Iran Sanctions Enhancement Act

Iran Sanctions Enhancement Act - Amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (ISA) to require: (1) the President to initiate an investigation into the possible imposition of sanctions against a person immediately upon U.S. receipt of credible information indicating that such person may have violated ISA; (2) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to publish a monthly list of potential ISA violators; (3) the President to initiate an investigation of ISA violators based upon GAO information if an investigation has not already been initiated; and (4) the President to complete such investigation within 45 days and notify Congress of any person found in violation of ISA.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4807 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4807

  To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to require the President to 
investigate possible violations of that Act within a specified period, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2010

  Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mr. Klein of Florida, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. 
 Berkley, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Israel, Mr. Lance, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Ms. 
Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. Schock) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to require the President to 
investigate possible violations of that Act within a specified period, 
                        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 ``Iran Sanctions Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. ACTION BY PRESIDENT ON SUSPECTED VIOLATIONS OF IRAN SANCTIONS 
              ACT OF 1996.

    Section 4(f) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Investigations and Determinations.--
            ``(1) Investigations.--
                    ``(A) Initiation of investigations.--The President 
                shall initiate an investigation into the possible 
                imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) or (b) of 
                section 5 against a person immediately upon receipt by 
                the United States of credible information indicating 
                that such person may have engaged in an activity 
                described in such subsection for which such sanctions 
                could be imposed under section 6.
                    ``(B) Treatment of gao reports.--The President 
                shall initiate an investigation under subparagraph (A) 
                of any person included in a report of the Comptroller 
                General published under section 10(d), unless the 
                President has already initiated such an investigation 
                with respect to such person.
                    ``(C) Construction.--Subparagraph (B) shall not be 
                construed to limit any sources of information, in 
                addition to the reports published under section 10(d), 
                that the President may consider with respect to an 
                investigation under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
            ``(2) Determinations and notification.-- Not later than 45 
        days after an investigation is initiated under paragraph (1), 
        the President shall--
                    ``(A) determine, pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) 
                of section 5 (as the case may be), whether or not a 
                person has engaged in an activity in Iran as described 
                in such subsection for which such sanctions could be 
                imposed under section 6; and
                    ``(B) notify the appropriate congressional 
                committees of the basis for any such determination that 
                a person has engaged in such activity, including the 
                name of such person.
            ``(3) Publication.--Not later than 10 days after the date 
        on which the President notifies the appropriate congressional 
        committees of a determination under paragraph (2)(B), the 
        President shall cause to be published in the Federal Register 
        the identity of any person who is the subject of the 
        determination and against whom the President has determined 
        that the imposition of sanctions under section 6 is 
        appropriate, together with an explanation of the determination 
        regarding sanctions.''.

SEC. 3. MONTHLY GAO REPORTS.

    Section 10 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Monthly GAO Reports.--The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall publish, every 30 days, beginning 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection, a report that--
            ``(1) includes the name of any person--
                    ``(A) who the Comptroller General determines there 
                is credible evidence to believe may have engaged in an 
                activity described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 
                5 for which such sanctions could be imposed under 
                section 6; and
                    ``(B) on whom such sanctions have not been imposed; 
                and
            ``(2) describes the basis for each determination under 
        paragraph (1).''.
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