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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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introduced the following bill; which was read twiceand referred to the Committee onllllllllll
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.
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress.
TITLE ICONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN
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Sec. 101. Transmission to Congress of agreements with Iran and verification
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 the
implementation 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
(A) means the Joint Plan of Action, signed10
at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and the11
P5-plus-1 countries; and12
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(B) includes all implementing materials1
and agreements related to the Joint Plan of Ac-2
tion, including the technical understandings3
reached on January 12, 2014, the extension4
agreed to on July 19, 2014, the extension5
agreed to on November 24, 2014, and any ex-6
tension that is agreed to on or after the date7
of the enactment of this Act and is transmitted8
to the appropriate congressional committees9
pursuant to section 101.10
(3) LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION.11
The term long-term comprehensive solution means12
any comprehensive agreement, including a frame-13
work agreement or political agreement, regarding14
the nuclear program of Iran as described in the15
Joint Plan of Action, without regard to whether or16
not one or more countries other than the United17
States and Iran are parties to the agreement, and18
all implementing materials and technical under-19
standings related to that comprehensive agreement.20
(4) P5-PLUS-1 COUNTRIES.The term P5-21
plus-1 countries means the United States, France,22
the Russian Federation, the Peoples Republic of23
China, the United Kingdom, and Germany.24
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SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.1
It is the sense of Congress that2
(1) it is the policy of the United States that the3
Government of Iran will not be allowed to develop or4
otherwise acquire a nuclear weapon capability;5
(2) all instruments of power and influence of6
the United States should remain on the table to pre-7
vent the Government of Iran from developing or oth-8
erwise acquiring a nuclear weapon capability;9
(3) a long-term comprehensive solution with10
Iran will be most sustainable over the long term if11
the President consults and coordinates closely with12
Congress to implement a strategy that decisively13
ends any nuclear threat from Iran;14
(4) the Government of Iran does not have an15
absolute or inherent right to enrichment and reproc-16
essing capabilities and technologies under the Treaty17
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done18
at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968,19
and entered into force March 5, 1970 (commonly re-20
ferred to as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Trea-21
ty);22
(5) the goal of international negotiations with23
Iran, led by the United States, should be to conclude24
a long-term comprehensive solution with parameters25
that will26
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(A) reverse the development of Irans illicit1
nuclear infrastructure, including enrichment2
and reprocessing capabilities and facilities, the3
heavy water reactor and production plant at4
Arak, and any nuclear weapon components and5
technology, such that Iran is precluded from a6
nuclear breakout capability and prevented from7
pursuing both uranium and plutonium path-8
ways to a nuclear weapon;9
(B) bring Iran into compliance with all10
United Nations Security Council resolutions re-11
lated to Irans nuclear program, including Reso-12
lutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 174713
(2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 192914
(2010), with a view toward bringing to a satis-15
factory conclusion the Security Councils consid-16
eration of matters relating to the nuclear pro-17
gram of Iran;18
(C) resolve all issues of past and present19
concern with the International Atomic Energy20
Agency, including possible military dimensions21
of the nuclear program of Iran, and give inspec-22
tors access to personnel, documents, and facili-23
ties involved, at any point, with nuclear or nu-24
clear weapons-related activities of Iran;25
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(D) permit on-site and short-notice inspec-1
tion, verification, and monitoring of all declared2
and suspect facilities in Iran, including installa-3
tion and use of any compliance verification4
equipment requested by the International Atom-5
ic Energy Agency, such that any effort by Iran6
to produce a nuclear weapon will be quickly de-7
tected;8
(E) require that Iran fully implement and9
comply with10
(i) the Agreement between Iran and11
the International Atomic Energy Agency12
for the Application of Safeguards in Con-13
nection with the Treaty on the Non-Pro-14
liferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vi-15
enna June 19, 1973 (commonly referred to16
as the Comprehensive Safeguards Agree-17
ment);18
(ii) modified Code 3.1 of the Sub-19
sidiary Arrangements to the Agreement be-20
tween Iran and the International Atomic21
Energy Agency for the Application of Safe-22
guards in Connection with the Treaty on23
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;24
and25
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(iii) ratification and implementation of1
the Protocol Additional to the Agreement2
between Iran and the International Atomic3
Energy Agency for the Application of Safe-4
guards in Connection with the Treaty on5
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,6
done at Vienna December 18, 2003 (com-7
monly referred to as the Additional Pro-8
tocol); and9
(F) require that Iran implement measures10
in addition to the Additional Protocol that in-11
clude verification by the International Atomic12
Energy Agency of Irans centrifuge research,13
development, and manufacturing facilities, in-14
cluding raw materials and components, and15
Irans uranium mines, mills, and processing fa-16
cilities;17
(6) the United States should continue to impose18
sanctions on the Government of Iran and its proxies19
for their continuing sponsorship of terrorism;20
(7) the United States should continue to impose21
sanctions on the Government of Iran and Iranian22
persons for23
(A) ongoing abuses of human rights; and24
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(B) actions in support of the regime of1
Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and2
(8) the United States should continue to impose3
sanctions on the Government of Iran and other gov-4
ernments and persons for the procurement, sale, or5
transfer of technology, services, or goods that sup-6
port the development or acquisition of weapons of7
mass destruction or the means of delivery of those8
weapons.9
TITLE ICONGRESSIONAL RE-10
VIEW OF AGREEMENTS WITH11
IRAN12
SEC. 101. TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS OF AGREEMENTS13
WITH IRAN AND VERIFICATION ASSESSMENT14
REPORTS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH AGREE-15
MENTS.16
(a) TRANSMISSION OF AGREEMENTS.Not later17
than 5 days after entering into a long-term comprehensive18
solution or any agreement to extend the Joint Plan of Ac-19
tion entered into after the date of the enactment of this20
Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate con-21
gressional committees22
(1) the text of the agreement; and23
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(2) a verification assessment report of the Sec-1
retary of State prepared under subsection (b) with2
respect to the agreement.3
(b) VERIFICATIONASSESSMENT REPORT.4
(1) IN GENERAL.The Secretary of State shall,5
in consultation with the Director of National Intel-6
ligence, prepare, with respect to each agreement de-7
scribed in subsection (a), a report assessing the ex-8
tent to which the Secretary will be able to verify that9
Iran is complying with its obligations under the10
agreement.11
(2) ASSUMPTIONS.In preparing a report12
under paragraph (1) with respect to an agreement13
described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall as-14
sume that Iran could15
(A) use all measures not expressly prohib-16
ited by the agreement to conceal activities that17
violate its obligations under the agreement; and18
(B) alter or deviate from standard prac-19
tices in order to impede efforts to verify that20
Iran is complying with those obligations.21
(3) FORM OF REPORT.A report under para-22
graph (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified form,23
but may include a classified annex.24
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SEC. 102. PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS OF LONG-1
TERM COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION.2
(a) TRANSMISSION OF LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE3
SOLUTION.4
(1) IN GENERAL.After transmitting a long-5
term comprehensive solution and verification assess-6
ment report under section 101(a), the President7
shall not exercise any waiver authority provided8
under any provision of law imposing sanctions with9
respect to Iran, refrain from applying any such10
sanctions, or take any other action in connection11
with or to implement the long-term comprehensive12
solution, until the date that is 30 days of continuous13
session of Congress after the President transmits14
the long-term comprehensive solution and15
verification assessment report.16
(2) EXCEPTION.The prohibition under para-17
graph (1) does not apply to a renewal of any defer-18
ral, waiver, or other suspension of sanctions pursu-19
ant to the Joint Plan of Action if that deferral,20
waiver, or other suspension is made21
(A) consistent with the law in effect on the22
date of the enactment of this Act; and23
(B) not later than 45 days before the24
transmission by the President of the long-term25
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comprehensive solution and the verification as-1
sessment report under paragraph (1).2
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.The President3
shall not construe this subsection to allow any new4
deferral, waiver, or other suspension of sanctions5
with respect to Iran during the 30 days of contin-6
uous session specified in paragraph (1).7
(b) COMPUTATION OF CONTINUOUS SESSION8
DAYS.In computing days of continuous session of Con-9
gress under subsection (a)10
(1) the days on which either House is not in11
session because of an adjournment of more than 312
days to a date certain are excluded; and13
(2) continuity of session is broken only by an14
adjournment of Congress sine die.15
TITLE IIEXPANSION AND16
IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS17
SEC. 201. EFFECTIVE DATES FOR STAGED IMPOSITION OF18
SANCTIONS IF LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE19
SOLUTION NOT REACHED.20
If the President has not transmitted to the appro-21
priate congressional committees, pursuant to section 101,22
a long-term comprehensive solution and verification as-23
sessment report described in that section24
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(1) by July 6, 2015, section 202 shall take ef-1
fect;2
(2) by August 3, 2015, the provisions of and3
amendments made by section 203 shall take effect;4
(3) by September 7, 2015, the provisions of and5
amendments made by section 204 shall take effect;6
(4) by October 5, 2015, the provisions of and7
amendments made by section 205 shall take effect;8
(5) by November 2, 2015, the provisions of and9
amendments made by section 206 shall take effect;10
and11
(6) by December 7, 2015, the provisions of and12
amendments made by section 207 shall take effect.13
SEC. 202. TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS.14
Any sanctions imposed pursuant to statute or execu-15
tive action that are deferred, waived, or otherwise sus-16
pended by the President before the date of the enactment17
of this Act pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action shall be18
reinstated on the effective date specified in section 201(1).19
SEC. 203. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO20
PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS.21
(a) IN GENERAL.Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the22
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 201223
(22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended24
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(1) in subclause (I), by striking reduced re-1
duced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran2
and inserting reduced the volume of its purchases3
of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin; and4
(2) in subclause (II), by striking crude oil pur-5
chases from Iran and inserting purchases of pe-6
troleum from Iran or of Iranian origin.7
(b) DEFINITIONS.Section 1245(h) of the National8
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (229
U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is amended10
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as11
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and12
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-13
lowing:14
(3) IRANIAN ORIGIN.The term Iranian ori-15
gin, with respect to petroleum, means extracted,16
produced, or refined in Iran.17
(4) PETROLEUM.The term petroleum in-18
cludes crude oil, lease condensates, plant conden-19
sates, fuel oils, other unfinished oils, liquefied petro-20
leum gases, and other petroleum products..21
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.Section 102(b) of22
the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act23
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is amended24
(1) in paragraph (3)25
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(A) by striking crude oil purchases from1
Iran and inserting purchases of petroleum2
from Iran or of Iranian origin; and3
(B) by striking as amended by section4
504,; and5
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking crude oil pur-6
chases and inserting purchases of petroleum from7
Iran or of Iranian origin.8
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments made by9
this section shall apply with respect to determinations10
under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense11
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.12
8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the effective date specified13
in section 201(2).14
SEC. 204. INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN15
SANCTIONS FOR COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT16
REDUCE PURCHASES OF PETROLEUM FROM17
IRAN OR OF IRANIAN ORIGIN TO A DE MINI-18
MIS LEVEL.19
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.It shall be the policy20
of the United States to seek to ensure that all countries21
reduce their purchases of crude oil, lease condensates, fuel22
oils, and other unfinished oils from Iran or of Iranian ori-23
gin to a de minimis level by the end of the 240-day period24
beginning on the effective date specified in section 201(3).25
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(b) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTIONS TO SANC-1
TIONS.Section 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense2
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.3
8513a(d)(4)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-4
lowing:5
(iii) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEP-6
TION.7
(I) IN GENERAL.A country8
that purchased petroleum from Iran9
or of Iranian origin during the one-10
year period preceding the effective11
date specified in section 201(3) of the12
Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of13
2015 may continue to receive an ex-14
ception under clause (i) on or after15
the date that is 240 days after such16
effective date only17
(aa) if the country reduces18
its purchases of petroleum from19
Iran or of Iranian origin to a de20
minimis level by the end of the21
240-day period beginning on such22
effective date; or23
(bb) as provided in sub-24
clause (II) or (III).25
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(II) COUNTRIES THAT DRA -1
MATICALLY REDUCE PURCHASES.2
(aa) IN GENERAL.A3
country that would otherwise be4
ineligible pursuant to subclause5
(I)(aa) to receive an exception6
under clause (i) may continue to7
receive such an exception during8
the one-year period beginning on9
the date that is 240 days after10
the effective date specified in sec-11
tion 201(3) of the Nuclear Weap-12
on Free Iran Act of 2015 if the13
country14
(AA) dramatically re-15
duces by at least 30 percent16
its purchases of petroleum17
from Iran or of Iranian ori-18
gin during the 240-day pe-19
riod beginning on such effec-20
tive date, as compared to its21
average monthly purchases22
of such petroleum during23
calendar year 2014; and24
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(BB) is expected to1
reduce its purchases of pe-2
troleum from Iran or of Ira-3
nian origin to a de minimis4
level within a defined period5
of time that is not longer6
than 2 years after such ef-7
fective date.8
(bb) TERMINATION OF EX-9
CEPTION.If a country that con-10
tinues to receive an exception11
under clause (i) pursuant to item12
(aa) does not reduce its pur-13
chases of petroleum from Iran or14
of Iranian origin to a de minimis15
level by the date that is 2 years16
after the effective date specified17
in section 201(3) of the Nuclear18
Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015,19
that country shall not be eligible20
for an exception under clause (i)21
on or after the date that is 222
years after such effective date.23
(III) REINSTATEMENT OF ELI-24
GIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION.A country25
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that becomes ineligible for an excep-1
tion under clause (i) pursuant to sub-2
clause (I) or (II) shall be eligible for3
such an exception in accordance with4
the provisions of clause (i) on and5
after the date on which the President6
determines the country has reduced7
its purchases of petroleum from Iran8
or of Iranian origin to a de minimis9
level..10
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.Section11
1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense Authorization12
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i))13
is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by strik-14
ing Sanctions imposed and inserting Except as pro-15
vided in clause (iii), sanctions imposed.16
SEC. 205. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC-17
TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN18
INDIVIDUALS.19
(a) EXPANSION OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED.Sec-20
tion 221(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria21
Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(a)) is amend-22
ed23
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ; or and24
inserting a semicolon;25
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at1
the end and inserting a semicolon; and2
(3) by adding at the end the following:3
(3) an individual who engages in activities for4
or on behalf of the Government of Iran that enables5
Iran to evade sanctions imposed by the United6
States with respect to Iran;7
(4) an individual acting on behalf of the Gov-8
ernment of Iran who is involved in corrupt activities9
of that Government or the diversion of humanitarian10
goods, including agricultural commodities, food,11
medicine, and medical devices, intended for the peo-12
ple of Iran; or13
(5) a senior official14
(A) of an entity designated for the impo-15
sition of sanctions pursuant to the International16
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.17
1701 et seq.) in connection with18
(i) Irans illicit nuclear activities or19
proliferation of weapons of mass destruc-20
tion or delivery systems for weapons of21
mass destruction; or22
(ii) Irans support for acts of inter-23
national terrorism; and24
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(B) who was involved in the activity for1
which the entity was designated for the imposi-2
tion of sanctions..3
(b) EXPANSION OF SENIOR OFFICIALS DE-4
SCRIBED.Section 221(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction5
and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(b))6
is amended7
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ; or and in-8
serting a semicolon;9
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at10
the end and inserting ; or; and11
(3) by adding at the end the following:12
(7) a senior official of13
(A) the Office of the Supreme Leader of14
Iran;15
(B) the Atomic Energy Organization of16
Iran;17
(C) the Islamic Consultative Assembly of18
Iran;19
(D) the Council of Ministers of Iran;20
(E) the Ministry of Defense and Armed21
Forces Logistics of Iran;22
(F) the Ministry of Justice of Iran;23
(G) the Ministry of Interior of Iran;24
(H) the prison system of Iran; or25
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(I) the judicial system of Iran..1
(c) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.Section 221 of the2
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of3
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727) is amended4
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as5
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and6
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-7
lowing:8
(d) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.9
(1) OFFICIALS AND OTHER ACTORS.In the10
case of an individual described in paragraph (1), (3),11
(4), or (5) of subsection (a) who is on the list re-12
quired by that subsection, the President shall block13
and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-14
terests in property of that individual if such property15
or interests in property are in the United States,16
come within the United States, or are or come with-17
in the possession or control of a United States per-18
son.19
(2) FAMILY MEMBERS.In the case of an in-20
dividual described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a)21
who is on the list required by that subsection, the22
President shall block and prohibit a transaction in23
property or an interest in property of that individual24
if the property or interest in property25
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(A) was transferred to that individual1
from an individual described in paragraph (1)2
of subsection (a) who is on the list required by3
that subsection; and4
(B) is in the United States, comes within5
the United States, or is or comes within the6
possession or control of a United States per-7
son..8
(d) CONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.Section 221 of the9
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of10
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727), as amended by subsections (a),11
(b), and (c), is further amended12
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-13
ing IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF14
SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRA-15
NIAN INDIVIDUALS;16
(2) in subsection (a), by striking Not later17
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of18
this Act and inserting Not later than 90 days19
after the effective date specified in section 201(4) of20
the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015; and21
(3) in subsection (c), by striking subsection22
(d) and inserting subsection (e).23
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.The table of contents24
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights25
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Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by strik-1
ing the item relating to section 221 and inserting the fol-2
lowing:3
Sec. 221. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certainIranian individuals..
SEC. 206. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO4
TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES5
WITH OR FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONED PER-6
SONS.7
(a) IN GENERAL.Title II of the Iran Threat Reduc-8
tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.9
8721 et seq.) is amended10
(1) by inserting after section 221 the following:11
Subtitle COther Matters;12
(2) by redesignating sections 222, 223, and 22413
as sections 231, 232, and 233, respectively; and14
(3) by inserting after section 221 the following:15
SEC. 222. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO16
TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES17
WITH CERTAIN SANCTIONED PERSONS.18
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.The President19
(1) shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or20
impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the21
United States of a correspondent account or a pay-22
able-through account by a foreign financial institu-23
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tion that knowingly conducts or facilitates a trans-1
action described in subsection (b)(1); and2
(2) may impose sanctions pursuant to the3
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (504
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to any other per-5
son that knowingly conducts or facilitates such a6
transaction.7
(b) TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED.8
(1) IN GENERAL.A transaction described in9
this subsection is a significant transaction conducted10
or facilitated by a person related to the currency of11
a country other than the country with primary juris-12
diction over the person with, for, or on behalf of13
(A) the Central Bank of Iran or an Ira-14
nian financial institution designated by the Sec-15
retary of the Treasury for the imposition of16
sanctions pursuant to the International Emer-17
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et18
seq.); or19
(B) a person described in section20
1244(c)(2) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-21
Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.22
8803(c)(2)) (other than a person described in23
subparagraph (C)(iii) of that section).24
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(2) PRIMARY JURISDICTION.For purposes of1
paragraph (1), a country in which a person operates2
shall be deemed to have primary jurisdiction over3
the person only with respect to the operations of the4
person in that country.5
(c) APPLICABILITY.Subsection (a) shall apply6
with respect to a transaction described in subsection7
(b)(1) conducted or facilitated8
(1) on or after the effective date specified in9
section 201(5) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act10
of 2015 pursuant to a contract entered into on or11
after such effective date; and12
(2) on or after the date that is 90 days after13
such effective date pursuant to a contract entered14
into before such effective date.15
(d) INAPPLICABILITY TO HUMANITARIAN TRANS-16
ACTIONS.The President may not impose sanctions under17
subsection (a) with respect to any person for conducting18
or facilitating a transaction for the sale of agricultural19
commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran or20
for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people21
of Iran.22
(e) WAIVER.23
(1) IN GENERAL.The President may waive24
the application of subsection (a) with respect to a25
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person for a period of not more than 180 days, and1
may renew that waiver for additional periods of not2
more than 180 days, if the President3
(A) determines that the waiver is impor-4
tant to the national interest of the United5
States; and6
(B) not less than 15 days after the waiver7
or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may8
be, takes effect, submits a report to the appro-9
priate congressional committees on the waiver10
and the reason for the waiver.11
(2) FORM OF REPORT.Each report sub-12
mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in13
unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.14
(f) DEFINITIONS.In this section:15
(1) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; IRANIAN FINAN-16
CIAL INSTITUTION.The terms financial institution17
and Iranian financial institution have the meanings18
given those terms in section 104A(d) of the Com-19
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-20
vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)).21
(2) TRANSACTION.The term transaction in-22
cludes a foreign exchange swap, a foreign exchange23
forward, and any other type of currency exchange or24
conversion or derivative instrument..25
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(b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.Section 2 of the1
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of2
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701) is amended3
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and4
(4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (9), respectively;5
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the6
following:7
(1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT;8
PAYABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.The terms ac-9
count, correspondent account, and payable-10
through account have the meanings given those11
terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States12
Code.13
(2) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.The term14
agricultural commodity has the meaning given that15
term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of16
1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).17
(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-18
TEES.The term appropriate congressional com-19
mittees has the meaning given that term in section20
14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law21
104172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).22
(4) DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; FOR-23
EIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.The terms domes-24
tic financial institution and foreign financial insti-25
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tution have the meanings determined by the Sec-1
retary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(i) of2
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability,3
and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i)).;4
and5
(3) by inserting after paragraph (6), as redesig-6
nated by paragraph (1), the following:7
(7) MEDICAL DEVICE.The term medical de-8
vice has the meaning given the term device in sec-9
tion 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic10
Act (21 U.S.C. 321).11
(8) MEDICINE.The term medicine has the12
meaning given the term drug in section 201 of the13
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.14
321)..15
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.The table of contents16
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights17
Act of 2012 is amended by striking the items relating to18
sections 222, 223, and 224 and inserting the following:19
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 crude
oil 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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Act and inserting the effective date specified in1
section 201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act2
of 2015; and3
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking the energy,4
shipping, or shipbuilding sectors and inserting a5
strategic sector.6
(e) SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN MA-7
TERIALS TO OR FROM IRAN.Section 1245 of the Iran8
Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (229
U.S.C. 8804) is amended10
(1) in subsection (a)(1)11
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph12
(A), by striking the date that is 180 days after13
the date of the enactment of this Act and in-14
serting the effective date specified in section15
201(6) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of16
2015; and17
(B) in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), by striking18
the energy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors19
and inserting a strategic sector (as defined in20
section 1244(c)(4)); and21
(2) in subsection (c), by striking the date that22
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this23
Act and inserting the effective date specified in24
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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