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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2614 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a program and strategy to support internet freedom and counter |
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| 6 | 6 | | censorship efforts in Iran, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL2, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. W |
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| 10 | 10 | | ILSONof South Carolina (for himself and Mr. PANETTA) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, |
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| 12 | 12 | | and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently de- |
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| 14 | 14 | | termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 15 | 15 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To establish a program and strategy to support internet |
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| 18 | 18 | | freedom and counter censorship efforts in Iran, and for |
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| 19 | 19 | | other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Maximum Support 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | It is the policy of the United States to provide max-7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | imum support to the people of Iran in their desire to bring 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 2614 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | about a new political system in Iran based upon democ-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | racy, human rights, and rule of law for all citizens of Iran. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 3. PROGRAM AND STRATEGY TO SUPPORT INTERNET 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | FREEDOM AND COUNTER CENSORSHIP EF-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | FORTS IN IRAN. 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | in conjunction with the Secretary of the Treasury and the 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, shall establish 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | a new interagency task force to support internet freedom 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | and counter censorship efforts in Iran. In addition the 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury and CEO of the 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | U.S. Agency for Global Media, acting as part of this task 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | force, shall develop and submit to Congress a strategy to 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | support the Iranian people in countering state and non- 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | state actors’ efforts to create deliberate barriers to inter-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | net access, including shutting down or slowing connectivity 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and blocking online content protected by international 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | human rights standards. 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) E |
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| 52 | 52 | | LEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | section (a) shall include the following: 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) A description of efforts to establish a Vir-22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | tual Private Network (VPN) service specifically de-23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | signed to enable the Iranian people to bypass gov-24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HR 2614 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | ernment censorship and access the internet freely. 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | The objectives of this VPN service shall include— 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (A) ensuring secure and uncensored inter-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | net access for users in Iran; 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (B) providing robust protection against 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | surveillance and data interception by Iranian 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | authorities and others; 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (C) maintaining high standards of speed 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | and reliability to ensure usability; and 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (D) regularly updating and adapting the 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | service to respond to new security challenges 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | and censorship techniques employed by the Ira-12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | nian government, IRGC and Iranian judiciary. 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (2) A description of the use of enhanced sat-14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ellite communications through direct-to-cell tech-15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | nology and eSIM and eSIM device distribution, in-16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | cluding— 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (A) the incorporation of services such as 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | services that provide seamless internet access 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | directly to cellular devices and other technology 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | to facilitate seamless internet access in Iran; 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | and 22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (B) a program for the distribution of 23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | eSIMs and eSIM devices to individuals in Iran, 24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | •HR 2614 IH |
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| 87 | 87 | | enabling them to connect to satellite internet 1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | services quickly and securely. 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (3) A description of Iranian regime restrictions 3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | on the import of cell phones— 4 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (A) detailing Iranian government, IRGC, 5 |
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| 92 | 92 | | and Iranian judiciary restrictions on iPhone 14, 6 |
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| 93 | 93 | | iPhone 15, and iPhone 16 devices out of fear 7 |
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| 94 | 94 | | of satellite internet technology including re-8 |
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| 95 | 95 | | quirements that such phones be registered with 9 |
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| 96 | 96 | | the government and the impact of past bans on 10 |
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| 97 | 97 | | such phones; 11 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (B) outlining steps to counter the regime’s 12 |
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| 99 | 99 | | efforts to restrict access to devices capable of 13 |
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| 100 | 100 | | utilizing satellite-based internet services; and 14 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (C) describing measures by the Secretary 15 |
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| 102 | 102 | | of State to curb any efforts by the regime to 16 |
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| 103 | 103 | | create secondary or black markets that would 17 |
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| 104 | 104 | | allow the Iranian government, IRGC, or Iranian 18 |
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| 105 | 105 | | judiciary or their affiliates to profit from the 19 |
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| 106 | 106 | | sale of these devices through controlled chan-20 |
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| 107 | 107 | | nels. 21 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (4) A detailed vetting plan for technology com-22 |
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| 109 | 109 | | panies or individuals contracted to expand internet 23 |
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| 110 | 110 | | access in Iran, ensuring that no companies or indi-24 |
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| 113 | 113 | | •HR 2614 IH |
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| 114 | 114 | | viduals affiliated with the Iranian regime are in-1 |
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| 115 | 115 | | volved in initiatives to promote internet freedom. 2 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (5) A description of which VPNs in Iran are 3 |
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| 117 | 117 | | built by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 4 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (IRGC) and other entities controlled by the Govern-5 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ment of Iran or its Supreme Leader and how such 6 |
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| 120 | 120 | | VPNs are used by the regime to surveil and monitor 7 |
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| 121 | 121 | | users, as well as a plan to counter these deceptive 8 |
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| 122 | 122 | | tactics and raise public awareness about the risks 9 |
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| 123 | 123 | | associated with regime-affiliated VPNs. 10 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (6) A detailed plan to support satellite-to-cell 11 |
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| 125 | 125 | | internet technology in Iran, ensuring that— 12 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (A) such technology cannot be censored or 13 |
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| 127 | 127 | | jammed by the regime; and 14 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (B) access does not require the transfer or 15 |
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| 129 | 129 | | sale of hardware that could be controlled by the 16 |
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| 130 | 130 | | IRGC or sold on secondary markets. 17 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (7) providing secure communication tools, 18 |
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| 132 | 132 | | encryption technology, and cybersecurity software 19 |
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| 133 | 133 | | designed specifically for high-risk users; 20 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (8) cybersecurity training programs for Iranian 21 |
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| 135 | 135 | | activists, dissidents, and journalists focused on iden-22 |
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| 136 | 136 | | tifying regime-sponsored cyberattacks, phishing 23 |
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| 137 | 137 | | schemes, and digital surveillance tactics; 24 |
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| 140 | 140 | | •HR 2614 IH |
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| 141 | 141 | | (9) rapid response technical support for individ-1 |
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| 142 | 142 | | uals and organizations experiencing cyber threats or 2 |
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| 143 | 143 | | attacks; and 3 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (10) a system of regular evaluation and report-4 |
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| 145 | 145 | | ing to Congress detailing cybersecurity threats en-5 |
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| 146 | 146 | | countered and measures undertaken to mitigate such 6 |
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| 147 | 147 | | threats. 7 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (c) F |
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| 149 | 149 | | ORM.—The strategy required under subsection 8 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form. 9 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (d) I |
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| 152 | 152 | | MPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 60 10 |
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| 153 | 153 | | days after the date on which the strategy required by sub-11 |
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| 154 | 154 | | section (a) is developed, the task force shall submit to 12 |
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| 155 | 155 | | Congress a plan for implementing the strategy. 13 |
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| 156 | 156 | | SEC. 4. CONFISCATION OF THE ASSETS OF THE GOVERN-14 |
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| 157 | 157 | | MENT OF IRAN AND PUPPET TERRORIST OR-15 |
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| 158 | 158 | | GANIZATIONS. 16 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (a) I |
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| 160 | 160 | | NGENERAL.—The President shall— 17 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (1) confiscate, through instructions or licenses 18 |
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| 162 | 162 | | or in such other manner as the President determines 19 |
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| 163 | 163 | | appropriate, funds of the Government of Iran and 20 |
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| 164 | 164 | | all agents or instrumentalities of the Government of 21 |
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| 165 | 165 | | Iran that are subject to the jurisdiction of the 22 |
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| 166 | 166 | | United States; and 23 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (2) deposit funds confiscated under paragraph 1 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (1) in the general fund of the Treasury to be used 2 |
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| 172 | 172 | | for purposes described in subsection (c). 3 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (b) V |
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| 174 | 174 | | ESTING.—All right, title, and interest in funds 4 |
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| 175 | 175 | | confiscated under subsection (a) shall vest in the Govern-5 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ment of the United States. 6 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (c) P |
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| 178 | 178 | | URPOSES.—Funding may be provided to provide 7 |
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| 179 | 179 | | maximum support to persons and entities within Iran 8 |
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| 180 | 180 | | which are working for a transition to a democratic govern-9 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ment based upon human rights and rule of law. To the 10 |
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| 182 | 182 | | extent practicable, funding must be provided to persons 11 |
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| 183 | 183 | | and entities with transparent measurable results, includ-12 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ing through providing detailed annual information on ex-13 |
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| 185 | 185 | | penditures and outcomes. In particular, funding may be 14 |
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| 186 | 186 | | provided to: 15 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (1) Establish a strikers fund to provide assist-16 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ance to vetted Iranians engaged in nonviolent strikes 17 |
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| 189 | 189 | | and other forms of nonviolent opposition to the re-18 |
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| 190 | 190 | | gime in Iran done in a way which does not materi-19 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ally benefit the regime in Iran. 20 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (2) Providing humanitarian assistance and 21 |
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| 193 | 193 | | medical supplies to the people of Iran delivered 22 |
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| 194 | 194 | | through partners that uphold internationally recog-23 |
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| 195 | 195 | | nized humanitarian principles with robust moni-24 |
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| 196 | 196 | | toring to ensure assistance is reaching intended 25 |
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| 200 | 200 | | beneficiaries in a way which does not materially ben-1 |
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| 201 | 201 | | efit the regime in Iran. 2 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (3) Establish a fund to support efforts to docu-3 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ment and publicize gross violations of internationally 4 |
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| 204 | 204 | | recognized human rights and international humani-5 |
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| 205 | 205 | | tarian law in Iran, including efforts related to 6 |
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| 206 | 206 | | extrajudicial killings, torture, severe forms of traf-7 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ficking in persons such as slavery, forced labor, and 8 |
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| 208 | 208 | | sexual exploitation, and to hold perpetrators ac-9 |
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| 209 | 209 | | countable. 10 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (4) The funding of efforts of the task force to 11 |
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| 211 | 211 | | promote internet freedom in Iran described in sec-12 |
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| 212 | 212 | | tion 3(a) of this Act. 13 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (d) A |
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| 214 | 214 | | UDIT.—The Comptroller of the United States, 14 |
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| 215 | 215 | | and the Inspector Generals of the Department of State, 15 |
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| 216 | 216 | | Department of Treasury, and USAID shall report to Con-16 |
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| 217 | 217 | | gress annually after engaging in annual audits of funds 17 |
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| 218 | 218 | | expended based upon subsection(c), including whether or 18 |
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| 219 | 219 | | not the regime in Iran materially benefitted from any ex-19 |
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| 220 | 220 | | penditure of funds. If the Comptroller of the United 20 |
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| 221 | 221 | | States, or any of the Inspector Generals, determine that 21 |
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| 222 | 222 | | the regime in Iran has benefited from any expenditure 22 |
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| 223 | 223 | | such expenditures must be immediately terminated, and 23 |
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| 224 | 224 | | any recommendations to prevent future diversion of funds 24 |
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| 225 | 225 | | must be immediately implemented. 25 |
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| 229 | 229 | | SEC. 5. STRATEGY TO ENSURE SANCTIONS DO NOT IMPEDE 1 |
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| 230 | 230 | | INTERNET FREEDOM FOR THE PEOPLE OF 2 |
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| 231 | 231 | | IRAN. 3 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (a) I |
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| 233 | 233 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 4 |
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| 234 | 234 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 5 |
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| 235 | 235 | | in conjunction with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 6 |
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| 236 | 236 | | develop and submit to Congress a strategy to ensure that 7 |
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| 237 | 237 | | sanctions imposed on the regime in Iran do not inadvert-8 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ently prevent Iranian civilians from accessing technology 9 |
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| 239 | 239 | | and tools necessary for internet freedom and open commu-10 |
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| 240 | 240 | | nication. 11 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (b) E |
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| 242 | 242 | | LEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-12 |
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| 243 | 243 | | section (a) shall include— 13 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (1) An examination of existing sanctions and 14 |
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| 245 | 245 | | their impact on the availability of internet freedom 15 |
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| 246 | 246 | | tools for the people of Iran, including— 16 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (A) an assessment of any unintended re-17 |
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| 248 | 248 | | strictions that limit access to Virtual Private 18 |
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| 249 | 249 | | Networks (VPNs), secure messaging applica-19 |
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| 250 | 250 | | tions, satellite communication technology, cloud- 20 |
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| 251 | 251 | | based services, and other tools necessary for cir-21 |
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| 252 | 252 | | cumventing government censorship; and 22 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (B) an analysis of how sanctions may af-23 |
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| 254 | 254 | | fect the ability of technology companies and 24 |
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| 255 | 255 | | non-governmental organizations to provide serv-25 |
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| 258 | 258 | | •HR 2614 IH |
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| 259 | 259 | | ices and support to the Iranian people without 1 |
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| 260 | 260 | | materially benefiting the regime. 2 |
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| 261 | 261 | | (2) The issuance of specific licenses and waivers 3 |
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| 262 | 262 | | that facilitate internet freedom in Iran while ensur-4 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ing that such measures do not enable or provide fi-5 |
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| 264 | 264 | | nancial benefit to the regime, including— 6 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (A) the development of clear guidelines for 7 |
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| 266 | 266 | | private sector entities on how they can provide 8 |
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| 267 | 267 | | internet-related services to Iranian civilians 9 |
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| 268 | 268 | | without violating U.S. sanctions; 10 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (B) a streamlined process for approving 11 |
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| 270 | 270 | | waivers and licenses that support internet ac-12 |
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| 271 | 271 | | cess and digital communication tools for the 13 |
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| 272 | 272 | | Iranian people; and 14 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (C) measures to prevent the misuse of such 15 |
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| 274 | 274 | | licenses and waivers by entities affiliated with 16 |
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| 275 | 275 | | the Iranian government or Iranian judiciary or 17 |
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| 276 | 276 | | the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), 18 |
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| 277 | 277 | | or other affiliated of the Iranian government in-19 |
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| 278 | 278 | | cluding a regular review process to ensure that 20 |
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| 279 | 279 | | waivers are not being misused by regime- 21 |
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| 280 | 280 | | aligned groups. 22 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (3) A plan to work with technology companies, 23 |
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| 285 | 285 | | •HR 2614 IH |
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| 286 | 286 | | to expand access to censorship-resistant communica-1 |
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| 287 | 287 | | tion technologies in Iran, including— 2 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (A) identifying key stakeholders capable of 3 |
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| 289 | 289 | | providing secure and effective internet access 4 |
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| 290 | 290 | | solutions; 5 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (B) ensuring companies seeking to provide 6 |
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| 292 | 292 | | such services are properly vetted to prevent in-7 |
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| 293 | 293 | | advertent assistance to the Iranian regime; and 8 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (C) enhancing public awareness campaigns 9 |
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| 295 | 295 | | within Iran about the availability of secure 10 |
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| 296 | 296 | | internet access tools. 11 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (4) A detailed mechanism for continuously mon-12 |
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| 298 | 298 | | itoring and assessing the effectiveness of these meas-13 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ures, including— 14 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (A) regular reporting to Congress on the 15 |
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| 301 | 301 | | impact of licenses and waivers issued to facili-16 |
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| 302 | 302 | | tate internet freedom in Iran; 17 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (B) recommendations for further actions to 18 |
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| 304 | 304 | | improve access to open and secure communica-19 |
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| 305 | 305 | | tion technologies; and 20 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (C) an evaluation of the Iranian regime’s 21 |
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| 307 | 307 | | attempts to counteract these measures and 22 |
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| 308 | 308 | | strategies to mitigate such efforts. 23 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (c) F |
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| 310 | 310 | | ORM.—The strategy required under subsection 24 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form. 25 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (d) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 60 1 |
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| 316 | 316 | | days after the date on which the strategy required by sub-2 |
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| 317 | 317 | | section (a) is developed, the task force shall submit to 3 |
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| 318 | 318 | | Congress a plan for implementing the strategy. 4 |
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| 319 | 319 | | SEC. 6. STRATEGY TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM SUPPORT TO 5 |
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| 320 | 320 | | THE IRANIAN PEOPLE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO 6 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ESTABLISH A NEW POLITICAL SYSTEM BASED 7 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ON THE RULE OF LAW, DEMOCRACY, AND 8 |
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| 323 | 323 | | HUMAN RIGHTS. 9 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (a) I |
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| 325 | 325 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 10 |
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| 326 | 326 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall de-11 |
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| 327 | 327 | | velop and submit to Congress a strategy detailing steps 12 |
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| 328 | 328 | | to provide maximum support to the Iranian people in their 13 |
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| 329 | 329 | | efforts to bring about a transition to a new political system 14 |
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| 330 | 330 | | and government based on the rule of law, democracy, and 15 |
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| 331 | 331 | | human rights. 16 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (b) E |
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| 333 | 333 | | LEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-17 |
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| 334 | 334 | | section (a) shall include— 18 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (1) D |
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| 336 | 336 | | IPLOMATIC EFFORTS OF THE DEPART -19 |
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| 337 | 337 | | MENT OF STATE .—A description of how the Sec-20 |
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| 338 | 338 | | retary of State will— 21 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (A) use diplomatic efforts to support the 22 |
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| 340 | 340 | | Iranian protest movements in their pursuit of 23 |
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| 341 | 341 | | democratic governance; and 24 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (B) establish a Special Representative for 1 |
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| 346 | 346 | | Maximum Support including an Office for the 2 |
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| 347 | 347 | | Special Representative to coordinate U.S. Gov-3 |
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| 348 | 348 | | ernment efforts to assist the Iranian people in 4 |
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| 349 | 349 | | their democratic aspirations and to serve as a 5 |
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| 350 | 350 | | key liaison with international partners in sup-6 |
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| 351 | 351 | | port of this objective. 7 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (2) M |
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| 353 | 353 | | AXIMUM ECONOMIC PRESSURE BY THE 8 |
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| 354 | 354 | | DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY .—A description of 9 |
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| 355 | 355 | | how the Secretary of the Treasury will— 10 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (A) implement and enforce sanctions tar-11 |
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| 357 | 357 | | geting key sectors of the Iranian economy that 12 |
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| 358 | 358 | | sustain the regime’s oppressive activities; 13 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (B) disrupt the financial networks that fa-14 |
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| 360 | 360 | | cilitate the Iranian regime’s terrorist activities 15 |
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| 361 | 361 | | and human rights abuses; and 16 |
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| 362 | 362 | | (C) coordinate with international partners 17 |
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| 363 | 363 | | to maximize the effectiveness of economic meas-18 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ures aimed at weakening the regime’s ability to 19 |
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| 365 | 365 | | suppress its people. 20 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (3) I |
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| 367 | 367 | | NTELLIGENCE SUPPORT FOR THE IRANIAN 21 |
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| 368 | 368 | | PROTEST MOVEMENT .—A description of how the In-22 |
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| 369 | 369 | | telligence Community will— 23 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (A) use intelligence-gathering capabilities 1 |
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| 374 | 374 | | to monitor and expose the Iranian regime’s ef-2 |
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| 375 | 375 | | forts to suppress dissent and target protestors; 3 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (B) provide support to Iranian civil society 4 |
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| 377 | 377 | | actors and opposition groups to enhance their 5 |
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| 378 | 378 | | security and operational capabilities; and 6 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (C) assist in identifying and countering 7 |
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| 380 | 380 | | disinformation campaigns initiated by the Ira-8 |
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| 381 | 381 | | nian regime to delegitimize democratic move-9 |
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| 382 | 382 | | ments. 10 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (4) M |
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| 384 | 384 | | EDIA FREEDOM AND INFORMATION CAM -11 |
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| 385 | 385 | | PAIGNS.—A description of how the United States 12 |
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| 386 | 386 | | Agency for Global Media (USAGM) will— 13 |
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| 387 | 387 | | (A) expand and enhance broadcasting ef-14 |
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| 388 | 388 | | forts to provide the Iranian people with accu-15 |
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| 389 | 389 | | rate and unbiased news coverage on the situa-16 |
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| 390 | 390 | | tion in Iran; 17 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (B) utilize social media platforms to expose 18 |
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| 392 | 392 | | and highlight the Iranian regime’s crimes 19 |
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| 393 | 393 | | against its own people, including human rights 20 |
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| 394 | 394 | | abuses, corruption, and acts of violence against 21 |
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| 395 | 395 | | protestors; and 22 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (C) support independent Iranian journal-23 |
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| 397 | 397 | | ists and media outlets in their efforts to report 24 |
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| 398 | 398 | | freely and counter the regime’s propaganda. 25 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (5) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION .—A plan for 1 |
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| 403 | 403 | | ensuring coordination between relevant agencies, in-2 |
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| 404 | 404 | | cluding the Department of State, the Department of 3 |
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| 405 | 405 | | the Treasury, the Intelligence Community, and 4 |
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| 406 | 406 | | USAGM, to ensure a comprehensive and unified ap-5 |
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| 407 | 407 | | proach in supporting the Iranian people’s pursuit of 6 |
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| 408 | 408 | | democracy. 7 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (c) F |
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| 410 | 410 | | ORM.—The strategy required under subsection 8 |
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| 411 | 411 | | (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 9 |
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| 412 | 412 | | a classified annex if necessary. 10 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (d) I |
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| 414 | 414 | | MPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 60 11 |
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| 415 | 415 | | days after the date on which the strategy required by sub-12 |
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| 416 | 416 | | section (a) is developed, the task force shall submit to 13 |
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| 417 | 417 | | Congress a plan for implementing the strategy. 14 |
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| 418 | 418 | | SEC. 7. DESIGNATION OF THE IRANIAN MINISTRY OF IN-15 |
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| 419 | 419 | | TELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AS A FOREIGN 16 |
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| 420 | 420 | | TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 17 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (a) F |
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| 422 | 422 | | INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 18 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (1) The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Se-19 |
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| 424 | 424 | | curity (MOIS) is the primary intelligence apparatus 20 |
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| 425 | 425 | | of the Government of Iran, responsible for espio-21 |
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| 426 | 426 | | nage, covert operations, surveillance, cyberattacks, 22 |
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| 427 | 427 | | kidnappings, assassinations of dissidents abroad, 23 |
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| 428 | 428 | | and direct support for terrorist proxies. 24 |
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| 432 | 432 | | (2) MOIS provides financial, logistical, and 1 |
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| 433 | 433 | | operational support to terrorist groups already des-2 |
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| 434 | 434 | | ignated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the 3 |
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| 435 | 435 | | United States, including Hezbollah and designated 4 |
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| 436 | 436 | | militias operating in the Middle East. 5 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (3) MOIS poses a direct and ongoing threat to 6 |
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| 438 | 438 | | the national security of the United States, American 7 |
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| 439 | 439 | | citizens abroad, and U.S. allies through continued 8 |
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| 440 | 440 | | support for terrorism, espionage operations, and acts 9 |
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| 441 | 441 | | of violence. 10 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (b) S |
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| 443 | 443 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-11 |
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| 444 | 444 | | gress that— 12 |
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| 445 | 445 | | (1) the activities of MOIS satisfy the statutory 13 |
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| 446 | 446 | | criteria for designation as a Foreign Terrorist Orga-14 |
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| 447 | 447 | | nization under section 219 of the Immigration and 15 |
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| 448 | 448 | | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 16 |
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| 449 | 449 | | (2) formally designating MOIS as an FTO 17 |
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| 450 | 450 | | would advance the national security interests of the 18 |
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| 451 | 451 | | United States, strengthen enforcement against its 19 |
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| 452 | 452 | | global operations, and enhance international efforts 20 |
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| 453 | 453 | | to isolate its terrorist networks. 21 |
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| 454 | 454 | | (c) D |
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| 455 | 455 | | ETERMINATION AND REPORT.— 22 |
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| 456 | 456 | | (1) R |
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| 457 | 457 | | EQUIREMENT FOR DETERMINATION .—Not 23 |
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| 458 | 458 | | later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 24 |
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| 459 | 459 | | of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 25 |
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| 463 | 463 | | with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney 1 |
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| 464 | 464 | | General, shall determine, pursuant to the criteria 2 |
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| 465 | 465 | | specified in section 219 of the Immigration and Na-3 |
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| 466 | 466 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), whether MOIS meets 4 |
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| 467 | 467 | | the criteria to be designated as a Foreign Terrorist 5 |
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| 468 | 468 | | Organization. 6 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (2) D |
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| 470 | 470 | | ESIGNATION.—If the Secretary of State 7 |
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| 471 | 471 | | determines that MOIS meets such criteria, con-8 |
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| 472 | 472 | | sistent with section 219 of the Immigration and Na-9 |
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| 473 | 473 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), the Secretary shall 10 |
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| 474 | 474 | | designate MOIS as a Foreign Terrorist Organization 11 |
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| 475 | 475 | | and promptly submit to the appropriate congres-12 |
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| 476 | 476 | | sional committees a detailed justification for such 13 |
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| 477 | 477 | | designation, including an assessment of threats 14 |
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| 478 | 478 | | posed by MOIS. 15 |
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| 479 | 479 | | SEC. 8. STRATEGY TO ENCOURAGE DEFECTIONS FROM THE 16 |
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| 480 | 480 | | GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. 17 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (a) I |
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| 482 | 482 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 18 |
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| 483 | 483 | | enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consulta-19 |
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| 484 | 484 | | tion with the Secretary of the Treasury and Director of 20 |
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| 485 | 485 | | National Intelligence, shall develop and submit to Con-21 |
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| 486 | 486 | | gress a strategy aimed at encouraging and facilitating de-22 |
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| 487 | 487 | | fections by Iranian officials and members of security 23 |
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| 488 | 488 | | forces who seek to support democratic change in Iran. 24 |
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| 492 | 492 | | (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-1 |
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| 493 | 493 | | section (a) shall include— 2 |
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| 494 | 494 | | (1) identification of mechanisms to securely 3 |
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| 495 | 495 | | communicate with potential defectors, including se-4 |
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| 496 | 496 | | cure digital channels utilizing encryption tech-5 |
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| 497 | 497 | | nologies and private intermediaries; 6 |
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| 498 | 498 | | (2) measures providing assurances of safety and 7 |
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| 499 | 499 | | security to defectors and their families; 8 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (3) establishment of a dedicated interagency 9 |
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| 501 | 501 | | working group tasked with managing defections, en-10 |
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| 502 | 502 | | suring defector safety, verifying information pro-11 |
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| 503 | 503 | | vided by defectors, and mitigating potential intel-12 |
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| 504 | 504 | | ligence risks; 13 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (4) incentives for defectors who can signifi-14 |
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| 506 | 506 | | cantly contribute to democratic change or who pro-15 |
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| 507 | 507 | | vide actionable intelligence about regime operations, 16 |
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| 508 | 508 | | including potential financial assistance, employment 17 |
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| 509 | 509 | | support, and housing assistance in coordination with 18 |
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| 510 | 510 | | relevant domestic agencies; 19 |
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| 511 | 511 | | (5) measures for publicizing successful defec-20 |
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| 512 | 512 | | tions, when appropriate and consistent with security 21 |
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| 513 | 513 | | protocols, to encourage additional defections within 22 |
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| 514 | 514 | | the regime; and 23 |
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| 515 | 515 | | (6) coordination with international partners to 24 |
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| 516 | 516 | | share best practices, jointly facilitate defections, and 25 |
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| 520 | 520 | | ensure defectors receive international protection, as 1 |
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| 521 | 521 | | needed. 2 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (c) F |
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| 523 | 523 | | ORM.—The strategy required under subsection 3 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may con-4 |
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| 525 | 525 | | tain a classified annex if necessary. 5 |
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| 526 | 526 | | (d) I |
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| 527 | 527 | | MPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 60 6 |
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| 528 | 528 | | days after the submission of the strategy, the interagency 7 |
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| 529 | 529 | | working group shall submit to Congress a detailed imple-8 |
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| 530 | 530 | | mentation plan for the strategy. 9 |
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| 531 | 531 | | SEC. 9. CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE TO IRANIAN DIS-10 |
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| 532 | 532 | | SIDENTS. 11 |
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| 533 | 533 | | (a) I |
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| 534 | 534 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordi-12 |
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| 535 | 535 | | nation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall es-13 |
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| 536 | 536 | | tablish a cybersecurity support program specifically tai-14 |
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| 537 | 537 | | lored to assist Iranian dissidents, journalists, and civil so-15 |
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| 538 | 538 | | ciety organizations in countering cyber threats posed by 16 |
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| 539 | 539 | | the Iranian regime. 17 |
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| 540 | 540 | | (b) E |
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| 541 | 541 | | LEMENTS.—The cybersecurity support program 18 |
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| 542 | 542 | | shall include— 19 |
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| 543 | 543 | | (1) providing secure communication tools, 20 |
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| 544 | 544 | | encryption technology, and cybersecurity software 21 |
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| 545 | 545 | | designed specifically for high-risk users; 22 |
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| 546 | 546 | | (2) cybersecurity training programs for Iranian 23 |
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| 547 | 547 | | activists, dissidents, and journalists focused on iden-24 |
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| 551 | 551 | | tifying regime-sponsored cyberattacks, phishing 1 |
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| 552 | 552 | | schemes, and digital surveillance tactics; 2 |
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| 553 | 553 | | (3) rapid response technical support for individ-3 |
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| 554 | 554 | | uals and organizations experiencing cyber threats or 4 |
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| 555 | 555 | | attacks; and 5 |
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| 556 | 556 | | (4) a system of regular evaluation and report-6 |
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| 557 | 557 | | ing to Congress detailing cybersecurity threats en-7 |
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| 558 | 558 | | countered and measures undertaken to mitigate such 8 |
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| 559 | 559 | | threats. 9 |
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| 560 | 560 | | SEC. 10. STRATEGY TO ENCOURAGE DEFECTIONS FROM 10 |
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| 561 | 561 | | THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. 11 |
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| 562 | 562 | | (a) I |
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| 563 | 563 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 12 |
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| 564 | 564 | | enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consulta-13 |
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| 565 | 565 | | tion with the Secretary of the Treasury and Director of 14 |
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| 566 | 566 | | National Intelligence, shall develop and submit to Con-15 |
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| 567 | 567 | | gress a strategy aimed at encouraging defections by Ira-16 |
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| 568 | 568 | | nian officials and members of security forces who seek to 17 |
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| 569 | 569 | | support democratic change in Iran. 18 |
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| 570 | 570 | | (b) S |
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| 571 | 571 | | TRATEGYDESCRIBED.—The strategy required 19 |
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| 572 | 572 | | under subsection (a) shall include— 20 |
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| 573 | 573 | | (1) identification of mechanisms to securely 21 |
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| 574 | 574 | | communicate with potential defectors, including se-22 |
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| 575 | 575 | | cure digital channels utilizing encryption tech-23 |
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| 580 | 580 | | (2) measures providing assurances of safety and 1 |
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| 581 | 581 | | security to defectors and their families; 2 |
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| 582 | 582 | | (3) establishment of a dedicated interagency 3 |
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| 583 | 583 | | working group tasked with managing defections, en-4 |
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| 584 | 584 | | suring defector safety, verifying information pro-5 |
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| 585 | 585 | | vided by defectors, and mitigating potential intel-6 |
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| 586 | 586 | | ligence risks; 7 |
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| 587 | 587 | | (4) incentives for defectors who can signifi-8 |
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| 588 | 588 | | cantly contribute to democratic change or who pro-9 |
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| 589 | 589 | | vide actionable intelligence about regime operations, 10 |
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| 590 | 590 | | including potential financial assistance, employment 11 |
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| 591 | 591 | | support, and housing assistance in coordination with 12 |
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| 592 | 592 | | relevant domestic agencies; 13 |
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| 593 | 593 | | (5) measures for publicizing successful defec-14 |
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| 594 | 594 | | tions, when appropriate and consistent with security 15 |
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| 595 | 595 | | protocols, to encourage additional defections within 16 |
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| 596 | 596 | | the regime; and 17 |
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| 597 | 597 | | (6) coordination with international partners to 18 |
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| 598 | 598 | | share best practices, jointly facilitate defections, and 19 |
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| 599 | 599 | | ensure defectors receive international protection, as 20 |
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| 600 | 600 | | needed. 21 |
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| 601 | 601 | | (c) F |
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| 602 | 602 | | ORM.—The strategy required under subsection 22 |
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| 603 | 603 | | (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may con-23 |
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| 609 | 609 | | days after the submission of the strategy, the interagency 2 |
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| 610 | 610 | | working group shall submit to Congress a detailed imple-3 |
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| 611 | 611 | | mentation plan for the strategy. 4 |
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