Findings

Congress finds the following: (1) The Iranian regime has provided financial and material support, including the provision of unmanned aircraft systems, to United States adversaries, including terrorist organizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Russian Federation as a part of its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. (2) In 2022, the United States established an interagency task force to investigate how United States and Western-made technology has been incorporated into unmanned aircraft systems produced by Iran and take appropriate steps in response. (3) On June 9, 2023, the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of the Treasury issued a joint advisory to alert persons and businesses globally to the threat of Iran’s unmanned aircraft systems and the need to take appropriate steps to avoid or prevent any activities that would support the further development of Iran’s unmanned aircraft program. (4) In recent years the United States enacted sanctions targeting— (A) the unmanned aircraft industry and missile industry of Iran; (B) entities, individuals, and vessels that played a central role in facilitating and financing the clandestine sale of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles; and (C) entities associated with the Iranian defense ministry’s procurement of critical components for missiles and drones.

Congress finds the following: (1) The Iranian regime has provided financial and material support, including the provision of unmanned aircraft systems, to United States adversaries, including terrorist organizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Russian Federation as a part of its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. (2) In 2022, the United States established an interagency task force to investigate how United States and Western-made technology has been incorporated into unmanned aircraft systems produced by Iran and take appropriate steps in response. (3) On June 9, 2023, the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of the Treasury issued a joint advisory to alert persons and businesses globally to the threat of Iran’s unmanned aircraft systems and the need to take appropriate steps to avoid or prevent any activities that would support the further development of Iran’s unmanned aircraft program. (4) In recent years the United States enacted sanctions targeting— (A) the unmanned aircraft industry and missile industry of Iran; (B) entities, individuals, and vessels that played a central role in facilitating and financing the clandestine sale of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles; and (C) entities associated with the Iranian defense ministry’s procurement of critical components for missiles and drones.