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Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] · R–FL
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-21 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would require the President to decide whether to apply terrorism-related sanctions to the Iran Airports Company, which the bill describes as a state-owned operator of civilian airports supporting Mahan Air’s operations. The President would have to report that decision to congressional committees within 90 days after enactment. The bill would require a decision about sanctions; it would not itself impose them.
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.
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.
The bill’s findings state that Mahan Air was placed on the Treasury Department’s sanctions list on October 12, 2011. They describe the consequences as freezing assets under United States jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with United States parties. This describes the bill’s stated background, rather than a new sanction imposed by this proposal.
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
As justification for the proposal, the findings quote Treasury allegations that Mahan Air transported arms, funds and fighters. The findings also state that foreign persons supporting Mahan Air should face sanctions. That statement expresses a policy position; the operative requirement concerns a presidential decision about the Iran Airports Company.
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.
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.
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.
If enacted, section 2 would require the President to send the appropriate congressional committees a determination within 90 days after that section’s enactment. The determination would address whether to apply sanctions in whole or in part to the Iran Airports Company under Executive Order 13224, the cited terrorism-sanctions authority.
Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001; relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism)
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.
The determination would have to be unclassified, but the President could include a classified annex—an attachment containing classified information.
The determination required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated May 7, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 21, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-05-07T16:43:42Z. 2025-02-21: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 2025-02-21: Introduced in House
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