Section 1 Congressional finding
Congress finds that the Government of Iran is unjustly holding at least three United States citizens, Jason Rezaian, Saeed Abedini, and Amir Hekmati, and possibly Robert Levinson, as hostages.
To grant authority to the President to detain non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in the United States and non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in certain other countries until all United States citizens held by the Government of Iran are released and returned to the United States, and for other purposes.
A BILL
Sec. 2 Authority to detain non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran
In general— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President is authorized to take such actions as may be necessary to detain—
non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in the United States; and
non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in any other country if the government of such country provides authority in advance to the United States to take such actions to detain such officials in such country.
Sunset— The authority of subsection (a) shall expire on the date on which the United States citizens described in section 1 have been released and returned to the United States or the date on which the Government of Iran provides to the United States Government a full accounting of the whereabouts of Robert Levinson, whichever occurs later.