Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026
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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
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition …
Introduced in House
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?
- "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
entities— in which the ownership interest of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is at least 25 percent
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