1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Block the Use of Transatlantic Technology in Iranian Made Drones Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation initiated a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. (2) The Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine first began in 2014. (3) In response to the Russian Federation’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, the United States, and allies and partners of the United States, have enacted punitive sanctions against the Russian Federation, further limiting the access of the Russian Federation to critical technologies that could support such war of aggression. (4) Since February 2022, the Russian Federation has bombarded Ukrainian infrastructure and locations actively used by civilians, using both cruise missiles and self-detonating unmanned aircrafts packed with explosives during these waves of attacks. (5) Following these attacks, weapons used by the Russian Federation have been thoroughly analyzed and it has been discovered that the Russian Federation is increasingly using unmanned aircraft systems produced and sold by Iran. (6) In November 2022, it was reported that the Russian Federation and Iran made a deal wherein Iran would produce hundreds of unmanned aircrafts for the Russian Federation. (7) Unmanned aircraft systems produced by Iran and used in Ukraine by the Russian Federation, including unmanned aircraft downed in Ukraine, were found to have been made with components designed and built by United States and European companies and later transferred to Iranian entities despite sanctions as a result of the dual use properties of such components. (8) The Biden Administration has 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. (9) On January 6th, 2023, the Biden Administration enacted new sanctions targeting the unmanned aircraft industry and