Sec. 201. Additional sanctions with respect to foreign persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of, or owned or controlled by, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps

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Section 301(c) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8741(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking $1,000,000 and inserting $500,000 ; and by inserting Iranian financial institution or after involving a ; by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and

(5)as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph

(2)the following new paragraphs: a transaction to provide material support for an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189(a) ) or support for an act of international terrorism (as defined in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–172 ; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)); a transaction to provide material support to a foreign person whose property and access to property has been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001; relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism); a transaction to provide material support for— any entity whose property and access to property has been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13582 (August 17, 2011; relating to blocking property of the Government of Syria and prohibiting certain transactions with respect to Syria); or any entity owned or controlled by the Government of Syria, including for purposes of post-conflict reconstruction; . Section 301(e) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8741(e) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking

(A)determines and inserting (A)(i) determines ; by striking

(B)submits and inserting

(ii)submits ; by striking

(i)identifies and inserting

(I)identifies ; by striking

(ii)sets and inserting

(II)sets ; by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: with respect to a foreign person identified by reason of having conducted or attempted to conduct one or more sensitive transactions or activities described in subsection (c)(5), also certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is significantly decreasing provision of direct or indirect material support to the Government of Syria or Hezbollah’s operations in Syria. ; and in paragraph (2), by striking paragraph (1)(B) and inserting paragraph (1)(A)(ii) . Section 301 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8741 ) is amended— by redesignating subsection

(f)as subsection (h); and by inserting after subsection

(e)the following new subsections: A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection

(a)or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out subsection

(a)shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections

(b)and

(c)of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1705 ) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection

(a)of that section. In this section: The term foreign person means a person that is not a United States person. The term United States person means— a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity. . The amendments made by this section take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to conduct described in paragraph

(3)of section 301(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, as added by this section, engaged in on or after such date of enactment.

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Sec. 201

Additional sanctions with respect to foreign persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of, or owned or controlled by, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps

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