Iran Cyber Sanctions Act of 2016
This bill requires the President to report to Congress at least every 180 days regarding significant activities undermining cybersecurity conducted by persons on behalf of or at the direction of the government of Iran (including members of paramilitary organizations such as Ansar-e-Hezbollah and Basij-e Mostaz'afin) against the United States (including U.S. persons, entities, or federal, state, or local governments). The reports must: (1) identify persons that have knowingly facilitated, participated or assisted in, engaged in, directed, or provided material support for such activities; (2) describe their conduct; (3) assess the Iranian government's or other foreign governments' direction, facilitation, or material support in such activities; and (4) provide a strategy to counter efforts by persons to conduct such activities, which shall include engaging foreign governments to halt the capabilities of such persons.
The President must include on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's specially designated nationals and blocked persons list persons who are: (1) identified in such reports; or (2) indicted by the Department of Justice in connection with such activities undermining U.S. cybersecurity. Under an exception, the President may exclude such a person from the list by submitting an explanation to Congress.
The President must use Executive Order 13694 (relating to blocking the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities) to impose sanctions against persons included on such list.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5222 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5222
To impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for knowingly
engaging in significant activities undermining cybersecurity on behalf
of or at the direction of the Government of Iran, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 12, 2016
Mr. Ratcliffe introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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 impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for knowingly
engaging in significant activities undermining cybersecurity on behalf
of or at the direction of the Government of Iran, 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 Cyber Sanctions Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR
KNOWINGLY ENGAGING IN SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES UNDERMINING
CYBERSECURITY ON BEHALF OF OR AT THE DIRECTION OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.
(a) Cybersecurity Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once
every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on significant
activities undermining cybersecurity conducted by persons on
behalf of or at the direction of the Government of Iran
(including members of paramilitary organizations such as Ansar-
e-Hezbollah and Basij-e Mostaz'afin) against the Government of
the United States or any United States person.
(2) Information.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) The identity of persons that have knowingly
facilitated, participated or assisted in, engaged in,
directed, or provided material support for significant
activities undermining cybersecurity described in
paragraph (1).
(B) A description of the conduct engaged in by each
person identified under subparagraph (A).
(C) An assessment of the extent to which the
Government of Iran or another foreign government
directed, facilitated, or provided material support in
the conduct of significant activities undermining
cybersecurity described in paragraph (1).
(D) A strategy to counter efforts by persons to
conduct significant activities undermining
cybersecurity described in paragraph (1), including
efforts to engage foreign governments to halt the
capability of persons to conduct those activities
described in paragraph (1).
(3) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
(b) Designation of Persons.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
President shall include on the specially designated nationals
and blocked persons list maintained by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury--
(A) any person identified under subsection
(a)(2)(A); and
(B) any person for which the Department of Justice
has issued an indictment in connection with significant
activities undermining cybersecurity against the
Government of the United States or any United States
person.
(2) Exception.--The President is not required to include a
person described in paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) on the specially
designated nationals and blocked persons list maintained by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the
Treasury if the President submits to the appropriate
congressional committees an explanation of the reasons for not
including that person on that list.
(c) Sanctions Described.--The President shall use authority
provided in Executive Order 13694 (April 1, 2015, relating to blocking
the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious
cyber-enabled activities) to impose sanctions against any person
included on the specially designated nationals and blocked persons list
maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of
the Treasury pursuant to subsection (b).
(d) Presidential Briefings to Congress.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and periodically
thereafter, the President shall provide a briefing to the appropriate
congressional committees on efforts to implement this section.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee
on Homeland Security, the Committee on Financial
Services, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives.
(2) Significant activities undermining cybersecurity.--The
term ``significant activities undermining cybersecurity''
includes--
(A) significant efforts to--
(i) deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or
destroy an information and communications
technology system or network; or
(ii) exfiltrate information from such a
system or network without authorization;
(B) significant destructive malware attacks;
(C) significant denial of service activities; and
(D) such other significant activities as may be
described in regulations prescribed to implement this
section.
(3) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) an individual who is a citizen of the United
States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence to the United States;
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity;
or
(C) any government (Federal, State, or local)
entity.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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 Committee on 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 Committee on 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 Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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