{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-3774","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 3774","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To impose additional sanctions with respect to the importation or facilitation of the importation of petroleum products from Iran, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To impose additional sanctions with respect to the importation or facilitation of the importation of petroleum products from Iran, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"SHIP Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"SHIP Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"SHIP Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"SHIP Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-05-31","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-11-03","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h598","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"SHIP Act","result":"Passed","yea":342,"nay":69,"present":0,"not_voting":22,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll598.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 240.","date":"2023-11-07"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-11-03","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act or the SHIP Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against foreign persons that knowingly transport, process, refine, or otherwise deal in petroleum and petroleum products (including petrochemicals) originating in Iran."},{"k":"p","t":"These sanctions also extend to certain foreign persons associated with the sanctioned individual, such as adult family members and any entities owned by the sanctioned individual. (The sanctions do not apply to such adult family members if the President determines they have disassociated themselves from the sanctioned individual and have not assisted in concealing assets.)"},{"k":"p","t":"The sanctions do not apply to the importation of goods."}],"words":106},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the President to impose property-blocking and visa sanctions on foreign persons that engage in specified activities involving petroleum and petroleum products originating from Iran, and requires a report on Iranian petroleum exports.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh#H20DD6AFE374A4363A052C358B6514B3B"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh#H93E2DF91483741EA9EA5BA11FE3BE244"}]},"core_areas":["Sanctions on foreign persons dealing in Iranian petroleum and petroleum products","Energy Information Administration reporting on Iranian petroleum exports"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the President, beginning 90 days after enactment, to impose sanctions on each foreign person the President determines knowingly transports, offloads, or otherwise engages in transactions involving petroleum or petroleum products, including petrochemicals, originating from Iran.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh#H20DD6AFE374A4363A052C358B6514B3B"}},{"text":"Extends the covered activities to owners or operators of foreign ports, vessels used for ship-to-ship transfers, and refineries, and to adult family members and entities owned by a covered foreign person.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh#H20DD6AFE374A4363A052C358B6514B3B"}},{"text":"Sets the sanctions as blocking of property under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole, with revocation of current visas.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh#H20DD6AFE374A4363A052C358B6514B3B"}},{"text":"Allows the President to waive sanctions case by case for periods of up to 180 days each, after certifying to the appropriate congressional committees that the waiver is vital to the national interests of the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh#H20DD6AFE374A4363A052C358B6514B3B"}},{"text":"Requires the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration to submit a report within 120 days of enactment, and annually after that, on Iran's petroleum exports, revenue, prices, labeling practices, and the companies, ships, and ports involved.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh#H93E2DF91483741EA9EA5BA11FE3BE244"}},{"text":"Provides that the sanctions authorities and requirements under the Act do not include sanctions on the importation of goods.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh#H869B2B8474324BA7A42018522737E8E4"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh#H869B2B8474324BA7A42018522737E8E4"},"heading":"Exception relating to importation of goods","effect":"Provides that the sanctions authorities and requirements in the Act do not include authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods, and defines 'good'.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh#H20DD6AFE374A4363A052C358B6514B3B"},"heading":"Imposition of sanctions with respect to Iranian petroleum","effect":"The visa and admission sanctions do not apply to an alien whose admission is necessary to comply with the United Nations Headquarters Agreement or other international obligations, or to carry out or assist law enforcement activity. The section also sets a certificate-of-origin rule for knowledge determinations.","amount":null,"quote":"to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-11-03","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-3774.png","v":"35c049740c3f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3774, 118th Congress: Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act. House: 342 Yea, 69 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 3 Nov 2023."}}