[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 6089 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 400
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6089
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 28, 2022
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
June 9, 2022
Reported by Mr. Menendez, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
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AN ACT
To clarify that section 107 of the Countering America's Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act applies sanctions with respect to unmanned combat
aerial vehicles following a 2019 change by the United Nations providing
additional clarity to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Iranian Drones Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) A July 15, 2013, United Nations General Assembly Report
on the continuing operation of the United Nations Register of
Conventional Arms and its further development (document A/68/
140) states in paragraph 45, ``The Group noted the discussion
of the 2006 Group that category IV already covered armed
unmanned aerial vehicles and of the 2009 Group on a proposal to
include a new category for such vehicles. The Group reviewed
proposals for providing greater clarity to category IV.''.
(2) Section 107 of the Countering America's Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9406), enacted August 2, 2017,
requires the President to impose sanctions on any person that
the President determines ``knowingly engages in any activity
that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer
directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use in or
benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored combat vehicles,
large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack
helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined
for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional
Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts''.
(3) In 2019, the United Nations formally changed the
heading of category IV of the United Nations Register of
Conventional Arms to ``combat aircraft and unmanned combat
aerial vehicles''.
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It shall be the policy of the United States to prevent Iran and
Iranian-aligned terrorist and militia groups from acquiring unmanned
aerial vehicles, including commercially available component parts, that
can be used in attacks against United States persons and partner
nations.
SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO COUNTERING AMERICA'S ADVERSARIES THROUGH SANCTIONS
ACT RELATING TO SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.
(a) In General.--Section 107 of the Countering America's
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9406) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``enforcement of
arms embargos'' and inserting ``sanctions with respect to major
conventional arms''; and
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``or unmanned combat
aerial vehicles'' after ``combat aircraft''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Countering
America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is amended by striking the
item relating to section 107 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 107. Sanctions with respect to major conventional arms.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect
to any person that knowingly engages in any activity that materially
contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly to
or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any unmanned
combat aerial vehicles, as defined for the purpose of the United
Nations Register of Conventional Arms, before, on, or after such date
of enactment.
SEC. 5. REPORT TO IDENTIFY IRANIAN PERSONS THAT HAVE ATTACKED UNITED
STATES CITIZENS USING UNMANNED COMBAT AERIAL VEHICLES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of
State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a
report that identifies, for the period specified in subsection (b), any
Iranian person that has attacked a United States citizen using an
unmanned combat aerial vehicle, as defined for the purpose of the
United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.
(b) Period Specified.--The period specified in this subsection is--
(1) for the initial report, the period--
(A) beginning on the date that is 10 years before
the date such report is submitted; and
(B) ending on the date such report is submitted;
and
(2) for the second or a subsequent report, the period--
(A) beginning on the date the preceding report was
submitted; and
(B) ending on the date such second or subsequent
report is submitted.
(c) Designation of Persons as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.--
(1) In general.--The President shall designate any person
identified in a report submitted under subsection (a) as a
foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the
Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(2) Revocation.--The President may not revoke a designation
made under paragraph (1) until the date that is 10 years after
the date of such designation.
(d) Iranian Person Defined.--In this section, the term ``Iranian
person''--
(1) means an entity organized under the laws of Iran or
otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of
Iran; and
(2) includes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
SEC. 56. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
Calendar No. 400
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6089
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To clarify that section 107 of the Countering America's Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act applies sanctions with respect to unmanned combat
aerial vehicles following a 2019 change by the United Nations providing
additional clarity to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.
_______________________________________________________________________
June 9, 2022
Reported with amendments