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Title II — Enforcement of sanctions

S. 1881 · 113th Congress · Dec 20, 2013 · Lineage

II Enforcement of sanctions

Sec. 201 Sense of Congress on the provision of specialized financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions

It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)
the President has been engaged in intensive diplomatic efforts to ensure that sanctions against Iran are imposed and maintained multilaterally to sharply restrict the access of the Government of Iran to the global financial system;
(2)
the European Union is to be commended for strengthening the multilateral sanctions regime against Iran by prohibiting all persons subject to the jurisdiction of the European Union from providing specialized financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions;
(3)
in order to continue to sharply restrict access by Iran to the global financial system, the President and the European Union must continue to expeditiously address any judicial, administrative, or other decisions in their respective jurisdictions that might weaken the current multilateral sanctions regime, including decisions regarding the designation of financial institutions and global specialized financial messaging service providers for sanctions; and
(4)
existing restrictions on the access of Iran to global specialized financial messaging services should be maintained.

Sec. 202 Inclusion of transfers of goods, services, and technologies to strategic sectors of Iran for purposes of identifying Destinations of Diversion Concern

(a)
In general— Section 302(b) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8542(b)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)—
(A)
in subparagraph (B)—
(i)
in clause (ii), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;
(ii)
in clause (iii), by striking “; and” and inserting “; or”; and
(iii)
by adding at the end the following:

“(iv) strategic sectors; and”

(B)
in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;
(2)
in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(3) that will be sold, transferred, or otherwise made available to a strategic sector of Iran.”

(b)
Strategic sector defined— Section 301 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8541) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph (15); and
(2)
by inserting after paragraph (13) the following:

“(14) Strategic sector—The term strategic sector has the meaning given that term in section 1244(c)(4) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012.”

(c)
Submission of report— Section 302(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8542(a)) is amended by striking “180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act” and inserting “90 days after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013”.

Sec. 203 Authorization of additional measures with respect to Destinations of Diversion Concern

(a)
In general— Section 303(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8543(c)) is amended—
(1)
by striking “Not later than” and inserting the following:

“(1) Licensing requirement—Not later than”

(2)
by adding at the end the following:

“(2) Additional measures—The President may—

“(A) impose restrictions on United States foreign assistance or measures authorized under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to a country designated as a Destination of Diversion Concern under subsection (a) if the President determines that those restrictions or measures would prevent the diversion of goods, services, and technologies described in section 302(b) to Iranian end-users or Iranian intermediaries; or

“(B) prohibit the issuance of a license under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) for the export to such a country of a defense article or defense service for which a notification to Congress would be required under section 36(b) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)).

“(3) Report required—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report—

“(A) identifying countries that have allowed the diversion through the country of goods, services, or technologies described in section 302(b) to Iranian end-users or Iranian intermediaries during the 180-day period preceding the submission of the report;

“(B) identifying the persons that engaged in such diversion during that period; and

“(C) describing the activities relating to diversion in which those countries and persons engaged.”

(b)
Conforming amendments— Section 303 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8543) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, by striking “Licensing requirement” and inserting “Licensing and other measures”; and
(2)
in subsection (d)—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by striking “subsection (c)” and inserting “subsection (c)(1)”;
(B)
in paragraph (2), by striking “subsection (c)” and inserting “subsection (c)(1)”; and
(C)
in paragraph (3), by striking “is it” and inserting “it is”.

Sec. 204 Sense of Congress on increased staffing for agencies involved in the implementation and enforcement of sanctions against Iran

It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)
when the President submits the President’s budget for fiscal year 2015 to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the President should, in that budget, prioritize—
(A)
resources for the Office of Foreign Assets Control for the Department of Treasury dedicated to the implementation and enforcement of sanctions with respect to Iran; and
(B)
resources for the Department of State dedicated to the implementation and enforcement of sanctions with respect to Iran; and
(2)
the appropriate committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives should prioritize the resources described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) during consideration of authorization and appropriations legislation in future fiscal years.