S.Amdt. 890

SA 890. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN TERMINATION AND WAIVER
PROVISIONS RELATING TO IRAN SANCTIONS.

(a) Repeal of Sunset Provision of Iran Sanctions Act of
1996.--Section 13(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is repealed.
(b) Modification of Applicability of Certain Sanctions to
Petroleum Transactions.--Section 1245(d)(4) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.
8513a(d)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
``(4) Applicability of sanctions with respect to petroleum
transactions.--Sanctions imposed under paragraph (1)(A) shall
apply with respect to a financial transaction conducted or
facilitated by a foreign financial institution on or after
the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from
Iran.''.
(c) Limitation on Certain Waivers of Sanctions.--
(1) In general.--Until the date on which the conditions
specified in paragraph (2) are met, 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) Conditions.--The conditions specified in this paragraph
are met if--
(A) the President certifies to Congress that--
(i) the Government of Iran has--

(I) ceased supporting acts of international terrorism; and
(II) has released all hostages who are United States
citizens or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for
permanent residence; and

(ii) the International Atomic Energy Agency has verified
that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful in
nature; and
(B) there is enacted into law a joint resolution approving
the issuance of the waiver described in subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1) or the removal of the Iranian person from the
SDN list, as the case may be.
(3) 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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