S.Amdt. 888

SA 888. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 1663 of the amendment, strike lines 1 through 26,
and insert the following:
(e) Restriction on Issuance of Iran Sanctions Waivers.--
(1) In general.--If the Director assesses, in the report
required by subsection (b), that the Government of Iran is
supporting proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon, the President
may not--
(A) issue any waiver of the application of sanctions
under--
(i) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50
U.S.C. 1701 note);
(ii) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.);
(iii) section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a);
(iv) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.); or
(v) the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012
(22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); or
(B) remove any Iranian person from the SDN list.
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' has the
meaning given that term in section 1242 of the Iran Freedom
and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801).
(B) SDN list.--The term ``SDN list'' means the list of
specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of
the Treasury.

SEC. 10708. ANNUAL REPORT ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES SUPPORTING
FOREIGN MILITARY AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.

(a) Annual Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently
than once each year thereafter, the Director of National
Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report describing
Iranian expenditures in the previous calendar year on
military and terrorist activities outside the country,
including each of the following:
(1) The amount spent in such calendar year on activities by
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including activities
providing support for--
(A) Hizballah;
(B) Houthi rebels in Yemen;
(C) Hamas;
(D) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or
(E) any other entity or country the Director determines to
be relevant.
(2) The amount spent in such calendar year for ballistic
missile research and testing or other activities that the
Director determines are destabilizing to the Middle East
region.
(b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
(c) Restriction on Issuance of Iran Sanctions Waivers.--
(1) In general.--If the Director assesses, in the report
required by subsection (a), that the Government of Iran has
expended funds for activities described in paragraph (1) or
(2) of that subsection, the President may not--
(A) issue any waiver of the application of sanctions
under--
(i) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50
U.S.C. 1701 note);
(ii) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.);
(iii) section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a);
(iv) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.); or
(v) the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012
(22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); or
(B) remove any Iranian person from the SDN list.
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' has the
meaning given that term in section 1242 of the Iran Freedom
and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801).
(B) SDN list.--The term ``SDN list'' means the list of
specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of
the Treasury.
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