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HR 8438 117th Congress House Immigration

Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation Act of 2022

Introduced: July 20, 2022 Introduced by: Bacon, Don Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jul 20, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 20, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation Act of 2022

This bill statutorily establishes that current and former members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shall be considered to have engaged in terrorist activity for immigration purposes. The bill also (1) limits the authority of the Department of State to issue waivers to allow members of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations to enter the United States, and (2) gives Congress the authority to block the revocation of a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8438: Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8438/
MLA
"H.R. 8438: Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8438/.
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H.R. 8438, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8438/.
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[H.R. 8438: Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation Act of 2022](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8438/)
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