Bill Details
HR.1489 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced Date
2025-02-21
Policy Area
International Affairs
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This bill would push the President to decide whether to place sanctions on the Iran Airports Company because of its role in helping Mahan Air operate. Congress says Mahan Air has already been linked to support for terrorism and to moving fighters, weapons, and money for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The bill does not automatically impose new sanctions right away, but it requires the White House to review the issue and report back to Congress within 90 days.
- Congress says Mahan Air was already sanctioned by the U.S. government in 2011 and later described by the Treasury Department as helping move personnel, arms, and funds for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Qods Force.
- The bill points out that Mahan Air flies to many airports inside Iran, and that the Iran Airports Company runs and operates civilian airports in the country.
- The main action in the bill is a required presidential determination on whether sanctions should be applied, in whole or in part, to the Iran Airports Company under a terrorism-related sanctions authority.
- That report must be sent to the proper congressional committees within 90 days and may include a classified annex if needed, but the main submission must be unclassified.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1489 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1489
To provide for the application of sanctions regarding Mahan Air.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 21, 2025
Mr. Mills (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Babin, Mr. Wilson of South
Carolina, and Mr. LaMalfa) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To provide for the application of sanctions regarding Mahan Air.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reinforcing Sanctions on Iranian
Terrorists Act''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS REGARDING MAHAN AIR.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Mahan Air was added on October 12, 2011, to the
Specially Designated Nationals list maintained by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury,
freezing its assets under United States jurisdiction and
prohibiting transactions with United States parties, pursuant
to Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001; relating to
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who
commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), which
targets terrorists and their supporters.
(2) In announcing additional sanctions against Mahan Air on
March 24, 2016, the Department of the Treasury stated that
``Based in Tehran, Iran, Mahan Air has facilitated [Islamic
Revolutionary Guards Corps--Qods Force] transportation and arms
and funds shipments. Mahan Air also continues to support the
Iranian government's destabilizing actions in the region by
conducting flights to Syria in order to transport fighters.
Mahan Air regularly uses the same aircraft it flies to Syria to
fly commercial passenger routes to international destinations
in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.''.
(3) Mahan Air reportedly serves the following destinations
in Iran: Abadan Airport, Ahvaz International Airport, Ardabil
Airport, Persian Gulf Airport, Bandar Abbas International
Airport, Birjand International Airport, Bojnord International
Airport, Iranshahr Airport, Isfahan International Airport,
Kalaleh Airport, Kerman Airport, Shahid Ashrafi Esffahani
Airport, Khorramabad Airport, Kish Airport, Larestan
International Airport, Mashhad International Airport, Queshm
International Airport, Sahahdaj Airport, Dasht-e Naz Airport,
Shiraz International Airport, Sirjan Airport, Tabriz
International Airport, Tehran Imam Khomeini International
Airport, Mehrabad International Airport, Zabol Airport, Zahedan
International Airport, and Zanjan Airport.
(4) The Iran Airports Company, a State-owned enterprise, is
the holding and operating company for civilian airports in Iran
that facilitates Mahan Air's operations.
(5) Foreign persons that assist in, sponsor, or provide
financial, material, or technological support for, or financial
or other services to or in support of Mahan Air should be
subject to United States sanctions pursuant to Executive Order
13224.
(b) Determination.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the President shall transmit to
the appropriate congressional committees a determination as to
whether to apply sanctions, in whole or in part, with respect
to the Iran Airports Company pursuant to Executive Order 13224.
(2) Form.--The determination required by paragraph (1)
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a
classified annex.
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