Sec. 2. Updates to comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran
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Section 414 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8754 ) is amended— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Not later than and inserting the following: Not later than ; in subsection (a), as redesignated— by redesignating paragraphs
(11)and
(12)as paragraphs
(14)and (15), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(10)the following: evaluate the use of virtual private networks by civil society and human rights activists in Iran and develop strategies for increasing the accessibility to such networks; develop guidance for the Department of the Treasury to ensure that enforcement of sanctions does not prevent companies from providing Iranian civilians with the technology and other tools necessary to access the open Internet; assess the ability of the Iranian regime to cut off all access to the Internet and develop a strategy to circumvent Internet blackouts for Iranian civil society; ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the Iran Internet Freedom Act , the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall— review and update the strategy to more effectively address the objectives described in subsection (a); and submit the updated strategy to the appropriate congressional committees. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Treasury, and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall— periodically review the strategy submitted pursuant to subsection (a); and whenever such review reveals the need to modify such strategy to more effectively address the objectives described in subsection (a), submit an updated strategy to the appropriate congressional committees. Each strategy required under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. .
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