HR 3152 United States House · 118th Congress

Fight CRIME Act

HR 3152, the "Fight CRIME Act," aims to maintain international restrictions on Iran's missile-related activities by requiring diplomatic efforts to extend these restrictions before they expire in October 2023. The bill mandates annual reports detailing U.S. diplomatic strategies, potential impacts of expiration, and measures to deter missile technology transfers to Iran. It establishes sanctions against foreign individuals or entities that knowingly support Iran's missile or drone programs, including asset freezes and visa restrictions. These sanctions apply regardless of whether UN restrictions remain in effect after their expiration, directly affecting foreign entities involved in these activities.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2023

Committee Review

Sep 2023

House Passage

Sep 2023

Senate Passage

President

Introduced May 9, 2023 Last action Sep 13, 2023

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 2 edits · Sep 12, 2023

MINOR

The Engrossed version of HR 3152 adds a new exception in Section 5 that limits the President's sanctions authority by excluding the importation of goods from the scope of sanctions that can be imposed. All other changes are formatting and structural (blank lines, addition of a subsection header in Section 4, and renumbering of a subsection).

Scope change

The bill's sanctions scope is narrowed: the President can no longer impose sanctions on the importation of physical goods under this Act, though sanctions on technology transfers, financial transactions, and other covered activities remain available.

SCOPE

A new subsection 5(h) titled 'Exception relating to importation of goods' was added. It states that the sanctions authorities under this section do not include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. A new definition of 'good' is provided, covering any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply, or manufactured product (including inspection and test equipment), but explicitly excluding technical data. This means the President cannot use these sanctions to block imports of physical goods from sanctioned persons, though technology transfers remain sanctionable.

TECHNICAL

Section 4 now includes an explicit subsection header '(a) In general' before the report requirements, and the old Section 5(h) 'Termination of sanctions' was renumbered to 5(i) to accommodate the new exception subsection. All other changes are formatting only (blank lines and spacing).

Floor votes · House Sep 12, 2023

How they voted

403–8

Passed · 22 other

Total votes 433

Sep 12, 2023

D Democratic212

193 Yea 7 Nay 12

91% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican220

209 Yea 1 Nay 10

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Sep 13, 2023

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

upper

Sep 12, 2023

Introduced

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 403 - 8 (Roll no. 383). (text: CR H4239-4241)

lower

Sep 12, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 403 - 8 (Roll no. 383). (text: CR H4239-4241)

lower

Sep 12, 2023

Introduced

Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Jul 26, 2023

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

May 9, 2023

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

lower

May 9, 2023

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 240 co-sponsors