(1) The Badr Organization, founded in 1983 as 
the military arm of the Supreme Council for the Is-
lamic Revolution in Iraq, is Iran’s oldest and most 
preeminent proxy in Iraq, a political party which 
supported Ayatollah Khomeni’s Islamic revolution in 
Iran and desired to export it to Iraq. 
(2) The Badr Organization is provided training, 
funding, and arms by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary 
Guard Corps (IRGC), IRGC-Quds Force, and works 
closely with Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH), Lebanese 
Hezbollah, and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), all of 
which have been designated as Foreign Terrorist Or-
ganizations by the Department of State. 
(3) Reports confirm that on December 31, 
2019, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the now deceased 
deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization 
Force and terrorist leader of Hezbollah, led a mob 
of Iranian-backed Iraq militia groups to the United 
States Embassy in Iraq and set fire to the building. 
With him was Badr Organization leader, Hadi al- 
Amiri. 
(4) The Badr Organization has a history of tar-
geting Americans and allies in Iraq, committing 
human rights violations by killing civilians and sum-
marily executing Sunni prisoners. 
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(5) The Badr Organization is a cohesive unit 
modeled after Hezbollah, and continues to politically 
thrive under the Fatah Alliance made up of other 
Iranian-backed militias which nearly have a voting 
majority. 
(6) Leader Hadi al-Amiri is quoted as saying 
that Supreme Leader Ali Khameni ‘‘is the leader not 
only for the Iranians, but for the Islamic Nation’’. 
Additionally, he described Quds Force leader 
Qassem Solemani as his ‘‘dearest friend’’. 
(7) The Badr Organization deploys forces to 
Syria to fight on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad re-
gime, including participating in the 2016 siege of 
Aleppo where the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Human Rights alleges pro-government 
Iraq militia groups executed dozens of civilians. 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
Badr Organization to include the following: 
(1) A description of the Badr Organization and 
other Iranian-backed militias and their involvement 
in the December 2019 attack on the United States 
Embassy in Iraq. 
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(2) A assessment of whether United States as-
sistance to the Popular Mobilization Forces has di-
rectly or indirectly benefitted the Badr Organization. 
(3) A description of the Badr Organization’s in-
volvement in human rights violations. 
(4) The Badr Organization’s connections to for-
eign terrorist groups, including an assessment of the 
links between the Badr Organization and Iran’s Is-
lamic 
Revolutionary 
Guard 
Corps 
(IRGC), 
Hezbollah, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), Kata’ib 
Hezbollah (KH), or any other organization des-
ignated by the Department of State as a foreign ter-
rorist organization. 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPOSI-
TION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST THE BADR OR-
GANIZATION. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a determination, in-
cluding a detailed justification, of whether the Badr Orga-
nization meets the criteria for— 
(1) designation as a foreign terrorist organiza-
tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 
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(2) imposition of sanctions under section 1263 
of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Account-
ability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 
114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
(b) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY OF THE TREAS-
URY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a deter-
mination, including a detailed justification, or whether the 
Badr Organization meets the criteria for the imposition 
of sanctions under Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; Relating to blocking property and prohibiting 
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to com-
mit, or support terrorism). 
(c) FORM.—The determinations required by sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE BADR 
ORGANIZATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-
eral department or agency, including the Department of 
State and the Department of Defense, may obligate or ex-
pend any Federal funds to support the Badr Organization. 
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SEC. 6. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate. 
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