22 U.S.C. § 8515 — Prohibition on procurement contracts with persons that export sensitive technology to Iran
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-195 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 291 words · no verdicts yet
Federal agencies cannot sign or renew contracts with companies that export sensitive tech to Iran. The President may exempt certain eligible foreign products from this ban. 'Sensitive technology' means tools meant to block free information or monitor Iranians' speech.
(a) In general. Starting 90 days after July 1, 2010, and following rules the President writes, the head of a federal agency cannot sign or renew a contract to buy goods or services from a person who exports 'sensitive technology' to Iran.
(b) Exemption authority. The President may exempt only 'eligible products,' as defined in section 2518(4) of title 19, of any foreign country or instrumentality designated under section 2511(b) of title 19, from this ban.
(c) 'Sensitive technology' defined. (1) It means hardware, software, telecom equipment, or any other technology the President decides is meant specifically to (A) block the free flow of unbiased information in Iran, or (B) disrupt, watch, or otherwise restrict what Iranians say. (2) It does not include information or informational material that the President has no power to regulate or ban under section 1702(b)(3) of title 50.
(d) GAO report. Within one year after July 1, 2010, the Comptroller General must give the appropriate congressional committees*, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report assessing the extent to which executive agencies would have signed or renewed contracts to buy goods or services from these exporters if the ban in (a) did not exist.
Except as provided in subsection (b), and pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, the head of an executive agency* may not enter into or renew a contract, on or after the date that is 90 days after July 1, 2010, for the procurement of goods or services with a person that exports sensitive technology to Iran.
The President is authorized to exempt from the prohibition under subsection (a) only eligible products, as defined in section 2518(4) of title 19, of any foreign country or instrumentality designated under section 2511(b) of title 19.
The term “sensitive technology” means hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology, that the President determines is to be used specifically—
to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Iran; or
to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Iran.
The term “sensitive technology” does not include information or informational materials the exportation of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 1702(b)(3) of title 50.
Not later than 1 year after July 1, 2010, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees*, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, a report assessing the extent to which executive agencies would have entered into or renewed contracts for the procurement of goods or services with persons that export sensitive technology to Iran if the prohibition under subsection (a) were not in effect.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–195, title I, § 106, July 1, 2010, 124 Stat. 1336.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-195 · 124 Stat. 1336
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