Sec. 102. Ineligibility for exception to certain sanctions for countries that do not reduce purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin to a de minimis level
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It is the policy of the United States to seek to ensure that all countries reduce their purchases of crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils, and other unfinished oils from Iran or of Iranian origin to a de minimis level by the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: A country that purchased petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin during the one-year period preceding the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013 may continue to receive an exception under clause
(i)on or after the date that is one year after such date of enactment only— if the country reduces its purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin to a de minimis level by the end of the one-year period beginning on such date of enactment; or as provided in subclause
(II)or (III). A country that would otherwise be ineligible pursuant to subclause (I)(aa) to receive an exception under clause
(i)may continue to receive such an exception during the one-year period beginning on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013 if the country— dramatically reduces by at least 30 percent its purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin during the one-year period beginning on such date of enactment; and is expected to reduce its purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin to a de minimis level within a defined period of time that is not longer than 2 years after such date of enactment. If a country that continues to receive an exception under clause
(i)pursuant to item
(aa)does not reduce its purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin to a de minimis level by the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013 , that country shall not be eligible for such an exception on or after the date that is 2 years after such date of enactment. A country that becomes ineligible for an exception under clause
(i)pursuant to subclause
(I)or
(II)shall be eligible for such an exception in accordance with the provisions of clause
(i)on and after the date on which the President determines the country has reduced its purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin to a de minimis level. . Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i) ) is amended in the matter preceding subclause
(I)by striking Sanctions imposed and inserting Except as provided in clause (iii), sanctions imposed .
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Sec. 102
Ineligibility for exception to certain sanctions for countries that do not reduce purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin to a de minimis level
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