Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act
This bill expands sanctions against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The President shall report to Congress regarding:
The bill states that it is U.S. policy to prevent Iran's membership in the World Trade Organization and similar international bodies as long as Iran remains a state sponsor of terrorism.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5132 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5132
To impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran's Revolutionary
Guard Corps, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 1, 2018
Mr. Royce of California (for himself and Mr. Engel) 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, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran's Revolutionary
Guard Corps, 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 ``Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
Economic Exclusion Act''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS THAT ARE
OFFICIALS, AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES OF, OR OWNED OR
CONTROLLED BY, IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.
(a) In General.--Section 301(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and
Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(a)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and as appropriate thereafter,'' and inserting ``Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, and
every 180 days thereafter,'';
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by inserting ``, or owned or controlled by,''
after ``affiliates of''; and
(B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) identify foreign persons with respect to which there
is a reasonable basis to determine that the foreign persons
have, directly or indirectly, conducted one or more sensitive
transactions or activities described in subsection (c) for or
on behalf of a foreign person described in paragraph (1).''.
(b) Authorization; Priority for Investigation; Reports.--Section
301(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012
(22 U.S.C. 8741(b)) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Authorization; Priority for Investigation; Reports.--
``(1) Authorization.--In identifying foreign persons
pursuant to subsection (a)(1) as officials, agents, or
affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the President
is authorized to identify foreign persons in which Iran's
Revolutionary Guard Corps has an ownership interest in such
foreign person of less than 50 percent.
``(2) Priority for investigation.--In identifying foreign
persons pursuant to subsection (a)(1) as officials, agents, or
affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the President
shall investigate--
``(A) foreign persons or entities identified under
section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal
Regulations (relating to the definition of the
Government of Iran); and
``(B) foreign persons for which there is a
reasonable basis to find that the person has conducted
or attempted to conduct one or more sensitive
transactions or activities described in subsection (c).
``(3) Report.--
``(A) Determination.--
``(i) In general.--The President shall
determine whether each foreign person on the
list described in clause (ii) is a foreign
person that is owned or controlled by Iran's
Revolutionary Guard Corps.
``(ii) List.--The list of foreign persons
described in this clause are the following:
``(I) The Telecommunication Company
of Iran.
``(II) The Mobile Telecommunication
Company of Iran (MTCI).
``(III) The Calcimin Public
Company.
``(IV) The Iran Tractor
Manufacturing Company of Iran.
``(V) The Iran Tractor Motors
Manufacturing Company.
``(VI) The Iran Zinc Mines
Development Company.
``(VII) The National Iranian Lead
and Zinc Company.
``(VIII) Iran Mineral Products
Company.
``(IX) Tosee Energy Paivaran
Company.
``(B) Report.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this
subsection, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report
on the determinations made under subparagraph
(A) together with the reasons for those
determinations.
``(ii) Form.--A report submitted under
clause (i) shall be submitted in unclassified
form but may contain a classified annex.
``(4) Additional report.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this subsection, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report that includes a detailed list of
foreign persons for which there is a reasonable basis
to determine that Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has
an ownership interest in such foreign person of not
less than 33 percent.
``(B) Form.--The report required under subparagraph
(A) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
contain a classified annex.''.
(c) Sensitive Transactions and Activities Described.--Section
301(c) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012
(22 U.S.C. 8741(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``$1,000,000'' and inserting
``$500,000''; and
(B) by inserting ``Iranian financial institution
or'' after ``involving a'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as
paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new
paragraphs:
``(3) a transaction to provide material support for an
organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization
under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1189(a)) or support for an act of international
terrorism (as defined in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act
of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note));
``(4) a transaction to provide material support to a
foreign person whose property and access to property has been
blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001;
relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with
persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism);
``(5) a transaction to provide material support for--
``(A) the Government of Syria or any agency or
instrumentality thereof; or
``(B) any entity owned or controlled by the
Government of Syria, including for purposes of post-
conflict reconstruction;''.
(d) Waiver of Imposition of Sanctions.--Section 301(e) of the Iran
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741(e))
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``(A) determines'' and inserting
``(A)(i) determines'';
(B) by striking ``(B) submits'' and inserting
``(ii) submits'';
(C) by striking ``(i) identifies'' and inserting
``(I) identifies'';
(D) by striking ``(ii) sets'' and inserting ``(II)
sets'';
(E) by striking the period at the end and inserting
``; and''; and
(F) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) with respect to a foreign person identified
by reason of having conducted or attempted to conduct
one or more sensitive transactions or activities
described in subsection (c)(5), also certifies to the
appropriate congressional committees that Iran's
Revolutionary Guard Corps is significantly decreasing
provision of direct or indirect material support to the
Government of Syria or Hezbollah's operations in
Syria.''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``paragraph (1)(B)'' and
inserting ``paragraph (1)(A)(ii)''.
(e) Regulations, Implementation, Penalties, and Definitions.--
Section 301 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8741) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
subsections:
``(f) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to violate,
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (a) or any
regulation, license, or order issued to carry out subsection (a) shall
be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of
section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful
act described in subsection (a) of that section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Foreign person.--The term `foreign person' means--
``(A) an individual who is not a United States
person;
``(B) a corporation, partnership, or other
nongovernmental entity which is not a United States
person; or
``(C) any representative, agent or instrumentality
of, or an individual working on behalf of a foreign
government which is not a United States person.
``(2) Iran's revolutionary guard corps.--The term `Iran's
Revolutionary Guard Corps' includes any senior foreign
political figure (as defined in section 1010.605 of title 31,
Code of Federal Regulations) of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps.
``(3) United states person.--The term `United States
person' means--
``(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
or
``(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or of any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an
entity.''.
(f) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--The Iran Threat Reduction
and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) by striking the heading of section 301 and inserting
the following:
``SEC. 301. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT
TO, FOREIGN PERSONS THAT ARE OFFICIALS, AGENTS OR
AFFILIATES OF, OR OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY, IRAN'S
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.'';
and
(2) in the table of contents, by striking the item relating
to section 301 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 301. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect
to, foreign persons that are officials,
agents or affiliates of, or owned or
controlled by, Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps.''.
(g) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect
to conduct described in paragraph (3) of section 301(a) of the Iran
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, as added by this
section, engaged in on or after such date of enactment.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS THAT
SUPPORT OR CONDUCT CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN'S
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS OR OTHER SANCTIONED PERSONS.
(a) Identification.--Section 302(a)(1) of the Iran Threat Reduction
and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(a)(1))--
(1) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by inserting ``, or provide significant
financial services to,'' after ``transactions with'';
and
(B) by striking ``or'' at the end; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
inserting ``, provide significant financial services
to, or provide material support to'' after
``transactions with'';
(B) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
and
(C) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the
following:
``(ii) an Iranian person or entity
designated as foreign terrorist organizations
under section 219(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) or that has
provided support for an act of international
terrorism (as defined in section 14 of the Iran
Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50
U.S.C. 1701 note));
``(iii) an Iranian person whose property
and access to property has been blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (September
23, 2001; relating to blocking property and
prohibiting transactions with persons who
commit, threaten to commit, or support
terrorism);
``(iv) an Iranian person whose property and
access to property has been blocked pursuant
to--
``(I) Executive Order 13608 (May 1,
2012), relating to Prohibiting Certain
Transactions with and Suspending Entry
Into the United States of Foreign
Sanctions Evaders with Respect to Iran
and Syria;
``(II) Executive Order 13606 (April
23, 2012), relating to Blocking the
Property and Suspending Entry Into the
United States of Certain Persons With
Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by
the Governments of Iran and Syria via
Information Technology;
``(III) Executive Order 13582
(August 18, 2011), relating to Blocking
Property of the Government of Syria and
Prohibiting Certain Transactions with
Respect to Syria;
``(IV) Executive Order 13573 (May
18, 2011), relating to Blocking
Property of Senior Officials of the
Government of Syria;
``(V) Executive Order 13572 (April
29, 2011), relating to Blocking
Property of Certain Persons with
Respect to Human Rights Abuses in
Syria;
``(VI) Executive Order 13460
(February 15, 2008), relating to
Blocking Property of Additional Persons
in Connection with the National
Emergency with Respect to Syria;
``(VII) Executive Order 13399
(April 26, 2006), relating to Blocking
Property of Additional Persons in
Connection with the National Emergency
with Respect to Syria;
``(VIII) Executive Order 13338 (May
12, 2004), relating to Blocking
Property of Certain Persons and
Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods
to Syria; or
``(IX) any other Executive order
adopted on or after the date of the
enactment of the Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, to
the extent that such Executive order
imposes sanctions with respect to
Syria; or
``(v) a person acting on behalf of or at
the direction of, or owned or controlled by, a
person described in clauses (i) through
(iv).''.
(b) Imposition of Sanctions.--Section 302(b) of the Iran Threat
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(b)) is
amended by striking ``the President--'' and all that follows and
inserting ``the President shall block and prohibit all transactions in
property and interests in property with respect to such foreign person
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.''.
(c) Waiver of Imposition of Sanctions.--Section 302(d) of the Iran
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8742(d))
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``(A)(i) determines'' and inserting
``(A)(i)(I) determines'';
(B) by striking ``(ii) determines'' and inserting
``(II) determines'';
(C) by striking ``(B) submits'' and inserting
``(ii) submits'';
(D) by striking ``(i) identifies'' and inserting
``(I) identifies'';
(E) by striking ``(ii) describes'' and inserting
``(II) describes'';
(F) by striking ``(iii) sets forth'' and inserting
``(III) sets forth'';
(G) by striking the period at the end and inserting
``and''; and
(H) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) with respect to a foreign person identified
by reason of having engaged in a significant
transaction or transactions described in subsection
(a)(1)(C)(iv), also certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that Iran's Revolutionary
Guard Corps is significantly decreasing provision of
direct or indirect material support to the Government
of Syria or Hezbollah's operations in Syria.''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``paragraph (1)(B)'' and
inserting ``paragraph (1)(A)(ii)''.
(d) Waiver of Identifications and Designations.--Section 302(e) of
the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.
8742(e)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and subject to paragraph (2)'';
(2) by striking ``(1) determines'' and inserting ``(1)(A)
determines'';
(3) by striking ``(2) notifies'' and inserting ``(B)
notifies'';
(4) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
and''; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) with respect to a foreign person identified by reason
of having engaged in a significant transaction or transactions
described in subsection (a)(1)(C)(iv), also certifies to the
appropriate congressional committees that Iran's Revolutionary
Guard Corps is significantly decreasing provision of direct or
indirect material support to the Government of Syria or
Hezbollah's operations in Syria.''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect
to conduct described in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section
302(a)(1) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of
2012, as added by this section, engaged in on or after such date of
enactment.
SEC. 4. REPORTS ON CERTAIN IRANIAN PERSONS.
(a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United
States to fully implement and enforce sanctions against Iran's
Revolutionary Guard Corps, including its officials, agents, and
affiliates.
(b) In General.--Subtitle B of title III of the Iran Threat
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-158; 126
Stat. 1247) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 313. REPORT ON CERTAIN IRANIAN PERSONS.
``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this section, and annually thereafter for a period not to
exceed two years, the President shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that contains the following:
``(1) A list of foreign persons listed on the Tehran Stock
Exchange and, with respect to each such foreign person, a
determination of whether or not Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps or any foreign persons that are officials, agents, or
affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, directly or
indirectly, owns or controls the foreign person.
``(2) A list of foreign persons that are operating business
enterprises in Iran that have a valuation of more than
$100,000,000 in Iran and, with respect to each such foreign
person, a determination of whether or not Iran's Revolutionary
Guard Corps or any foreign persons that are officials, agents,
or affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, directly or
indirectly owns or controls the foreign person.
``(3) A list of Iranian financial institutions that have a
valuation of more than $10,000,000 and, with respect to each
such Iranian financial institution, a determination of whether
or not--
``(A) the institution has knowingly facilitated a
significant transaction directly or indirectly for, or
on behalf of, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps during
the 2-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this section; or
``(B) Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or any
foreign persons that are officials, agents, or
affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps,
directly or indirectly, owns or controls the
institution.
``(b) Form of Report; Public Availability.--
``(1) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified
annex.
``(2) Public availability.--The unclassified portion of the
report required by paragraph (1) shall be posted on a publicly
available Internet website of the Department of the Treasury
and a publicly available Internet website of the Department of
State.
``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Foreign person.--The term `foreign person' means--
``(A) an individual who is not a United States
person;
``(B) a corporation, partnership, or other
nongovernmental entity which is not a United States
person; or
``(C) any representative, agent or instrumentality
of, or an individual working on behalf of a foreign
government.
``(2) Iran's revolutionary guard corps.--The term `Iran's
Revolutionary Guard Corps' includes any senior foreign
political figure (as defined in section 1010.605 of title 31,
Code of Federal Regulations) of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps.
``(3) Iranian financial institution.--The term `Iranian
financial institution' means--
``(A) a financial institution organized under the
laws of Iran or any jurisdiction within Iran, including
a foreign branch of such an institution;
``(B) a financial institution located in Iran;
``(C) a financial institution, wherever located,
owned or controlled by the Government of Iran; or
``(D) a financial institution, wherever located,
owned or controlled by a financial institution
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
``(4) Significant transaction.--A transaction shall be
determined to be a `significant transaction' in accordance with
section 561.404 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
``(5) United states person.--The term `United States
person' means--
``(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
or
``(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or of any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
``SEC. 314. REPORT ON THE FOREIGN SUPPLY CHAIN AND DOMESTIC SUPPLY
CHAIN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF IRAN THAT AIDS IRAN'S
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS.
``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this section, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the foreign supply
chain and domestic supply chain inside and outside of Iran that
directly or indirectly significantly facilitates, supports, or
otherwise aids Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.
``(b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required under subsection
(a) shall include the following:
``(1) An analysis of the foreign supply chain and domestic
supply chain described in subsection (a).
``(2) Persons and entities that conduct both primary
activities and support activities for the Iran's Revolutionary
Guards Corps.
``(3) A description of the geographic distribution of the
foreign supply chain and domestic supply chain described in
subsection (a).
``(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
``(d) Definition.--In this section, the term `appropriate
congressional committees' means--
``(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
``(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Iran Threat
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 312 the following:
``Sec. 313. Report on certain Iranian persons.
``Sec. 314. Report on the foreign supply chain and domestic supply
chain inside and outside of Iran that aids
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.''.
SEC. 5. APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS REGARDING MAHAN AIR.
(a) In General.--Subtitle B of title III of the Iran Threat
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-158; 126
Stat. 1247), as amended by section 2 of this Act, is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 315. APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS REGARDING MAHAN AIR.
``(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
``(1) Mahan Air was added on October 12, 2011, to the
Specially Designated Nationals list maintained by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury,
freezing its assets under United States jurisdiction and
prohibiting transactions with United States parties, pursuant
to Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001; relating to
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who
commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), which
targets terrorists and their supporters.
``(2) Executive Order 13224 imposes sanctions on persons
that `assist in, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or
technological support for, or financial or other services to or
in support of, such acts of terrorism or those persons listed
in the Annex to this order or determined to be subject to this
order'.
``(3) In announcing additional sanctions against Mahan Air
on March 24, 2016, the Department of the Treasury stated that
`Based in Tehran, Iran, Mahan Air has facilitated [Islamic
Revolutionary Guards Corps--Qods Force] transportation and arms
and funds shipments. Mahan Air also continues to support the
Iranian government's destabilizing actions in the region by
conducting flights to Syria in order to transport fighters.
Mahan Air regularly uses the same aircraft it flies to Syria to
fly commercial passenger routes to international destinations
in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.'.
``(4) Mahan Air reportedly serves the following
destinations in Iran: Abadan Airport, Ahvaz International
Airport, Ardabil Airport, Persian Gulf Airport, Bandar Abbas
International Airport, Birjand International Airport, Bojnord
International Airport, Iranshahr Airport, Isfahan International
Airport, Kalaleh Airport, Kerman Airport, Shahid Ashrafi
Esffahani Airport, Khorramabad Airport, Kish Airport, Larestan
International Airport, Mashhad International Airport, Queshm
International Airport, Sahahdaj Airport, Dasht-e Naz Airport,
Shiraz International Airport, Sirjan Airport, Tabriz
International Airport, Tehran Imam Khomeini International
Airport, Mehrabad International Airport, Zabol Airport, Zahedan
International Airport, and Zanjan Airport.
``(5) Iranian state-owned enterprises, including the Iran
Airports Company, which is the holding and operating company
for civilian airports in Iran, reportedly facilitate Mahan
Air's operations.
``(b) Report.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the President shall transmit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on any
activities of Iranian state-owned enterprises that violate
Executive Order 13224.
``(2) Form.--The determination required by paragraph (1)
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a
classified annex.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Iran Threat
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, as amended by section 2
of this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 314 the following:
``Sec. 315. Application of sanctions regarding Mahan Air.''.
SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON PREVENTION OF ACCESSION OF IRAN TO WORLD
TRADE ORGANIZATION.
(a) In General.--It shall be the policy of the United States to
work to prevent Iran's membership in the World Trade Organization and
similar international bodies until the date on which the determination
of the Secretary of State that the Government of Iran has repeatedly
provided support for acts of international terrorism under the
provisions of law described in subsection (b) is rescinded.
(b) Provisions of Law Described.--The provisions of law described
in this subsection are--
(1) section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979
(as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act);
(2) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act;
(3) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; or
(4) any other provision of law.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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 Trade.