Review and determination and reports on sanctions under the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act

(a) Review and determination Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter for 6 years, the President shall— (1) review all cases of the hostage-taking of a United States national in Iran or at the direction of the Government of Iran and all cases of the unlawful or wrongful detention of a United States national in Iran or at the direction of the Government of Iran that have occurred during the preceding 10-year period; and (2) make a determination as to whether any foreign person, based on credible evidence— (A) is responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the hostage-taking of the United States national or the unlawful or wrongful detention of the United States national; or (B) knowingly provides financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, an activity described in subparagraph (A). (b) Reports Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter for 6 years, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that— (1) identifies all foreign persons with respect to which the President has made a determination under subsection (a)(2); and (2) with respect to each such foreign person— (A) states whether sanctions have been imposed under section 306 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741d) or will be imposed within 30 days of the date of the submission of the report; and (B) for whom sanctions have not been imposed or will not be imposed under section 306 of such Act, provides a description of the specific authority under which otherwise applicable sanctions are being waived, have otherwise been determined not to apply, or are not being imposed and a complete justification of the decision to waive or otherwise not apply the sanctions authorized by such sanctions programs and authorities.