22 U.S.C. § 9403: Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile program

It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State should continue to implement Executive Order No. 13382 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction delivery system proliferators and their supporters). knowingly engages in any activity that materially contributes to the activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its ballistic missile program, or any other program in Iran for developing, deploying, or maintaining systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or use such capabilities; is a successor entity to a person referred to in paragraph (1); owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person referred to in paragraph (1); forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions that would otherwise be imposed pursuant to paragraph (3); is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or knowingly provides or attempts to provide financial, material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services in support of, a person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5). The President shall block, in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests in property of any person subject to subsection (b) if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person. The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any person subject to subsection (b) that is an alien. A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (c)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1705 ) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. has, during the period specified in paragraph (2), conducted any activity that has materially contributed to the activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its ballistic missile program, or any other program in Iran for developing, deploying, or maintaining systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or use such capabilities; is a successor entity to a person referred to in subparagraph (A); owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person referred to in subparagraph (A); forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions that could be imposed as a result of a relationship described in subparagraph (C); is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or is known or believed to have provided, or attempted to provide, during the period specified in paragraph (2), financial, material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services in support of, any material contribution to a program described in subparagraph (A) carried out by a person described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E). in the case of the first report submitted under paragraph (1), the period beginning January 1, 2016 , and ending on the date the report is submitted; and in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180-day period preceding the submission of the report. Each report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.