Report on Certain International Initiatives

Statutory Text

(a) Report on Certain International Initiatives.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the President shall transmit a report to the appropriate congressional committees describing--

(1) the efforts of the President to mount a multilateral campaign to persuade all countries to pressure Iran to cease its nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile weapons programs and its support of acts of international terrorism;

(2) the efforts of the President to persuade other governments to ask Iran to reduce the presence of Iranian diplomats and representatives of other government and military or quasi-governmental institutions of Iran and to withdraw any such diplomats or representatives who participated in the takeover of the United States embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, or the subsequent holding of United States hostages for 444 days;

(3) the extent to which the International Atomic Energy Agency has established regular inspections of all nuclear facilities in Iran, including those presently under construction; and

(4) Iran's use of Iranian diplomats and representatives of other government and military or quasi-governmental institutions of Iran to promote acts of international terrorism or to develop or sustain Iran's nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile weapons programs.

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 104-172 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

1. Enacted Aug. 5, 1996 (Pub. L. 104-172).
2. Text: “Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Aug. 5, 1996 + 6 months = Feb. 5, 1997.
3. Act ceases to be effective (sec. 13(b), as amended by Pub. L. 119-111, sec. 201) (Dec. 31, 2031); no deadline falls after that date.
4. Recurs every 6 months, running from the first deadline: Feb. 5, 1997 + k × 6 months.
5. As of Nov. 11, 2026: the last deadline was Aug. 5, 2026; the next is Feb. 5, 2027.

Delivery Status

Not publicly verifiable

Public Evidence

• No public document located that shows delivery.

Evidence Searched

• GovInfo Congressionally Mandated Reports collection: 1,209 packages listed; titles searched for Middle East terms; 55 State, Defense, Treasury and executive-office summaries checked for citations to Pub. L. 104-172 (0 found) (Oct. 17, 2026)
• Federal Register API: phrase “Iran Sanctions Act of 1996”: 60 document titles searched (Oct. 17, 2026)
• MEF hand review: evidence.json, items with a link and a note on what the document shows (Oct. 17, 2026)

A status of “Reported late by GAO, committee or agency” appears only with a linked GAO, committee or agency statement. Reports sent only to committees, or in classified form, leave no public trace; their absence here is not evidence of a missed deadline.

Review

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