Sec. 3. Additional sanctions with respect to foreign persons that support or conduct certain transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or other sanctioned persons

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Section 302(a)(1) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8742(a)(1) )— in subparagraph (B)— by inserting , or provide significant financial services to, after transactions with ; and in clause (ii), by striking or at the end; and in subparagraph (C)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting , provide significant financial services to, or provide material support to after transactions with ; in clause (i), by striking or at the end; and by striking clause

(ii)and inserting the following: an Iranian person— designated as foreign terrorist organizations under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189(a) ); or that has provided 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)); an Iranian person whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism); an Iranian person whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to— Executive Order 13608 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to prohibiting certain transactions with and suspending entry into the United States of foreign sanctions evaders with respect to Iran and Syria); Executive Order 13606 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking the property and suspending entry into the United States of certain persons with respect to grave human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via information technology); Executive Order 13582 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of the Government of Syria and prohibiting certain transactions with respect to Syria); Executive Order 13573 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of senior officials of the Government of Syria); Executive Order 13572 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons with respect to human rights abuses in Syria); Executive Order 13460 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of additional persons in connection with the national emergency with respect to Syria); Executive Order 13399 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of additional persons in connection with the national emergency with respect to Syria); Executive Order 13338 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting the export of certain goods to Syria); or any other Executive order adopted on or after the date of the enactment of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act, to the extent that such Executive order imposes sanctions with respect to Syria; or a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of, or owned or controlled by, a person described in clauses

(i)through (iv). . Section 302(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8742(b) ) is amended by striking the President— and all that follows and inserting the President shall block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of the foreign person if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person. . Section 302(d) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8742(d) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking (A)(i) determines and inserting (A)(i)(I) determines ; by striking

(ii)determines and inserting

(II)determines ; by striking

(B)submits and inserting

(ii)submits ; by striking

(i)identifies and inserting

(I)identifies ; by striking

(ii)describes and inserting

(II)describes ; by striking

(iii)sets forth and inserting

(III)sets forth ; 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 under subsection (a)(1) by reason of having engaged in a significant transaction or transactions with, or provided significant financial services or material support to, an Iranian person described in subparagraph (C)(iv) of that subsection, 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 302(e) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8742(e) ) is amended— by striking and subject to paragraph

(2); by striking

(1)determines and inserting (1)(A) determines ; by striking

(2)notifies and inserting

(B)notifies ; 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 under subsection (a)(1) by reason of having engaged in a significant transaction or transactions with, or provided significant financial services or material support to, an Iranian person described in subparagraph (C)(iv) of that subsection, 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. . Section 302 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8742 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section, the term Iranian person means— an individual who is a citizen or national of Iran; and an entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran. . 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 section 302(a)(1) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, as amended by this section, engaged in on or after such date of enactment.

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Additional sanctions with respect to foreign persons that support or conduct certain transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or other sanctioned persons

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