[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2626 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 373
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2626
To impose sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the
President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses
and support for terrorism.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 27, 2023
Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Risch, Mr. Kaine, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Braun, Ms. Collins, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Bennet,
Ms. Butler, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr.
Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
May 7, 2024
Reported by Mr. Cardin, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To impose sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the
President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses
and support for terrorism.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Mahsa Amini Human rights
and Security Accountability Act'' or the ``MAHSA Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFICES OF
THE SUPREME LEADER AND PRESIDENT OF IRAN AND AFFILIATED
PERSONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Determination and report required.--Not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
annually thereafter, the President shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) determine whether each foreign person
described in subsection (b) meets the criteria for
imposition of sanctions under one or more of the
sanctions programs and authorities listed in paragraph
(2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) impose applicable sanctions with
respect to any foreign person determined to meet the
criteria for imposition of sanctions pursuant to
subparagraph (A) under the sanctions programs and
authorities listed in subparagraph (A) or (F) of
paragraph (2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) pursue applicable sanctions with
respect to any foreign person determined to meet the
criteria for imposition of sanctions pursuant to
subparagraph (A) under the sanctions programs and
authorities listed in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), or
(E) of paragraph (2); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report containing--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) a list of all foreign persons
described in subsection (b) that meet the
criteria for imposition of sanctions under one
or more of the sanctions programs and
authorities listed in paragraph (2);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) for each foreign person
identified pursuant to clause (i)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) a list of each
sanctions program or authority listed
in paragraph (2) for which the person
meets the criteria for imposition of
sanctions;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) a statement of which,
if any, of the sanctions authorized by
any of the sanctions programs and
authorities identified pursuant to
subclause (I) have been imposed or will
be imposed within 30 days of the
submission of the report; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) with respect to
which any of the sanctions authorized
by any of the sanctions programs and
authorities identified pursuant to
subclause (I) have not been imposed and
will not be imposed within 30 days of
the submission of the report--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (aa) the specific
authority under which otherwise
applicable sanctions are being
waived, have otherwise been
determined not to apply, or are
not being imposed;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (bb) a complete
justification of the decision
to waive or otherwise not apply
the sanctions authorized by
such sanctions programs and
authorities.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Sanctions programs and authorities listed.--
The sanctions programs and authorities listed in this paragraph
are sanctions programs and authorities pursuant to the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) Section 105(c) of the Comprehensive
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of
2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514(c)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking property of certain persons
with respect to serious human rights abuses by the
Government of Iran).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to
commit, or support terrorism).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking the property of persons
involved in serious human rights abuse or
corruption).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) Executive Order 13876 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to imposing sanctions with respect to
Iran).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) Section 7031(c) of the Department of
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117-
328).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Form of report.--The report required by
paragraph (1)(D) shall be submitted in an unclassified form but
may contain a classified annex provided separately containing
additional contextual information pertaining to justification
for the issuance of any waiver issued, as described in
paragraph (1)(D)(ii). The unclassified portion of such report
shall be made available on a publicly available internet
website of the Federal Government.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Foreign Persons Described.--The foreign persons
described in this subsection are the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) The Supreme Leader of Iran and any official in
the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) The President of Iran and any official in the
Office of the President of Iran or the President's cabinet,
including cabinet ministers and executive vice
presidents.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Any entity, including foundations and economic
conglomerates, overseen by the Office of the Supreme Leader of
Iran that is complicit in financing or resourcing of human
rights abuses or support for terrorism.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Any official of any entity owned or controlled
by the Supreme Leader of Iran or the Office of the Supreme
Leader of Iran.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Any person determined by the President--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) to be a person appointed by the
Supreme Leader of Iran, the Office of the Supreme
Leader of Iran, the President of Iran, or the Office of
the President of Iran to a position as a state official
of Iran, or as the head of any entity located in Iran
or any entity located outside of Iran that is owned or
controlled by one or more entities in Iran;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) to have materially assisted,
sponsored, or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or services to or
in support of, any person the property and interests in
property of which are blocked pursuant to any sanctions
program or authority listed in subsection
(a)(2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) to be owned or controlled by, or to
have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of,
directly or indirectly, any person the property and
interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to
any sanctions program or authority listed in subsection
(a)(2); or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) to be a member of the board of
directors or a senior executive officer of any entity
the property and interests in property of which are
blocked pursuant to any sanctions program or authority
listed in subsection (a)(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Congressional Oversight.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after
receiving a request from the chairman and ranking member of one
of the appropriate congressional committees with respect to
whether a foreign person meets the criteria of a person
described in subsection (b)(5), the President shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) determine if the person meets such
criteria; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) submit an unclassified report, with a
classified annex provided separately if needed, to such
chairman and ranking member with respect to such
determination that includes a statement of whether or
not the President imposed or intends to impose
sanctions with respect to the person pursuant to any
sanctions program or authority listed in subsection
(a)(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Appropriate congressional committees
defined.--In this subsection, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY.</DELETED>
<DELETED> If any provision of this Act, or the application of such
provision to any person or circumstance, is found to be
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, or the application of that
provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be
affected.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mahsa Amini Human rights and
Security Accountability Act'' or the ``MAHSA Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Admission; admitted; alien; lawfully admitted for
permanent residence.--The terms ``admission'', ``admitted'',
``alien'', and ``lawfully admitted for permanent residence''
have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives.
(3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an
individual or entity that is not a United States person.
(4) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to
conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has
actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the
circumstance, or the result.
(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 any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFICES OF THE
SUPREME LEADER AND PRESIDENT OF IRAN AND AFFILIATED
PERSONS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Determinations and report required.--Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter, the President shall--
(A) determine whether each foreign person described
in subsection (b) meets the criteria, on or after such
date of enactment, for imposition of sanctions under
one or more of the sanctions programs and authorities
listed in paragraph (2);
(B) determine whether each foreign person described
in subsection (b) meets the criteria for imposition of
sanctions under one or more of the sanctions programs
and authorities listed in paragraph (2) based on
actions taken by that foreign person in response to the
protests sparked by the death of Jina Mahsa Amini on
September 16, 2022; and
(C) submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report containing--
(i) a list of all foreign persons described
in subsection (b) that meet the criteria for
imposition of sanctions under one or more of
the sanctions programs and authorities listed
in paragraph (2); and
(ii) for each foreign person identified
pursuant to clause (i)--
(I) a list of each sanctions
program or authority listed in
paragraph (2) for which the person
meets the criteria for imposition of
sanctions;
(II) a statement of which, if any,
of the sanctions mandated or authorized
by any of the sanctions programs and
authorities identified pursuant to
subclause (I) have been imposed or will
be imposed within 30 days of the
submission of the report; and
(III) with respect to which any of
the sanctions mandated or authorized by
any of the sanctions programs and
authorities identified pursuant to
subclause (I) have not been imposed and
will not be imposed within 30 days of
the submission of the report--
(aa) the specific authority
under which otherwise
applicable sanctions are being
waived, have otherwise been
determined not to apply, or are
not being imposed; and
(bb) a complete
justification of the decision
to waive or otherwise not apply
the sanctions authorized by
such sanctions programs and
authorities.
(2) Sanctions programs and authorities listed.--The
sanctions programs and authorities listed in this paragraph are
sanctions programs and authorities pursuant to the following:
(A) Section 105(c) of the Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
(22 U.S.C. 8514(c)).
(B) Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note;
relating to blocking property of certain persons with
respect to serious human rights abuses by the
Government of Iran).
(C) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note;
relating to blocking property and prohibiting
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to
commit, or support terrorism).
(D) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note;
relating to blocking the property of persons involved
in serious human rights abuse or corrupt