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Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 · Pub. L. 104-172 · sec. 4(b)

Reports to Congress

Not publicly verifiableReport
Deadline
One-time deadline passedAug. 5, 1997
Recurrence
One-time
Duty holder
President
Recipients
Senate Finance; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations; House Ways and Means (term defined in sec. 14)
Enacted
Aug. 5, 1996
Location
Whole act

Text shown as enacted in 1996. Later laws, including Pub. L. 111-195 and 112-158, amended the act; Pub. L. 114-277, sec. 2, moved the sunset in sec. 13(b) to Dec. 31, 2026; Pub. L. 119-111, sec. 201 (Sept. 18, 2026), moved it to Dec. 31, 2031.

Statutory Text

(b) Reports to Congress.--The President shall report to the appropriate congressional committees, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and periodically thereafter, on the extent that diplomatic efforts described in subsection (a) have been successful. Each report shall include--

(1) the countries that have agreed to undertake measures to further the objectives of section 3 with respect to Iran, and a description of those measures; and

(2) the countries that have not agreed to measures described in paragraph (1), and, with respect to those countries, other measures (in addition to that provided in subsection (d)) the President recommends that the United States take to further the objectives of section 3 with respect to Iran.

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 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Aug. 5, 1996 + 1 year = Aug. 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. As of Nov. 11, 2026: one-time deadline passed on Aug. 5, 1997.

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

  • Machine-extracted by rule from the public law text; awaiting named human review.

Cite the provision Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-172, § 4(b), 110 Stat. 1541 (1996).

Cite this page Middle East Forum, “Reports to Congress,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl104-172-s4-b.html.