I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8420 
To direct the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to add questions to visa application forms, applications to register perma-
nent residence or adjust status, and applications for naturalization, re-
lated to affiliation with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, includ-
ing any Basij organizations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2022 
Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. 
TENNEY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. STEUBE, Mrs. 
MCCLAIN, Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. 
GROTHMAN, Mr. CLINE, Mr. PFLUGER, Mrs. BOEBERT, and Mr. SES-
SIONS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Home-
land Security to add questions to visa application forms, 
applications to register permanent residence or adjust 
status, and applications for naturalization, related to af-
filiation with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, 
including any Basij organizations, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting America 
from IRGC Terrorists Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON VISA APPLI-
CATION FORMS. 
(a) NONIMMIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICA-
TION FORMS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall revise 
the nonimmigrant and immigrant visa application forms 
to include, for an alien who indicates on such application 
that the alien’s place of birth or country of origin is Iran, 
questions on the following: 
(1) Whether the alien has ever served in an of-
ficial or unofficial capacity in the executive, par-
liamentary, or judicial branches of the Iranian Gov-
ernment, or the Office of the Supreme Leader of the 
Islamic Republic of Iran, including as an appointee, 
advisor, or assistant. 
(2) In the case that the answer to the question 
posed pursuant to paragraph (1) is yes, require an 
answer to each of the following: 
(A) Whether the alien has ever performed 
any law enforcement or national security func-
tions for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, 
the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the po-
lice, or its special units, or any state-sponsored 
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vigilante 
organizations, 
such 
as 
Ansar-e 
Hezbollah. 
(B) Whether the alien has ever rendered a 
financial transaction or transactions, of any fi-
nancial service to or for, or on behalf of the Is-
lamic Republic of Iran in violation of United 
States sanctions. 
(C) Whether the alien has ever acquired or 
attempted to acquire any good, service, or tech-
nology subject to United States export control 
restrictions to or for the Islamic Republic of 
Iran, including— 
(i) sections 742.8 and 746.7 of title 
15, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
successor regulations); and 
(ii) sections 560.204 and 560.205 of 
title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
any successor regulations). 
(3) Whether the alien is or has been a member 
of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (in this 
section, referred to as ‘‘IRGC’’) or any of its 
branches, including the IRGC Aerospace Force, its 
Space Command or UAV Command subunits, the 
IRGC Navy, the IRGC Ground Force, the IRGC 
Quds Force, the IRGC Intelligence Organization, the 
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IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization, the 
IRGC Cyber-Defense Command, the IRGC Ansar al- 
Mahdi Protection Unit, the IRGC Vali-e Amr Unit, 
IRGC provincial commands, the Khatam al-Anbiya 
Construction Headquarters, the IRGC Cooperative 
Foundation, the Basij Resistance Force or any of its 
subunits, such as the Imam Hossein Brigades or the 
Imam Ali Brigades, or the Basij Cooperative Foun-
dation. 
(4) In the case that the answer to the question 
posed pursuant to paragraph (3) is yes, require an 
answer to each of the following: 
(A) Whether the alien has been a conscript 
for the IRGC. 
(B) Whether the alien has been deployed 
abroad by the IRGC or any of its branches or 
affiliates described in paragraph (3). 
(C) Whether the alien has retained an ac-
tive-duty status with the IRGC or any of its 
branches or affiliates described in paragraph 
(3). 
(D) Whether the alien has participated in 
recruiting members or activists on behalf of the 
IRGC or any of its branches or affiliates de-
scribed in paragraph (3). 
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(E) Whether the alien has been paid, aside 
from conscription, for service rendered to the 
IRGC or any of its branches or affiliates de-
scribed in paragraph (3). 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON APPLICA-
TION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE 
OR ADJUST STATUS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall in-
clude in an application to register permanent residence or 
adjust status a question on whether the alien has ever 
been a member of, or in any way associated with, the Is-
lamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, its armed or unarmed 
branches, subunits or subgroups, or any other Iranian 
state-sponsored paramilitary, vigilante or voluntary 
groups. 
SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON APPLICA-
TION FOR NATURALIZATION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall in-
clude in an application for naturalization a question on 
whether the alien has ever been a member of, or in any 
way associated with, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards 
Corps, its armed or unarmed branches, subunits or sub-
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