I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9606 
To direct the Secretary of State to review whether certain Iranian officials 
are eligible for entry into the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2022 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. TENNEY, 
and Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of State to review whether certain 
Iranian officials are eligible for entry into the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revoking Entry Grant-
ed to Iranian Mullahs and Elites Act of 2022’’ or the 
‘‘REGIME Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ENTRY INTO THE 
UNITED STATES OF CERTAIN IRANIAN OFFI-
CIALS. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall con-
duct a review to determine whether any covered individual 
is ineligible for entry into the United States pursuant to 
section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 
(division K of Public Law 117–103; 8 U.S.C. 1182 note) 
or pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 
(22 U.S.C. 8514). 
(b) REVOCATION OF VISA.—If the Secretary of State 
determines, pursuant to the review conducted under sub-
section (a), that a covered individual who is in possession 
of a visa is ineligible for entry into the United States, the 
Secretary shall revoke such visa. 
(c) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered individual’’ means an individual who, on the date 
of enactment of this Act, has a visa authorizing the indi-
vidual to be admitted to the United States or has sub-
mitted an application for such a visa, and is— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Islamic Revo-
lutionary Guard Corps or any subunit thereof (in-
cluding Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Head-
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quarter and any other entity controlled by the Is-
lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps); 
(2) an officer of any other branch of the Ira-
nian armed forces; 
(3) an officer or employee of the Iranian law 
enforcement forces; 
(4) a former or current member, officer, or em-
ployee of the Iranian executive, judicial, or legislative 
branch, including the Assembly of Experts, the 
Guardian Council, the Expediency and Discernment 
Council, the Supreme National Security Council, and 
the Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution; 
(5) a former or current officer or employee of 
an entity controlled by the Office of the Supreme 
Leader; or 
(6) an immediate family member of any indi-
vidual described in paragraphs (1) through (5). 
(d) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
application of subsection (b) to a covered alien who is 
seeking a visa or who is in possession of a visa for the 
purpose of coming to the United States in transit to and 
from the headquarters district of the United Nations in 
accordance with the provisions of the Headquarters Agree-
ment. 
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