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HR 6230 Passed a chamber

Requires the President to determine whether 18 named Iranian clerics, officials, and state-linked institutions meet sanctions criteria over fatwas calling for violence against U.S. and Israeli leaders, and allows blocking their U.S. property and barring their entry into the United States.

Official title: Tehran Incitement to Violence Act

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 20-NOV-2025
Referred 20-NOV-2025
Approved by committee 03-DEC-2025
Passed 08-JUN-2026
Senate
Received 09-JUN-2026
Key points
  • Requires the President to report to Congress on whether 18 named individuals and entities, including the Qom Seminary and the state broadcaster IRIB, meet sanctions criteria based on fatwas urging violence.
  • Authorizes blocking all property and interests in property of listed persons that are in or come under the control of U.S. persons, and makes listed aliens ineligible for visas and admission.
  • Revokes existing visas of listed aliens and allows the President to waive sanctions for a person by submitting a written national security justification to Congress.
  • Ends the sanctions 30 days after the President certifies that Iran no longer repeatedly supports international terrorism.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (20-NOV-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 08-JUN-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (6) Policy area

International Affairs

Sponsor Keith Self (R-TX) Cosponsors · 3
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