Iran: Congressional Reporting Requirements
Iran: Congressional Reporting Requirements
November 22, 2024
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SUMMARY
Iran: Congressional Reporting Requirements
Congress has mandated that the executive branch provide it with significant amounts of information related to Iran via singular and recurring reporting requirements. Iran-related issues about which Congress has mandated executive branch reporting include:
• Iran’s missile and drone activities and the capability of U.S. forces and U.S. partners to counter those threats;
• Iran’s support for terrorist and other armed groups across the Middle East, including the resources Iran dedicates to supporting those groups;
• Iran’s nuclear program, including uranium enrichment and possible nuclear weapons development;
• U.S. sanctions on Iran;
• Human rights in Iran and the Iranian government’s efforts to target dissidents at home and abroad;
• Iran’s relations with North Korea, the People’s Republic of China (China or PRC), and other countries; and
• Iranian leaders’ assets.
Reflecting the broad array of Iran-related topics of interest to Congress, nearly half of all congressional committees have received a report related to Iran in the past decade. Some reports are available to the general public, though most, while unclassified, are only accessible to the committees to which the executive branch is required to submit them.
In reviewing the reports to which Congress formerly had, and presently has, access, Members of Congress could consider how those reports have or have not impacted U.S. policymaking, and whether or not to expand, restrict, or otherwise amend the Iran-related information they require from the executive branch.
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Clayton Thomas Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs
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Contents
Scope and Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1
Major Themes and Issues for Congress ........................................................................................... 1
Possible Issues for Congress ..................................................................................................... 3
Tables
Table 1. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 118th Congress (2023-
2024 to date) ................................................................................................................................. 1
Table 2. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 117th Congress (2021-
2022) ............................................................................................................................................ 3
Table 3. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 116th Congress (2019-
2020) ............................................................................................................................................ 7
Table 4. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 115th Congress (2017-
2018) ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Table 5. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 114th Congress (2015-
2016) .......................................................................................................................................... 10
Table 6. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 113th Congress (2013-
2014) .......................................................................................................................................... 12
Table 7. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 112th Congress (2011-
2012) .......................................................................................................................................... 13
Table 8. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 111th Congress (2009-
2010) .......................................................................................................................................... 17
Appendixes
Appendix. Legislative History of Annual Report on Iran’s Military Capabilities (Sec.
1245 of the FY2010 NDAA) ........................................................................................................ 1
Contacts
Author Information .......................................................................................................................... 4
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Scope and Introduction
This report provides a list of Iran-related reports, strategies, and other informational products that Congress has required from the executive branch since the 111th Congress (2009-2010). Reporting requirements may vary widely in terms of deadlines, requested content, and congressional entities to which the reports are to be submitted. The forms in which reports are delivered, including the submission of written materials or in-person delivery through briefings, also vary. This report includes only those written reports required by enacted legislation (e.g., not reports required by explanatory statements or committee reports accompanying legislation enacted by Congress or passed by a committee).1 The reports listed in this product are those related primarily to Iran, though Iran often appears in other reports, such as those related to U.S. adversaries in general. This product does not include situational Iran-related reports that Congress requires the executive branch to submit in specific instances, such as when applying, or waiving the application of, certain sanctions. The tables of reports in this product should not be considered comprehensive of all reporting requirements related to Iran.
Some of the reports below are required to be submitted to the entire Congress, or to senior leaders in each chamber, but most are to be submitted to specific committees. Reflecting the broad array of Iran-related issues of interest to Members of Congress, recipients of at least one of the reports below include 8 of 20 standing committees in the House and 7 of 16 standing committees in the Senate, as well as both chambers’ intelligence committees. Report recipients generally reflect the committees with jurisdiction over the legislation in which the reporting requirement is included (e.g., the appropriations committees receive reports required in appropriations bills; the armed services committees receive reports required in a National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA). Most of the reports below are not publicly available and CRS cannot confirm whether or not reports (which the executive branch often has the option to submit alongside a classified annex) have been submitted as directed.
Major Themes and Issues for Congress
The topics about which Congress has directed the Administration provide it information since the 111th Congress have generally aligned with broader trends in U.S. Iran policy. Congressional reporting requirements reflect congressional interests in overseeing executive branch policymaking towards Iran, including using reports to prompt or compel the executive branch to initiate policy changes.
In the 111th and 112th Congresses (2009-2010 and 2011-2012), as growing concern about Iran’s nuclear program prompted UN restrictions on Iran, Congress passed landmark legislation related to Iran sanctions, including the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA, P.L. 111-195) and the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (ITRSHRA, P.L. 112-158). Those laws, building on previous efforts to limit the Iranian government’s access to revenue by sanctioning aspects of the country’s energy sector, introduced a number of regular reporting requirements that are still operative, including biannual reports on investments in Iran’s energy sector (Section 110 of CISADA) and executive branch efforts to
1 “When found in statutes, reporting requirements are legally binding directives by Congress to federal entities. By contrast, when found in committee reports, reporting requirements do not carry the force of law. Nonetheless, because committee reports are authoritative records and serve to establish congressional intent and need, federal entities may still choose to satisfy the reporting requirements due to the significance Congress has imparted upon them and to preserve their relationships with committees of jurisdiction.” CRS Report R46661, Strategies for Identifying Reporting Requirements and Submitted Reporting to Congress, by Kathleen E. Marchsteiner.
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expand multilateral sanctions on Iran (Section 102(b) of ITRSHRA). In the FY2010 NDAA (P.L. 111-84), Congress also initiated the annual report on Iran’s military power, which currently is required through December 2025; that reporting requirement, the text and legislative history of which is available in the Appendix, has seen numerous changes over the years related to the growing scope of congressional interest regarding threatening Iranian behaviors. The violent crackdown against popular protests after the disputed 2009 presidential election in Iran also prompted congressional reporting requirements, including still-operative requirements for reports on Iranian officials determined to be responsible for human rights abuses (Section 105 of CISADA) and on senior Iranian officials determined to be involved in proliferation activities, support for terrorism, or human rights abuses, as well as family members of such officials (Section 221 of ITRSHRA).2
Starting in the 113th Congress (2013-2015), Members also sought greater transparency regarding multilateral negotiations related to Iran’s nuclear program, requiring reports from the Administration on the status of those negotiations and Iran’s adherence to various agreements (culminating in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA). In response to the JCPOA, the 114th Congress passed the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA, P.L. 114- 17), which includes several reporting requirements. In subsequent legislation, Congress required a biannual report on the monetary value of JCPOA-related sanctions relief and Iran’s use of those funds (Section 514 of P.L. 114-113).
Reporting requirements in the 115th Congress (2017-2019), a period when the Trump Administration ceased U.S. participation in the JCPOA and initiated a campaign of “maximum pressure” to try to compel Iran to seek a new agreement, included a number of reports related to U.S. diplomatic efforts. Many of those requirements were in the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA, P.L. 115-44), which authorized additional sanctions on Iran and required still-operative reports from the executive branch on a strategy to deter Iranian threats (Section 102); on discrepancies between U.S. and European Union sanctions on Iran (Section 109); and on U.S. citizens detained by Iran or Iran-backed groups (Section 110).
Though Iran’s support for terrorist and other armed groups in the Middle East had long been a major concern for U.S. policymakers (an issue included in regular reporting requirements), the prominence of Iran’s regional activities appears to have risen in reporting requirements beginning with the 116th Congress (2019-2021). In that term, as U.S.-Iran tensions escalated into periodic direct military confrontation across the region, Congress enacted reporting requirements related to deconfliction (Section 1227 of the FY2020 NDAA, P.L. 116-92), Iran’s activities in Syria and Lebanon (Section 5521 of Division E, P.L. 116-92), and UN arms restrictions (Section 609 of Division W, P.L. 116-260). Iran-related reporting requirements added in the 117th Congress include annual reports on the Iranian government’s efforts to target dissidents at home and abroad (Section 204 of Title II, P.L. 117-328) and on Iranian uranium enrichment and related activities (Section 5593(e)(1) of P.L. 117-263).
A week after Iran’s unprecedented direct missile and drone attack on Israel in April 2024, Congress began consideration of, and later passed, an emergency supplemental appropriations bill (P.L. 118-50) that included numerous Iran-related measures. Reporting requirements in that law include a number of recurring reports, including reports on Iranian petroleum exports (annually,
2 The U.S. State Department has on occasion publicly released the CISADA Section 105 report but does not appear to have done so since June 2021 (available at https://www.state.gov/report-to-congress-list-of-persons-who-are- responsible-for-or-complicit-in-certain-human-rights-abuses-in-iran/); the most recent ITRSHRA Section 221 report, from January 2024, is available at https://www.state.gov/report-to-congress-on-identification-of-and-immigration- restrictions-on-senior-officials-of-the-government-of-iran-and-their-family-members-sec-221-of-the-iran-threat- reduction-and-syria-human-righ/.
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Section 4 of Division J), on Iran’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against U.S. persons (every 180 days, Section 6 of Division K), and on Iranian officials’ assets (every two years, Section 3 of Division R).
Possible Issues for Congress
Considerations for requiring a report. Congress may consider requiring an executive branch report for various reasons, including gathering information related to Iran or U.S. policy toward it; seeking policy options; attempting to get the executive branch to take a specific policy position; or verifying implementation of previous positions or requirements. Members of Congress may examine how, if at all, reports have shaped congressional and/or executive branch actions toward Iran.
Cost/value of reports. Some reports, including some U.S. Department of Defense reports, include information on the estimated costs of preparing the report.3 Congress may consider whether or not to make such cost estimates more universal and, more broadly, may consider whether or not the resources expended by the executive branch in preparing Iran-related reports are commensurate with the value that Congress derives from those reports.
Accessibility of reports. Congress may consider whether to broaden, restrict, or otherwise change the categories of individuals who receive or otherwise have access to ran-related reports. Many Iran-related reports that are ‘public’ are not classified, but are not necessarily available to the public on a website or otherwise. There is currently no single repository or database for digitized or physical reports submitted to Congress.4
The following tables list enacted legislation regarding congressionally-mandated reporting requirements related to Iran. The tables cover the 111th Congress (2009-2010) through the 118th Congress (2023-2024) in reverse chronological order. The tables are followed by a key to congressional committee abbreviations.
3 See, for example, the April 2024 Section 1090 Report, available at https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/documents/Section1090Reports/Estimated_Cost_to_Each_US_Taxpayer_of _Each_Wars_in_Afghanistan_Iraq_and_Syria_and_Ukraine_dated_June_2024.pdf.
4 For more information on where to find reports submitted to Congress, see CRS Report R46661, Strategies for Identifying Reporting Requirements and Submitted Reporting to Congress, by Kathleen E. Marchsteiner.
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Table 1. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 118th Congress (2023-2024 to date)
Legislation listed in reverse chronological order by date of enactment
Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act Division J of P.L. 118-50 Sec. 4 (enacted April 24, 2024)
Analysis of Iran's petroleum exports, including estimates of total exports to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and description of ships and ports involved therein (Section 4)
By: Administrator of the Energy Information Administration To: HFAC/SFRC, HJC/SJC, HFSC/SBHUAC
Due: 120 days after enactment Future submissions: Annually until President certifies that Iran no longer provides support for terrorism and has ceased pursuit of, and dismantled, its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs
Report on the role of China in the evasion of sanctions on Iran, including options to strengthen enforcement and expand designations targeting PRC involvement in Iran oil exports (Section 5)
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies To: HFAC/SFRC, HJC/SJC, HFSC/SBHUAC
Due: 120 days after enactment Future submissions: none
Fight and Combat Rampant Iranian Missile Exports (Fight CRIME) Act Division K of P.L. 118-50 (enacted April 24, 2024)
Report on diplomatic strategy to secure renewal of international restrictions on Iran's missile activities, including how expiration of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 restrictions impacts Iran's arms programs (Section 4)
By: Secretary of State, in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies To: HFAC/SFRC, HJC/SJC, HFSC/SBHUAC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Annually thereafter for two years
Report identifying any Iranian person who, during the reporting period, has attacked a U.S. citizen using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (Section 6)
By: Secretary of State To: HFAC/SFRC, HJC/SJC, HFSC/SBHUAC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter, terminating 4 years after enactment
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Holding Iranian Leaders Accountable Act Division R of P.L. 118-50 (enacted April 24, 2024)
Report estimating total funds/assets under control of various senior Iranian officials and how such funds/assets were acquired
By: President To: House and Senate majority and minority leaders, chairman and ranking member of HFAC/SFRC and HFSC/SBHUAC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 2 years thereafter; division sunsets 5 years after enactment or 30 days after certification that Iran is not a jurisdiction of money laundering concern
Report identifying all Iranian government assets blocked by U.S. government greater than $5 milliona (Section 3(d))
By: Secretary of the Treasury To: Same as above
Due: 30 days after enactment Future submissions: same as above
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 P.L. 118-47 (enacted March 23, 2024)
Report on status of U.S. bilateral sanctions on Iran, including renewed enforcement of such and their impact on Iran's destabilizing regional activities (Section 7041(b))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury To: HAC/SAC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
FY2024 NDAA P.L. 118-31 (enacted December 22, 2023)
Assessment of air and missile defense capabilities related to potential attacks from Iran and associated groups against military installations in CENTCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR), with a strategy to "expedite the hardening" of such installations and improve air and missile defense capabilities at them (Section 351)
By: Secretary of Defense, in coordination with CENTCOM Commander To: HAC/SAC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Update within 180 days of submission of first report
Strategy to build upon incorporation of Israel into CENTCOM AOR to develop a regional integrated maritime domain awareness and interdiction capability to protect against Iranian capabilities (as well as terrorist groups, criminal networks, and pirates) (Section 1261)
By: Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State To: HAC/SAC, HFAC/SFRC, HASC/SASC
Due: 60 days after enactment Future submissions: None
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Amends FY2010 NDAA Sec. 1245 report to include, among other items, assessments of the Iranian threat to Europe and to U.S. and partner military bases, and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) involvement in narcotics trafficking (see Appendix) (Section 1268)
By: Secretary of Defense To: Congress
Due: N/A Future submissions: N/A
Amends FY2022 NDAA Sec. 1227 report to include, among other items, assessment of Iranian involvement in narcotics trade and requires update of original report within 180 days (Section 1269)
By: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) To: N/A
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: N/A
Notes: FY = Fiscal Year; NDAA = National Defense Authorization Act; HFAC = House Foreign Affairs Committee; SFRC = Senate Foreign Relations Committee; HAC/SAC = House/Senate Appropriations Committee; HASC/SASC = House/Senate Armed Services Committee; HFSC = House Financial Services Committee; SBHUAC = Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; HJC/SJC = House/Senate Judiciary Committee; HPSCI = House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; SSCI = Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. a. On June 13, 2024, SBHUAC Ranking Member Tim Scott wrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen requesting her to “provide a day by which I can expect the Treasury Department to comply with the law’s reporting requirement.” Available at https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_sec_yell_re_iran_reports.pdf
Table 2. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 117th Congress (2021-2022)
Legislation listed in reverse chronological order by date of enactment
Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 P.L. 117-328 (enacted December 29, 2022)
Report on status of U.S. bilateral sanctions on Iran, including renewed enforcement of such and their impact on Iran's destabilizing regional activities (Section 7041(b))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury To: HAC/SAC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Masih Alinejad Harassment and Unlawful Targeting (HUNT) Act Title II of P.L. 117-328 (December 29, 2022)
Report on state of human rights in Iran and efforts by the Iranian government to target dissidents at home and abroad (Section 204)
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Treasury, DNI, and Attorney General To: HFAC/SFRC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HJC/SJC, and HSCI/SSCI
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Not less frequently than annually for 10 years after enactment
Report identifying foreign financial institutions that knowingly conduct significant financial transactions with foreign persons designated as having worked for the Iranian government to harass and surveil dissidents (Section 205)
By: Secretary of the Treasury To: HFAC/SFRC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HJC/SJC, and HSCI/SSCI
Due: 30-60 days after the Section 204 report above Future submissions: Same as above
FY2023 NDAA P.L. 117-263 (December 23, 2022)
Amends FY2010 NDAA Sec. 1245 report to include Iranian support for various armed and terrorist groups (see Appendix) (Section 1231)
By: Secretary of Defense To: Congress
Due: N/A Future submissions: N/A
Report on "all" Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated operatives serving in diplomatic posts abroad and how U.S. Departments of State and Defense are working to inform partner countries of the threat posed by those officials (Section 1236)
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of Defense To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Report on whether Iranian arms proliferation increased after October 2020 expiration of UN conventional arms restrictions and measures State/DOD are taking to constrain Iran's ability to proliferate weapons (Section 1240)
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of Defense To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Report on Fifth Fleet capabilities, including assessment of seaborne threats from Iran and upgrades necessary to address them (Section 1273)
By: Secretary of Defense To: HASC/SASC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Strategy on cooperation with CENTCOM AOR partners to implement integrated air and missile defense architecture to defend against missile, UAV, and rocket attacks from Iran and Iran-linked groups (Section 1658)
By: Secretary of Defense, in consultation with State/DNI To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC, and HPSCI/SSCI
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Assessment regarding Iranian uranium enrichment, nuclear weapons development, delivery vehicle development, and associated engineering and research activities (Section 5593(e)(1))
By: DNI To: HFAC/SFRC, HAC/SAC, HASC/SASC, HECC/SENRC, and HPSCI/SSCI
Due: 120 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter until December 31, 2028
Assessment of Iran's support for terrorist groups and other malign activities (Section 5593(e)(2))
By: DNI To: HFAC/SFRC, HAC/SAC, HASC/SASC, HECC/SENRC, and HPSCI/SSCI
Due: 120 days after enactment Future submissions: Annually thereafter until December 31, 2028
Diplomatic strategy for engaging with partners regarding Iranian nuclear, proliferation, and terrorism-related activities (Section 5593(f))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Interagency Task Force on Nuclear Activity and Global Regional Terrorism of the Islamic Republic of Iran (which Section 5593(d) directs the Secretary of State to establish) To: HFAC/SFRC, HAC/SAC, HASC/SASC, HECC/SENRC, and HPSCI/SSCI
Due: 30 days after submission of 5593(e)(1) assessment above Future submissions: Annually thereafter until December 31, 2028
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Report on activities of the DNI- designated Coordinator to lead intel community efforts to counter Iranian drones (Section 6513)
By: DNI To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC, HAC/SAC Defense Subcommittees
Due: January 1, 2024 Future submissions: None
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 P.L. 117-103 (enacted March 15, 2022)
Report on status of U.S. bilateral sanctions on Iran, including renewed enforcement of such and their impact on Iran's destabilizing regional activities (Section 7041(b))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury To: HAC/SAC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Assessment of activities and objectives of the Iranian Organization of Defensive Research and Innovation (Section 716)
By: DNI, in consultation with other departments as appropriate To: HPSCI/SSCI, HASC/SASC. HFAC/SFRC, HAC/SAC
Due: 120 days after enactment Future submissions: None
FY2022 NDAA P.L. 117-81 (enacted December 27, 2021)
Report on Iran's military capabilities and related activities (Section 1227)
By: DNI To: HASC/SASC. HPSCI/SSCI, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment5 Future submissions: None (update required in FY2024 NDAA)
Notes: FY = Fiscal Year; NDAA = National Defense Authorization Act; HFAC = House Foreign Affairs Committee; SFRC = Senate Foreign Relations Committee; HAC/SAC = House/Senate Appropriations Committee; HASC/SASC = House/Senate Armed Services Committee; HFSC = House Financial Services Committee; SBHUAC = Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; HJC/SJC = House/Senate Judiciary Committee; HPSCI = House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; SSCI = Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; HECC = House Energy and Commerce Committee; SENRC = Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
5 On February 16, 2023, Representative Claudia Tenney wrote to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines stating that “you still have not filed this critical report with the House Foreign Affairs Committee” and asking her “to immediately submit this report to Congress.” Available at https://tenney.house.gov/sites/evo- subsites/tenney.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/letter-to-dni-haines-re-fy22-ndaa-report-final.pdf.
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Table 3. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 116th Congress (2019-2020)
Legislation listed in reverse chronological order by date of enactment
Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 P.L. 116-260 (enacted December 27, 2020)
Report on status of U.S. bilateral sanctions on Iran, including renewed enforcement of such and their impact on Iran's destabilizing regional activities (Section 7041(b))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury To: HAC/SAC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2021 Division W of P.L. 116-260 (enacted December 27, 2020)
Report on Iranian government plans to acquire arms if UN restrictions are lifted and the effect of such acquisitions on regional security and stability (Section 609)
By: DNI, in consultation with heads of other intelligence community elements To: HPSCI/SSCI, HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 P.L. 116-94 (enacted December 20, 2019)
Report on status of U.S. bilateral sanctions on Iran, including renewed enforcement of such and their impact on Iran's destabilizing regional activities (Section 7041(b))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury To: HAC/SAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: N/A
FY2020 NDAA P.L. 116-92 (enacted December 20, 2019)
Report on status of U.S. diplomatic deconfliction channels with Iran (Section 1227)
By: President To: Congress
Due: 30 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Intelligence Authorizations for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 Division E of P.L. 116-92 (enacted December 20, 2019)
Report on Iranian efforts in Syria and Lebanon (Section 5521)
By: DNI, in coordination with Secretaries of State and Defense To: HPSCI/SSCI, HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Report on Iranian expenditures on support for certain terrorist/armed groups and on ballistic missile research/testing (Section 6705)
By: DNI To: HPSCI/SSCI
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: None (but annual briefing)
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 P.L. 116-6 (enacted February 15, 2019)
Report on status of U.S. and multilateral sanctions on Iran and enforcement actions (Section 7041(b))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of Treasury To: HAC/SAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Notes: FY = Fiscal Year; NDAA = National Defense Authorization Act; HFAC = House Foreign Affairs Committee; SFRC = Senate Foreign Relations Committee; HAC/SAC = House/Senate Appropriations Committee; HASC/SASC = House/Senate Armed Services Committee; HPSCI = House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; SSCI = Senate Select Committee on Intelligence;
Table 4. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 115th Congress (2017-2018)
Legislation listed in reverse chronological order by date of enactment
Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
FY2019 NDAA P.L. 115-232 (enacted August 13, 2018)
Amends FY2010 NDAA Sec. 1245 report to include information on Iranian ties with Russia and the Houthis (see Appendix) (Section 1236)
By: Secretary of Defense To: Congress
Due: N/A Future submissions: N/A
Report on actions taken to enhance cooperation between U.S. and foreign partners to counter Iran (Section 1237)
By: Secretary of Defense, in consultation with Secretary of State To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Annually through December 31, 2021
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 P.L. 115-141 (enacted March 23, 2018)
Report on status of bilateral and multilateral sanctions against Iran and enforcement actions (Section 7041(b))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury To: HAC/SAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: N/A
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
FY2018 NDAA P.L. 115-91 (enacted December 12, 2017)
Amends FY2010 NDAA Sec. 1245 report to include information on military cooperation with various countries (see Appendix) (Section 1225)
By: Secretary of Defense To: Congress
Due: N/A Future submissions: N/A
Extends FY2017 Sec. 1226 report (on ballistic missile launches) from 2019 to 2022 (Section 1226)
By: N/A To: N/A
Due: N/A Future submissions: N/A
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) P.L. 115-44 (enacted August 2, 2017)
Strategy to deter Iranian threats (Section 103)
By: Secretary of State, Defense, and the Treasury and DNI "jointly" To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, and HFAC/SFRC and majority/minority leaders of both chambers
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: every 2 years thereafter
Report describing persons determined to have contributed to Iran's ballistic missile program (Section 104(e))
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, and HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
List of persons determined to be responsible for human rights abuses in Iran (Section 106)
By: Secretary of State To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, and HFAC/SFRC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Annually thereafter
Report describing instances where the U.S. has imposed sanctions on a person for their involvement in Iran- related terrorism, human rights abuses, or proliferation but the EU has not, and vice versa, and explanation for any discrepancy (Section 109)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, and HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Report on U.S. citizens detained by Iran or Iran-supported groups (Section 110)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, and HFAC/SFRC and majority/minority leaders of both chambers
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
Report on cooperation between Iran and North Korea (Section 316)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, and HFAC/SFRC and majority/minority leaders of both chambers
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Annually thereafter for 5 years
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 P.L. 115-31 (enacted May 5, 2017)
Report on status of U.S. and multilateral sanctions on Iran and enforcement actions (Section 7041(b))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury To: HAC/SAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Notes: FY = Fiscal Year; NDAA = National Defense Authorization Act; HFAC = House Foreign Affairs Committee; SFRC = Senate Foreign Relations Committee; HAC/SAC = House/Senate Appropriations Committee; HASC/SASC = House/Senate Armed Services Committee; HFSC = House Financial Services Committee; SBHUAC = Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; HWMC = House Ways and Means Committee; SFC = Senate Finance Committee
Table 5. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 114th Congress (2015-2016)
Legislation listed in reverse chronological order by date of enactment
Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
FY2017 NDAA P.L. 114-328 (December 23, 2016)
Amends FY2010 NDAA Sec. 1245 report to include information on Iranian cyber capabilities (see Appendix) (Section 1225)
By: Secretary of Defense To: Congress
Due: N/A Future submissions: N/A
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Report (concurrent with report below) on any confirmed ballistic missile launches by Iran (Section 1226(a))
By: DNI To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HPSCI/SSCI
Due: By the end of first fiscal year quarter beginning with enactment Future submissions: Quarterly until December 31, 2019
Report (concurrent with report above) on efforts to impose unilateral or multilateral sanctions against appropriate individuals in connection with confirmed ballistic missile launches (Section 1226(b))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of Treasury To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HPSCI/SSCI
Due: By the end of first fiscal year quarter beginning with enactment Future submissions: Quarterly until December 31, 2019
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 P.L. 114-113 (December 18, 2015)
Report on status of bilateral and multilateral sanctions against Iran and enforcement (Section 7041(b))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury To: HAC/SAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2016 Division M of P.L. 114-113 (December 18, 2015)
Report on monetary value of sanctions relief to Iran and how Iran has used funds, including to provide support for sanctioned individuals/entities (Section 514)
By: DNI, in consultation with Treasury To: HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC, HWMC/SFC, HPSCI/SSCI
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days while Joint Plan of Action is in effect and within 1 year of subsequent nuclear agreement with Iran
FY2016 NDAA P.L. 114-92 (November 25, 2015)
Extends FY2010 NDAA Sec. 1245 reporting requirement through 2025 and amends report to include Iranian cyber capabilities and FY2014 NDAA Sec. 1232 to do same (Section 1231)
By: Secretary of Defense To: Congress
Due: N/A Future submissions: N/A
Report on any military-to-military engagements between United States and Iran (Section 1233)
By: Secretary of Defense To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: One year after enactment Future submissions: Annually thereafter for 2 years
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA) P.L. 114-17 (enacted May 22, 2015)
Report assessing extent to which Secretary of State will be able to verify Iranian compliance with agreement and adequacy of safeguards and IAEA capacity to implement verification regime (Section 2, adding Sec. 135(a)(1) to Atomic Energy Act of 1954)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HPSCI/SSCI, HFAC/SFRC, majority/minority leaders of both houses
Due: Within 5 calendar days of reaching an agreement with Iran related to its nuclear program Future submissions: None
Report on Iran's nuclear program and adherence to agreement
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HPSCI/SSCI, HFAC/SFRC, majority/minority leaders of both houses
Due: 180 days of enactment Future submissions: At least every 180 days thereafter
Notes: FY = Fiscal Year; NDAA = National Defense Authorization Act; HFAC = House Foreign Affairs Committee; SFRC = Senate Foreign Relations Committee; HAC/SAC = House/Senate Appropriations Committee; HASC/SASC = House/Senate Armed Services Committee; HFSC = House Financial Services Committee; SBHUAC = Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; HPSCI = House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; SSCI = Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Table 6. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 113th Congress (2013-2014)
Legislation listed in reverse chronological order by date of enactment
Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
FY2015 NDAA P.L. 113-291 (enacted December 19, 2014)
Report on Iranian compliance with interim nuclear agreement (Section 1271)
By: President To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 30 days after enactment Future submissions: 90 days after renewal of interim agreement or final agreement, and every 180 days thereafter for 10 years
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Extends FY2010 NDAA Sec. 1245 reporting requirement through 2016 (Section 1277)
By: Secretary of Defense To: Congress
Due: N/A Future submissions: N/A
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 P.L. 113-235 (enacted December 16, 2014)
Report on implementation of Joint Plan of Action (Section 7041(b))
By: Secretary of State To: HAC/SAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 30 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 30 days thereafter
FY2014 NDAA P.L. 113-66 (enacted December 26, 2013)
Report detailing sensor capabilities to defend U.S. homeland from future Iranian long range ballistic missile threats (Section 235)
By: Secretary of Defense To: HASC/SASC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Amends FY2010 NDAA Sec. 1245 report to include “structure of Iran's global network of terrorist and criminal groups” (Section 1232)
By: Secretary of Defense To: Congress
Due: N/A Future submissions: N/A
Notes: FY = Fiscal Year; NDAA = National Defense Authorization Act; HFAC = House Foreign Affairs Committee; SFRC = Senate Foreign Relations Committee; HAC/SAC = House/Senate Appropriations Committee; HASC/SASC = House/Senate Armed Services Committee
Table 7. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 112th Congress (2011-2012)
Legislation listed in reverse chronological order by date of enactment
Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
FY2013 NDAA P.L. 112-239 (enacted January 2, 2013)
Report on efforts to improve homeland ballistic missile defense capabilities, including those needed to defeat missiles launched from Iran (Section 228)
By: Secretary of Defense To: HASC/SASC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Report assessing adequacy of defense against Iranian missile attacks against U.S. troops deployed in Europe (Section 229)
By: Secretary of Defense To: HASC/SASC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Report on U.S. capabilities "in relation to" the PRC, North Korea, and Iran (Section 1231)
By: Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consultation with relevant combatant command commanders To: HASC/SASC
Due: 90 days after enactment (or March 31, 2014) Future submissions: None
Report on military capabilities of GCC states, including to defend collectively against Iran (Section 1232)
By: Secretary of Defense, in consultation with Secretary of State To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC, HAC/SAC
Due: 180 days of enactment Future submissions: None
Iran Freedom and Counterproliferation Act (IFCA) Subtitle D of P.L. 112-239 (enacted January 2, 2013)
Report on large vessels that have entered Tidewater Middle East Company-controlled seaports in Iran and airports at which sanctioned Iran air carriers have landed (Section 1252)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC, HASC/SASC
Due: 180 days of enactment Future submissions: Annually through 2016
Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012 P.L. 112-220 (enacted December 28, 2012)
Strategy to address Iranian activities in the Western Hemisphere (Section 5)
By: Secretary of State To: HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (ITRSHRA) P.L. 112-158 (enacted August 10, 2012)
Report on diplomatic efforts to expand multilateral sanctions on Iran (Section 102(b))
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Report on vessel operators and others who conduct significant financial transactions with sanctioned Iranian port managers (Section 211(d))
By: Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with Secretary of State To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 90 days thereafter
Report on effect of sanctions on Iranian economy and financial system (Section 216)
By: Secretary of the Treasury To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
Report on persons who provide specialist financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran or other financial institutions and assessment of efforts to end the provision of such services (Section 220)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 60 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 90 days thereafter
Report on all foreign investors in energy sector of Iran (Section 223)
By: Comptroller General To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 120 days after enactment Future submissions: Update one year after first report
Made CISADA Sec 110 report (on volume of import to/export from Iran of oil and gas) recurring, due every 180 days (Section 224)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
Report on foreign persons identified as supporting or engaging with the IRGC (Section 302)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Report on foreign government agencies identified as supporting or engaging with IRGC or entities subject to financial sanctions pursuant to UN resolutions (Section 303)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 120 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
Report on whether specified Iranian leaders are responsible for human rights abuses in Iran (Section 401)
By: Secretary of State To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Report on persons determined to have transferred to Iran specified goods or technologies that enable the government to commit human rights abuses (Section 402)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Updates required "as new information becomes available"
Report on Iranian natural gas exports (Section 505(a))
By: Administrator of Energy Information Administration To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 60 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Report assessing extent to which natural gas revenues are enriching Iranian government and whether a sanctions regime similar to that imposed with respect to petroleum could be effectively applied to Iranian natural gas (Section 505(b))
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 60 days after receiving EIA report above Future submissions: None
Report listing international organizations of which Iran is a member and detailing the amount the U.S. contributes to each organization (Section 506)
By: Secretary of State To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC/SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: By September 1 of each year thereafter
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
FY2012 NDAA P.L. 112-81 (enacted December 31, 2011)
Review of Iran's (and China's) conventional and anti-access capabilities and U.S. capabilities to overcome them (Section 1232)
By: Comptroller General To: HASC/SASC
Due: By January 31, 2013 Future submissions: None
Report on efforts to carry out multilateral diplomatic initiative to persuade Iranian oil-buying countries to limit Iran's use of oil revenues to purchases of consumer goods and prohibit Iran's weapons purchases, and to conduct outreach to other countries to encourage oil producers to increase their output (Section 1245(e))
By: President To: Congress
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
Notes: FY = Fiscal Year; NDAA = National Defense Authorization Act; HFAC = House Foreign Affairs Committee; SFRC = Senate Foreign Relations Committee; HAC/SAC = House/Senate Appropriations Committee; HASC/SASC = House/Senate Armed Services Committee; HFSC = House Financial Services Committee; SBHUAC = Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; HWMC = House Ways and Means Committee; SFC = Senate Finance Committee; the 112th Congress ended on January 3, 2013.
Table 8. Iran-Related Legislative Reporting Requirements in the 111th Congress (2009-2010)
Legislation listed in reverse chronological order by date of enactment
Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
FY2011 NDAA P.L. 111-383 (enacted January 7, 2011)
Report assessing merits of multilateral or bilateral Incidents at Sea military- to-military agreement between U.S., Iran, and other countries operating in Persian Gulf (Section 1240)
By: Secretary of Defense, in coordination with Secretary of State To: HASC/SASC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 1 year after enactment Future submissions: None
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions and Divestment Act (CISADA) P.L. 111-195 (enacted July 1, 2010)
Amends Section 10 of the ISA to add report on G20 trade with Iran (Section 102(d))
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC, SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Annually thereafter
Report on diplomatic efforts to dissuade foreign persons from engaging in Iran’s petroleum export activities, and successes/failures of those efforts (Section 102(h))
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC, SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 11 months after enactment Future submissions: None
Report listing Iranian officials determined to be responsible for serious human rights abuses (Section 105)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC, SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 270 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
Report assessing effect of prohibition on exports of sensitive technology to Iran (Section 106)
By: Comptroller General To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC, SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 1 year after enactment Future submissions: None
Report on investments in Iranian energy sector (Section 110)
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC, SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 180 days thereafter
Report on foreign export credit agencies activities comparable to those described in Sections 5(a) or 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act (Section 1
By: President To: HWMC/SFC, HFSC, SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: "as new information becomes available"
Report of countries believed to be allowing the diversion to Iran of goods to develop weapons of mass destruction/missiles or support terrorism (Section 302)
By: DNI To: President; Secretaries of Defense, Commerce State, and the Treasury; and HWMC/SFC, HFSC, SBHUAC, HFAC/SFRC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: Updates "not less frequently than annually"
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 P.L. 111-117 (enacted December 16, 2009)
Report on status of bilateral and multilateral efforts to curtail Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons technology (Section 7043(c)(1))
By: Secretary of State To: HAC/SAC
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2010
Report on status of bilateral and multilateral sanctions against Iran, including list of all sanctions, enforcement efforts, waivers, and related diplomatic efforts (Section 7043(c)(2))
By: Secretary of State, in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury To: Congress
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
FY2010 NDAA P.L. 111-84 (enacted October 28, 2009)
Report on diplomatic engagement with Iran, as well as Iran's support for terrorism and nuclear activities and all U.S. sanctions against Iran (Section 1241)
By: President To: Congress
Due: By January 31, 2010 Future submissions: None
Annual report on military power of Iran, including Iranian strategies and capabilities (Section 1245)
By: Secretary of Defense To: Congress
Due: By January 30 of each year Future submissions: Until December 31, 2014a
Victims of Iranian Censorship Act Subtitle D of P.L. 111-84 (enacted October 28, 2009)
Report on U.S.-funded international broadcasting efforts in Iran, efforts by Iran to block international broadcasting or internet access, and Iranians' access to the internet (Section 1264)
By: President To: Congress
Due: 90 days after enactment Future submissions: Annually thereafter for 5 years
Report on U.S.-funded international broadcasting efforts in Iran, efforts by Iran to block international broadcasting or internet access, and Iranians' access to the internet (Section 1265)
By: President To: Congress
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
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Legislation Report Submitted By/To Submission dates
Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 P.L. 111-8 (enacted March 11, 2009)
Report on status of bilateral and multilateral sanctions against Iran, including list of all sanctions, enforcement efforts, waivers, and related diplomatic efforts (Section 7043)
By: Secretary of State To: HAC/SAC
Due: 180 days after enactment Future submissions: None
Notes: FY = Fiscal Year; NDAA = National Defense Authorization Act; HFAC = House Foreign Affairs Committee; SFRC = Senate Foreign Relations Committee; HAC/SAC = House/Senate Appropriations Committee; HASC/SASC = House/Senate Armed Services Committee; HFSC = House Financial Services Committee; SBHUAC = Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; HWMC = House Ways and Means Committee; SFC = Senate Finance Committee; P.L. 111-383 was passed by both chambers in December 2010 and signed by the President on January 7, 2011, after the 111th Congress had already ended. a. Later extended through 2016 (P.L. 113-291) and 2025 (P.L. 114-92)
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