The Iran, North Korea, Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA), also known as the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000, is an act of the

109th United States Congress The 109th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, from January 3, 2005, to January 3, 2007, du ...

. The act was initially titled the Iran Nonproliferation Act. In 2005 and 2006,

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and

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were added, respectively. The act was then called the Iran, North Korea, Syria, Nonproliferation Act. Several companies are sanctioned under INKSNA. Waivers of the provisions of this act have been required to allow

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to purchase launch services from Russia, in order to support its crewed space program in the period of some years between the retirement of the

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and the availability of its successor.

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Acts of the 109th United States Congress United States foreign relations legislation Iran–United States relations North Korea–United States relations Syria–United States relations United States sanctions Sanctions against Iran Sanctions legislation Nuclear program of Iran Nuclear program of North Korea {{Syria-stub