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Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 · Pub. L. 112-158 · sec. 401(b)

Imposition of Sanctions on Certain Persons Responsible for or Complicit in Human Rights Abuses Committed Against Citizens of Iran or Their Family Members After the June 12, 2009, Elections in Iran: Report

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Deadline
One-time deadline passedFeb. 6, 2013
Recurrence
One-time
Duty holder
Secretary of State
Recipients
Senate Foreign Relations; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; House Foreign Affairs; House Financial Services (named in the provision)
Enacted
Aug. 10, 2012
Location
Title IV

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

Statutory Text

(b) Report.--

(1) Report required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed report with respect to whether each person described in subsection (a) is responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of Iran or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran. For any such person who is not included in such report, the Secretary of State should describe in the report the reasons why the person was not included, including information on whether sufficient credible evidence of responsibility for such abuses was found.

(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.

(3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.

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. Text: “Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Aug. 10, 2012 + 180 days = Feb. 6, 2013.
  3. As of Nov. 11, 2026: one-time deadline passed on Feb. 6, 2013.

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)

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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Cite the provision Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-158, § 401(b), 126 Stat. 1214 (2012).

Cite this page Middle East Forum, “Imposition of Sanctions on Certain Persons Responsible for or Complicit in Human Rights Abuses Committed Against Citizens of Iran or Their Family Members After the June 12, 2009, Elections in Iran: Report,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl112-158-s401-b.html.