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Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 (CAATSA title I) · Pub. L. 115-44 · sec. 103(a)

Regional Strategy for Countering Conventional and Asymmetric Iranian Threats in the Middle East and North Africa

Not publicly verifiableStrategy or plan
Deadline
Next deadlineJan. 29, 2028
Recurrence
Every 2 years
Duty holder
Director of National Intelligence
Recipients
Appropriate congressional committees (term defined in sec. 102 by reference to section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996)
Enacted
Aug. 2, 2017
Location
Title I
The provision as printed in the enrolled law, Pub. L. 115-44
As printed in the enrolled law at 131 Stat. 889 (PDF page 5). GPO via GovInfo, public domain.

Statutory Text

(a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a strategy for deterring conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities and threats that directly threaten the United States and key allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 115-44 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

  1. Enacted Aug. 2, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-44).
  2. Text: “Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Aug. 2, 2017 + 180 days = Jan. 29, 2018.
  3. Recurs every 2 years, running from the first deadline: Jan. 29, 2018 + k × 2 years.
  4. As of Nov. 11, 2026: next deadline Jan. 29, 2028 (444 days away); previous Jan. 29, 2026.

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. 115-44 (0 found) (Oct. 17, 2026)
  • Federal Register API: phrase “Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act”: 48 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 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, Pub. L. No. 115-44, § 103(a), 131 Stat. 886 (2017).

Cite this page Middle East Forum, “Regional Strategy for Countering Conventional and Asymmetric Iranian Threats in the Middle East and North Africa,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl115-44-s103-a.html.