Congress names 18 Iranian officials for possible terrorism sanctions.

What it does

The bill tells the President to decide within 180 days. He must decide if 18 named Iranian officials should be called terrorists. They are accused of spreading religious rulings that call for violence. If the President agrees, these people face sanctions. Sanctions freeze their money, cancel visas, and ban entry to the U.S.

Who it affects

The bill targets 18 named Iranian officials and state groups. It also affects the U.S. government, which must make the decision.

One thing to notice

The bill names 18 specific people before the President finishes his review. The bill does not define what counts as incitement to violence.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.

• Nov 20, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Nov 20, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial…”
• Dec 3, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Dec 3, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 0”
• Jun 8, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3954-3955)”
• Jun 8, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $2,314,900 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 66 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.

Keith Self, who sponsored the bill, received $183,631 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• American Israel Public Affairs Committee — $1,784,900 in 2 reports
• Fdd Action — $530,000 in 2 reports

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• sanctions — punishments imposed by the government, such as freezing money or banning travel
• incitement — speech or actions that push people to commit violence or break the law
• religious rulings — decisions made by Islamic scholars about what their faith requires or forbids
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.