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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8844 

To require reports and determinations relating to imposition of sanctions 

against the Badr Organization, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2020 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require reports and determinations relating to imposition 

of sanctions against the Badr 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 ‘‘Badr Organization 

5 Designation Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The Badr Organization, founded in 1983 as 

2 the military arm of the Supreme Council for the Is3 lamic Revolution in Iraq, is Iran’s oldest and most 

4 preeminent proxy in Iraq, a political party which 

5 supported Ayatollah Khomeni’s Islamic revolution in 

6 Iran and desired to export it to Iraq. 

7 (2) The Badr Organization is provided training, 

8 funding, and arms by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary 

9 Guard Corps (IRGC), IRGC-Quds Force, and works 

10 closely with Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH), Lebanese 

11 Hezbollah, and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), all of 

12 which have been designated as Foreign Terrorist Or13 ganizations by the Department of State. 

14 (3) Reports confirm that on December 31, 

15 2019, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the now deceased 

16 deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization 

17 Force and terrorist leader of Hezbollah, led a mob 

18 of Iranian-backed Iraq militia groups to the United 

19 States Embassy in Iraq and set fire to the building. 

20 With him was Badr Organization leader, Hadi al21 Amiri. 

22 (4) The Badr Organization has a history of tar23 geting Americans and allies in Iraq, committing 

24 human rights violations by killing civilians and sum25 marily executing Sunni prisoners. 


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1 (5) The Badr Organization is a cohesive unit 

2 modeled after Hezbollah, and continues to politically 

3 thrive under the Fatah Alliance made up of other 

4 Iranian-backed militias which nearly have a voting 

5 majority. 

6 (6) Leader Hadi al-Amiri is quoted as saying 

7 that Supreme Leader Ali Khameni ‘‘is the leader not 

8 only for the Iranians, but for the Islamic Nation’’. 

9 Additionally, he described Quds Force leader 

10 Qassem Solemani as his ‘‘dearest friend’’. 

11 (7) The Badr Organization deploys forces to 

12 Syria to fight on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad re13 gime, including participating in the 2016 siege of 

14 Aleppo where the United Nations High Commis15 sioner for Human Rights alleges pro-government 

16 Iraq militia groups executed dozens of civilians. 

17 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

18 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

20 the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 

21 Badr Organization to include the following: 

22 (1) A description of the Badr Organization and 

23 other Iranian-backed militias and their involvement 

24 in the December 2019 attack on the United States 

25 Embassy in Iraq. 


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1 (2) A assessment of whether United States as2 sistance to the Popular Mobilization Forces has di3 rectly or indirectly benefitted the Badr Organization. 

4 (3) A description of the Badr Organization’s in5 volvement in human rights violations. 

6 (4) The Badr Organization’s connections to for7 eign terrorist groups, including an assessment of the 

8 links between the Badr Organization and Iran’s Is9 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), 

10 Hezbollah, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), Kata’ib 

11 Hezbollah (KH), or any other organization des12 ignated by the Department of State as a foreign ter13 rorist organization. 

14 SEC. 4. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPOSI15 TION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST THE BADR OR16 GANIZATION. 

17 (a) DETERMINATIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE.— 

18 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the ap20 propriate congressional committees a determination, in21 cluding a detailed justification, of whether the Badr Orga22 nization meets the criteria for— 

23 (1) designation as a foreign terrorist organiza24 tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Na25 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 


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1 (2) imposition of sanctions under section 1263 

2 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Account3 ability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 

4 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

5 (b) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY OF THE TREAS6 URY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall sub8 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a deter9 mination, including a detailed justification, or whether the 

10 Badr Organization meets the criteria for the imposition 

11 of sanctions under Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 

12 1701 note; Relating to blocking property and prohibiting 

13 transactions with persons who commit, threaten to com14 mit, or support terrorism). 

15 (c) FORM.—The determinations required by sub16 sections (a) and (b) shall be submitted in unclassified 

17 form, but may include a classified annex. 

18 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE BADR 

19 ORGANIZATION. 

20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed21 eral department or agency, including the Department of 

22 State and the Department of Defense, may obligate or ex23 pend any Federal funds to support the Badr Organization. 


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1 SEC. 6. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE2 FINED. 

3 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com4 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

6 Relations of the Senate. 

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