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1	2		118THCONGRESS
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3	4		STSESSION H. R. 3152
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To impose sanctions with respect to countries, individuals, and entities that
	6	+	engage in any effort to acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer,
	7	+	or deploy Iranian missiles and related goods and technology, including
	8	+	materials and equipment, and for other purposes.
	9	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	10	+	MAY9, 2023
	11	+	Mr. M
	12	+	CCAUL(for himself, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. WILSONof South Carolina, and
	13	+	Mr. P
	14	+	HILLIPS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
	15	+	Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the
	16	+	Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
	17	+	each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
	18	+	tion of the committee concerned
	19	+	A BILL
5	20		To impose sanctions with respect to countries, individuals,
6	21		and entities that engage in any effort to acquire, possess,
7	22		develop, transport, transfer, or deploy Iranian missiles
8	23		and related goods and technology, including materials
9	24		and equipment, and for other purposes.
10	25		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
11		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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13	30		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
14	31		This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fight and Combat 2
15	32		Rampant Iranian Missile Exports Act’’ or the ‘‘Fight 3
16	33		CRIME Act’’. 4
17	34		SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5
18	35		Congress makes the following findings: 6
19	36		(1) Annex B to United Nations Security Coun-7
20	37		cil Resolution 2231 (2015) restricts certain missile- 8
21	38		related activities and transfers to and from Iran, in-9
22	39		cluding all items, materials, equipment, goods, and 10
23	40		technology set out in the Missile Technology Control 11
24	41		Regime Annex, absent advance, case-by-case ap-12
25	42		proval from the United Nations Security Council. 13
26	43		(2) Iran has transferred Shahed and Mohajer 14
27	44		drones, covered under the Missile Technology Con-15
28	45		trol Regime Annex, to the Russian Federation, the 16
29	46		Government of Ethiopia, and other Iran-aligned en-17
30	47		tities, including the Houthis in Yemen and militia 18
31	48		units in Iraq, without prior authorization from the 19
32	49		United Nations Security Council, in violation of the 20
33	50		restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations 21
34	51		Security Council Resolution 2231. 22
35	52		(3) Absent action by the United Nations Secu-23
36	53		rity Council, certain missile-related restrictions in 24
37	54		Annex B to United Nations Security Council Resolu-25
38		-	tion 2231 will expire in October 2023, removing 26 3
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40	59		international legal restrictions on missile-related ac-1
41	60		tivities and transfers to and from Iran. 2
42	61		SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 3
43	62		It is the policy of the United States— 4
44	63		(1) to urgently seek the extension of missile-re-5
45	64		lated restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Na-6
46	65		tions Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015); 7
47	66		(2) to use all available authorities to constrain 8
48	67		Iran’s domestic ballistic missile production capabili-9
49	68		ties; 10
50	69		(3) to combat and deter the transfer of conven-11
51	70		tional and non-conventional arms, equipment, mate-12
52	71		rial, and technology to, or from Iran, or involving 13
53	72		the Government of Iran; and 14
54	73		(4) to ensure countries, individuals, and entities 15
55	74		engaged in, or attempting to engage in, the acquisi-16
56	75		tion, facilitation, or development of arms and related 17
57	76		components and technology subject to restrictions 18
58	77		under Annex B to United Nations Security Council 19
59	78		Resolution 2231 are held to account under United 20
60	79		States and international law, including through the 21
61	80		application and enforcement of sanctions and use of 22
62	81		export controls, regardless of whether the restric-23
63		-	tions under Annex B to United Nations Security 24 4
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	82	+	tions under Annex B to United Nations Security 24
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65	86		Council Resolution 2231 remain in effect following 1
66	87		their anticipated expiration in October 2023. 2
67	88		SEC. 4. REPORT. 3
68	89		(a) I
69	90		NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 4
70	91		date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 5
71	92		for two years, the Secretary of State, in coordination with 6
72	93		the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall sub-7
73	94		mit to the appropriate congressional committees an un-8
74	95		classified report, with a classified annex if necessary, that 9
75	96		includes the following: 10
76	97		(1) A diplomatic strategy to secure the renewal 11
77	98		of international restrictions on certain missile-re-12
78	99		lated activities, including transfers to and from Iran 13
79	100		set forth in Annex B to United Nations Security 14
80	101		Council Resolution 2231 (2015), prior to October 15
81	102		2023. 16
82	103		(2) An analysis of how the expiration of missile- 17
83	104		related restrictions set forth in Annex B to United 18
84	105		Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 would im-19
85	106		pact the Government of Iran’s arms proliferation 20
86	107		and malign activities, including as the restrictions 21
87	108		relate to cooperation with, and support for, Iran- 22
88	109		aligned entities and allied countries. 23
89	110		(3) An assessment of the revenue, or in-kind 24
90		-	benefits, to be accrued by the Government of Iran, 25 5
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92	115		or Iran-aligned entities, as a result of a lapse in mis-1
93	116		sile-related restrictions set forth in Annex B to 2
94	117		United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. 3
95	118		(4) A detailed description of a United States 4
96	119		strategy to deter, prevent, and disrupt the sale, pur-5
97	120		chase, or transfer of covered technology involving 6
98	121		Iran absent restrictions pursuant to Annex B to 7
99	122		United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. 8
100	123		(5) An identification of any foreign person en-9
101	124		gaging in, enabling, or otherwise facilitating any ac-10
102	125		tivity involving Iran restricted under Annex B to 11
103	126		United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, 12
104	127		regardless of whether such restrictions remain in ef-13
105	128		fect after October 2023. 14
106	129		(6) A description of actions by the United Na-15
107	130		tions and other multilateral organizations, including 16
108	131		the European Union, to hold accountable foreign 17
109	132		persons that have violated the restrictions set forth 18
110	133		in Annex B to United Nations Security Council Res-19
111	134		olution 2231, and efforts to prevent further viola-20
112	135		tions of such restrictions. 21
113	136		(7) A description of actions by individual mem-22
114	137		ber states of the United Nations Security Council to 23
115	138		hold accountable foreign persons that have violated 24
116		-	restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations 25 6
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118	143		Security Council Resolution 2231 and efforts to pre-1
119	144		vent further violations of such restrictions. 2
120	145		(8) A description of actions by the People’s Re-3
121	146		public of China, the Russian Federation, or any 4
122	147		other country to prevent, interfere with, or under-5
123	148		mine efforts to hold accountable foreign persons that 6
124	149		have violated the restrictions set forth in Annex B 7
125	150		to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, 8
126	151		including actions to restrict United Nations-led in-9
127	152		vestigations into suspected violations of such restric-10
128	153		tions, or limit funding to relevant United Nations of-11
129	154		fices or experts. 12
130	155		(9) An analysis of the foreign and domestic 13
131	156		supply chains in Iran that directly or indirectly fa-14
132	157		cilitate, support, or otherwise aid the Government of 15
133	158		Iran’s drone or missile program, including storage, 16
134	159		transportation, or flight-testing of related goods, 17
135	160		technology, or components. 18
136	161		(10) An identification of any foreign person, or 19
137	162		network containing foreign persons, that enables, 20
138	163		supports, or otherwise facilitates the operations or 21
139	164		maintenance of any Iranian airline subject to United 22
140	165		States sanctions or export control restrictions. 23
141	166		(11) An assessment of how the continued oper-24
142		-	ation of Iranian airlines subject to United States 25 7
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	167	+	ation of Iranian airlines subject to United States 25
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144	171		sanctions or export control restrictions impacts the 1
145	172		Government of Iran’s ability to transport or develop 2
146	173		arms, including covered technology. 3
147	174		(b) S
148	175		COPE.—The initial report required by subsection 4
149	176		(a) shall address the period beginning on January 1, 2021, 5
150	177		and ending on the date that is 90 days after date of the 6
151	178		enactment of this Act, and each subsequent report shall 7
152	179		address the one-year period following the conclusion of the 8
153	180		prior report. 9
154	181		SEC. 5. SANCTIONS TO COMBAT THE PROLIFERATION OF 10
155	182		IRANIAN MISSILES. 11
156	183		(a) I
157	184		NGENERAL.—The sanctions described in sub-12
158	185		section (b) shall apply to any foreign person the President 13
159	186		determines, on or after the date of the enactment of this 14
160	187		Act— 15
161	188		(1) knowingly engages in any effort to acquire, 16
162	189		possess, develop, transport, transfer, or deploy cov-17
163	190		ered technology to, from, or involving the Govern-18
164	191		ment of Iran or Iran-aligned entities, regardless of 19
165	192		whether the restrictions set forth in Annex B to 20
166	193		United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 21
167	194		(2015) remain in effect after October 2023; 22
168	195		(2) knowingly provides entities owned or con-23
169	196		trolled by the Government of Iran or Iran-aligned 24
170		-	entities with goods, technology, parts, or compo-25 8
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172	201		nents, that may contribute to the development of 1
173	202		covered technology; 2
174	203		(3) knowingly participates in joint missile or 3
175	204		drone development, including development of covered 4
176	205		technology, with the Government of Iran or Iran- 5
177	206		aligned entities, including technical training, storage, 6
178	207		and transport; 7
179	208		(4) knowingly imports, exports, or re-exports to, 8
180	209		into, or from Iran, whether directly or indirectly, 9
181	210		any significant arms or related materiel prohibited 10
182	211		under paragraph (5) or (6) to Annex B of United 11
183	212		Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015) as 12
184	213		of April 1, 2023; 13
185	214		(5) knowingly provides significant financial, ma-14
186	215		terial, or technological support to, or knowingly en-15
187	216		gages in a significant transaction with, a foreign 16
188	217		person subject to sanctions for conduct described in 17
189	218		paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 18
190	219		(6) is an adult family member of a person sub-19
191	220		ject to sanctions for conduct described in paragraph 20
192	221		(1), (2), (3), or (4). 21
193	222		(b) S
194	223		ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-22
195	224		scribed in this subsection are the following: 23
196	225		(1) B
197	226		LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 24
198		-	shall exercise all authorities granted under the Inter-25 9
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200	231		national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 1
201	232		U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 2
202	233		and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-3
203	234		ests in property of the foreign person if such prop-4
204	235		erty and interests in property are in the United 5
205	236		States, come within the United States, or come with-6
206	237		in the possession or control of a United States per-7
207	238		son. 8
208	239		(2) I
209	240		NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 9
210	241		PAROLE.— 10
211	242		(A) V
212	243		ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 11
213	244		alien described in subsection (a) shall be— 12
214	245		(i) inadmissible to the United States; 13
215	246		(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 14
216	247		documentation to enter the United States; 15
217	248		and 16
218	249		(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 17
219	250		or paroled into the United States or to re-18
220	251		ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-19
221	252		tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 20
222	253		16 seq.). 21
223	254		(B) C
224	255		URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 22
225	256		(i) I
226	257		N GENERAL.—The visa or other 23
227	258		entry documentation of any alien described 24
228		-	in subsection (a) is subject to revocation 25 10
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230	263		regardless of the issue date of the visa or 1
231	264		other entry documentation. 2
232	265		(ii) I
233	266		MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-3
234	267		tion under clause (i) shall, in accordance 4
235	268		with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 5
236	269		Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))— 6
237	270		(I) take effect immediately; and 7
238	271		(II) cancel any other valid visa or 8
239	272		entry documentation that is in the 9
240	273		possession of the alien. 10
241	274		(c) P
242	275		ENALTIES.—Any person that violates, or at-11
243	276		tempts to violate, subsection (b) or any regulation, license, 12
244	277		or order issued pursuant to that subsection, shall be sub-13
245	278		ject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 14
246	279		of section 206 of the International Economic Powers Act 15
247	280		(50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that com-16
248	281		mits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that 17
249	282		section. 18
250	283		(d) W
251	284		AIVER.—The President may waive the applica-19
252	285		tion of sanctions under this section with respect to a for-20
253	286		eign person only if, not later than 15 days prior to the 21
254	287		date on which the waiver is to take effect, the President 22
255	288		submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 23
256		-	written determination and justification that the waiver is 24 11
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258	293		in the vital national security interests of the United 1
259	294		States. 2
260	295		(e) I
261	296		MPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 3
262	297		all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 4
263	298		International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 5
264	299		U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out any amendments 6
265	300		made by this section. 7
266	301		(f) R
267	302		EGULATIONS.— 8
268	303		(1) I
269	304		N GENERAL.—The President shall, not 9
270	305		later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 10
271	306		of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for 11
272	307		the implementation of this Act and the amendments 12
273	308		made by this Act. 13
274	309		(2) N
275	310		OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not less 14
276	311		than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 15
277	312		under subsection (a), the President shall notify the 16
278	313		appropriate congressional committees of the pro-17
279	314		posed regulations and the provisions of this Act and 18
280	315		the amendments made by this Act that the regula-19
281	316		tions are implementing. 20
282	317		(g) E
283	318		XCEPTIONS.— 21
284	319		(1) E
285	320		XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI -22
286	321		TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 23
287	322		to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 24
288		-	under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 25 12
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290	327		(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-1
291	328		ligence activities of the United States. 2
292	329		(2) E
293	330		XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -3
294	331		NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE -4
295	332		MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this section 5
296	333		shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 6
297	334		or paroling the alien into the United States is nec-7
298	335		essary— 8
299	336		(A) to permit the United States to comply 9
300	337		with the Agreement regarding the Head-10
301	338		quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 11
302	339		Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 12
303	340		November 21, 1947, between the United Na-13
304	341		tions and the United States, or other applicable 14
305	342		international obligations; or 15
306	343		(B) to carry out or assist authorized law 16
307	344		enforcement activity in the United States. 17
308		-	(h) E
309		-	XCEPTIONRELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 18
310		-	G
311		-	OODS.— 19
312		-	(1) I
313		-	N GENERAL.—The authorities and require-20
314		-	ments to impose sanctions authorized under this sec-21
315		-	tion shall not include the authority or requirement 22
316		-	to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 23
317		-	(2) G
318		-	OOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 24
319		-	term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade 25 13
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321		-	substance, material, supply or manufactured prod-1
322		-	uct, including inspection and test equipment, and ex-2
323		-	cluding technical data. 3
324		-	(i) T
325		-	ERMINATION OFSANCTIONS.—This section shall 4
326		-	cease to be effective beginning on the date that is 30 days 5
327		-	after the date on which the President certifies to the ap-6
328		-	propriate congressional committees that— 7
329		-	(1) the Government of Iran no longer repeat-8
330		-	edly provides support for international terrorism as 9
331		-	determined by the Secretary of State pursuant to— 10
332		-	(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 11
333		-	Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 12
334		-	4318(c)(1)(A)); 13
335		-	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 14
336		-	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 15
337		-	(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 16
338		-	Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 17
339		-	(D) any other provision of law; and 18
340		-	(2) Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, 19
341		-	and development of, and verifiably dismantled its, 20
342		-	nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and bal-21
343		-	listic missiles and ballistic missile launch technology. 22
344		-	SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 23
345		-	In this Act: 24 14
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347		-	(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1
348		-	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2
349		-	mittees’’ means— 3
350		-	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 4
351		-	the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 5
352		-	Representatives; and 6
353		-	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 7
354		-	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 8
355		-	Urban Affairs of the Senate. 9
	345	+	(h) T
	346	+	ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—This section 18
	347	+	shall cease to be effective beginning on the date that is 19
	348	+	30 days after the date on which the President certifies 20
	349	+	to the appropriate congressional committees that— 21
	350	+	(1) the Government of Iran no longer repeat-22
	351	+	edly provides support for international terrorism as 23
	352	+	determined by the Secretary of State pursuant to— 24
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	356	+	(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 1
	357	+	Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 2
	358	+	4318(c)(1)(A)); 3
	359	+	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 4
	360	+	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 5
	361	+	(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 6
	362	+	Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 7
	363	+	(D) any other provision of law; and 8
	364	+	(2) Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, 9
	365	+	and development of, and verifiably dismantled its, 10
	366	+	nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and bal-11
	367	+	listic missiles and ballistic missile launch technology. 12
	368	+	SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 13
	369	+	In this Act: 14
	370	+	(1) A
	371	+	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -15
	372	+	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-16
	373	+	mittees’’ means— 17
	374	+	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 18
	375	+	the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 19
	376	+	Representatives; and 20
	377	+	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 21
	378	+	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 22
	379	+	Urban Affairs of the Senate. 23
356	380		(2) F
357		-	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-10
358		-	son’’— 11
359		-	(A) means an individual or entity that is 12
360		-	not a United States person; and 13
361		-	(B) includes a foreign state (as such term 14
362		-	is defined in section 1603 of title 28, United 15
363		-	States Code). 16
	381	+	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-24
	382	+	son’’— 25
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	386	+	(A) means an individual or entity that is 1
	387	+	not a United States person; and 2
	388	+	(B) includes a foreign state (as such term 3
	389	+	is defined in section 1603 of title 28, United 4
	390	+	States Code). 5
364	391		(3) G
365		-	OVERNMENT OF IRAN .—The term ‘‘Gov-17
366		-	ernment of Iran’’ has the meaning given such term 18
367		-	in section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Reg-19
368		-	ulations, as such section was in effect on January 1, 20
369		-	2021. 21
	392	+	OVERNMENT OF IRAN .—The term ‘‘Gov-6
	393	+	ernment of Iran’’ has the meaning given such term 7
	394	+	in section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Reg-8
	395	+	ulations, as such section was in effect on January 1, 9
	396	+	2021. 10
370	397		(4) U
371		-	NITED STATES PERSON .—The terms 22
372		-	‘‘United States person’’ means— 23
373		-	(A) a United States citizen; 24 15
374		-	•HR 3152 EH
375		-	(B) a permanent resident alien of the 1
376		-	United States; 2
377		-	(C) an entity organized under the laws of 3
378		-	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 4
379		-	the United States, including a foreign branch of 5
380		-	such an entity; or 6
381		-	(D) a person in the United States. 7
	398	+	NITED STATES PERSON .—The terms 11
	399	+	‘‘United States person’’ means— 12
	400	+	(A) a United States citizen; 13
	401	+	(B) a permanent resident alien of the 14
	402	+	United States; 15
	403	+	(C) an entity organized under the laws of 16
	404	+	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 17
	405	+	the United States, including a foreign branch of 18
	406	+	such an entity; or 19
	407	+	(D) a person in the United States. 20
382	408		(5) I
383		-	RAN-ALIGNED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Iran- 8
384		-	aligned entity’’ means a foreign person that— 9
385		-	(A) is controlled or significantly influenced 10
386		-	by the Government of Iran; and 11
387		-	(B) knowingly receives material or finan-12
388		-	cial support from the Government of Iran, in-13
389		-	cluding Hezbollah, the Houthis, or any other 14
390		-	proxy group that furthers Iran’s national secu-15
391		-	rity objectives. 16
	409	+	RAN-ALIGNED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Iran- 21
	410	+	aligned entity’’ means a foreign person that— 22
	411	+	(A) is controlled or significantly influenced 23
	412	+	by the Government of Iran; and 24
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	415	+	•HR 3152 IH
	416	+	(B) knowingly receives material or finan-1
	417	+	cial support from the Government of Iran, in-2
	418	+	cluding Hezbollah, the Houthis, or any other 3
	419	+	proxy group that furthers Iran’s national secu-4
	420	+	rity objectives. 5
392	421		(6) C
393		-	OVERED TECHNOLOGY .—The term ‘‘cov-17
394		-	ered technology’’ means— 18
395		-	(A) any goods, technology, software, or re-19
396		-	lated material specified in the Missile Tech-20
397		-	nology Control Regime Annex, as in effect on 21
398		-	the day before the date of the enactment of this 22
399		-	Act; and 23
400		-	(B) any additional goods, technology, soft-24
401		-	ware, or related material added to the Missile 25 16
402		-	•HR 3152 EH
403		-	Technology Control Regime Annex after the 1
404		-	day before the date of the enactment of this 2
405		-	Act. 3
	422	+	OVERED TECHNOLOGY .—The term ‘‘cov-6
	423	+	ered technology’’ means— 7
	424	+	(A) any goods, technology, software, or re-8
	425	+	lated material specified in the Missile Tech-9
	426	+	nology Control Regime Annex, as in effect on 10
	427	+	the day before the date of the enactment of this 11
	428	+	Act; and 12
	429	+	(B) any additional goods, technology, soft-13
	430	+	ware, or related material added to the Missile 14
	431	+	Technology Control Regime Annex after the 15
	432	+	day before the date of the enactment of this 16
	433	+	Act. 17
406	434		(7) F
407		-	AMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘‘family mem-4
408		-	ber’’ means— 5
409		-	(A) a child, grandchild, parent, grand-6
410		-	parent, sibling, or spouse; and 7
411		-	(B) any spouse, widow, or widower of an 8
412		-	individual described in subparagraph (A). 9
413		-	(8) K
414		-	NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 10
415		-	the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 11
416		-	Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 12
	435	+	AMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘‘family mem-18
	436	+	ber’’ means— 19
	437	+	(A) a child, grandchild, parent, grand-20
	438	+	parent, sibling, or spouse; and 21
	439	+	(B) any spouse, widow, or widower of an 22
	440	+	individual described in subparagraph (A). 23
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	444	+	(8) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 1
	445	+	the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 2
	446	+	Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 3
417	447		(9) M
418		-	ISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME .— 13
419		-	The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Regime’’ 14
420		-	means the policy statement, between the United 15
421		-	States, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of 16
422		-	Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan, an-17
423		-	nounced on April 16, 1987, to restrict sensitive mis-18
424		-	sile-relevant transfers based on the Missile Tech-19
425		-	nology Control Regime Annex, and any amendments 20
426		-	thereto or expansions thereof, as in effect on the day 21
427		-	before the date of the enactment of this Act. 22
	448	+	ISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME .— 4
	449	+	The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Regime’’ 5
	450	+	means the policy statement, between the United 6
	451	+	States, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of 7
	452	+	Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan, an-8
	453	+	nounced on April 16, 1987, to restrict sensitive mis-9
	454	+	sile-relevant transfers based on the Missile Tech-10
	455	+	nology Control Regime Annex, and any amendments 11
	456	+	thereto or expansions thereof, as in effect on the day 12
	457	+	before the date of the enactment of this Act. 13
428	458		(10) M
429		-	ISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME 23
430		-	ANNEX.—The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Re-24
431		-	gime Annex’’ means the Guidelines and Equipment 25 17
432		-	•HR 3152 EH
433		-	and Technology Annex of the Missile Technology 1
434		-	Control Regime, and any amendments thereto or up-2
435		-	dates thereof, as in effect on the day before the date 3
436		-	of the enactment of this Act. 4
437		-	Passed the House of Representatives September 12,
438		-	2023.
439		-	Attest:
440		-	Clerk. 118
441		-	TH
442		-	CONGRESS
443		-	1
444		-	ST
445		-	S
446		-	ESSION
447		-
448		-	H. R. 3152
449		-	AN ACT
450		-	To impose sanctions with respect to countries, indi-
451		-	viduals, and entities that engage in any effort to
452		-	acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or
453		-	deploy Iranian missiles and related goods and
454		-	technology, including materials and equipment,
455		-	and for other purposes.
	459	+	ISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME 14
	460	+	ANNEX.—The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Re-15
	461	+	gime Annex’’ means the Guidelines and Equipment 16
	462	+	and Technology Annex of the Missile Technology 17
	463	+	Control Regime, and any amendments thereto or up-18
	464	+	dates thereof, as in effect on the day before the date 19
	465	+	of the enactment of this Act. 20
	466	+	Æ
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