Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2023

Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2023

This bill eliminates a sunset clause in the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 , thereby making permanent the requirement for the President to impose sanctions on certain individuals or entities engaged in specified transactions related to Iran's energy sector or Iran's efforts to acquire or develop certain weapons (such as chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons).

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1390 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1390

 To repeal the sunset provision of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2023

Mr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hagerty, and 
  Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal the sunset provision of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, 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 ``Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
        U.S.C. 1701 note) requires the imposition of sanctions with 
        respect to Iran's illicit weapons programs, conventional 
        weapons and ballistic missile development, and support for 
        terrorism, including Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps.
            (2) The Government of Iran has acquired destabilizing 
        conventional weapons systems from the Russian Federation and 
        other malign actors, and is funneling weapons and financial 
        support to its terrorist proxies throughout the Middle East, 
        threatening allies and partners of the United States, such as 
        Israel.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States to fully implement and 
enforce the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 
1701 note).

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF SUNSET.

    Section 13 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 
50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``; sunset'';
            (2) by striking ``(a) Effective Date.--''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (b).
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