,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eccj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ai1 #bjah,mr4
 ,cicilline introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in 
addition to the ,committees on the      
,judiciary1 ,ways and ,means1 and       
,financial ,services1 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the          
imposition of sanctions on persons who  
are officials of the ,government of     
,iran or persons acting on behalf of    
that ,government who are responsible for
 or complicit in human rights abuses    
committed against citizens of the       
,united ,states or ,united ,states legal
 permanent resident aliens4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,iran ,human ,rights ,accountability    
,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,imposition of      

sanctions on persons who are officials  
of the ,government of ,iran or persons  
acting on behalf of that ,government who
 are responsible for or complicit in    
human rights abuses committed against   
citizens of the ,united ,states or      
,united ,states legal permanent resident
 aliens  7a7 ,in general ,section       
#aje7;b77#a7 of the ,comprehensive ,iran
 ,sanctions1 ,accountability1 and       
,divestment ,act of #bjaj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #head7;b77 is amended--  7#a7 by       
striking the date of the enactment of   
this ,act and inserting the date of the 
enactment of the ,iran ,human ,rights   
,accountability ,act of #bjah2 and  7#b7
 by inserting or against citizens of the
 ,united ,states or ,united ,states     
legal permanent resident aliens1 after  
,june #ab1 #bjji14  7b7 ,conforming and 
clerical amendments ,the ,comprehensive 
,iran ,sanctions1 ,accountability1 and  
,divestment ,act of #bjaj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #heja et seq47 is amended--  7#a7 in   
the heading of section #aje1 by         

inserting at the end before the period  
the following3 or against citizens of   
the ,united ,states or ,united ,states  
legal permanent resident aliens2 and    
7#b7 in the table of contents1 by       
amending the item relating to section   
#aje to read as follows3  ,sec4 #aje4   
,imposition of sanctions on certain     
persons who are responsible for or      
complicit in human rights abuses        
committed against citizens of ,iran or  
their family members after the ,june    
#ab1 #bjji1 elections in ,iran or       
against citizens of the ,united ,states 
or ,united ,states legal permanent      
resident aliens4  4  7c7 ,effective date
 ,the amendments made by this section   
take effect on the date of the enactment
 of this ,act and apply with respect to 
the commission of serious human rights  
abuses described in section #aje of the 
,comprehensive ,iran ,sanctions1        
,accountability1 and ,divestment ,act of
 #bjaj on or after such date of         
enactment4