of the Iran Hostage Act , the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of Iranian persons that the President determines are knowingly responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering or otherwise directing, the politically-motivated harassment, abuse, extortion, arrest, trial, conviction, sentencing, or imprisonment of citizens of the United States or lawful permanent resident aliens with significant ties to the United States, regardless of whether such actions occurred in Iran. (2) Updates of list The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)— (A) each time the President is required to submit an updated list to those committees under section 105(b)(2)(A)