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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	DSESSION H. R. 8038
5	5	To authorize the President to impose certain sanctions with respect to Russia
6	6	and Iran, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	APRIL17, 2024
9	9	Mr. M
10	10	CCAULintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
11	11	mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Finan-
12	12	cial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Armed Services, the Budg-
13	13	et, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure,
14	14	for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
15	15	for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
16	16	committee concerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To authorize the President to impose certain sanctions with
19	19	respect to Russia and Iran, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century Peace 4
24	24	through Strength Act’’. 5
25	25	SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 6
26	26	Sec. 1. Short title.
27	27	Sec. 2. Table of contents.
28	28	Sec. 3. References.
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32	32	DIVISION A—FEND OFF FENTANYL ACT
33	33	Sec. 3001. Short titles.
34	34	Sec. 3002. Sense of Congress.
35	35	Sec. 3003. Definitions.
36	36	TITLE I—SANCTIONS MATTERS
37	37	Subtitle A—Sanctions in Response to National Emergency Relating to
38	38	Fentanyl Trafficking
39	39	Sec. 3101. Finding; policy.
40	40	Sec. 3102. Use of national emergency authorities; reporting.
41	41	Sec. 3103. Imposition of sanctions with respect to fentanyl trafficking by
42	42	transnational criminal organizations.
43	43	Sec. 3104. Penalties; waivers; exceptions.
44	44	Sec. 3105. Treatment of forfeited property of transnational criminal organiza-
45	45	tions.
46	46	Subtitle B—Other Matters
47	47	Sec. 3111. Ten-year statute of limitations for violations of sanctions.
48	48	Sec. 3112. Classified report and briefing on staffing of office of foreign assets
49	49	control.
50	50	Sec. 3113. Report on drug transportation routes and use of vessels with mis-
51	51	labeled cargo.
52	52	Sec. 3114. Report on actions of People’s Republic of China with respect to per-
53	53	sons involved in fentanyl supply chain.
54	54	TITLE II—ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MATTERS
55	55	Sec. 3201. Designation of illicit fentanyl transactions of sanctioned persons as
56	56	of primary money laundering concern.
57	57	Sec. 3202. Treatment of transnational criminal organizations in suspicious
58	58	transactions reports of the financial crimes enforcement net-
59	59	work.
60	60	Sec. 3203. Report on trade-based money laundering in trade with Mexico, the
61	61	People’s Republic of China, and Burma.
62	62	TITLE III—EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF GOODS
63	63	Sec. 3301. Exception relating to importation of goods.
64	64	DIVISION B—REBUILDING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND
65	65	OPPORTUNITY FOR UKRAINIANS ACT
66	66	TITLE I—REBUILDING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND
67	67	OPPORTUNITY FOR UKRAINIANS ACT
68	68	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
69	69	Sec. 2. Definitions.
70	70	TITLE II—REPURPOSING OF RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSETS
71	71	Sec. 101. Findings; sense of Congress.
72	72	Sec. 102. Sense of Congress regarding importance of the Russian Federation
73	73	providing compensation to Ukraine.
74	74	Sec. 103. Prohibition on release of blocked Russian sovereign assets.
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78	78	Sec. 104. Authority to ensure compensation to Ukraine using seized Russian
79	79	sovereign assets and Russian aggressor state sovereign assets.
80	80	Sec. 105. International mechanism to use Russian sovereign assets and Russian
81	81	aggressor state sovereign assets to provide for the reconstruc-
82	82	tion of Ukraine.
83	83	Sec. 106. Report on use of transferred Russian sovereign assets for reconstruc-
84	84	tion.
85	85	Sec. 107. Assessment by Secretary of State and Administrator of USAID on
86	86	reconstruction and rebuilding needs of Ukraine.
87	87	Sec. 108. Extensions.
88	88	DIVISION C—OTHER MATTERS
89	89	Sec. 1. Report and imposition of sanctions to harmonize with allied sanctions.
90	90	DIVISION D—PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN
91	91	ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT
92	92	Sec. 1. Short title.
93	93	Sec. 2. Prohibition of foreign adversary controlled applications.
94	94	Sec. 3. Judicial review.
95	95	DIVISION E—PROTECTING AMERICANS’ DATA FROM FOREIGN
96	96	ADVERSARIES ACT OF 2024
97	97	Sec. 1. Short title.
98	98	Sec. 2. Prohibition on transfer of personally identifiable sensitive data of
99	99	United States individuals to foreign adversaries.
100	100	DIVISION F—SHIP ACT
101	101	Sec. 1. Short title.
102	102	Sec. 2. Statement of policy.
103	103	Sec. 3. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Iranian petroleum.
104	104	Sec. 4. Report on Iranian petroleum and petroleum products exports.
105	105	Sec. 5. Strategy to counter role of the People’s Republic of China in evasion
106	106	of sanctions with respect to Iran.
107	107	Sec. 6. Definitions.
108	108	DIVISION G—FIGHT CRIME ACT
109	109	Sec. 1. Short title.
110	110	Sec. 2. Findings.
111	111	Sec. 3. Statement of policy.
112	112	Sec. 4. Report.
113	113	Sec. 5. Sanctions to combat the proliferation of Iranian missiles.
114	114	Sec. 6. Report to identify, and designation as foreign terrorist organizations of,
115	115	Iranian persons that have attacked united states citizens using
116	116	unmanned combat aerial vehicles.
117	117	Sec. 7. Definitions.
118	118	DIVISION H—MAHSA ACT
119	119	Sec. 1. Short title.
120	120	Sec. 2. Imposition of sanctions on Iran’s supreme leader’s office, its appointees,
121	121	and any affiliated persons.
122	122	Sec. 3. Severability.
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126	126	DIVISION I—HAMAS AND OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST
127	127	GROUPS INTERNATIONAL FINANCING PREVENTION ACT
128	128	Sec. 1. Short title.
129	129	Sec. 2. Statement of policy.
130	130	Sec. 3. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons supporting acts
131	131	of terrorism or engaging in significant transactions with senior
132	132	members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad and other Pales-
133	133	tinian terrorist organizations.
134	134	Sec. 4. Imposition of measures with respect to foreign states providing support
135	135	to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad and other Palestinian ter-
136	136	rorist organizations.
137	137	Sec. 5. Reports on activities to disrupt global fundraising, financing, and money
138	138	laundering activities of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad, al-
139	139	aqsa martyrs brigade, the lion’s den or any affiliate or suc-
140	140	cessor thereof.
141	141	Sec. 6. Termination.
142	142	Sec. 7. Definitions.
143	143	DIVISION J—NO TECHNOLOGY FOR TERROR ACT
144	144	Sec. 1. Short title.
145	145	Sec. 2. Application of foreign-direct product rules to Iran.
146	146	DIVISION K—STRENGTHENING TOOLS TO COUNTER THE USE OF
147	147	HUMAN SHIELDS ACT
148	148	Sec. 1. Short title.
149	149	Sec. 2. Statement of policy.
150	150	Sec. 3. Modification and extension of Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as De-
151	151	fenseless Shields Act.
152	152	Sec. 4. Report on countering the use of human shields.
153	153	Sec. 5. Confronting asymmetric and malicious cyber activities.
154	154	Sec. 6. Sanctions with respect to threats to current or former united states offi-
155	155	cials.
156	156	DIVISION L—ILLICIT CAPTAGON TRAFFICKING SUPPRESSION ACT
157	157	Sec. 1. Short title.
158	158	Sec. 2. Findings.
159	159	Sec. 3. Statement of policy.
160	160	Sec. 4. Imposition of sanctions with respect to illicit captagon trafficking.
161	161	Sec. 5. Determinations with respect to the government of Syria, hizballah, and
162	162	networks affiliated with the government of Syria or hizballah.
163	163	Sec. 6. Definitions.
164	164	DIVISION M—END FINANCING FOR HAMAS AND STATE SPONSORS
165	165	OF TERRORISM ACT
166	166	Sec. 1. Short title.
167	167	Sec. 2. Report on financing for Hamas.
168	168	Sec. 3. Multilateral Strategy to Disrupt Hamas Financing.
169	169	DIVISION N—HOLDING IRANIAN LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE ACT
170	170	Sec. 1. Short title.
171	171	Sec. 2. Findings.
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175	175	Sec. 3. Report on financial institutions and assets connected to certain Iranian
176	176	officials.
177	177	Sec. 4. Restrictions on certain financial institutions.
178	178	Sec. 5. Exceptions for national security; implementation authority.
179	179	Sec. 6. Sunset.
180	180	Sec. 7. Definitions.
181	181	DIVISION O—IRAN-CHINA ENERGY SANCTIONS ACT OF 2023
182	182	Sec. 1. Short title.
183	183	Sec. 2. Sanctions on foreign financial institutions with respect to the purchase
184	184	of petroleum products and unmanned aerial vehicles from Iran.
185	185	DIVISION P—BUDGETARY EFFECTS
186	186	Sec. 1. Budgetary effects.
187	187	SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
188	188	1
189	189	Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 2
190	190	to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 3
191	191	be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-4
192	192	sion. 5
193	193	DIVISION A—FEND OFF 6
194	194	FENTANYL ACT 7
195	195	SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLES. 8
196	196	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Fentanyl Eradi-9
197	197	cation and Narcotics Deterrence Off Fentanyl’’ or the 10
198	198	‘‘FEND Off Fentanyl Act’’. 11
199	199	SEC. 3002. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 12
200	200	It is the sense of Congress that— 13
201	201	(1) the proliferation of fentanyl is causing an 14
202	202	unprecedented surge in overdose deaths in the 15
203	203	United States, fracturing families and communities, 16
204	204	and necessitating a comprehensive policy response to 17
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208	208	combat its lethal flow and to mitigate the drug’s 1
209	209	devastating consequences; 2
210	210	(2) the trafficking of fentanyl into the United 3
211	211	States is a national security threat that has killed 4
212	212	hundreds of thousands of United States citizens; 5
213	213	(3) transnational criminal organizations, includ-6
214	214	ing cartels primarily based in Mexico, are the main 7
215	215	purveyors of fentanyl into the United States and 8
216	216	must be held accountable; 9
217	217	(4) precursor chemicals sourced from the Peo-10
218	218	ple’s Republic of China are— 11
219	219	(A) shipped from the People’s Republic of 12
220	220	China by legitimate and illegitimate means; 13
221	221	(B) transformed through various synthetic 14
222	222	processes to produce different forms of 15
223	223	fentanyl; and 16
224	224	(C) crucial to the production of illicit 17
225	225	fentanyl by transnational criminal organiza-18
226	226	tions, contributing to the ongoing opioid crisis; 19
227	227	(5) the United States Government must remain 20
228	228	vigilant to address all new forms of fentanyl precur-21
229	229	sors and drugs used in combination with fentanyl, 22
230	230	such as Xylazine, which attribute to overdose deaths 23
231	231	of people in the United States; 24
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235	235	(6) to increase the cost of fentanyl trafficking, 1
236	236	the United States Government should work collabo-2
237	237	ratively across agencies and should surge analytic 3
238	238	capability to impose sanctions and other remedies 4
239	239	with respect to transnational criminal organizations 5
240	240	(including cartels), including foreign nationals who 6
241	241	facilitate the trade in illicit fentanyl and its precur-7
242	242	sors from the People’s Republic of China; and 8
243	243	(7) the Department of the Treasury should 9
244	244	focus on fentanyl trafficking and its facilitators as 10
245	245	one of the top national security priorities for the De-11
246	246	partment. 12
247	247	SEC. 3003. DEFINITIONS. 13
248	248	In this division: 14
249	249	(1) A
250	250	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -15
251	251	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-16
252	252	mittees’’ means— 17
253	253	(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 18
254	254	and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 19
255	255	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 20
256	256	the Senate; 21
257	257	(C) the Committee on Financial Services of 22
258	258	the House of Representatives; and 23
259	259	(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 24
260	260	the House of Representatives. 25
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264	264	(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-1
265	265	son’’— 2
266	266	(A) means— 3
267	267	(i) any citizen or national of a foreign 4
268	268	country; or 5
269	269	(ii) any entity not organized under the 6
270	270	laws of the United States or a jurisdiction 7
271	271	within the United States; and 8
272	272	(B) does not include the government of a 9
273	273	foreign country. 10
274	274	(3) K
275	275	NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 11
276	276	respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 12
277	277	means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 13
278	278	have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 14
279	279	result. 15
280	280	(4) T
281	281	RAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘trafficking’’, 16
282	282	with respect to fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or 17
283	283	other related opioids, has the meaning given the 18
284	284	term ‘‘opioid trafficking’’ in section 7203(8) of the 19
285	285	Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 U.S.C. 2302(8)). 20
286	286	(5) T
287	287	RANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZA -21
288	288	TION.—The term ‘‘transnational criminal organiza-22
289	289	tion’’ includes— 23
290	290	(A) any organization designated as a sig-24
291	291	nificant transnational criminal organization 25
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295	295	under part 590 of title 31, Code of Federal 1
296	296	Regulations; 2
297	297	(B) any of the organizations known as— 3
298	298	(i) the Sinaloa Cartel; 4
299	299	(ii) the Jalisco New Generation Car-5
300	300	tel; 6
301	301	(iii) the Gulf Cartel; 7
302	302	(iv) the Los Zetas Cartel; 8
303	303	(v) the Juarez Cartel; 9
304	304	(vi) the Tijuana Cartel; 10
305	305	(vii) the Beltran-Leyva Cartel; or 11
306	306	(viii) La Familia Michoacana; or 12
307	307	(C) any successor organization to an orga-13
308	308	nization described in subparagraph (B) or as 14
309	309	otherwise determined by the President. 15
310	310	(6) U
311	311	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 16
312	312	‘‘United States person’’ means— 17
313	313	(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-18
314	314	fully admitted for permanent residence to the 19
315	315	United States; 20
316	316	(B) an entity organized under the laws of 21
317	317	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 22
318	318	the United States, including a foreign branch of 23
319	319	such an entity; or 24
320	320	(C) any person in the United States. 25
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324	324	TITLE I—SANCTIONS MATTERS 1
325	325	Subtitle A—Sanctions in Response 2
326	326	to National Emergency Relating 3
327	327	to Fentanyl Trafficking 4
328	328	SEC. 3101. FINDING; POLICY. 5
329	329	(a) F
330	330	INDING.—Congress finds that international 6
331	331	trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other re-7
332	332	lated opioids constitutes an unusual and extraordinary 8
333	333	threat to the national security, foreign policy, and econ-9
334	334	omy of the United States, and is a national emergency. 10
335	335	(b) P
336	336	OLICY.—It shall be the policy of the United 11
337	337	States to apply economic and other financial sanctions to 12
338	338	those who engage in the international trafficking of 13
339	339	fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other related opioids to 14
340	340	protect the national security, foreign policy, and economy 15
341	341	of the United States. 16
342	342	SEC. 3102. USE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY AUTHORITIES; 17
343	343	REPORTING. 18
344	344	(a) I
345	345	NGENERAL.—The President may exercise all 19
346	346	authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 20
347	347	International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 21
348	348	U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this subtitle. 22
349	349	(b) R
350	350	EPORTREQUIRED.— 23
351	351	(1) I
352	352	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 24
353	353	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-25
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357	357	nually thereafter, the President shall submit to the 1
358	358	appropriate congressional committees a report on ac-2
359	359	tions taken by the executive branch pursuant to this 3
360	360	subtitle and any national emergency declared with 4
361	361	respect to the trafficking of fentanyl and trade in 5
362	362	other illicit drugs, including— 6
363	363	(A) the issuance of any new or revised reg-7
364	364	ulations, policies, or guidance; 8
365	365	(B) the imposition of sanctions; 9
366	366	(C) the collection of relevant information 10
367	367	from outside parties; 11
368	368	(D) the issuance or closure of general li-12
369	369	censes, specific licenses, and statements of li-13
370	370	censing policy by the Office of Foreign Assets 14
371	371	Control; 15
372	372	(E) a description of any pending enforce-16
373	373	ment cases; and 17
374	374	(F) the implementation of mitigation pro-18
375	375	cedures. 19
376	376	(2) F
377	377	ORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 20
378	378	under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi-21
379	379	fied form, but may include the matters required 22
380	380	under subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F) of such 23
381	381	paragraph in a classified annex. 24
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385	385	SEC. 3103. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 1
386	386	FENTANYL TRAFFICKING BY 2
387	387	TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 3
388	388	(a) I
389	389	NGENERAL.—The President shall impose the 4
390	390	sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 5
391	391	foreign person the President determines— 6
392	392	(1) is knowingly involved in the significant traf-7
393	393	ficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other re-8
394	394	lated opioids, including such trafficking by a 9
395	395	transnational criminal organization; or 10
396	396	(2) otherwise is knowingly involved in signifi-11
397	397	cant activities of a transnational criminal organiza-12
398	398	tion relating to the trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl 13
399	399	precursors, or other related opioids. 14
400	400	(b) S
401	401	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The President, pursu-15
402	402	ant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 16
403	403	(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), may block and prohibit all trans-17
404	404	actions in property and interests in property of a foreign 18
405	405	person described in subsection (a) if such property and 19
406	406	interests in property are in the United States, come within 20
407	407	the United States, or are or come within the possession 21
408	408	or control of a United States person. 22
409	409	(c) R
410	410	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 23
411	411	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 24
412	412	thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 25
413	413	congressional committees a report on actions taken by the 26
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417	417	executive branch with respect to the foreign persons iden-1
418	418	tified under subsection (a). 2
419	419	SEC. 3104. PENALTIES; WAIVERS; EXCEPTIONS. 3
420	420	(a) P
421	421	ENALTIES.—Any person that violates, attempts 4
422	422	to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 5
423	423	subtitle or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 6
424	424	out this subtitle shall be subject to the penalties set forth 7
425	425	in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-8
426	426	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 9
427	427	1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an 10
428	428	unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 11
429	429	(b) N
430	430	ATIONALSECURITYWAIVER.—The President 12
431	431	may waive the application of sanctions under this subtitle 13
432	432	with respect to a foreign person if the President deter-14
433	433	mines that such waiver is in the national security interest 15
434	434	of the United States. 16
435	435	(c) E
436	436	XCEPTIONS.— 17
437	437	(1) E
438	438	XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI -18
439	439	TIES.—This subtitle shall not apply with respect to 19
440	440	activities subject to the reporting requirements 20
441	441	under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 21
442	442	(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-22
443	443	ligence activities of the United States. 23
444	444	(2) E
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446	446	NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 25
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450	450	ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this subtitle shall not 1
451	451	apply with respect to an alien if admitting or parol-2
452	452	ing the alien into the United States is necessary— 3
453	453	(A) to permit the United States to comply 4
454	454	with the Agreement regarding the Head-5
455	455	quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 6
456	456	Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into 7
457	457	force November 21, 1947, between the United 8
458	458	Nations and the United States, or other appli-9
459	459	cable international obligations of the United 10
460	460	States; or 11
461	461	(B) to carry out or assist law enforcement 12
462	462	activity of the United States. 13
463	463	(3) H
464	464	UMANITARIAN EXEMPTION .—The Presi-14
465	465	dent may not impose sanctions under this subtitle 15
466	466	with respect to any person for conducting or facili-16
467	467	tating a transaction for the sale of agricultural com-17
468	468	modities, food, medicine, or medical devices or for 18
469	469	the provision of humanitarian assistance. 19
470	470	SEC. 3105. TREATMENT OF FORFEITED PROPERTY OF 20
471	471	TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 21
472	472	(a) T
473	473	RANSFER OFFORFEITEDPROPERTY TOFOR-22
474	474	FEITUREFUNDS.— 23
475	475	(1) I
476	476	N GENERAL.—Any covered forfeited prop-24
477	477	erty shall be deposited into the Department of the 25
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481	481	Treasury Forfeiture Fund established under section 1
482	482	9705 of title 31, United States Code, or the Depart-2
483	483	ment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund established 3
484	484	under section 524(c) of title 28, United States Code. 4
485	485	(2) R
486	486	EPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 5
487	487	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 6
488	488	every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub-7
489	489	mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 8
490	490	report on any deposits made under paragraph (1) 9
491	491	during the 180-day period preceding submission of 10
492	492	the report. 11
493	493	(3) C
494	494	OVERED FORFEITED PROPERTY DE -12
495	495	FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘covered for-13
496	496	feited property’’ means property— 14
497	497	(A) forfeited to the United States under 15
498	498	chapter 46 or section 1963 of title 18, United 16
499	499	States Code; and 17
500	500	(B) that belonged to or was possessed by 18
501	501	an individual affiliated with or connected to a 19
502	502	transnational criminal organization subject to 20
503	503	sanctions under— 21
504	504	(i) this subtitle; 22
505	505	(ii) the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 23
506	506	U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); or 24
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509	509	•HR 8038 IH
510	510	(iii) Executive Order 14059 (50 1
511	511	U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to imposing 2
512	512	sanctions on foreign persons involved in 3
513	513	the global illicit drug trade). 4
514	514	(b) B
515	515	LOCKEDASSETSUNDERTERRORISMRISKIN-5
516	516	SURANCEACT OF2002.—Nothing in this subtitle may be 6
517	517	construed to affect the treatment of blocked assets of a 7
518	518	terrorist party described in section 201(a) of the Ter-8
519	519	rorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (28 U.S.C. 1610 note). 9
520	520	Subtitle B—Other Matters 10
521	521	SEC. 3111. TEN-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR VIOLA-11
522	522	TIONS OF SANCTIONS. 12
523	523	(a) I
524	524	NTERNATIONAL EMERGENCYECONOMICPOW-13
525	525	ERSACT.—Section 206 of the International Emergency 14
526	526	Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) is amended by 15
527	527	adding at the end the following: 16
528	528	‘‘(d) S
529	529	TATUTE OFLIMITATIONS.— 17
530	530	‘‘(1) T
531	531	IME FOR COMMENCING PROCEEDINGS .— 18
532	532	‘‘(A) I
533	533	N GENERAL.—An action, suit, or 19
534	534	proceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, 20
535	535	penalty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, 21
536	536	under this section shall not be entertained un-22
537	537	less commenced within 10 years after the latest 23
538	538	date of the violation upon which the civil fine, 24
539	539	penalty, or forfeiture is based. 25
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543	543	‘‘(B) COMMENCEMENT .—For purposes of 1
544	544	this paragraph, the commencement of an ac-2
545	545	tion, suit, or proceeding includes the issuance of 3
546	546	a pre-penalty notice or finding of violation. 4
547	547	‘‘(2) T
548	548	IME FOR INDICTMENT .—No person shall 5
549	549	be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense 6
550	550	under subsection (c) unless the indictment is found 7
551	551	or the information is instituted within 10 years after 8
552	552	the latest date of the violation upon which the in-9
553	553	dictment or information is based.’’. 10
554	554	(b) T
555	555	RADINGWITH THEENEMYACT.—Section 16 11
556	556	of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4315) is 12
557	557	amended by adding at the end the following: 13
558	558	‘‘(d) S
559	559	TATUTE OFLIMITATIONS.— 14
560	560	‘‘(1) T
561	561	IME FOR COMMENCING PROCEEDINGS .— 15
562	562	‘‘(A) I
563	563	N GENERAL.—An action, suit, or 16
564	564	proceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, 17
565	565	penalty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, 18
566	566	under this section shall not be entertained un-19
567	567	less commenced within 10 years after the latest 20
568	568	date of the violation upon which the civil fine, 21
569	569	penalty, or forfeiture is based. 22
570	570	‘‘(B) C
571	571	OMMENCEMENT .—For purposes of 23
572	572	this paragraph, the commencement of an ac-24
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575	575	•HR 8038 IH
576	576	tion, suit, or proceeding includes the issuance of 1
577	577	a pre-penalty notice or finding of violation. 2
578	578	‘‘(2) T
579	579	IME FOR INDICTMENT .—No person shall 3
580	580	be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense 4
581	581	under subsection (a) unless the indictment is found 5
582	582	or the information is instituted within 10 years after 6
583	583	the latest date of the violation upon which the in-7
584	584	dictment or information is based.’’. 8
585	585	SEC. 3112. CLASSIFIED REPORT AND BRIEFING ON STAFF-9
586	586	ING OF OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CON-10
587	587	TROL. 11
588	588	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-12
589	589	ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Foreign 13
590	590	Assets Control shall provide to the appropriate congres-14
591	591	sional committees a classified report and briefing on the 15
592	592	staffing of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, 16
593	593	disaggregated by staffing dedicated to each sanctions pro-17
594	594	gram and each country or issue. 18
595	595	SEC. 3113. REPORT ON DRUG TRANSPORTATION ROUTES 19
596	596	AND USE OF VESSELS WITH MISLABELED 20
597	597	CARGO. 21
598	598	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-22
599	599	ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in con-23
600	600	junction with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 24
601	601	shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees 25
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605	605	a classified report and briefing on efforts to target drug 1
606	606	transportation routes and modalities, including an assess-2
607	607	ment of the prevalence of false cargo labeling and ship-3
608	608	ment of precursor chemicals without accurate tracking of 4
609	609	the customers purchasing the chemicals. 5
610	610	SEC. 3114. REPORT ON ACTIONS OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 6
611	611	CHINA WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS IN-7
612	612	VOLVED IN FENTANYL SUPPLY CHAIN. 8
613	613	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-9
614	614	ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in con-10
615	615	junction with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 11
616	616	shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees 12
617	617	a classified report and briefing on actions taken by the 13
618	618	Government of the People’s Republic of China with respect 14
619	619	to persons involved in the shipment of fentanyl, fentanyl 15
620	620	analogues, fentanyl precursors, precursors for fentanyl 16
621	621	analogues, and equipment for the manufacturing of 17
622	622	fentanyl and fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills. 18
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626	626	TITLE II—ANTI-MONEY 1
627	627	LAUNDERING MATTERS 2
628	628	SEC. 3201. DESIGNATION OF ILLICIT FENTANYL TRANS-3
629	629	ACTIONS OF SANCTIONED PERSONS AS OF 4
630	630	PRIMARY MONEY LAUNDERING CONCERN. 5
631	631	(a) I
632	632	NGENERAL.—Subtitle A of the Fentanyl Sanc-6
633	633	tions Act (21 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.) is amended by inserting 7
634	634	after section 7213 the following: 8
635	635	‘‘SEC. 7213A. DESIGNATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF SANC-9
636	636	TIONED PERSONS AS OF PRIMARY MONEY 10
637	637	LAUNDERING CONCERN. 11
638	638	‘‘(a) I
639	639	NGENERAL.—If the Secretary of the Treasury 12
640	640	determines that reasonable grounds exist for concluding 13
641	641	that 1 or more financial institutions operating outside of 14
642	642	the United States, 1 or more classes of transactions with-15
643	643	in, or involving, a jurisdiction outside of the United States, 16
644	644	or 1 or more types of accounts within, or involving, a juris-17
645	645	diction outside of the United States, is of primary money 18
646	646	laundering concern in connection with illicit opioid traf-19
647	647	ficking, the Secretary of the Treasury may, by order, regu-20
648	648	lation, or otherwise as permitted by law— 21
649	649	‘‘(1) require domestic financial institutions and 22
650	650	domestic financial agencies to take 1 or more of the 23
651	651	special measures provided for in section 9714(a)(1) 24
652	652	of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 25
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656	656	Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A 1
657	657	note); or 2
658	658	‘‘(2) prohibit, or impose conditions upon, cer-3
659	659	tain transmittals of funds (to be defined by the Sec-4
660	660	retary) by any domestic financial institution or do-5
661	661	mestic financial agency, if such transmittal of funds 6
662	662	involves any such institution, class of transaction, or 7
663	663	type of accounts. 8
664	664	‘‘(b) C
665	665	LASSIFIEDINFORMATION.—In any judicial re-9
666	666	view of a finding of the existence of a primary money laun-10
667	667	dering concern, or of the requirement for 1 or more special 11
668	668	measures with respect to a primary money laundering con-12
669	669	cern made under this section, if the designation or imposi-13
670	670	tion, or both, were based on classified information (as de-14
671	671	fined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information Proce-15
672	672	dures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)), such information may be 16
673	673	submitted by the Secretary to the reviewing court ex parte 17
674	674	and in camera. This subsection does not confer or imply 18
675	675	any right to judicial review of any finding made or any 19
676	676	requirement imposed under this section. 20
677	677	‘‘(c) A
678	678	VAILABILITY OFINFORMATION.—The exemp-21
679	679	tions from, and prohibitions on, search and disclosure re-22
680	680	ferred to in section 9714(c) of the National Defense Au-23
681	681	thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 24
682	682	283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A note) shall apply to any report or 25
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685	685	•HR 8038 IH
686	686	record of report filed pursuant to a requirement imposed 1
687	687	under subsection (a). For purposes of section 552 of title 2
688	688	5, United States Code, this subsection shall be considered 3
689	689	a statute described in subsection (b)(3)(B) of such section. 4
690	690	‘‘(d) P
691	691	ENALTIES.—The penalties referred to in sec-5
692	692	tion 9714(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act 6
693	693	for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 31 U.S.C. 7
694	694	5318A note) shall apply to violations of any order, regula-8
695	695	tion, special measure, or other requirement imposed under 9
696	696	subsection (a), in the same manner and to the same extent 10
697	697	as described in such section 9714(d). 11
698	698	‘‘(e) I
699	699	NJUNCTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 12
700	700	may bring a civil action to enjoin a violation of any order, 13
701	701	regulation, special measure, or other requirement imposed 14
702	702	under subsection (a) in the same manner and to the same 15
703	703	extent as described in section 9714(e) of the National De-16
704	704	fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 17
705	705	116–283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A note).’’. 18
706	706	(b) C
707	707	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 19
708	708	for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 20
709	709	Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) is amended by inserting 21
710	710	after the item relating to section 7213 the following: 22
711	711	‘‘Sec. 7213A. Designation of transactions of sanctioned persons as of primary
712	712	money laundering concern.’’.
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716	716	SEC. 3202. TREATMENT OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL OR-1
717	717	GANIZATIONS IN SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS 2
718	718	REPORTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRIMES EN-3
719	719	FORCEMENT NETWORK. 4
720	720	(a) F
721	721	ILINGINSTRUCTIONS.—Not later than 180 days 5
722	722	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 6
723	723	of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shall issue 7
724	724	guidance or instructions to United States financial institu-8
725	725	tions for filing reports on suspicious transactions required 9
726	726	under section 1010.320 of title 31, Code of Federal Regu-10
727	727	lations, related to suspected fentanyl trafficking by 11
728	728	transnational criminal organizations. 12
729	729	(b) P
730	730	RIORITIZATION OF REPORTSRELATING TO 13
731	731	F
732	732	ENTANYLTRAFFICKING ORTRANSNATIONALCRIMINAL 14
733	733	O
734	734	RGANIZATIONS.—The Director shall prioritize research 15
735	735	into reports described in subsection (a) that indicate a 16
736	736	connection to trafficking of fentanyl or related synthetic 17
737	737	opioids or financing of suspected transnational criminal 18
738	738	organizations. 19
739	739	SEC. 3203. REPORT ON TRADE-BASED MONEY LAUNDERING 20
740	740	IN TRADE WITH MEXICO, THE PEOPLE’S RE-21
741	741	PUBLIC OF CHINA, AND BURMA. 22
742	742	(a) I
743	743	NGENERAL.—In the first update to the national 23
744	744	strategy for combating the financing of terrorism and re-24
745	745	lated forms of illicit finance submitted to Congress after 25
746	746	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 26
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750	750	the Treasury shall include a report on trade-based money 1
751	751	laundering originating in Mexico or the People’s Republic 2
752	752	of China and involving Burma. 3
753	753	(b) D
754	754	EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘national 4
755	755	strategy for combating the financing of terrorism and re-5
756	756	lated forms of illicit finance’’ means the national strategy 6
757	757	for combating the financing of terrorism and related forms 7
758	758	of illicit finance required under section 261 of the Coun-8
759	759	tering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 9
760	760	(Public Law 115–44; 131 Stat. 934), as amended by sec-10
761	761	tion 6506 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 11
762	762	Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2428). 12
763	763	TITLE III—EXCEPTION RELAT-13
764	764	ING TO IMPORTATION OF 14
765	765	GOODS 15
766	766	SEC. 3301. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 16
767	767	GOODS. 17
768	768	(a) I
769	769	NGENERAL.—The authority or a requirement 18
770	770	to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 19
771	771	interests in property under this division shall not include 20
772	772	the authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the 21
773	773	importation of goods. 22
774	774	(b) G
775	775	OODDEFINED.—In this section, the term 23
776	776	‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade substance, 24
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780	780	material, supply or manufactured product, including in-1
781	781	spection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. 2
782	782	DIVISION B—REBUILDING ECO-3
783	783	NOMIC PROSPERITY AND OP-4
784	784	PORTUNITY FOR UKRAINIANS 5
785	785	ACT 6
786	786	TITLE I 7
787	787	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 8
788	788	(a) S
789	789	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 9
790	790	‘‘Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for 10
791	791	Ukrainians Act’’ or the ‘‘REPO for Ukrainians Act’’. 11
792	792	(b) T
793	793	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 12
794	794	this Act is as follows: 13
795	795	TITLE I
796	796	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
797	797	Sec. 2. Definitions.
798	798	TITLE II—REPURPOSING OF RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSETS
799	799	Sec. 101. Findings; sense of Congress.
800	800	Sec. 102. Sense of Congress regarding importance of the Russian Federation
801	801	providing compensation to Ukraine.
802	802	Sec. 103. Prohibition on release of blocked Russian sovereign assets.
803	803	Sec. 104. Authority to ensure compensation to Ukraine using seized Russian
804	804	sovereign assets and Russian aggressor state sovereign assets.
805	805	Sec. 105. International mechanism to use Russian sovereign assets and Russian
806	806	aggressor state sovereign assets to provide for the reconstruc-
807	807	tion of Ukraine.
808	808	Sec. 106. Report on use of transferred Russian sovereign assets for reconstruc-
809	809	tion.
810	810	Sec. 107. Assessment by Secretary of State and Administrator of USAID on
811	811	reconstruction and rebuilding needs of Ukraine.
812	812	Sec. 108. Extensions.
813	813	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
814	814	14
815	815	In this Act: 15
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819	819	(1) RUSSIAN AGGRESSOR STATE .—The term 1
820	820	‘‘Russian aggressor state’’ means— 2
821	821	(A) the Russian Federation; and 3
822	822	(B) Belarus, if the President determines 4
823	823	Belarus has engaged in an act of war against 5
824	824	Ukraine related to Russia’s ongoing February 6
825	825	24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine. 7
826	826	(2) R
827	827	USSIAN AGGRESSOR STATE SOVEREIGN 8
828	828	ASSET.—The term ‘‘Russian aggressor state sov-9
829	829	ereign asset’’ means any Russian sovereign assets or 10
830	830	any funds or property of another Russian aggressor 11
831	831	state determine by the President to be of the same 12
832	832	sovereign character as the assets describes in para-13
833	833	graph (7). 14
834	834	(3) A
835	835	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -15
836	836	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-16
837	837	mittees’’ means— 17
838	838	(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 18
839	839	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 19
840	840	Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 20
841	841	(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 21
842	842	the Committee on Financial Services of the 22
843	843	House of Representatives. 23
844	844	(4) F
845	845	INANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi-24
846	846	nancial institution’’ means a financial institution 25
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850	850	specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 1
851	851	(F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Z) of section 2
852	852	5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 3
853	853	(5) G
854	854	7.—The term ‘‘G7’’ means the countries 4
855	855	that are member of the informal Group of 7, includ-5
856	856	ing Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the 6
857	857	United Kingdom, and the United States. 7
858	858	(6) R
859	859	USSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSET .—The term 8
860	860	‘‘Russian sovereign asset’’ means any of the fol-9
861	861	lowing: 10
862	862	(A) Funds and other property of— 11
863	863	(i) the Central Bank of the Russian 12
864	864	Federation; 13
865	865	(ii) the Russian National Wealth 14
866	866	Fund; or 15
867	867	(iii) the Ministry of Finance of the 16
868	868	Russian Federation. 17
869	869	(B) Any other funds or other property that 18
870	870	are owned by the Government of the Russian 19
871	871	Federation, including by any subdivision, agen-20
872	872	cy, or instrumentality of that government. 21
873	873	(7) U
874	874	NITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United 22
875	875	States’’ means the several States, the District of Co-23
876	876	lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com-24
877	877	monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Amer-25
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881	881	ican Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Is-1
882	882	lands, and any other territory or possession of the 2
883	883	United States. 3
884	884	(8) U
885	885	NITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION .— 4
886	886	The term ‘‘United States financial institution’’ 5
887	887	means a financial institution organized under the 6
888	888	laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction with-7
889	889	in the United States, including a foreign branch of 8
890	890	such an institution. 9
891	891	(9) S
892	892	EIZE OR SEIZURE.—The term ‘‘seize’’ or 10
893	893	‘‘seizure’’ means confiscation of all right, title, and 11
894	894	interest whatsoever in a Russian sovereign asset or 12
895	895	a Russian aggressor state sovereign asset or affili-13
896	896	ated aggressor state sovereign asset and vesting of 14
897	897	the same in the United States. 15
898	898	TITLE II—REPURPOSING OF 16
899	899	RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSETS 17
900	900	SEC. 101. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 18
901	901	(a) F
902	902	INDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-19
903	903	ings: 20
904	904	(1) On February 24, 2022, the Government of 21
905	905	the Russian Federation violated the sovereignty and 22
906	906	territorial integrity of Ukraine by engaging in a pre-23
907	907	meditated, second illegal invasion of Ukraine. 24
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911	911	(2) The international community has con-1
912	912	demned the illegal invasions of Ukraine by the Rus-2
913	913	sian Federation, as well as the commission of the 3
914	914	crime of aggression, war crimes, crimes against hu-4
915	915	manity, and genocide by officials of the Russian 5
916	916	Federation, including through the deliberate tar-6
917	917	geting of civilians and civilian infrastructure, the 7
918	918	forcible transfer of children, and the commission of 8
919	919	sexual violence. 9
920	920	(3) The leaders of the G7 have called the Rus-10
921	921	sian Federation’s ‘‘unprovoked and completely un-11
922	922	justified attack on the democratic state of Ukraine’’ 12
923	923	a ‘‘serious violation of international law and a grave 13
924	924	breach of the United Nations Charter and all com-14
925	925	mitments Russia entered in the Helsinki Final Act 15
926	926	and the Charter of Paris and its commitments in the 16
927	927	Budapest Memorandum’’. 17
928	928	(4) On March 2, 2022, the United Nations 18
929	929	General Assembly adopted Resolution ES–11/1, enti-19
930	930	tled ‘‘Aggression against Ukraine’’, by a vote of 141 20
931	931	to 5. That resolution ‘‘deplore[d] in the strongest 21
932	932	terms the aggression by the Russian Federation 22
933	933	against Ukraine in violation of Article 2(4) of the 23
934	934	[United Nations] Charter’’ and demanded that the 24
935	935	Russian Federation ‘‘immediately cease its use of 25
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939	939	force against Ukraine’’ and ‘‘immediately, completely 1
940	940	and unconditionally withdraw all of its military 2
941	941	forces from the territory of Ukraine within its inter-3
942	942	nationally recognized borders’’. 4
943	943	(5) On March 16, 2022, the International 5
944	944	Court of Justice issued a provisional measures order 6
945	945	requiring the Russian Federation to ‘‘immediately 7
946	946	suspend the military operations that it commenced 8
947	947	on 24 February 2022 in the territory of Ukraine’’ 9
948	948	and, in this regard, observed that ‘‘orders on provi-10
949	949	sional measures . . . have binding effect’’. 11
950	950	(6) On November 14, 2022, the United Nations 12
951	951	General Assembly adopted a resolution— 13
952	952	(A) recognizing that the Russian Federa-14
953	953	tion has committed a serious breach of the most 15
954	954	fundamental norms of international law and its 16
955	955	gross and systematic refusal to obey its obliga-17
956	956	tions has affected the entire international com-18
957	957	munity; 19
958	958	(B) recognizing the need for the establish-20
959	959	ment, in cooperation with Ukraine, of an inter-21
960	960	national mechanism for compensation for finan-22
961	961	cially assessable damages caused by the Rus-23
962	962	sian Federation’s internationally wrongful acts; 24
963	963	and 25
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967	967	(C) recommending ‘‘the creation . . . of an 1
968	968	international register of damage to serve as a 2
969	969	record . . . of evidence and claims information 3
970	970	on damage, loss or injury to all natural and 4
971	971	legal persons concerned, as well as the State of 5
972	972	Ukraine, caused by internationally wrongful 6
973	973	acts of the Russian Federation in or against 7
974	974	Ukraine . . . .’’. 8
975	975	(7) The Russian Federation bears international 9
976	976	legal responsibility for its aggression against 10
977	977	Ukraine and, under international law, must cease its 11
978	978	internationally wrongful acts. Because of this breach 12
979	979	of the prohibition on aggression under international 13
980	980	law, the United States is legally entitled to take 14
981	981	counter measures that are proportionate and aimed 15
982	982	at inducing the Russian Federation to comply with 16
983	983	its international obligations. 17
984	984	(8) Approximately $300,000,000,000 of Rus-18
985	985	sian sovereign assets have been immobilized world-19
986	986	wide. Only a small fraction of those assets, 1 to 2 20
987	987	percent, or between $4,000,000,000 and 21
988	988	$5,000,000,000, are reportedly subject to the juris-22
989	989	diction of the United States. 23
990	990	(9) The vast majority of immobilized Russian 24
991	991	sovereign assets, approximately $190,000,000,000, 25
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995	995	are reportedly subject to the jurisdiction of Belgium. 1
996	996	The Government of Belgium has publicly indicated 2
997	997	that any action by that Government regarding those 3
998	998	assets would be predicated on support by the G7. 4
999	999	(b) S
1000	1000	ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-5
1001	1001	gress that, having committed an act of aggression, as rec-6
1002	1002	ognized by the United Nations General Assembly on 7
1003	1003	March 2, 2022, the Russian Federation is to be considered 8
1004	1004	as an aggressor state. The extreme illegal actions taken 9
1005	1005	by the Russian Federation, including an act of aggression, 10
1006	1006	present a unique situation, justifying the establishment of 11
1007	1007	a legal authority for the United States Government and 12
1008	1008	other countries to confiscate Russian sovereign assets in 13
1009	1009	their respective jurisdictions. 14
1010	1010	SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING IMPORTANCE 15
1011	1011	OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION PROVIDING 16
1012	1012	COMPENSATION TO UKRAINE. 17
1013	1013	It is the sense of Congress that— 18
1014	1014	(1) the Russian Federation bears responsibility 19
1015	1015	for the financial burden of the reconstruction of 20
1016	1016	Ukraine and for countless other costs associated 21
1017	1017	with the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Russian 22
1018	1018	Federation that began on February 24, 2022; 23
1019	1019	(2) the most effective ways to provide com-24
1020	1020	pensation for the damages caused by the Russian 25
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1024	1024	Federation’s internationally wrongful acts should be 1
1025	1025	assessed by an international mechanism charged 2
1026	1026	with determining compensation and providing assist-3
1027	1027	ance to Ukraine; 4
1028	1028	(3) at least since November 2022 the Russian 5
1029	1029	Federation has been on notice of its opportunity to 6
1030	1030	comply with its international obligations, including 7
1031	1031	to make full compensation for injury, or, by agree-8
1032	1032	ment with Ukraine, to authorize an international 9
1033	1033	mechanism to resolve issues regarding compensation 10
1034	1034	to Ukraine; 11
1035	1035	(4) the Russian Federation can, by negotiated 12
1036	1036	agreement, participate in any international process 13
1037	1037	to assess the damages caused by the Russian Fed-14
1038	1038	eration’s internationally wrongful acts and make 15
1039	1039	funds available to compensate for these damages, 16
1040	1040	and if it fails to do so, the United States and other 17
1041	1041	countries should explore all avenues for ensuring 18
1042	1042	compensation to Ukraine; 19
1043	1043	(5) the President should lead robust engage-20
1044	1044	ment on all bilateral and multilateral aspects of the 21
1045	1045	response by the United States to acts by the Rus-22
1046	1046	sian Federation that undermine the sovereignty and 23
1047	1047	territorial integrity of Ukraine, including on any pol-24
1048	1048	icy coordination and alignment regarding the 25
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1052	1052	repurposing or ordered transfer of Russian sovereign 1
1053	1053	assets in the context of determining compensation 2
1054	1054	and providing assistance to Ukraine; 3
1055	1055	(6) as part of the robust engagement on bilat-4
1056	1056	eral and multilateral responses to acts by the Rus-5
1057	1057	sian Federation that undermine the sovereignty and 6
1058	1058	territorial integrity of Ukraine, the President should 7
1059	1059	endeavor to facilitate creation of, and United States 8
1060	1060	participation in, an international mechanism regard-9
1061	1061	ing the repurposing or seizure of sovereign assets of 10
1062	1062	the Russian Federation for the benefit of Ukraine. 11
1063	1063	(7) the repurposing of Russian sovereign assets 12
1064	1064	is in the national interests of the United States and 13
1065	1065	consistent with United States and international law; 14
1066	1066	(8) the United States should work with inter-15
1067	1067	national allies and partners on the repurposing of 16
1068	1068	Russian sovereign assets as part of a coordinated, 17
1069	1069	multilateral effort, including with G7 countries and 18
1070	1070	other countries in which Russian sovereign assets 19
1071	1071	are located; and 20
1072	1072	(9) any effort by the United States to con-21
1073	1073	fiscate and repurpose Russian sovereign assets 22
1074	1074	should be undertaken alongside international allies 23
1075	1075	and partners as part of a coordinated, multilateral 24
1076	1076	effort, including with G7 countries, the European 25
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1080	1080	Union, Australia, and other countries in which Rus-1
1081	1081	sian sovereign assets are located. 2
1082	1082	SEC. 103. PROHIBITION ON RELEASE OF BLOCKED RUSSIAN 3
1083	1083	SOVEREIGN ASSETS. 4
1084	1084	(a) I
1085	1085	NGENERAL.—No Russian sovereign asset that 5
1086	1086	is blocked or effectively immobilized by the Department 6
1087	1087	of the Treasury before the date specified in section 104(j) 7
1088	1088	may be released or mobilized, except as otherwise author-8
1089	1089	ized by this Act, until the date on which the President 9
1090	1090	certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 10
1091	1091	that— 11
1092	1092	(1) hostilities between the Russian Federation 12
1093	1093	and Ukraine have ceased; and 13
1094	1094	(2)(A) full compensation has been made to 14
1095	1095	Ukraine for harms resulting from the invasion of 15
1096	1096	Ukraine by the Russian Federation; or 16
1097	1097	(B) the Russian Federation is participating in 17
1098	1098	a bona fide international mechanism that, by agree-18
1099	1099	ment, will discharge the obligations of the Russian 19
1100	1100	Federation to compensate Ukraine for all amounts 20
1101	1101	determined to be owed to Ukraine. 21
1102	1102	(b) N
1103	1103	OTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days before 22
1104	1104	the release or mobilization of a Russian sovereign asset 23
1105	1105	that is blocked or effectively immobilized by the Depart-24
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1109	1109	ment of the Treasury, the President shall submit to the 1
1110	1110	appropriate congressional committees— 2
1111	1111	(1) a notification of the decision to take the ac-3
1112	1112	tion that releases or mobilizes the asset; and 4
1113	1113	(2) a justification in writing for such decision. 5
1114	1114	(c) J
1115	1115	OINTRESOLUTION OFDISAPPROVAL.— 6
1116	1116	(1) I
1117	1117	N GENERAL.—No Russian sovereign asset 7
1118	1118	that is blocked or effectively immobilized by the De-8
1119	1119	partment of the Treasury may be released or mobi-9
1120	1120	lized if, within 30 days of receipt of the notification 10
1121	1121	and justification required under subsection (b), a 11
1122	1122	joint resolution is enacted into law prohibiting the 12
1123	1123	proposed release or mobilization. 13
1124	1124	(2) E
1125	1125	XPEDITED PROCEDURES .—Any joint reso-14
1126	1126	lution described in paragraph (1) introduced in ei-15
1127	1127	ther House of Congress shall be considered in ac-16
1128	1128	cordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the 17
1129	1129	International Security Assistance and Arms Export 18
1130	1130	Control Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–329; 90 Stat. 19
1131	1131	765), except that any such resolution shall be sub-20
1132	1132	ject to germane amendments. If such a joint resolu-21
1133	1133	tion should be vetoed by the President, the time for 22
1134	1134	debate in consideration of the veto message on such 23
1135	1135	measure shall be limited to 20 hours in the Senate 24
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1139	1139	and in the House of Representatives shall be deter-1
1140	1140	mined in accordance with the Rules of the House. 2
1141	1141	(d) C
1142	1142	OOPERATION ONPROHIBITION OFRELEASE OF 3
1143	1143	C
1144	1144	ERTAINRUSSIANSOVEREIGN ASSETS.—Notwith-4
1145	1145	standing subsection (a), the President may take such ac-5
1146	1146	tions as may be necessary to seek to obtain an agreement 6
1147	1147	or arrangement to which the Government of Ukraine is 7
1148	1148	party that discharges the Russian Federation from further 8
1149	1149	obligations to compensate Ukraine. 9
1150	1150	SEC. 104. AUTHORITY TO ENSURE COMPENSATION TO 10
1151	1151	UKRAINE USING SEIZED RUSSIAN SOV-11
1152	1152	EREIGN ASSETS AND RUSSIAN AGGRESSOR 12
1153	1153	STATE SOVEREIGN ASSETS. 13
1154	1154	(a) R
1155	1155	EPORTING ONRUSSIANASSETS.— 14
1156	1156	(1) N
1157	1157	OTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 15
1158	1158	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 16
1159	1159	President shall, by means of such instructions or 17
1160	1160	regulations as the President may prescribe, require 18
1161	1161	any financial institution at which Russian sovereign 19
1162	1162	assets are located, and that knows or should know 20
1163	1163	of such assets, to provide notice of such assets, in-21
1164	1164	cluding relevant information required under section 22
1165	1165	501.603(b)(ii) of title 31, Code of Federal Regula-23
1166	1166	tions (or successor regulations), to the Secretary of 24
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1170	1170	the Treasury not later than 10 days after detection 1
1171	1171	of such assets. 2
1172	1172	(2) R
1173	1173	EPORT REQUIRED.— 3
1174	1174	(A) I
1175	1175	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 4
1176	1176	days after the date of the enactment of this 5
1177	1177	Act, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the 6
1178	1178	President shall submit to the appropriate con-7
1179	1179	gressional committees a report detailing the sta-8
1180	1180	tus of Russian sovereign assets with respect to 9
1181	1181	which notice has been provided to the Secretary 10
1182	1182	of the Treasury under paragraph (1). 11
1183	1183	(B) F
1184	1184	ORM.—The report required by sub-12
1185	1185	paragraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassi-13
1186	1186	fied form, but may include a classified annex. 14
1187	1187	(b) S
1188	1188	EIZURE ORTRANSFER OFASSETS.— 15
1189	1189	(1) S
1190	1190	EIZURE OF RUSSIAN AGGRESSOR STATE 16
1191	1191	SOVEREIGN ASSETS.—On and after the date that is 17
1192	1192	30 days after the President submits to the appro-18
1193	1193	priate congressional committees the certification de-19
1194	1194	scribed in subsection (c), the President may seize, 20
1195	1195	confiscate, transfer, or vest any Russian aggressor 21
1196	1196	state sovereign assets, in whole or in part, and in-22
1197	1197	cluding any interest or interests in such assets, sub-23
1198	1198	ject to the jurisdiction of the United States for the 24
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1202	1202	purpose of transferring those funds to the Ukraine 1
1203	1203	Support Fund established under subsection (d). 2
1204	1204	(2) V
1205	1205	ESTING.—For funds confiscated under 3
1206	1206	paragraph (1), all right, title, and interest shall vest 4
1207	1207	in the United States Government, provided that no 5
1208	1208	use of those funds other than the use of those funds 6
1209	1209	consistent with subsection (f). 7
1210	1210	(3) L
1211	1211	IQUIDATION AND DEPOSIT .—The Presi-8
1212	1212	dent shall— 9
1213	1213	(A) deposit any funds seized, transferred, 10
1214	1214	or confiscated under paragraph (1) into the 11
1215	1215	Ukraine Support Fund established under sub-12
1216	1216	section (d); 13
1217	1217	(B) liquidate or sell any other property 14
1218	1218	seized, transferred, or confiscated under para-15
1219	1219	graph (1) and deposit the funds resulting from 16
1220	1220	such liquidation or sale into the Ukraine Sup-17
1221	1221	port Fund; and 18
1222	1222	(C) make all such funds available for the 19
1223	1223	purposes described in subsection (f). 20
1224	1224	(4) M
1225	1225	ETHOD OF SEIZURE, TRANSFER, OR CON-21
1226	1226	FISCATION.—The President may seize, transfer, con-22
1227	1227	fiscate or vest Russian aggressor state sovereign as-23
1228	1228	sets under paragraph (1) through instructions or li-24
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1232	1232	censes or in such other manner as the President de-1
1233	1233	termines appropriate. 2
1234	1234	(c) C
1235	1235	ERTIFICATION.—The certification described in 3
1236	1236	this subsection, with respect to Russian aggressor state 4
1237	1237	sovereign assets, is a certification that— 5
1238	1238	(1) seizing, confiscating, transferring, or vesting 6
1239	1239	Russian aggressor state sovereign assets for the ben-7
1240	1240	efit of Ukraine is in the national interests of the 8
1241	1241	United States; 9
1242	1242	(2) the President has meaningfully coordinated 10
1243	1243	with G7 leaders to take multilateral action with re-11
1244	1244	gard to any seizure, confiscation, vesting, or transfer 12
1245	1245	of Russian sovereign assets for the benefit of 13
1246	1246	Ukraine; and 14
1247	1247	(3) either— 15
1248	1248	(A) the President has received an official 16
1249	1249	and legitimate request from a properly con-17
1250	1250	stituted international mechanism that includes 18
1251	1251	the participation of the Government of Ukraine 19
1252	1252	and the United States and that has been estab-20
1253	1253	lished for the purpose of, or otherwise tasked 21
1254	1254	with, compensating Ukraine for damages aris-22
1255	1255	ing or resulting from the internationally wrong-23
1256	1256	ful acts of the Russian Federation regarding 24
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1260	1260	the repurposing of sovereign assets of the Rus-1
1261	1261	sian Federation; or 2
1262	1262	(B) either— 3
1263	1263	(i) the Russian Federation has not 4
1264	1264	ceased its unlawful aggression against 5
1265	1265	Ukraine; or 6
1266	1266	(ii) the Russian Federation has ceased 7
1267	1267	its unlawful aggression against Ukraine, 8
1268	1268	but— 9
1269	1269	(I) has not provided full com-10
1270	1270	pensation to Ukraine for harms re-11
1271	1271	sulting from the internationally 12
1272	1272	wrongful acts of the Russian Federa-13
1273	1273	tion’s; and 14
1274	1274	(II) is not participating in a bona 15
1275	1275	fide process to provide full compensa-16
1276	1276	tion to Ukraine for harms resulting 17
1277	1277	from Russian aggression. 18
1278	1278	(d) E
1279	1279	STABLISHMENT OF THE UKRAINESUPPORT 19
1280	1280	F
1281	1281	UND.— 20
1282	1282	(1) U
1283	1283	KRAINE SUPPORT FUND .—The President 21
1284	1284	shall establish an account, to be known as the 22
1285	1285	‘‘Ukraine Support Fund’’, to consist of any funds 23
1286	1286	with respect to which a seizure is ordered pursuant 24
1287	1287	to subsection (b). 25
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1291	1291	(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds in the accounts 1
1292	1292	established under paragraph (1) shall be available to 2
1293	1293	be used only as specified in subsection (f). 3
1294	1294	(e) R
1295	1295	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-4
1296	1296	tion may be construed to provide the President with the 5
1297	1297	authority to seize, transfer, confiscate, or vest title to for-6
1298	1298	eign sovereign assets that are not Russian aggressor state 7
1299	1299	sovereign assets in the United States or transfer any for-8
1300	1300	eign sovereign assets to any recipient for any use other 9
1301	1301	than the uses described in this Act. 10
1302	1302	(f) F
1303	1303	URTHERTRANSFER ANDUSE OFFUNDS.— 11
1304	1304	(1) I
1305	1305	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 12
1306	1306	and (3), Funds in the Ukraine Support Fund shall 13
1307	1307	be available to the Secretary of State, in consulta-14
1308	1308	tion with the Administrator of the United States 15
1309	1309	Agency for International Development, for the pur-16
1310	1310	pose of providing assistance to Ukraine for the dam-17
1311	1311	age resulting from the unlawful invasion by the Rus-18
1312	1312	sian Federation that began on February 24, 2022. 19
1313	1313	(2) S
1314	1314	PECIFIC PERMISSIBLE USES .—Subject to 20
1315	1315	paragraph (3), the following are permissible uses of 21
1316	1316	the funds in the Ukraine Support Fund pursuant to 22
1317	1317	paragraph (1): 23
1318	1318	(A) Making contributions to an inter-24
1319	1319	national body, fund, or mechanism established 25
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1323	1323	consistent with section 105(a) that is charged 1
1324	1324	with determining and administering compensa-2
1325	1325	tion or providing assistance to Ukraine. 3
1326	1326	(B) Supporting reconstruction, rebuilding, 4
1327	1327	and recovery efforts in Ukraine. 5
1328	1328	(C) Providing economic and humanitarian 6
1329	1329	assistance to the people of Ukraine. 7
1330	1330	(3) N
1331	1331	OTIFICATION.— 8
1332	1332	(A) I
1333	1333	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 9
1334	1334	shall notify the appropriate congressional com-10
1335	1335	mittees not fewer than 15 days before providing 11
1336	1336	any funds from the Ukraine Support Fund to 12
1337	1337	any other account for the purposes described in 13
1338	1338	paragraph (1). 14
1339	1339	(B) E
1340	1340	LEMENTS.—A notification under sub-15
1341	1341	paragraph (A) with respect to the transfer of 16
1342	1342	funds to another account pursuant to para-17
1343	1343	graph (1) shall specify— 18
1344	1344	(i) the amount of funds to be pro-19
1345	1345	vided; 20
1346	1346	(ii) the specific purpose for which 21
1347	1347	such funds are provided; and 22
1348	1348	(iii) the recipient of those funds. 23
1349	1349	(g) L
1350	1350	IMITATION ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—No 24
1351	1351	funds may be transferred or otherwise expended from the 25
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1355	1355	Ukraine Support Fund pursuant to subsection (f) unless 1
1356	1356	the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 2
1357	1357	committees that— 3
1358	1358	(1) a plan exists to ensure transparency and ac-4
1359	1359	countability for all funds transferred to and from 5
1360	1360	any account receiving the funds; and 6
1361	1361	(2) the President has transmitted the plan re-7
1362	1362	quired under paragraph (1) to the appropriate con-8
1363	1363	gressional committees in writing. 9
1364	1364	(h) J
1365	1365	OINTRESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—No 10
1366	1366	funds may be transferred pursuant to subsection (f) if, 11
1367	1367	within 15 days of receipt of the notification required under 12
1368	1368	subsection (f)(3), a joint resolution is enacted into law 13
1369	1369	prohibiting such transfer. 14
1370	1370	(i) R
1371	1371	EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 15
1372	1372	of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 16
1373	1373	every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to 17
1374	1374	the appropriate congressional committees a report that in-18
1375	1375	cludes the following: 19
1376	1376	(1) An accounting of funds in the Ukraine Sup-20
1377	1377	port Fund. 21
1378	1378	(2) Any information regarding the disposition 22
1379	1379	of funds in any account to which funds have been 23
1380	1380	transferred pursuant to subsection (f) that has been 24
1381	1381	transmitted to the President by the institution hous-25
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1385	1385	ing said account during the period covered by the re-1
1386	1386	port. 2
1387	1387	(3) A description of United States multilateral 3
1388	1388	and bilateral diplomatic engagement with allies and 4
1389	1389	partners of the United States that also have immo-5
1390	1390	bilized Russian sovereign assets to compensate for 6
1391	1391	damages caused by the Russian Federation’s inter-7
1392	1392	nationally wrongful acts during the period covered 8
1393	1393	by the report. 9
1394	1394	(4) An outline of steps taken to carry out the 10
1395	1395	establishment of the international mechanism de-11
1396	1396	scribed by section 105(a) during the period covered 12
1397	1397	by the report. 13
1398	1398	(j) E
1399	1399	XCEPTION FORUNITEDSTATESOBLIGATIONS 14
1400	1400	U
1401	1401	NDERTREATIES.—The authorities provided by this sec-15
1402	1402	tion may not be exercised in a manner inconsistent with 16
1403	1403	the obligations of the United States under— 17
1404	1404	(1) the Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 18
1405	1405	done at Vienna April 18, 1961, and entered into 19
1406	1406	force April 24, 1964 (23 UST 3227); 20
1407	1407	(2) the Convention on Consular Relations, done 21
1408	1408	at Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into force on 22
1409	1409	March 19, 1967 (21 UST 77); 23
1410	1410	(3) the Agreement Regarding the Headquarters 24
1411	1411	of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 25
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1415	1415	26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947 1
1416	1416	(TIAS 1676); or 2
1417	1417	(4) any other international agreement to which 3
1418	1418	the United States is a state party on the day before 4
1419	1419	the date of the enactment of this Act. 5
1420	1420	(k) J
1421	1421	UDICIALREVIEW.— 6
1422	1422	(1) E
1423	1423	XCLUSIVENESS OF REMEDY .—Notwith-7
1424	1424	standing any other provision of law, any action 8
1425	1425	taken under this section shall not be subject to judi-9
1426	1426	cial review, except as provided in this subsection. 10
1427	1427	(2) L
1428	1428	IMITATIONS FOR FILING CLAIMS .—A claim 11
1429	1429	may only be brought with respect to an action under 12
1430	1430	this section— 13
1431	1431	(A) that alleges that the action will deny 14
1432	1432	rights under the Constitution of the United 15
1433	1433	States; and 16
1434	1434	(B) if the claim is brought not later than 17
1435	1435	60 days after the date of such action. 18
1436	1436	(3) J
1437	1437	URISDICTION.— 19
1438	1438	(A) I
1439	1439	N GENERAL.—A claim under para-20
1440	1440	graph (2) of this subsection shall be barred un-21
1441	1441	less a complaint is filed prior to the expiration 22
1442	1442	of such time limits in the United States District 23
1443	1443	Court for the District of Columbia. 24
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1447	1447	(B) APPEAL.—An appeal of an order of 1
1448	1448	the United States District Court for the Dis-2
1449	1449	trict of Columbia issued pursuant to a claim 3
1450	1450	brought under this subsection shall be taken by 4
1451	1451	a notice of appeal filed with the United States 5
1452	1452	Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 6
1453	1453	Circuit not later than 10 days after the date on 7
1454	1454	which the order is entered. 8
1455	1455	(C) E
1456	1456	XPEDITED CONSIDERATION .—It shall 9
1457	1457	be the duty of the United States District Court 10
1458	1458	for the District of Columbia and the United 11
1459	1459	States Court of Appeals for the District of Co-12
1460	1460	lumbia Circuit to advance on the docket and to 13
1461	1461	expedite to the greatest possible extent the dis-14
1462	1462	position of any claim brought under this sub-15
1463	1463	section. 16
1464	1464	(l) S
1465	1465	UNSET.—The authorities conferred under this 17
1466	1466	section shall terminate on the earlier of— 18
1467	1467	(1) the date that is 5 years after the date of the 19
1468	1468	enactment of this Act; or 20
1469	1469	(2) the date that is 120 days after the date on 21
1470	1470	which the President determines and certifies to the 22
1471	1471	appropriate congressional committees that— 23
1472	1472	(A) the Russian Federation has reached an 24
1473	1473	agreement relating to the respective withdrawal 25
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1477	1477	of Russian forces and cessation of military hos-1
1478	1478	tilities that is accepted by the free and inde-2
1479	1479	pendent Government of Ukraine; and 3
1480	1480	(B)(i) full compensation has been made to 4
1481	1481	Ukraine for harms resulting from the invasion 5
1482	1482	of Ukraine by the Russian Federation; 6
1483	1483	(ii) the Russian Federation is participating 7
1484	1484	in a bona fide international mechanism that, by 8
1485	1485	agreement, will discharge the obligations of the 9
1486	1486	Russian Federation to compensate Ukraine for 10
1487	1487	all amounts determined to be owed to Ukraine; 11
1488	1488	or 12
1489	1489	(iii) the Russian Federation’s obligation to 13
1490	1490	compensate Ukraine for the damage caused by 14
1491	1491	the Russian Federation’s aggression has been 15
1492	1492	resolved pursuant to an agreement between the 16
1493	1493	Russian Federation and the Government of 17
1494	1494	Ukraine. 18
1495	1495	SEC. 105. INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM TO USE RUSSIAN 19
1496	1496	SOVEREIGN ASSETS AND RUSSIAN AGGRES-20
1497	1497	SOR STATE SOVEREIGN ASSETS TO PROVIDE 21
1498	1498	FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE. 22
1499	1499	(a) I
1500	1500	NGENERAL.—The President shall take such ac-23
1501	1501	tions as the President determines appropriate to coordi-24
1502	1502	nate with the G7, the European Union, Australia, and 25
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1506	1506	other partners and allies of the United States regarding 1
1507	1507	the disposition of immobilized Russian aggressor state sov-2
1508	1508	ereign assets, including seeking to establish an inter-3
1509	1509	national mechanism with foreign partners, including 4
1510	1510	Ukraine, the G7, the European Union, Australia, and 5
1511	1511	other partners and allies of the United States, for the pur-6
1512	1512	pose of assisting Ukraine, which may include the establish-7
1513	1513	ment of an international fund to be known as the 8
1514	1514	‘‘Ukraine Compensation Fund’’, that may receive and use 9
1515	1515	assets in the Ukraine Support Fund established under sec-10
1516	1516	tion 104(c) and contributions from foreign partners that 11
1517	1517	have also frozen or seized Russian aggressor state sov-12
1518	1518	ereign assets to assist Ukraine, including by— 13
1519	1519	(1) supporting a register of damage to serve as 14
1520	1520	a record of evidence and for assessment of the finan-15
1521	1521	cially assessable damages to Ukraine resulting from 16
1522	1522	the invasions of Ukraine by the Russian Federation 17
1523	1523	and operations or actions in support thereof; 18
1524	1524	(2) establishing a mechanism to compensate 19
1525	1525	Ukraine for damages caused by Russia’s internation-20
1526	1526	ally wrongful acts connected with the invasions of 21
1527	1527	Ukraine; 22
1528	1528	(3) ensuring distribution of those assets or the 23
1529	1529	proceeds of those assets based on determinations 24
1530	1530	under that mechanism; and 25
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1534	1534	(4) taking such other actions as may be nec-1
1535	1535	essary to carry out this section. 2
1536	1536	(b) A
1537	1537	UTHORIZATION FOR DEPOSIT IN THEUKRAINE 3
1538	1538	C
1539	1539	OMPENSATIONFUND.—Upon the President reaching an 4
1540	1540	agreement or arrangement to establish a common inter-5
1541	1541	national mechanism pursuant to subsection (a) or at any 6
1542	1542	time thereafter, the Secretary of State may, pursuant to 7
1543	1543	the authority conferred by and subject to the limitations 8
1544	1544	described in section 104(f) and subject to the limitations 9
1545	1545	described in subsection (e), transfer funds from the 10
1546	1546	Ukraine Support Fund established under section 104(d) 11
1547	1547	to a fund or mechanism established consistent with sub-12
1548	1548	section (a). 13
1549	1549	(c) N
1550	1550	OTIFICATION.—The President shall notify the 14
1551	1551	appropriate congressional committees not later than 30 15
1552	1552	days after entering into any new bilateral or multilateral 16
1553	1553	agreement or arrangement under subsection (a). 17
1554	1554	(d) G
1555	1555	OODGOVERNANCE.—The Secretary of State, in 18
1556	1556	consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall— 19
1557	1557	(1) seek to ensure that any fund or mechanism 20
1558	1558	established consistent with subsection (a) operates in 21
1559	1559	accordance with established international accounting 22
1560	1560	principles; 23
1561	1561	(2) seek to ensure that any fund or mechanism 24
1562	1562	established consistent with subsection (a) is— 25
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1566	1566	(A) staffed, operated, and administered in 1
1567	1567	accordance with established accounting rules 2
1568	1568	and governance procedures, including providing 3
1569	1569	for payment of reasonable expenses from the 4
1570	1570	fund for the governance and operation of the 5
1571	1571	fund and the tribunal; 6
1572	1572	(B) operated transparently as to all funds 7
1573	1573	transfers, filings, and decisions; and 8
1574	1574	(C) audited on a regular basis by an inde-9
1575	1575	pendent auditor, in accordance with inter-10
1576	1576	nationally accepted accounting and auditing 11
1577	1577	standards; 12
1578	1578	(3) seek to ensure that any audits of any fund 13
1579	1579	or mechanism established consistent with subsection 14
1580	1580	(a) shall be made available to the public; and 15
1581	1581	(4) ensure that any audits of any fund or mech-16
1582	1582	anism established consistent with subsection (a) 17
1583	1583	shall be reviewed and reported on by the Govern-18
1584	1584	ment Accountability Office to the appropriate con-19
1585	1585	gressional committees and the public. 20
1586	1586	(e) L
1587	1587	IMITATION ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—No 21
1588	1588	funds may be transferred from the Ukraine Support Fund 22
1589	1589	to a fund or mechanism established consistent with sub-23
1590	1590	section (a) unless the President certifies to the appropriate 24
1591	1591	congressional committees that— 25
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1595	1595	(1) the institution housing the fund or mecha-1
1596	1596	nism has a plan to ensure transparency and ac-2
1597	1597	countability for all funds transferred to and from 3
1598	1598	the fund or mechanism established consistent with 4
1599	1599	subsection (a); and 5
1600	1600	(2) the President has transmitted the plan re-6
1601	1601	quired under paragraph (1) to the appropriate con-7
1602	1602	gressional committees in writing. 8
1603	1603	(f) J
1604	1604	OINTRESOLUTION OFDISAPPROVAL.—No funds 9
1605	1605	may be transferred from the Ukraine Support Fund to 10
1606	1606	a fund or mechanism established consistent with sub-11
1607	1607	section (a) if, within 30 days of receipt of the notification 12
1608	1608	required under subsection (c)(2), a joint resolution is en-13
1609	1609	acted prohibiting the transfer. 14
1610	1610	(g) R
1611	1611	EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 15
1612	1612	of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 16
1613	1613	every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the 17
1614	1614	appropriate congressional committees a report that in-18
1615	1615	cludes the following: 19
1616	1616	(1) An accounting of funds in any fund or 20
1617	1617	mechanism established consistent with subsection 21
1618	1618	(a). 22
1619	1619	(2) Any information regarding the disposition 23
1620	1620	of any such fund or mechanism that has been trans-24
1621	1621	mitted to the President by the institution housing 25
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1625	1625	the fund or mechanism during the period covered by 1
1626	1626	the report. 2
1627	1627	(3) A description of United States multilateral 3
1628	1628	and bilateral diplomatic engagement with allies and 4
1629	1629	partners of the United States that also have immo-5
1630	1630	bilized Russian sovereign assets to allow for com-6
1631	1631	pensation for Ukraine during the period covered by 7
1632	1632	the report. 8
1633	1633	(4) An outline of steps taken to carry out this 9
1634	1634	section during the period covered by the report. 10
1635	1635	SEC. 106. REPORT ON USE OF TRANSFERRED RUSSIAN SOV-11
1636	1636	EREIGN ASSETS FOR RECONSTRUCTION. 12
1637	1637	Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-13
1638	1638	ment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Sec-14
1639	1639	retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 15
1640	1640	Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 16
1641	1641	committees a report that contains— 17
1642	1642	(1) the amount and source of Russian sovereign 18
1643	1643	assets seized, transferred, or confiscated pursuant to 19
1644	1644	section 104(b); 20
1645	1645	(2) the amount and source of funds deposited 21
1646	1646	into the Ukraine Support Fund under section 22
1647	1647	104(b)(3); and 23
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1651	1651	(3) a detailed description and accounting of 1
1652	1652	how such funds were used to meet the purposes de-2
1653	1653	scribed in section 104(f). 3
1654	1654	SEC. 107. ASSESSMENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE AND AD-4
1655	1655	MINISTRATOR OF USAID ON RECONSTRUC-5
1656	1656	TION AND REBUILDING NEEDS OF UKRAINE. 6
1657	1657	(a) I
1658	1658	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 7
1659	1659	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 8
1660	1660	in consultation with the Administrator of the United 9
1661	1661	States Agency for International Development, shall submit 10
1662	1662	to the appropriate congressional committees an assess-11
1663	1663	ment of the most pressing needs of Ukraine for recon-12
1664	1664	struction, rebuilding, and humanitarian aid. 13
1665	1665	(b) E
1666	1666	LEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub-14
1667	1667	section (a) shall include the following: 15
1668	1668	(1) An estimate of the rebuilding and recon-16
1669	1669	struction needs of Ukraine, as of the date of the as-17
1670	1670	sessment, resulting from the unlawful invasion of 18
1671	1671	Ukraine by the Russian Federation, including— 19
1672	1672	(A) a description of the sources and meth-20
1673	1673	ods for the estimate; and 21
1674	1674	(B) an identification of the locations or re-22
1675	1675	gions in Ukraine with the most pressing needs. 23
1676	1676	(2) An estimate of the humanitarian needs, as 24
1677	1677	of the date of the assessment, of the people of 25
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1681	1681	Ukraine, including Ukrainians residing inside the 1
1682	1682	internationally recognized borders of Ukraine or out-2
1683	1683	side those borders, resulting from the unlawful inva-3
1684	1684	sion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. 4
1685	1685	(3) An assessment of the extent to which the 5
1686	1686	needs described in paragraphs (1) and (2) have been 6
1687	1687	met or funded, by any source, as of the date of the 7
1688	1688	assessment. 8
1689	1689	(4) A plan to engage in robust multilateral and 9
1690	1690	bilateral diplomacy to ensure that allies and partners 10
1691	1691	of the United States, particularly in the European 11
1692	1692	Union as Ukraine seeks accession to the European 12
1693	1693	Union, increase their commitment to Ukraine’s re-13
1694	1694	construction. 14
1695	1695	(5) An identification of which such needs 15
1696	1696	should be prioritized, including any assessment or 16
1697	1697	request by the Government of Ukraine with respect 17
1698	1698	to the prioritization of such needs. 18
1699	1699	SEC. 108. EXTENSIONS. 19
1700	1700	Section 5(a) of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atroc-20
1701	1701	ities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–441; 132 21
1702	1702	Stat. 5587) is amended, in the matter preceding para-22
1703	1703	graph (1), by striking ‘‘six years’’ and inserting ‘‘12 23
1704	1704	years’’. 24
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1708	1708	DIVISION C—OTHER MATTERS 1
1709	1709	SEC. 1. REPORT AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS TO HAR-2
1710	1710	MONIZE WITH ALLIED SANCTIONS. 3
1711	1711	(a) R
1712	1712	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 4
1713	1713	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 5
1714	1714	shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 6
1715	1715	House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 7
1716	1716	Relations of the Senate a report identifying— 8
1717	1717	(1) each foreign person currently subject to— 9
1718	1718	(A) sanctions issued by the European 10
1719	1719	Union pursuant to European Union Council 11
1720	1720	Regulation No. 269/2014 of 17 March, 2014, 12
1721	1721	as amended; or 13
1722	1722	(B) sanctions issued by the United King-14
1723	1723	dom pursuant to the Russia (Sanctions) (EU 15
1724	1724	Exit) Regulations 2019, as amended; and 16
1725	1725	(2) each such foreign person that also meets 17
1726	1726	the criteria for imposition of sanctions by the United 18
1727	1727	States pursuant to— 19
1728	1728	(A) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 20
1729	1729	Accountability Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 10101 et 21
1730	1730	seq.); 22
1731	1731	(B) Executive Order 14024 (50 U.S.C. 23
1732	1732	1701 note, relating to blocking property with 24
1733	1733	respect to specified harmful foreign activities of 25
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1737	1737	the Government of the Russian Federation), as 1
1738	1738	amended; 2
1739	1739	(C) Executive Order 14068 (50 U.S.C. 3
1740	1740	1701 note, relating to prohibiting certain im-4
1741	1741	ports, exports, and new investment with respect 5
1742	1742	to continued Russian Federation aggression), as 6
1743	1743	amended; or 7
1744	1744	(D) Executive Order 14071 (50 U.S.C. 8
1745	1745	1701 note, relating to prohibiting new invest-9
1746	1746	ment in and certain services to the Russian 10
1747	1747	Federation in response to continued Russian 11
1748	1748	Federation aggression), as amended. 12
1749	1749	(b) I
1750	1750	MPOSITION OFSANCTIONS.—The President shall 13
1751	1751	impose the sanctions authorized by the applicable provi-14
1752	1752	sion of law listed in subsection (a)(2) with respect to each 15
1753	1753	foreign person identified in the report required under sub-16
1754	1754	section (a)(1) who is not already subject to sanctions 17
1755	1755	under United States law pursuant to one or more statu-18
1756	1756	tory sanctions authorities as of the date of the submission 19
1757	1757	of such report. 20
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1761	1761	DIVISION D—PROTECTING 1
1762	1762	AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN 2
1763	1763	ADVERSARY CONTROLLED 3
1764	1764	APPLICATIONS ACT 4
1765	1765	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 5
1766	1766	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Ameri-6
1767	1767	cans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications 7
1768	1768	Act’’. 8
1769	1769	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY CON-9
1770	1770	TROLLED APPLICATIONS. 10
1771	1771	(a) I
1772	1772	NGENERAL.— 11
1773	1773	(1) P
1774	1774	ROHIBITION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY CON -12
1775	1775	TROLLED APPLICATIONS .—It shall be unlawful for 13
1776	1776	an entity to distribute, maintain, or update (or en-14
1777	1777	able the distribution, maintenance, or updating of) a 15
1778	1778	foreign adversary controlled application by carrying 16
1779	1779	out, within the land or maritime borders of the 17
1780	1780	United States, any of the following: 18
1781	1781	(A) Providing services to distribute, main-19
1782	1782	tain, or update such foreign adversary con-20
1783	1783	trolled application (including any source code of 21
1784	1784	such application) by means of a marketplace 22
1785	1785	(including an online mobile application store) 23
1786	1786	through which users within the land or mari-24
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1790	1790	time borders of the United States may access, 1
1791	1791	maintain, or update such application. 2
1792	1792	(B) Providing internet hosting services to 3
1793	1793	enable the distribution, maintenance, or updat-4
1794	1794	ing of such foreign adversary controlled applica-5
1795	1795	tion for users within the land or maritime bor-6
1796	1796	ders of the United States. 7
1797	1797	(2) A
1798	1798	PPLICABILITY.—Subject to paragraph (3), 8
1799	1799	this subsection shall apply— 9
1800	1800	(A) in the case of an application that satis-10
1801	1801	fies the definition of a foreign adversary con-11
1802	1802	trolled application pursuant to subsection 12
1803	1803	(g)(3)(A), beginning on the date that is 270 13
1804	1804	days after the date of the enactment of this 14
1805	1805	Act; and 15
1806	1806	(B) in the case of an application that satis-16
1807	1807	fies the definition of a foreign adversary con-17
1808	1808	trolled application pursuant to subsection 18
1809	1809	(g)(3)(B), beginning on the date that is 270 19
1810	1810	days after the date of the relevant determina-20
1811	1811	tion of the President under such subsection. 21
1812	1812	(3) E
1813	1813	XTENSION.—With respect to a foreign ad-22
1814	1814	versary controlled application, the President may 23
1815	1815	grant a 1-time extension of not more than 90 days 24
1816	1816	with respect to the date on which this subsection 25
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1820	1820	would otherwise apply to such application pursuant 1
1821	1821	to paragraph (2), if the President certifies to Con-2
1822	1822	gress that— 3
1823	1823	(A) a path to executing a qualified divesti-4
1824	1824	ture has been identified with respect to such 5
1825	1825	application; 6
1826	1826	(B) evidence of significant progress toward 7
1827	1827	executing such qualified divestiture has been 8
1828	1828	produced with respect to such application; and 9
1829	1829	(C) there are in place the relevant binding 10
1830	1830	legal agreements to enable execution of such 11
1831	1831	qualified divestiture during the period of such 12
1832	1832	extension. 13
1833	1833	(b) D
1834	1834	ATA ANDINFORMATIONPORTABILITY TOAL-14
1835	1835	TERNATIVEAPPLICATIONS.—Before the date on which a 15
1836	1836	prohibition under subsection (a) applies to a foreign adver-16
1837	1837	sary controlled application, the entity that owns or con-17
1838	1838	trols such application shall provide, upon request by a user 18
1839	1839	of such application within the land or maritime borders 19
1840	1840	of United States, to such user all the available data related 20
1841	1841	to the account of such user with respect to such applica-21
1842	1842	tion. Such data shall be provided in a machine readable 22
1843	1843	format and shall include any data maintained by such ap-23
1844	1844	plication with respect to the account of such user, includ-24
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1848	1848	ing content (including posts, photos, and videos) and all 1
1849	1849	other account information. 2
1850	1850	(c) E
1851	1851	XEMPTIONS.— 3
1852	1852	(1) E
1853	1853	XEMPTIONS FOR QUALIFIED 4
1854	1854	DIVESTITURES.—Subsection (a)— 5
1855	1855	(A) does not apply to a foreign adversary 6
1856	1856	controlled application with respect to which a 7
1857	1857	qualified divestiture is executed before the date 8
1858	1858	on which a prohibition under subsection (a) 9
1859	1859	would begin to apply to such application; and 10
1860	1860	(B) shall cease to apply in the case of a 11
1861	1861	foreign adversary controlled application with re-12
1862	1862	spect to which a qualified divestiture is exe-13
1863	1863	cuted after the date on which a prohibition 14
1864	1864	under subsection (a) applies to such application. 15
1865	1865	(2) E
1866	1866	XEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN NECESSARY 16
1867	1867	SERVICES.—Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to 17
1868	1868	services provided with respect to a foreign adversary 18
1869	1869	controlled application that are necessary for an enti-19
1870	1870	ty to attain compliance with such subsections. 20
1871	1871	(d) E
1872	1872	NFORCEMENT.— 21
1873	1873	(1) C
1874	1874	IVIL PENALTIES.— 22
1875	1875	(A) F
1876	1876	OREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED 23
1877	1877	APPLICATION VIOLATIONS.—An entity that vio-24
1878	1878	lates subsection (a) shall be subject to pay a 25
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1882	1882	civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the 1
1883	1883	amount that results from multiplying $5,000 by 2
1884	1884	the number of users within the land or mari-3
1885	1885	time borders of the United States determined to 4
1886	1886	have accessed, maintained, or updated a foreign 5
1887	1887	adversary controlled application as a result of 6
1888	1888	such violation. 7
1889	1889	(B) D
1890	1890	ATA AND INFORMATION VIOLA -8
1891	1891	TIONS.—An entity that violates subsection (b) 9
1892	1892	shall be subject to pay a civil penalty in an 10
1893	1893	amount not to exceed the amount that results 11
1894	1894	from multiplying $500 by the number of users 12
1895	1895	within the land or maritime borders of the 13
1896	1896	United States affected by such violation. 14
1897	1897	(2) A
1898	1898	CTIONS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL .—The At-15
1899	1899	torney General— 16
1900	1900	(A) shall conduct investigations related to 17
1901	1901	potential violations of subsection (a) or (b), 18
1902	1902	and, if such an investigation results in a deter-19
1903	1903	mination that a violation has occurred, the At-20
1904	1904	torney General shall pursue enforcement under 21
1905	1905	paragraph (1); and 22
1906	1906	(B) may bring an action in an appropriate 23
1907	1907	district court of the United States for appro-24
1908	1908	priate relief, including civil penalties under 25
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1912	1912	paragraph (1) or declaratory and injunctive re-1
1913	1913	lief. 2
1914	1914	(e) S
1915	1915	EVERABILITY.— 3
1916	1916	(1) I
1917	1917	N GENERAL.—If any provision of this sec-4
1918	1918	tion or the application of this section to any person 5
1919	1919	or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall 6
1920	1920	not affect the other provisions or applications of this 7
1921	1921	section that can be given effect without the invalid 8
1922	1922	provision or application. 9
1923	1923	(2) S
1924	1924	UBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS .—If the 10
1925	1925	application of any provision of this section is held in-11
1926	1926	valid with respect to a foreign adversary controlled 12
1927	1927	application that satisfies the definition of such term 13
1928	1928	pursuant to subsection (g)(3)(A), such invalidity 14
1929	1929	shall not affect or preclude the application of the 15
1930	1930	same provision of this section to such foreign adver-16
1931	1931	sary controlled application by means of a subsequent 17
1932	1932	determination pursuant to subsection (g)(3)(B). 18
1933	1933	(f) R
1934	1934	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this divi-19
1935	1935	sion may be construed— 20
1936	1936	(1) to authorize the Attorney General to pursue 21
1937	1937	enforcement, under this section, other than enforce-22
1938	1938	ment of subsection (a) or (b); 23
1939	1939	(2) to authorize the Attorney General to pursue 24
1940	1940	enforcement, under this section, against an indi-25
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1944	1944	vidual user of a foreign adversary controlled applica-1
1945	1945	tion; or 2
1946	1946	(3) except as expressly provided herein, to alter 3
1947	1947	or affect any other authority provided by or estab-4
1948	1948	lished under another provision of Federal law. 5
1949	1949	(g) D
1950	1950	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
1951	1951	(1) C
1952	1952	ONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN ADVERSARY .— 7
1953	1953	The term ‘‘controlled by a foreign adversary’’ means, 8
1954	1954	with respect to a covered company or other entity, 9
1955	1955	that such company or other entity is— 10
1956	1956	(A) a foreign person that is domiciled in, 11
1957	1957	is headquartered in, has its principal place of 12
1958	1958	business in, or is organized under the laws of 13
1959	1959	a foreign adversary country; 14
1960	1960	(B) an entity with respect to which a for-15
1961	1961	eign person or combination of foreign persons 16
1962	1962	described in subparagraph (A) directly or indi-17
1963	1963	rectly own at least a 20 percent stake; or 18
1964	1964	(C) a person subject to the direction or 19
1965	1965	control of a foreign person or entity described 20
1966	1966	in subparagraph (A) or (B). 21
1967	1967	(2) C
1968	1968	OVERED COMPANY.— 22
1969	1969	(A) I
1970	1970	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 23
1971	1971	company’’ means an entity that operates, di-24
1972	1972	rectly or indirectly (including through a parent 25
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1976	1976	company, subsidiary, or affiliate), a website, 1
1977	1977	desktop application, mobile application, or aug-2
1978	1978	mented or immersive technology application 3
1979	1979	that— 4
1980	1980	(i) permits a user to create an ac-5
1981	1981	count or profile to generate, share, and 6
1982	1982	view text, images, videos, real-time commu-7
1983	1983	nications, or similar content; 8
1984	1984	(ii) has more than 1,000,000 monthly 9
1985	1985	active users with respect to at least 2 of 10
1986	1986	the 3 months preceding the date on which 11
1987	1987	a relevant determination of the President 12
1988	1988	is made pursuant to paragraph (3)(B); 13
1989	1989	(iii) enables 1 or more users to gen-14
1990	1990	erate or distribute content that can be 15
1991	1991	viewed by other users of the website, desk-16
1992	1992	top application, mobile application, or aug-17
1993	1993	mented or immersive technology applica-18
1994	1994	tion; and 19
1995	1995	(iv) enables 1 or more users to view 20
1996	1996	content generated by other users of the 21
1997	1997	website, desktop application, mobile appli-22
1998	1998	cation, or augmented or immersive tech-23
1999	1999	nology application. 24
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2003	2003	(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered com-1
2004	2004	pany’’ does not include an entity that operates 2
2005	2005	a website, desktop application, mobile applica-3
2006	2006	tion, or augmented or immersive technology ap-4
2007	2007	plication whose primary purpose is to allow 5
2008	2008	users to post product reviews, business reviews, 6
2009	2009	or travel information and reviews. 7
2010	2010	(3) F
2011	2011	OREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLI -8
2012	2012	CATION.—The term ‘‘foreign adversary controlled 9
2013	2013	application’’ means a website, desktop application, 10
2014	2014	mobile application, or augmented or immersive tech-11
2015	2015	nology application that is operated, directly or indi-12
2016	2016	rectly (including through a parent company, sub-13
2017	2017	sidiary, or affiliate), by— 14
2018	2018	(A) any of— 15
2019	2019	(i) ByteDance, Ltd.; 16
2020	2020	(ii) TikTok; 17
2021	2021	(iii) a subsidiary of or a successor to 18
2022	2022	an entity identified in clause (i) or (ii) that 19
2023	2023	is controlled by a foreign adversary; or 20
2024	2024	(iv) an entity owned or controlled, di-21
2025	2025	rectly or indirectly, by an entity identified 22
2026	2026	in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); or 23
2027	2027	(B) a covered company that— 24
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2031	2031	(i) is controlled by a foreign adver-1
2032	2032	sary; and 2
2033	2033	(ii) that is determined by the Presi-3
2034	2034	dent to present a significant threat to the 4
2035	2035	national security of the United States fol-5
2036	2036	lowing the issuance of— 6
2037	2037	(I) a public notice proposing such 7
2038	2038	determination; and 8
2039	2039	(II) a public report to Congress, 9
2040	2040	submitted not less than 30 days be-10
2041	2041	fore such determination, describing 11
2042	2042	the specific national security concern 12
2043	2043	involved and containing a classified 13
2044	2044	annex and a description of what as-14
2045	2045	sets would need to be divested to exe-15
2046	2046	cute a qualified divestiture. 16
2047	2047	(4) F
2048	2048	OREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRY .—The term 17
2049	2049	‘‘foreign adversary country’’ means a country speci-18
2050	2050	fied in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States 19
2051	2051	Code. 20
2052	2052	(5) I
2053	2053	NTERNET HOSTING SERVICE .—The term 21
2054	2054	‘‘internet hosting service’’ means a service through 22
2055	2055	which storage and computing resources are provided 23
2056	2056	to an individual or organization for the accommoda-24
2057	2057	tion and maintenance of 1 or more websites or on-25
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2061	2061	line services, and which may include file hosting, do-1
2062	2062	main name server hosting, cloud hosting, and virtual 2
2063	2063	private server hosting. 3
2064	2064	(6) Q
2065	2065	UALIFIED DIVESTITURE .—The term 4
2066	2066	‘‘qualified divestiture’’ means a divestiture or similar 5
2067	2067	transaction that— 6
2068	2068	(A) the President determines, through an 7
2069	2069	interagency process, would result in the relevant 8
2070	2070	foreign adversary controlled application no 9
2071	2071	longer being controlled by a foreign adversary; 10
2072	2072	and 11
2073	2073	(B) the President determines, through an 12
2074	2074	interagency process, precludes the establish-13
2075	2075	ment or maintenance of any operational rela-14
2076	2076	tionship between the United States operations 15
2077	2077	of the relevant foreign adversary controlled ap-16
2078	2078	plication and any formerly affiliated entities 17
2079	2079	that are controlled by a foreign adversary, in-18
2080	2080	cluding any cooperation with respect to the op-19
2081	2081	eration of a content recommendation algorithm 20
2082	2082	or an agreement with respect to data sharing. 21
2083	2083	(7) S
2084	2084	OURCE CODE.—The term ‘‘source code’’ 22
2085	2085	means the combination of text and other characters 23
2086	2086	comprising the content, both viewable and 24
2087	2087	nonviewable, of a software application, including any 25
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2091	2091	publishing language, programming language, pro-1
2092	2092	tocol, or functional content, as well as any successor 2
2093	2093	languages or protocols. 3
2094	2094	(8) U
2095	2095	NITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United 4
2096	2096	States’’ includes the territories of the United States. 5
2097	2097	SEC. 3. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 6
2098	2098	(a) R
2099	2099	IGHT OFACTION.—A petition for review chal-7
2100	2100	lenging this division or any action, finding, or determina-8
2101	2101	tion under this division may be filed only in the United 9
2102	2102	States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir-10
2103	2103	cuit. 11
2104	2104	(b) E
2105	2105	XCLUSIVEJURISDICTION.—The United States 12
2106	2106	Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall 13
2107	2107	have exclusive jurisdiction over any challenge to this divi-14
2108	2108	sion or any action, finding, or determination under this 15
2109	2109	division. 16
2110	2110	(c) S
2111	2111	TATUTE OFLIMITATIONS.—A challenge may 17
2112	2112	only be brought— 18
2113	2113	(1) in the case of a challenge to this division, 19
2114	2114	not later than 165 days after the date of the enact-20
2115	2115	ment of this Act; and 21
2116	2116	(2) in the case of a challenge to any action, 22
2117	2117	finding, or determination under this division, not 23
2118	2118	later than 90 days after the date of such action, 24
2119	2119	finding, or determination. 25
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2123	2123	DIVISION E—PROTECTING 1
2124	2124	AMERICANS’ DATA FROM 2
2125	2125	FOREIGN ADVERSARIES ACT 3
2126	2126	OF 2024 4
2127	2127	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 5
2128	2128	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Ameri-6
2129	2129	cans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024’’. 7
2130	2130	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF PERSONALLY IDEN-8
2131	2131	TIFIABLE SENSITIVE DATA OF UNITED 9
2132	2132	STATES INDIVIDUALS TO FOREIGN ADVER-10
2133	2133	SARIES. 11
2134	2134	(a) P
2135	2135	ROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for a data 12
2136	2136	broker to sell, license, rent, trade, transfer, release, dis-13
2137	2137	close, provide access to, or otherwise make available per-14
2138	2138	sonally identifiable sensitive data of a United States indi-15
2139	2139	vidual to— 16
2140	2140	(1) any foreign adversary country; or 17
2141	2141	(2) any entity that is controlled by a foreign ad-18
2142	2142	versary. 19
2143	2143	(b) E
2144	2144	NFORCEMENT BY FEDERALTRADECOMMIS-20
2145	2145	SION.— 21
2146	2146	(1) U
2147	2147	NFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC -22
2148	2148	TICES.—A violation of this section shall be treated 23
2149	2149	as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or a de-24
2150	2150	ceptive act or practice under section 18(a)(1)(B) of 25
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2154	2154	the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 1
2155	2155	57a(a)(1)(B)). 2
2156	2156	(2) P
2157	2157	OWERS OF COMMISSION .— 3
2158	2158	(A) I
2159	2159	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall 4
2160	2160	enforce this section in the same manner, by the 5
2161	2161	same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 6
2162	2162	powers, and duties as though all applicable 7
2163	2163	terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 8
2164	2164	Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in-9
2165	2165	corporated into and made a part of this section. 10
2166	2166	(B) P
2167	2167	RIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES .—Any 11
2168	2168	person who violates this section shall be subject 12
2169	2169	to the penalties and entitled to the privileges 13
2170	2170	and immunities provided in the Federal Trade 14
2171	2171	Commission Act. 15
2172	2172	(3) A
2173	2173	UTHORITY PRESERVED .—Nothing in this 16
2174	2174	section may be construed to limit the authority of 17
2175	2175	the Commission under any other provision of law. 18
2176	2176	(c) D
2177	2177	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19
2178	2178	(1) C
2179	2179	OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 20
2180	2180	means the Federal Trade Commission. 21
2181	2181	(2) C
2182	2182	ONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN ADVERSARY .— 22
2183	2183	The term ‘‘controlled by a foreign adversary’’ means, 23
2184	2184	with respect to an individual or entity, that such in-24
2185	2185	dividual or entity is— 25
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2189	2189	(A) a foreign person that is domiciled in, 1
2190	2190	is headquartered in, has its principal place of 2
2191	2191	business in, or is organized under the laws of 3
2192	2192	a foreign adversary country; 4
2193	2193	(B) an entity with respect to which a for-5
2194	2194	eign person or combination of foreign persons 6
2195	2195	described in subparagraph (A) directly or indi-7
2196	2196	rectly own at least a 20 percent stake; or 8
2197	2197	(C) a person subject to the direction or 9
2198	2198	control of a foreign person or entity described 10
2199	2199	in subparagraph (A) or (B). 11
2200	2200	(3) D
2201	2201	ATA BROKER.— 12
2202	2202	(A) I
2203	2203	N GENERAL .—The term ‘‘data 13
2204	2204	broker’’ means an entity that, for valuable con-14
2205	2205	sideration, sells, licenses, rents, trades, trans-15
2206	2206	fers, releases, discloses, provides access to, or 16
2207	2207	otherwise makes available data of United States 17
2208	2208	individuals that the entity did not collect di-18
2209	2209	rectly from such individuals to another entity 19
2210	2210	that is not acting as a service provider. 20
2211	2211	(B) E
2212	2212	XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘data broker’’ 21
2213	2213	does not include an entity to the extent such 22
2214	2214	entity— 23
2215	2215	(i) is transmitting data of a United 24
2216	2216	States individual, including communica-25
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2220	2220	tions of such an individual, at the request 1
2221	2221	or direction of such individual; 2
2222	2222	(ii) is providing, maintaining, or offer-3
2223	2223	ing a product or service with respect to 4
2224	2224	which personally identifiable sensitive data, 5
2225	2225	or access to such data, is not the product 6
2226	2226	or service; 7
2227	2227	(iii) is reporting or publishing news or 8
2228	2228	information that concerns local, national, 9
2229	2229	or international events or other matters of 10
2230	2230	public interest; 11
2231	2231	(iv) is reporting, publishing, or other-12
2232	2232	wise making available news or information 13
2233	2233	that is available to the general public— 14
2234	2234	(I) including information from— 15
2235	2235	(aa) a book, magazine, tele-16
2236	2236	phone book, or online directory; 17
2237	2237	(bb) a motion picture; 18
2238	2238	(cc) a television, internet, or 19
2239	2239	radio program; 20
2240	2240	(dd) the news media; or 21
2241	2241	(ee) an internet site that is 22
2242	2242	available to the general public on 23
2243	2243	an unrestricted basis; and 24
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2247	2247	(II) not including an obscene vis-1
2248	2248	ual depiction (as such term is used in 2
2249	2249	section 1460 of title 18, United States 3
2250	2250	Code); or 4
2251	2251	(v) is acting as a service provider. 5
2252	2252	(4) F
2253	2253	OREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRY .—The term 6
2254	2254	‘‘foreign adversary country’’ means a country speci-7
2255	2255	fied in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States 8
2256	2256	Code. 9
2257	2257	(5) P
2258	2258	ERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE SENSITIVE 10
2259	2259	DATA.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable sensitive 11
2260	2260	data’’ means any sensitive data that identifies or is 12
2261	2261	linked or reasonably linkable, alone or in combina-13
2262	2262	tion with other data, to an individual or a device 14
2263	2263	that identifies or is linked or reasonably linkable to 15
2264	2264	an individual. 16
2265	2265	(6) P
2266	2266	RECISE GEOLOCATION INFORMATION .— 17
2267	2267	The term ‘‘precise geolocation information’’ means 18
2268	2268	information that— 19
2269	2269	(A) is derived from a device or technology 20
2270	2270	of an individual; and 21
2271	2271	(B) reveals the past or present physical lo-22
2272	2272	cation of an individual or device that identifies 23
2273	2273	or is linked or reasonably linkable to 1 or more 24
2274	2274	individuals, with sufficient precision to identify 25
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2278	2278	street level location information of an individual 1
2279	2279	or device or the location of an individual or de-2
2280	2280	vice within a range of 1,850 feet or less. 3
2281	2281	(7) S
2282	2282	ENSITIVE DATA.—The term ‘‘sensitive 4
2283	2283	data’’ includes the following: 5
2284	2284	(A) A government-issued identifier, such as 6
2285	2285	a Social Security number, passport number, or 7
2286	2286	driver’s license number. 8
2287	2287	(B) Any information that describes or re-9
2288	2288	veals the past, present, or future physical 10
2289	2289	health, mental health, disability, diagnosis, or 11
2290	2290	healthcare condition or treatment of an indi-12
2291	2291	vidual. 13
2292	2292	(C) A financial account number, debit card 14
2293	2293	number, credit card number, or information 15
2294	2294	that describes or reveals the income level or 16
2295	2295	bank account balances of an individual. 17
2296	2296	(D) Biometric information. 18
2297	2297	(E) Genetic information. 19
2298	2298	(F) Precise geolocation information. 20
2299	2299	(G) An individual’s private communica-21
2300	2300	tions such as voicemails, emails, texts, direct 22
2301	2301	messages, mail, voice communications, and 23
2302	2302	video communications, or information identi-24
2303	2303	fying the parties to such communications or 25
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2307	2307	pertaining to the transmission of such commu-1
2308	2308	nications, including telephone numbers called, 2
2309	2309	telephone numbers from which calls were 3
2310	2310	placed, the time calls were made, call duration, 4
2311	2311	and location information of the parties to the 5
2312	2312	call. 6
2313	2313	(H) Account or device log-in credentials, or 7
2314	2314	security or access codes for an account or de-8
2315	2315	vice. 9
2316	2316	(I) Information identifying the sexual be-10
2317	2317	havior of an individual. 11
2318	2318	(J) Calendar information, address book in-12
2319	2319	formation, phone or text logs, photos, audio re-13
2320	2320	cordings, or videos, maintained for private use 14
2321	2321	by an individual, regardless of whether such in-15
2322	2322	formation is stored on the individual’s device or 16
2323	2323	is accessible from that device and is backed up 17
2324	2324	in a separate location. 18
2325	2325	(K) A photograph, film, video recording, or 19
2326	2326	other similar medium that shows the naked or 20
2327	2327	undergarment-clad private area of an indi-21
2328	2328	vidual. 22
2329	2329	(L) Information revealing the video con-23
2330	2330	tent requested or selected by an individual. 24
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2334	2334	(M) Information about an individual under 1
2335	2335	the age of 17. 2
2336	2336	(N) An individual’s race, color, ethnicity, 3
2337	2337	or religion. 4
2338	2338	(O) Information identifying an individual’s 5
2339	2339	online activities over time and across websites 6
2340	2340	or online services. 7
2341	2341	(P) Information that reveals the status of 8
2342	2342	an individual as a member of the Armed 9
2343	2343	Forces. 10
2344	2344	(Q) Any other data that a data broker 11
2345	2345	sells, licenses, rents, trades, transfers, releases, 12
2346	2346	discloses, provides access to, or otherwise makes 13
2347	2347	available to a foreign adversary country, or en-14
2348	2348	tity that is controlled by a foreign adversary, 15
2349	2349	for the purpose of identifying the types of data 16
2350	2350	listed in subparagraphs (A) through (P). 17
2351	2351	(8) S
2352	2352	ERVICE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘service 18
2353	2353	provider’’ means an entity that— 19
2354	2354	(A) collects, processes, or transfers data on 20
2355	2355	behalf of, and at the direction of— 21
2356	2356	(i) an individual or entity that is not 22
2357	2357	a foreign adversary country or controlled 23
2358	2358	by a foreign adversary; or 24
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2362	2362	(ii) a Federal, State, Tribal, terri-1
2363	2363	torial, or local government entity; and 2
2364	2364	(B) receives data from or on behalf of an 3
2365	2365	individual or entity described in subparagraph 4
2366	2366	(A)(i) or a Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, or 5
2367	2367	local government entity. 6
2368	2368	(9) U
2369	2369	NITED STATES INDIVIDUAL .—The term 7
2370	2370	‘‘United States individual’’ means a natural person 8
2371	2371	residing in the United States. 9
2372	2372	(d) E
2373	2373	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 10
2374	2374	on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment 11
2375	2375	of this Act. 12
2376	2376	DIVISION F—SHIP ACT 13
2377	2377	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 14
2378	2378	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Harboring 15
2379	2379	Iranian Petroleum Act’’ or the ‘‘SHIP Act’’. 16
2380	2380	SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 17
2381	2381	It is the policy of the United States— 18
2382	2382	(1) to deny Iran the ability to engage in desta-19
2383	2383	bilizing activities, support international terrorism, 20
2384	2384	fund the development and acquisition of weapons of 21
2385	2385	mass destruction and the means to deliver such 22
2386	2386	weapons by limiting export of petroleum and petro-23
2387	2387	leum products by Iran; 24
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2391	2391	(2) to deny Iran funds to oppress and commit 1
2392	2392	human rights violations against the Iranian people 2
2393	2393	assembling to peacefully redress the Iranian regime; 3
2394	2394	(3) to fully enforce sanctions against those enti-4
2395	2395	ties which provide support to the Iranian energy sec-5
2396	2396	tor; and 6
2397	2397	(4) to counter Iran’s actions to finance and fa-7
2398	2398	cilitate the participation of foreign terrorist organi-8
2399	2399	zations in ongoing conflicts and illicit activities due 9
2400	2400	to the threat such actions pose to the vital national 10
2401	2401	interests of the United States. 11
2402	2402	SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRA-12
2403	2403	NIAN PETROLEUM. 13
2404	2404	(a) I
2405	2405	NGENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 14
2406	2406	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and ex-15
2407	2407	cept as provided in subsection (e)(2), the President shall 16
2408	2408	impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re-17
2409	2409	spect to each foreign person that the President determines 18
2410	2410	knowingly engaged, on or after such date of enactment, 19
2411	2411	in an activity described in subsection (b). 20
2412	2412	(b) A
2413	2413	CTIVITIESDESCRIBED.—A foreign person en-21
2414	2414	gages in an activity described in this subsection if the for-22
2415	2415	eign person— 23
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2419	2419	(1) owns or operates a foreign port at which, on 1
2420	2420	or after the date of the enactment of this Act, such 2
2421	2421	person knowingly permits to dock a vessel— 3
2422	2422	(A) that is included on the list of specially 4
2423	2423	designated nationals and blocked persons main-5
2424	2424	tained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 6
2425	2425	of the Department of the Treasury for trans-7
2426	2426	porting Iranian crude oil or petroleum products; 8
2427	2427	or 9
2428	2428	(B) of which the operator or owner of such 10
2429	2429	vessel otherwise knowingly engages in a signifi-11
2430	2430	cant transaction involving such vessel to trans-12
2431	2431	port, offload, or deal in significant transactions 13
2432	2432	in condensate, refined, or unrefined petroleum 14
2433	2433	products, or other petrochemical products origi-15
2434	2434	nating from the Islamic Republic of Iran; 16
2435	2435	(2) owns or operates a vessel through which 17
2436	2436	such owner knowingly conducts a ship to ship trans-18
2437	2437	fer involving a significant transaction of any petro-19
2438	2438	leum product originating from the Islamic Republic 20
2439	2439	of Iran; 21
2440	2440	(3) owns or operates a refinery through which 22
2441	2441	such owner knowingly engages in a significant trans-23
2442	2442	action to process, refine, or otherwise deal in any pe-24
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2446	2446	troleum product originating from the Islamic Repub-1
2447	2447	lic of Iran; 2
2448	2448	(4) is a covered family member of a foreign per-3
2449	2449	son described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or 4
2450	2450	(5) is owned or controlled by a foreign person 5
2451	2451	described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3), and know-6
2452	2452	ingly engages in an activity described in paragraph 7
2453	2453	(1), (2), or (3). 8
2454	2454	(c) S
2455	2455	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-9
2456	2456	scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign person 10
2457	2457	described in subsection (a) are the following: 11
2458	2458	(1) S
2459	2459	ANCTIONS ON FOREIGN VESSELS .—Subject 12
2460	2460	to such regulations as the President may prescribe, 13
2461	2461	the President may prohibit a vessel described in sub-14
2462	2462	section (b)(1)(A) or (b)(1)(B) from landing at any 15
2463	2463	port in the United States— 16
2464	2464	(A) with respect to a vessel described in 17
2465	2465	subsection (b)(1)(A), for a period of not more 18
2466	2466	than 2 years beginning on the date on which 19
2467	2467	the President imposes sanctions with respect to 20
2468	2468	a related foreign port described in subsection 21
2469	2469	(b)(1)(A); and 22
2470	2470	(B) with respect to a vessel described in 23
2471	2471	subsection (b)(1)(B), for a period of not more 24
2472	2472	than 2 years. 25
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2476	2476	(2) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 1
2477	2477	shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-2
2478	2478	dent under the International Emergency Economic 3
2479	2479	Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent 4
2480	2480	necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 5
2481	2481	property and interests in property of the foreign per-6
2482	2482	son if such property and interests in property are in 7
2483	2483	the United States, come within the United States, or 8
2484	2484	are or come within the possession or control of a 9
2485	2485	United States person. 10
2486	2486	(3) I
2487	2487	NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 11
2488	2488	PAROLE.— 12
2489	2489	(A) V
2490	2490	ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 13
2491	2491	alien described in subsection (a) is— 14
2492	2492	(i) inadmissible to the United States; 15
2493	2493	(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 16
2494	2494	documentation to enter the United States; 17
2495	2495	and 18
2496	2496	(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 19
2497	2497	or paroled into the United States or to re-20
2498	2498	ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-21
2499	2499	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 22
2500	2500	seq.). 23
2501	2501	(B) C
2502	2502	URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 24
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2506	2506	(i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described 1
2507	2507	in subsection (a) is subject to revocation of 2
2508	2508	any visa or other entry documentation re-3
2509	2509	gardless of when the visa or other entry 4
2510	2510	documentation is or was issued. 5
2511	2511	(ii) I
2512	2512	MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-6
2513	2513	tion under clause (i) shall take effect im-7
2514	2514	mediately and automatically cancel any 8
2515	2515	other valid visa or entry documentation 9
2516	2516	that is in the alien’s possession. 10
2517	2517	(C) E
2518	2518	XCEPTIONS.—Sanctions under this 11
2519	2519	paragraph shall not apply with respect to an 12
2520	2520	alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 13
2521	2521	United States is necessary— 14
2522	2522	(i) to permit the United States to 15
2523	2523	comply with the Agreement regarding the 16
2524	2524	Headquarters of the United Nations, 17
2525	2525	signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 18
2526	2526	and entered into force November 21, 1947, 19
2527	2527	between the United Nations and the 20
2528	2528	United States, or other applicable inter-21
2529	2529	national obligations; or 22
2530	2530	(ii) to carry out or assist law enforce-23
2531	2531	ment activity in the United States. 24
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2535	2535	(4) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 1
2536	2536	subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-2
2537	2537	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 3
2538	2538	U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 4
2539	2539	attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 5
2540	2540	violation of this section or any regulations promul-6
2541	2541	gated to carry out this section to the same extent 7
2542	2542	that such penalties apply to a person that commits 8
2543	2543	an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that 9
2544	2544	Act. 10
2545	2545	(d) R
2546	2546	ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.— 11
2547	2547	(1) For purposes of determinations under sub-12
2548	2548	section (a) that a foreign person engaged in activi-13
2549	2549	ties described in subsection (b), a foreign person 14
2550	2550	shall not be determined to know that petroleum or 15
2551	2551	petroleum products originated from Iran if such per-16
2552	2552	son relied on a certificate of origin or other docu-17
2553	2553	mentation confirming that the origin of the petro-18
2554	2554	leum or petroleum products was a country other 19
2555	2555	than Iran, unless such person knew or had reason 20
2556	2556	to know that such documentation was falsified. 21
2557	2557	(2) Nothing in this division shall be construed 22
2558	2558	to affect the availability of any existing authorities 23
2559	2559	to issue waivers, exceptions, exemptions, licenses, or 24
2560	2560	other authorization. 25
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2564	2564	(e) IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS.— 1
2565	2565	(1) I
2566	2566	N GENERAL.—The President may exercise 2
2567	2567	all authorities under sections 203 and 205 of the 3
2568	2568	International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 4
2569	2569	U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of carrying out 5
2570	2570	this section. 6
2571	2571	(2) D
2572	2572	EADLINE FOR REGULATIONS .—Not later 7
2573	2573	than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 8
2574	2574	this Act, the President shall prescribe such regula-9
2575	2575	tions as may be necessary for the implementation of 10
2576	2576	this division. 11
2577	2577	(3) N
2578	2578	OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not later 12
2579	2579	than 10 days before the prescription of regulations 13
2580	2580	under paragraph (2), the President shall brief and 14
2581	2581	provide written notification to the appropriate con-15
2582	2582	gressional committees regarding— 16
2583	2583	(A) the proposed regulations; and 17
2584	2584	(B) the specific provisions of this division 18
2585	2585	that the regulations are implementing. 19
2586	2586	(f) E
2587	2587	XCEPTION FORHUMANITARIANASSISTANCE.— 20
2588	2588	(1) I
2589	2589	N GENERAL.—Sanctions under this section 21
2590	2590	shall not apply to— 22
2591	2591	(A) the conduct or facilitation of a trans-23
2592	2592	action for the provision of agricultural commod-24
2593	2593	ities, food, medicine, medical devices, or human-25
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2597	2597	itarian assistance, or for humanitarian pur-1
2598	2598	poses; or 2
2599	2599	(B) transactions that are necessary for or 3
2600	2600	related to the activities described in subpara-4
2601	2601	graph (A). 5
2602	2602	(2) D
2603	2603	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 6
2604	2604	(A) A
2605	2605	GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The 7
2606	2606	term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning 8
2607	2607	given that term in section 102 of the Agricul-9
2608	2608	tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 10
2609	2609	(B) M
2610	2610	EDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘med-11
2611	2611	ical device’’ has the meaning given the term 12
2612	2612	‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, 13
2613	2613	Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 14
2614	2614	(C) M
2615	2615	EDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has 15
2616	2616	the meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 16
2617	2617	201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 17
2618	2618	Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 18
2619	2619	(g) E
2620	2620	XCEPTION FOR SAFETY OF VESSELS AND 19
2621	2621	C
2622	2622	REW.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply with 20
2623	2623	respect to a person providing provisions to a vessel other-21
2624	2624	wise subject to sanctions under this section if such provi-22
2625	2625	sions are intended for the safety and care of the crew 23
2626	2626	aboard the vessel, the protection of human life aboard the 24
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2630	2630	vessel, or the maintenance of the vessel to avoid any envi-1
2631	2631	ronmental or other significant damage. 2
2632	2632	(h) W
2633	2633	AIVER.— 3
2634	2634	(1) I
2635	2635	N GENERAL.—The President may, on a 4
2636	2636	case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 180 5
2637	2637	days each, waive the application of sanctions im-6
2638	2638	posed with respect to a foreign person under this 7
2639	2639	section if the President certifies to the appropriate 8
2640	2640	congressional committees, not later than 15 days 9
2641	2641	after such waiver is to take effect, that the waiver 10
2642	2642	is vital to the national interests of the United States. 11
2643	2643	(2) S
2644	2644	PECIAL RULE.—The President shall not be 12
2645	2645	required to impose sanctions under this section with 13
2646	2646	respect to a foreign person described in subsection 14
2647	2647	(a) if the President certifies in writing to the appro-15
2648	2648	priate congressional committees that the foreign per-16
2649	2649	son— 17
2650	2650	(A) is no longer engaging in activities de-18
2651	2651	scribed in subsection (b); or 19
2652	2652	(B) has taken and is continuing to take 20
2653	2653	significant, verifiable steps toward permanently 21
2654	2654	terminating such activities. 22
2655	2655	(i) T
2656	2656	ERMINATION.—The authorities provided by this 23
2657	2657	section shall cease to have effect on and after the date 24
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2661	2661	that is 30 days after the date on which the President cer-1
2662	2662	tifies to the appropriate congressional committees that— 2
2663	2663	(1) the Government of Iran no longer repeat-3
2664	2664	edly provides support for international terrorism as 4
2665	2665	determined by the Secretary of State pursuant to— 5
2666	2666	(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 6
2667	2667	Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 7
2668	2668	4318(c)(1)(A)); 8
2669	2669	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 9
2670	2670	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 10
2671	2671	(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 11
2672	2672	Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 12
2673	2673	(D) any other provision of law; and 13
2674	2674	(2) Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, 14
2675	2675	and development of, and verifiably dismantled, its 15
2676	2676	nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, ballistic 16
2677	2677	missiles, and ballistic missile launch technology. 17
2678	2678	SEC. 4. REPORT ON IRANIAN PETROLEUM AND PETRO-18
2679	2679	LEUM PRODUCTS EXPORTS. 19
2680	2680	(a) I
2681	2681	NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 20
2682	2682	date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 21
2683	2683	until the date described in subsection (d), the Adminis-22
2684	2684	trator of the Energy Information Administration shall 23
2685	2685	submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-24
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2689	2689	port describing Iran’s growing exports of petroleum and 1
2690	2690	petroleum products, that includes the following: 2
2691	2691	(1) An analysis of Iran’s exports and sale of pe-3
2692	2692	troleum and petroleum products, including— 4
2693	2693	(A) an estimate of Iran’s petroleum export 5
2694	2694	and sale revenue per year since 2018; 6
2695	2695	(B) an estimate of Iran’s petroleum export 7
2696	2696	and sale revenue to China per year since 2018; 8
2697	2697	(C) the amount of petroleum and crude oil 9
2698	2698	barrels exported per year since 2018; 10
2699	2699	(D) the amount of petroleum and crude oil 11
2700	2700	barrels exported to China per year since 2018; 12
2701	2701	(E) the amount of petroleum and crude oil 13
2702	2702	barrels exported to countries other than China 14
2703	2703	per year since 2018; 15
2704	2704	(F) the average price per petroleum and 16
2705	2705	crude oil barrel exported per year since 2018; 17
2706	2706	and 18
2707	2707	(G) the average price per petroleum and 19
2708	2708	crude oil barrel exported to China per year 20
2709	2709	since 2018. 21
2710	2710	(2) An analysis of Iran’s labeling practices of 22
2711	2711	exported petroleum and petroleum products. 23
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2715	2715	(3) A description of companies involved in the 1
2716	2716	exporting and sale of Iranian petroleum and petro-2
2717	2717	leum products. 3
2718	2718	(4) A description of ships involved in the ex-4
2719	2719	porting and sale of Iranian petroleum and petroleum 5
2720	2720	products. 6
2721	2721	(5) A description of ports involved in the ex-7
2722	2722	porting and sale of Iranian petroleum and petroleum 8
2723	2723	products. 9
2724	2724	(b) F
2725	2725	ORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 10
2726	2726	shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 11
2727	2727	a classified annex. 12
2728	2728	(c) P
2729	2729	UBLICATION.—The unclassified portion of the 13
2730	2730	report required by subsection (a) shall be posted on a pub-14
2731	2731	licly available website of the Energy Information Adminis-15
2732	2732	tration. 16
2733	2733	(d) T
2734	2734	ERMINATION.—The requirement to submit re-17
2735	2735	ports under this section shall be terminated on the date 18
2736	2736	on which the President makes the certification described 19
2737	2737	in section 3(f). 20
2738	2738	SEC. 5. STRATEGY TO COUNTER ROLE OF THE PEOPLE’S 21
2739	2739	REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN EVASION OF SANC-22
2740	2740	TIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN. 23
2741	2741	(a) I
2742	2742	NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 24
2743	2743	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 25
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2747	2747	in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Fed-1
2748	2748	eral agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congres-2
2749	2749	sional committees a written strategy, and provide to those 3
2750	2750	committees an accompanying briefing, on the role of the 4
2751	2751	People’s Republic of China in evasion of sanctions imposed 5
2752	2752	by the United States with respect to Iranian-origin petro-6
2753	2753	leum products that includes an assessment of options— 7
2754	2754	(1) to strengthen the enforcement of such sanc-8
2755	2755	tions; and 9
2756	2756	(2) to expand sanctions designations targeting 10
2757	2757	the involvement of the People’s Republic of China in 11
2758	2758	the production, transportation, storage, refining, and 12
2759	2759	sale of Iranian-origin petroleum products. 13
2760	2760	(b) E
2761	2761	LEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 14
2762	2762	(a) shall include— 15
2763	2763	(1) a description and assessment of the use of 16
2764	2764	sanctions in effect before the date of the enactment 17
2765	2765	of this Act to target individuals and entities of the 18
2766	2766	People’s Republic of China that are directly or indi-19
2767	2767	rectly associated with smuggling of Iranian-origin 20
2768	2768	petroleum products; 21
2769	2769	(2) an assessment of— 22
2770	2770	(A) Iranian-owned entities operating in the 23
2771	2771	People’s Republic of China and involved in pe-24
2772	2772	troleum refining supply chains; 25
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2776	2776	(B) the People’s Republic of China’s role 1
2777	2777	in global petroleum refining supply chains; 2
2778	2778	(C) how the People’s Republic of China 3
2779	2779	leverages its role in global petroleum supply 4
2780	2780	chains to achieve political objectives; 5
2781	2781	(D) the People’s Republic of China’s petro-6
2782	2782	leum importing and exporting partners; 7
2783	2783	(E) what percent of the People’s Republic 8
2784	2784	of China’s energy consumption is linked to ille-9
2785	2785	gally imported Iranian-origin petroleum prod-10
2786	2786	ucts; and 11
2787	2787	(F) what level of influence the Chinese 12
2788	2788	Communist Party holds over non-state, semi- 13
2789	2789	independent ‘‘teapot’’ refineries; 14
2790	2790	(3) a detailed plan for— 15
2791	2791	(A) monitoring the maritime domain for 16
2792	2792	sanctionable activity related to smuggling of 17
2793	2793	Iranian-origin petroleum products; 18
2794	2794	(B) identifying the individuals, entities, 19
2795	2795	and vessels engaging in sanctionable activity re-20
2796	2796	lated to Iranian-origin petroleum products, in-21
2797	2797	cluding— 22
2798	2798	(i) vessels— 23
2799	2799	(I) transporting petrochemicals 24
2800	2800	subject to sanctions; 25
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2804	2804	(II) conducting ship-to-ship 1
2805	2805	transfers of such petrochemicals; 2
2806	2806	(III) with deactivated automatic 3
2807	2807	identification systems; or 4
2808	2808	(IV) that engage in ‘‘flag hop-5
2809	2809	ping’’ by changing national registries; 6
2810	2810	(ii) individuals or entities— 7
2811	2811	(I) storing petrochemicals subject 8
2812	2812	to sanctions; or 9
2813	2813	(II) refining or otherwise proc-10
2814	2814	essing such petrochemicals; and 11
2815	2815	(iii) through the use of port entry and 12
2816	2816	docking permission of vessels subject to 13
2817	2817	sanctions; 14
2818	2818	(C) deterring individuals and entities from 15
2819	2819	violating sanctions by educating and engag-16
2820	2820	ing— 17
2821	2821	(i) insurance providers; 18
2822	2822	(ii) parent companies; and 19
2823	2823	(iii) vessel operators; 20
2824	2824	(D) collaborating with allies and partners 21
2825	2825	of the United States engaged in the Arabian 22
2826	2826	Peninsula, including through standing or new 23
2827	2827	maritime task forces, to build sanctions enforce-24
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2831	2831	ment capacity through assistance and training 1
2832	2832	to defense and law enforcement services; and 2
2833	2833	(E) using public communications and glob-3
2834	2834	al diplomatic engagements to highlight the role 4
2835	2835	of illicit petroleum product smuggling in bol-5
2836	2836	stering Iran’s support for terrorism and its nu-6
2837	2837	clear program; and 7
2838	2838	(4) an assessment of— 8
2839	2839	(A) the total number of vessels smuggling 9
2840	2840	Iranian-origin petroleum products; 10
2841	2841	(B) the total number of vessels smuggling 11
2842	2842	such petroleum products destined for the Peo-12
2843	2843	ple’s Republic of China; 13
2844	2844	(C) the number of vessels smuggling such 14
2845	2845	petroleum products specifically from the Islamic 15
2846	2846	Revolutionary Guard Corps; 16
2847	2847	(D) interference by the People’s Republic 17
2848	2848	of China with attempts by the United States to 18
2849	2849	investigate or enforce sanctions on illicit Ira-19
2850	2850	nian petroleum product exports; 20
2851	2851	(E) the effectiveness of the use of sanc-21
2852	2852	tions with respect to insurers of entities that 22
2853	2853	own or operate vessels involved in smuggling 23
2854	2854	Iranian-origin petroleum products; 24
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2858	2858	(F) the personnel and resources needed to 1
2859	2859	enforce sanctions with respect to Iranian-origin 2
2860	2860	petroleum products; and 3
2861	2861	(G) the impact of smuggled illicit Iranian- 4
2862	2862	origin petroleum products on global energy 5
2863	2863	markets. 6
2864	2864	(c) F
2865	2865	ORM.—The strategy required by subsection (a) 7
2866	2866	shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 8
2867	2867	a classified index. 9
2868	2868	SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 10
2869	2869	In this division: 11
2870	2870	(1) A
2871	2871	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -12
2872	2872	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-13
2873	2873	mittees’’ means— 14
2874	2874	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 15
2875	2875	Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-16
2876	2876	mittee on Financial Services of the House of 17
2877	2877	Representatives; and 18
2878	2878	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 19
2879	2879	the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-20
2880	2880	mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 21
2881	2881	of the Senate. 22
2882	2882	(2) C
2883	2883	OVERED FAMILY MEMBER .—The term 23
2884	2884	‘‘covered family member’’, with respect to a foreign 24
2885	2885	person who is an individual, means a spouse, adult 25
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2889	2889	child, parent, or sibling of the person who engages 1
2890	2890	in the sanctionable activity described under section 2
2891	2891	3 or who demonstrably benefits from such activity. 3
2892	2892	DIVISION G—FIGHT CRIME ACT 4
2893	2893	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 5
2894	2894	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Fight and Combat 6
2895	2895	Rampant Iranian Missile Exports Act’’ or the ‘‘Fight 7
2896	2896	CRIME Act’’. 8
2897	2897	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 9
2898	2898	Congress makes the following findings: 10
2899	2899	(1) Annex B to United Nations Security Coun-11
2900	2900	cil Resolution 2231 (2015) restricts certain missile- 12
2901	2901	related activities and transfers to and from Iran, in-13
2902	2902	cluding all items, materials, equipment, goods, and 14
2903	2903	technology set out in the Missile Technology Control 15
2904	2904	Regime Annex, absent advance, case-by-case ap-16
2905	2905	proval from the United Nations Security Council. 17
2906	2906	(2) Iran has transferred Shahed and Mohajer 18
2907	2907	drones, covered under the Missile Technology Con-19
2908	2908	trol Regime Annex, to the Russian Federation, the 20
2909	2909	Government of Ethiopia, and other Iran-aligned en-21
2910	2910	tities, including the Houthis in Yemen and militia 22
2911	2911	units in Iraq, without prior authorization from the 23
2912	2912	United Nations Security Council, in violation of the 24
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2916	2916	restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations 1
2917	2917	Security Council Resolution 2231. 2
2918	2918	(3) Certain missile-related restrictions in Annex 3
2919	2919	B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 4
2920	2920	2231 expired in October 2023, removing inter-5
2921	2921	national legal restrictions on missile-related activities 6
2922	2922	and transfers to and from Iran. 7
2923	2923	SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 8
2924	2924	It is the policy of the United States— 9
2925	2925	(1) to urgently seek the extension of missile-re-10
2926	2926	lated restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Na-11
2927	2927	tions Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015); 12
2928	2928	(2) to use all available authorities to constrain 13
2929	2929	Iran’s domestic ballistic missile production capabili-14
2930	2930	ties; 15
2931	2931	(3) to combat and deter the transfer of conven-16
2932	2932	tional and non-conventional arms, equipment, mate-17
2933	2933	rial, and technology to, or from Iran, or involving 18
2934	2934	the Government of Iran; and 19
2935	2935	(4) to ensure countries, individuals, and entities 20
2936	2936	engaged in, or attempting to engage in, the acquisi-21
2937	2937	tion, facilitation, or development of arms and related 22
2938	2938	components and technology subject to restrictions 23
2939	2939	under Annex B to United Nations Security Council 24
2940	2940	Resolution 2231 are held to account under United 25
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2944	2944	States and international law, including through the 1
2945	2945	application and enforcement of sanctions and use of 2
2946	2946	export controls, regardless of whether the restric-3
2947	2947	tions under Annex B to United Nations Security 4
2948	2948	Council Resolution 2231 remain in effect following 5
2949	2949	their anticipated expiration in October 2023. 6
2950	2950	SEC. 4. REPORT. 7
2951	2951	(a) I
2952	2952	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 8
2953	2953	date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 9
2954	2954	for two years, the Secretary of State, in coordination with 10
2955	2955	the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall sub-11
2956	2956	mit to the appropriate congressional committees an un-12
2957	2957	classified report, with a classified annex if necessary, that 13
2958	2958	includes the following: 14
2959	2959	(1) A diplomatic strategy to secure the renewal 15
2960	2960	of international restrictions on certain missile-re-16
2961	2961	lated activities, including transfers to and from Iran 17
2962	2962	set forth in Annex B to United Nations Security 18
2963	2963	Council Resolution 2231 (2015). 19
2964	2964	(2) An analysis of how the expiration of missile- 20
2965	2965	related restrictions set forth in Annex B to United 21
2966	2966	Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 impacts 22
2967	2967	the Government of Iran’s arms proliferation and ma-23
2968	2968	lign activities, including as the restrictions relate to 24
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2972	2972	cooperation with, and support for, Iran-aligned enti-1
2973	2973	ties and allied countries. 2
2974	2974	(3) An assessment of the revenue, or in-kind 3
2975	2975	benefits, accrued by the Government of Iran, or 4
2976	2976	Iran-aligned entities, as a result of a lapse in mis-5
2977	2977	sile-related restrictions set forth in Annex B to 6
2978	2978	United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. 7
2979	2979	(4) A detailed description of a United States 8
2980	2980	strategy to deter, prevent, and disrupt the sale, pur-9
2981	2981	chase, or transfer of covered technology involving 10
2982	2982	Iran absent restrictions pursuant to Annex B to 11
2983	2983	United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. 12
2984	2984	(5) An identification of any foreign person en-13
2985	2985	gaging in, enabling, or otherwise facilitating any ac-14
2986	2986	tivity involving Iran restricted under Annex B to 15
2987	2987	United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, 16
2988	2988	regardless of whether such restrictions remain in ef-17
2989	2989	fect after October 2023. 18
2990	2990	(6) A description of actions by the United Na-19
2991	2991	tions and other multilateral organizations, including 20
2992	2992	the European Union, to hold accountable foreign 21
2993	2993	persons that have violated the restrictions set forth 22
2994	2994	in Annex B to United Nations Security Council Res-23
2995	2995	olution 2231, and efforts to prevent further viola-24
2996	2996	tions of such restrictions. 25
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3000	3000	(7) A description of actions by individual mem-1
3001	3001	ber states of the United Nations Security Council to 2
3002	3002	hold accountable foreign persons that have violated 3
3003	3003	restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations 4
3004	3004	Security Council Resolution 2231 and efforts to pre-5
3005	3005	vent further violations of such restrictions. 6
3006	3006	(8) A description of actions by the People’s Re-7
3007	3007	public of China, the Russian Federation, or any 8
3008	3008	other country to prevent, interfere with, or under-9
3009	3009	mine efforts to hold accountable foreign persons that 10
3010	3010	have violated the restrictions set forth in Annex B 11
3011	3011	to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, 12
3012	3012	including actions to restrict United Nations-led in-13
3013	3013	vestigations into suspected violations of such restric-14
3014	3014	tions, or limit funding to relevant United Nations of-15
3015	3015	fices or experts. 16
3016	3016	(9) An analysis of the foreign and domestic 17
3017	3017	supply chains in Iran that directly or indirectly fa-18
3018	3018	cilitate, support, or otherwise aid the Government of 19
3019	3019	Iran’s drone or missile program, including storage, 20
3020	3020	transportation, or flight-testing of related goods, 21
3021	3021	technology, or components. 22
3022	3022	(10) An identification of any foreign person, or 23
3023	3023	network containing foreign persons, that enables, 24
3024	3024	supports, or otherwise facilitates the operations or 25
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3028	3028	maintenance of any Iranian airline subject to United 1
3029	3029	States sanctions or export control restrictions. 2
3030	3030	(11) An assessment of how the continued oper-3
3031	3031	ation of Iranian airlines subject to United States 4
3032	3032	sanctions or export control restrictions impacts the 5
3033	3033	Government of Iran’s ability to transport or develop 6
3034	3034	arms, including covered technology. 7
3035	3035	(b) S
3036	3036	COPE.—The initial report required by subsection 8
3037	3037	(a) shall address the period beginning on January 1, 2021, 9
3038	3038	and ending on the date that is 90 days after date of the 10
3039	3039	enactment of this Act, and each subsequent report shall 11
3040	3040	address the one-year period following the conclusion of the 12
3041	3041	prior report. 13
3042	3042	SEC. 5. SANCTIONS TO COMBAT THE PROLIFERATION OF 14
3043	3043	IRANIAN MISSILES. 15
3044	3044	(a) I
3045	3045	NGENERAL.—The sanctions described in sub-16
3046	3046	section (b) shall apply to any foreign person the President 17
3047	3047	determines, on or after the date of the enactment of this 18
3048	3048	Act— 19
3049	3049	(1) knowingly engages in any effort to acquire, 20
3050	3050	possess, develop, transport, transfer, or deploy cov-21
3051	3051	ered technology to, from, or involving the Govern-22
3052	3052	ment of Iran or Iran-aligned entities, regardless of 23
3053	3053	whether the restrictions set forth in Annex B to 24
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3056	3056	•HR 8038 IH
3057	3057	United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 1
3058	3058	(2015) remain in effect after October 2023; 2
3059	3059	(2) knowingly provides entities owned or con-3
3060	3060	trolled by the Government of Iran or Iran-aligned 4
3061	3061	entities with goods, technology, parts, or compo-5
3062	3062	nents, that may contribute to the development of 6
3063	3063	covered technology; 7
3064	3064	(3) knowingly participates in joint missile or 8
3065	3065	drone development, including development of covered 9
3066	3066	technology, with the Government of Iran or Iran- 10
3067	3067	aligned entities, including technical training, storage, 11
3068	3068	and transport; 12
3069	3069	(4) knowingly imports, exports, or re-exports to, 13
3070	3070	into, or from Iran, whether directly or indirectly, 14
3071	3071	any significant arms or related materiel prohibited 15
3072	3072	under paragraph (5) or (6) to Annex B of United 16
3073	3073	Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015) as 17
3074	3074	of April 1, 2023; 18
3075	3075	(5) knowingly provides significant financial, ma-19
3076	3076	terial, or technological support to, or knowingly en-20
3077	3077	gages in a significant transaction with, a foreign 21
3078	3078	person subject to sanctions for conduct described in 22
3079	3079	paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 23
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3082	3082	•HR 8038 IH
3083	3083	(6) is an adult family member of a person sub-1
3084	3084	ject to sanctions for conduct described in paragraph 2
3085	3085	(1), (2), (3), or (4). 3
3086	3086	(b) S
3087	3087	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-4
3088	3088	scribed in this subsection are the following: 5
3089	3089	(1) B
3090	3090	LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 6
3091	3091	shall exercise all authorities granted under the Inter-7
3092	3092	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 8
3093	3093	U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 9
3094	3094	and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-10
3095	3095	ests in property of the foreign person if such prop-11
3096	3096	erty and interests in property are in the United 12
3097	3097	States, come within the United States, or come with-13
3098	3098	in the possession or control of a United States per-14
3099	3099	son. 15
3100	3100	(2) I
3101	3101	NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 16
3102	3102	PAROLE.— 17
3103	3103	(A) V
3104	3104	ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 18
3105	3105	alien described in subsection (a) shall be— 19
3106	3106	(i) inadmissible to the United States; 20
3107	3107	(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 21
3108	3108	documentation to enter the United States; 22
3109	3109	and 23
3110	3110	(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 24
3111	3111	or paroled into the United States or to re-25
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3114	3114	•HR 8038 IH
3115	3115	ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-1
3116	3116	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 2
3117	3117	16 seq.). 3
3118	3118	(B) C
3119	3119	URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 4
3120	3120	(i) I
3121	3121	N GENERAL.—The visa or other 5
3122	3122	entry documentation of any alien described 6
3123	3123	in subsection (a) is subject to revocation 7
3124	3124	regardless of the issue date of the visa or 8
3125	3125	other entry documentation. 9
3126	3126	(ii) I
3127	3127	MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-10
3128	3128	tion under clause (i) shall, in accordance 11
3129	3129	with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 12
3130	3130	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))— 13
3131	3131	(I) take effect immediately; and 14
3132	3132	(II) cancel any other valid visa or 15
3133	3133	entry documentation that is in the 16
3134	3134	possession of the alien. 17
3135	3135	(c) P
3136	3136	ENALTIES.—Any person that violates, or at-18
3137	3137	tempts to violate, subsection (b) or any regulation, license, 19
3138	3138	or order issued pursuant to that subsection, shall be sub-20
3139	3139	ject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 21
3140	3140	of section 206 of the International Economic Powers Act 22
3141	3141	(50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that com-23
3142	3142	mits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that 24
3143	3143	section. 25
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3146	3146	•HR 8038 IH
3147	3147	(d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-1
3148	3148	tion of sanctions under this section with respect to a for-2
3149	3149	eign person for renewable periods not to exceed 180 days 3
3150	3150	only if, not later than 15 days after the date on which 4
3151	3151	the waiver is to take effect, the President submits to the 5
3152	3152	appropriate congressional committees a written deter-6
3153	3153	mination and justification that the waiver is in the vital 7
3154	3154	national security interests of the United States. 8
3155	3155	(e) I
3156	3156	MPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 9
3157	3157	all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 10
3158	3158	International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 11
3159	3159	U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out any amendments 12
3160	3160	made by this section. 13
3161	3161	(f) R
3162	3162	EGULATIONS.— 14
3163	3163	(1) I
3164	3164	N GENERAL.—The President shall, not 15
3165	3165	later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 16
3166	3166	of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for 17
3167	3167	the implementation of this division and the amend-18
3168	3168	ments made by this division. 19
3169	3169	(2) N
3170	3170	OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not less 20
3171	3171	than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 21
3172	3172	under subsection (a), the President shall notify the 22
3173	3173	appropriate congressional committees of the pro-23
3174	3174	posed regulations and the provisions of this division 24
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3177	3177	•HR 8038 IH
3178	3178	and the amendments made by this division that the 1
3179	3179	regulations are implementing. 2
3180	3180	(g) E
3181	3181	XCEPTIONS.— 3
3182	3182	(1) E
3183	3183	XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI -4
3184	3184	TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 5
3185	3185	to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 6
3186	3186	under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 7
3187	3187	(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-8
3188	3188	ligence activities of the United States. 9
3189	3189	(2) E
3190	3190	XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -10
3191	3191	NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE -11
3192	3192	MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this section 12
3193	3193	shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 13
3194	3194	or paroling the alien into the United States is nec-14
3195	3195	essary— 15
3196	3196	(A) to permit the United States to comply 16
3197	3197	with the Agreement regarding the Head-17
3198	3198	quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 18
3199	3199	Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 19
3200	3200	November 21, 1947, between the United Na-20
3201	3201	tions and the United States, or other applicable 21
3202	3202	international obligations; or 22
3203	3203	(B) to carry out or assist authorized law 23
3204	3204	enforcement activity in the United States. 24
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3207	3207	•HR 8038 IH
3208	3208	(h) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—This section 1
3209	3209	shall cease to be effective beginning on the date that is 2
3210	3210	30 days after the date on which the President certifies 3
3211	3211	to the appropriate congressional committees that— 4
3212	3212	(1) the Government of Iran no longer repeat-5
3213	3213	edly provides support for international terrorism as 6
3214	3214	determined by the Secretary of State pursuant to— 7
3215	3215	(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 8
3216	3216	Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 9
3217	3217	4318(c)(1)(A)); 10
3218	3218	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 11
3219	3219	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 12
3220	3220	(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 13
3221	3221	Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 14
3222	3222	(D) any other provision of law; and 15
3223	3223	(2) Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, 16
3224	3224	and development of, and verifiably dismantled its, 17
3225	3225	nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and bal-18
3226	3226	listic missiles and ballistic missile launch technology. 19
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3229	3229	•HR 8038 IH
3230	3230	SEC. 6. REPORT TO IDENTIFY, AND DESIGNATION AS FOR-1
3231	3231	EIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS OF, IRA-2
3232	3232	NIAN PERSONS THAT HAVE ATTACKED 3
3233	3233	UNITED STATES CITIZENS USING UNMANNED 4
3234	3234	COMBAT AERIAL VEHICLES. 5
3235	3235	(a) I
3236	3236	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 6
3237	3237	date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 7
3238	3238	thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the ap-8
3239	3239	propriate congressional committees a report that identi-9
3240	3240	fies, for the period specified in subsection (b), any Iranian 10
3241	3241	person that has attacked a United States citizen using an 11
3242	3242	unmanned combat aerial vehicle, as defined for the pur-12
3243	3243	pose of the United Nations Register of Conventional 13
3244	3244	Arms. 14
3245	3245	(b) P
3246	3246	ERIODSPECIFIED.—The period specified in this 15
3247	3247	subsection is— 16
3248	3248	(1) for the initial report, the period— 17
3249	3249	(A) beginning on October 27, 2023; and 18
3250	3250	(B) ending on the date such report is sub-19
3251	3251	mitted; and 20
3252	3252	(2) for the second or a subsequent report, the 21
3253	3253	period— 22
3254	3254	(A) beginning on the date the preceding 23
3255	3255	report was submitted; and 24
3256	3256	(B) ending on the date such second or sub-25
3257	3257	sequent report is submitted. 26
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3260	3260	•HR 8038 IH
3261	3261	(c) DESIGNATION OF PERSONS ASFOREIGNTER-1
3262	3262	RORISTORGANIZATIONS.— 2
3263	3263	(1) I
3264	3264	N GENERAL.—The President shall des-3
3265	3265	ignate any person identified in a report submitted 4
3266	3266	under subsection (a) as a foreign terrorist organiza-5
3267	3267	tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Nat-6
3268	3268	uralization Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 7
3269	3269	(2) R
3270	3270	EVOCATION.—The President may not re-8
3271	3271	voke a designation made under paragraph (1) until 9
3272	3272	the date that is 4 years after the date of such des-10
3273	3273	ignation. 11
3274	3274	(d) W
3275	3275	AIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 12
3276	3276	requirements of this section upon a determination and cer-13
3277	3277	tification to the appropriate congressional committees that 14
3278	3278	such a waiver is in the vital national security interests of 15
3279	3279	the United States. 16
3280	3280	(e) S
3281	3281	UNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 17
3282	3282	date that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of 18
3283	3283	this Act. 19
3284	3284	(f) I
3285	3285	RANIANPERSONDEFINED.—In this section, the 20
3286	3286	term ‘‘Iranian person’’— 21
3287	3287	(1) means an entity organized under the laws 22
3288	3288	of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the 23
3289	3289	Government of Iran; and 24
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3292	3292	•HR 8038 IH
3293	3293	(2) includes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 1
3294	3294	Corps. 2
3295	3295	SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 3
3296	3296	In this division: 4
3297	3297	(1) A
3298	3298	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -5
3299	3299	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-6
3300	3300	mittees’’ means— 7
3301	3301	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 8
3302	3302	Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-9
3303	3303	mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-10
3304	3304	resentatives; and 11
3305	3305	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 12
3306	3306	the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-13
3307	3307	mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 14
3308	3308	of the Senate. 15
3309	3309	(2) F
3310	3310	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-16
3311	3311	son’’— 17
3312	3312	(A) means an individual or entity that is 18
3313	3313	not a United States person; and 19
3314	3314	(B) includes a foreign state (as such term 20
3315	3315	is defined in section 1603 of title 28, United 21
3316	3316	States Code). 22
3317	3317	(3) G
3318	3318	OVERNMENT OF IRAN .—The term ‘‘Gov-23
3319	3319	ernment of Iran’’ has the meaning given such term 24
3320	3320	in section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Reg-25
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3323	3323	•HR 8038 IH
3324	3324	ulations, as such section was in effect on January 1, 1
3325	3325	2021. 2
3326	3326	(4) U
3327	3327	NITED STATES PERSON .—The terms 3
3328	3328	‘‘United States person’’ means— 4
3329	3329	(A) a United States citizen; 5
3330	3330	(B) a permanent resident alien of the 6
3331	3331	United States; 7
3332	3332	(C) an entity organized under the laws of 8
3333	3333	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 9
3334	3334	the United States, including a foreign branch of 10
3335	3335	such an entity; or 11
3336	3336	(D) a person in the United States. 12
3337	3337	(5) I
3338	3338	RAN-ALIGNED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Iran- 13
3339	3339	aligned entity’’ means a foreign person that— 14
3340	3340	(A) is controlled or significantly influenced 15
3341	3341	by the Government of Iran; and 16
3342	3342	(B) knowingly receives material or finan-17
3343	3343	cial support from the Government of Iran, in-18
3344	3344	cluding Hezbollah, the Houthis, or any other 19
3345	3345	proxy group that furthers Iran’s national secu-20
3346	3346	rity objectives. 21
3347	3347	(6) C
3348	3348	OVERED TECHNOLOGY .—The term ‘‘cov-22
3349	3349	ered technology’’ means— 23
3350	3350	(A) any goods, technology, software, or re-24
3351	3351	lated material specified in the Missile Tech-25
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3354	3354	•HR 8038 IH
3355	3355	nology Control Regime Annex, as in effect on 1
3356	3356	the day before the date of the enactment of this 2
3357	3357	Act; and 3
3358	3358	(B) any additional goods, technology, soft-4
3359	3359	ware, or related material added to the Missile 5
3360	3360	Technology Control Regime Annex after the 6
3361	3361	day before the date of the enactment of this 7
3362	3362	Act. 8
3363	3363	(7) F
3364	3364	AMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘‘family mem-9
3365	3365	ber’’ means— 10
3366	3366	(A) a child, grandchild, parent, grand-11
3367	3367	parent, sibling, or spouse; and 12
3368	3368	(B) any spouse, widow, or widower of an 13
3369	3369	individual described in subparagraph (A). 14
3370	3370	(8) K
3371	3371	NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 15
3372	3372	the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 16
3373	3373	Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 17
3374	3374	(9) M
3375	3375	ISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME .— 18
3376	3376	The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Regime’’ 19
3377	3377	means the policy statement, between the United 20
3378	3378	States, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of 21
3379	3379	Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan, an-22
3380	3380	nounced on April 16, 1987, to restrict sensitive mis-23
3381	3381	sile-relevant transfers based on the Missile Tech-24
3382	3382	nology Control Regime Annex, and any amendments 25
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3385	3385	•HR 8038 IH
3386	3386	thereto or expansions thereof, as in effect on the day 1
3387	3387	before the date of the enactment of this Act. 2
3388	3388	(10) M
3389	3389	ISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME 3
3390	3390	ANNEX.—The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Re-4
3391	3391	gime Annex’’ means the Guidelines and Equipment 5
3392	3392	and Technology Annex of the Missile Technology 6
3393	3393	Control Regime, and any amendments thereto or up-7
3394	3394	dates thereof, as in effect on the day before the date 8
3395	3395	of the enactment of this Act. 9
3396	3396	DIVISION H—MAHSA ACT 10
3397	3397	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 11
3398	3398	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mahsa Amini Human 12
3399	3399	rights and Security Accountability Act’’ or the ‘‘MAHSA 13
3400	3400	Act’’. 14
3401	3401	SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON IRAN’S SUPREME 15
3402	3402	LEADER’S OFFICE, ITS APPOINTEES, AND ANY 16
3403	3403	AFFILIATED PERSONS. 17
3404	3404	(a) F
3405	3405	INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 18
3406	3406	(1) The Supreme Leader is an institution of the 19
3407	3407	Islamic Republic of Iran. 20
3408	3408	(2) The Supreme Leader holds ultimate author-21
3409	3409	ity over Iran’s judiciary and security apparatus, in-22
3410	3410	cluding the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, 23
3411	3411	law enforcement forces under the Interior Ministry, 24
3412	3412	the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and 25
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3415	3415	•HR 8038 IH
3416	3416	the Basij, a nationwide volunteer paramilitary group 1
3417	3417	subordinate to the IRGC, all of which have engaged 2
3418	3418	in human rights abuses in Iran. Additionally the 3
3419	3419	IRGC, a United States designated Foreign Terrorist 4
3420	3420	Organization, which reports to the Supreme Leader, 5
3421	3421	continues to perpetrate terrorism around the globe, 6
3422	3422	including attempts to kill and kidnap American citi-7
3423	3423	zens on United States soil. 8
3424	3424	(3) The Supreme Leader appoints the head of 9
3425	3425	Iran’s judiciary. International observers continue to 10
3426	3426	criticize the lack of independence of Iran’s judicial 11
3427	3427	system and maintained that trials disregarded inter-12
3428	3428	national standards of fairness. 13
3429	3429	(4) The revolutionary courts, created by Iran’s 14
3430	3430	former Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, within 15
3431	3431	Iran’s judiciary, are chiefly responsible for hearing 16
3432	3432	cases of political offenses, operate in parallel to 17
3433	3433	Iran’s criminal justice system and routinely hold 18
3434	3434	grossly unfair trials without due process, handing 19
3435	3435	down predetermined verdicts and rubberstamping 20
3436	3436	executions for political purpose. 21
3437	3437	(5) The Iranian security and law enforcement 22
3438	3438	forces engage in serious human rights abuse at the 23
3439	3439	behest of the Supreme Leader. 24
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3443	3443	(6) Iran’s President, Ebrahim Raisi, sits at the 1
3444	3444	helm of the most sanctioned cabinet in Iranian his-2
3445	3445	tory which includes internationally sanctioned rights 3
3446	3446	violators. Raisi has supported the recent crackdown 4
3447	3447	on protestors and is a rights violator himself, having 5
3448	3448	served on a ‘‘death commission’’ in 1988 that led to 6
3449	3449	the execution of several thousand political prisoners 7
3450	3450	in Iran. He most recently served as the head of 8
3451	3451	Iran’s judiciary, a position appointed by Iran’s cur-9
3452	3452	rent Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and may likely 10
3453	3453	be a potential candidate to replace Khamenei as 11
3454	3454	Iran’s next Supreme Leader. 12
3455	3455	(7) On September 16, 2022, a 22-year-old 13
3456	3456	woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the detention of the 14
3457	3457	Morality Police after being beaten and detained for 15
3458	3458	allegedly transgressing discriminatory dress codes 16
3459	3459	for women. This tragic incident triggered wide-17
3460	3460	spread, pro-women’s rights, pro-democracy protests 18
3461	3461	across all of Iran’s 31 provinces, calling for the end 19
3462	3462	to Iran’s theocratic regime. 20
3463	3463	(8) In the course of the protests, the Iranian 21
3464	3464	security forces’ violent crackdown includes mass ar-22
3465	3465	rests, well documented beating of protestors, throt-23
3466	3466	tling of the internet and telecommunications serv-24
3467	3467	ices, and shooting protestors with live ammunition. 25
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3471	3471	Iranian security forces have reportedly killed hun-1
3472	3472	dreds of protestors and other civilians, including 2
3473	3473	women and children, and wounded many more. 3
3474	3474	(9) Iran’s Supreme Leader is the leader of the 4
3475	3475	‘‘Axis of Resistance’’, which is a network of 5
3476	3476	Tehran’s terror proxy and partner militias materially 6
3477	3477	supported by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 7
3478	3478	that targets the United States as well as its allies 8
3479	3479	and partners. 9
3480	3480	(b) S
3481	3481	ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-10
3482	3482	gress that— 11
3483	3483	(1) the United States shall stand with and sup-12
3484	3484	port the people of Iran in their demand for funda-13
3485	3485	mental human rights; 14
3486	3486	(2) the United States shall continue to hold the 15
3487	3487	Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly the Supreme 16
3488	3488	Leader and President, accountable for abuses of 17
3489	3489	human rights, corruption, and export of terrorism; 18
3490	3490	and 19
3491	3491	(3) Iran must immediately end its gross viola-20
3492	3492	tions of internationally recognized human rights. 21
3493	3493	(c) I
3494	3494	NGENERAL.— 22
3495	3495	(1) D
3496	3496	ETERMINATION AND REPORT RE -23
3497	3497	QUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 24
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3501	3501	the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 1
3502	3502	the President shall— 2
3503	3503	(A) determine whether each foreign person 3
3504	3504	described in subsection (d) meets the criteria 4
3505	3505	for imposition of sanctions under one or more 5
3506	3506	of the sanctions programs and authorities listed 6
3507	3507	in paragraph (2); 7
3508	3508	(B) impose applicable sanctions against 8
3509	3509	any foreign person determined to meet the cri-9
3510	3510	teria for imposition of sanctions pursuant to 10
3511	3511	subparagraph (A) under the sanctions programs 11
3512	3512	and authorities listed in subparagraph (A) or 12
3513	3513	(F) of subsection (c)(2) and pursue applicable 13
3514	3514	sanctions against any foreign person deter-14
3515	3515	mined to meet the criteria for imposition of 15
3516	3516	sanctions pursuant to subparagraph (A) under 16
3517	3517	the sanctions programs and authorities listed in 17
3518	3518	subparagraph (B), (C), (D), or (E) of sub-18
3519	3519	section (c)(2); and 19
3520	3520	(C) submit to the appropriate congres-20
3521	3521	sional committees a report in unclassified form, 21
3522	3522	with a classified annex provided separately if 22
3523	3523	needed, containing— 23
3524	3524	(i) a list of all foreign persons de-24
3525	3525	scribed in subsection (d) that meet the cri-25
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3528	3528	•HR 8038 IH
3529	3529	teria for imposition of sanctions under one 1
3530	3530	or more of the sanctions programs and au-2
3531	3531	thorities listed in paragraph (2); and 3
3532	3532	(ii) for each foreign person identified 4
3533	3533	pursuant to clause (i)— 5
3534	3534	(I) a list of each sanctions pro-6
3535	3535	gram or authority listed in paragraph 7
3536	3536	(2) for which the person meets the 8
3537	3537	criteria for imposition of sanctions; 9
3538	3538	(II) a statement which, if any, of 10
3539	3539	the sanctions authorized by any of the 11
3540	3540	sanctions programs and authorities 12
3541	3541	identified pursuant to subclause (I) 13
3542	3542	have been imposed or will be imposed 14
3543	3543	within 30 days of the submission of 15
3544	3544	the report; and 16
3545	3545	(III) with respect to which any of 17
3546	3546	the sanctions authorized by any of the 18
3547	3547	sanctions programs and authorities 19
3548	3548	identified pursuant to subclause (I) 20
3549	3549	have not been imposed and will not be 21
3550	3550	imposed within 30 days of the submis-22
3551	3551	sion of the report, the specific author-23
3552	3552	ity under which otherwise applicable 24
3553	3553	sanctions are being waived, have oth-25
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3556	3556	•HR 8038 IH
3557	3557	erwise been determined not to apply, 1
3558	3558	or are not being imposed and a com-2
3559	3559	plete justification of the decision to 3
3560	3560	waive or otherwise not apply the sanc-4
3561	3561	tions authorized by such sanctions 5
3562	3562	programs and authorities. 6
3563	3563	(2) S
3564	3564	ANCTIONS LISTED.—The sanctions listed 7
3565	3565	in this paragraph are the following: 8
3566	3566	(A) Sanctions described in section 105(c) 9
3567	3567	of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Account-10
3568	3568	ability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 11
3569	3569	8514(c)). 12
3570	3570	(B) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 13
3571	3571	person pursuant to Executive Order 13553 (50 14
3572	3572	U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 15
3573	3573	of certain persons with respect to serious 16
3574	3574	human rights abuses by the Government of 17
3575	3575	Iran). 18
3576	3576	(C) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 19
3577	3577	person pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 20
3578	3578	U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 21
3579	3579	and prohibiting transactions with persons who 22
3580	3580	commit, threaten to commit, or support ter-23
3581	3581	rorism). 24
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3585	3585	(D) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 1
3586	3586	person pursuant to Executive Order 13818 (re-2
3587	3587	lating to blocking the property of persons in-3
3588	3588	volved in serious human rights abuse or corrup-4
3589	3589	tion). 5
3590	3590	(E) Sanctions applicable with respect to a 6
3591	3591	person pursuant to Executive Order 13876 (re-7
3592	3592	lating to imposing sanctions with respect to 8
3593	3593	Iran). 9
3594	3594	(F) Penalties and visa bans applicable with 10
3595	3595	respect to a person pursuant to section 7031(c) 11
3596	3596	of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-12
3597	3597	ations, and Related Programs Appropriations 13
3598	3598	Act, 2021. 14
3599	3599	(3) F
3600	3600	ORM OF DETERMINATION .—The deter-15
3601	3601	mination required by paragraph (1) shall be pro-16
3602	3602	vided in an unclassified form but may contain a clas-17
3603	3603	sified annex provided separately containing addi-18
3604	3604	tional contextual information pertaining to justifica-19
3605	3605	tion for the issuance of any waiver issued, as de-20
3606	3606	scribed in paragraph (1)(C)(ii). The unclassified por-21
3607	3607	tion of such determination shall be made available 22
3608	3608	on a publicly available internet website of the Fed-23
3609	3609	eral Government. 24
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3612	3612	•HR 8038 IH
3613	3613	(d) FOREIGNPERSONSDESCRIBED.—The foreign 1
3614	3614	persons described in this subsection are the following: 2
3615	3615	(1) The Supreme Leader of Iran and any offi-3
3616	3616	cial in the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran. 4
3617	3617	(2) The President of Iran and any official in 5
3618	3618	the Office of the President of Iran or the President’s 6
3619	3619	cabinet, including cabinet ministers and executive 7
3620	3620	vice presidents. 8
3621	3621	(3) Any entity, including foundations and eco-9
3622	3622	nomic conglomerates, overseen by the Office of the 10
3623	3623	Supreme Leader of Iran which is complicit in financ-11
3624	3624	ing or resourcing of human rights abuses or support 12
3625	3625	for terrorism. 13
3626	3626	(4) Any official of any entity owned or con-14
3627	3627	trolled by the Supreme Leader of Iran or the Office 15
3628	3628	of the Supreme Leader of Iran. 16
3629	3629	(5) Any person determined by the President— 17
3630	3630	(A) to be a person appointed by the Su-18
3631	3631	preme Leader of Iran, the Office of the Su-19
3632	3632	preme Leader of Iran, the President of Iran, or 20
3633	3633	the Office of the President of Iran to a position 21
3634	3634	as a state official of Iran, or as the head of any 22
3635	3635	entity located in Iran or any entity located out-23
3636	3636	side of Iran that is owned or controlled by one 24
3637	3637	or more entities in Iran; 25
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3640	3640	•HR 8038 IH
3641	3641	(B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, 1
3642	3642	or provided financial, material, or technological 2
3643	3643	support for, or goods or services to or in sup-3
3644	3644	port of any person whose property and interests 4
3645	3645	in property are blocked pursuant to any sanc-5
3646	3646	tions program or authority listed in subsection 6
3647	3647	(c)(2); 7
3648	3648	(C) to be owned or controlled by, or to 8
3649	3649	have acted or purported to act for or on behalf 9
3650	3650	of, directly or indirectly any person whose prop-10
3651	3651	erty and interests in property are blocked pur-11
3652	3652	suant to any sanctions program or authority 12
3653	3653	listed in subsection (c)(2); or 13
3654	3654	(D) to be a member of the board of direc-14
3655	3655	tors or a senior executive officer of any person 15
3656	3656	whose property and interests in property are 16
3657	3657	blocked pursuant to any sanctions program or 17
3658	3658	authority listed in subsection (c)(2). 18
3659	3659	(e) C
3660	3660	ONGRESSIONALOVERSIGHT.— 19
3661	3661	(1) I
3662	3662	N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 20
3663	3663	receiving a request from the chairman and ranking 21
3664	3664	member of one of the appropriate congressional com-22
3665	3665	mittees with respect to whether a foreign person 23
3666	3666	meets the criteria of a person described in sub-24
3667	3667	section (d)(5), the President shall— 25
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3670	3670	•HR 8038 IH
3671	3671	(A) determine if the person meets such cri-1
3672	3672	teria; and 2
3673	3673	(B) submit an unclassified report, with a 3
3674	3674	classified annex provided separately if needed, 4
3675	3675	to such chairman and ranking member with re-5
3676	3676	spect to such determination that includes a 6
3677	3677	statement of whether or not the President im-7
3678	3678	posed or intends to impose sanctions with re-8
3679	3679	spect to the person pursuant to any sanctions 9
3680	3680	program or authority listed in subsection (c)(2). 10
3681	3681	(2) A
3682	3682	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -11
3683	3683	TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-12
3684	3684	propriate congressional committees’’ means— 13
3685	3685	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 14
3686	3686	the Committee on Financial Services of the 15
3687	3687	House of Representatives; and 16
3688	3688	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 17
3689	3689	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 18
3690	3690	Urban Affairs of the Senate. 19
3691	3691	SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY. 20
3692	3692	If any provision of this division, or the application 21
3693	3693	of such provision to any person or circumstance, is found 22
3694	3694	to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this division, or 23
3695	3695	the application of that provision to other persons or cir-24
3696	3696	cumstances, shall not be affected. 25
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3699	3699	•HR 8038 IH
3700	3700	DIVISION I—HAMAS AND OTHER 1
3701	3701	PALESTINIAN TERRORIST 2
3702	3702	GROUPS INTERNATIONAL FI-3
3703	3703	NANCING PREVENTION ACT 4
3704	3704	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 5
3705	3705	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Hamas and Other 6
3706	3706	Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Pre-7
3707	3707	vention Act’’. 8
3708	3708	SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 9
3709	3709	It shall be the policy of the United States— 10
3710	3710	(1) to prevent Hamas, Palestinian Islamic 11
3711	3711	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 12
3712	3712	any affiliate or successor thereof from accessing its 13
3713	3713	international support networks; and 14
3714	3714	(2) to oppose Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 15
3715	3715	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 16
3716	3716	any affiliate or successor thereof from using goods, 17
3717	3717	including medicine and dual use items, to smuggle 18
3718	3718	weapons and other materials to further acts of ter-19
3719	3719	rorism, including against Israel. 20
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3723	3723	SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-1
3724	3724	EIGN PERSONS SUPPORTING ACTS OF TER-2
3725	3725	RORISM OR ENGAGING IN SIGNIFICANT 3
3726	3726	TRANSACTIONS WITH SENIOR MEMBERS OF 4
3727	3727	HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD AND 5
3728	3728	OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZA-6
3729	3729	TIONS. 7
3730	3730	(a) I
3731	3731	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 8
3732	3732	date of enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 9
3733	3733	the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to 10
3734	3734	each foreign person that the President determines, on or 11
3735	3735	after the date of the enactment of this Act, engages in 12
3736	3736	an activity described in subsection (b). 13
3737	3737	(b) A
3738	3738	CTIVITIESDESCRIBED.—A foreign person en-14
3739	3739	gages in an activity described in this subsection if the for-15
3740	3740	eign person knowingly— 16
3741	3741	(1) assists in sponsoring or providing signifi-17
3742	3742	cant financial, material, or technological support for, 18
3743	3743	or goods or other services to enable, acts of ter-19
3744	3744	rorism; or 20
3745	3745	(2) engages, directly or indirectly, in a signifi-21
3746	3746	cant transaction with— 22
3747	3747	(A) a senior member of Hamas, Pales-23
3748	3748	tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 24
3749	3749	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 25
3750	3750	thereof; or 26
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3753	3753	•HR 8038 IH
3754	3754	(B) a senior member of a foreign terrorist 1
3755	3755	organization designated pursuant to section 219 2
3756	3756	of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 3
3757	3757	U.S.C. 1189) that is responsible for providing, 4
3758	3758	directly or indirectly, support to Hamas, Pales-5
3759	3759	tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 6
3760	3760	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 7
3761	3761	thereof. 8
3762	3762	(c) S
3763	3763	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The President shall ex-9
3764	3764	ercise all of the powers granted to the President under 10
3765	3765	the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 11
3766	3766	U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and 12
3767	3767	prohibit all transactions in property and interests in prop-13
3768	3768	erty of a foreign person described in subsection (a) if such 14
3769	3769	property and interests in property are in the United 15
3770	3770	States, come within the United States, or are or come 16
3771	3771	within the possession or control of a United States person. 17
3772	3772	(d) P
3773	3773	ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-18
3774	3774	sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 19
3775	3775	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 20
3776	3776	apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-21
3777	3777	spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or 22
3778	3778	any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to 23
3779	3779	the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 24
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3782	3782	•HR 8038 IH
3783	3783	commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 1
3784	3784	that Act. 2
3785	3785	(e) I
3786	3786	MPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS.— 3
3787	3787	(1) I
3788	3788	N GENERAL.—The President may exercise 4
3789	3789	all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 5
3790	3790	of the International Emergency Economic Powers 6
3791	3791	Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of car-7
3792	3792	rying out this section. 8
3793	3793	(2) R
3794	3794	EGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days 9
3795	3795	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 10
3796	3796	President shall issue regulations or other guidance 11
3797	3797	as may be necessary for the implementation of this 12
3798	3798	section. 13
3799	3799	(f) W
3800	3800	AIVER.—The President may waive, on a case- 14
3801	3801	by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 15
3802	3802	the application of sanctions under this section with respect 16
3803	3803	to a foreign person only if, not later than 15 days prior 17
3804	3804	to the date on which the waiver is to take effect, the Presi-18
3805	3805	dent submits to the appropriate congressional committees 19
3806	3806	a written determination and justification that the waiver 20
3807	3807	is in the vital national security interests of the United 21
3808	3808	States. 22
3809	3809	(g) H
3810	3810	UMANITARIANASSISTANCE.— 23
3811	3811	(1) I
3812	3812	N GENERAL.—Sanctions under this section 24
3813	3813	shall not apply to— 25
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3817	3817	(A) the conduct or facilitation of a trans-1
3818	3818	action for the provision of agricultural commod-2
3819	3819	ities, food, medicine, medical devices, or human-3
3820	3820	itarian assistance, or for humanitarian pur-4
3821	3821	poses; or 5
3822	3822	(B) transactions that are necessary for or 6
3823	3823	related to the activities described in subpara-7
3824	3824	graph (A). 8
3825	3825	(2) D
3826	3826	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 9
3827	3827	(A) A
3828	3828	GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The 10
3829	3829	term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning 11
3830	3830	given that term in section 102 of the Agricul-12
3831	3831	tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 13
3832	3832	(B) M
3833	3833	EDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘med-14
3834	3834	ical device’’ has the meaning given the term 15
3835	3835	‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, 16
3836	3836	Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 17
3837	3837	(C) M
3838	3838	EDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has 18
3839	3839	the meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 19
3840	3840	201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 20
3841	3841	Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 21
3842	3842	(h) R
3843	3843	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im-22
3844	3844	pose sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign 23
3845	3845	person is in addition to the authority to impose sanctions 24
3846	3846	under any other provision of law with respect to a foreign 25
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3849	3849	•HR 8038 IH
3850	3850	person that directly or indirectly supports acts of inter-1
3851	3851	national terrorism. 2
3852	3852	SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO FOR-3
3853	3853	EIGN STATES PROVIDING SUPPORT TO 4
3854	3854	HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD AND 5
3855	3855	OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZA-6
3856	3856	TIONS. 7
3857	3857	(a) I
3858	3858	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 8
3859	3859	date of enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 9
3860	3860	the measures described in subsection (c) with respect to 10
3861	3861	a foreign state if the President determines that the foreign 11
3862	3862	state, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 12
3863	3863	engages in an activity described in subsection (b). 13
3864	3864	(b) A
3865	3865	CTIVITIESDESCRIBED.—A foreign state en-14
3866	3866	gages in an activity described in this subsection if the for-15
3867	3867	eign state knowingly— 16
3868	3868	(1) provides significant material or financial 17
3869	3869	support for acts of international terrorism, pursuant 18
3870	3870	to— 19
3871	3871	(A) section 1754(c) of the Export Control 20
3872	3872	Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)); 21
3873	3873	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 22
3874	3874	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 23
3875	3875	(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 24
3876	3876	Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 25
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3880	3880	(D) any other provision of law; 1
3881	3881	(2) provides significant material support to 2
3882	3882	Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Mar-3
3883	3883	tyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or suc-4
3884	3884	cessor thereof; or 5
3885	3885	(3) engages in a significant transaction that 6
3886	3886	materially contributes, directly or indirectly, to the 7
3887	3887	terrorist activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 8
3888	3888	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 9
3889	3889	any affiliate or successor thereof. 10
3890	3890	(c) M
3891	3891	EASURESDESCRIBED.—The measures de-11
3892	3892	scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign state 12
3893	3893	are the following: 13
3894	3894	(1) The President shall suspend, for a period of 14
3895	3895	at least 1 year, United States assistance to the for-15
3896	3896	eign state. 16
3897	3897	(2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 17
3898	3898	the United States Executive Director to each appro-18
3899	3899	priate international financial institution to oppose, 19
3900	3900	and vote against, for a period of 1 year, the exten-20
3901	3901	sion by such institution of any loan or financial or 21
3902	3902	technical assistance to the government of the foreign 22
3903	3903	state. 23
3904	3904	(3) The President shall prohibit the export of 24
3905	3905	any item on the United States Munitions List (es-25
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3908	3908	•HR 8038 IH
3909	3909	tablished pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export 1
3910	3910	Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778)) or the Commerce 2
3911	3911	Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 3
3912	3912	774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, to the 4
3913	3913	foreign state for a period of 1 year. 5
3914	3914	(d) P
3915	3915	ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-6
3916	3916	sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 7
3917	3917	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 8
3918	3918	apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-9
3919	3919	spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or 10
3920	3920	any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to 11
3921	3921	the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 12
3922	3922	commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 13
3923	3923	that Act. 14
3924	3924	(e) W
3925	3925	AIVER.—The President may waive, on a case- 15
3926	3926	by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 16
3927	3927	the application of measures under this section with respect 17
3928	3928	to a foreign state only if, not later than 15 days prior 18
3929	3929	to the date on which the waiver is to take effect, the Presi-19
3930	3930	dent submits to the appropriate congressional committees 20
3931	3931	a written determination and justification that the waiver 21
3932	3932	is in the vital national security interests of the United 22
3933	3933	States. 23
3934	3934	(f) I
3935	3935	MPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS.— 24
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3939	3939	(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may exercise 1
3940	3940	all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 2
3941	3941	of the International Emergency Economic Powers 3
3942	3942	Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of car-4
3943	3943	rying out this section. 5
3944	3944	(2) R
3945	3945	EGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days 6
3946	3946	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 7
3947	3947	President shall issue regulations or other guidance 8
3948	3948	as may be necessary for the implementation of this 9
3949	3949	section. 10
3950	3950	(g) A
3951	3951	DDITIONALEXEMPTIONS.— 11
3952	3952	(1) S
3953	3953	TATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENTS .—The 12
3954	3954	President may exempt the application of measures 13
3955	3955	under this section with respect to a foreign state if 14
3956	3956	the application of such measures would prevent the 15
3957	3957	United States from meeting the terms of any status 16
3958	3958	of forces agreement to which the United States is a 17
3959	3959	party or meeting other obligations relating to the 18
3960	3960	basing of United States service members. 19
3961	3961	(2) A
3962	3962	UTHORIZED INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES .— 20
3963	3963	Measures under this section shall not apply with re-21
3964	3964	spect to any activity subject to the reporting require-22
3965	3965	ments under title V of the National Security Act of 23
3966	3966	1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized in-24
3967	3967	telligence activities of the United States. 25
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3971	3971	(3) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE .— 1
3972	3972	(A) I
3973	3973	N GENERAL.—Measures under this 2
3974	3974	section shall not apply to— 3
3975	3975	(i) the conduct or facilitation of a 4
3976	3976	transaction for the provision of agricultural 5
3977	3977	commodities, food, medicine, medical de-6
3978	3978	vices, or humanitarian assistance, or for 7
3979	3979	humanitarian purposes; or 8
3980	3980	(ii) transactions that are necessary for 9
3981	3981	or related to the activities described in 10
3982	3982	clause (i). 11
3983	3983	(B) D
3984	3984	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 12
3985	3985	(i) A
3986	3986	GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The 13
3987	3987	term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the 14
3988	3988	meaning given that term in section 102 of 15
3989	3989	the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 16
3990	3990	U.S.C. 5602). 17
3991	3991	(ii) M
3992	3992	EDICAL DEVICE.—The term 18
3993	3993	‘‘medical device’’ has the meaning given 19
3994	3994	the term ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the 20
3995	3995	Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 21
3996	3996	U.S.C. 321). 22
3997	3997	(iii) M
3998	3998	EDICINE.—The term ‘‘medi-23
3999	3999	cine’’ has the meaning given the term 24
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4002	4002	•HR 8038 IH
4003	4003	‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, 1
4004	4004	Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 2
4005	4005	(h) R
4006	4006	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im-3
4007	4007	pose measures under this section with respect to a foreign 4
4008	4008	state is in addition to the authority to impose measures 5
4009	4009	under any other provision of law with respect to foreign 6
4010	4010	states that directly or indirectly support acts of inter-7
4011	4011	national terrorism. 8
4012	4012	SEC. 5. REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES TO DISRUPT GLOBAL 9
4013	4013	FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY 10
4014	4014	LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES OF HAMAS, PALES-11
4015	4015	TINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD, AL-AQSA MARTYRS 12
4016	4016	BRIGADE, THE LION’S DEN OR ANY AFFIL-13
4017	4017	IATE OR SUCCESSOR THEREOF. 14
4018	4018	(a) I
4019	4019	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 15
4020	4020	date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there-16
4021	4021	after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con-17
4022	4022	gressional committees a report that includes— 18
4023	4023	(1) an assessment of the disposition of the as-19
4024	4024	sets and activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 20
4025	4025	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 21
4026	4026	any affiliate or successor thereof related to fund-22
4027	4027	raising, financing, and money laundering worldwide; 23
4028	4028	(2) a list of foreign states that knowingly pro-24
4029	4029	viding material, financial, or technical support for, 25
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4033	4033	or goods or services to Hamas, the Palestinian Is-1
4034	4034	lamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s 2
4035	4035	Den, or any affiliate or successor thereof; 3
4036	4036	(3) a list of foreign states in which Hamas, the 4
4037	4037	Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 5
4038	4038	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor thereof 6
4039	4039	conducts significant fundraising, financing, or money 7
4040	4040	laundering activities; 8
4041	4041	(4) a list of foreign states from which Hamas, 9
4042	4042	the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Bri-10
4043	4043	gade, the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 11
4044	4044	thereof knowingly engaged in the transfer of surveil-12
4045	4045	lance equipment, electronic monitoring equipment, 13
4046	4046	or other means to inhibit communication or the free 14
4047	4047	flow of information in Gaza; and 15
4048	4048	(5) with respect to each foreign state listed in 16
4049	4049	paragraph (2), (3), or (4)— 17
4050	4050	(A) a description of the steps the foreign 18
4051	4051	state identified is taking adequate measures to 19
4052	4052	restrict financial flows to Hamas, the Pales-20
4053	4053	tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 21
4054	4054	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliates or successors 22
4055	4055	thereof; and 23
4056	4056	(B) in the case of a foreign state failing to 24
4057	4057	take adequate measures to restrict financial 25
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4061	4061	flows to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al- 1
4062	4062	Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den or any 2
4063	4063	other designated entity engaged in significant 3
4064	4064	act of terrorism threatening the peace and secu-4
4065	4065	rity of Israel— 5
4066	4066	(i) an assessment of the reasons that 6
4067	4067	government is not taking adequate meas-7
4068	4068	ures to restrict financial flows to those en-8
4069	4069	tities; and 9
4070	4070	(ii) a description of measures being 10
4071	4071	taken by the United States Government to 11
4072	4072	encourage the foreign state to restrict fi-12
4073	4073	nancial flows to those entities; and 13
4074	4074	(b) F
4075	4075	ORM.—Each report required by subsection (a) 14
4076	4076	shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest ex-15
4077	4077	tent possible, and may contain a classified annex. 16
4078	4078	SEC. 6. TERMINATION. 17
4079	4079	This division shall terminate on the earlier of— 18
4080	4080	(1) the date that is 7 years after the date of the 19
4081	4081	enactment of this Act; or 20
4082	4082	(2) the date that is 30 days after the date on 21
4083	4083	which the President certifies to the appropriate con-22
4084	4084	gressional committees that— 23
4085	4085	(A) Hamas or any successor or affiliate 24
4086	4086	thereof is no longer designated as a foreign ter-25
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4089	4089	•HR 8038 IH
4090	4090	rorist organization pursuant to section 219 of 1
4091	4091	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 2
4092	4092	1189); 3
4093	4093	(B) Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 4
4094	4094	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, and 5
4095	4095	any successor or affiliate thereof are no longer 6
4096	4096	subject to sanctions pursuant to— 7
4097	4097	(i) Executive Order No. 12947 (Janu-8
4098	4098	ary 23, 1995; relating to prohibiting trans-9
4099	4099	actions with terrorists who threaten to dis-10
4100	4100	rupt the Middle East peace process); and 11
4101	4101	(ii) Executive Order No. 13224 (Sep-12
4102	4102	tember 23, 2001; relating to blocking prop-13
4103	4103	erty and prohibiting transactions with per-14
4104	4104	sons who commit, threaten to commit, or 15
4105	4105	support terrorism); and 16
4106	4106	(C) Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 17
4107	4107	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, and 18
4108	4108	any successor or affiliate thereof meet the cri-19
4109	4109	teria described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 20
4110	4110	section 9 of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act 21
4111	4111	of 2006 (22 U.S.C. 2378b note). 22
4112	4112	SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 23
4113	4113	In this division: 24
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4116	4116	•HR 8038 IH
4117	4117	(1) ACT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of ter-1
4118	4118	rorism’’ means an activity that— 2
4119	4119	(A) involves a violent act or an act dan-3
4120	4120	gerous to human life, property, or infrastruc-4
4121	4121	ture; and 5
4122	4122	(B) appears to be intended to— 6
4123	4123	(i) intimidate or coerce a civilian pop-7
4124	4124	ulation; 8
4125	4125	(ii) influence the policy of a govern-9
4126	4126	ment by intimidation or coercion; or 10
4127	4127	(iii) affect the conduct of a govern-11
4128	4128	ment by mass destruction, assassination, 12
4129	4129	kidnapping, or hostage-taking. 13
4130	4130	(2) A
4131	4131	DMITTED.—The term ‘‘admitted’’ has the 14
4132	4132	meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13)(A) of 15
4133	4133	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 16
4134	4134	1101(a)(13)(A)). 17
4135	4135	(3) A
4136	4136	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -18
4137	4137	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-19
4138	4138	mittees’’ means— 20
4139	4139	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 21
4140	4140	the Committee on Financial Services of the 22
4141	4141	House of Representatives; and 23
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4145	4145	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 1
4146	4146	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 2
4147	4147	Urban Affairs of the Senate. 3
4148	4148	(4) F
4149	4149	OREIGN STATE.—The term ‘‘foreign state’’ 4
4150	4150	has the meaning given such term in section 1603 of 5
4151	4151	title 28, United States Code. 6
4152	4152	(5) H
4153	4153	UMANITARIAN AID.—The term ‘‘humani-7
4154	4154	tarian aid’’ means food, medicine, and medical sup-8
4155	4155	plies. 9
4156	4156	(6) M
4157	4157	ATERIAL SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘material 10
4158	4158	support’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘material 11
4159	4159	support or resources’’ in section 2339A of title 18, 12
4160	4160	United States Code. 13
4161	4161	(7) U
4162	4162	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 14
4163	4163	‘‘United States person’’ means— 15
4164	4164	(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-16
4165	4165	fully admitted for permanent residence to the 17
4166	4166	United States; or 18
4167	4167	(B) an entity organized under the laws of 19
4168	4168	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 20
4169	4169	the United States, including a foreign branch of 21
4170	4170	such an entity. 22
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4174	4174	DIVISION J—NO TECHNOLOGY 1
4175	4175	FOR TERROR ACT 2
4176	4176	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
4177	4177	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Technology for 4
4178	4178	Terror Act’’. 5
4179	4179	SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF FOREIGN-DIRECT PRODUCT 6
4180	4180	RULES TO IRAN. 7
4181	4181	(a) I
4182	4182	NGENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 8
4183	4183	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a foreign- 9
4184	4184	produced item shall be subject to the Export Administra-10
4185	4185	tion Regulations (pursuant to the Export Control Reform 11
4186	4186	Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.)) if the item— 12
4187	4187	(1) meets— 13
4188	4188	(A) the product scope requirements de-14
4189	4189	scribed in subsection (b); and 15
4190	4190	(B) the destination scope requirements de-16
4191	4191	scribed in subsection (c); and 17
4192	4192	(2) is exported, reexported, or in-country trans-18
4193	4193	ferred to Iran from abroad or involves the Govern-19
4194	4194	ment of Iran. 20
4195	4195	(b) P
4196	4196	RODUCTSCOPEREQUIREMENTS.—A foreign- 21
4197	4197	produced item meets the product scope requirements of 22
4198	4198	this subsection if the item— 23
4199	4199	(1) is a direct product of United States-origin 24
4200	4200	technology or software subject to the Export Admin-25
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4203	4203	•HR 8038 IH
4204	4204	istration Regulations that is specified in a covered 1
4205	4205	Export Control Classification Number or is identi-2
4206	4206	fied in supplement no. 7 to part 746 of the Export 3
4207	4207	Administration Regulations; or 4
4208	4208	(2) is produced by any plant or major compo-5
4209	4209	nent of a plant that is located outside the United 6
4210	4210	States, if the plant or major component of a plant, 7
4211	4211	whether made in the United States or a foreign 8
4212	4212	country, itself is a direct product of United States- 9
4213	4213	origin technology or software subject to the Export 10
4214	4214	Administration Regulations that is specified in a 11
4215	4215	covered Export Control Classification Number. 12
4216	4216	(c) D
4217	4217	ESTINATIONSCOPEREQUIREMENTS.—A for-13
4218	4218	eign-produced item meets the destination scope require-14
4219	4219	ments of this subsection if there is knowledge that the for-15
4220	4220	eign-produced item is destined to Iran or will be incor-16
4221	4221	porated into or used in the production or development of 17
4222	4222	any part, component, or equipment subject to the Export 18
4223	4223	Administration Regulations and produced in or destined 19
4224	4224	to Iran. 20
4225	4225	(d) L
4226	4226	ICENSEREQUIREMENTS.— 21
4227	4227	(1) I
4228	4228	N GENERAL.—A license shall be required 22
4229	4229	to export, reexport, or in-country transfer a foreign- 23
4230	4230	produced item from abroad that meets the product 24
4231	4231	scope requirements described in subsection (b) and 25
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4235	4235	the destination scope requirements described in sub-1
4236	4236	section (c) and is subject to the Export Administra-2
4237	4237	tion Regulations pursuant to this section. 3
4238	4238	(2) E
4239	4239	XCEPTIONS.—The license requirements of 4
4240	4240	paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 5
4241	4241	(A) food, medicine, or medical devices that 6
4242	4242	are— 7
4243	4243	(i) designated as EAR99; or 8
4244	4244	(ii) not designated under or listed on 9
4245	4245	the Commerce Control List; or 10
4246	4246	(B) services, software, or hardware (other 11
4247	4247	than services, software, or hardware for end- 12
4248	4248	users owned or controlled by the Government of 13
4249	4249	Iran) that are— 14
4250	4250	(i) necessarily and ordinarily incident 15
4251	4251	to communications; or 16
4252	4252	(ii) designated as— 17
4253	4253	(I) EAR99; or 18
4254	4254	(II) Export Control Classification 19
4255	4255	Number 5A992.c or 5D992.c, and 20
4256	4256	classified in accordance with section 21
4257	4257	740.17 of title 15 Code of Federal 22
4258	4258	Regulations; and 23
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4262	4262	(iii) subject to a general license issued 1
4263	4263	by the Department of Commerce or De-2
4264	4264	partment of Treasury. 3
4265	4265	(e) N
4266	4266	ATIONALINTERESTWAIVER.—The Secretary of 4
4267	4267	Commerce may waive the requirements imposed under this 5
4268	4268	section if the Secretary— 6
4269	4269	(1) determines that the waiver is in the national 7
4270	4270	interests of the United States; and 8
4271	4271	(2) submits to the Committee on Foreign Af-9
4272	4272	fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-10
4273	4273	mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 11
4274	4274	the Senate a report explaining which requirements 12
4275	4275	are being waived and the reasons for the waiver. 13
4276	4276	(f) S
4277	4277	UNSET.—The authority provided under this sec-14
4278	4278	tion shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the 15
4279	4279	date of the enactment of this Act. 16
4280	4280	(g) D
4281	4281	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 17
4282	4282	(1) the term ‘‘Commerce Control List’’ means 18
4283	4283	the list maintained pursuant to part 744 of the Ex-19
4284	4284	port Administration Regulations; 20
4285	4285	(2) the term ‘‘covered Export Control Classi-21
4286	4286	fication Number’’ means an Export Control Classi-22
4287	4287	fication Number in product group D or E of Cat-23
4288	4288	egory 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the Commerce Control 24
4289	4289	List; 25
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4292	4292	•HR 8038 IH
4293	4293	(3) the terms ‘‘Export Administration Regula-1
4294	4294	tions’’, ‘‘export’’, ‘‘reexport’’, and ‘‘in-country trans-2
4295	4295	fer’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 3
4296	4296	1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 4
4297	4297	U.S.C. 4801); and 5
4298	4298	(4) the terms ‘‘direct product’’, ‘‘technology’’, 6
4299	4299	‘‘software’’, ‘‘major component’’, ‘‘knowledge’’, ‘‘pro-7
4300	4300	duction’’, ‘‘development’’, ‘‘part’’, ‘‘component’’, 8
4301	4301	‘‘equipment’’, and ‘‘government end users’’ have the 9
4302	4302	meanings given those terms in section 734.9 or part 10
4303	4303	772 of the Export Administration Regulations, as 11
4304	4304	the case may be. 12
4305	4305	DIVISION K—STRENGTHENING 13
4306	4306	TOOLS TO COUNTER THE USE 14
4307	4307	OF HUMAN SHIELDS ACT 15
4308	4308	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 16
4309	4309	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Tools 17
4310	4310	to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act’’. 18
4311	4311	SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 19
4312	4312	It shall be the policy of the United States to fully 20
4313	4313	implement and enforce sanctions against terrorist organi-21
4314	4314	zations and other malign actors that use innocent civilians 22
4315	4315	as human shields. 23
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4318	4318	•HR 8038 IH
4319	4319	SEC. 3. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF SANCTIONING 1
4320	4320	THE USE OF CIVILIANS AS DEFENSELESS 2
4321	4321	SHIELDS ACT. 3
4322	4322	(a) I
4323	4323	NGENERAL.—Section 3 of the Sanctioning the 4
4324	4324	Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 5
4325	4325	115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 6
4326	4326	(1) in subsection (b)— 7
4327	4327	(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 8
4328	4328	paragraph (4); and 9
4329	4329	(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 10
4330	4330	following: 11
4331	4331	‘‘(3) Each foreign person that the President de-12
4332	4332	termines, on or after the date of the enactment of 13
4333	4333	the Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of 14
4334	4334	Human Shields Act— 15
4335	4335	‘‘(A) is a member of Palestine Islamic 16
4336	4336	Jihad or is knowingly acting on behalf of Pal-17
4337	4337	estine Islamic Jihad; and 18
4338	4338	‘‘(B) knowingly orders, controls, or other-19
4339	4339	wise directs the use of civilians protected as 20
4340	4340	such by the law of war to shield military objec-21
4341	4341	tives from attack.’’; 22
4342	4342	(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), 23
4343	4343	(h), and (i) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), 24
4344	4344	respectively; and 25
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4347	4347	•HR 8038 IH
4348	4348	(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-1
4349	4349	lowing: 2
4350	4350	‘‘(e) C
4351	4351	ONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS.—Not later than 3
4352	4352	120 days after receiving a request from the chairman and 4
4353	4353	ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional 5
4354	4354	committees with respect to whether a foreign person meets 6
4355	4355	the criteria of a person described in subsection (b) or (c), 7
4356	4356	the President shall— 8
4357	4357	‘‘(1) determine if the person meets such cri-9
4358	4358	teria; and 10
4359	4359	‘‘(2) submit a written justification to the chair-11
4360	4360	man and ranking member detailing whether or not 12
4361	4361	the President imposed or intends to impose sanc-13
4362	4362	tions described in subsection (b) or (c) with respect 14
4363	4363	to such person.’’. 15
4364	4364	(b) D
4365	4365	EFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Sanctioning the 16
4366	4366	Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 17
4367	4367	115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 18
4368	4368	(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-19
4369	4369	graph (8); and 20
4370	4370	(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-21
4371	4371	lowing: 22
4372	4372	‘‘(7) P
4373	4373	ALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD .—The term 23
4374	4374	‘Palestine Islamic Jihad’ means— 24
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4377	4377	•HR 8038 IH
4378	4378	‘‘(A) the entity known as Palestine Islamic 1
4379	4379	Jihad and designated by the Secretary of State 2
4380	4380	as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to 3
4381	4381	section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 4
4382	4382	Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 5
4383	4383	‘‘(B) any person identified as an agent or 6
4384	4384	instrumentality of Palestine Islamic Jihad on 7
4385	4385	the list of specially designated nationals and 8
4386	4386	blocked persons maintained by the Office of 9
4387	4387	Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the 10
4388	4388	Treasury, the property or interests in property 11
4389	4389	of which are blocked pursuant to the Inter-12
4390	4390	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 13
4391	4391	U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).’’. 14
4392	4392	(c) S
4393	4393	UNSET.—Section 5 of the Sanctioning the Use 15
4394	4394	of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115– 16
4395	4395	348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘De-17
4396	4396	cember 31, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 18
4397	4397	(d) S
4398	4398	EVERABILITY.—The Sanctioning the Use of Ci-19
4399	4399	vilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 20
4400	4400	50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end 21
4401	4401	the following: 22
4402	4402	‘‘SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 23
4403	4403	‘‘If any provision of this Act, or the application of 24
4404	4404	such provision to any person or circumstance, is found to 25
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4407	4407	•HR 8038 IH
4408	4408	be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, or the ap-1
4409	4409	plication of that provision to other persons or cir-2
4410	4410	cumstances, shall not be affected.’’. 3
4411	4411	SEC. 4. REPORT ON COUNTERING THE USE OF HUMAN 4
4412	4412	SHIELDS. 5
4413	4413	(a) I
4414	4414	NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 6
4415	4415	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 7
4416	4416	shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the 8
4417	4417	Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-9
4418	4418	tives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-10
4419	4419	ate a report that contains the following: 11
4420	4420	(1) A description of the lessons learned from 12
4421	4421	the United States and its allies and partners in ad-13
4422	4422	dressing the use of human shields by terrorist orga-14
4423	4423	nizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestine Is-15
4424	4424	lamic Jihad, and any other organization as deter-16
4425	4425	mined by the Secretary of Defense. 17
4426	4426	(2) A description of a specific plan and actions 18
4427	4427	being taken by the Department of Defense to incor-19
4428	4428	porate the lessons learned as identified in paragraph 20
4429	4429	(1) into Department of Defense operating guidance, 21
4430	4430	relevant capabilities, and tactics, techniques, and 22
4431	4431	procedures to deter, counter, and address the chal-23
4432	4432	lenge posed by the use of human shields and hold 24
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4435	4435	•HR 8038 IH
4436	4436	accountable terrorist organizations for the use of 1
4437	4437	human shields. 2
4438	4438	(3) A description of specific measures being de-3
4439	4439	veloped and implemented by the United States Gov-4
4440	4440	ernment to mobilize and leverage allied nations, in-5
4441	4441	cluding member nations of the North Atlantic Trea-6
4442	4442	ty Organization (NATO), to deter, counter, and hold 7
4443	4443	accountable terrorist organizations for the use of 8
4444	4444	human shields. 9
4445	4445	(4) The current status of joint exercises, doc-10
4446	4446	trine development, education, and training on coun-11
4447	4447	tering the use of human shields in multinational cen-12
4448	4448	ters of excellence. 13
4449	4449	(5) The current status of participation of mem-14
4450	4450	bers of the Armed Forces and Department of De-15
4451	4451	fense civilian personnel in any multinational center 16
4452	4452	of excellence for the purposes of countering the use 17
4453	4453	of human shields. 18
4454	4454	(6) The feasibility and advisability of beginning 19
4455	4455	or continuing participation of members of the Armed 20
4456	4456	Forces and Department of Defense civilian per-21
4457	4457	sonnel to promote the integration of joint exercises, 22
4458	4458	doctrine development, education, and training on 23
4459	4459	countering the use of human shields into multi-24
4460	4460	national centers of excellence. 25
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4463	4463	•HR 8038 IH
4464	4464	(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘multi-1
4465	4465	national center of excellence’’ has the meaning given that 2
4466	4466	term in section 344 of title 10, United States Code. 3
4467	4467	SEC. 5. CONFRONTING ASYMMETRIC AND MALICIOUS 4
4468	4468	CYBER ACTIVITIES. 5
4469	4469	(a) I
4470	4470	NGENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 6
4471	4471	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-7
4472	4472	dent may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 8
4473	4473	with respect to any foreign person that the Secretary of 9
4474	4474	the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General 10
4475	4475	and the Secretary of State determine, on or after such 11
4476	4476	date of enactment— 12
4477	4477	(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has en-13
4478	4478	gaged knowingly in, significant cyber-enabled activi-14
4479	4479	ties originating from, or directed by persons located, 15
4480	4480	in whole or in substantial part, outside the United 16
4481	4481	States that are reasonably likely to result in, or have 17
4482	4482	materially contributed to, a significant threat to the 18
4483	4483	national security, foreign policy, or economic health 19
4484	4484	or financial stability of the United States; 20
4485	4485	(2) materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 21
4486	4486	financial, material, or technological support for, or 22
4487	4487	goods or services to or in support of, any activity de-23
4488	4488	scribed in this subsection or any person whose prop-24
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4491	4491	•HR 8038 IH
4492	4492	erty and interests in property are blocked pursuant 1
4493	4493	to this section; 2
4494	4494	(3) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or 3
4495	4495	purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indi-4
4496	4496	rectly, any person whose property and interests in 5
4497	4497	property are blocked pursuant to this section; or 6
4498	4498	(4) has attempted to engage in any of the ac-7
4499	4499	tivities described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 8
4500	4500	(b) S
4501	4501	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-9
4502	4502	scribed in this subsection are the following: 10
4503	4503	(1) I
4504	4504	NADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES .—In 11
4505	4505	the case of an alien— 12
4506	4506	(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 13
4507	4507	the United States or to be admitted to the 14
4508	4508	United States; or 15
4509	4509	(B) if the individual has been issued a visa 16
4510	4510	or other documentation, revocation, in accord-17
4511	4511	ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 18
4512	4512	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa 19
4513	4513	or other documentation. 20
4514	4514	(2) B
4515	4515	LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The blocking, in 21
4516	4516	accordance with the International Emergency Eco-22
4517	4517	nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all 23
4518	4518	transactions in all property and interests in property 24
4519	4519	of a foreign person if such property and interests in 25
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4522	4522	•HR 8038 IH
4523	4523	property are in the United States, come within the 1
4524	4524	United States, or are or come within the possession 2
4525	4525	or control of a United States person. 3
4526	4526	(c) R
4527	4527	EQUESTS BY APPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL 4
4528	4528	C
4529	4529	OMMITTEES.— 5
4530	4530	(1) I
4531	4531	N GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 6
4532	4532	after receiving a request that meets the require-7
4533	4533	ments of paragraph (2) with respect to whether a 8
4534	4534	foreign person has engaged in an activity described 9
4535	4535	in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in 10
4536	4536	consultation with the Attorney General and the Sec-11
4537	4537	retary of State shall— 12
4538	4538	(A) determine if that person has engaged 13
4539	4539	in such an activity; and 14
4540	4540	(B) submit a classified or unclassified re-15
4541	4541	port to the chairperson and ranking member of 16
4542	4542	the committee or committees that submitted the 17
4543	4543	request with respect to that determination that 18
4544	4544	includes— 19
4545	4545	(i) a statement of whether or not the 20
4546	4546	Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 21
4547	4547	with the Attorney General and the Sec-22
4548	4548	retary of State imposed or intends to im-23
4549	4549	pose sanctions with respect to the person; 24
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4552	4552	•HR 8038 IH
4553	4553	(ii) if the President imposed or in-1
4554	4554	tends to impose sanctions, a description of 2
4555	4555	those sanctions; and 3
4556	4556	(iii) if the President does not intend 4
4557	4557	to impose sanctions, a description of ac-5
4558	4558	tions that meet the threshold for the Presi-6
4559	4559	dent to impose sanctions. 7
4560	4560	(2) R
4561	4561	EQUIREMENTS.—A request under para-8
4562	4562	graph (1) with respect to whether a foreign person 9
4563	4563	has engaged in an activity described in subsection 10
4564	4564	(a) shall be submitted to the President in writing 11
4565	4565	jointly by the chairperson and ranking member of 12
4566	4566	one of the appropriate congressional committees. 13
4567	4567	(d) A
4568	4568	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 14
4569	4569	D
4570	4570	EFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-15
4571	4571	gressional committees’’ means— 16
4572	4572	(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 17
4573	4573	Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-18
4574	4574	mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-19
4575	4575	tives; and 20
4576	4576	(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 21
4577	4577	Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 22
4578	4578	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 23
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4581	4581	•HR 8038 IH
4582	4582	SEC. 6. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO CUR-1
4583	4583	RENT OR FORMER UNITED STATES OFFI-2
4584	4584	CIALS. 3
4585	4585	(a) I
4586	4586	NGENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 4
4587	4587	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-5
4588	4588	dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 6
4589	4589	with respect to any foreign person the President deter-7
4590	4590	mines has, on or after such date of enactment, ordered, 8
4591	4591	directed, or taken material steps to carry out any use of 9
4592	4592	violence or has attempted or threatened to use violence 10
4593	4593	against any current or former official of the Government 11
4594	4594	of the United States. 12
4595	4595	(b) S
4596	4596	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-13
4597	4597	scribed in this subsection are the following: 14
4598	4598	(1) I
4599	4599	NADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES .—In 15
4600	4600	the case of a foreign person who is an individual— 16
4601	4601	(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 17
4602	4602	the United States or to be admitted to the 18
4603	4603	United States; or 19
4604	4604	(B) if the individual has been issued a visa 20
4605	4605	or other documentation, revocation, in accord-21
4606	4606	ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 22
4607	4607	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa 23
4608	4608	or other documentation. 24
4609	4609	(2) B
4610	4610	LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The blocking, in 25
4611	4611	accordance with the International Emergency Eco-26
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4614	4614	•HR 8038 IH
4615	4615	nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all 1
4616	4616	transactions in all property and interests in property 2
4617	4617	of a foreign person if such property and interests in 3
4618	4618	property are in the United States, come within the 4
4619	4619	United States, or are or come within the possession 5
4620	4620	or control of a United States person. 6
4621	4621	(c) E
4622	4622	NFORCEMENT OF BLOCKING OFPROPERTY.— 7
4623	4623	A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to 8
4624	4624	violate, or causes a violation of a sanction described in 9
4625	4625	subsection (b)(2) that is imposed by the President or any 10
4626	4626	regulation, license, or order issued to carry out such a 11
4627	4627	sanction shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-12
4628	4628	sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 13
4629	4629	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 14
4630	4630	same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-15
4631	4631	scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 16
4632	4632	(d) W
4633	4633	AIVER.—The President may waive the applica-17
4634	4634	tion of sanctions under this section for renewable periods 18
4635	4635	not to exceed 180 days if the President— 19
4636	4636	(1) determines that such a waiver is in the vital 20
4637	4637	national security interests of the United States; and 21
4638	4638	(2) not less than 15 days before the granting 22
4639	4639	of the waiver, submits to the appropriate congres-23
4640	4640	sional committees a notice of and justification for 24
4641	4641	the waiver. 25
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4644	4644	•HR 8038 IH
4645	4645	(e) TERMINATION ANDSUNSET.— 1
4646	4646	(1) T
4647	4647	ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS .—The Presi-2
4648	4648	dent may terminate the application of sanctions 3
4649	4649	under this section with respect to a person if the 4
4650	4650	President determines and reports to the appropriate 5
4651	4651	congressional committees not later than 15 days be-6
4652	4652	fore the termination of the sanctions that— 7
4653	4653	(A) credible information exists that the 8
4654	4654	person did not engage in the activity for which 9
4655	4655	sanctions were imposed; 10
4656	4656	(B) the person has credibly demonstrated 11
4657	4657	a significant change in behavior, has paid an 12
4658	4658	appropriate consequence for the activity for 13
4659	4659	which sanctions were imposed, and has credibly 14
4660	4660	committed to not engage in an activity de-15
4661	4661	scribed in subsection (a) in the future; or 16
4662	4662	(C) the termination of the sanctions is in 17
4663	4663	the vital national security interests of the 18
4664	4664	United States. 19
4665	4665	(2) S
4666	4666	UNSET.—The requirement to impose sanc-20
4667	4667	tions under this section shall terminate on the date 21
4668	4668	that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of 22
4669	4669	this Act. 23
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4672	4672	•HR 8038 IH
4673	4673	(f) APPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-1
4674	4674	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-2
4675	4675	sional committees’’ means— 3
4676	4676	(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 4
4677	4677	Committee on the Judiciary; and 5
4678	4678	(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 6
4679	4679	the Committee on the Judiciary. 7
4680	4680	DIVISION L—ILLICIT CAPTAGON 8
4681	4681	TRAFFICKING SUPPRESSION 9
4682	4682	ACT 10
4683	4683	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 11
4684	4684	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illicit Captagon Traf-12
4685	4685	ficking Suppression Act of 2023’’. 13
4686	4686	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 14
4687	4687	Congress finds the following: 15
4688	4688	(1) Industrial scale production of the amphet-16
4689	4689	amine-type stimulant also known as captagon, and 17
4690	4690	the illicit production of precursor chemicals, in terri-18
4691	4691	tories held by the regime of President Bashar al 19
4692	4692	Assad in Syria are becoming more sophisticated and 20
4693	4693	pose a severe challenge to regional and international 21
4694	4694	security. 22
4695	4695	(2) Elements of the Government of Syria are 23
4696	4696	key drivers of illicit trafficking in captagon, with 24
4697	4697	ministerial-level complicity in production and smug-25
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4700	4700	•HR 8038 IH
4701	4701	gling, using other armed groups such as Hizballah 1
4702	4702	for technical and logistical support in captagon pro-2
4703	4703	duction and trafficking. 3
4704	4704	(3) As affiliates of the Government of Syria and 4
4705	4705	other actors seek to export captagon, they under-5
4706	4706	mine regional security by empowering a broad range 6
4707	4707	of criminal networks, militant groups, mafia syn-7
4708	4708	dicates, and autocratic governments. 8
4709	4709	SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 9
4710	4710	It is the policy of the United States to target individ-10
4711	4711	uals, entities, and networks associated with the Govern-11
4712	4712	ment of Syria to dismantle and degrade the transnational 12
4713	4713	criminal organizations, including narcotics trafficking net-13
4714	4714	works, associated with the regime of President Bashar al 14
4715	4715	Assad in Syria and Hizballah. 15
4716	4716	SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IL-16
4717	4717	LICIT CAPTAGON TRAFFICKING. 17
4718	4718	(a) I
4719	4719	NGENERAL.—The sanctions described in sub-18
4720	4720	section (b) shall be imposed with respect to any foreign 19
4721	4721	person the President determines, on or after the date of 20
4722	4722	enactment of this Act— 21
4723	4723	(1) engages in, or attempts to engage in, activi-22
4724	4724	ties or transactions that have materially contributed 23
4725	4725	to, or pose a significant risk of materially contrib-24
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4728	4728	•HR 8038 IH
4729	4729	uting to, the illicit production and international il-1
4730	4730	licit proliferation of captagon; or 2
4731	4731	(2) knowingly receives any property or interest 3
4732	4732	in property that the foreign person knows— 4
4733	4733	(A) constitutes or is derived from proceeds 5
4734	4734	of activities or transactions that have materially 6
4735	4735	contributed to, or pose a significant risk of ma-7
4736	4736	terially contributing to, the illicit production 8
4737	4737	and international illicit proliferation of 9
4738	4738	captagon; or 10
4739	4739	(B) was used or intended to be used to 11
4740	4740	commit or to facilitate activities or transactions 12
4741	4741	that have materially contributed to, or pose a 13
4742	4742	significant risk of materially contributing to, 14
4743	4743	the illicit production and international illicit 15
4744	4744	proliferation of captagon. 16
4745	4745	(b) S
4746	4746	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-17
4747	4747	scribed in this subsection are the following: 18
4748	4748	(1) B
4749	4749	LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 19
4750	4750	shall exercise all authorities granted under the Inter-20
4751	4751	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 21
4752	4752	U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 22
4753	4753	and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-23
4754	4754	ests in property of the foreign person if such prop-24
4755	4755	erty and interests in property are in the United 25
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4758	4758	•HR 8038 IH
4759	4759	States, come within the United States, or come with-1
4760	4760	in the possession or control of a United States per-2
4761	4761	son. 3
4762	4762	(2) I
4763	4763	NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 4
4764	4764	PAROLE.— 5
4765	4765	(A) V
4766	4766	ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 6
4767	4767	alien described in subsection (a) shall be— 7
4768	4768	(i) inadmissible to the United States; 8
4769	4769	(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 9
4770	4770	documentation to enter the United States; 10
4771	4771	and 11
4772	4772	(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 12
4773	4773	or paroled into the United States or to re-13
4774	4774	ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-14
4775	4775	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 15
4776	4776	seq.). 16
4777	4777	(B) C
4778	4778	URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 17
4779	4779	(i) I
4780	4780	N GENERAL.—The visa or other 18
4781	4781	entry documentation of any alien described 19
4782	4782	in subsection (a) is subject to revocation 20
4783	4783	regardless of the issue date of the visa or 21
4784	4784	other entry documentation. 22
4785	4785	(ii) I
4786	4786	MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-23
4787	4787	tion under clause (i) shall, in accordance 24
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4790	4790	•HR 8038 IH
4791	4791	with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 1
4792	4792	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))— 2
4793	4793	(I) take effect immediately; and 3
4794	4794	(II) cancel any other valid visa or 4
4795	4795	entry documentation that is in the 5
4796	4796	possession of the alien. 6
4797	4797	(c) P
4798	4798	ENALTIES.—Any person that violates, or at-7
4799	4799	tempts to violate, subsection (b) or any regulation, license, 8
4800	4800	or order issued pursuant to that subsection, shall be sub-9
4801	4801	ject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 10
4802	4802	of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic 11
4803	4803	Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a per-12
4804	4804	son that commits an unlawful act described in subsection 13
4805	4805	(a) of that section. 14
4806	4806	(d) W
4807	4807	AIVER.— 15
4808	4808	(1) I
4809	4809	N GENERAL.—The President may waive 16
4810	4810	the application of sanctions under this section with 17
4811	4811	respect to a foreign person only if, not later than 15 18
4812	4812	days prior to the date on which the waiver is to take 19
4813	4813	effect, the President submits to the appropriate con-20
4814	4814	gressional committees a written determination and 21
4815	4815	justification that the waiver is important to the na-22
4816	4816	tional security interests of the United States. 23
4817	4817	(2) B
4818	4818	RIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after 24
4819	4819	the issuance of a waiver under paragraph (1), and 25
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4822	4822	•HR 8038 IH
4823	4823	every 180 days thereafter while the waiver remains 1
4824	4824	in effect, the President shall brief the appropriate 2
4825	4825	congressional committees on the reasons for the 3
4826	4826	waiver. 4
4827	4827	(e) I
4828	4828	MPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 5
4829	4829	all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 6
4830	4830	International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 7
4831	4831	U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. 8
4832	4832	(f) R
4833	4833	EGULATIONS.— 9
4834	4834	(1) I
4835	4835	N GENERAL.—The President shall, not 10
4836	4836	later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 11
4837	4837	of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for 12
4838	4838	the implementation of this section. 13
4839	4839	(2) N
4840	4840	OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not later 14
4841	4841	than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 15
4842	4842	under this subsection, the President shall notify the 16
4843	4843	appropriate congressional committees of the pro-17
4844	4844	posed regulations and the provisions of this section 18
4845	4845	that the regulations are implementing. 19
4846	4846	(g) E
4847	4847	XCEPTIONS.— 20
4848	4848	(1) E
4849	4849	XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI -21
4850	4850	TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 22
4851	4851	to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 23
4852	4852	under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 24
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4855	4855	•HR 8038 IH
4856	4856	(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-1
4857	4857	ligence activities of the United States. 2
4858	4858	(2) E
4859	4859	XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -3
4860	4860	NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE -4
4861	4861	MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this section 5
4862	4862	shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 6
4863	4863	or paroling the alien into the United States is nec-7
4864	4864	essary— 8
4865	4865	(A) to permit the United States to comply 9
4866	4866	with the Agreement regarding the Head-10
4867	4867	quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 11
4868	4868	Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 12
4869	4869	November 21, 1947, between the United Na-13
4870	4870	tions and the United States, or other applicable 14
4871	4871	international obligations; or 15
4872	4872	(B) to carry out or assist authorized law 16
4873	4873	enforcement activity in the United States. 17
4874	4874	(3) H
4875	4875	UMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE .— 18
4876	4876	(A) I
4877	4877	N GENERAL.—Sanctions under this 19
4878	4878	Act shall not apply to— 20
4879	4879	(i) the conduct or facilitation of a 21
4880	4880	transaction for the provision of agricultural 22
4881	4881	commodities, food, medicine, medical de-23
4882	4882	vices, humanitarian assistance, or for hu-24
4883	4883	manitarian purposes; or 25
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4886	4886	•HR 8038 IH
4887	4887	(ii) transactions that are necessary for 1
4888	4888	or related to the activities described in 2
4889	4889	clause (i). 3
4890	4890	(B) D
4891	4891	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 4
4892	4892	(i) A
4893	4893	GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The 5
4894	4894	term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the 6
4895	4895	meaning given that term in section 102 of 7
4896	4896	the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 8
4897	4897	U.S.C. 5602). 9
4898	4898	(ii) M
4899	4899	EDICAL DEVICE.—The term 10
4900	4900	‘‘medical device’’ has the meaning given 11
4901	4901	the term ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the 12
4902	4902	Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 13
4903	4903	U.S.C. 321). 14
4904	4904	(iii) M
4905	4905	EDICINE.—The term ‘‘medi-15
4906	4906	cine’’ has the meaning given the term 16
4907	4907	‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, 17
4908	4908	Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 18
4909	4909	SEC. 5. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE GOVERN-19
4910	4910	MENT OF SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, AND NETWORKS 20
4911	4911	AFFILIATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF 21
4912	4912	SYRIA OR HIZBALLAH. 22
4913	4913	(a) I
4914	4914	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 23
4915	4915	date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— 24
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4918	4918	•HR 8038 IH
4919	4919	(1) determine whether each foreign person de-1
4920	4920	scribed in subsection (b) meets the criteria for sanc-2
4921	4921	tions under this Act; and 3
4922	4922	(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 4
4923	4923	committees a report containing— 5
4924	4924	(A) a list of all foreign persons described 6
4925	4925	in subsection (b) that meet the criteria for im-7
4926	4926	position of sanctions under this Act; 8
4927	4927	(B) for each foreign person identified pur-9
4928	4928	suant to subparagraph (A), a statement of 10
4929	4929	whether sanctions have been imposed or will be 11
4930	4930	imposed within 30 days of the submission of the 12
4931	4931	report; and 13
4932	4932	(C) with respect to any person identified 14
4933	4933	pursuant to subparagraph (A) for whom sanc-15
4934	4934	tions have not been imposed and will not be im-16
4935	4935	posed within 30 days of the submission of the 17
4936	4936	report, the specific authority under which other-18
4937	4937	wise applicable sanctions are being waived, have 19
4938	4938	otherwise been determined not to apply, or are 20
4939	4939	not being imposed and a complete justification 21
4940	4940	of the decision to waive or otherwise not apply 22
4941	4941	such sanctions. 23
4942	4942	(b) F
4943	4943	OREIGNPERSONSDESCRIBED.—The foreign 24
4944	4944	persons described in this subsection are the following: 25
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4947	4947	•HR 8038 IH
4948	4948	(1) Maher Al Assad. 1
4949	4949	(2) Imad Abu Zureiq. 2
4950	4950	(3) Amer Taysir Khiti. 3
4951	4951	(4) Taher al-Kayyali. 4
4952	4952	(5) Raji Falhout. 5
4953	4953	(6) Mohammed Asif Issa Shalish. 6
4954	4954	(7) Abdellatif Hamid. 7
4955	4955	(8) Mustafa Al Masalmeh. 8
4956	4956	SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 9
4957	4957	In this Act: 10
4958	4958	(1) A
4959	4959	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -11
4960	4960	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-12
4961	4961	mittees’’ means— 13
4962	4962	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 14
4963	4963	Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-15
4964	4964	mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-16
4965	4965	resentatives; and 17
4966	4966	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 18
4967	4967	the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 19
4968	4968	Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-20
4969	4969	ciary of the Senate. 21
4970	4970	(2) C
4971	4971	APTAGON.—The term ‘‘captagon’’ means 22
4972	4972	any compound, mixture, or preparation which con-23
4973	4973	tains any quantity of a stimulant in schedule I or II 24
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4976	4976	•HR 8038 IH
4977	4977	of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 1
4978	4978	U.S.C. 812), including— 2
4979	4979	(A) amphetamine, methamphetamine, and 3
4980	4980	fenethylline; 4
4981	4981	(B) any immediate precursor or controlled 5
4982	4982	substance analogue of such a stimulant, as de-6
4983	4983	fined in section 102 of the Controlled Sub-7
4984	4984	stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); and 8
4985	4985	(C) any isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and 9
4986	4986	salts of isomers, esters, and ethers of such a 10
4987	4987	stimulant, whenever the existence of such iso-11
4988	4988	mers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within 12
4989	4989	the specific chemical designation. 13
4990	4990	(3) F
4991	4991	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-14
4992	4992	son’’— 15
4993	4993	(A) means an individual or entity that is 16
4994	4994	not a United States person; and 17
4995	4995	(B) includes a foreign state (as such term 18
4996	4996	is defined in section 1603 of title 28, United 19
4997	4997	States Code). 20
4998	4998	(4) I
4999	4999	LLICIT PROLIFERATION.—The term ‘‘illicit 21
5000	5000	proliferation’’ refers to any illicit activity to produce, 22
5001	5001	manufacture, distribute, sell, or knowingly finance or 23
5002	5002	transport. 24
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5005	5005	•HR 8038 IH
5006	5006	(5) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 1
5007	5007	the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 2
5008	5008	Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 3
5009	5009	50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 4
5010	5010	(6) U
5011	5011	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 5
5012	5012	‘‘United States person’’ means— 6
5013	5013	(A) a United States citizen; 7
5014	5014	(B) a permanent resident alien of the 8
5015	5015	United States; 9
5016	5016	(C) an entity organized under the laws of 10
5017	5017	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 11
5018	5018	the United States, including a foreign branch of 12
5019	5019	such an entity; or 13
5020	5020	(D) a person in the United States. 14
5021	5021	DIVISION M—END FINANCING 15
5022	5022	FOR HAMAS AND STATE 16
5023	5023	SPONSORS OF TERRORISM 17
5024	5024	ACT 18
5025	5025	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 19
5026	5026	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Financing for 20
5027	5027	Hamas and State Sponsors of Terrorism Act’’. 21
5028	5028	SEC. 2. REPORT ON FINANCING FOR HAMAS. 22
5029	5029	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-23
5030	5030	ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall sub-24
5031	5031	mit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House 25
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5034	5034	•HR 8038 IH
5035	5035	of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Hous-1
5036	5036	ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report (which shall 2
5037	5037	be in unclassified form but may include a classified annex) 3
5038	5038	that includes— 4
5039	5039	(1) an analysis of the major sources of financ-5
5040	5040	ing to Hamas; 6
5041	5041	(2) a description of United States and multilat-7
5042	5042	eral efforts to disrupt illicit financial flows involving 8
5043	5043	Hamas; 9
5044	5044	(3) an evaluation of United States efforts to 10
5045	5045	undermine the ability of Hamas to finance armed 11
5046	5046	hostilities against Israel; and 12
5047	5047	(4) an implementation plan with respect to the 13
5048	5048	multilateral strategy described in section 3. 14
5049	5049	SEC. 3. MULTILATERAL STRATEGY TO DISRUPT HAMAS FI-15
5050	5050	NANCING. 16
5051	5051	The Secretary of the Treasury, through participation 17
5052	5052	in the G7, and other appropriate fora, shall develop a 18
5053	5053	strategy in coordination with United States allies and 19
5054	5054	partners to ensure that Hamas is incapable of financing 20
5055	5055	armed hostilities against Israel. 21
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5058	5058	•HR 8038 IH
5059	5059	DIVISION N—HOLDING IRANIAN 1
5060	5060	LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE ACT 2
5061	5061	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
5062	5062	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Holding Iranian Lead-4
5063	5063	ers Accountable Act of 2024’’. 5
5064	5064	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
5065	5065	The Congress finds the following: 7
5066	5066	(1) Iran is characterized by high levels of offi-8
5067	5067	cial and institutional corruption, and substantial in-9
5068	5068	volvement by Iran’s security forces, particularly the 10
5069	5069	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the 11
5070	5070	economy. 12
5071	5071	(2) The Department of Treasury in 2019 des-13
5072	5072	ignated the Islamic Republic of Iran’s financial sec-14
5073	5073	tor as a jurisdiction of primary money laundering 15
5074	5074	concern, concluding, ‘‘Iran has developed covert 16
5075	5075	methods for accessing the international financial sys-17
5076	5076	tem and pursuing its malign activities, including 18
5077	5077	misusing banks and exchange houses, operating pro-19
5078	5078	curement networks that utilize front or shell compa-20
5079	5079	nies, exploiting commercial shipping, and masking il-21
5080	5080	licit transactions using senior officials, including 22
5081	5081	those at the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).’’. 23
5082	5082	(3) In June 2019, the Financial Action Task 24
5083	5083	Force (FATF) urged all jurisdictions to require in-25
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5086	5086	•HR 8038 IH
5087	5087	creased supervisory examination for branches and 1
5088	5088	subsidiaries of financial institutions based in Iran. 2
5089	5089	The FATF later called upon its members to intro-3
5090	5090	duce enhanced relevant reporting mechanisms or 4
5091	5091	systematic reporting of financial transactions, and 5
5092	5092	require increased external audit requirements, for fi-6
5093	5093	nancial groups with respect to any of their branches 7
5094	5094	and subsidiaries located in Iran. 8
5095	5095	(4) According to the State Department’s 9
5096	5096	‘‘Country Reports on Terrorism’’ in 2021, ‘‘Iran 10
5097	5097	continued to be the leading state sponsor of ter-11
5098	5098	rorism, facilitating a wide range of terrorist and 12
5099	5099	other illicit activities around the world. Regionally, 13
5100	5100	Iran supported acts of terrorism in Bahrain, Iraq, 14
5101	5101	Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen through proxies and 15
5102	5102	partner groups such as Hizballah and Hamas.’’. 16
5103	5103	SEC. 3. REPORT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ASSETS 17
5104	5104	CONNECTED TO CERTAIN IRANIAN OFFI-18
5105	5105	CIALS. 19
5106	5106	(a) F
5107	5107	INANCIALINSTITUTIONS AND ASSETSRE-20
5108	5108	PORT.— 21
5109	5109	(1) I
5110	5110	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 22
5111	5111	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 23
5112	5112	every 2 years thereafter, the President shall submit 24
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5115	5115	•HR 8038 IH
5116	5116	a report to the appropriate Members of Congress 1
5117	5117	containing— 2
5118	5118	(A) the estimated total funds or assets 3
5119	5119	that are under direct or indirect control by each 4
5120	5120	of the natural persons described under sub-5
5121	5121	section (b), and a description of such funds or 6
5122	5122	assets, except that the President may limit cov-7
5123	5123	erage of the report to not fewer than 5 of such 8
5124	5124	natural persons in order to meet the submission 9
5125	5125	deadline described under this paragraph; 10
5126	5126	(B) a description of how such funds or as-11
5127	5127	sets were acquired, and how they have been 12
5128	5128	used or employed; 13
5129	5129	(C) a list of any non-Iranian financial in-14
5130	5130	stitutions that— 15
5131	5131	(i) maintain an account in connection 16
5132	5132	with funds or assets described in subpara-17
5133	5133	graph (A); or 18
5134	5134	(ii) knowingly provide significant fi-19
5135	5135	nancial services to a natural person cov-20
5136	5136	ered by the report; and 21
5137	5137	(D) a description of any illicit or corrupt 22
5138	5138	means employed to acquire or use such funds or 23
5139	5139	assets. 24
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5142	5142	•HR 8038 IH
5143	5143	(2) EXEMPTIONS.—The requirements described 1
5144	5144	under paragraph (1) may not be applied with re-2
5145	5145	spect to a natural person or a financial institution, 3
5146	5146	as the case may be, if the President determines: 4
5147	5147	(A) The funds or assets described under 5
5148	5148	subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) were ac-6
5149	5149	quired through legal or noncorrupt means. 7
5150	5150	(B) The natural person has agreed to pro-8
5151	5151	vide significant cooperation to the United 9
5152	5152	States for an important national security or law 10
5153	5153	enforcement purpose with respect to Iran. 11
5154	5154	(C) A financial institution that would oth-12
5155	5155	erwise be listed in the report required by para-13
5156	5156	graph (1) has agreed to— 14
5157	5157	(i) no longer maintain an account de-15
5158	5158	scribed under subparagraph (C)(i) of para-16
5159	5159	graph (1); 17
5160	5160	(ii) no longer provide significant fi-18
5161	5161	nancial services to a natural person cov-19
5162	5162	ered by the report; or 20
5163	5163	(iii) provide significant cooperation to 21
5164	5164	the United States for an important na-22
5165	5165	tional security or law enforcement purpose 23
5166	5166	with respect to Iran. 24
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5169	5169	•HR 8038 IH
5170	5170	(3) WAIVER.—The President may waive for up 1
5171	5171	to 1 year at a time any requirement under para-2
5172	5172	graph (1) with respect to a natural person or a fi-3
5173	5173	nancial institution after reporting in writing to the 4
5174	5174	appropriate Members of Congress that the waiver is 5
5175	5175	in the national interest of the United States, with a 6
5176	5176	detailed explanation of the reasons therefor. 7
5177	5177	(b) P
5178	5178	ERSONSDESCRIBED.—The natural persons de-8
5179	5179	scribed in this subsection are the following: 9
5180	5180	(1) The Supreme Leader of Iran. 10
5181	5181	(2) The President of Iran. 11
5182	5182	(3) The members of the Council of Guardians. 12
5183	5183	(4) The members of the Expediency Council. 13
5184	5184	(5) The Minister of Intelligence and Security. 14
5185	5185	(6) The Commander and the Deputy Com-15
5186	5186	mander of the IRGC. 16
5187	5187	(7) The Commander and the Deputy Com-17
5188	5188	mander of the IRGC Ground Forces. 18
5189	5189	(8) The Commander and the Deputy Com-19
5190	5190	mander of the IRGC Aerospace Force. 20
5191	5191	(9) The Commander and the Deputy Com-21
5192	5192	mander of the IRGC Navy. 22
5193	5193	(10) The Commander of the Basij-e 23
5194	5194	Mostaz’afin. 24
5195	5195	(11) The Commander of the Qods Force. 25
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5198	5198	•HR 8038 IH
5199	5199	(12) The Commander in Chief of the Police 1
5200	5200	Force. 2
5201	5201	(13) The head of the IRGC Joint Staff. 3
5202	5202	(14) The Commander of the IRGC Intelligence. 4
5203	5203	(15) The head of the IRGC Imam Hussein Uni-5
5204	5204	versity. 6
5205	5205	(16) The Supreme Leader’s Representative at 7
5206	5206	the IRGC. 8
5207	5207	(17) The Chief Executive Officer and the 9
5208	5208	Chairman of the IRGC Cooperative Foundation. 10
5209	5209	(18) The Commander of the Khatam-al-Anbia 11
5210	5210	Construction Head Quarter. 12
5211	5211	(19) The Chief Executive Officer of the Basij 13
5212	5212	Cooperative Foundation. 14
5213	5213	(20) The head of the Political Bureau of the 15
5214	5214	IRGC. 16
5215	5215	(21) The senior leadership as determined by the 17
5216	5216	President of the following groups: 18
5217	5217	(A) Hizballah. 19
5218	5218	(B) Hamas. 20
5219	5219	(C) Palestinian Islamic Jihad. 21
5220	5220	(D) Kata’ib Hizballah. 22
5221	5221	(c) F
5222	5222	ORM OFREPORT; PUBLICAVAILABILITY.— 23
5223	5223	(1) F
5224	5224	ORM.—The report required under sub-24
5225	5225	section (a) and any waiver under subsection (a)(3) 25
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5228	5228	•HR 8038 IH
5229	5229	shall be submitted in unclassified form but may con-1
5230	5230	tain a classified annex. 2
5231	5231	(2) P
5232	5232	UBLIC AVAILABILITY .—The Secretary 3
5233	5233	shall make the unclassified portion of such report 4
5234	5234	public if the Secretary notifies the appropriate Mem-5
5235	5235	bers of Congress that the publication is in the na-6
5236	5236	tional interest of the United States and would sub-7
5237	5237	stantially promote— 8
5238	5238	(A) deterring or sanctioning official cor-9
5239	5239	ruption in Iran; 10
5240	5240	(B) holding natural persons or financial in-11
5241	5241	stitutions listed in the report accountable to the 12
5242	5242	people of Iran; 13
5243	5243	(C) combating money laundering or the fi-14
5244	5244	nancing of terrorism; or 15
5245	5245	(D) achieving any other strategic objective 16
5246	5246	with respect to the Government of Iran. 17
5247	5247	(3) F
5248	5248	ORMAT OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RE -18
5249	5249	PORTS.—If the Secretary makes the unclassified 19
5250	5250	portion of a report public pursuant to paragraph 20
5251	5251	(2), the Secretary shall make it available to the pub-21
5252	5252	lic on the website of the Department of the Treas-22
5253	5253	ury— 23
5254	5254	(A) in English, Farsi, Arabic, and Azeri; 24
5255	5255	and 25
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5258	5258	•HR 8038 IH
5259	5259	(B) in precompressed, easily downloadable 1
5260	5260	versions that are made available in all appro-2
5261	5261	priate formats. 3
5262	5262	SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITU-4
5263	5263	TIONS. 5
5264	5264	(a) I
5265	5265	NGENERAL.—Not later than the date that is 6
5266	5266	90 days after submitting a report described under section 7
5267	5267	3(a)(1), the Secretary shall undertake the following with 8
5268	5268	respect to a financial institution that is described under 9
5269	5269	section 3(a)(1)(C) and listed in the report: 10
5270	5270	(1) If the financial institution is a United 11
5271	5271	States financial institution, require the closure of 12
5272	5272	any account described in section 3(a)(1)(C)(i), and 13
5273	5273	prohibit the provision of significant financial serv-14
5274	5274	ices, directly or indirectly, to a natural person cov-15
5275	5275	ered by the report. 16
5276	5276	(2) If the financial institution is a foreign fi-17
5277	5277	nancial institution, actively seek the closure of any 18
5278	5278	account described in section 3(a)(1)(C)(i), and the 19
5279	5279	cessation of significant financial services to a natural 20
5280	5280	person covered by the report, using any existing au-21
5281	5281	thorities of the Secretary, as appropriate. 22
5282	5282	(b) S
5283	5283	USPENSION.—The Secretary may suspend the 23
5284	5284	application of subsection (a) with respect to a financial 24
5285	5285	institution upon reporting to the appropriate Members of 25
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5288	5288	•HR 8038 IH
5289	5289	Congress that the suspension is in the national interest 1
5290	5290	of the United States, with a detailed explanation of the 2
5291	5291	reasons therefor. 3
5292	5292	SEC. 5. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY; IMPLEMEN-4
5293	5293	TATION AUTHORITY. 5
5294	5294	The following activities shall be exempt from require-6
5295	5295	ments under sections 3 and 4: 7
5296	5296	(1) Any activity subject to the reporting re-8
5297	5297	quirements under title V of the National Security 9
5298	5298	Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any au-10
5299	5299	thorized intelligence activities of the United States. 11
5300	5300	(2) The admission of an alien to the United 12
5301	5301	States if such admission is necessary to comply with 13
5302	5302	United States obligations under the Agreement be-14
5303	5303	tween the United Nations and the United States of 15
5304	5304	America regarding the Headquarters of the United 16
5305	5305	Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 17
5306	5306	entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the 18
5307	5307	Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 19
5308	5308	April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 20
5309	5309	1967, or other applicable international obligations of 21
5310	5310	the United States. 22
5311	5311	(3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction 23
5312	5312	for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi-24
5313	5313	cine, or medical devices to Iran or for the provision 25
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5316	5316	•HR 8038 IH
5317	5317	of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran, in-1
5318	5318	cluding engaging in a financial transaction relating 2
5319	5319	to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur-3
5320	5320	poses or transporting goods or services that are nec-4
5321	5321	essary to carry out operations relating to humani-5
5322	5322	tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. 6
5323	5323	SEC. 6. SUNSET. 7
5324	5324	The provisions of this Act shall have no force or effect 8
5325	5325	on the earlier of— 9
5326	5326	(1) the date that is 5 years after the date of en-10
5327	5327	actment of this Act; or 11
5328	5328	(2) 30 days after the Secretary reports in writ-12
5329	5329	ing to the appropriate Members of Congress that— 13
5330	5330	(A) Iran is not a jurisdiction of primary 14
5331	5331	money laundering concern; or 15
5332	5332	(B) the Government of Iran is providing 16
5333	5333	significant cooperation to the United States for 17
5334	5334	the purpose of preventing acts of international 18
5335	5335	terrorism, or for the promotion of any other 19
5336	5336	strategic objective that is important to the na-20
5337	5337	tional interest of the United States, as specified 21
5338	5338	in the report by the Secretary. 22
5339	5339	SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 23
5340	5340	For purposes of this Act: 24
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5343	5343	•HR 8038 IH
5344	5344	(1) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS .— 1
5345	5345	The term ‘‘appropriate Members of Congress’’ 2
5346	5346	means the Speaker and Minority Leader of the 3
5347	5347	House of Representatives, the Majority Leader and 4
5348	5348	Minority Leader of the Senate, the Chairman and 5
5349	5349	Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial 6
5350	5350	Services of the House of Representatives, and the 7
5351	5351	Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee 8
5352	5352	on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Sen-9
5353	5353	ate. 10
5354	5354	(2) F
5355	5355	INANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi-11
5356	5356	nancial institution’’ means a United States financial 12
5357	5357	institution or a foreign financial institution. 13
5358	5358	(3) F
5359	5359	OREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION .—The 14
5360	5360	term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 15
5361	5361	given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code 16
5362	5362	of Federal Regulations. 17
5363	5363	(4) F
5364	5364	UNDS.—The term ‘‘funds’’ means— 18
5365	5365	(A) cash; 19
5366	5366	(B) equity; 20
5367	5367	(C) any other asset whose value is derived 21
5368	5368	from a contractual claim, including bank depos-22
5369	5369	its, bonds, stocks, a security as defined in sec-23
5370	5370	tion 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 24
5371	5371	U.S.C. 77b(a)), or a security or an equity secu-25
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5374	5374	•HR 8038 IH
5375	5375	rity as defined in section 3(a) of the Securities 1
5376	5376	Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)); and 2
5377	5377	(D) anything else that the Secretary deter-3
5378	5378	mines appropriate. 4
5379	5379	(5) K
5380	5380	NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ with 5
5381	5381	respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 6
5382	5382	means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 7
5383	5383	have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 8
5384	5384	result. 9
5385	5385	(6) S
5386	5386	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 10
5387	5387	the Secretary of the Treasury. 11
5388	5388	(7) U
5389	5389	NITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION .— 12
5390	5390	The term ‘‘United States financial institution’’ has 13
5391	5391	the meaning given the term ‘‘U.S. financial institu-14
5392	5392	tion’’ under section 561.309 of title 31, Code of 15
5393	5393	Federal Regulations. 16
5394	5394	DIVISION O—IRAN-CHINA EN-17
5395	5395	ERGY SANCTIONS ACT OF 2023 18
5396	5396	SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 19
5397	5397	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran-China Energy 20
5398	5398	Sanctions Act of 2023’’. 21
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5401	5401	•HR 8038 IH
5402	5402	SEC. 2. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 1
5403	5403	WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASE OF PE-2
5404	5404	TROLEUM PRODUCTS AND UNMANNED AER-3
5405	5405	IAL VEHICLES FROM IRAN. 4
5406	5406	Section 1245(d) of the National Defense Authoriza-5
5407	5407	tion Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) is 6
5408	5408	amended— 7
5409	5409	(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-8
5410	5410	graph (6); and 9
5411	5411	(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-10
5412	5412	lowing new paragraph: 11
5413	5413	‘‘(5) A
5414	5414	PPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RE -12
5415	5415	SPECT TO CHINESE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS .— 13
5416	5416	‘‘(A) I
5417	5417	N GENERAL.—For the purpose of 14
5418	5418	paragraph (1)(A), a ‘significant financial trans-15
5419	5419	action’ includes any transaction— 16
5420	5420	‘‘(i) by a Chinese financial institution 17
5421	5421	(without regard to the size, number, fre-18
5422	5422	quency, or nature of the transaction) in-19
5423	5423	volving the purchase of petroleum or petro-20
5424	5424	leum products from Iran; and 21
5425	5425	‘‘(ii) by a foreign financial institution 22
5426	5426	(without regard to the size, number, fre-23
5427	5427	quency, or nature of the transaction) in-24
5428	5428	volving the purchase of Iranian unmanned 25
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5431	5431	•HR 8038 IH
5432	5432	aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAV parts, or re-1
5433	5433	lated systems. 2
5434	5434	‘‘(B) D
5435	5435	ETERMINATION REQUIRED .—Not 3
5436	5436	later than 180 days after the date of the enact-4
5437	5437	ment of this paragraph and every year there-5
5438	5438	after for 5 years, the President shall— 6
5439	5439	‘‘(i) determine whether any— 7
5440	5440	‘‘(I) Chinese financial institution 8
5441	5441	has engaged in a significant financial 9
5442	5442	transaction as described in paragraph 10
5443	5443	(1)(A)(i); and 11
5444	5444	‘‘(II) financial institution has en-12
5445	5445	gaged in a significant financial trans-13
5446	5446	action as described in paragraph 14
5447	5447	(1)(A)(ii); and 15
5448	5448	‘‘(ii) transmit the determination under 16
5449	5449	clause (i) to the Committee on Financial 17
5450	5450	Services of the House of Representatives 18
5451	5451	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 19
5452	5452	and Urban Affairs of the Senate.’’. 20
5453	5453	DIVISION P—BUDGETARY 21
5454	5454	EFFECTS 22
5455	5455	SEC. 1. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 23
5456	5456	(a) S
5457	5457	TATUTORYPAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-24
5458	5458	etary effects of division A and each subsequent division 25
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5461	5461	•HR 8038 IH
5462	5462	of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO score-1
5463	5463	card maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory 2
5464	5464	Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 3
5465	5465	(b) S
5466	5466	ENATEPAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 4
5467	5467	effects of division A and each subsequent division of this 5
5468	5468	Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard main-6
5469	5469	tained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 7
5470	5470	(115th Congress). 8
5471	5471	(c) C
5472	5472	LASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARYEFFECTS.— 9
5473	5473	Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 10
5474	5474	Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 11
5475	5475	the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re-12
5476	5476	port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 13
5477	5477	Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 14
5478	5478	budgetary effects of division A and each subsequent divi-15
5479	5479	sion of this Act shall not be estimated— 16
5480	5480	(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 17
5481	5481	(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com-18
5482	5482	mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) 19
5483	5483	of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 20
5484	5484	(3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 21
5485	5485	3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 22
5486	5486	being included in an appropriation Act. 23
5487	5487	Æ
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