22 U.S.C. § 8753 — Expedited consideration of requests for authorization of certain human rights-, humanitarian-, and democracy-related activities with respect to Iran

(a) Requirement. The Office of Foreign Assets Control, working with the State Department, must create a faster process for reviewing complete requests to do human rights, humanitarian, or democracy work involving Iran. This applies to requests from: (1) groups getting State Department funding for the activity; (2) the Broadcasting Board of Governors; and (3) other appropriate U.S. agencies. (b) Procedures. Requests must be submitted to the Office of Foreign Assets Control following its own regulations, including the Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations. Applicants must fully disclose everyone involved in the transaction and describe the planned activities. If the request involves exporting or re-exporting goods, technology, or software to Iran, it must include an official Commodity Classification from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security. (c) Foreign policy review. The State Department must finish its foreign policy review of a request within 30 days of the Office of Foreign Assets Control sending it over. (d) License determinations. A complete request must get a license decision within 90 days of the Office of Foreign Assets Control receiving it, except: (1) requests to export or re-export items on the Commerce Control List to Iran must instead follow the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 and other applicable law; and (2) requests with unusual or extraordinary circumstances are also excepted. (e) Regulations. The Secretary of the Treasury may write regulations needed to carry out this section.