• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Rules Committee• Trade Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Judiciary Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
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Maximum Pressure Act This bill expands sanctions and economic penalties on Iran. It also restricts the President from unilaterally lifting or waiving the sanctions or penalties and increases congressional oversight of them. Specifically, the bill requires the President to impose visa- and asset-blocking sanctions. Additionally, it modifies existing sanctions, including by (1) providing statutory authority for executive orders imposing sanctions; (2) applying sanctions to additional sectors of Iran's economy; and (3) broadening sanctionable conduct to cover, for example, assisting Iran with the acquisition of ballistic missiles and the complicity of Iranian officials in human rights violations in specified countries. The bill also requires reporting on licenses that authorize activities subject to sanctions. The bill prohibits U.S. representatives at the International Monetary Fund from voting to allow Iran's access to special drawing rights (a currency support tool) and places restrictions on financial transactions with Iran. The restrictions include requiring domestic financial institutions to implement special measures with respect to foreign financial institutions that conduct significant transactions connected to the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (a European mechanism that bypasses U.S. sanctions when carrying out trade with Iran). The Department of State must maintain the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' designation as a terrorist organization and must designate Ansharallah (or Houthis), which operates in Syria, as a foreign terrorist organization. The bill also requires reports on U.S. sanctions concerning Iran, the status of Iran's nuclear weapons program, and other matters.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAfghanistanArms control and nonproliferationAsiaBank accounts, deposits, capitalBusiness ethicsComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementDetention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadFinancial services and investmentsForeign and international bankingForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHuman rightsInternational law and treatiesInternational monetary system and foreign exchangeInternational organizations and cooperationIranIraqIsraelLatin AmericaLebanonLegislative rules and procedureLicensing and registrationsMarine and inland water transportationMiddle EastMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitias and paramilitary groupsNavigation, waterways, harborsNuclear weaponsPalestiniansPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsProtest and dissentSanctionsSaudi ArabiaSecuritiesSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusSyriaTechnology transfer and commercializationTerrorismTrade restrictionsUnited Arab EmiratesU.S. and foreign investmentsVenezuelaVisas and passportsWar and emergency powersYemen
Maximum Pressure Act
USA117th CongressHR-2718| House
| Updated: 10/19/2021
Maximum Pressure Act This bill expands sanctions and economic penalties on Iran. It also restricts the President from unilaterally lifting or waiving the sanctions or penalties and increases congressional oversight of them. Specifically, the bill requires the President to impose visa- and asset-blocking sanctions. Additionally, it modifies existing sanctions, including by (1) providing statutory authority for executive orders imposing sanctions; (2) applying sanctions to additional sectors of Iran's economy; and (3) broadening sanctionable conduct to cover, for example, assisting Iran with the acquisition of ballistic missiles and the complicity of Iranian officials in human rights violations in specified countries. The bill also requires reporting on licenses that authorize activities subject to sanctions. The bill prohibits U.S. representatives at the International Monetary Fund from voting to allow Iran's access to special drawing rights (a currency support tool) and places restrictions on financial transactions with Iran. The restrictions include requiring domestic financial institutions to implement special measures with respect to foreign financial institutions that conduct significant transactions connected to the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (a European mechanism that bypasses U.S. sanctions when carrying out trade with Iran). The Department of State must maintain the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' designation as a terrorist organization and must designate Ansharallah (or Houthis), which operates in Syria, as a foreign terrorist organization. The bill also requires reports on U.S. sanctions concerning Iran, the status of Iran's nuclear weapons program, and other matters.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAfghanistanArms control and nonproliferationAsiaBank accounts, deposits, capitalBusiness ethicsComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementDetention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadFinancial services and investmentsForeign and international bankingForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHuman rightsInternational law and treatiesInternational monetary system and foreign exchangeInternational organizations and cooperationIranIraqIsraelLatin AmericaLebanonLegislative rules and procedureLicensing and registrationsMarine and inland water transportationMiddle EastMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitias and paramilitary groupsNavigation, waterways, harborsNuclear weaponsPalestiniansPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsProtest and dissentSanctionsSaudi ArabiaSecuritiesSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusSyriaTechnology transfer and commercializationTerrorismTrade restrictionsUnited Arab EmiratesU.S. and foreign investmentsVenezuelaVisas and passportsWar and emergency powersYemen