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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1324 

To urge the Secretary of State to designate the Quds Force, a unit of 

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as a foreign terrorist organization. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2007 

Mr. SAXTON 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 urge the Secretary of State to designate the Quds Force, 

a unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, 

as a foreign terrorist organization. 

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

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) The Quds Force, also known as the Qods 

6 Force, is a unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary 

7 Guards Corps which carries out military operations 


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1 outside of Iran and is responsible for the export of 

2 terrorism for Iran. 

3 (2) The Quds Force provides weapons to and 

4 conducts paramilitary training and provides organi5 zational, financial, and planning support for terrorist 

6 groups, namely Hamas, Hizbollah, Palestinian Is7 lamic Jihad (PIJ), the Al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades, 

8 and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Pal9 estine-General Command (PFLP–GC), each of 

10 which is designated by the Secretary of State as a 

11 foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of 

12 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

13 1189). 

14 (3) The Quds Force, which was previously 

15 called the Lebanon Corps, assisted Hizbollah in the 

16 suicide truck bomb attack on the United States Ma17 rine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983. 

18 (4) Reports indicate that the Quds Force, using 

19 a variety of tradecraft, collects intelligence and orga20 nizes operations of Shiite armed elements against 

21 United States military forces in Iraq. 

22 (5) An article published on February 1, 2007, 

23 in the Sobh-e Sadeq, considered the official publica24 tion of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, 

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1 ican soldiers to the Al-Mahdi Army in Iraq and 

2 threatened that kidnapping Americans and taking 

3 them ‘‘to whatever destination is easier than pro4 curing a container of trashy Chinese merchandise’’. 

5 The article claimed the existence of professional and 

6 highly-skilled operational and security officers for 

7 the purpose of ‘‘ambushing American soldiers’’ and 

8 stressed that ‘‘it would be sufficient for it to simply 

9 loosen its purse strings a little. Then we would wit10 ness a line up of a variety of blue-eyed blonde sol11 diers, who would become grain to be fed to hungry 

12 gamecocks that are waiting for our signal.’’. 

13 (6) The Quds Force provides support for ter14 rorist organizations conducting operations against 

15 the State of Israel. 

16 (7) The Quds Force should be designated as a 

17 foreign terrorist organization in order to facilitate 

18 prosecution against its agents operating in the 

19 United States and abroad. 

20 (8) The Government of the United States 

21 should urge European, Arab, African, Asian, and 

22 other governments not to allow members of the Quds 

23 Force to enter their respective countries. 

24 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

25 Congress— 


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1 (1) urges the Secretary of State to designate 

2 the Quds Force (Qods Force), a unit of Iran’s Is3 lamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as a foreign ter4 rorist organization under section 219 of the Immi5 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) in 

6 order to focus attention on the threat this organiza7 tion poses to the United States and the international 

8 community; 

9 (2) condemns the acts of terrorism perpetrated 

10 by the Quds Force; and 

11 (3) condemns the support provided by the Quds 

12 Force for Shiite armed elements reportedly con13 ducting operations against United States military 

14 forces in Iraq and for terrorist organizations con15 ducting operations against the State of Israel. 

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