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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3646 

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

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

terrorist organization, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 

Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. 

WESTMORELAND, Mr. POE of Texas, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. 

CARTER of Texas, Mr. LATTA, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 

MCCLINTOCK, Mr. ROHRABACHER, and Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a 

report on the designation of Iran’s Islamic 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 ISLAMIC REV2 OLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS AS A FOREIGN 

3 TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 

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

6 (1) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 

7 meets the criteria for designation as a foreign ter8 rorist organization as set forth in section 219 of the 

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

10 and 

11 (2) the Secretary of State should so designate 

12 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a for13 eign terrorist organization under such section 219. 

14 (b) REPORT.— 

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

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

17 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 

18 of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appro19 priate committees of Congress— 

20 (A) a detailed report on whether Iran’s Is21 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps meets the cri22 teria for designation as a foreign terrorist orga23 nization as set forth in section 219 of the Im24 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 

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

2 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps does not 

3 meet the criteria set forth under such section 

4 219, a detailed justification as to which criteria 

5 have not been met. 

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

7 (1) shall— 

8 (A) be submitted in unclassified form, but 

9 may include a classified annex; and 

10 (B) be made available only in electronic 

11 form and shall not be printed, except if a print12 ed copy is requested by an office of the legisla13 tive branch. 

14 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

15 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro16 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 

17 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

18 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

19 Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

20 the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 

21 on Homeland Security and Governmental Af22 fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

23 of the Senate; and 

24 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

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1 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

2 the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Se3 curity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 

4 Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

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