), by striking crude oil pur-23
chases from Iran and inserting purchases of pe-24
troleum from Iran or of Iranian origin.25
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(b) DEFINITIONS.Section 1245(h) of the National1
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (222
U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is amended3
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as4
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and5
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-6
lowing:7
(3) IRANIAN ORIGIN.The term Iranian ori-8
gin, with respect to petroleum, means extracted,9
produced, or refined in Iran.10
(4) PETROLEUM.The term petroleum in-11
cludes crude oil, lease condensates, plant conden-12
sates, fuel oils, other unfinished oils, liquefied petro-13
leum gases, and other petroleum products..14
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.Section 102(b) of15
the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act16
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is amended17
(1) in paragraph (3)18
(A) by striking crude oil purchases from19
Iran and inserting purchases of petroleum20
from Iran or of Iranian origin; and21
(B) by striking as amended by section22
504,; and23
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(2) in paragraph (4), by striking crude oil pur-1
chases and inserting purchases of petroleum from2
Iran or of Iranian origin.3
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments made by4
this section shall apply with respect to determinations5
under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense6
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.7
8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the effective date specified8
in section 201(2).9
SEC. 204. INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN10
SANCTIONS FOR COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT11
REDUCE PURCHASES OF PETROLEUM FROM12
IRAN OR OF IRANIAN ORIGIN TO A DE MINI-13
MIS LEVEL.14
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.It shall be the policy15
of the United States to seek to ensure that all countries16
reduce their purchases of crude oil, lease condensates, fuel17
oils, and other unfinished oils from Iran or of Iranian ori-18
gin to a de minimis level by the end of the 240-day period19
beginning on the effective date specified in section 201(3).20
(b) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTIONS TO SANC-21
TIONS.Section 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense22
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.23
8513a(d)(4)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-24
lowing:25
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(iii) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEP-1
TION.2
(I) IN GENERAL.A country3
that purchased petroleum from Iran4
or of Iranian origin during the one-5
year period preceding the effective6
date specified in section 201(3) of the7
Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of8
2015 may continue to receive an ex-9
ception under clause (i) on or after10
the date that is 240 days after such11
effective date only12
(aa) if the country reduces13
its purchases of petroleum from14
Iran or of Iranian origin to a de15
minimis level by the end of the16
240-day period beginning on such17
effective date; or18
(bb) as provided in sub-19
clause (II) or (III).20
(II) COUNTRIES THAT DRA -21
MATICALLY REDUCE PURCHASES.22
(aa) IN GENERAL.A23
country that would otherwise be24
ineligible pursuant to subclause25
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(I)(aa) to receive an exception1
under clause (i) may continue to2
receive such an exception during3
the one-year period beginning on4
the date that is 240 days after5
the effective date specified in sec-6
tion 201(3) of the Nuclear Weap-7
on Free Iran Act of 2015 if the8
country9
(AA) dramatically re-10
duces by at least 30 percent11
its purchases of petroleum12
from Iran or of Iranian ori-13
gin during the 240-day pe-14
riod beginning on such effec-15
tive date, as compared to its16
average monthly purchases17
of such petroleum during18
calendar year 2014; and19
(BB) is expected to20
reduce its purchases of pe-21
troleum from Iran or of Ira-22
nian origin to a de minimis23
level within a defined period24
of time that is not longer25
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than 2 years after such ef-1
fective date.2
(bb) TERMINATION OF EX-3
CEPTION.If a country that con-4
tinues to receive an exception5
under clause (i) pursuant to item6
(aa) does not reduce its pur-7
chases of petroleum from Iran or8
of Iranian origin to a de minimis9
level by the date that is 2 years10
after the effective date specified11
in section 201(3) of the Nuclear12
Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015,13
that country shall not be eligible14
for an exception under clause (i)15
on or after the date that is 216
years after such effective date.17
(III) REINSTATEMENT OF ELI-18
GIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION.A country19
that becomes ineligible for an excep-20
tion under clause (i) pursuant to sub-21
clause (I) or (II) shall be eligible for22
such an exception in accordance with23
the provisions of clause (i) on and24
after the date on which the President25
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determines the country has reduced1
its purchases of petroleum from Iran2
or of Iranian origin to a de minimis3
level..4
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.Section5
1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense Authorization6
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i))7
is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by strik-8
ing Sanctions imposed and inserting Except as pro-9
vided in clause (iii), sanctions imposed.10
SEC. 205. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC-11
TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN12
INDIVIDUALS.13
(a) EXPANSION OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED.Sec-14
tion 221(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria15
Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(a)) is amend-16
ed17
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ; or and18
inserting a semicolon;19
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at20
the end and inserting a semicolon; and21
(3) by adding at the end the following:22
(3) an individual who engages in activities for23
or on behalf of the Government of Iran that enables24
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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 official9
(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 with13
(i) Irans illicit nuclear activities or14
proliferation of weapons of mass destruc-15
tion or delivery systems for weapons of16
mass destruction; or17
(ii) Irans support for acts of inter-18
national terrorism; and19
(B) who was involved in the activity for20
which the entity was designated for the imposi-21
tion of sanctions..22
(b) EXPANSION OF SENIOR OFFICIALS DE-23
SCRIBED.Section 221(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction24
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and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(b))1
is amended2
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ; or and in-3
serting a semicolon;4
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at5
the end and inserting ; or; and6
(3) by adding at the end the following:7
(7) a senior official of8
(A) the Office of the Supreme Leader of9
Iran;10
(B) the Atomic Energy Organization of11
Iran;12
(C) the Islamic Consultative Assembly of13
Iran;14
(D) the Council of Ministers of Iran;15
(E) the Ministry of Defense and Armed16
Forces Logistics of Iran;17
(F) the Ministry of Justice of Iran;18
(G) the Ministry of Interior of Iran;19
(H) the prison system of Iran; or20
(I) the judicial system of Iran..21
(c) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.Section 221 of the22
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of23
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727) is amended24
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(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as1
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and2
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-3
lowing:4
(d) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.5
(1) OFFICIALS AND OTHER ACTORS.In the6
case of an individual described in paragraph (1), (3),7
(4), or (5) of subsection (a) who is on the list re-8
quired by that subsection, the President shall block9
and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-10
terests in property of that individual if such property11
or interests in property are in the United States,12
come within the United States, or are or come with-13
in the possession or control of a United States per-14
son.15
(2) FAMILY MEMBERS.In the case of an in-16
dividual described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a)17
who is on the list required by that subsection, the18
President shall block and prohibit a transaction in19
property or an interest in property of that individual20
if the property or interest in property21
(A) was transferred to that individual22
from an individual described in paragraph (1)23
of subsection (a) who is on the list required by24
that subsection; and25
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(B) is in the United States, comes within1
the United States, or is or comes within the2
possession or control of a United States per-3
son..4
(d) CONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.Section 221 of the5
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of6
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727), as amended by subsections (a),7
(b), and (c), is further amended8
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-9
ing IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF10
SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRA-11
NIAN INDIVIDUALS;12
(2) in subsection (a), by striking Not later13
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of14
this Act and inserting Not later than 90 days15
after the effective date specified in section 201(4) of16
the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015; and17
(3) in subsection (c), by striking subsection18
(d) and inserting subsection (e).19
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.The table of contents20
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights21
Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by strik-22
ing the item relating to section 221 and inserting the fol-23
lowing:24
Sec. 221. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain
Iranian individuals..
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SEC. 206. 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 amended7
(1) by inserting after section 221 the following:8
Subtitle COther 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 SANCTIONS.The President16
(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 of8
(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 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et13
seq.); or14
(B) a person described in section15
1244(c)(2) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-16
Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.17
8803(c)(2)) (other than a person described in18
subparagraph (C)(iii) of that section).19
(2) PRIMARY JURISDICTION.For purposes of20
paragraph (1), a country in which a person operates21
shall be deemed to have primary jurisdiction over22
the person only with respect to the operations of the23
person in that country.24
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(c) APPLICABILITY.Subsection (a) shall apply1
with respect to a transaction described in subsection2
(b)(1) conducted or facilitated3
(1) on or after the effective date specified in4
section 201(5) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act5
of 2015 pursuant to a contract entered into on or6
after such effective date; and7
(2) on or after the date that is 90 days after8
such effective date pursuant to a contract entered9
into before such effective date.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) WAIVER.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 President23
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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 institution14
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) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.Section 2 of the23
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of24
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701) is amended25
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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) ACCOUNT; 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) AGRICULTURAL 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) APPROPRIATE 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
104172; 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 AMENDMENT.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 COther 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..
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SEC. 207. 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 shipbuilding6
and inserting shipbuilding, automotive, construction, en-7
gineering, and mining.8
(b) EXPANSION OF DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES OF9
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) EXPANSION OF ENTITIES SUBJECT TO BLOCKING16
OF PROPERTY.Section 1244(c) of the Iran Freedom and17
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(c)) is18
amended19
(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 effective date specified22
in section 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran23
Act of 2015; and24
(2) in paragraph (2)25
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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 effective date specified in section4
201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of5
2015;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 means16
(i) the energy, shipping, ship-17
building, automotive, and mining sectors of18
Iran;19
(ii) except as provided in subpara-20
graph (B), the construction and engineer-21
ing sectors of Iran; and22
(iii) any other sector the President23
designates as of strategic importance to24
Iran.25
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(B) EXCEPTION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND1
ENGINEERING OF SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND2
SIMILAR FACILITIES.For purposes of this sec-3
tion, a project to construct or engineer a school,4
hospital, or similar facility (as determined by5
the President) shall not be considered part of a6
strategic sector of Iran.7
(C) NOTIFICATION OF STRATEGIC SEC-8
TOR DESIGNATION.The President shall sub-9
mit to Congress a notification of the designa-10
tion of a sector as a strategic sector of Iran for11
purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii) not later than12
5 days after the date on which the President13
makes the designation..14
(d) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO15
STRATEGIC SECTORS.Section 1244(d) of the Iran Free-16
dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.17
8803(d)) is amended18
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking the date19
that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of20
this Act and inserting the effective date specified21
in section 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran22
Act of 2015;23
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the date that24
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this25
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section 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act1
of 2015.2
(f) PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO SANCTIONED PER-3
SONS.Section 1246(a)(1) of the Iran Freedom and4
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8805(a)(1))5
is amended6
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),7
by striking the date that is 180 days after the date8
of the enactment of this Act and inserting the ef-9
fective date specified in section 201(6) of the Nu-10
clear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015; and11
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking the en-12
ergy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors and insert-13
ing a strategic sector (as defined in section14
1244(c)(4)).15
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.Section 1244 of16
the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 201217
(22 U.S.C. 8803), as amended by subsections (a), (b), (c),18
and (d), is further amended19
(1) in the section heading, by striking THE20
ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING and21
inserting CERTAIN PORTS, ECONOMIC ZONES,22
AND;23
(2) in subsection (b), in the subsection heading,24
by striking PORTS AND ENTITIES IN THE ENERGY,25
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SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING SECTORS OF IRAN1
AS;2
(3) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading,3
by striking ENTITIES IN ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND4
SHIPBUILDING SECTORS and inserting CERTAIN5
ENTITIES; and6
(4) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading,7
by striking THE ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIP-8
BUILDING and inserting STRATEGIC.9
SEC. 208. WAIVER OF SANCTIONS.10
The President may waive the application of any sanc-11
tion pursuant to a provision of or amendment made by12
this title for a 30-day period, and may renew the waiver13
for additional 30-day periods, if the President, before the14
waiver or renewal, as the case may be15
(1) certifies to the appropriate congressional16
committees that17
(A) the waiver or renewal, as the case may18
be, is in the national security interest of the19
United States;20
(B) the waiver or renewal, as the case may21
be, is necessary to and likely to result in achiev-22
ing a long-term comprehensive solution with23
Iran; and24
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(C) Iran is not making further progress on1
its nuclear weapons program and is in compli-2
ance with all interim agreements with respect to3
that program; and4
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional5
committees a comprehensive report on the status of6
the negotiations toward a long-term comprehensive7
solution that includes an assessment of the likeli-8
hood of reaching that solution and the time frame9
anticipated for achieving that solution.10
TITLE IIIGENERAL11
PROVISIONS12
SEC. 301. EXCEPTION FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUC-13
TION.14
The President may provide for an exception from the15
imposition of sanctions under the provisions of or amend-16
ments made by this Act for reconstruction assistance or17
economic development for Afghanistan18
(1) to the extent that the President determines19
that such an exception is in the national interest of20
the United States; and21
(2) if, not later than 15 days before issuing the22
exception, the President submits a notification of23
and justification for the exception to the appropriate24
congressional committees.25
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SEC. 302. EXCEPTION FOR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.1
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this2
Act authorizes or requires the President to impose sanc-3
tions relating to the importation of goods.4
SEC. 303. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AC-5
TIVITIES.6
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this7
Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of8
the United States.9
SEC. 304. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN NATURAL GAS10
PROJECTS.11
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this12
Act shall be construed to apply with respect to any activity13
relating to a project described in subsection (a) of section14
603 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human15
Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8783) to which the excep-16
tion under that section applies at the time of the activity.17
SEC. 305. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO THE18
USE OF FORCE AGAINST IRAN.19
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this20
Act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an au-21
thorization of the use of force against Iran.22
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SEC. 306. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASED STAFFING1
FOR AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMEN-2
TATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS3
AGAINST IRAN.4
It is the sense of Congress that5
(1) when the President submits the Presidents6
budget for fiscal year 2016 to Congress under sec-7
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the8
President should, in that budget, prioritize9
(A) resources for the Office of Foreign As-10
sets Control for the Department of Treasury11
dedicated to the implementation and enforce-12
ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and13
(B) resources for the Department of State14
dedicated to the implementation and enforce-15
ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and16
(2) the appropriate committees of the Senate17
and the House of Representatives should prioritize18
the resources described in subparagraphs (A) and19
(B) of paragraph (1) during consideration of author-20
ization and appropriations legislation in future fiscal21
years.22