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22 U.S.C. § 8501 — Definitions
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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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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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It is the policy of the United States—
(1) to deny Iran the ability to engage in destabilizing activities, support international terrorism, fund the development and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver such weapons by limiting export of petroleum and petroleum products by Iran;
(2) to deny Iran funds to oppress and commit human rights violations against the Iranian people assembling to peacefully redress the Iranian regime;
(3) to fully enforce sanctions against those entities which provide support to the Iranian energy sector; and
(4) to counter Iran’s actions to finance and facilitate the participation of foreign terrorist organizations in ongoing conflicts and illicit activities due to the threat such actions pose to the vital national interests of the United States.
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**(a) In general** Notwithstanding section 101 of the Iran Freedom Support Act (Public Law 109–293; 120 Stat. 1344), and in addition to any other sanction in effect, beginning on the date that is 90 days after July 1, 2010, the economic sanctions described in subsection (b) shall apply with respect to Iran.
**(b) Sanctions** The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:
(1) **Prohibition on imports**
(A) *In general* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no good or service of Iranian origin may be imported directly or indirectly into the United States.
(B) *Exceptions* — The exceptions provided for in section 203(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ([50 U.S.C. 1702(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1702/b&num=0&edition=prelim)), including the exception for information and informational materials, shall apply to the prohibition in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph to the same extent that such exceptions apply to the authority provided under section 203(a) of that Act.
(2) **Prohibition on exports**
(A) *In general* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no good, service, or technology of United States origin may be exported to Iran from the United States or by a United States person, wherever located.
(B) *Exceptions*
(i) *Personal communications; articles to relieve human suffering; information and informational materials; transactions incident to travel* — The exceptions provided for in section 203(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ([50 U.S.C. 1702(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1702/b&num=0&edition=prelim)), including the exception for information and informational materials, shall apply to the
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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) Initial report**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 90 days after July 1, 2010, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report—
(A) on investments in the energy sector of Iran that were made during the period described in paragraph (2); and
(B) that contains—
(i) an estimate of the volume of energy-related resources (other than refined petroleum), including ethanol, that Iran imported during the period described in paragraph (2); and
(ii) a list of all significant known energy-related joint ventures, investments, and partnerships located outside Iran that involve Iranian entities in partnership with entities from other countries, including an identification of the entities from other countries; and
(iii) an estimate of—
(I) the total value of each such joint venture, investment, and partnership; and
(II) the percentage of each such joint venture, investment, and partnership owned by an Iranian entity.
(2) **Period described** — The period described in this paragraph is the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on the date that is 60 days after July 1, 2010.
**(b) Updated reports** Not later than 180 days after submitting the report required by subsection (a), and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, covering the 180-day period beginning on the date that is 30 days before the date on which the preceding report was required to be submitted by this section, that—
(1) contains the matters required in the report under subsection (a)(1); and
(2) identifies—
(A) the volume of crude oil and refined petroleum products imported to and exported from Iran (including through swaps and similar arrangements);
(B) the per
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**(a) Report on certain activities of export credit agencies of foreign countries**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 90 days after July 1, 2010, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on any activity of an export credit agency of a foreign country that is an activity comparable to an activity described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by section 102 of this Act.
(2) **Updates** — The President shall update the report required by paragraph (1) as new information becomes available with respect to the activities of export credit agencies of foreign countries.
**(b) Report on certain financing by the Export-Import Bank of the United States** Not later than 30 days (or, in extraordinary circumstances, not later than 15 days) before the Export-Import Bank of the United States approves cofinancing (including loans, guarantees, other credits, insurance, and reinsurance) in which an export credit agency of a foreign country identified in the report required by subsection (a) will participate, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report identifying—
(1) the export credit agency of the foreign country; and
(2) the beneficiaries of the financing.
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**(a) Sense of Congress** It is the sense of Congress that the United States should support the decision of any State or local government that for moral, prudential, or reputational reasons divests from, or prohibits the investment of assets of the State or local government in, a person that engages in investment activities in the energy sector of Iran, as long as Iran is subject to economic sanctions imposed by the United States.
**(b) Authority to divest** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State or local government may adopt and enforce measures that meet the requirements of subsection (d) to divest the assets of the State or local government from, or prohibit investment of the assets of the State or local government in, any person that the State or local government determines, using credible information available to the public, engages in investment activities in Iran described in subsection (c).
**(c) Investment activities described** A person engages in investment activities in Iran described in this subsection if the person—
(1) has an investment of $20,000,000 or more in the energy sector of Iran, including in a person that provides oil or liquified natural gas tankers, or products used to construct or maintain pipelines used to transport oil or liquified natural gas, for the energy sector of Iran; or
(2) is a financial institution that extends $20,000,000 or more in credit to another person, for 45 days or more, if that person will use the credit for investment in the energy sector of Iran.
**(d) Requirements** Any measure taken by a State or local government under subsection (b) shall meet the following requirements:
(1) **Notice** — The State or local government shall provide written notice to each person to which a measure is to be applied.
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**(a) Designation**
(1) **In general** — The President shall designate a country as a Destination of Diversion Concern if the President determines that the government of the country allows substantial diversion of goods, services, or technologies described in [section 8542(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8542/b&num=0&edition=prelim) through the country to Iranian end-users or Iranian intermediaries.
(2) **Determination of substantial** — For purposes of paragraph (1), the President shall determine whether the government of a country allows substantial diversion of goods, services, or technologies described in [section 8542(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8542/b&num=0&edition=prelim) through the country to Iranian end-users or Iranian intermediaries based on criteria that include—
(A) the volume of such goods, services, and technologies that are diverted through the country to such end-users or intermediaries;
(B) the inadequacy of the export controls of the country;
(C) the unwillingness or demonstrated inability of the government of the country to control the diversion of such goods, services, and technologies to such end-users or intermediaries; and
(D) the unwillingness or inability of the government of the country to cooperate with the United States in efforts to interdict the diversion of such goods, services, or technologies to such end-users or intermediaries.
**(b) Report on designation** Upon designating a country as a Destination of Diversion Concern under subsection (a), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report—
(1) notifying those committees of the designation of the country; and
(
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**(a) Sunset** The provisions of this Act (other than sections 105 and 305 [[22 U.S.C. 8514](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8514&num=0&edition=prelim), 8544] and the amendments made by sections 102, 107, 109, and 205) shall terminate, and [section 80a–13(c)(1)(B) of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section80a–13/c/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim), as added by section 203(a), shall cease to be effective, on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President certifies to Congress that—
(1) the Government of Iran has ceased providing support for acts of international terrorism and no longer satisfies the requirements for designation as a state sponsor of terrorism (as defined in section 301 [[22 U.S.C. 8541](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8541&num=0&edition=prelim)]) under—
(A) section 4605(j)(1)(A) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 50 (or any successor thereto);
(B) [section 2780(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2780/d&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(C) [section 2371(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2371/a&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, and development of, and verifiably dismantled its, nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and ballistic missiles and ballistic missile launch technology.
**(b) Presidential waivers**
(1) **In general** — The President may waive the application of sanctions under section 103(b) [[22 U.S.C. 8512(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8512/b&num=0&edition=prelim)], the requiremen
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), not later than 60 days after August 10, 2012, the President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by section 204, with respect to a person if the President determines that the person knowingly, on or after August 10, 2012, provides underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for the National Iranian Oil Company, the National Iranian Tanker Company, or a successor entity to either such company.
**(b) Exceptions**
(1) **Underwriters and insurance providers exercising due diligence** — The President is authorized not to impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a person that provides underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance if the President determines that the person has exercised due diligence in establishing and enforcing official policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that the person does not provide underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for the National Iranian Oil Company, the National Iranian Tanker Company, or a successor entity to either such company.
(2) **Food; medicine; humanitarian assistance** — The President may not impose sanctions under subsection (a) for the provision of underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for any activity relating solely to—
(A) the provision of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran; or
(B) the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran.
(3) **Termination period** — The President is authorized not to impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a person if the President receives reliable assurances that the person will terminate the provision of underwriting services or insurance or rein
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**(a) Sanctions relating to blocking of property of the Government of Iran and Iranian financial institutions** United States sanctions with respect to Iran provided for in Executive Order No. 13599 (77 Fed. Reg. 6659), as in effect on the day before August 10, 2012, shall remain in effect until the date that is 90 days after the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees the certification described in subsection (d).
**(b) Sanctions relating to foreign sanctions evaders** United States sanctions with respect to Iran provided for in Executive Order No. 13608 (77 Fed. Reg. 26409), as in effect on the day before August 10, 2012, shall remain in effect until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees the certification described in section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 ([22 U.S.C. 8551(a)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section8551/a&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(c) Continuation of sanctions with respect to the Central Bank of Iran** In addition to the sanctions referred to in subsection (a), the President shall continue to apply to the Central Bank of Iran sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), including blocking of property and restrictions or prohibitions on financial transactions and the exportation of property, until the date that is 90 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the certification described in subsection (d).
**(d) Certification described**
(1) **In general** — The certific
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