HR7622-119

In Committee

Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Feb 20, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Government Operations, Technology.

Who Benefits and How

financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H2D0134441DE54508B43A0A80895D3C63: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026.
  • Section H7924ACBDFCA7457F8ED9F1CA12E99480: 2. Findings and statement of policy Congress finds the following: For nearly 5 decades, the people of Iran have endured brutal repression under the Islamic...
  • Section H8935DB23BF7645BF97F7078C8EF97117: 3. Internet freedom and censorship circumvention Section 5124 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (22 U.S.C. 8754a) is amended— in...
  • Section H25BD1C7EDA2E4F2EA623BF154B8270E7: 4. Stop corrupt Iranian oligarchs and entities Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in...
  • Section HD83C8B77FFDF4035AFF91D7CDF7B46BE: 5. Congressional nomination authority Not later than 120 days after receiving a written request from the chairman or ranking minority member of any of the...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Key Policy Areas

Finance, Government Operations, Technology

Primary Purpose

This bill, Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Policy Domains

Finance Government Operations Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 20, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition …

Feb 20, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 20, 2026

Mr. Lawler (for himself and Mr. Sherman) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Finance Government Operations Technology
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Islamic Republic of Iran parastatal entities" §H25BD1C7EDA2E4F2EA623BF154B8270E7

entities— in which the ownership interest of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is at least 25 percent

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