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Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 · Pub. L. 112-158 · sec. 704(b)

List of Persons Who Engage in Censorship

Not publicly verifiablePublic posting
Deadline
One-time deadline passedDec. 8, 2012
Recurrence
One-time
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 VII

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

Statutory Text

(b) List of Persons Who Engage in Censorship.--

(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have engaged in censorship, or activities relating to censorship, in a manner that prohibits, limits, or penalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of expression by citizens of Syria.

(2) Updates of list.--The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)--

(A) not later than 300 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter; and

(B) as new information becomes available.

(3) Form of report; public availability.--

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

(B) Public availability.-- The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.

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 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Aug. 10, 2012 + 120 days = Dec. 8, 2012.
  3. As of Nov. 11, 2026: one-time deadline passed on Dec. 8, 2012.

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. 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

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

Cite the provision Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-158, § 704(b), 126 Stat. 1214 (2012).

Cite this page Middle East Forum, “List of Persons Who Engage in Censorship,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl112-158-s704-b.html.