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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1829
To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the import of
petroleum from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE6, 2023
Mr. R
UBIO(for himself, Ms. HASSAN, and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on For-
eign Relations
A BILL
To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in
the import of petroleum from the Islamic Republic of
Iran, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Harboring Ira-4
nian Petroleum Act of 2023’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this Act: 7
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(1) ALIEN.—The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning 1
given that term in section 101(a) of the Immigration 2
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 3
(2) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -4
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-5
mittees’’ means— 6
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 7
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 8
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 9
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 10
the Committee on Financial Services of the 11
House of Representatives. 12
(3) F
AMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘‘family mem-13
ber’’ means, with respect to an individual, a spouse, 14
child, parent, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent of 15
the individual. 16
(4) F
OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-17
son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 18
United States person. 19
(5) F
OREIGN PORT.—The term ‘‘foreign port’’ 20
means any harbor, marine terminal, or other shore 21
side facility outside of the United States used prin-22
cipally for the movement of goods on the water. 23
(6) K
NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 24
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 25
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means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 1
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 2
result. 3
(7) M
ATERIAL SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘material 4
support’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘material 5
support or resources’’ in section 2339A of title 18, 6
United States Code. 7
(8) U
NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 8
‘‘United States person’’ means— 9
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-10
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 11
United States; or 12
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 13
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 14
United States, including a foreign branch of 15
such an entity. 16
(9) V
ESSEL.—The term ‘‘vessel’’ means any 17
watercraft or aircraft capable of being used as a 18
means of transportation on, under, or over water. 19
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 20
It is the policy of the United States— 21
(1) to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran the 22
ability to engage in destabilizing activities, support 23
international terrorism, fund the development and 24
acquisition of weapons of mass destruction and the 25
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means to deliver such weapons by limiting export of 1
petroleum and petroleum products by the Islamic 2
Republic of Iran; 3
(2) to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran funds 4
to oppress and commit human rights violations 5
against the Iranian people who are assembling 6
peacefully to redress the Iranian regime; 7
(3) to sanction entities that violate the laws of 8
the United States by providing support to the Ira-9
nian energy sector; and 10
(4) that the actions of the Islamic Republic of 11
Iran to finance and facilitate the participation of 12
foreign terrorist organizations in ongoing conflicts 13
and illicit activities is detrimental to the national se-14
curity interests of the United States. 15
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS 16
THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. 17
(a) I
MPOSITION OFSANCTIONS.— 18
(1) I
N GENERAL.—On and after the date that 19
is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 20
Act, the President shall impose the sanctions de-21
scribed in subsection (b) with respect to a foreign 22
person that the President determines knowingly en-23
gaged, on or after such date of enactment, in an ac-24
tivity described in paragraph (2). 25
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(2) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign person 1
engages in an activity described in this paragraph if 2
the foreign person— 3
(A) owns or operates a foreign port that, 4
on or after the date of the enactment of this 5
Act, permitted to dock at such foreign port a 6
vessel— 7
(i) that is included on the list of spe-8
cially designated nationals and blocked 9
persons maintained by the Office of For-10
eign Assets Control of the Department of 11
the Treasury for transporting Iranian 12
crude oil; or 13
(ii) of which the operator or owner of 14
such vessel otherwise knowingly engages in 15
a significant transaction to transport, off-16
load, or deal in condensate, refined, or 17
unrefined petroleum products, or other pe-18
trochemical products originating from the 19
Islamic Republic of Iran; 20
(B) owns or operates a vessel that con-21
ducts a sea-to-sea transfer involving a signifi-22
cant transaction of any petroleum product origi-23
nating from the Islamic Republic of Iran; 24
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(C) owns or operates a refinery that en-1
gages in a significant transaction to process, re-2
fine, or otherwise deal in any petroleum product 3
originating from the Islamic Republic of Iran; 4
(D) is a family member of a foreign person 5
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); 6
(E) is owned or controlled by a foreign 7
person described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 8
or (D); or 9
(F) engages in a significant transaction 10
with, or provides material support to, a foreign 11
person described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 12
(D), or (E). 13
(b) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-14
scribed in this subsection are the following: 15
(1) S
ANCTIONS ON FOREIGN VESSELS .—Subject 16
to such regulations as the President may prescribe, 17
the President may prohibit a vessel described in sub-18
section (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) from landing at any 19
port in the United States— 20
(A) with respect to a vessel described in 21
subsection (a)(2)(A), for a period of not more 22
than 2 years beginning on the date on which 23
the President imposes sanctions with respect to 24
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a related foreign port described in subsection 1
(a)(2)(A); and 2
(B) with respect to a vessel described in 3
subsection (a)(2)(B), for a period of not more 4
than 2 years. 5
(2) P
ROPERTY BLOCKING.—The President shall 6
exercise all of the powers granted to the President 7
under the International Emergency Economic Pow-8
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent nec-9
essary to block and prohibit all transactions in prop-10
erty and interests in property of the foreign person 11
if such property and interests in property are in the 12
United States, come within the United States, or are 13
or come within the possession or control of a United 14
States person. 15
(3) I
NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 16
PAROLE.— 17
(A) V
ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In 18
the case of an alien, the alien is— 19
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 20
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 21
documentation to enter the United States; 22
and 23
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 24
or paroled into the United States or to re-25
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ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-1
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 2
seq.). 3
(B) C
URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 4
(i) I
N GENERAL.—The visa or other 5
entry documentation of an alien described 6
in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re-7
gardless of when such visa or other entry 8
documentation was issued. 9
(ii) I
MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-10
tion under clause (i) shall— 11
(I) take effect immediately; 12
(II) automatically cancel any 13
other valid visa or entry documenta-14
tion that is in the alien’s possession; 15
and 16
(III) be implemented in accord-17
ance with section 221(i) of the Immi-18
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 19
1201(i)). 20
(4) I
MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 21
(A) I
MPLEMENTATION.—The President— 22
(i) may exercise all authorities pro-23
vided under sections 203 and 205 of the 24
International Emergency Economic Powers 25
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Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry 1
out this section; and 2
(ii) not later than 180 days after the 3
date of the enactment of this Act, shall 4
prescribe such regulations as necessary to 5
carry out this Act. 6
(B) N
OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not 7
later than 10 days before the effective date of 8
any regulation prescribed under subparagraph 9
(A)(ii), the President shall brief the appropriate 10
congressional committees on the proposed regu-11
lations and the provisions of this Act relating to 12
such regulations. 13
(C) P
ENALTIES.—A person that violates, 14
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or 15
causes a violation of this section or any regula-16
tion, license, or order issued to carry out this 17
section shall be subject to the penalties set 18
forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 19
of the International Emergency Economic Pow-20
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as 21
a person that commits an unlawful act de-22
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 23
(c) E
XCEPTIONS.— 24
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(1) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 1
GOODS.— 2
(A) I
N GENERAL.—A requirement to block 3
and prohibit all transactions in all property and 4
interests in property under this section shall not 5
include the authority or a requirement to im-6
pose sanctions on the importation of goods. 7
(B) G
OOD.—In this paragraph, the term 8
‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade 9
substance, material, supply or manufactured 10
product, including inspection and test equip-11
ment, and excluding technical data. 12
(2) E
XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA -13
TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT AND LAW EN -14
FORCEMENT ACTIVITIES .—Sanctions under sub-15
section (b)(3) shall not apply with respect to an 16
alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 17
United States is necessary to permit the United 18
States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 19
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 20
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-21
vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 22
the United States, or other applicable international 23
obligations of the United States. 24
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(3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTEL -1
LIGENCE, LAW ENFORCEMENT , AND OTHER NA -2
TIONAL SECURITY ACTIVITIES .—Sanctions under 3
subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to a for-4
eign person if such foreign person is a subject or 5
target of, or otherwise involved in, an intelligence, 6
law enforcement, or national security activity of the 7
United States, as determined by the President. 8
(d) W
AIVERS.— 9
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The President may waive 10
the application of sanctions under this section with 11
respect to a foreign person for a period not to exceed 12
180 days if the President— 13
(A) determines that such a waiver is vital 14
to the national interests of the United States; 15
and 16
(B) not less than 15 days before the grant-17
ing of the waiver, submits to the appropriate 18
congressional committees a notice of and jus-19
tification for the waiver. 20
(2) S
PECIAL RULE.— 21
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The President may 22
waive the application of sanctions under this 23
section with respect to a foreign person if the 24
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President certifies in writing to the appropriate 1
congressional committees that— 2
(i) the foreign person— 3
(I) has ceased engaging in activi-4
ties described in subsection (b); or 5
(II) has taken and is continuing 6
to take significant verifiable steps to-7
ward ceasing such activities; and 8
(ii) the President has received reliable 9
assurances from the government of the for-10
eign country that such foreign person will 11
not resume engaging in any activity de-12
scribed in subsection (b). 13
(B) S
UNSET.—The authority to grant a 14
waiver under this paragraph shall terminate on 15
the date that is 5 years after the date of the 16
enactment of this Act. 17
SEC. 5. REPORT ON PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PROD-18
UCT EXPORTS FROM IRAN. 19
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 20
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 21
the Energy Information Administration shall submit to 22
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 23
increase exports of petroleum and petroleum products by 24
the Islamic Republic of Iran. 25
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(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 1
(a) shall include the following: 2
(1) An analysis of the export and sale of petro-3
leum and petroleum products by the Islamic Repub-4
lic of Iran since 2018, including— 5
(A) an estimate of the annual revenue of 6
the export and sale of petroleum by the Islamic 7
Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year; 8
(B) an estimate of the annual revenue of 9
the export and sale of petroleum to the People’s 10
Republic of China by the Islamic Republic of 11
Iran, disaggregated by year; 12
(C) the number of petroleum and crude oil 13
barrels annually exported by the Islamic Repub-14
lic of Iran, disaggregated by year; 15
(D) the number of petroleum and crude oil 16
barrels annually exported to the People’s Re-17
public of China by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 18
disaggregated by year; 19
(E) the number of petroleum and crude oil 20
barrels annually exported to countries other 21
than the People’s Republic of China by the Is-22
lamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year; 23
(F) the average price per petroleum and 24
crude oil barrel annually exported by the Is-25
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lamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year; 1
and 2
(G) the average price per petroleum and 3
crude oil barrel annually exported to the Peo-4
ple’s Republic of China by the Islamic Republic 5
of Iran, disaggregated by year. 6
(2) An analysis of the labeling practices of the 7
Islamic Republic of Iran with respect to exported pe-8
troleum and petroleum products. 9
(3) A description of persons involved in the ex-10
port and sale of petroleum and petroleum products 11
from the Islamic Republic of Iran. 12
(4) A description of vessels involved in the ex-13
port and sale of petroleum and petroleum products 14
from the Islamic Republic of Iran. 15
(5) A description of foreign ports involved in 16
the export and sale of petroleum and petroleum 17
products from the Islamic Republic of Iran. 18
(c) F
ORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 19
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 20
a classified annex. 21
(d) P
UBLICATION.—The unclassified portion of the 22
report required by subsection (a) shall be posted on a pub-23
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licly available website of the Energy Information Adminis-1
tration. 2
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