Bill HR-2570, Maximum Pressure Act, imposes new and expanded sanctions on Iran, codifies executive orders, adds reporting duties, and limits waiver authorities across financial, missile, and maritime sectors. It is at Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Rules, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. as of April 1, 2025. Sponsored by Zachary Nunn (R), August Pfluger, Roger Williams, Claudia Tenney, Erin Houchin, Juan Ciscomani, Robert Wittman, Mike Collins, Joe Wilson, Brad Finstad, Burgess Owens, Scott Fitzgerald, Dan Crenshaw, Christopher Smith, Charles Fleischmann, Neal Dunn, Morgan Luttrell, Ashley Hinson, Kevin Hern, Don Bacon, Bryan Steil, Marlin Stutzman, Maria Salazar, Michael Lawler, Ryan Zinke, Nicholas Langworthy, John Moolenaar, Pat Fallon, Beth Van Duyne, W. Steube, Scott Franklin, Max Miller, Rudy Yakym, Bill Huizenga, Tony Gonzales, Craig Goldman, Ben Cline, David Joyce, Barry Loudermilk, Pete Stauber, Tracey Mann, John Rutherford, Daniel Meuser, Elise Stefanik, Lloyd Smucker, Randy Feenstra, Nicole Malliotakis, Ronny Jackson, Thomas Kean, Nathaniel Moran, Derrick Van Orden, Troy Downing, Michael Baumgartner, Carlos Gimenez, Nick LaLota, and Mark Messmer.
This bill, called the Maximum Pressure Act, would impose new and expanded sanctions targeting Iran, Iranian officials, and people or companies that help Iran. It codifies several prior Executive Orders, narrows or ends the President's waiver and license powers over many Iran sanctions, expands sectors and activities subject to sanctions (including many industry sectors and Iran's shipping and missile programs), and creates reporting and watchlist requirements for multiple agencies. It also directs transfers or use of some frozen Iranian funds for victims, creates a fund to support Iranian labor and civil society, and establishes an initiative to investigate alleged corruption by Iranian officials.
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Supporters, as reflected in the bill's findings and policy statements, say the measures will maintain "maximum economic pressure" on Iran until it stops supporting terrorism, halts its ballistic missile development, and verifiably dismantles nuclear weapons programs. The bill frames prior "maximum pressure" efforts as having reduced Iranian revenue for malign activity and argues stronger sanctions, tighter financial controls, and expanded reporting will protect U.S. national security and allies, hold Iranian leaders accountable for human rights abuses, and cut funding to proxy groups.
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