Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2014 or the SISA Act - Amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, and the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 to eliminate authority to waive sanctions relating to:
Amends the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to direct the President to prohibit any correspondent account or a payable-through account opened and maintained in the United States by a foreign financial institution that has knowingly conducted or facilitated any significant financial transaction, on or after July 31, 2012, for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of petroleum, petroleum products, or petrochemical products from Iran. Requires the imposition on violators of specified sanctions under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
Requires the President to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property in or that enter the United States (or the possession or control of a U.S. person) of any person that has, on or after July 31, 2012, materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial support or related goods or services for the National Iranian Oil Company, the Naftiran Intertrade Company, or the Central Bank of Iran.
Requires the President also to block and prohibit similar transactions involving the purchase or acquisition of U.S. bank notes or precious metals by the government of Iran.
Amends the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 to direct the President to block and prohibit similar transactions involving any Iranian person included on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.
Directs the President to impose specified sanctions with respect to: (1) a person that has, on or after June 1, 2013, knowingly engaged in a significant financial transaction in connection with the automotive sector of Iran; (2) any related correspondent account or a payable-through account held by a foreign financial institution that has knowingly facilitated such a transaction; and (3) any foreign financial institution that has knowingly facilitated a significant financial transaction on behalf of any blocked person or specially designated Iranian national.
Requires revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require a certification from each prospective federal contractor that is part of the automotive sector of any foreign country, that the prospective contractor (and any person owned or controlled by it): (1) does not have a business relationship with the government of Iran; and (2) has not, in the previous 90 days, conducted any transaction with an Iranian person or any entity owned or controlled by one.
Amends the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to prohibit importation into the United States of refined petroleum products made using Iranian origin crude oil regardless of whether the crude oil was commingled with crude oil not of Iranian origin. Prohibits any regulatory exception to the prohibition on direct or indirect imports from Iran.
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 with respect to sanctions on petroleum transactions.
Directs the President to block and prohibit all activities or transactions that contribute materially, or pose a risk of material contribution, to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or the means to deliver them.
Prohibits any obligation or expenditure of authorized appropriations for negotiations with Iran until a join resolution has been enacted making specified certifications.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5709 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5709
To terminate the authority to waive certain provisions of law requiring
the imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran, to codify certain
sanctions imposed by executive order, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 14, 2014
Mr. Franks of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees
on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means,
and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To terminate the authority to waive certain provisions of law requiring
the imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran, to codify certain
sanctions imposed by executive order, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act
of 2014'' or the ``SISA Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) A nuclear-capable Iran poses a direct and existential
threat to the United States, Israel, and allies around the
world.
(2) Iran is a leading state sponsor of terrorism, arming
and funding terrorist groups around the world, including by
providing material support for the terrorist organization Hamas
in its relentless attacks on Israel.
(3) The Government of Iran has violated United Nations
Security Council Resolutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 1747
(2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 1929 (2010), relating to
Iran's nuclear program.
(4) The Government of Iran has received significant
economic benefits from the relaxation of economic sanctions
pursuant the Joint Plan of Action, signed November 24, 2013, by
Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the
People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the United
States (in this section referred to as the ``Joint Plan of
Action''), including increased economic growth, reduced
inflation, and a strengthened currency, while making no
substantive reductions in its nuclear program.
(5) Any deal relating to Iran's nuclear weapons program
that does not completely dismantle the entire nuclear weapons
program would repeat the same mistakes observed with
negotiations with North Korea, a totalitarian country that
exported its nuclear technology to Syria and has shared similar
nuclear and ballistic missile technology with Iran.
(6) The Agreed Framework between the United States and the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, signed in Geneva on
October 21, 1994, which called for North Korea to freeze and
dismantle its nuclear weapons program in exchange for eased
sanctions and normalized relations with the United States,
should serve as a reminder of previous failed negotiations
resulting in billions of dollars made available for the
development of nuclear weapons.
(7) Economic sanctions imposed with respect to Iran are
designed for the purpose of ending Iran's pursuit of a nuclear
weapons capability, not of initiating negotiations. Therefore,
any easing of sanctions in pursuit of negotiations undermines
the purpose of the sanctions, as is demonstrated by the case of
North Korea.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION AND ELIMINATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITIES FOR CERTAIN
SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.
(a) Modification of Waiver of Sanctions Relating to the
Transportation of Crude Oil From Iran.--
(1) In general.--Section 9(c)(1)(A) of the Iran Sanctions
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is
amended by inserting ``(other than the requirement in paragraph
(7) of such section)'' after ``section 5(a)''.
(2) Termination of waivers.--Any waiver of the requirement
in section 5(a)(7) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) exercised by the President
under section 9(c)(1)(A) of such Act shall cease to be in
effect on and after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Elimination of Waiver With Respect to Mandatory Sanctions With
Respect to Financial Institutions That Engage in Certain
Transactions.--
(1) In general.--Section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22
U.S.C. 8513) is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (f); and
(B) by redesignating subsections (g) through (i) as
subsections (f) through (h), respectively.
(2) Termination of waivers.--Any waiver of the imposition
of sanctions exercised by the President under section 104(f) of
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(f)), as in effect on the
day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall cease
to be in effect on and after such date of enactment.
(3) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Sanctions with respect to financial sector of
iran.--Section 1245(h) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.
8513a(h)) is amended by striking ``section 104(i) of
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i))'' and
inserting ``section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
(22 U.S.C. 8513)''.
(B) Expansion of mandatory sanctions with respect
to certain financial institutions.--Section 104A(d)(2)
of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability,
and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)(2)) is
amended by striking ``section 104(i)'' and inserting
``section 104''.
(C) Definitions for iran freedom and counter-
proliferation act of 2012.--Section 1242(a)(5) of the
Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22
U.S.C. 8801(a)(5)) is amended by striking ``section
104(i) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C.
8513(i))'' and inserting ``section 104 of the
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513)''.
(c) Elimination of Waiver of Sanctions With Respect to the
Financial Sector of Iran.--
(1) In general.--Section 1245(d) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) is
amended by striking paragraph (5).
(2) Termination of waivers.--Any waiver exercised by the
President under section 1245(d)(5) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(5)),
as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of
this Act, shall cease to be in effect on and after such date of
enactment.
(d) Elimination of Waiver of Sanctions With Respect to Persons That
Support or Conduct Certain Transactions With Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps or Other Sanctioned Persons.--
(1) In general.--Section 302 of the Iran Threat Reduction
and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742) is amended
by--
(A) striking subsections (d) and (e); and
(B) redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (d).
(2) Termination of waivers.--Any waiver exercised by the
President under subsection (d) or (e) of section 302 of the
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22
U.S.C. 8742(d)), as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act, shall cease to be in effect on and after
such date of enactment.
(e) Elimination of Waiver of Sanctions With Respect to the Energy,
Shipping, and Shipbuilding Sectors of Iran.--
(1) In general.--Section 1244 of the Iran Freedom and
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803) is amended
by striking subsection (i).
(2) Termination of waivers.--Any waiver of the imposition
of sanctions under section 1244(i) of the Iran Freedom and
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(i)), as in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act,
shall cease to be in effect on and after such date of
enactment.
(f) Elimination of Waiver of Sanctions With Respect to the Sale,
Supply, or Transfer of Certain Materials to or From Iran.--
(1) In general.--Section 1245 of the Iran Freedom and
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8804) is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (g); and
(B) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection
(g).
(2) Termination of waivers.--Any waiver of the imposition
of sanctions under section 1245(g) of the Iran Freedom and
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8804(g)), as in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act,
shall cease to be in effect on and after such date of
enactment.
(g) Elimination of Waiver of Sanctions With Respect to the
Provision of Underwriting Services or Insurance or Reinsurance for
Activities or Persons With Respect to Which Sanctions Have Been
Imposed.--
(1) In general.--Section 1246 of the Iran Freedom and
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8805) is amended
by striking subsection (e).
(2) Termination of waivers.--Any waiver of the imposition
of sanctions under section 1246(e) of the Iran Freedom and
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8805(e)), as in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act,
shall cease to be in effect on and after such date of
enactment.
(h) Elimination of Waiver of Sanctions With Respect to Foreign
Financial Institutions That Facilitate Financial Transactions on Behalf
of Specially Designated Nationals.--
(1) In general.--Section 1247 of the Iran Freedom and
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8806) is amended
by striking subsection (f).
(2) Termination of waivers.--Any waiver of the imposition
of sanctions under section 1247(f) of the Iran Freedom and
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8806(f)), as in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act,
shall cease to be in effect on and after such date of
enactment.
(i) Technical Amendment.--Section 1253(c) of the Iran Freedom and
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8809(c)) is amended, in
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``, and, as
appropriate, instead of sections 1244(i), 1245(g), and 1246(e) of this
Act''.
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PURCHASE, ACQUISITION, SALE,
TRANSPORT, OR MARKETING OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS,
OR PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM IRAN.
(a) In General.--Subtitle B of title II of the Iran Threat
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8721 et seq.)
is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 222, 223, and 224 as sections
225, 226, and 227, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 221 the following:
``SEC. 222. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PURCHASE,
ACQUISITION, SALE, TRANSPORT, OR MARKETING OF PETROLEUM,
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, AND PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM IRAN.
``(a) Limitations on Correspondent and Payable-Through Accounts.--
The President shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or impose strict
conditions on the maintaining, in the United States of a correspondent
account or a payable-through account by a foreign financial institution
that the President determines has knowingly conducted or facilitated
any significant financial transaction, on or after July 31, 2012--
``(1) for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or
marketing of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran; or
``(2) for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or
marketing of petrochemical products from Iran.
``(b) Application of Sanctions From Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.--
The President shall impose on a person one or more of the sanctions
described in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law
104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) upon determining that the person
knowingly, on or after July 31, 2012, engaged in a significant
transaction for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or
marketing of--
``(1) petroleum or petroleum products from Iran; or
``(2) petrochemical products from Iran.
``(c) Applicability.--Subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) shall apply
with respect to a person only if--
``(1) the President determines under subparagraphs (B) and
(C) of paragraph (4) of section 1245(d) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d))
that there is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petroleum
products from countries other than Iran to permit a significant
reduction in the volume of petroleum and petroleum products
purchased from Iran by or through foreign financial
institutions; and
``(2) an exception under subparagraph (D) of that paragraph
from the imposition of sanctions under paragraph (1) of that
section does not apply with respect to the country with primary
jurisdiction over the person.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Account; correspondent account; payable-through
account.--The terms `account', `correspondent account', and
`payable-through account' have the meanings given those terms
in section 5318A of title 31, United States Code.
``(2) Financial institution.--The term `financial
institution' means a financial institution specified in
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J),
(M), or (Y) of section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States
Code.
``(3) Foreign financial institution.--The term `foreign
financial institution' has the meaning of that term as
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section
104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513).
``(4) Petroleum.--The term `petroleum' means a mixture of
hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground
reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after
passing through surface separating facilities.
``(5) Petroleum products.--
``(A) In general.--The term `petroleum products'
includes unfinished oils, liquefied petroleum gases,
pentanes plus, aviation gasoline, motor gasoline,
naphtha-type jet fuel, kerosene-type jet fuel,
kerosene, distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil,
petrochemical feedstocks, special naphthas, lubricants,
waxes, petroleum coke, asphalt, road oil, still gas,
and miscellaneous products obtained from the processing
of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas,
and other hydrocarbon compounds.
``(B) Exception.--The term `petroleum products'
does not include natural gas, liquefied natural gas,
biofuels, methanol, and other non-petroleum fuels.
``(6) Petrochemical products.--The term `petrochemical
products' includes any aromatic, olefin, and synthesis gas, and
any of derivatives of such a gas, including ethylene,
propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, xylene, ammonia,
methanol, and urea.
``SEC. 223. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SUPPORT FOR THE
NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY, THE NAFTIRAN INTERTRADE
COMPANY, OR THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN.
``The President shall block and prohibit all transactions in
property and interests in property of a person the President determines
has, on or after July 31, 2012, materially assisted, sponsored, or
provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or
services in support of, the National Iranian Oil Company, the Naftiran
Intertrade Company, or the Central Bank of Iran if such property and
interests in property are in the United States, come within the United
States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United
States person.
``SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SUPPORT FOR THE
PURCHASE OF UNITED STATES BANK NOTES OR PRECIOUS METALS
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.
``The President shall block and prohibit all transactions in
property and interests in property of a person the President determines
has, on or after July 31, 2012, materially assisted, sponsored, or
provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or
services in support of, the purchase or acquisition of United States
bank notes or precious metals by the Government of Iran, if such
property and interests in property are in the United States, come
within the United States, or are or come within the possession or
control of a United States person.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Iran Threat
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 is amended by striking the
items relating to sections 222, 223, and 224 and inserting the
following:
``Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to purchase,
acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing
of petroleum, petroleum products, and
petrochemical products from Iran.
``Sec. 223. Imposition of sanctions with respect to support for the
National Iranian Oil Company, the Naftiran
Intertrade Company, or the Central Bank of
Iran.
``Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to support for the
purchase of United States bank notes or
precious metals by the Government of Iran.
``Sec. 225. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to
certain authorities of State and local
governments.
``Sec. 226. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities
that invest in the energy sector of Iran or
export refined petroleum products to Iran.
``Sec. 227. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran
of crude oil and refined petroleum
products.''.
SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS WITH
SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS AND WITH RESPECT TO THE
AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR OF IRAN.
(a) In General.--The Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of
2012 (22 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section
1247 the following:
``SEC. 1247A. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
TRANSACTIONS WITH SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.
``(a) Blocking of Property.--The President shall block and prohibit
all transactions in property and interests in property of a person the
President determines has, on or after June 1, 2013, materially
assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological
support for, or goods or services in support of, any person specified
in subsection (b) if such property and interests in property are in the
United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the
possession or control of a United States person.
``(b) Persons Specified.--A person specified in this subsection is
any person as follows:
``(1) Any Iranian person included on the list of specially
designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the
Treasury (other than an Iranian depository institution whose
property and interests in property are blocked solely pursuant
to Executive Order 13599 (78 Fed. Reg. 33,951)).
``(2) Any person included on such list whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection (a) or
Executive Order 13599 (other than an Iranian depository
institution whose property and interests in property are
blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 13599).
``SEC. 1247B. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE AUTOMOTIVE
SECTOR OF IRAN.
``(a) In General.--The President shall impose sanctions described
in one or more of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (5), (10), and (11) of
section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50
U.S.C. 1701 note) with respect to a person that the President
determines has, on or after June 1, 2013, knowingly engaged in a
significant financial transaction for the sale, supply, or transfer to
Iran of significant goods or services used in connection with the
automotive sector of Iran.
``(b) Facilitation of Certain Transactions.--The President shall
prohibit the opening, and prohibit or impose strict conditions on the
maintaining, in the United States of a correspondent account or a
payable-through account by a foreign financial institution that the
President determines has, on or after June 1, 2013, knowingly
facilitated a significant financial transaction for the sale, supply,
or transfer to Iran of significant goods or services used in connection
with the automotive sector of Iran.
``SEC. 1247C. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS WITH
PERSONS IN AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR OF ANY COUNTRY.
``(a) Modification of Federal Acquisition Regulation.--Not later
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Sanction Iran,
Safeguard America Act of 2014, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall
be revised to require a certification from each person described in
subsection (b) that is a prospective contractor that the person, and
any person owned or controlled by the person--
``(1) has not, in the previous 90 days, conducted any
transaction with an Iranian person or any entity owned or
controlled by an Iranian person; and
``(2) does not have a business relationship with the
Government of Iran.
``(b) Persons Described.--A person described in this subsection is
a person that is part of the automotive sector of any foreign country.
``(c) Remedies.--
``(1) In general.--If the head of an executive agency
determines that a person has submitted a false certification
under subsection (a) on or after the date on which the revision
of the Federal Acquisition Regulation required by this
subsection becomes effective, the head of that executive agency
shall terminate a contract with such person or debar or suspend
such person from eligibility for Federal contracts for a period
of not less than 2 years. Any such debarment or suspension
shall be subject to the procedures that apply to debarment and
suspension under the Federal Acquisition Regulation under
subpart 9.4 of part 9 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
``(2) Inclusion on list of parties excluded from federal
procurement and nonprocurement programs.--The Administrator of
General Services shall include on the List of Parties Excluded
from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs maintained
by the Administrator under part 9 of the Federal Acquisition
Regulation each person that is debarred, suspended, or proposed
for debarment or suspension by the head of an executive agency
on the basis of a determination of a false certification under
paragraph (1).
``(d) Clarification Regarding Certain Products.--The remedies set
forth in subsection (c) shall not apply with respect to the procurement
of eligible products, as defined in section 308(4) of the Trade
Agreements Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)), of any foreign country or
instrumentality designated under section 301(b) of that Act (19 U.S.C.
2511(b)).
``(e) Rule of Construction.--This section shall not be construed to
limit the use of other remedies available to the head of an executive
agency or any other official of the Federal Government on the basis of
a determination of a false certification under subsection (a).
``(f) Applicability.--The revisions to the Federal Acquisition
Regulation required under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to
contracts for which solicitations are issued on or after the date of
the enactment of the Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2014.
``(g) Government Accountability Office Report.--Not later than 30
days after the date of the enactment of the Sanction Iran, Safeguard
America Act of 2014, and every 30 days thereafter, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a list of all persons that are part of the
automotive sector of any foreign country that--
``(1) during the 30-day period preceding the submission of
the report, have conducted a transaction with an Iranian person
or any entity owned or controlled by an Iranian person; or
``(2) have a business relationship with the Government of
Iran.
``(h) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Executive agency.--The term `executive agency' has
the meaning given that term in section 133 of title 41, United
States Code.
``(2) Federal acquisition regulation.--The term `Federal
Acquisition Regulation' means the regulation issued pursuant to
section 1303(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code.''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 1242 of the Iran Freedom and Counter-
Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (14) as
paragraphs (9) through (16), respectively;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as
paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Automotive sector.--The term `automotive sector'
means, with respect to a country, the following:
``(A) The manufacturing or assembling in that
country of vehicles, including passenger cars, trucks,
buses, minibuses, pick-up trucks, and motorcycles.
``(B) The manufacturing in that country of original
equipment relating to such vehicles.
``(C) The manufacturing in that country of after-
market parts relating to such vehicles.''; and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (7), as
redesignated by subparagraph (B), the following:
``(8) Iranian depository institution.--The term `Iranian
depository institution' means an entity that--
``(A) is--
``(i) organized under the laws of Iran or
any jurisdiction within Iran, including a
foreign branch of such an institution;
``(ii) located in Iran;
``(iii) owned or controlled by the
Government of Iran; or
``(iv) owned or controlled by an entity
described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); and
``(B) is engaged primarily in the business of
banking, as determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury.''; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``financial transactions or
financial services'' and inserting ``financial
transactions, financial services, goods, or other
services''; and
(B) by inserting ``, with respect to financial
transactions or financial services,'' after
``including''.
SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS THAT FACILITATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH
SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.
Section 1247(a) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8806(a)) is amended by striking ``the President
determines has'' and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting ``the President determines has--
``(1) on or after the date that is 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, knowingly facilitated a
significant financial transaction on behalf of any Iranian
person included on the list of specially designated nationals
and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the Department of the Treasury (other than an
Iranian financial institution described in subsection (b)); or
``(2) on or after June 1, 2013, knowingly facilitated a
significant financial transaction on behalf of any person
included on such list whose property and interests in property
are blocked pursuant to section 1247A or Executive Order 13599
(78 Fed. Reg. 33,951) (other than an Iranian depository
institution whose property and interests in property are
blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 13599).''.
SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF LOOPHOLE ALLOWING IMPORTATION OF REFINED
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MADE FROM IRANIAN ORIGIN CRUDE OIL.
(a) In General.--Section 103(b)(1) of the Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C.
8512(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Application to refined petroleum products
made from iranian origin crude oil.--The prohibition in
subparagraph (A) includes a prohibition on the
importation into the United States of refined petroleum
products produced using Iranian origin crude oil
without regard to whether such crude oil was commingled
with crude oil not of Iranian origin during the process
of producing the refined petroleum products.''.
(b) Termination of Regulatory Exceptions.--
(1) In general.--Section 103(d) of the Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22
U.S.C. 8512(d)) is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Regulatory Authority.--
``(1) In general.--The President shall prescribe
regulations to carry out this section.
``(2) Prohibition on regulatory exceptions.--No exception
to the prohibition under subsection (b)(1) may be made by
regulation.''.
(2) Termination of exceptions.--Any regulatory exception to
the prohibition under section 103(b)(1) of the Comprehensive
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22
U.S.C. 8512(b)(1)) in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act shall cease to be in effect on and after
such date of enactment.
SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PETROLEUM
TRANSACTIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is
amended--
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ``reduced reduced its
volume of crude oil purchases from Iran'' and inserting
``reduced the volume of its purchases of petroleum from Iran or
of Iranian origin''; and
(2) in subclause (II), by striking ``crude oil purchases
from Iran'' and inserting ``purchases of petroleum from Iran or
of Iranian origin''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 1245(h) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs
(5) and (6), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Iranian origin.--The term `Iranian origin', with
respect to petroleum, means extracted, produced, or refined in
Iran.
``(4) Petroleum.--The term `petroleum' includes crude oil,
lease condensates, fuel oils, and other unfinished oils.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 102(b) of the Iran Threat
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ``crude oil purchases from Iran''
and inserting ``purchases of petroleum from Iran or of
Iranian origin''; and
(B) by striking ``as amended by section 504,''; and
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``crude oil purchases''
and inserting ``purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian
origin''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to determinations under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.
8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the date that is 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 9. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PROLIFERATORS OF WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION.
(a) In General.--The President shall block and prohibit all
transactions in property and interests in property of a person the
President determines knowingly, on or after June 29, 2005, provides, or
attempts to provide, financial, material, technological or other
support for, or goods or services in support of, any activity or
transaction described in subsection (b) or any person whose property
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382
(70 Fed. Reg. 38,567; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass
destruction proliferators and their supporters), if such property and
interests in property are in the United States, come within the United
States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United
States person.
(b) Activities and Transactions Described.--An activity or
transaction described in this subsection is an activity or transaction
that has materially contributed to, or poses a risk of materially
contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or
the means of delivery of such weapons (including missiles capable of
delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manufacture,
acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such weapons or
means of delivery, by any person or foreign country the President
determines to be of proliferation concern.
(c) United States Person Defined.--In this section, the term
``United States person'' has the meaning given that term in section 101
of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act
of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511).
SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN WITHOUT
CONSENT OF CONGRESS.
No funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 or any
fiscal year thereafter may be obligated or expended to participate in a
diplomatic negotiation with Iran until the date of the enactment of a
joint resolution certifying that--
(1) the Government of Iran has freed all American prisoners
of conscience who are being unjustly held in Iranian jails;
(2) the Government of Iran is complying with all
inspections conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency
to fulfill its obligations under the Treaty on the Non-
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Washington, London,
and Moscow July 1, 1968, and entered into force March 5, 1970
(commonly known as the ``Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty''),
to which Iran is a party; and
(3) the United States can verifiably determine, through
certification by the International Atomic Energy Agency, that
the Government of Iran--
(A) has dismantled its nuclear program in its
entirety, including all centrifuges, capabilities, and
facilities for enrichment and reprocessing of uranium
and plutonium;
(B) has relinquished all stockpiles of enriched
uranium; and
(C) does not have any ballistic missiles with a
range of 300 kilometers or more and a payload of 500
kilograms or more and has dismantled its research and
development programs for such weapons;
(4) the Secretary of the Treasury no longer finds that the
Central Bank of Iran is a financial institution of primary
money laundering concern pursuant to section 5318A of title 31,
United States Code; and
(5) the Government of Iran has demonstrated its
renunciation of state-sponsored terrorism by acknowledging its
participation in, assisting the investigation, if any, into,
relinquishing any suspects currently harbored by the Government
of Iran, and accepting legal responsibility for--
(A) the bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, on March 17, 1992;
(B) the bombing of the World Trade Center in New
York on February 26, 1993;
(C) the bombing of the Asociacion Mutual Israelita
Argentina Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, on July 18, 1994; and
(D) the bombing of the Khobar Towers in Khobar,
Saudi Arabia, on June 25, 1996.
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.