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113TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION S.
llTo expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional
sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. K IRK , Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr.C ARDIN, Mr. MCC AIN, Mr. C ASEY , Mr. RUBIO, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN,
Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. A YOTTE, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. CORKER, Mr. PRYOR,
Ms. COLLINS, Ms. L ANDRIEU, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. ROB-
ERTS, Mr. W ARNER, Mr. JOHANNS, Mrs. H AGAN, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DON-
NELLY , and Mr. BLUNT) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on llllllllll
A BILLTo expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to
impose additional sanctions with respect to 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.3
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the4
‘‘Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’.5
(b) T ABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for6
this Act is as follows:7
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Sense of Congress on nuclear weapon capabilities of Iran.
TITLE I—EXPANSION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS
Sec. 101. Applicability of sanctions with respect to petroleum transactions.
Sec. 102. Ineligibility for exception to certain sanctions for countries that do
not reduce purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian ori-gin to a de minimis level.
Sec. 103. Imposition of sanctions with respect to ports, special economic zones,
and strategic sectors of Iran.
Sec. 104. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain
Iranian individuals.
Sec. 105. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign cur-
rencies with or for certain sanctioned persons.
Sec. 106. Sense of Congress on prospective sanctions.
TITLE II—ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS
Sec. 201. Sense of Congress on the provision of specialized financial messaging
services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Ira-nian financial institutions.
Sec. 202. Inclusion of transfers of goods, services, and technologies to strategic
sectors of Iran for purposes of identifying Destinations of Di-
version Concern.
Sec. 203. Authorization of additional measures with respect to Destinations of
Diversion Concern.
Sec. 204. Sense of Congress on increased staffing for agencies involved in the
implementation and enforcement of sanctions against Iran.
TITLE III—IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS
Sec. 301. Suspension of sanctions to facilitate a diplomatic solution.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Exception for Afghanistan reconstruction.
Sec. 402. Exception for import restrictions.
Sec. 403. Applicability to certain intelligence activities.
Sec. 404. Applicability to certain natural gas projects.
Sec. 405. Rule of construction with respect to the use of force against Iran.
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 501. Categories of aliens for purposes of refugee determinations.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NUCLEAR WEAPON CAPA-1
BILITIES OF IRAN.2
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-3
ings:4
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(1) The Government of Iran continues to ex-1
pand the nuclear and missile programs of Iran in2
violation of multiple United Nations Security Coun-3
cil resolutions.4
(2) The Government of Iran has a decades-long5
track record of violating commitments regarding the6
nuclear program of Iran and has used diplomatic ne-7
gotiations as a subterfuge to advance its nuclear8
weapons program.9
(3) Iran remains the world’s foremost state10
sponsor of terrorism, having directed, supported,11
and financed acts of terrorism against the United12
States and its allies that have resulted in the thou-13
sands of deaths, including the deaths of United14
States citizens and members of the Armed Forces of15
the United States.16
(4) The Government of Iran and its terrorist17
proxies, particularly Lebanese Hezbollah, continue to18
provide military and financial support to the regime19
of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, aiding that regime in20
the mass killing of the people of Syria.21
(5) The Government of Iran continues to sow22
instability in the Middle East and threaten its neigh-23
bors, including allies of the United States, such as24
Israel.25
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(6) The Government of Iran denies its people1
fundamental freedoms, including freedom of the2
press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and3
freedom of conscience.4
(7) Strict sanctions on Iran, imposed by the5
United States and the international community, are6
responsible for bringing Iran to the negotiating7
table.8
(8) President Hassan Rouhani of Iran has in9
the past admitted to using diplomatic negotiations to10
buy time for Iran to make nuclear advances.11
(9) Based on Iran’s current stockpile of ura-12
nium enriched to 3.5 percent and 20 percent and its13
current centrifuge capacity, Iran could produce a14
sufficient quantity of weapons-grade uranium for a15
bomb in one to 2 months’ time.16
(10) If the Government of Iran commences the17
operation of its heavy water reactor in Arak, it could18
establish an alternate pathway to a nuclear weapon19
through the production of plutonium.20
(11) As of the date of the enactment of this21
Act, 19 countries access nuclear energy for peaceful22
purposes without conducting any enrichment or re-23
processing activities within those countries.24
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(12) The Government of Iran could likewise ac-1
cess nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without2
conducting any enrichment or reprocessing activities3
within Iran.4
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-5
gress that—6
(1) the Government of Iran must not be allowed7
to develop or maintain nuclear weapon capabilities;8
(2) all instruments of power and influence of9
the United States should remain on the table to pre-10
vent the Government of Iran from developing nu-11
clear weapon capabilities;12
(3) the Government of Iran does not have an13
absolute or inherent right to enrichment and reproc-14
essing capabilities and technologies under the Treaty15
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done16
at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968,17
and entered into force March 5, 1970 (commonly18
known as the ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’’);19
(4) the imposition of sanctions under this Act,20
including sanctions on exports of petroleum from21
Iran, is triggered by violations by Iran of any in-22
terim or final agreement regarding its nuclear pro-23
gram, failure to reach a final agreement in a dis-24
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cernible time frame, or the breach of other condi-1
tions described in section 301;2
(5) if the Government of Israel is compelled to3
take military action in legitimate self-defense against4
Iran’s nuclear weapon program, the United States5
Government should stand with Israel and provide, in6
accordance with the law of the United States and7
the constitutional responsibility of Congress to au-8
thorize the use of military force, diplomatic, military,9
and economic support to the Government of Israel in10
its defense of its territory, people, and existence;11
(6) the United States should continue to impose12
sanctions on the Government of Iran and its ter-13
rorist proxies for their continuing sponsorship of ter-14
rorism; and15
(7) the United States should continue to impose16
sanctions on the Government of Iran for—17
(A) its ongoing abuses of human rights;18
and19
(B) its actions in support of Bashar al-20
Assad in Syria.21
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TITLE I—EXPANSION AND1
IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS2
SEC. 101. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO3
PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS.4
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the5
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20126
(22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended—7
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘reduced re-8
duced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran’’9
and inserting ‘‘reduced the volume of its purchases10
of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and11
(2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur-12
chases from Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of pe-13
troleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’.14
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1245(h) of the National15
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (2216
U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is amended—17
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as18
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and19
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-20
lowing:21
‘‘(3) IRANIAN ORIGIN.—The term ‘Iranian ori-22
gin’, with respect to petroleum, means extracted,23
produced, or refined in Iran.24
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‘‘(4) PETROLEUM.—The term ‘petroleum’ in-1
cludes crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils, and2
other unfinished oils.’’.3
(c) CONFORMING A MENDMENTS.—Section 102(b) of4
the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act5
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is amended—6
(1) in paragraph (3)—7
(A) by striking ‘‘crude oil purchases from8
Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum9
from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and10
(B) by striking ‘‘as amended by section11
504,’’; and12
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur-13
chases’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum from14
Iran or of Iranian origin’’.15
(d) EFFECTIVE D ATE.—The amendments made by16
this section shall apply with respect to determinations17
under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense18
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.19
8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the date that is 90 days20
after the date of the enactment of this Act.21
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SEC. 102. INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN1
SANCTIONS FOR COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT2
REDUCE PURCHASES OF PETROLEUM FROM3
IRAN OR OF IRANIAN ORIGIN TO A DE MINI-4
MIS LEVEL.5
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY .—It is the policy of the6
United States to seek to ensure that all countries reduce7
their purchases of crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils,8
and other unfinished oils from Iran or of Iranian origin9
to a de minimis level by the end of the 1-year period begin-10
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act.11
(b) INELIGIBILITY FOR E XCEPTIONS TO S ANC-12
TIONS.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense13
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.14
8513a(d)(4)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-15
lowing:16
‘‘(iii) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEP-17
TION.—18
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A country19
that purchased petroleum from Iran20
or of Iranian origin during the one-21
year period preceding the date of the22
enactment of the Nuclear Weapon23
Free Iran Act of 2013 may continue24
to receive an exception under clause25
(i) on or after the date that is one26
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year after such date of enactment1
only—2
‘‘(aa) if the country reduces3
its purchases of petroleum from4
Iran or of Iranian origin to a de5
minimis level by the end of the6
one-year period beginning on7
such date of enactment; or8
‘‘(bb) as provided in sub-9
clause (II) or (III).10
‘‘(II) COUNTRIES THAT DRA -11
MATICALLY REDUCE PURCHASES.—12
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—A13
country that would otherwise be14
ineligible pursuant to subclause15
(I)(aa) to receive an exception16
under clause (i) may continue to17
receive such an exception during18
the one-year period beginning on19
the date that is one year after20
the date of the enactment of the21
Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act22
of 2013 if the country—23
‘‘(AA) dramatically re-24
duces by at least 30 percent25
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its purchases of petroleum1
from Iran or of Iranian ori-2
gin during the one-year pe-3
riod beginning on such date4
of enactment; and5
‘‘(BB) is expected to6
reduce its purchases of pe-7
troleum from Iran or of Ira-8
nian origin to a de minimis9
level within a defined period10
of time that is not longer11
than 2 years after such date12
of enactment.13
‘‘(bb) TERMINATION OF EX -14
CEPTION.—If a country that con-15
tinues to receive an exception16
under clause (i) pursuant to item17
(aa) does not reduce its pur-18
chases of petroleum from Iran or19
of Iranian origin to a de minimis20
level by the date that is 2 years21
after the date of the enactment22
of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran23
Act of 2013, that country shall24
not be eligible for such an excep-25
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tion on or after the date that is1
2 years after such date of enact-2
ment.3
‘‘(III) REINSTATEMENT OF ELI-4
GIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION.—A country5
that becomes ineligible for an excep-6
tion under clause (i) pursuant to sub-7
clause (I) or (II) shall be eligible for8
such an exception in accordance with9
the provisions of clause (i) on and10
after the date on which the President11
determines the country has reduced12
its purchases of petroleum from Iran13
or of Iranian origin to a de minimis14
level.’’.15
(c) CONFORMING A MENDMENT.—Section16
1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense Authorization17
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i))18
is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by strik-19
ing ‘‘Sanctions imposed’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-20
vided in clause (iii), sanctions imposed’’.21
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SEC. 103. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO1
PORTS, SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, AND2
STRATEGIC SECTORS OF IRAN.3
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 1244(a)(1) of the Iran Free-4
dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.5
8803(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and shipbuilding’’6
and inserting ‘‘shipbuilding, construction, engineering,7
and mining’’.8
(b) E XPANSION OF DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES OF 9
PROLIFERATION CONCERN.—Section 1244(b) of the Iran10
Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (2211
U.S.C. 8803(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘in Iran and enti-12
ties in the energy, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors’’ and13
inserting ‘‘, special economic zones, or free economic zones14
in Iran, and entities in strategic sectors’’.15
(c) E XPANSION OF ENTITIES SUBJECT TO A SSET 16
FREEZE.—Section 1244(c) of the Iran Freedom and17
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(c)) is18
amended—19
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the date20
that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of21
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days22
after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear23
Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and24
(2) in paragraph (2)—25
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph1
(A), by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after2
the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-3
serting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after the date4
of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free5
Iran Act of 2013’’;6
(B) by striking ‘‘the energy, shipping, or7
shipbuilding sectors’’ each place it appears and8
inserting ‘‘a strategic sector’’; and9
(C) by inserting ‘‘, special economic zone,10
or free economic zone’’ after ‘‘port’’ each place11
it appears; and12
(3) by adding at the end the following:13
‘‘(4) STRATEGIC SECTOR DEFINED.—14
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the15
term ‘strategic sector’ means—16
‘‘(i) the energy, shipping, ship-17
building, and mining sectors of Iran;18
‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara-19
graph (B), the construction and engineer-20
ing sectors of Iran; and21
‘‘(iii) any other sector the President22
designates as of strategic importance to23
Iran.24
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‘‘(B) E XCEPTION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND 1
ENGINEERING OF SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND 2
SIMILAR FACILITIES.—For purposes of this sec-3
tion, a person engaged in the construction or4
engineering of schools, hospitals, or similar fa-5
cilities (as determined by the President) shall6
not be considered part of a strategic sector of7
Iran.8
‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION OF STRATEGIC SEC-9
TOR DESIGNATION.—The President shall sub-10
mit to Congress a notification of the designa-11
tion of a sector as a strategic sector of Iran for12
purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii) not later than13
5 days after the date on which the President14
makes the designation.’’.15
(d) A DDITIONAL S ANCTIONS W ITH RESPECT TO 16
STRATEGIC SECTORS.—Section 1244(d) of the Iran Free-17
dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.18
8803(d)) is amended—19
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the date20
that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of21
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days22
after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear23
Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’;24
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the date that1
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this2
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after3
the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon4
Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and5
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the energy,6
shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and inserting ‘‘a7
strategic sector’’.8
(e) S ALE, SUPPLY , OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN M A -9
TERIALS TO OR FROM IRAN.—Section 1245 of the Iran10
Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (2211
U.S.C. 8804) is amended—12
(1) in subsection (a)(1)—13
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph14
(A), by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after15
the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-16
serting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after the date17
of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free18
Iran Act of 2013’’; and19
(B) in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), by striking20
‘‘the energy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’21
and inserting ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in22
section 1244(c)(4))’’; and23
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the date that24
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this25
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Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after1
the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon2
Free Iran Act of 2013’’.3
(f) PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO S ANCTIONED PER-4
SONS.—Section 1246(a)(1) of the Iran Freedom and5
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8805(a)(1))6
is amended—7
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),8
by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after the date9
of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the10
date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment11
of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and12
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘the en-13
ergy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and insert-14
ing ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in section15
1244(c)(4))’’.16
(g) CONFORMING A MENDMENTS.—Section 1244 of17
the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 201218
(22 U.S.C. 8803), as amended by subsections (a), (b), (c),19
and (d), is further amended—20
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘THE 21
ENERGY , SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING’’ and22
inserting ‘‘CERTAIN PORTS, ECONOMIC ZONES,23
AND’’;24
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(2) in subsection (b), in the subsection heading,1
by striking ‘‘PORTS AND ENTITIES IN THE ENERGY ,2
SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING SECTORS OF IRAN’’3
and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN ENTITIES’’;4
(3) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading,5
by striking ‘‘ENTITIES IN ENERGY , SHIPPING, AND 6
SHIPBUILDING SECTORS’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN 7
ENTITIES’’; and8
(4) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading,9
by striking ‘‘THE ENERGY , SHIPPING, AND SHIP-10
BUILDING’’ and inserting ‘‘STRATEGIC’’.11
SEC. 104. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC-12
TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN13
INDIVIDUALS.14
(a) E XPANSION OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED.—Sec-15
tion 221(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria16
Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(a)) is amend-17
ed—18
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and19
inserting a semicolon;20
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at21
the end and inserting a semicolon; and22
(3) by adding at the end the following:23
‘‘(3) an individual who engages in activities for24
or on behalf of the Government of Iran that enables25
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Iran to evade sanctions imposed by the United1
States with respect to Iran;2
‘‘(4) an individual acting on behalf of the Gov-3
ernment of Iran who is involved in corrupt activities4
of that Government or the diversion of humanitarian5
goods, including agricultural commodities, food,6
medicine, and medical devices, intended for the peo-7
ple of Iran; or8
‘‘(5) a senior official—9
‘‘(A) of an entity designated for the impo-10
sition of sanctions pursuant to the International11
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.12
1701 et seq.) in connection with—13
‘‘(i) Iran’s proliferation of weapons of14
mass destruction or delivery systems for15
weapons of mass destruction; or16
‘‘(ii) Iran’s support for acts of inter-17
national terrorism; and18
‘‘(B) who was involved in the activity for19
which the entity was designated for the imposi-20
tion of sanctions.’’.21
(b) E XPANSION OF SENIOR OFFICIALS DE-22
SCRIBED.—Section 221(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction23
and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(b))24
is amended—25
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(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-1
serting a semicolon;2
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at3
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and4
(3) by adding at the end the following:5
‘‘(7) a senior official of—6
‘‘(A) the Office of the Supreme Leader of7
Iran;8
‘‘(B) the Atomic Energy Organization of9
Iran;10
‘‘(C) the Islamic Consultative Assembly of11
Iran;12
‘‘(D) the Council of Ministers of Iran;13
‘‘(E) the Ministry of Defense and Armed14
Forces Logistics of Iran;15
‘‘(F) the Ministry of Justice of Iran;16
‘‘(G) the Ministry of Interior of Iran;17
‘‘(H) the prison system of Iran; or18
‘‘(I) the judicial system of Iran.’’.19
(c) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY .—Section 221 of the20
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of21
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727) is amended—22
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as23
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and24
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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-1
lowing:2
‘‘(d) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY .—3
‘‘(1) OFFICIALS AND OTHER ACTORS.—In the4
case of an individual described in paragraph (1), (3),5
(4), or (5) of subsection (a) who is on the list re-6
quired by that subsection, the President shall block7
and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-8
terests in property of that individual if such property9
or interests in property are in the United States,10
come within the United States, or are or come with-11
in the possession or control of a United States per-12
son.13
‘‘(2) F AMILY MEMBERS.—In the case of an in-14
dividual described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a)15
who is on the list required by that subsection, the16
President shall block and prohibit a transaction in17
property or an interest in property of that individual18
if the property or interest in property—19
‘‘(A) was transferred to that individual20
from an individual described in paragraph (1)21
of subsection (a) who is on the list required by22
that subsection; and23
‘‘(B) is in the United States, comes within24
the United States, or is or comes within the25
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possession or control of a United States per-1
son.’’.2
(d) CONFORMING A MENDMENTS.—Section 221 of the3
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of4
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727), as amended by subsections (a),5
(b), and (c), is further amended—6
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-7
ing ‘‘IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF 8
SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRA -9
NIAN INDIVIDUALS’’;10
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the date of11
the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date12
of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran13
Act of 2013’’; and14
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection15
(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’.16
(e) CLERICAL A MENDMENT.—The table of contents17
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights18
Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by strik-19
ing the item relating to section 221 and inserting the fol-20
lowing:21
‘‘Sec. 221. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain
Iranian individuals.’’.
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SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO1
TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES2
WITH OR FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONED PER-3
SONS.4
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Iran Threat Reduc-5
tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.6
8721 et seq.) is amended—7
(1) by inserting after section 221 the following:8
‘‘Subtitle C—Other Matters’’;9
(2) by redesignating sections 222, 223, and 22410
as sections 231, 232, and 233, respectively; and11
(3) by inserting after section 221 the following:12
‘‘SEC. 222. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO13
TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES14
WITH CERTAIN SANCTIONED PERSONS.15
‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF S ANCTIONS.—The President—16
‘‘(1) shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or17
impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the18
United States of a correspondent account or a pay-19
able-through account by a foreign financial institu-20
tion that knowingly conducts or facilitates a trans-21
action described in subsection (b)(1); and22
‘‘(2) may impose sanctions pursuant to the23
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (5024
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to any other per-25
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son that knowingly conducts or facilitates such a1
transaction.2
‘‘(b) TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED.—3
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A transaction described in4
this subsection is a significant transaction conducted5
or facilitated by a person related to the currency of6
a country other than the country with primary juris-7
diction over the person with, for, or on behalf of—8
‘‘(A) the Central Bank of Iran or an Ira-9
nian financial institution designated by the Sec-10
retary of the Treasury for the imposition of11
sanctions pursuant to the International Emer-12
gency Economic Powers Act; or13
‘‘(B) a person described in section14
1244(c)(2) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-15
Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.16
8803(c)(2)) (other than a person described in17
subparagraph (C)(iii) of that subsection).18
‘‘(2) PRIMARY JURISDICTION.—For purposes of19
paragraph (1), a country in which a person operates20
shall be deemed to have primary jurisdiction over21
the person only with respect to the operations of the22
person in that country.23
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‘‘(c) A PPLICABILITY .—Subsection (a) shall apply1
with respect to a transaction described in subsection2
(b)(1) conducted or facilitated—3
‘‘(1) on or after the date that is 90 days after4
the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon5
Free Iran Act of 2013 pursuant to a contract en-6
tered into on or after such date of enactment; and7
‘‘(2) on or after the date that is 180 days after8
such date of enactment pursuant to a contract en-9
tered into before such date of enactment.10
‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY TO HUMANITARIAN TRANS-11
ACTIONS.—The President may not impose sanctions under12
subsection (a) with respect to any person for conducting13
or facilitating a transaction for the sale of agricultural14
commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran or15
for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people16
of Iran.17
‘‘(e) W AIVER.—18
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive19
the application of subsection (a) with respect to a20
person for a period of not more than 180 days, and21
may renew that waiver for additional periods of not22
more than 180 days, if the President—23
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‘‘(A) determines that the waiver is impor-1
tant to the national interest of the United2
States; and3
‘‘(B) not less than 15 days after the waiver4
or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may5
be, takes effect, submits a report to the appro-6
priate congressional committees on the waiver7
and the reason for the waiver.8
‘‘(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report sub-9
mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in10
unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.11
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:12
‘‘(1) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; IRANIAN FINAN-13
CIAL INSTITUTION.—The terms ‘financial institution’14
and ‘Iranian financial institution’ have the meanings15
given those terms in section 104A(d) of the Com-16
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-17
vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)).18
‘‘(2) TRANSACTION.—The term ‘transaction’ in-19
cludes a foreign exchange swap, a foreign exchange20
forward, and any other type of currency exchange or21
conversion or derivative instrument.’’.22
(b) A DDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the23
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (2224
U.S.C. 8701) is amended—25
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and1
(4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (9), respectively;2
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the3
following:4
‘‘(1) A CCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT;5
PAYABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘ac-6
count’, ‘correspondent account’, and ‘payable-7
through account’ have the meanings given those8
terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States9
Code.10
‘‘(2) A GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The term11
‘agricultural commodity’ has the meaning given that12
term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of13
1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).14
‘‘(3) A PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-15
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-16
mittees’ has the meaning given that term in section17
14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law18
104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).19
‘‘(4) DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; FOR-20
EIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The terms ‘domes-21
tic financial institution’ and ‘foreign financial insti-22
tution’ have the meanings determined by the Sec-23
retary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(i) of24
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability,25
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and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i)).’’;1
and2
(3) by inserting after paragraph (6), as redesig-3
nated by paragraph (1), the following:4
‘‘(7) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘medical de-5
vice’ has the meaning given the term ‘device’ in sec-6
tion 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic7
Act (21 U.S.C. 321).8
‘‘(8) MEDICINE.—The term ‘medicine’ has the9
meaning given the term ‘drug’ in section 201 of the10
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.11
321).’’.12
(c) CLERICAL A MENDMENT.—The table of contents13
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights14
Act of 2012 is amended by striking the items relating to15
sections 222, 223, and 224 and inserting the following:16
‘‘Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign cur-
rencies with certain sanctioned persons.
‘‘Subtitle C—Other Matters
‘‘Sec. 231. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to certain au-
thorities of State and local governments.
‘‘Sec. 232. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that in-
vest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum
products to Iran.
‘‘Sec. 233. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crudeoil and refined petroleum products.’’.
SEC. 106. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROSPECTIVE SANC-17
TIONS.18
It is the sense of Congress that, if additional sanc-19
tions are imposed pursuant to this Act and the Govern-20
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ment of Iran continues to pursue an illicit nuclear weapons1
program, Congress should pursue additional stringent2
sanctions on Iran, such as sanctions on entities providing3
the Government of Iran access to assets of the Govern-4
ment of Iran held outside Iran, sanctions on Iran’s energy5
sector, including its natural gas sector, and sanctions on6
entities providing certain underwriting, insurance, or rein-7
surance to the Government of Iran.8
TITLE II—ENFORCEMENT OF9
SANCTIONS10
SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE PROVISION OF SPE-11
CIALIZED FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES12
TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND OTHER13
SANCTIONED IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITU-14
TIONS.15
It is the sense of Congress that—16
(1) the President has been engaged in intensive17
diplomatic efforts to ensure that sanctions against18
Iran are imposed and maintained multilaterally to19
sharply restrict the access of the Government of20
Iran to the global financial system;21
(2) the European Union is to be commended for22
strengthening the multilateral sanctions regime23
against Iran by prohibiting all persons subject to the24
jurisdiction of the European Union from providing25
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specialized financial messaging services to the Cen-1
tral Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian fi-2
nancial institutions;3
(3) in order to continue to sharply restrict ac-4
cess by Iran to the global financial system, the5
President and the European Union must continue to6
expeditiously address any judicial, administrative, or7
other decisions in their respective jurisdictions that8
might weaken the current multilateral sanctions re-9
gime, including decisions regarding the designation10
of financial institutions and global specialized finan-11
cial messaging service providers for sanctions; and12
(4) existing restrictions on the access of Iran to13
global specialized financial messaging services should14
be maintained.15
SEC. 202. INCLUSION OF TRANSFERS OF GOODS, SERVICES,16
AND TECHNOLOGIES TO STRATEGIC SEC-17
TORS OF IRAN FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTI-18
FYING DESTINATIONS OF DIVERSION CON-19
CERN.20
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b) of the Comprehen-21
sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act22
of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8542(b)) is amended—23
(1) in paragraph (1)—24
(A) in subparagraph (B)—25
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(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; or’’1
and inserting a semicolon;2
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; and’’3
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and4
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-5
lowing:6
‘‘(iv) strategic sectors; and’’; and7
(B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘;8
or’’ and inserting a semicolon;9
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at10
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and11
(3) by adding at the end the following:12
‘‘(3) that will be sold, transferred, or otherwise13
made available to a strategic sector of Iran.’’.14
(b) STRATEGIC SECTOR DEFINED.—Section 301 of15
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and16
Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8541) is amended—17
(1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para-18
graph (15); and19
(2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-20
lowing:21
‘‘(14) STRATEGIC SECTOR.—The term ‘strategic22
sector’ has the meaning given that term in section23
1244(c)(4) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Pro-24
liferation Act of 2012.’’.25
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(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Section 302(a) of the1
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-2
vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8542(a)) is amended by3
striking ‘‘180 days after the date of the enactment of this4
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days after the date of the enact-5
ment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’.6
SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES7
WITH RESPECT TO DESTINATIONS OF DIVER-8
SION CONCERN.9
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(c) of the Comprehen-10
sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act11
of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8543(c)) is amended—12
(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting13
the following:14
‘‘(1) LICENSING REQUIREMENT.—Not later15
than’’; and16
(2) by adding at the end the following:17
‘‘(2) A DDITIONAL MEASURES.—The President18
may—19
‘‘(A) impose restrictions on United States20
foreign assistance or measures authorized under21
the International Emergency Economic Powers22
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to a23
country designated as a Destination of Diver-24
sion Concern under subsection (a) if the Presi-25
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dent determines that those restrictions or meas-1
ures would prevent the diversion of goods, serv-2
ices, and technologies described in section3
302(b) to Iranian end-users or Iranian inter-4
mediaries; or5
‘‘(B) prohibit the issuance of a license6
under section 38 of the Arms Export Control7
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) for the export to such a8
country of a defense article or defense service9
for which a notification to Congress would be10
required under section 36(b) of that Act (2211
U.S.C. 2776(b)).12
‘‘(3) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 9013
days after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear14
Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013, and every 90 days15
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro-16
priate congressional committees a report—17
‘‘(A) identifying countries that have al-18
lowed the diversion through the country of19
goods, services, or technologies described in sec-20
tion 302(b) to Iranian end-users or Iranian21
intermediaries during the 180-day period pre-22
ceding the submission of the report;23
‘‘(B) identifying the persons that engaged24
in such diversion during that period; and25
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‘‘(C) describing the activities relating to di-1
version in which those countries and persons2
engaged.’’.3
(b) CONFORMING A MENDMENTS.—Section 303 of the4
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-5
vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8543) is amended—6
(1) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading,7
by striking ‘‘LICENSING REQUIREMENT’’ and insert-8
ing ‘‘LICENSING AND OTHER MEASURES’’; and9
(2) in subsection (d)—10
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-11
section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’;12
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub-13
section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’;14
and15
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘is it’’16
and inserting ‘‘it is’’.17
SEC. 204. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASED STAFFING18
FOR AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMEN-19
TATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS20
AGAINST IRAN.21
It is the sense of Congress that—22
(1) when the President submits the President’s23
budget for fiscal year 2015 to Congress under sec-24
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tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the1
President should, in that budget, prioritize—2
(A) resources for the Office of Foreign As-3
sets Control for the Department of Treasury4
dedicated to the implementation and enforce-5
ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and6
(B) resources for the Department of State7
dedicated to the implementation and enforce-8
ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and9
(2) the appropriate committees of the Senate10
and the House of Representatives should prioritize11
the resources described in subparagraphs (A) and12
(B) of paragraph (1) during consideration of author-13
ization and appropriations legislation in future fiscal14
years.15
TITLE III—IMPLEMENTATION OF16
SANCTIONS17
SEC. 301. SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS TO FACILITATE A18
DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION.19
(a) SUSPENSION OF NEW S ANCTIONS.—20
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may suspend21
the application of sanctions imposed under this Act22
or amendments made by this Act for a 180-day pe-23
riod beginning on the earlier of the date of the en-24
actment of this Act or the date on which the Presi-25
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dent submits a notification described in paragraph1
(5) to the appropriate congressional committees, if2
the President makes the certification described in3
paragraph (2) to the appropriate congressional com-4
mittees every 30 days during that period.5
(2) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—A certifi-6
cation described in this paragraph is a certification7
that—8
(A) Iran is complying with the provisions9
of the Joint Plan of Action and any agreement10
to implement the Joint Plan of Action;11
(B) Iran has agreed to specific and12
verifiable measures to implement the Joint Plan13
of Action;14
(C) Iran is transparently, verifiably, and15
fully implementing the Joint Plan of Action and16
any agreement to implement the Joint Plan of17
Action;18
(D) Iran has not breached the terms of or19
any commitment made pursuant to the Joint20
Plan of Action or any agreement to implement21
the Joint Plan of Action;22
(E) Iran is proactively and in good faith23
engaged in negotiations toward a final agree-24
ment or arrangement to terminate its illicit nu-25
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clear activities, related weaponization activities,1
and any other nuclear activity not required for2
a civilian nuclear program;3
(F) the United States is working toward a4
final agreement or arrangement that will dis-5
mantle Iran’s illicit nuclear infrastructure to6
prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapons7
capability and permit daily verification, moni-8
toring, and inspections of suspect facilities in9
Iran so that an effort by Iran to produce a nu-10
clear weapon would be quickly detected;11
(G) any suspension of or relief from sanc-12
tions provided to Iran pursuant to the Joint13
Plan of Action is temporary, reversible, and14
proportionate to the specific and verifiable15
measures taken by Iran with respect to termi-16
nating its illicit nuclear program and related17
weaponization activities;18
(H) Iran has not directly, or through a19
proxy, supported, financed, planned, or other-20
wise carried out an act of terrorism against the21
United States or United States persons or22
property anywhere in the world;23
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(I) Iran has not conducted any tests for1
ballistic missiles with a range exceeding 500 kil-2
ometers; and3
(J) the suspension of sanctions is vital to4
the national security interests of the United5
States.6
(3) RENEWAL OF SUSPENSION.—Following the7
180-day period described in paragraph (1), the8
President may renew a suspension of sanctions9
under that paragraph for 2 additional periods of not10
more than 30 days if, for each such renewal, the11
President submits to the appropriate congressional12
committees—13
(A) a certification described in paragraph14
(2) that covers the 30 days preceding the cer-15
tification; and16
(B) a certification that a final agreement17
or arrangement with Iran to fully and verifiably18
terminate its illicit nuclear program and related19
weaponization activities is imminent and that20
Iran will, pursuant to that agreement or ar-21
rangement, dismantle its illicit nuclear infra-22
structure to preclude a nuclear breakout capa-23
bility and other capabilities critical to the pro-24
duction of nuclear weapons.25
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(4) TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF EXISTING 1
SANCTIONS.—2
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any sanctions deferred,3
waived, or otherwise suspended by the Presi-4
dent pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action or5
any agreement to implement the Joint Plan of6
Action, including sanctions suspended under7
this section and sanctions relating to precious8
metals, petrochemicals, Iran’s automotive sec-9
tor, and sanctions pursuant to section 1245 of10
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-11
cal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), shall be rein-12
stated immediately if—13
(i)(I) during the 180-day period de-14
scribed in paragraph (1), the President15
does not submit a certification every 3016
days pursuant that paragraph; or17
(II) the President does not renew the18
suspension of sanctions pursuant to para-19
graph (3);20
(ii) Iran breaches its commitments21
under either the Joint Plan of Action or a22
final agreement or arrangement described23
in subsection (b)(1); or24
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(iii) no final arrangement or agree-1
ment is reached with Iran by the earlier of2
the date that is 240 days after—3
(I) the date of the enactment of4
this Act; or5
(II) the date on which the Presi-6
dent submits a notification described7
in paragraph (5) to the appropriate8
congressional committees.9
(B) W AIVER.—10
(i) IN GENERAL.—The President may11
waive the reinstatement of any sanction12
under subparagraph (A)(iii) for periods of13
not more than 30 days during the period14
specified in clause (ii) if, for each such15
waiver, the President submits to the appro-16
priate congressional committees—17
(I) a notification of the waiver;18
(II) a certification described in19
paragraph (2) that covers the 30 days20
preceding the certification;21
(III) a certification that the waiv-22
er is vital to the national security in-23
terests of the United States with re-24
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spect to the dismantlement of Iran’s1
illicit nuclear weapons program; and2
(IV) a detailed report on the sta-3
tus of the negotiations with the Gov-4
ernment of Iran on a final agreement5
or arrangement to terminate its illicit6
nuclear program and related7
weaponization activities, including an8
assessment of prospects for and the9
expected timeline to reach such an10
agreement or arrangement.11
(ii) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period12
specified in this clause is the period that13
begins on the date of the enactment of this14
Act and ends on the earlier of the date15
that is one year after—16
(I) such date of enactment; or17
(II) the date on which the Presi-18
dent submits a notification described19
in paragraph (5) to the appropriate20
congressional committees.21
(5) NOTIFICATION RELATING TO AGREEMENT 22
TO IMPLEMENT JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—Not later23
than 3 days after Iran has agreed to specific and24
verifiable measures to implement the Joint Plan of25
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Action, the President shall notify the appropriate1
congressional committees of that agreement.2
(b) SUSPENSION FOR A FINAL A GREEMENT OR A R-3
RANGEMENT.—4
(1) IN GENERAL.—Unless a joint resolution of5
disapproval is enacted pursuant to subsection (c),6
the President may suspend the application of sanc-7
tions imposed under this Act or amendments made8
by this Act for a one-year period if the President9
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees10
that the United States and its allies have reached a11
final and verifiable agreement or arrangement with12
Iran that will—13
(A) dismantle Iran’s illicit nuclear infra-14
structure, including enrichment and reprocess-15
ing capabilities and facilities, the heavy water16
reactor and production plant at Arak, and any17
nuclear weapon components and technology, so18
that Iran is precluded from a nuclear breakout19
capability and prevented from pursuing both20
uranium and plutonium pathways to a nuclear21
weapon;22
(B) bring Iran into compliance with all23
United Nations Security Council resolutions re-24
lated to Iran’s nuclear program, including Reso-25
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lutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 17471
(2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 19292
(2010), with a view toward bringing to a satis-3
factory conclusion the Security Council’s consid-4
eration of matters relating to Iran’s nuclear5
program;6
(C) resolve all issues of past and present7
concern with the International Atomic Energy8
Agency, including possible military dimensions9
of Iran’s nuclear program;10
(D) permit continuous, around the clock,11
on-site inspection, verification, and monitoring12
of all suspect facilities in Iran, including instal-13
lation and use of any compliance verification14
equipment requested by the International Atom-15
ic Energy Agency, so that any effort by Iran to16
produce a nuclear weapon would be quickly de-17
tected; and18
(E) require Iran’s full implementation of19
and compliance with the Agreement between20
Iran and the International Atomic Energy21
Agency for the Application of Safeguards in22
Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Pro-23
liferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vienna24
June 19, 1973, including modified Code 3.1 of25
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the Subsidiary Arrangements to that Agree-1
ment and ratification and implementation of2
the Protocol Additional to that Agreement,3
done at Vienna December 18, 2003; and4
(F) requires Iran’s implementation of5
measures in addition to the Protocol Additional6
that include verification by the International7
Atomic Energy Agency of Iran’s centrifuge8
manufacturing facilities, including raw mate-9
rials and components, and Iran’s uranium10
mines and mills.11
(2) RENEWAL OF SUSPENSION.—The President12
may renew the suspension of sanctions pursuant to13
paragraph (1) for additional one-year periods if, for14
each such renewal, the President—15
(A) certifies to the appropriate congres-16
sional committees that Iran is complying with17
the terms of the final arrangement or agree-18
ment, including by—19
(i) dismantling Iran’s illicit nuclear20
infrastructure, including enrichment and21
reprocessing capabilities and facilities, and22
the heavy water reactor and production23
plant at Arak, so that Iran is prevented24
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from pursuing both uranium and pluto-1
nium pathways to a nuclear weapon;2
(ii) permitting continuous, around the3
clock, on-site inspection, verification, and4
monitoring of all suspect facilities in Iran,5
including installation and use of any com-6
pliance verification equipment requested by7
the International Atomic Energy Agency,8
so that any effort by Iran to produce a nu-9
clear weapon would be quickly detected;10
(iii) resolving all issues of past and11
present concern with the International12
Atomic Energy Agency, including possible13
military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear pro-14
gram;15
(iv) remaining in full compliance with16
all United Nations Security Council resolu-17
tions related to Iran’s nuclear program, in-18
cluding Resolutions 1696 (2006), 173719
(2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 183520
(2008), and 1929 (2010);21
(v) fully implementing and complying22
with the Agreement between Iran and the23
International Atomic Energy Agency for24
the Application of Safeguards in Connec-25
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tion with the Treaty on the Non-Prolifera-1
tion of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vienna2
June 19, 1973, including modified Code3
3.1 of the Subsidiary Arrangements to that4
Agreement and ratification and implemen-5
tation of the Protocol Additional to that6
Agreement, done at Vienna December 18,7
2003; and8
(vi) implementing measures, in addi-9
tion to the Protocol Additional, that in-10
clude verification by the International11
Atomic Energy Agency of Iran’s centrifuge12
manufacturing facilities, including raw ma-13
terials and components, and Iran’s ura-14
nium mines and mills; and15
(B) submits to the appropriate congres-16
sional committees with the certification under17
subparagraph (A) a detailed report describing18
the actions taken by Iran to comply with the19
terms of the final arrangement or agreement.20
(c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—21
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the term22
‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means only a joint23
resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress, the sole24
matter after the resolving clause of which is as fol-25
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lows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves of the suspension1
of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran under sec-2
tion 301(b)(1) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act3
of 2013 pursuant to the certification of the Presi-4
dent submitted to Congress under that section on5
llllll ’’, with the blank space being filled6
with the appropriate date.7
(2) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERING RESOLU-8
TIONS.—9
(A) INTRODUCTION.—A joint resolution of10
disapproval—11
(i) may be introduced in the House of12
Representatives or the Senate during the13
15-day period beginning on the date on14
which the President submits a certification15
under subsection (b)(1) to the appropriate16
congressional committees;17
(ii) in the House of Representatives,18
may be introduced by the Speaker or the19
minority leader or a Member of the House20
designated by the Speaker or minority21
leader;22
(iii) in the Senate, may be introduced23
by the majority leader or minority leader24
of the Senate or a Member of the Senate25
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designated by the majority leader or mi-1
nority leader; and2
(iv) may not be amended.3
(B) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES.—A joint4
resolution of disapproval introduced in the Sen-5
ate shall be referred to the Committee on Bank-6
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs and a joint7
resolution of disapproval in the House of Rep-8
resentatives shall be referred to the Committee9
on Foreign Affairs.10
(C) COMMITTEE DISCHARGE AND FLOOR 11
CONSIDERATION.—The provisions of sub-12
sections (c) through (f) of section 152 of the13
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) (relating14
to committee discharge and floor consideration15
of certain resolutions in the House of Rep-16
resentatives and the Senate) apply to a joint17
resolution of disapproval under this subsection18
to the same extent that such subsections apply19
to joint resolutions under such section 152, ex-20
cept that—21
(i) subsection (c)(1) shall be applied22
and administered by substituting ‘‘1023
days’’ for ‘‘30 days’’; and24
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(ii) subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) shall be ap-1
plied and administered by substituting2
‘‘Committee on Banking, Housing, and3
Urban Affairs’’ for ‘‘Committee on Fi-4
nance’’.5
(3) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA -6
TIVES AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by7
Congress—8
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power9
of the Senate and the House of Representa-10
tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part11
of the rules of each House, respectively, but ap-12
plicable only with respect to the procedure to be13
followed in that House in the case of a joint14
resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to15
the extent that it is inconsistent with such16
rules; and17
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-18
tional right of either House to change the rules19
(so far as relating to the procedure of that20
House) at any time, in the same manner and21
to the same extent as in the case of any other22
rule of that House.23
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:24
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(1) A PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-1
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2
mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section3
14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law4
104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).5
(2) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—The term ‘‘Joint6
Plan of Action’’ means the Joint Plan of Action,7
signed at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and8
by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the9
People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom,10
and the United States.11
(3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term12
‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given that13
term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran14
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of15
2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511).16
TITLE IV—GENERAL17
PROVISIONS18
SEC. 401. EXCEPTION FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUC-19
TION.20
The President may provide for an exception from the21
imposition of sanctions under the provisions of or amend-22
ments made by this Act for reconstruction assistance or23
economic development for Afghanistan—24
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(1) to the extent that the President determines1
that such an exception is in the national interest of2
the United States; and3
(2) if, not later than 15 days before issuing the4
exception, the President submits a notification of5
and justification for the exception to the appropriate6
congressional committees (as defined in section 14 of7
the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–8
172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)).9
SEC. 402. EXCEPTION FOR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.10
No provision of or amendment made by this Act au-11
thorizes or requires the President to impose sanctions re-12
lating to the importation of goods.13
SEC. 403. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AC-14
TIVITIES.15
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this16
Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of17
the United States.18
SEC. 404. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN NATURAL GAS19
PROJECTS.20
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this21
Act shall be construed to apply with respect to any activity22
relating to a project described in subsection (a) of section23
603 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human24
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Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8783) to which the excep-1
tion under that section applies at the time of the activity.2
SEC. 405. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO THE3
USE OF FORCE AGAINST IRAN.4
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this5
Act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an au-6
thorization of the use of force against Iran.7
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS8
SEC. 501. CATEGORIES OF ALIENS FOR PURPOSES OF REF-9
UGEE DETERMINATIONS.10
The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re-11
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law12
101–167) is amended—13
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—14
(A) in subsection (b), by striking para-15
graph (3); and16
(B) in subsection (e)—17
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking18
‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’;19
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking20
‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’; and21
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking22
‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’; and23