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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1422
To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in logistical transactions
and sanctions evasion relating to oil, gas, liquefied natural gas, and
related petrochemical products from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY18, 2025
Mr. L
AWLER(for himself and Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned
A BILL
To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in
logistical transactions and sanctions evasion relating to
oil, gas, liquefied natural gas, and related petrochemical
products 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 ‘‘Enhanced Iran Sanc-4
tions Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 1
It is the policy of the United States— 2
(1) that, in accordance with the Iran Nuclear 2 3
Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act 4
of 2022 (22 U.S.C. 8701 note; Public Law 117– 5
4263), the United States must— 6
(A) ensure that the Islamic Republic of 7
Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapons capa-8
bility; 9
(B) protect against aggression from the Is-10
lamic Republic of Iran manifested through its 11
missiles and drone programs; and 12
(C) counter regional and global terrorism 13
of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a manner 14
that minimizes the threat posed by state and 15
non-state actors to the interests of the United 16
States; 17
(2) to fully enforce sanctions against all persons 18
involved in the international logistical chain that 19
provide support to the energy sector of the Islamic 20
Republic of Iran; 21
(3) through such sanctions, to deny the Islamic 22
Republic of Iran the financial resources required— 23
(A) to fund and facilitate international ter-24
rorism; 25
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(B) to finance the development of weapons 1
of mass destruction; 2
(C) to engage in destabilizing efforts 3
abroad; and 4
(D) to repress the rights of Iranian citi-5
zens; and 6
(4) to strengthen coherence among members of 7
the international community in enforcing sanctions 8
on the malign activity of the Islamic Republic of 9
Iran. 10
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 11
In this Act: 12
(1) A
DMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 13
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 14
section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 15
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 16
(2) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -17
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-18
mittees’’ means— 19
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 20
the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-21
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 22
of the Senate; and 23
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 24
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-25
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mittee on Financial Services of the House of 1
Representatives. 2
(3) F
OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-3
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 4
person, including the government of a foreign coun-5
try. 6
(4) K
NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 7
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 8
means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 9
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 10
result. 11
(5) P
ROPERTY; INTEREST IN PROPERTY .—The 12
terms ‘‘property’’ and ‘‘interest in property’’ have 13
the meanings given the terms ‘‘property’’ and ‘‘prop-14
erty interest’’, respectively, in section 576.312 of 15
title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 16
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. 17
(6) U
NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 18
‘‘United States person’’ means— 19
(A) an individual who is a United States 20
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-21
nent residence to the United States; 22
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 23
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 24
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United States, including a foreign branch of 1
such an entity; or 2
(C) any person in the United States. 3
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PER-4
SONS ENGAGED IN LOGISTICAL TRANS-5
ACTIONS OF OIL, GAS, LIQUEFIED NATURAL 6
GAS, AND PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM 7
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. 8
(a) I
NGENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-9
actment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanc-10
tions described in subsection (b) with respect to any for-11
eign person, including any bank or foreign financial insti-12
tution, insurance provider, flagging registry, pipeline con-13
struction or operation facility for liquefied natural gas, 14
that— 15
(1) the President determines knowingly engaged 16
in, on or after such date of enactment, any trans-17
action involved in, relating or incident to the proc-18
essing, export, or sale of oil, condensates, gas, lique-19
fied natural gas, or other petrochemical products in 20
whole or in part from the Islamic Republic of Iran; 21
(2) is a subsidiary, successor, or alias of a for-22
eign person described in paragraph (1); 23
(3)(A) directly or indirectly owns or controls a 24
50 percent or greater interest in or is owned or con-25
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trolled by a 50 percent or greater interest of a for-1
eign person or foreign persons subject to sanctions 2
pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2); and 3
(B) directly or indirectly conducts a significant 4
transaction with, for, or on behalf of a foreign per-5
son described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 6
3(b) of the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act 7
(22 U.S.C. 8572); 8
(4) the President determines is a corporate offi-9
cer of a foreign person described paragraph (1), (2), 10
or (3); or 11
(5) is an immediate family member of a foreign 12
person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 13
(b) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-14
scribed in this subsection are the following: 15
(1) B
LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 16
shall, pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-17
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 18
and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-19
ests in property of a foreign person subject to sanc-20
tions pursuant to subsection (a)(1) if such property 21
and interests in property are in the United States, 22
come within the United States, or are or come with-23
in the possession or control of a United States per-24
son. 25
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(2) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS , ADMIS-1
SION, OR PAROLE.— 2
(A) V
ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In 3
the case of an alien subject to sanctions pursu-4
ant to subsection (a), the alien is— 5
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 6
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 7
documentation to enter the United States; 8
and 9
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 10
or paroled into the United States or to re-11
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-12
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 13
seq.). 14
(B) C
URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 15
(i) I
N GENERAL.—The visa or other 16
entry documentation of an alien described 17
in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re-18
gardless of when such visa or other entry 19
documentation was issued. 20
(ii) I
MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-21
tion under clause (i) shall— 22
(I) take effect immediately; and 23
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(II) automatically cancel any 1
other valid visa or entry documenta-2
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 3
(c) E
XCEPTIONS.— 4
(1) E
XCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 5
GOODS.— 6
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The requirement to im-7
pose sanctions under this section shall not in-8
clude the authority or a requirement to impose 9
sanctions on the importation of goods. 10
(B) G
OOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 11
the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 12
manmade substance, material, supply, or manu-13
factured product, including inspection and test 14
equipment, and excluding technical data. 15
(2) E
XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -16
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 17
ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under subsection (b)(2) 18
shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 19
or paroling the alien into the United States is nec-20
essary— 21
(A) to permit the United States to comply 22
with the Agreement regarding the Head-23
quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 24
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 25
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November 21, 1947, between the United Na-1
tions and the United States, or other applicable 2
international obligations; or 3
(B) to carry out or assist authorized law 4
enforcement activity in the United States. 5
(3) E
XCEPTION FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSIST -6
ANCE.— 7
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Sanctions under this 8
section shall not apply to— 9
(i) the conduct or facilitation of a 10
transaction for the provision of agricultural 11
commodities, food, medicine, medical de-12
vices, or humanitarian assistance, or for 13
humanitarian purposes; or 14
(ii) transactions that are necessary for 15
or related to the activities described in 16
clause (i). 17
(B) D
EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 18
(i) the term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ 19
has the meaning given that term in section 20
102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 21
(7 U.S.C. 5602); 22
(ii) the term ‘‘medical device’’ has the 23
meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in section 24
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201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-1
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321); and 2
(iii) the term ‘‘medicine’’ has the 3
meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 4
201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-5
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 6
(4) E
XCEPTION FOR SAFETY OF VESSELS AND 7
CREW.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 8
with respect to a person providing provisions to a 9
vessel otherwise subject to sanctions under this sec-10
tion if such provisions are intended for the safety 11
and care of the crew aboard the vessel, the protec-12
tion of human life aboard the vessel, or the mainte-13
nance of the vessel to avoid any environmental or 14
other significant damage. 15
(d) W
AIVER.— 16
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The President may, on a 17
case-by-case basis for a period of not more than 180 18
days, waive the application of sanctions imposed 19
with respect to a foreign person under this section 20
if the President— 21
(A) certifies to the appropriate congres-22
sional committees that the waiver is vital to the 23
national interests of the United States; and 24
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(B) submits with the certification required 1
under subparagraph (A) a detailed justification 2
explaining the reasons for the waiver. 3
(2) R
ENEWAL OF WAIVER .—The President 4
may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver issued 5
under paragraph (1) for additional periods of not 6
more than 180 days if the President— 7
(A) determines that the renewal of the 8
waiver is vital to the national interests of the 9
United States; and 10
(B) not less than 15 days before the waiv-11
er expires, submits to the appropriate congres-12
sional committees a report on the renewal of 13
the waiver that includes— 14
(i) a justification for the renewal of 15
the waiver; and 16
(ii) a detailed plan to phase out the 17
need for any such waiver issued with re-18
spect to such foreign person. 19
(e) I
MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 20
(1) I
MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-21
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 22
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 23
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 24
subsection (b)(1). 25
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(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-1
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 2
violation of subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, li-3
cense, or order issued to carry out that subsection 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 (a) 9
of that section. 10
(f) R
ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.— 11
(1) Subsection (a)(3)(A) shall be construed to 12
be consistent with Frequently Asked Questions 398 13
through 402, published by the Office of Foreign As-14
sets Control on August 11, 2020, and August 13, 15
2014, or any successors to such frequently asked 16
questions. 17
(2) For purposes of determinations under sub-18
section (a) that a foreign person engaged in activi-19
ties described in such subsection (a), a foreign per-20
son shall not be determined to know that petroleum 21
or petroleum products originated from Iran if such 22
person relied on a certificate of origin or other docu-23
mentation confirming that the origin of the petro-24
leum or petroleum products was a country other 25
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than Iran, unless such person knew or had reason 1
to know that such documentation was falsified. 2
(3) Nothing in this section may be construed to 3
affect the availability of any existing authorities to 4
issue waivers, exceptions, exemptions, licenses, or 5
other authorization. 6
SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON IRANIAN SANC-7
TIONS. 8
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 9
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 10
State shall establish a working group to be known as the 11
‘‘Interagency Working Group on Iranian Sanctions’’ (re-12
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Working Group’’). 13
(b) M
EMBERSHIP.—The Working Group shall be 14
composed one or more representatives from each of the 15
following: 16
(1) The Department of State. 17
(2) The Department of the Treasury. 18
(3) The Department of Justice. Such other 19
Federal departments or agencies as the Secretary of 20
State determines appropriate. 21
(c) C
HAIR.—The President shall designate a Chair 22
of the Working Group. 23
(d) M
ULTILATERALCONTACTGROUP.— 24
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Working Group 1
shall endeavor to establish a multilateral contact 2
group with like-minded nations to coordinate inter-3
national efforts to enforce sanctions imposed with 4
respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran. 5
(2) D
UTIES.—The multilateral contact group 6
shall— 7
(A) share information on evolving sanc-8
tions frameworks to identify areas of difference 9
or enforcement gaps; 10
(B) share information on newly-designated 11
entities; 12
(C) raise awareness of new sanctions eva-13
sion practices; and 14
(D) coordinate on new measures to curb 15
Iranian malign activity, including uranium en-16
richment activities, ballistic missile production, 17
and support for terrorism. 18
SEC. 6. PRIVATE SECTOR REPORTING ON PERSONS EN-19
GAGED IN SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES OR 20
SANCTIONS EVASION. 21
Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Au-22
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended— 23
(1) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 24
inserting a semicolon; 25
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(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 1
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 2
(3) by adding at the end the following para-3
graph: 4
‘‘(15) the identification a person described in 5
section 4(a) of the Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 6
2025 or any person that has attempted or is at-7
tempting to evade sanctions imposed under such Act 8
with proceeds generated by the sale of intercepted 9
oil, gas, liquefied natural gas, petrochemical prod-10
ucts, or related products from the Islamic Republic 11
of Iran.’’. 12
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