[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 2626 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 373
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2626
To impose sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the
President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses
and support for terrorism.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 27, 2023
Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Risch, Mr. Kaine, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Braun, Ms. Collins, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Bennet,
Ms. Butler, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr.
Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
May 7, 2024
Reported by Mr. Cardin, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To impose sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the
President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses
and support for terrorism.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Mahsa Amini Human rights
and Security Accountability Act'' or the ``MAHSA Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFICES OF
THE SUPREME LEADER AND PRESIDENT OF IRAN AND AFFILIATED
PERSONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Determination and report required.--Not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
annually thereafter, the President shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) determine whether each foreign person
described in subsection (b) meets the criteria for
imposition of sanctions under one or more of the
sanctions programs and authorities listed in paragraph
(2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) impose applicable sanctions with
respect to any foreign person determined to meet the
criteria for imposition of sanctions pursuant to
subparagraph (A) under the sanctions programs and
authorities listed in subparagraph (A) or (F) of
paragraph (2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) pursue applicable sanctions with
respect to any foreign person determined to meet the
criteria for imposition of sanctions pursuant to
subparagraph (A) under the sanctions programs and
authorities listed in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), or
(E) of paragraph (2); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report containing--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) a list of all foreign persons
described in subsection (b) that meet the
criteria for imposition of sanctions under one
or more of the sanctions programs and
authorities listed in paragraph (2);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) for each foreign person
identified pursuant to clause (i)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) a list of each
sanctions program or authority listed
in paragraph (2) for which the person
meets the criteria for imposition of
sanctions;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) a statement of which,
if any, of the sanctions authorized by
any of the sanctions programs and
authorities identified pursuant to
subclause (I) have been imposed or will
be imposed within 30 days of the
submission of the report; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) with respect to
which any of the sanctions authorized
by any of the sanctions programs and
authorities identified pursuant to
subclause (I) have not been imposed and
will not be imposed within 30 days of
the submission of the report--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (aa) the specific
authority under which otherwise
applicable sanctions are being
waived, have otherwise been
determined not to apply, or are
not being imposed;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (bb) a complete
justification of the decision
to waive or otherwise not apply
the sanctions authorized by
such sanctions programs and
authorities.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Sanctions programs and authorities listed.--
The sanctions programs and authorities listed in this paragraph
are sanctions programs and authorities pursuant to the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) Section 105(c) of the Comprehensive
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of
2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514(c)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking property of certain persons
with respect to serious human rights abuses by the
Government of Iran).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to
commit, or support terrorism).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking the property of persons
involved in serious human rights abuse or
corruption).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) Executive Order 13876 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to imposing sanctions with respect to
Iran).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) Section 7031(c) of the Department of
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117-
328).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Form of report.--The report required by
paragraph (1)(D) shall be submitted in an unclassified form but
may contain a classified annex provided separately containing
additional contextual information pertaining to justification
for the issuance of any waiver issued, as described in
paragraph (1)(D)(ii). The unclassified portion of such report
shall be made available on a publicly available internet
website of the Federal Government.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Foreign Persons Described.--The foreign persons
described in this subsection are the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) The Supreme Leader of Iran and any official in
the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) The President of Iran and any official in the
Office of the President of Iran or the President's cabinet,
including cabinet ministers and executive vice
presidents.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Any entity, including foundations and economic
conglomerates, overseen by the Office of the Supreme Leader of
Iran that is complicit in financing or resourcing of human
rights abuses or support for terrorism.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Any official of any entity owned or controlled
by the Supreme Leader of Iran or the Office of the Supreme
Leader of Iran.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Any person determined by the President--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) to be a person appointed by the
Supreme Leader of Iran, the Office of the Supreme
Leader of Iran, the President of Iran, or the Office of
the President of Iran to a position as a state official
of Iran, or as the head of any entity located in Iran
or any entity located outside of Iran that is owned or
controlled by one or more entities in Iran;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) to have materially assisted,
sponsored, or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or services to or
in support of, any person the property and interests in
property of which are blocked pursuant to any sanctions
program or authority listed in subsection
(a)(2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) to be owned or controlled by, or to
have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of,
directly or indirectly, any person the property and
interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to
any sanctions program or authority listed in subsection
(a)(2); or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) to be a member of the board of
directors or a senior executive officer of any entity
the property and interests in property of which are
blocked pursuant to any sanctions program or authority
listed in subsection (a)(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Congressional Oversight.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after
receiving a request from the chairman and ranking member of one
of the appropriate congressional committees with respect to
whether a foreign person meets the criteria of a person
described in subsection (b)(5), the President shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) determine if the person meets such
criteria; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) submit an unclassified report, with a
classified annex provided separately if needed, to such
chairman and ranking member with respect to such
determination that includes a statement of whether or
not the President imposed or intends to impose
sanctions with respect to the person pursuant to any
sanctions program or authority listed in subsection
(a)(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Appropriate congressional committees
defined.--In this subsection, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY.</DELETED>
<DELETED> If any provision of this Act, or the application of such
provision to any person or circumstance, is found to be
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, or the application of that
provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be
affected.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mahsa Amini Human rights and
Security Accountability Act'' or the ``MAHSA Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Admission; admitted; alien; lawfully admitted for
permanent residence.--The terms ``admission'', ``admitted'',
``alien'', and ``lawfully admitted for permanent residence''
have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives.
(3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an
individual or entity that is not a United States person.
(4) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to
conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has
actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the
circumstance, or the result.
(5) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFICES OF THE
SUPREME LEADER AND PRESIDENT OF IRAN AND AFFILIATED
PERSONS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Determinations and report required.--Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter, the President shall--
(A) determine whether each foreign person described
in subsection (b) meets the criteria, on or after such
date of enactment, for imposition of sanctions under
one or more of the sanctions programs and authorities
listed in paragraph (2);
(B) determine whether each foreign person described
in subsection (b) meets the criteria for imposition of
sanctions under one or more of the sanctions programs
and authorities listed in paragraph (2) based on
actions taken by that foreign person in response to the
protests sparked by the death of Jina Mahsa Amini on
September 16, 2022; and
(C) submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report containing--
(i) a list of all foreign persons described
in subsection (b) that meet the criteria for
imposition of sanctions under one or more of
the sanctions programs and authorities listed
in paragraph (2); and
(ii) for each foreign person identified
pursuant to clause (i)--
(I) a list of each sanctions
program or authority listed in
paragraph (2) for which the person
meets the criteria for imposition of
sanctions;
(II) a statement of which, if any,
of the sanctions mandated or authorized
by any of the sanctions programs and
authorities identified pursuant to
subclause (I) have been imposed or will
be imposed within 30 days of the
submission of the report; and
(III) with respect to which any of
the sanctions mandated or authorized by
any of the sanctions programs and
authorities identified pursuant to
subclause (I) have not been imposed and
will not be imposed within 30 days of
the submission of the report--
(aa) the specific authority
under which otherwise
applicable sanctions are being
waived, have otherwise been
determined not to apply, or are
not being imposed; and
(bb) a complete
justification of the decision
to waive or otherwise not apply
the sanctions authorized by
such sanctions programs and
authorities.
(2) Sanctions programs and authorities listed.--The
sanctions programs and authorities listed in this paragraph are
sanctions programs and authorities pursuant to the following:
(A) Section 105(c) of the Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
(22 U.S.C. 8514(c)).
(B) Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note;
relating to blocking property of certain persons with
respect to serious human rights abuses by the
Government of Iran).
(C) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note;
relating to blocking property and prohibiting
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to
commit, or support terrorism).
(D) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note;
relating to blocking the property of persons involved
in serious human rights abuse or corruption).
(E) Executive Order 13876 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note;
relating to imposing sanctions with respect to Iran).
(F) Penalties and visa bans applicable with respect
to a person pursuant to section 7031(c) of the
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public
Law 117-328).
(3) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph
(1)(C) shall be submitted in an unclassified form but may
contain a classified annex provided separately containing
additional contextual information pertaining to justification
for the issuance of any waiver issued, as described in
paragraph (1)(C)(ii). The unclassified portion of such report
shall be made available on a publicly available internet
website of the Federal Government.
(b) Foreign Persons Described.--The foreign persons described in
this subsection are the following:
(1) The Supreme Leader of Iran and any official in the
Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran.
(2) The President of Iran and any official in the Office of
the President of Iran or the President's cabinet, including
cabinet ministers and executive vice presidents.
(3) Any entity, including foundations and economic
conglomerates, overseen by the Office of the Supreme Leader of
Iran that is complicit in financing or resourcing of human
rights abuses or support for terrorism.
(4) Any official of any entity owned or controlled by the
Supreme Leader of Iran or the Office of the Supreme Leader of
Iran.
(5) Any person determined by the President--
(A) to be a person appointed by the Supreme Leader
of Iran, the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran, the
President of Iran, or the Office of the President of
Iran to a position as a state official of Iran, or as
the head of any entity located in Iran or any entity
located outside of Iran that is owned or controlled by
one or more entities in Iran;
(B) to have knowingly and significantly assisted,
sponsored, or provided significant financial, material,
or technological support for, or goods or services to
or in support of, any person the property and interests
in property of which are blocked pursuant to any
sanctions program or authority listed in subsection
(a)(2);
(C) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted
or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or
indirectly, any person the property and interests in
property of which are blocked pursuant to any sanctions
program or authority listed in subsection (a)(2); or
(D) to be a member of the board of directors or a
senior executive officer of any entity the property and
interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to
any sanctions program or authority listed in subsection
(a)(2).
(c) Congressional Oversight.--Not later than 120 days after
receiving a request from the chairman and ranking member of one of the
appropriate congressional committees with respect to whether a foreign
person meets the criteria of a person described in subsection (b)(5),
the President shall--
(1) determine if the person meets such criteria; and
(2) submit an unclassified report, with a classified annex
provided separately if needed, to such chairman and ranking
member with respect to such determination that includes a
statement of whether or not the President imposed or intends to
impose sanctions with respect to the person pursuant to any
sanctions program or authority listed in subsection (a)(2).
(d) Waivers.--
(1) In general.--The President may waive the application of
sanctions under this section for renewable periods not to
exceed 180 days if the President--
(A) determines that such a waiver is in the
national security interests of the United States; and
(B) not less than 15 days before the granting of
the waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional
committees a notice of and justification for the
waiver.
(2) Form.--The waiver described in paragraph (1) may be
transmitted in classified form.
(e) Sunset.--This section shall cease to have effect on the date
that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF SANCTIONING THE USE OF CIVILIANS
AS DEFENSELESS SHIELDS ACT.
(a) In General.--Section 3 of the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians
as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115-348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(4); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Each foreign person that the President determines, on
or after the date of the enactment of the MAHSA Act--
``(A) is a member of Palestine Islamic Jihad or is
knowingly acting on behalf of Palestine Islamic Jihad;
and
``(B) knowingly orders, controls, or otherwise
directs the use of civilians protected as such by the
law of war to shield military objectives from
attack.'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and
(i) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively;
and
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
``(e) Congressional Requests.--Not later than 120 days after
receiving a request from the chairman and ranking member of one of the
appropriate congressional committees with respect to whether a foreign
person meets the criteria of a person described in subsection (b) or
(c), the President shall--
``(1) determine if the person meets such criteria; and
``(2) submit a written justification to the chairman and
ranking member detailing whether or not the President imposed
or intends to impose sanctions described in subsection (b) or
(c) with respect to such person.''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 4 of the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians
as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115-348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
``(7) Palestine islamic jihad.--The term `Palestine Islamic
Jihad' means--
``(A) the entity known as Palestine Islamic Jihad
and designated by the Secretary of State as a foreign
terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or
``(B) any person identified as an agent or
instrumentality of Palestine Islamic Jihad on the list
of specially designated nationals and blocked persons
maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of
the Department of the Treasury, the property or
interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).''.
(c) Sunset.--Section 5 of the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as
Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115-348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is
amended by striking ``December 31, 2023'' and inserting ``December 31,
2030''.
SEC. 5. CONFRONTING ASYMMETRIC AND MALICIOUS CYBER ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--On and after the date that is 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President may impose the
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign
person that the President determines, on or after such date of
enactment--
(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has engaged
knowingly in, significant cyber-enabled activities originating
from, or directed by persons located, in whole or in
substantial part, outside the United States that are reasonably
likely to result in, or have materially contributed to, a
significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or
economic health or financial stability of the United States;
(2) materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to
or in support of, any activity described in this subsection or
any person whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this section;
(3) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or purported to
act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant
to this section; or
(4) has attempted to engage in any of the activities
described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).
(b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Inadmissibility to united states.--In the case of an
alien--
(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter the
United States or to be admitted to the United States;
or
(B) if the individual has been issued a visa or
other documentation, revocation, in accordance with
section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or other documentation.
(2) Blocking of property.--The blocking, in accordance with
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.), of all transactions in all property and interests in
property of a foreign person if such property and interests in
property are in the United States, come within the United
States, or are or come within the possession or control of a
United States person.
(c) Requests by Appropriate Congressional Committees.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after receiving a
request that meets the requirements of paragraph (2) with
respect to whether a foreign person has engaged in an activity
described in subsection (a), the President shall--
(A) determine if that person has engaged in such an
activity; and
(B) submit a classified or unclassified report to
the chairperson and ranking member of the committee or
committees that submitted the request with respect to
that determination that includes--
(i) a statement of whether or not the
President imposed or intends to impose
sanctions with respect to the person;
(ii) if the President imposed or intends to
impose sanctions, a description of those
sanctions; and
(iii) if the President does not intend to
impose sanctions, a description of actions that
meet the threshold for the President to impose
sanctions.
(2) Requirements.--A request under paragraph (1) with
respect to whether a foreign person has engaged in an activity
described in subsection (a) shall be submitted to the President
in writing jointly by the chairperson and ranking member of one
of the appropriate congressional committees.
SEC. 6. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO CURRENT OR FORMER UNITED
STATES OFFICIALS.
(a) In General.--On and after the date that is 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign
person the President determines has, on or after such date of
enactment, ordered, directed, or taken material steps to carry out any
use of violence or has attempted or threatened to use violence against
any current or former official of the Government of the United States.
(b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Inadmissibility to united states.--In the case of a
foreign person who is an individual--
(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter the
United States or to be admitted to the United States;
or
(B) if the individual has been issued a visa or
other documentation, revocation, in accordance with
section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or other documentation.
(2) Blocking of property.--The blocking, in accordance with
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.), of all transactions in all property and interests in
property of a foreign person if such property and interests in
property are in the United States, come within the United
States, or are or come within the possession or control of a
United States person.
(c) Enforcement of Blocking of Property.--A person that violates,
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of a
sanction described in subsection (b)(2) that is imposed by the
President or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out such
a sanction shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections
(b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.
(d) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The President may waive the application of
sanctions under this section for renewable periods not to
exceed 180 days if the President--
(A) determines that such a waiver is in the vital
national security interests of the United States; and
(B) not less than 15 days before the granting of
the waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional
committees a notice of and justification for the
waiver.
(e) Termination and Sunset.--
(1) Termination of sanctions.--The President may terminate
the application of sanctions under this section with respect to
a person if the President determines and reports to the
appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days
before the termination of the sanctions that--
(A) credible information exists that the person did
not engage in the activity for which sanctions were
imposed;
(B) the person has credibly demonstrated a
significant change in behavior, has paid an appropriate
consequence for the activity for which sanctions were
imposed, and has credibly committed to not engage in an
activity described in subsection (a) in the future; or
(C) the termination of the sanctions is in the
vital national security interests of the United States.
(2) Sunset.--The requirement to impose sanctions under this
section shall terminate on the date that is 4 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 7. RESOURCES FOR SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATE.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that sanctions
are a vital foreign policy and national security tool, and as such, it
is critical that the Department of State and other agencies with
responsibilities relating to sanctions across the executive branch--
(1) are fully staffed, including through the prompt
confirmation by the Senate of a qualified head of the Office of
Sanctions Coordination of the Department of State; and
(2) have the resources and infrastructure necessary for the
successful development and implementation of sanctions.
(b) Increasing Resources and Improving Modernization for Sanctions
Implementation.--The Secretary of State shall take steps to modernize
the sanctions infrastructure and increase resources dedicated to
implementing sanctions, including by--
(1) ensuring the Department of State has necessary
subscriptions and access to open-source databases for purposes
of making determinations to support the designation of persons
for the imposition of sanctions;
(2) equipping bureaus involved in drafting and reviewing
evidentiary packages to support such designations with
sufficient technical resources to do so, including an adequate
number of workstations that can be used to review classified
information; and
(3) increasing the number of personnel dedicated to making
and reviewing such designations.
(c) Report on Modernization Efforts.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report
describing steps the Department of State is taking to address
challenges in the ability of the Department to support the designation
of persons for the imposition of sanctions.
(d) Authorization of Appropriation.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2025 $15,000,000
to carry out this section.
SEC. 8. REPORT ON IMPACTS ON THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN OF SANCTIONS
IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury and drawing on subject-matter experts
including economists and statisticians from the Department of State and
the Department of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the impacts on the Islamic
Republic of Iran of sanctions imposed by the United States.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include
an assessment of the following:
(1) The impact of sanctions imposed by the United States on
the following:
(A) Problematic activities and policies of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, including ballistic missile
development, proliferation of Iranian drones and
missiles to state and non-state actors, uranium
enrichment, and funding of terrorist groups in the
``Axis of Resistance'', and how sanctions have
meaningfully impacted the ability of such groups to
operate.
(B) Key officials of the Iranian regime, including
their access to alternative financial markets, their
standard of living, and impacts to their personal
wealth.
(C) The operations of independent civil society
organizations in Iran, including the ability of such
organizations to access products that would allow them
to document and share human rights abuses, promote
democratic norms, and engage in political dissent.
(D) The efficacy of licensing actions aimed at
ensuring the people of Iran have access to
circumvention technologies around Iranian regime
firewalls and censors to promote internet freedom,
including General License D-2 of the Department of the
Treasury.
(E) The standard of living of the people of Iran,
including--
(i) the impact on the purchasing power of
the people of Iran and their ability to afford
and acquire food and medicine; and
(ii) changes in the size of the working and
middle classes in Iran, including impacts to
the poverty rate in Iran.
(F) The growth of unofficial economies controlled
by officials of the Iranian regime and members of the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
(2) What industries in Iran remain unaffected by such
sanctions.
SEC. 9. EXCEPTIONS.
(a) Exception Relating to Importation of Goods.--
(1) In general.--A requirement to block and prohibit all
transactions in all property and interests in property under
this Act shall not include the authority or a requirement to
impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
(2) Good.--In this subsection, the term ``good'' means any
article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply, or
manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment,
and excluding technical data.
(b) Exception to Comply With United Nations Headquarters Agreement
and Law Enforcement Activities.--Sanctions under this Act shall not
apply with respect to the admission of an alien to the United States if
admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary--
(1) to permit the United States to comply with the
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations,
signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force
November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United
States, or other applicable international obligations of the
United States; or
(2) to carry out or assist authorized law enforcement
activity in the United States.
(c) Exception to Comply With Intelligence Activities.--Sanctions
under this Act shall not apply to any activity subject to the reporting
requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities of the
United States.
(d) Humanitarian Assistance.--
(1) In general.--Sanctions under this Act shall not apply
to--
(A) the conduct or facilitation of a transaction
for the provision of agricultural commodities, food,
medicine, medical devices, humanitarian assistance, or
for humanitarian purposes; or
(B) transactions that are necessary for or related
to the activities described in subparagraph (A).
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Agricultural commodity.--The term
``agricultural commodity'' has the meaning given that
term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of
1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
(B) Medical device.--The term ``medical device''
has the meaning given the term ``device'' in section
201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 321).
(C) Medicine.--The term ``medicine'' has the
meaning given the term ``drug'' in section 201 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
(e) Report on Exceptions.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that
describes each activity that would be subject to sanctions under this
Act if not excepted pursuant to subsection (b) or (c).
Calendar No. 373
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2626
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A BILL
To impose sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the
President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses
and support for terrorism.
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May 7, 2024
Reported with an amendment