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SEC. 5. SANCTIONS TO COMBAT THE PROLIFERATION OF IRANIAN MISSILES.
(a) In General.—The sanctions described in subsection (b) shall apply to any foreign person the President determines, on or after the date of the enactment of this division—
(1) knowingly engages in any effort to acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or deploy covered technology to, from, or involving the Government of Iran or Iran-aligned entities, regardless of whether the restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015) remain in effect after October 2023;
(2) knowingly provides entities owned or controlled by the Government of Iran or Iran-aligned entities with goods, technology, parts, or components, that may contribute to the development of covered technology;
(3) knowingly participates in joint missile or drone development, including development of covered technology, with the Government of Iran or Iran-aligned entities, including...
1) This is one of a dozen or so sanctions related provisions of the 2024 "National Security Supplemental". The Fight and Combat Rampant Iranian Missile Exports Act (Fight CRIME Act) calls for the mandatory imposition of IEEPA-based blocking sanctions on any person affirmatively determined to have engaged in activities described at sections 5(a)(1)-(5), all of which is almost certainly sanctionable pursuant to at least one of the many other sanctions authorities targeting the Iranian military. One notable distinction, however, is section 5(a)(6), which contemplates the imposition of sanctions on a person that “is an adult family member of a person subject to sanctions for conduct described in [the substantive sanctions provisions]”.
2) One might expect OFAC to rarely, if ever, actually designate persons pursuant to this authority. With the exception of family members of sanctioned...