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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 67 

To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the 

designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist 

organization, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 9, 2017 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. INHOFE) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a 

report on the designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 

Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘IRGC Terrorist Des5 ignation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF IRAN’S REVOLU2 TIONARY GUARD CORPS AS A FOREIGN TER3 RORIST ORGANIZATION. 

4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con5 gress that— 

6 (1) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps meets the 

7 criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organi8 zation as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration 

9 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 

10 (2) the Secretary of State should designate 

11 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign ter12 rorist organization under such section 219. 

13 (b) REPORT.— 

14 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 

15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

16 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 

17 of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appro18 priate committees of Congress— 

19 (A) a detailed report on whether Iran’s 

20 Revolutionary Guard Corps meets the criteria 

21 for designation as a foreign terrorist organiza22 tion as set forth in section 219 of the Immigra23 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 

24 (B) if the Secretary determines that Iran’s 

25 Revolutionary Guard Corps does not meet the 

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1 tailed justification as to which criteria have not 

2 been met. 

3 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

4 (1) shall— 

5 (A) be submitted in unclassified form, but 

6 may include a classified annex; and 

7 (B) be made available only in electronic 

8 form and shall not be printed, except if a print9 ed copy is requested by an office of the legisla10 tive branch. 

11 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

12 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro13 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

15 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

16 Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

17 the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 

18 on Homeland Security and Governmental Af19 fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

20 of the Senate; and 

21 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

22 Committee on Financial Services, the Com23 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

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1 curity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 

2 Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

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