Protecting America from IRGC Terrorists Act
This bill adds questions to certain visa, permanent residence, and naturalization applications concerning an applicant's association with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8420 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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
permanent residence or adjust status, and applications for
naturalization, related to affiliation with the Islamic Revolutionary
Guards Corps, including any Basij organizations, and for other
purposes.
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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. Sessions) 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 and the Secretary of Homeland Security
to add questions to visa application forms, applications to register
permanent residence or adjust status, and applications for
naturalization, related to affiliation with the Islamic Revolutionary
Guards Corps, including any Basij organizations, 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 ``Protecting America from IRGC
Terrorists Act''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON VISA APPLICATION FORMS.
(a) Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visa Application 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 official or
unofficial capacity in the executive, parliamentary, or
judicial branches of the Iranian Government, 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 functions for or on
behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Islamic Republic
of Iran, including the police, or its special units, or
any state-sponsored vigilante organizations, such as
Ansar-e Hezbollah.
(B) Whether the alien has ever rendered a financial
transaction or transactions, of any financial service
to or for, or on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran
in violation of United States sanctions.
(C) Whether the alien has ever acquired or
attempted to acquire any good, service, or technology
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 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 Foundation.
(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 active-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 described in
paragraph (3).
(E) Whether the alien has been paid, aside from
conscription, for service rendered to the IRGC or any
of its branches or affiliates described in paragraph
(3).
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON APPLICATION 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 include 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
Islamic 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 APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall include 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 subgroups, or any
other Iranian state-sponsored paramilitary, vigilante or voluntary
groups.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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