22 USC 9403 - Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile program

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§ 9403.

Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile program

(a)

Sense of Congress

(b)

Imposition of sanctions

The President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to any person that the President determines, on or after August 2, 2017—

(1)

knowingly engages in any activity that materially contributes to the activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its ballistic missile program, or any other program in Iran for developing, deploying, or maintaining systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or use such capabilities;

(2)

is a successor entity to a person referred to in paragraph (1);

(3)

owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person referred to in paragraph (1);

(4)

forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions that would otherwise be imposed pursuant to paragraph (3);

(5)

is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or

(6)

knowingly provides or attempts to provide financial, material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services in support of, a person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5).

(c)

Sanctions described

The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:

(1)

Blocking of property

(2)

Exclusion from United States

(d)

Penalties

(e)

Report on contributions to Iran’s ballistic missile program

(1)

In general

Not later than 180 days after August 2, 2017, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing each person that—

(A)

has, during the period specified in paragraph (2), conducted any activity that has materially contributed to the activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its ballistic missile program, or any other program in Iran for developing, deploying, or maintaining systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or use such capabilities;

(B)

is a successor entity to a person referred to in subparagraph (A);

(C)

owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person referred to in subparagraph (A);

(D)

forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions that could be imposed as a result of a relationship described in subparagraph (C);

(E)

is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or

(F)

is known or believed to have provided, or attempted to provide, during the period specified in paragraph (2), financial, material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services in support of, any material contribution to a program described in subparagraph (A) carried out by a person described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).

(2)

Period specified

The period specified in this paragraph is—

(A)

in the case of the first report submitted under paragraph (1), the period beginning January 1, 2016, and ending on the date the report is submitted; and

(B)

in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180-day period preceding the submission of the report.

(3)

Form of report

(Pub. L. 115–44, title I, § 104, Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 890.)

cite as: 22 USC 9403