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1	2		118THCONGRESS
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3		-	DSESSION H. R. 6603
4		-	AN ACT
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	4	+	STSESSION H. R. 6603
	5	+	To apply foreign-direct product rules to Iran.
	6	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	7	+	DECEMBER5, 2023
	8	+	Mr. M
	9	+	ORAN(for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill;
	10	+	which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
	11	+	A BILL
5	12		To apply foreign-direct product rules to Iran.
6	13		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
7		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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9		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
10		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Technology for 2
11		-	Terror Act’’. 3
12		-	SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF FOREIGN-DIRECT PRODUCT 4
13		-	RULES TO IRAN. 5
	14	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	15	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	16	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Technology for 4
	17	+	Terror Act’’. 5
	18	+	SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF FOREIGN-DIRECT PRODUCT 6
	19	+	RULES TO IRAN. 7
14	20		(a) I
15		-	NGENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 6
16		-	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a foreign- 7
17		-	produced item shall be subject to the Export Administra-8
18		-	tion Regulations (pursuant to the Export Control Reform 9
19		-	Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.)) if the item— 10
20		-	(1) meets— 11
21		-	(A) the product scope requirements de-12
22		-	scribed in subsection (b); and 13
23		-	(B) the destination scope requirements de-14
24		-	scribed in subsection (c); and 15
25		-	(2) is exported, reexported, or in-country trans-16
26		-	ferred to Iran from abroad or involves the Govern-17
27		-	ment of Iran. 18
	21	+	NGENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 120 8
	22	+	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a foreign- 9
	23	+	produced item shall be subject to the Export Administra-10
	24	+	tion Regulations (pursuant to the Export Control Reform 11
	25	+	Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.)) if the item— 12
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	29	+	(1) meets— 1
	30	+	(A) the product scope requirements de-2
	31	+	scribed in subsection (b); and 3
	32	+	(B) the destination scope requirements de-4
	33	+	scribed in subsection (c); and 5
	34	+	(2) is exported, reexported, or in-country trans-6
	35	+	ferred to Iran or involves persons affiliated with the 7
	36	+	Government of Iran. 8
28	37		(b) P
29		-	RODUCTSCOPEREQUIREMENTS.—A foreign- 19
30		-	produced item meets the product scope requirements of 20
31		-	this subsection if the item— 21
32		-	(1) is a direct product of United States-origin 22
33		-	technology or software subject to the Export Admin-23
34		-	istration Regulations that is specified in a covered 24
35		-	Export Control Classification Number or is identi-25 3
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37		-	fied in supplement no. 7 to part 746 of the Export 1
38		-	Administration Regulations; or 2
39		-	(2) is produced by any plant or major compo-3
40		-	nent of a plant that is located outside the United 4
41		-	States, if the plant or major component of a plant, 5
42		-	whether made in the United States or a foreign 6
43		-	country, itself is a direct product of United States- 7
44		-	origin technology or software subject to the Export 8
45		-	Administration Regulations that is specified in a 9
46		-	covered Export Control Classification Number. 10
	38	+	RODUCTSCOPEREQUIREMENTS.—A foreign- 9
	39	+	produced item meets the product scope requirements of 10
	40	+	this subsection if the item— 11
	41	+	(1) is a direct product of United States-origin 12
	42	+	technology or software subject to the Export Admin-13
	43	+	istration Regulations that is specified in a covered 14
	44	+	Export Control Classification Number; or 15
	45	+	(2) is produced by any plant or major compo-16
	46	+	nent of a plant that is located outside the United 17
	47	+	States, if the plant or major component of a plant, 18
	48	+	whether made in the United States or a foreign 19
	49	+	country, itself is a direct product of United States- 20
	50	+	origin technology or software subject to the Export 21
	51	+	Administration Regulations that is specified in a 22
	52	+	covered Export Control Classification Number. 23
47	53		(c) D
48		-	ESTINATIONSCOPEREQUIREMENTS.—A for-11
49		-	eign-produced item meets the destination scope require-12
50		-	ments of this subsection if there is knowledge that the for-13
51		-	eign-produced item is destined to Iran or will be incor-14
52		-	porated into or used in the production or development of 15
53		-	any part, component, or equipment subject to the Export 16
54		-	Administration Regulations and produced in or destined 17
55		-	to Iran. 18
	54	+	ESTINATIONSCOPEREQUIREMENTS.—A for-24
	55	+	eign-produced item meets the destination scope require-25
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	59	+	ments of this subsection if there is knowledge that the for-1
	60	+	eign-produced item is destined to Iran or will be incor-2
	61	+	porated into or used in the production or development of 3
	62	+	any part, component, or equipment subject to the Export 4
	63	+	Administration Regulations and produced in or destined 5
	64	+	to Iran. 6
56	65		(d) L
57		-	ICENSEREQUIREMENTS.— 19
	66	+	ICENSEREQUIREMENTS.— 7
58	67		(1) I
59		-	N GENERAL.—A license shall be required 20
60		-	to export, reexport, or in-country transfer a foreign- 21
61		-	produced item from abroad that meets the product 22
62		-	scope requirements described in subsection (b) and 23
63		-	the destination scope requirements described in sub-24 4
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65		-	section (c) and is subject to the Export Administra-1
66		-	tion Regulations pursuant to this section. 2
	68	+	N GENERAL.—A license shall be required 8
	69	+	to export, reexport, or in-country transfer a foreign- 9
	70	+	produced item that meets the product scope require-10
	71	+	ments described in subsection (b) and the destina-11
	72	+	tion scope requirements described in subsection (c) 12
	73	+	and is subject to the Export Administration Regula-13
	74	+	tions pursuant to this section. 14
67	75		(2) E
68		-	XCEPTIONS.—The license requirements of 3
69		-	paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 4
70		-	(A) food, medicine, or medical devices that 5
71		-	are— 6
72		-	(i) designated as EAR99; or 7
73		-	(ii) not designated under or listed on 8
74		-	the Commerce Control List; or 9
75		-	(B) services, software, or hardware (other 10
76		-	than services, software, or hardware for end- 11
77		-	users owned or controlled by the Government of 12
78		-	Iran) that are— 13
79		-	(i) necessarily and ordinarily incident 14
80		-	to communications; or 15
81		-	(ii) designated as— 16
82		-	(I) EAR99; or 17
83		-	(II) Export Control Classification 18
84		-	Number 5A992.c or 5D992.c, and 19
85		-	classified in accordance with section 20
86		-	740.17 of title 15 Code of Federal 21
87		-	Regulations; and 22
88		-	(iii) subject to a general license issued 23
89		-	by the Department of Commerce or De-24
90		-	partment of Treasury. 25 5
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92		-	(e) NATIONALINTERESTWAIVER.—The Secretary of 1
93		-	Commerce may waive the requirements imposed under this 2
94		-	section if the Secretary— 3
95		-	(1) determines that the waiver is in the national 4
96		-	interests of the United States; and 5
97		-	(2) submits to the Committee on Foreign Af-6
98		-	fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-7
99		-	mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 8
100		-	the Senate a report explaining which requirements 9
101		-	are being waived and the reasons for the waiver. 10
102		-	(f) S
103		-	UNSET.—The authority provided under this sec-11
104		-	tion shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the 12
105		-	date of the enactment of this Act. 13
106		-	(g) D
107		-	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 14
108		-	(1) the term ‘‘Commerce Control List’’ means 15
109		-	the list maintained pursuant to part 744 of the Ex-16
110		-	port Administration Regulations; 17
111		-	(2) the term ‘‘covered Export Control Classi-18
112		-	fication Number’’ means an Export Control Classi-19
113		-	fication Number in product group D or E of Cat-20
114		-	egory 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the Commerce Control 21
115		-	List; 22
116		-	(3) the terms ‘‘Export Administration Regula-23
117		-	tions’’, ‘‘export’’, ‘‘reexport’’, and ‘‘in-country trans-24
118		-	fer’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 25 6
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120		-	1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 1
121		-	U.S.C. 4801); and 2
122		-	(4) the terms ‘‘direct product’’, ‘‘technology’’, 3
123		-	‘‘software’’, ‘‘major component’’, ‘‘knowledge’’, ‘‘pro-4
124		-	duction’’, ‘‘development’’, ‘‘part’’, ‘‘component’’, 5
125		-	‘‘equipment’’, and ‘‘government end users’’ have the 6
126		-	meanings given those terms in section 734.9 or part 7
127		-	772 of the Export Administration Regulations, as 8
128		-	the case may be. 9
129		-	Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2024.
130		-	Attest:
131		-	Clerk. 118
132		-	TH
133		-	CONGRESS
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135		-	D
136		-	S
137		-	ESSION
138		-
139		-	H. R. 6603
140		-	AN ACT
141		-	To apply foreign-direct product rules to Iran.
	76	+	XCEPTIONS.—The license requirements of 15
	77	+	paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 16
	78	+	(A) food or medicine that is— 17
	79	+	(i) designated as EAR99; or 18
	80	+	(ii) not designated under or listed on 19
	81	+	the Commerce Control List; or 20
	82	+	(B) services, software, or hardware (other 21
	83	+	than services, software, or hardware for end- 22
	84	+	users owned or controlled by the Government of 23
	85	+	Iran) that is— 24
	86	+	(i) incident to communications; 25
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	90	+	(ii) designated as— 1
	91	+	(I) EAR99; or 2
	92	+	(II) Export Control Classification 3
	93	+	Number 5A992.c or 5D992.c, and 4
	94	+	classified in accordance with section 5
	95	+	740.17 of title 15 Code of Federal 6
	96	+	Regulations; and 7
	97	+	(iii) subject to a general license issued 8
	98	+	by the Department of Commerce. 9
	99	+	(e) D
	100	+	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 10
	101	+	(1) the term ‘‘Commerce Control List’’ means 11
	102	+	the list maintained pursuant to part 744 of the Ex-12
	103	+	port Administration Regulations; 13
	104	+	(2) the term ‘‘covered Export Control Classi-14
	105	+	fication Number’’ means an Export Control Classi-15
	106	+	fication Number in product group D or E of Cat-16
	107	+	egory 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the Commerce Control 17
	108	+	List; 18
	109	+	(3) the terms ‘‘Export Administration Regula-19
	110	+	tions’’, ‘‘export’’, ‘‘reexport’’, and ‘‘in-country trans-20
	111	+	fer’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 21
	112	+	1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 22
	113	+	U.S.C. 4801); and 23
	114	+	(4) the terms ‘‘direct product’’, ‘‘technology’’, 24
	115	+	‘‘software’’, ‘‘major component’’, ‘‘knowledge’’, ‘‘pro-25
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	119	+	duction’’, ‘‘development’’, ‘‘part’’, ‘‘component’’, 1
	120	+	‘‘equipment’’, and ‘‘government end users’’ have the 2
	121	+	meanings given those terms in section 734.9 or part 3
	122	+	772 of the Export Administration Regulations, as 4
	123	+	the case may be. 5
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