No Arms Sales to Iran Act
This bill prohibits military assistance or military export licenses from being provided to a country that engages in U.N.-restricted arms transfers to or activity with Iran.
The President may waive such prohibitions if in the U.S. national interest.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4498 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4498
To prohibit military assistance to countries that engage in arms
transfers and activities with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 30, 2017
Mr. Crist (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To prohibit military assistance to countries that engage in arms
transfers and activities with respect to 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 ``No Arms Sales to Iran Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015)
which endorses implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan
of Action also provides restrictions on ballistic missile-
related transfers to or activities with Iran absent case-by-
case approval by the United Nations Security Council.
(2) Iran has conducted at least three ballistic missile
tests since implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action in 2015.
(3) Iran continues to pursue a policy of destabilization
throughout the Middle East, relying on proxies and direct
military engagement to challenge United States partners and
threaten Israel.
(4) Various countries have reportedly proposed arms
transfers to or activities with Iran despite Iran's ongoing
regional aggression.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) arms transfers to or activities with Iran would empower
Iran to further destabilize the region and would undermine core
objectives of regional peace; and
(2) the Secretary of State, through bilateral engagement
and multilateral fora, should diplomatically engage with the
governments of countries that have reportedly proposed arms
transfers to or activities with Iran and with other United
Nations Security Council member states in order to prevent such
transfers or activities.
SEC. 4. REPORT.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to
Congress a report on each covered activity or transfer, and the
diplomatic responses of the United States to each such covered activity
or transfer, that is proposed during the one-year period preceding the
date of the submission of the report.
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT ENGAGE IN
ARMS TRANSFERS AND ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (c), and effective beginning
on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act--
(1) no military assistance, including military assistance
furnished under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms
Export Control Act, or any other provision of law, may be
provided to a county that engages in any covered activity or
transfer; and
(2) no license may be granted to export an item on the
United States Munitions List under section 38 of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) or any other provision of
law to any country that engages in any covered activity or
transfer.
(b) Waiver.--The President may waive the prohibitions under
subsections (a) on a case-by-case basis with respect to a particular
country if the President determines and reports to the appropriate
congressional committees that it is important to the national interest
of the United States to do so.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.
(2) Covered transfer or activity.--The term ``covered
activity or transfer'' means any arms transfer to or activity
with Iran described in paragraphs 2, 4, and 5 of Annex B of
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015) with
respect to which a country has sought approval by the United
Nations Security Council under such Resolution.
(3) Joint comprehensive plan of action.--The term ``Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action'' means the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action, agreed to at Vienna July 14, 2015, by Iran and
by the People's Republic of China, France, Germany, the Russian
Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States, with the
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs
and Security Policy, and all implementing materials and
agreements related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,
and transmitted by the President to Congress on July 19, 2015,
pursuant to section 135(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended by the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015
(Public Law 114-17; 129 Stat. 201).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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