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Calendar No. 370
118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION 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, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. SCOTT
of Florida, Mr. B
ARRASSO, Mrs. BRITT, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. HAWLEY,
Mr. B
OOZMAN, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. BRAUN, Mr.
T
HUNE, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr.
M
ANCHIN, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mrs. CAPITO, Ms. LUMMIS,
Mr. W
ICKER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. BUDD, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. MORAN,
Mr. S
CHMITT, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. RISCH, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr.
C
ASEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. COONS, Mr.
B
ENNET, and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
M
AY7, 2024
Reported by Mr. C
ARDIN, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
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
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SECTION1.SHORTTITLE. 1
ThisActmaybecitedasthe‘‘StopHarboringIra-2
nianPetroleumActof2023’’. 3
SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 4
InthisAct: 5
(1)ALIEN.—Theterm‘‘alien’’hasthemeaning 6
giventhatterminsection101(a)oftheImmigration 7
andNationalityAct(8U.S.C.1101(a)). 8
(2)APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-9
TEES.—Theterm‘‘appropriatecongressionalcom-10
mittees’’means— 11
(A)theCommitteeonForeignRelations 12
andtheCommitteeonBanking,Housing,and 13
UrbanAffairsoftheSenate;and 14
(B)theCommitteeonForeignAffairsand 15
theCommitteeonFinancialServicesofthe 16
HouseofRepresentatives. 17
(3)FAMILYMEMBER.—Theterm‘‘familymem-18
ber’’means,withrespecttoanindividual,aspouse, 19
child,parent,sibling,grandchild,orgrandparentof 20
theindividual. 21
(4)FOREIGNPERSON.—Theterm‘‘foreignper-22
son’’meansanindividualorentitythatisnota 23
UnitedStatesperson. 24
(5)FOREIGNPORT.—Theterm‘‘foreignport’’ 25
meansanyharbor,marineterminal,orothershore 26
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sidefacilityoutsideoftheUnitedStatesusedprin-1
cipallyforthemovementofgoodsonthewater. 2
(6)KNOWINGLY.—Theterm‘‘knowingly’’,with 3
respecttoconduct,acircumstance,oraresult, 4
meansthatapersonhasactualknowledge,orshould 5
haveknown,oftheconduct,thecircumstance,orthe 6
result. 7
(7)MATERIALSUPPORT.—Theterm‘‘material 8
support’’hasthemeaninggiventheterm‘‘material 9
supportorresources’’insection2339Aoftitle18, 10
UnitedStatesCode. 11
(8)UNITED STATES PERSON.—Theterm 12
‘‘UnitedStatesperson’’means— 13
(A)aUnitedStatescitizenoranalienlaw-14
fullyadmittedforpermanentresidencetothe 15
UnitedStates;or 16
(B)anentityorganizedunderthelawsof 17
theUnitedStatesoranyjurisdictionwithinthe 18
UnitedStates,includingaforeignbranchof 19
suchanentity. 20
(9)VESSEL.—Theterm‘‘vessel’’meansany 21
watercraftoraircraftcapableofbeingusedasa 22
meansoftransportationon,under,oroverwater. 23
SEC.3.STATEMENT OFPOLICY. 24
ItisthepolicyoftheUnitedStates— 25
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(1)todenytheIslamicRepublicofIranthe 1
abilitytoengageindestabilizingactivities,support 2
internationalterrorism,fundthedevelopmentand 3
acquisitionofweaponsofmassdestructionandthe 4
meanstodeliversuchweaponsbylimitingexportof 5
petroleumandpetroleumproductsbytheIslamic 6
RepublicofIran; 7
(2)todenytheIslamicRepublicofIranfunds 8
tooppressandcommithumanrightsviolations 9
againsttheIranianpeoplewhoareassembling 10
peacefullytoredresstheIranianregime; 11
(3)tosanctionentitiesthatviolatethelawsof 12
theUnitedStatesbyprovidingsupporttotheIra-13
nianenergysector;and 14
(4)thattheactionsoftheIslamicRepublicof 15
Irantofinanceandfacilitatetheparticipationof 16
foreignterroristorganizationsinongoingconflicts 17
andillicitactivitiesisdetrimentaltothenationalse-18
curityinterestsoftheUnitedStates. 19
SEC.4.SANCTIONS WITHRESPECT TOFOREIGN PERSONS 20
THATENGAGE INCERTAINTRANSACTIONS. 21
(a)IMPOSITIONOFSANCTIONS.— 22
(1)INGENERAL.—Onandafterthedatethat 23
is90daysafterthedateoftheenactmentofthis 24
Act,thePresidentshallimposethesanctionsde-25
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scribedinsubsection(b)withrespecttoaforeign 1
personthatthePresidentdeterminesknowinglyen-2
gaged,onoraftersuchdateofenactment,inanac-3
tivitydescribedinparagraph(2). 4
(2)ACTIVITIESDESCRIBED.—Aforeignperson 5
engagesinanactivitydescribedinthisparagraphif 6
theforeignperson— 7
(A)ownsoroperatesaforeignportthat, 8
onorafterthedateoftheenactmentofthis 9
Act,permittedtodockatsuchforeignporta 10
vessel— 11
(i)thatisincludedonthelistofspe-12
ciallydesignatednationalsandblocked 13
personsmaintainedbytheOfficeofFor-14
eignAssetsControloftheDepartmentof 15
theTreasuryfortransportingIranian 16
crudeoil;or 17
(ii)ofwhichtheoperatororownerof 18
suchvesselotherwiseknowinglyengagesin 19
asignificanttransactiontotransport,off-20
load,ordealincondensate,refined,or 21
unrefinedpetroleumproducts,orotherpe-22
trochemicalproductsoriginatingfromthe 23
IslamicRepublicofIran; 24
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(B)ownsoroperatesavesselthatcon-1
ductsasea-to-seatransferinvolvingasignifi-2
canttransactionofanypetroleumproductorigi-3
natingfromtheIslamicRepublicofIran; 4
(C)ownsoroperatesarefinerythaten-5
gagesinasignificanttransactiontoprocess,re-6
fine,orotherwisedealinanypetroleumproduct 7
originatingfromtheIslamicRepublicofIran; 8
(D)isafamilymemberofaforeignperson 9
describedinsubparagraph(A),(B),or(C); 10
(E)isownedorcontrolledbyaforeign 11
persondescribedinsubparagraph(A),(B),(C), 12
or(D);or 13
(F)engagesinasignificanttransaction 14
with,orprovidesmaterialsupportto,aforeign 15
persondescribedinsubparagraph(A),(B),(C), 16
(D),or(E). 17
(b)SANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—Thesanctionsde-18
scribedinthissubsectionarethefollowing: 19
(1)SANCTIONSONFOREIGNVESSELS.—Subject 20
tosuchregulationsasthePresidentmayprescribe, 21
thePresidentmayprohibitavesseldescribedinsub-22
section(a)(2)(A)or(a)(2)(B)fromlandingatany 23
portintheUnitedStates— 24
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(A)withrespecttoavesseldescribedin 1
subsection(a)(2)(A),foraperiodofnotmore 2
than2yearsbeginningonthedateonwhich 3
thePresidentimposessanctionswithrespectto 4
arelatedforeignportdescribedinsubsection 5
(a)(2)(A);and 6
(B)withrespecttoavesseldescribedin 7
subsection(a)(2)(B),foraperiodofnotmore 8
than2years. 9
(2)PROPERTYBLOCKING.—ThePresidentshall 10
exerciseallofthepowersgrantedtothePresident 11
undertheInternationalEmergencyEconomicPow-12
ersAct(50U.S.C.1701etseq.)totheextentnec-13
essarytoblockandprohibitalltransactionsinprop-14
ertyandinterestsinpropertyoftheforeignperson 15
ifsuchpropertyandinterestsinpropertyareinthe 16
UnitedStates,comewithintheUnitedStates,orare 17
orcomewithinthepossessionorcontrolofaUnited 18
Statesperson. 19
(3)INELIGIBILITYFORVISAS,ADMISSION,OR 20
PAROLE.— 21
(A)VISAS,ADMISSION,ORPAROLE.—In 22
thecaseofanalien,thealienis— 23
(i)inadmissibletotheUnitedStates; 24
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(ii)ineligibletoreceiveavisaorother 1
documentationtoentertheUnitedStates; 2
and 3
(iii)otherwiseineligibletobeadmitted 4
orparoledintotheUnitedStatesortore-5
ceiveanyotherbenefitundertheImmigra-6
tionandNationalityAct(8U.S.C.1101et 7
seq.). 8
(B)CURRENTVISASREVOKED.— 9
(i)INGENERAL.—Thevisaorother 10
entrydocumentationofanaliendescribed 11
insubparagraph(A)shallberevoked,re-12
gardlessofwhensuchvisaorotherentry 13
documentationwasissued. 14
(ii)IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—Arevoca-15
tionunderclause(i)shall— 16
(I)takeeffectimmediately; 17
(II)automaticallycancelany 18
othervalidvisaorentrydocumenta-19
tionthatisinthealien’spossession; 20
and 21
(III)beimplementedinaccord-22
ancewithsection221(i)oftheImmi-23
grationandNationalityAct(8U.S.C. 24
1201(i)). 25
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(4)IMPLEMENTATION;PENALTIES.— 1
(A)IMPLEMENTATION.—ThePresident— 2
(i)mayexerciseallauthoritiespro-3
videdundersections203and205ofthe 4
InternationalEmergencyEconomicPowers 5
Act(50U.S.C.1702and1704)tocarry 6
outthissection;and 7
(ii)notlaterthan180daysafterthe 8
dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,shall 9
prescribesuchregulationsasnecessaryto 10
carryoutthisAct. 11
(B)NOTIFICATION TOCONGRESS.—Not 12
laterthan10daysbeforetheeffectivedateof 13
anyregulationprescribedundersubparagraph 14
(A)(ii),thePresidentshallbrieftheappropriate 15
congressionalcommitteesontheproposedregu-16
lationsandtheprovisionsofthisActrelatingto 17
suchregulations. 18
(C)PENALTIES.—Apersonthatviolates, 19
attemptstoviolate,conspirestoviolate,or 20
causesaviolationofthissectionoranyregula-21
tion,license,ororderissuedtocarryoutthis 22
sectionshallbesubjecttothepenaltiesset 23
forthinsubsections(b)and(c)ofsection206 24
oftheInternationalEmergencyEconomicPow-25
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ersAct(50U.S.C.1705)tothesameextentas 1
apersonthatcommitsanunlawfulactde-2
scribedinsubsection(a)ofthatsection. 3
(c)EXCEPTIONS.— 4
(1)EXCEPTIONRELATINGTOIMPORTATION OF 5
GOODS.— 6
(A)INGENERAL.—Arequirementtoblock 7
andprohibitalltransactionsinallpropertyand 8
interestsinpropertyunderthissectionshallnot 9
includetheauthorityorarequirementtoim-10
posesanctionsontheimportationofgoods. 11
(B)GOOD.—Inthisparagraph,theterm 12
‘‘good’’meansanyarticle,naturalormanmade 13
substance,material,supplyormanufactured 14
product,includinginspectionandtestequip-15
ment,andexcludingtechnicaldata. 16
(2)EXCEPTIONTOCOMPLYWITHUNITEDNA-17
TIONSHEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT ANDLAWEN-18
FORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctionsundersub-19
section(b)(3)shallnotapplywithrespecttoan 20
alienifadmittingorparolingthealienintothe 21
UnitedStatesisnecessarytopermittheUnited 22
StatestocomplywiththeAgreementregardingthe 23
HeadquartersoftheUnitedNations,signedatLake 24
SuccessJune26,1947,andenteredintoforceNo-25
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vember21,1947,betweentheUnitedNationsand 1
theUnitedStates,orotherapplicableinternational 2
obligationsoftheUnitedStates. 3
(3)EXCEPTION TOCOMPLY WITHINTEL-4
LIGENCE,LAWENFORCEMENT,ANDOTHER NA-5
TIONALSECURITY ACTIVITIES.—Sanctionsunder 6
subsection(b)shallnotapplywithrespecttoafor-7
eignpersonifsuchforeignpersonisasubjector 8
targetof,orotherwiseinvolvedin,anintelligence, 9
lawenforcement,ornationalsecurityactivityofthe 10
UnitedStates,asdeterminedbythePresident. 11
(d)WAIVERS.— 12
(1)INGENERAL.—ThePresidentmaywaive 13
theapplicationofsanctionsunderthissectionwith 14
respecttoaforeignpersonforaperiodnottoexceed 15
180daysifthePresident— 16
(A)determinesthatsuchawaiverisvital 17
tothenationalinterestsoftheUnitedStates; 18
and 19
(B)notlessthan15daysbeforethegrant-20
ingofthewaiver,submitstotheappropriate 21
congressionalcommitteesanoticeofandjus-22
tificationforthewaiver. 23
(2)SPECIALRULE.— 24
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(A)INGENERAL.—ThePresidentmay 1
waivetheapplicationofsanctionsunderthis 2
sectionwithrespecttoaforeignpersonifthe 3
Presidentcertifiesinwritingtotheappropriate 4
congressionalcommitteesthat— 5
(i)theforeignperson— 6
(I)hasceasedengaginginactivi-7
tiesdescribedinsubsection(b);or 8
(II)hastakenandiscontinuing 9
totakesignificantverifiablestepsto-10
wardceasingsuchactivities;and 11
(ii)thePresidenthasreceivedreliable 12
assurancesfromthegovernmentofthefor-13
eigncountrythatsuchforeignpersonwill 14
notresumeengaginginanyactivityde-15
scribedinsubsection(b). 16
(B)SUNSET.—Theauthoritytogranta 17
waiverunderthisparagraphshallterminateon 18
thedatethatis5yearsafterthedateofthe 19
enactmentofthisAct. 20
SEC.5.REPORT ONPETROLEUM ANDPETROLEUM PROD-21
UCTEXPORTS FROMIRAN. 22
(a)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan120daysafterthe 23
dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theAdministratorof 24
theEnergyInformationAdministrationshallsubmitto 25
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theappropriatecongressionalcommitteesareportonthe 1
increaseexportsofpetroleumandpetroleumproductsby 2
theIslamicRepublicofIran. 3
(b)CONTENTS.—Thereportrequiredbysubsection 4
(a)shallincludethefollowing: 5
(1)Ananalysisoftheexportandsaleofpetro-6
leumandpetroleumproductsbytheIslamicRepub-7
licofIransince2018,including— 8
(A)anestimateoftheannualrevenueof 9
theexportandsaleofpetroleumbytheIslamic 10
RepublicofIran,disaggregatedbyyear; 11
(B)anestimateoftheannualrevenueof 12
theexportandsaleofpetroleumtothePeople’s 13
RepublicofChinabytheIslamicRepublicof 14
Iran,disaggregatedbyyear; 15
(C)thenumberofpetroleumandcrudeoil 16
barrelsannuallyexportedbytheIslamicRepub-17
licofIran,disaggregatedbyyear; 18
(D)thenumberofpetroleumandcrudeoil 19
barrelsannuallyexportedtothePeople’sRe-20
publicofChinabytheIslamicRepublicofIran, 21
disaggregatedbyyear; 22
(E)thenumberofpetroleumandcrudeoil 23
barrelsannuallyexportedtocountriesother 24
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thanthePeople’sRepublicofChinabytheIs-1
lamicRepublicofIran,disaggregatedbyyear; 2
(F)theaveragepriceperpetroleumand 3
crudeoilbarrelannuallyexportedbytheIs-4
lamicRepublicofIran,disaggregatedbyyear; 5
and 6
(G)theaveragepriceperpetroleumand 7
crudeoilbarrelannuallyexportedtothePeo-8
ple’sRepublicofChinabytheIslamicRepublic 9
ofIran,disaggregatedbyyear. 10
(2)Ananalysisofthelabelingpracticesofthe 11
IslamicRepublicofIranwithrespecttoexportedpe-12
troleumandpetroleumproducts. 13
(3)Adescriptionofpersonsinvolvedintheex-14
portandsaleofpetroleumandpetroleumproducts 15
fromtheIslamicRepublicofIran. 16
(4)Adescriptionofvesselsinvolvedintheex-17
portandsaleofpetroleumandpetroleumproducts 18
fromtheIslamicRepublicofIran. 19
(5)Adescriptionofforeignportsinvolvedin 20
theexportandsaleofpetroleumandpetroleum 21
productsfromtheIslamicRepublicofIran. 22
(c)FORM.—Thereportrequiredbysubsection(a) 23
shallbesubmittedinunclassifiedformbutmayinclude 24
aclassifiedannex. 25
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(d)PUBLICATION.—Theunclassifiedportionofthe 1
reportrequiredbysubsection(a)shallbepostedonapub-2
liclyavailablewebsiteoftheEnergyInformationAdminis-3
tration. 4
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 5
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Harboring Iranian 6
Petroleum Act of 2024’’. 7
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 8
In this Act: 9
(1) A
DMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN; LAWFULLY 10
ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE .—The terms 11
‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, ‘‘alien’’, and ‘‘lawfully ad-12
mitted for permanent residence’’ have the meanings 13
given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration 14
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 15
(2) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -16
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-17
tees’’ means— 18
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 19
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 20
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 21
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 22
the Committee on Financial Services of the 23
House of Representatives. 24
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(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-1
son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 2
United States person. 3
(4) F
OREIGN PORT.—The term ‘‘foreign port’’ 4
means any harbor, marine terminal, or other shore 5
side facility outside of the United States used prin-6
cipally for the movement of goods on the water. 7
(5) K
NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 8
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means 9
that a person has actual knowledge, or should have 10
known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. 11
(6) U
NITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 12
States person’’ means— 13
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-14
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 15
United States; or 16
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 17
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 18
United States, including a foreign branch of 19
such an entity. 20
(7) V
ESSEL.—The term ‘‘vessel’’ means any 21
watercraft or aircraft capable of being used as a 22
means of transportation on, under, or over water. 23
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 24
It is the policy of the United States— 25
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(1) to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran the abil-1
ity to engage in destabilizing activities, support inter-2
national terrorism, fund the development and acquisi-3
tion of weapons of mass destruction and the means to 4
deliver such weapons by limiting export of petroleum 5
and petroleum products by the Islamic Republic of 6
Iran; 7
(2) to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran funds 8
to oppress and commit human rights violations 9
against the Iranian people who are assembling peace-10
fully to redress the Iranian regime; 11
(3) to sanction entities that provide support to 12
the Iranian energy sector; and 13
(4) to counter the efforts of the Islamic Republic 14
of Iran to finance and facilitate the participation of 15
foreign terrorist organizations in ongoing conflicts 16
and illicit activities in the region and beyond, which 17
is detrimental to the national security interests of the 18
United States. 19
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS 20
THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. 21
(a) I
MPOSITION OFSANCTIONS.— 22
(1) I
N GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 23
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 24
the President shall impose the sanctions described in 25
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subsection (b) with respect to a foreign person that the 1
President determines knowingly engaged, on or after 2
such date of enactment, in an activity described in 3
paragraph (2). 4
(2) A
CTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign person 5
engages in an activity described in this paragraph if 6
the foreign person— 7
(A) owns or operates a foreign port at 8
which, on or after the date of the enactment of 9
this Act, such person knowingly permits to dock 10
a vessel— 11
(i) that is included on the list of spe-12
cially designated nationals and blocked per-13
sons maintained by the Office of Foreign 14
Assets Control of the Department of the 15
Treasury for transporting Iranian crude oil 16
or petroleum products; or 17
(ii) of which the operator or owner of 18
such vessel otherwise knowingly engages in 19
a significant transaction involving such ves-20
sel to transport, offload, or deal in signifi-21
cant transactions in condensate, refined, or 22
unrefined petroleum products, or other pe-23
trochemical products originating from the 24
Islamic Republic of Iran; 25
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(B) owns or operates a vessel through which 1
such owner knowingly conducts a sea-to-sea 2
transfer involving a significant transaction of 3
any petroleum product originating from the Is-4
lamic Republic of Iran; 5
(C) owns or operates a vessel that is know-6
ingly used by a foreign person for the transpor-7
tation of significant amounts of petroleum or pe-8
troleum products from the Islamic Republic of 9
Iran; 10
(D) owns or operates a refinery through 11
which such owner knowingly engages in a sig-12
nificant transaction to process, refine, or other-13
wise deal in any petroleum product originating 14
from the Islamic Republic of Iran; 15
(E) is a covered family member of a foreign 16
person described in subparagraph (A), (B), or 17
(D); or 18
(F) is owned or controlled by a foreign per-19
son described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (D), 20
and knowingly engages in an activity described 21
in subparagraph (A), (B), or (D). 22
(b) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 23
in this subsection are the following: 24
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(1) SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN VESSELS .—Subject 1
to such regulations as the President may prescribe, 2
the President may prohibit a vessel described in sub-3
section (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) from landing at any 4
port in the United States— 5
(A) with respect to a vessel described in sub-6
section (a)(2)(A), for a period of not more than 7
2 years beginning on the date on which the 8
President imposes sanctions with respect to a re-9
lated foreign port described in subsection 10
(a)(2)(A); and 11
(B) with respect to a vessel described in sub-12
section (a)(2)(B), for a period of not more than 13
2 years. 14
(2) P
ROPERTY BLOCKING.—The President shall 15
exercise all of the powers granted to the President 16
under the International Emergency Economic Powers 17
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary 18
to block and prohibit all transactions in property and 19
interests in property of the foreign person if such 20
property and interests in property are in the United 21
States, come within the United States, or are or come 22
within the possession or control of a United States 23
person. 24
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(3) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PA-1
ROLE.— 2
(A) V
ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In the 3
case of an alien, the alien is— 4
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 5
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 6
documentation to enter the United States; 7
and 8
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 9
or paroled into the United States or to re-10
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-11
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 12
seq.). 13
(B) C
URRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 14
(i) I
N GENERAL.—The visa or other 15
entry documentation of an alien described 16
in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re-17
gardless of when such visa or other entry 18
documentation was issued. 19
(ii) I
MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-20
tion under clause (i) shall— 21
(I) take effect immediately; 22
(II) automatically cancel any 23
other valid visa or entry documenta-24
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tion that is in the alien’s possession; 1
and 2
(III) be implemented in accord-3
ance with section 221(i) of the Immi-4
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 5
1201(i)). 6
(4) I
MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 7
(A) I
MPLEMENTATION.—The President— 8
(i) may exercise all authorities pro-9
vided under sections 203 and 205 of the 10
International Emergency Economic Powers 11
Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 12
this section; and 13
(ii) not later than 180 days after the 14
date of the enactment of this Act, shall pre-15
scribe such regulations as necessary to carry 16
out this Act. 17
(B) N
OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not 18
later than 10 days before the effective date of any 19
regulation prescribed in accordance with sub-20
paragraph (A)(ii), the President shall brief the 21
appropriate congressional committees on the pro-22
posed regulations and the provisions of this Act 23
relating to such regulations. 24
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(C) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-1
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes 2
a violation of this section or any regulation, li-3
cense, or order issued to carry out this section 4
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-5
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-6
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 7
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that 8
commits an unlawful act described in subsection 9
(a) of that section. 10
(c) W
AIVERS.— 11
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The President may waive the 12
application of sanctions under this section for renew-13
able periods not to exceed 180 days if the President— 14
(A) determines that such a waiver is in the 15
vital national security interests of the United 16
States; and 17
(B) not less than 15 days before the grant-18
ing of the waiver, submits to the appropriate 19
congressional committees a notice of and jus-20
tification for the waiver. 21
(2) F
ORM.—The waiver described in paragraph 22
(1) may be transmitted in classified form. 23
(3) S
PECIAL RULE.—The President may waive 24
the application of sanctions under this section with 25
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respect to a foreign person if the President certifies in 1
writing to the appropriate congressional committees 2
that the foreign person— 3
(A) has ceased engaging in activities de-4
scribed in subsection (a)(2); or 5
(B) has taken and is continuing to take sig-6
nificant verifiable steps toward ceasing such ac-7
tivities. 8
(d) S
UNSET.—The authority to impose sanctions 9
under this section, and any sanctions imposed under this 10
section, shall terminate on the date that is 4 years after 11
the date of the enactment of this Act. 12
(e) C
OVEREDFAMILYMEMBERDEFINED.—In this sec-13
tion, the term ‘‘covered family member’’, with respect to a 14
foreign person who is an individual, means a spouse, adult 15
child, parent, or sibling of the person who engages in the 16
sanctionable activity described under subsection (a)(2) or 17
who demonstrably benefits from such activity. 18
SEC. 5. REPORT ON PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PROD-19
UCT EXPORTS FROM IRAN. 20
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 21
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 22
Energy Information Administration shall submit to the ap-23
propriate congressional committees a report on the increase 24
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of exports of petroleum and petroleum products by the Is-1
lamic Republic of Iran. 2
(b) C
ONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 3
shall include the following: 4
(1) An analysis of the export and sale of petro-5
leum and petroleum products by the Islamic Republic 6
of Iran since 2018, including— 7
(A) an estimate of the annual revenue of the 8
export and sale of petroleum by the Islamic Re-9
public of Iran, disaggregated by year; 10
(B) an estimate of the annual revenue of the 11
export and sale of petroleum to the People’s Re-12
public of China by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 13
disaggregated by year; 14
(C) the number of petroleum and crude oil 15
barrels annually exported by the Islamic Repub-16
lic of Iran, disaggregated by year; 17
(D) the number of petroleum and crude oil 18
barrels annually exported to the People’s Repub-19
lic of China by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 20
disaggregated by year; 21
(E) the number of petroleum and crude oil 22
barrels annually exported to countries other than 23
the People’s Republic of China by the Islamic 24
Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year; 25
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(F) the average price per petroleum and 1
crude oil barrel annually exported by the Islamic 2
Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year; and 3
(G) the average price per petroleum and 4
crude oil barrel annually exported to the People’s 5
Republic of China by the Islamic Republic of 6
Iran, disaggregated by year. 7
(2) An analysis of the labeling practices of the 8
Islamic Republic of Iran with respect to exported pe-9
troleum and petroleum products. 10
(3) A description of persons involved in the ex-11
port and sale of petroleum and petroleum products 12
from the Islamic Republic of Iran. 13
(4) A description of vessels involved in the export 14
and sale of petroleum and petroleum products from 15
the Islamic Republic of Iran. 16
(5) A description of foreign ports involved in the 17
export and sale of petroleum and petroleum products 18
from the Islamic Republic of Iran. 19
(c) F
ORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 20
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-21
fied annex. 22
(d) P
UBLICATION.—The unclassified portion of the re-23
port required by subsection (a) shall be posted on a publicly 24
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available website of the Energy Information Administra-1
tion. 2
SEC. 6. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF SANCTIONING 3
THE USE OF CIVILIANS AS DEFENSELESS 4
SHIELDS ACT. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 3 of the Sanctioning the 6
Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 7
115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 8
(1) in subsection (b)— 9
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 10
paragraph (4); and 11
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-12
lowing: 13
‘‘(3) Each foreign person that the President de-14
termines, on or after the date of the enactment of the 15
Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act of 2024— 16
‘‘(A) is a member of Palestine Islamic 17
Jihad or is knowingly acting on behalf of Pal-18
estine Islamic Jihad; and 19
‘‘(B) knowingly orders, controls, or other-20
wise directs the use of civilians protected as such 21
by the law of war to shield military objectives 22
from attack.’’; 23
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(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), 1
and (i) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respec-2
tively; and 3
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-4
lowing: 5
‘‘(e) C
ONGRESSIONALREQUESTS.—Not later than 120 6
days after receiving a request from the chairman and rank-7
ing member of one of the appropriate congressional commit-8
tees with respect to whether a foreign person meets the cri-9
teria of a person described in subsection (b) or (c), the 10
President shall— 11
‘‘(1) determine if the person meets such criteria; 12
and 13
‘‘(2) submit a written justification to the chair-14
man and ranking member detailing whether or not 15
the President imposed or intends to impose sanctions 16
described in subsection (b) or (c) with respect to such 17
person.’’. 18
(b) D
EFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Sanctioning the 19
Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 20
115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 21
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-22
graph (8); and 23
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-24
lowing: 25
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‘‘(7) PALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD .—The term 1
‘Palestine Islamic Jihad’ means— 2
‘‘(A) the entity known as Palestine Islamic 3
Jihad and designated by the Secretary of State 4
as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to 5
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 6
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 7
‘‘(B) any person identified as an agent or 8
instrumentality of Palestine Islamic Jihad on 9
the list of specially designated nationals and 10
blocked persons maintained by the Office of For-11
eign Asset Control of the Department of the 12
Treasury, the property or interests in property of 13
which are blocked pursuant to the International 14
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 15
1701 et seq.).’’. 16
(c) S
UNSET.—Section 5 of the Sanctioning the Use of 17
Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 18
50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 19
31, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 20
SEC. 7. CONFRONTING ASYMMETRIC AND MALICIOUS 21
CYBER ACTIVITIES. 22
(a) I
NGENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 23
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-24
dent may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 25
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with respect to any foreign person that the President deter-1
mines, on or after such date of enactment— 2
(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has en-3
gaged knowingly in, significant cyber-enabled activi-4
ties originating from, or directed by persons located, 5
in whole or in substantial part, outside the United 6
States that are reasonably likely to result in, or have 7
materially contributed to, a significant threat to the 8
national security, foreign policy, or economic health 9
or financial stability of the United States; 10
(2) materially assisted, sponsored, or provided fi-11
nancial, material, or technological support for, or 12
goods or services to or in support of, any activity de-13
scribed in this subsection or any person whose prop-14
erty and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 15
this section; 16
(3) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or 17
purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indi-18
rectly, any person whose property and interests in 19
property are blocked pursuant to this section; or 20
(4) has attempted to engage in any of the activi-21
ties described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 22
(b) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 23
in this subsection are the following: 24
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(1) INADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES .—In 1
the case of an alien— 2
(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 3
the United States or to be admitted to the United 4
States; or 5
(B) if the individual has been issued a visa 6
or other documentation, revocation, in accord-7
ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 8
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or 9
other documentation. 10
(2) B
LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The blocking, in 11
accordance with the International Emergency Eco-12
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all 13
transactions in all property and interests in property 14
of a foreign person if such property and interests in 15
property are in the United States, come within the 16
United States, or are or come within the possession 17
or control of a United States person. 18
(c) R
EQUESTS BY APPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL 19
C
OMMITTEES.— 20
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 21
receiving a request that meets the requirements of 22
paragraph (2) with respect to whether a foreign per-23
son has engaged in an activity described in subsection 24
(a), the President shall— 25
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(A) determine if that person has engaged in 1
such an activity; and 2
(B) submit a classified or unclassified re-3
port to the chairperson and ranking member of 4
the committee or committees that submitted the 5
request with respect to that determination that 6
includes— 7
(i) a statement of whether or not the 8
President imposed or intends to impose 9
sanctions with respect to the person; 10
(ii) if the President imposed or intends 11
to impose sanctions, a description of those 12
sanctions; and 13
(iii) if the President does not intend to 14
impose sanctions, a description of actions 15
that meet the threshold for the President to 16
impose sanctions. 17
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS.—A request under para-18
graph (1) with respect to whether a foreign person has 19
engaged in an activity described in subsection (a) 20
shall be submitted to the President in writing jointly 21
by the chairperson and ranking member of one of the 22
appropriate congressional committees. 23
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SEC. 8. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO CUR-1
RENT OR FORMER UNITED STATES OFFI-2
CIALS. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 4
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-5
dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 6
with respect to any foreign person the President determines 7
has, on or after such date of enactment, ordered, directed, 8
or taken material steps to carry out any use of violence 9
or has attempted or threatened to use violence against any 10
current or former official of the Government of the United 11
States. 12
(b) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 13
in this subsection are the following: 14
(1) I
NADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES .—In 15
the case of a foreign person who is an individual— 16
(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 17
the United States or to be admitted to the United 18
States; or 19
(B) if the individual has been issued a visa 20
or other documentation, revocation, in accord-21
ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 22
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or 23
other documentation. 24
(2) B
LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The blocking, in 25
accordance with the International Emergency Eco-26
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nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all 1
transactions in all property and interests in property 2
of a foreign person if such property and interests in 3
property are in the United States, come within the 4
United States, or are or come within the possession 5
or control of a United States person. 6
(c) E
NFORCEMENT OF BLOCKING OFPROPERTY.—A 7
person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to vio-8
late, or causes a violation of a sanction described in sub-9
section (b)(2) that is imposed by the President or any regu-10
lation, license, or order issued to carry out such a sanction 11
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 12
and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-13
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as 14
a person that commits an unlawful act described in sub-15
section (a) of that section. 16
(d) W
AIVER.— 17
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The President may waive the 18
application of sanctions under this section for renew-19
able periods not to exceed 180 days if the President— 20
(A) determines that such a waiver is in the 21
vital national security interests of the United 22
States; and 23
(B) not less than 15 days before the grant-24
ing of the waiver, submits to the appropriate 25
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congressional committees a notice of and jus-1
tification for the waiver. 2
(e) T
ERMINATION ANDSUNSET.— 3
(1) T
ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 4
may terminate the application of sanctions under this 5
section with respect to a person if the President deter-6
mines and reports to the appropriate congressional 7
committees not later than 15 days before the termi-8
nation of the sanctions that— 9
(A) credible information exists that the per-10
son did not engage in the activity for which 11
sanctions were imposed; 12
(B) the person has credibly demonstrated a 13
significant change in behavior, has paid an ap-14
propriate consequence for the activity for which 15
sanctions were imposed, and has credibly com-16
mitted to not engage in an activity described in 17
subsection (a) in the future; or 18
(C) the termination of the sanctions is in 19
the vital national security interests of the United 20
States. 21
(2) S
UNSET.—The requirement to impose sanc-22
tions under this section shall terminate on the date 23
that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of this 24
Act. 25
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SEC. 9. RESOURCES FOR SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION AT 1
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 2
(a) S
ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 3
that sanctions are a vital foreign policy and national secu-4
rity tool, and as such, it is critical that the Department 5
of State and other agencies with responsibilities relating to 6
sanctions across the executive branch— 7
(1) are fully staffed, including through the 8
prompt confirmation by the Senate of a qualified 9
head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination of the 10
Department of State; and 11
(2) have the resources and infrastructure nec-12
essary for the successful development and implementa-13
tion of sanctions. 14
(b) I
NCREASINGRESOURCES AND IMPROVINGMOD-15
ERNIZATION FORSANCTIONSIMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-16
retary of State shall take steps to modernize the sanctions 17
infrastructure and increase resources dedicated to imple-18
menting sanctions, including by— 19
(1) ensuring the Department of State has nec-20
essary subscriptions and access to open-source data-21
bases for purposes of making determinations to sup-22
port the designation of persons for the imposition of 23
sanctions; 24
(2) equipping bureaus involved in drafting and 25
reviewing evidentiary packages to support such des-26
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ignations with sufficient technical resources to do so, 1
including an adequate number of workstations that 2
can be used to review classified information; and 3
(3) increasing the number of personnel dedicated 4
to making and reviewing such designations. 5
(c) R
EPORT ONMODERNIZATIONSEFFORTS.—Not 6
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 7
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee 8
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 9
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report de-10
scribing steps the Department of State is taking to address 11
challenges in the ability of the Department to support the 12
designation of persons for the imposition of sanctions. 13
(d) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 14
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for 15
fiscal year 2025 $15,000,000 to carry out this section. 16
SEC. 10. EXCEPTIONS. 17
(a) E
XCEPTIONRELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 18
G
OODS.— 19
(1) I
N GENERAL.—A requirement to block and 20
prohibit all transactions in all property and interests 21
in property under this Act shall not include the au-22
thority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the 23
importation of goods. 24
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(2) GOOD.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘good’’ 1
means any article, natural or manmade substance, 2
material, supply, or manufactured product, including 3
inspection and test equipment, and excluding tech-4
nical data. 5
(b) E
XCEPTIONTOCOMPLYWITHUNITEDNATIONS 6
H
EADQUARTERSAGREEMENT ANDLAWENFORCEMENTAC-7
TIVITIES.—Sanctions under this Act shall not apply with 8
respect to the admission of an alien to the United States 9
if admitting or paroling the alien into the United States 10
is necessary— 11
(1) to permit the United States to comply with 12
the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 13
United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 14
1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, be-15
tween the United Nations and the United States, or 16
other applicable international obligations of the 17
United States; or 18
(2) to carry out or assist authorized law enforce-19
ment activity in the United States. 20
(c) E
XCEPTIONTOCOMPLYWITHINTELLIGENCEAC-21
TIVITIES.—Sanctions under this Act shall not apply to any 22
activity subject to the reporting requirements under title V 23
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et 24
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seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities of the United 1
States. 2
(d) H
UMANITARIANASSISTANCE.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Sanctions under this Act shall 4
not apply to— 5
(A) the conduct or facilitation of a trans-6
action for the provision of agricultural commod-7
ities, food, medicine, medical devices, humani-8
tarian assistance, or for humanitarian purposes; 9
or 10
(B) transactions that are necessary for or 11
related to the activities described in subpara-12
graph (A). 13
(2) D
EFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 14
(A) A
GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The term 15
‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given 16
that term in section 102 of the Agricultural 17
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 18
(B) M
EDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical 19
device’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ 20
in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 21
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 22
(C) M
EDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has 23
the meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 24
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201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 1
(21 U.S.C. 321). 2
(e) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 3
shall be construed to affect the availability of any existing 4
authorities to issue waivers, exceptions, exemptions, li-5
censes, or other authorization. 6
(f) A
NNUALREPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 7
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 8
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 9
committees a report that describes each activity that would 10
be sanctionable under this Act if not excepted pursuant to 11
subsections (b) and (c). 12
SEC. 11. REPORT ON IMPACTS ON THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC 13
OF IRAN OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE 14
UNITED STATES. 15
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 16
date of the enactment this Act, the Secretary of State, in 17
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and draw-18
ing on subject-matter experts including economists and stat-19
isticians from the Department of State and the Department 20
of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congres-21
sional committees (as defined in section 2(c)) a report on 22
the impacts on the Islamic Republic of Iran of sanctions 23
imposed by the United States. 24
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 1
shall include an assessment of the following: 2
(1) The impact of sanctions imposed by the 3
United States on the following: 4
(A) Problematic activities and policies of 5
the Islamic Republic of Iran, including ballistic 6
missile development, proliferation of Iranian 7
drones and missiles to state and non-state actors, 8
uranium enrichment, and funding of terrorist 9
groups in the ‘‘Axis of Resistance’’, and how 10
sanctions have meaningfully impacted the ability 11
of such groups to operate. 12
(B) Key officials of the Iranian regime, in-13
cluding their access to alternative financial mar-14
kets, their standard of living, and impacts to 15
their personal wealth. 16
(C) The operations of independent civil so-17
ciety organizations in Iran, including the ability 18
of such organizations to access products that 19
would allow them to document and share human 20
rights abuses, promote democratic norms, and 21
engage in political dissent. 22
(D) The efficacy of licensing actions aimed 23
at ensuring the people of Iran have access to cir-24
cumvention technologies around Iranian regime 25
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firewalls and censors to promote internet free-1
dom, including General License D-2 of the De-2
partment of the Treasury. 3
(E) The standard of living of the people of 4
Iran, including— 5
(i) the impact on the purchasing power 6
of the people of Iran and their ability to af-7
ford and acquire food and medicine; and 8
(ii) changes in the size of the working 9
and middle classes in Iran, including im-10
pacts to the poverty rate in Iran. 11
(F) The growth of unofficial economies con-12
trolled by officials of the Iranian regime and 13
members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 14
Corps. 15
(2) What industries in Iran remain unaffected 16
by such sanctions. 17
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TH
CONGRESS
2
D
S
ESSION
S. 1829 A BILL
To impose sanctions with respect to persons en-
gaged in the import of petroleum from the Is-
lamic Republic of Iran, and for other purposes.
M
AY
7, 2024
Reported with an amendment
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