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To direct the Secretary of State to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 16, 2011 Introduced by: McCaul, Michael T. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Jan 6, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Dec 16, 2011
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 16, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization, and (2) report to Congress on IRGC terrorist activities.

What's happening now January 6, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3698: To direct the Secretary of State to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3698/
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H.R. 3698, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3698/.
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