Sec. 5. Congressional nomination authority
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Not later than 120 days after receiving a written request from the chairman or ranking minority member of any of the appropriate congressional committees regarding whether a foreign person has engaged in the conduct described in subsection (b), the President shall— determine whether the foreign person has engaged in such conduct; and submit to such chairman or ranking minority member a written justification detailing whether the President has imposed, or intends to impose, sanctions pursuant to the regulations described in subsection (b)(2) with respect to such person.
The conduct described in this subsection is knowingly providing material support for the Islamic Republic of Iran regime’s human rights abuses, censorship, or repression of the Iranian people, including— selling, supplying, or transferring censorship technology, surveillance tools, or internet shutdown capabilities; or any conduct sanctionable under part 562 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to Iranian Human Rights Abuses Sanctions Regulations). In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.