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22 U.S.C. § 8516 — Prohibition on procurement contracts with persons that export sensitive technology to Iran
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), and pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, the head of an executive agency may not enter into or renew a contract, on or after the date that is 90 days after July 1, 2010, for the procurement of goods or services with a person that exports sensitive technology to Iran.
**(b) Authorization to exempt certain products** The President is authorized to exempt from the prohibition under subsection (a) only eligible products, as defined in [section 2518(4) of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2518/4&num=0&edition=prelim), of any foreign country or instrumentality designated under [section 2511(b) of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2511/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Sensitive technology defined**
(1) **In general** — The term “sensitive technology” means hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology, that the President determines is to be used specifically—
(A) to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Iran; or
(B) to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Iran.
(2) **Exception** — The term “sensitive technology” does not include information or informational materials the exportation of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to [section 1702(b)(3) of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1702/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Government Accountability Office report on effect of procurement prohibition** Not later than 1 year after July 1, 2010, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), and pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, the head of an executive agency may not enter into or renew a contract, on or after the date that is 90 days after July 1, 2010, for the procurement of goods or services with a person that exports sensitive technology to Iran.
**(b) Authorization to exempt certain products** The President is authorized to exempt from the prohibition under subsection (a) only eligible products, as defined in [section 2518(4) of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2518/4&num=0&edition=prelim), of any foreign country or instrumentality designated under [section 2511(b) of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2511/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Sensitive technology defined**
(1) **In general** — The term “sensitive technology” means hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology, that the President determines is to be used specifically—
(A) to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Iran; or
(B) to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Iran.
(2) **Exception** — The term “sensitive technology” does not include information or informational materials the exportation of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to [section 1702(b)(3) of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1702/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Government Accountability Office report on effect of procurement prohibition** Not later than 1 year after July 1, 2010, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, a report assessing the extent to which executive agencies would have entered into or renewed contracts for the procurement of goods or services with persons that export sensitive technology to Iran if the prohibition under subsection (a) were not in effect.
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In this subchapter:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
(2) **Covered family member** — The term “covered family member”, with respect to a foreign person who is an individual, means a spouse, adult child, parent, or sibling of the person who engages in the sanctionable activity described under [section 8572 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8572&num=0&edition=prelim) or who demonstrably benefits from such activity.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 8515
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
For delegation of certain functions and authorities
vested in the President by this section, see Memo-
randum of President of the United States, June 3, 2013,
78 F.R. 35545, set out as a note under section 8801 of this
title.
§ 8515. Prohibition on procurement contracts
with persons that export sensitive tech-
nology to Iran
(a) In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), and pur-
suant to such regulations as the President may
prescribe, the head of an executive agency may
not enter into or renew a contract, on or after
the date that is 90 days after July 1, 2010, for the
procurement of goods or services with a person
that exports sensitive technology to Iran.
(b) Authorization to exempt certain products
The President is authorized to exempt from
the prohibition under subsection (a) only eligi-
ble products, as defined in section 2518(4) of title
19, of any foreign country or instrumentality
designated under section 2511(b) of title 19.
(c) Sensitive technology defined
(1) In general
The term ‘‘sensitive technology’’ means
hardware,
software,
telecommunications
equipment, or any other technology, that the
President determines is to be used specifi-
cally—
(A) to restrict the free flow of unbiased in-
formation in Iran; or
(B) to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise re-
strict speech of the people of Iran.
(2) Exception
The term ‘‘sensitive technology’’ does not
include information or informational mate-
rials the exportation of which the President
does not have the authority to regulate or pro-
hibit pursuant to section 1702(b)(3) of title 50.
(d) Government Accountability Office report on
effect of procurement prohibition
Not later t
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