Title: REGIME Act of 2022
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Revoking Entry Granted to Iranian Mullahs and Elites Act of 2022 or the REGIME Act of 2022
The bill requires the Department of State to conduct a review of certain Iranian officials and government employees, as well as their immediate family members, who currently have visas or who have applied for visas. If such individuals are determined to be ineligible for entry into the United States under specified laws, the State Department must revoke their visas.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9606 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Revoking Entry Granted to Iranian 
Mullahs and Elites Act of 2022'' or the ``REGIME Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF 
              CERTAIN IRANIAN OFFICIALS.

    (a) Review.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall conduct 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 
Operations, 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 subsection (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 individual to be admitted to the United 
States or has submitted an application for such a visa, and is--
            (1) an officer or employee of the Islamic Revolutionary 
        Guard Corps or any subunit thereof (including Khatam al-Anbiya 
        Construction Headquarter and any other entity controlled by the 
        Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps);
            (2) an officer of any other branch of the Iranian armed 
        forces;
            (3) an officer or employee of the Iranian law enforcement 
        forces;
            (4) a former or current member, officer, or employee 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 individual 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 Agreement.
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