MAHSA Act

The authority to determine additional persons subject to sanctions under subsection (d)(5) was shifted from the Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with or at the recommendation of the Secretary of State) to the President directly, centralizing designation power in one office.

A new paragraph (c)(3) requires the determination to be provided in unclassified form with an optional classified annex, and mandates that the unclassified portion be made available on a publicly accessible Federal Government website.

The sanctions imposition requirement in (c)(1) was restructured to distinguish between programs where the President must impose sanctions (subparagraphs A and F) versus programs where the President must pursue applicable sanctions (subparagraphs B, C, D, or E), creating a two-tier obligation.

The congressional oversight report requirement was changed from allowing a 'classified or unclassified report' to requiring an 'unclassified report, with a classified annex provided separately if needed,' increasing transparency to Congress.

A new detailed annual reporting requirement was added. The President must submit a report to Congress listing all foreign persons meeting sanctions criteria, specifying which sanctions programs apply to each, whether sanctions have been or will be imposed within 30 days, and for any person not sanctioned, the specific legal authority for the waiver and a complete justification.

A new sense-of-Congress provision was added stating that 'Iran must immediately end its gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.'

References throughout subsection (d)(5) were changed from 'pursuant to this section' to 'pursuant to any sanctions program or authority listed in subsection (c)(2),' broadening the net of who can be captured by the material assistance, ownership/control, and board membership provisions to include persons blocked under any of the six listed sanctions authorities rather than only those sanctioned under this bill.

The heading and text of subsection (d) were changed from 'persons described' to 'foreign persons described,' explicitly limiting the covered population to foreign persons and excluding U.S. persons.

A severability clause was added stating that if any provision is found unconstitutional, the remainder of the Act remains in effect.

Minor text corrections were made in the findings section: added articles ('a rights violator,' 'a 22-year-old woman'), removed ordinal suffix from date, removed the phrase 'Five weeks into the protests,' and added the word 'materially' before 'supported' in paragraph (9).