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Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2016 [HB-5732]
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Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 11/16/2016
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Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2016 [HB-5727]
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Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2016 This bill declares it shall be the policy of the United States to impose sanctions with respect to terrorist organizations and foreign countries, including the government of Iran, that threaten the peace or stability of Iraq. The bill directs the President to impose sanctions to block transactions in property and interests in property in the United States of, and the Department of State or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deny admissions into the United States or revoke the visa
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Introduced In House on 07/12/2016
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Iran Accountability Act of 2016 [HB-5631]
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Iran Accountability Act of 2016 This bill prescribes requirements for mandatory sanctions with respect to: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), its agents, and persons or entities it owns; Mahan Air; Iran's support of terrorism and money laundering; Iran's human rights abuses; certain Iranian individuals, including the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President of Iran; persons who conduct transactions with or on behalf of certain Iranian individuals; persons that support or are involved in Iran's ballistic missile program; and financial institutions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 07/15/2016
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Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act [HB-5603]
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Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act This bill establishes in the Department of the Treasury a Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program for the payment of rewards to support U.S. government programs and investigations aimed at eliminating from accounts at U.S. financial institutions any stolen assets linked to foreign government corruption and the proceeds of such corruption. Treasury may pay a reward to any individual who furnishes information leading to the restraining, seizure, forfeiture, or repatriation of stolen assets in an account at
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Introduced In House on 06/28/2016
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Donbass People's Militia Terrorist Designation Act of 2015 [HB-56]
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Donbass People's Militia Terrorist Designation Act of 2015 Expresses the sense of Congress that the Donbass People's Militia (an armed militia with allegiance to the Donestsk People's Republic, a self-proclaimed state in Eastern Europe) has met the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization, and the Secretary of State should so designate it. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress the reasons why if he does not designate the Donbass People's Militia as a foreign terrorist organization within 60 days. Directs the President
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 01/12/2015
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Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act [HB-5461]
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Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Department of the Treasury, in furtherance of efforts to prevent the financing of terrorism, money laundering, or related illicit finance and to make financial institutions' required compliance with remaining sanctions more easily understood, to submit within 270 days and annually thereafter for the next two years a report regarding: the funds or assets held in U.S. and foreign financial institutions that are directly or indirectly controlled by specified Iranian officials;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bruce Poliquin
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 09/22/2016
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No Impunity for Iranian Aggression at Sea Act of 2016 [HB-5333]
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No Impunity for Iranian Aggression at Sea Act of 2016 This bill requires the President to submit a report that includes: a determination of whether, during the June 2016 incident when Iranian forces boarded two U.S. Navy combat vessels and detained the crews at gunpoint, any of the Iranian actions violated the Geneva Convention or the international right to conduct innocent passage; and a certification of whether or not federal funds were paid to Iran to effect the release of the detained crew members or other U.S. citizens. The bill prescribes
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Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Introduced In House on 05/25/2016
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Terrorist Asset Seizure Reform Act of 2016 [HB-5308]
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Terrorist Asset Seizure Reform Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to require each financial institution to transfer annually to it all amounts of interest it has paid on certain frozen bank accounts, which shall be deposited into the Confiscated Assets Fund establish by this bill. With respect to certain frozen assets of a foreign terrorist organization or a specially designated terrorist, including a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, at the time an asset is frozen or otherwise blocked (or within six months of enactment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Terrorism, Nonproliferation, And Trade. on 09/07/2016
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Iran Cyber Sanctions Act of 2016 [HB-5222]
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Iran Cyber Sanctions Act of 2016 This bill requires the President to report to Congress at least every 180 days regarding significant activities undermining cybersecurity conducted by persons on behalf of or at the direction of the government of Iran (including members of paramilitary organizations such as Ansar-e-Hezbollah and Basij-e Mostaz'afin) against the United States (including U.S. persons, entities, or federal, state, or local governments). The reports must: (1) identify persons that have knowingly facilitated, participated or assisted
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Ratcliffe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 05/18/2016
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for disclosure for charity employees and board members previously implicated in terror finance. [HB-5185]
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for disclosure for charity employees and board members previously implicated in terror finance. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require tax-exempt organizations to disclose details regarding employees and board members involved in terror finance activities. An organization applying for tax-exempt status must disclose in its application the names and addresses of any officer, director, trustee, or highly compensated employee who, at any time prior to the date of the application,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 05/10/2016
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No Defense Contracts for Terror Profiteers Act of 2016 [HB-5139]
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No Defense Contracts for Terror Profiteers Act of 2016 This bill prohibits funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2017 from being used to procure, or enter into a contract to procure, goods or services from any person that provides material support to a covered Iranian person during such fiscal year. A "covered Iranian person" includes an Iranian person that is: (1) included on the list of designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury for acting on
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Walorski
Introduced In House on 04/29/2016
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Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016 [HB-5134]
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Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016 This bill amends the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 to extend through December 31, 2019, provisions requiring the President to impose sanctions against individuals in Venezuela who are responsible for human rights violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch
Introduced In House on 04/29/2016
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STAND for Ukraine Act Stability and Democracy for Ukraine Act [HB-5094]
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STAND for Ukraine Act Stability and Democracy for Ukraine Act This bill provides that no federal agency should take any action or extend any assistance that recognizes Russian sovereignty over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. The bill urges that the Government Publishing Office not print any document indicating Crimea as part of the Russian Federation (Russia). U.S. sanctions provided for in Executive Orders 13660, 13661, 13662, (blocking property of persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine) and 13685 (blocking property of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 09/22/2016
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Preventing Iran's Access to United States Dollars Act of 2016 [HB-4995]
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Preventing Iran's Access to United States Dollars Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the President from issuing a license that permits a person to: conduct an offshore U.S. dollar clearing system for transactions involving the government of Iran or an Iranian person, or provide U.S. dollars for any offshore U.S. dollar clearing system conducted by a foreign government or a foreign financial institution for transactions involving the government of Iran or an Iranian person. The Department of the Treasury shall report to Congress: a list of financial
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Roskam
Introduced In House on 04/19/2016
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Iran Ballistic Missile Sanctions Act of 2016 [HB-4815]
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Iran Ballistic Missile Sanctions Act of 2016 This bill amends the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 to cover ballistic missile or related technology. The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 is amended to: (1) extend the Act through December 31, 2031, and (2) require sanctions on Iran and related entities and persons for actions to acquire or develop ballistic missiles and launch technology. The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 is amended to direct the President to report to Congress biannually on: (1) identified persons
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 04/22/2016
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Iran Ballistic Missile Prevention and Sanctions Act of 2016 [HB-4342]
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Iran Ballistic Missile Prevention and Sanctions Act of 2016 This bill directs the President to impose five or more sanctions with respect to a person (or an entity) that knowingly transfers to or from Iran advanced conventional weapons or ballistic missiles, or technology, parts, components, or technical information related to advanced conventional weapons or ballistic missiles. Sanctions may include: prohibitions on Export-Import Bank assistance, prohibitions on loans from U.S. financial institutions and other financial services, prohibitions on
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 01/07/2016
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Zero Tolerance for Terror Act [HB-4333]
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Zero Tolerance for Terror Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control should be fully funded to ensure strict sanctions enforcement against Iran in the areas of ballistic missile proliferation and terrorism, and to ensure effective re-imposition of sanctions in the event of Iran's violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; and Iran should continue to be prohibited from undertaking any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, and
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Introduced In House on 01/06/2016
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps Sanctions Implementation and Review Act [HB-4312]
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps Sanctions Implementation and Review Act This bill amends the Iran Threat Reduction and Syrian Human Rights Act of 2012 to require the President to block and prohibit all transactions in property and property interests of a foreign person that knowingly supports or conducts certain transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or other sanctioned persons if that property and those property interests are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control
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Sponsored by: Rep. Grace Meng
Introduced In House on 12/18/2015
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Azerbaijan Democracy Act of 2015 [HB-4264]
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Azerbaijan Democracy Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the issuance of any visa to, and requires denial of entry to the United States of, any alien who: holds a position in the senior leadership of the government of Azerbaijan, or is an immediate family member of such person; through his or her business dealings with such senior leadership derives significant financial benefit from policies or actions, including electoral fraud, human rights abuses, or corruption, that undermine democratic institutions or impede the transition to democracy in Azerbaijan;
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Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Introduced In House on 12/16/2015
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Quarantining the Ayatollah's State-Sponsored Aggression and Militancy (QASSAM) Act [HB-4258]
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Quarantining the Ayatollah's State-Sponsored Aggression and Militancy (QASSAM) Act This bill directs the President to block all property and property interest transactions of an entity that is U.S-located or controlled by a U.S. person if it is at least 20% owned by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), regardless of whether the entity itself is included on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control. Treasury shall establish and publish in the Federal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Devin Nunes
Introduced In House on 12/15/2015