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Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 · Pub. L. 112-158 · sec. 217(d)

Certification Described

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Deadline
No deadline in text
Recurrence
Not stated
Duty holder
President
Recipients
Appropriate congressional committees (term defined in sec. 2 by reference to section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996)
Enacted
Aug. 10, 2012
Location
Title II

Text shown as enacted in 2012. Later laws amended several sections.

Statutory Text

(d) Certification Described.--

(1) In general.--The certification described in this subsection is the certification of the President to Congress that the Central Bank of Iran is not--

(A) providing financial services in support of, or otherwise facilitating, the ability of Iran to--

(i) acquire or develop chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons, or related technologies;

(ii) construct, equip, operate, or maintain nuclear facilities that could aid Iran's effort to acquire a nuclear capability; or

(iii) acquire or develop ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, or destabilizing types and amounts of conventional weapons; or

(B) facilitating transactions or providing financial services for--

(i) Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps; or

(ii) financial institutions the property or interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) in connection with--

(I) Iran's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction; or

(II) Iran's support for international terrorism.

(2) Submission to congress.--

(A) In general.--The President shall submit the certification described in paragraph (1) to the appropriate congressional committees in writing and shall include a justification for the certification.

(B) Form of certification.--The certification described in paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 112-158 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

  1. Enacted Aug. 10, 2012 (Pub. L. 112-158).
  2. The provision states no deadline, so none is shown.

Delivery Status

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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. 112-158 (0 found) (Oct. 17, 2026)
  • Federal Register API: phrase “Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act”: 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)

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Cite the provision Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-158, § 217(d), 126 Stat. 1214 (2012).

Cite this page Middle East Forum, “Certification Described,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl112-158-s217-d.html.