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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 556
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY12, 2025
Mr. S
ULLIVAN(for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. CORNYN, and Mr.
R
ICKETTS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 6
It is the policy of the United States— 7
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(1) that, in accordance with the Iran Nuclear 1
Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act 2
of 2022 (22 U.S.C. 8701 note; Public Law 117– 3
263), the United States must— 4
(A) ensure that the Islamic Republic of 5
Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapons capa-6
bility; 7
(B) protect against aggression from the Is-8
lamic Republic of Iran manifested through its 9
missiles and drone programs; and 10
(C) counter regional and global terrorism 11
of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a manner 12
that minimizes the threat posed by state and 13
non-state actors to the interests of the United 14
States; 15
(2) to fully enforce sanctions against all persons 16
involved in the international logistical chain that 17
provide support to the energy sector of the Islamic 18
Republic of Iran; 19
(3) through such sanctions, to deny the Islamic 20
Republic of Iran the financial resources required— 21
(A) to fund and facilitate international ter-22
rorism; 23
(B) to finance the development of weapons 24
of mass destruction; 25
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(C) to engage in destabilizing efforts 1
abroad; and 2
(D) to repress the rights of Iranian citi-3
zens; and 4
(4) to strengthen coherence among members of 5
the international community in enforcing sanctions 6
on the malign activity of the Islamic Republic of 7
Iran. 8
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 9
In this Act: 10
(1) A
DMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 11
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 12
section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 13
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 14
(2) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -15
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-16
mittees’’ means— 17
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 18
the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-19
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 20
of the Senate; and 21
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 22
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-23
mittee on Financial Services of the House of 24
Representatives. 25
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(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-1
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 2
person, including the government of a foreign coun-3
try. 4
(4) K
NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 5
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 6
means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 7
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 8
result. 9
(5) P
ROPERTY; INTEREST IN PROPERTY .—The 10
terms ‘‘property’’ and ‘‘interest in property’’ have 11
the meanings given the terms ‘‘property’’ and ‘‘prop-12
erty interest’’, respectively, in section 576.312 of 13
title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 14
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. 15
(6) U
NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 16
‘‘United States person’’ means— 17
(A) an individual who is a United States 18
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-19
nent residence to the United States; 20
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 21
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 22
United States, including a foreign branch of 23
such an entity; or 24
(C) any person in the United States. 25
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SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PER-1
SONS ENGAGED IN LOGISTICAL TRANS-2
ACTIONS OF OIL, GAS, LIQUEFIED NATURAL 3
GAS, AND PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM 4
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-6
actment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanc-7
tions described in subsection (b) with respect to any for-8
eign person, including any bank or foreign financial insti-9
tution, insurance provider, flagging registry, pipeline con-10
struction or operation facility for liquefied natural gas, 11
that— 12
(1) the President determines knowingly engaged 13
in, on or after such date of enactment, any trans-14
action involved in, relating or incident to the proc-15
essing, export, or sale of oil, condensates, gas, lique-16
fied natural gas, or other petrochemical products in 17
whole or in part from the Islamic Republic of Iran; 18
(2) is a subsidiary, successor, or alias of a for-19
eign person described in paragraph (1); 20
(3)(A) directly or indirectly owns or controls a 21
50 percent or greater interest in or is owned or con-22
trolled by a 50 percent or greater interest of a for-23
eign person or foreign persons subject to sanctions 24
pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2); and 25
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(B) directly or indirectly conducts a significant 1
transaction with, for, or on behalf of a foreign per-2
son described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 3
3(b) of the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act 4
(22 U.S.C. 8572); 5
(4) the President determines is a corporate offi-6
cer of a foreign person described paragraph (1), (2), 7
or (3); or 8
(5) is an immediate family member of a foreign 9
person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 10
(b) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-11
scribed in this subsection are the following: 12
(1) B
LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 13
shall, pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-14
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 15
and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-16
ests in property of a foreign person subject to sanc-17
tions pursuant to subsection (a)(1) if such property 18
and interests in property are in the United States, 19
come within the United States, or are or come with-20
in the possession or control of a United States per-21
son. 22
(2) A
LIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS , ADMIS-23
SION, OR PAROLE.— 24
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(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In 1
the case of an alien subject to sanctions pursu-2
ant to subsection (a), the alien is— 3
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 4
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 5
documentation to enter the United States; 6
and 7
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 8
or paroled into the United States or to re-9
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-10
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 11
seq.). 12
(B) C
URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 13
(i) I
N GENERAL.—The visa or other 14
entry documentation of an alien described 15
in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re-16
gardless of when such visa or other entry 17
documentation was issued. 18
(ii) I
MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-19
tion under clause (i) shall— 20
(I) take effect immediately; and 21
(II) automatically cancel any 22
other valid visa or entry documenta-23
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 24
(c) E
XCEPTIONS.— 25
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(1) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 1
GOODS.— 2
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The requirement to im-3
pose sanctions under this section shall not in-4
clude the authority or a requirement to impose 5
sanctions on the importation of goods. 6
(B) G
OOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 7
the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 8
manmade substance, material, supply, or manu-9
factured product, including inspection and test 10
equipment, and excluding technical data. 11
(2) E
XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -12
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 13
ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under subsection (b)(2) 14
shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 15
or paroling the alien into the United States is nec-16
essary— 17
(A) to permit the United States to comply 18
with the Agreement regarding the Head-19
quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 20
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 21
November 21, 1947, between the United Na-22
tions and the United States, or other applicable 23
international obligations; or 24
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(B) to carry out or assist authorized law 1
enforcement activity in the United States. 2
(d) W
AIVER.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The President may, on a 4
case-by-case basis for a period of not more than 180 5
days, waive the application of sanctions imposed 6
with respect to a foreign person under this section 7
if the President— 8
(A) certifies to the appropriate congres-9
sional committees that the waiver is vital to the 10
national interests of the United States; and 11
(B) submits with the certification required 12
under subparagraph (A) a detailed justification 13
explaining the reasons for the waiver. 14
(2) R
ENEWAL OF WAIVER .—The President 15
may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver issued 16
under paragraph (1) for additional periods of not 17
more than 180 days each up to a total of 2 years 18
if the President— 19
(A) determines that the renewal of the 20
waiver is vital to the national interests of the 21
United States; and 22
(B) not less than 15 days before the waiv-23
er expires, submits to the appropriate congres-24
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sional committees a report on the renewal of 1
the waiver that includes— 2
(i) a justification for the renewal of 3
the waiver; and 4
(ii) a detailed plan to phase out the 5
need for any such waiver issued with re-6
spect to such foreign person. 7
(3) T
ERMINATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY .— 8
The authority to issue a waiver under this sub-9
section shall terminate on February 1, 2029. 10
(e) I
MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 11
(1) I
MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-12
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 13
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 14
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 15
subsection (b)(1). 16
(2) P
ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-17
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 18
violation of subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, li-19
cense, or order issued to carry out that subsection 20
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-21
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-22
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 23
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that 24
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commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 1
of that section. 2
(f) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Section 4(a)(3)(A) 3
shall be construed to be consistent with Frequently Asked 4
Questions 398 through 402, published by the Office of 5
Foreign Assets Control on August 11, 2020, and August 6
13, 2014, or any successors to such frequently asked ques-7
tions. 8
SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON IRANIAN SANC-9
TIONS. 10
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 11
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 12
State shall establish a working group to be known as the 13
‘‘Interagency Working Group on Iranian Sanctions’’ (re-14
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Working Group’’). 15
(b) M
EMBERSHIP.—The Working Group shall be 16
composed one or more representatives from each of the 17
following: 18
(1) The Department of State. 19
(2) The Department of the Treasury. 20
(3) The Department of Justice. 21
(4) Such other Federal departments or agencies 22
as the Secretary of State determines appropriate. 23
(c) C
HAIR.—The President shall designate a Chair 24
of the Working Group. 25
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(d) MULTILATERALCONTACTGROUP.— 1
(1) E
STABLISHMENT.—The Working Group 2
shall endeavor to establish a multilateral contact 3
group with like-minded nations to coordinate inter-4
national efforts to enforce sanctions imposed with 5
respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran. 6
(2) D
UTIES.—The multilateral contact group 7
shall— 8
(A) share information on evolving sanc-9
tions frameworks to identify areas of difference 10
or enforcement gaps; 11
(B) share information on newly-designated 12
entities, 13
(C) raise awareness of new sanctions eva-14
sion practices; and 15
(D) coordinate on new measures to curb 16
Iranian malign activity, including uranium en-17
richment activities, ballistic missile production, 18
and support for terrorism. 19
SEC. 6. PRIVATE SECTOR REPORTING ON PERSONS EN-20
GAGED IN SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES OR 21
SANCTIONS EVASION. 22
Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Au-23
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended— 24
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(1) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 1
inserting a semicolon; 2
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 3
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 4
(3) by adding at the end the following para-5
graph: 6
‘‘(15) the identification a person described in 7
section 4(a) of the Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 8
2025 or any person that has attempted or is at-9
tempting to evade sanctions imposed under such Act 10
with proceeds generated by the sale of intercepted 11
oil, gas, liquefied natural gas, petrochemical prod-12
ucts, or related products from the Islamic Republic 13
of Iran.’’. 14
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