To repeal the sunset provision of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2025 makes the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 indefinite unless Congress later changes it. Congress finds that the Iran Sanctions Act requires sanctions related to Iran's illicit weapons programs, conventional weapons, ballistic missile development, and support for terrorism, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It also finds that Iran has acquired destabilizing conventional weapons systems from Russia and other malign actors and is funneling weapons and financial support to terrorist proxies across the Middle East, threatening U.S. allies and partners such as Israel. The bill states that it is U.S. policy to fully implement and enforce the Iran Sanctions Act, then amends section 13 of that Act by removing the sunset heading language, striking the effective-date subsection structure, and deleting subsection (b), the sunset provision.
Who Benefits and How
Israel, U.S. allies in the Middle East, congressional foreign-affairs committees, Treasury sanctions officials, State Department Iran policy staff, national-security prosecutors, human-rights advocates, and supporters of sustained pressure on Iran benefit because the Iran Sanctions Act no longer expires automatically and remains available for weapons, missile, terrorism-support, and IRGC-related sanctions.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Government of Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials, Iranian weapons procurement networks, foreign companies investing in Iranian energy or weapons-related activity, U.S. companies considering Iran-linked transactions, banks with Iran exposure, sanctions compliance officers, and diplomatic negotiators must continue facing indefinite sanctions risk, compliance costs, investment limits, and reduced leverage from any scheduled statutory expiration.
Key Provisions
- Repeals the sunset provision in section 13 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
- States U.S. policy to fully implement and enforce the Iran Sanctions Act.
- Uses findings on Iran's weapons programs, ballistic missiles, terrorism support, IRGC, Russian-sourced weapons, and proxy support.
- Preserves the Iran sanctions framework indefinitely unless Congress later amends it.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Repeals the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 sunset, states U.S. policy to fully implement and enforce that sanctions framework, and grounds the change in findings about Iran's illicit weapons programs, ballistic missile development, support for terrorism including the IRGC, weapons acquired from Russia and other actors, and support for proxies threatening Israel and other U.S. partners.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Affairs, Sanctions, Iran
Primary Purpose
Repeals the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 sunset, states U.S. policy to fully implement and enforce that sanctions framework, and grounds the change in findings about Iran's illicit weapons programs, ballistic missile development, support for terrorism including the IRGC, weapons acquired from Russia and other actors, and support for proxies threatening Israel and other U.S. partners.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Israel
- U.S. allies in the Middle East
- Congressional foreign-affairs committees
- Treasury sanctions officials
- State Department Iran policy staff
- National-security prosecutors
- Human-rights advocates
Identified Costs
- Government of Iran
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials
- Iranian weapons procurement networks
- Foreign companies investing in Iran
- U.S. companies considering Iran-linked transactions
- Banks with Iran exposure
- Sanctions compliance officers
- Diplomatic negotiators
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseMr. Mackenzie introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Government of Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials, Israel
Positive-direction: Israel
Negative-direction: Government of Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials, State Department Iran policy staff, Treasury sanctions officials
Banks with Iran exposure, Foreign companies investing in Iran, Sanctions compliance officers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "iran"
- → Government of Iran
- "irgc"
- → Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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