118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 6603
AN ACT
To apply foreign-direct product rules to Iran.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Technology for 2
Terror Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF FOREIGN-DIRECT PRODUCT 4
RULES TO IRAN. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 6
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a foreign- 7
produced item shall be subject to the Export Administra-8
tion Regulations (pursuant to the Export Control Reform 9
Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.)) if the item— 10
(1) meets— 11
(A) the product scope requirements de-12
scribed in subsection (b); and 13
(B) the destination scope requirements de-14
scribed in subsection (c); and 15
(2) is exported, reexported, or in-country trans-16
ferred to Iran from abroad or involves the Govern-17
ment of Iran. 18
(b) P
RODUCTSCOPEREQUIREMENTS.—A foreign- 19
produced item meets the product scope requirements of 20
this subsection if the item— 21
(1) is a direct product of United States-origin 22
technology or software subject to the Export Admin-23
istration Regulations that is specified in a covered 24
Export Control Classification Number or is identi-25 3
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fied in supplement no. 7 to part 746 of the Export 1
Administration Regulations; or 2
(2) is produced by any plant or major compo-3
nent of a plant that is located outside the United 4
States, if the plant or major component of a plant, 5
whether made in the United States or a foreign 6
country, itself is a direct product of United States- 7
origin technology or software subject to the Export 8
Administration Regulations that is specified in a 9
covered Export Control Classification Number. 10
(c) D
ESTINATIONSCOPEREQUIREMENTS.—A for-11
eign-produced item meets the destination scope require-12
ments of this subsection if there is knowledge that the for-13
eign-produced item is destined to Iran or will be incor-14
porated into or used in the production or development of 15
any part, component, or equipment subject to the Export 16
Administration Regulations and produced in or destined 17
to Iran. 18
(d) L
ICENSEREQUIREMENTS.— 19
(1) I
N GENERAL.—A license shall be required 20
to export, reexport, or in-country transfer a foreign- 21
produced item from abroad that meets the product 22
scope requirements described in subsection (b) and 23
the destination scope requirements described in sub-24 4
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section (c) and is subject to the Export Administra-1
tion Regulations pursuant to this section. 2
(2) E
XCEPTIONS.—The license requirements of 3
paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 4
(A) food, medicine, or medical devices that 5
are— 6
(i) designated as EAR99; or 7
(ii) not designated under or listed on 8
the Commerce Control List; or 9
(B) services, software, or hardware (other 10
than services, software, or hardware for end- 11
users owned or controlled by the Government of 12
Iran) that are— 13
(i) necessarily and ordinarily incident 14
to communications; or 15
(ii) designated as— 16
(I) EAR99; or 17
(II) Export Control Classification 18
Number 5A992.c or 5D992.c, and 19
classified in accordance with section 20
740.17 of title 15 Code of Federal 21
Regulations; and 22
(iii) subject to a general license issued 23
by the Department of Commerce or De-24
partment of Treasury. 25 5
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(e) NATIONALINTERESTWAIVER.—The Secretary of 1
Commerce may waive the requirements imposed under this 2
section if the Secretary— 3
(1) determines that the waiver is in the national 4
interests of the United States; and 5
(2) submits to the Committee on Foreign Af-6
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-7
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 8
the Senate a report explaining which requirements 9
are being waived and the reasons for the waiver. 10
(f) S
UNSET.—The authority provided under this sec-11
tion shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the 12
date of the enactment of this Act. 13
(g) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section— 14
(1) the term ‘‘Commerce Control List’’ means 15
the list maintained pursuant to part 744 of the Ex-16
port Administration Regulations; 17
(2) the term ‘‘covered Export Control Classi-18
fication Number’’ means an Export Control Classi-19
fication Number in product group D or E of Cat-20
egory 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the Commerce Control 21
List; 22
(3) the terms ‘‘Export Administration Regula-23
tions’’, ‘‘export’’, ‘‘reexport’’, and ‘‘in-country trans-24
fer’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 25 6
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1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 1
U.S.C. 4801); and 2
(4) the terms ‘‘direct product’’, ‘‘technology’’, 3
‘‘software’’, ‘‘major component’’, ‘‘knowledge’’, ‘‘pro-4
duction’’, ‘‘development’’, ‘‘part’’, ‘‘component’’, 5
‘‘equipment’’, and ‘‘government end users’’ have the 6
meanings given those terms in section 734.9 or part 7
772 of the Export Administration Regulations, as 8
the case may be. 9
Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2024.
Attest:
Clerk. 118
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CONGRESS
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S
ESSION
H. R. 6603
AN ACT
To apply foreign-direct product rules to Iran.