Tehran Incitement to Violence Act
Latest action · Jun 9, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 8, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tehran Incitement to Violence Act
This bill requires the Department of State to periodically determine if individuals and entities specified by the bill are subject to existing sanctions, such as those with the purpose of preventing terrorist activity, human rights abuses, and corruption, as well as sanctions aimed specifically at activity in Iran.
The State Department must submit such determinations not later than 90 days after enactment of this bill and every 180 days thereafter for a period not to exceed six years.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 2, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Dec 2, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | Mar 3, 2026 |
Committees 6
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025Markup Dec 3, 2025 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jun 9, 2026 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Jun 8, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3954-3955)
- Jun 8, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3954-3957)
- Jun 8, 2026Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 8, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6230.
- Jun 8, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 3, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 3, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 0.
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 20, 2025Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4266 | Keith Self R-TX | Jun 29, 2026 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3954–H3957Text printed H3954 | Ami Bera D-CA, Brian J. Mast R-FL, Keith Self R-TX | Jun 8, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 3, 2026H.R. 6230, Tehran Incitement to Violence ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 3, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 196, November 20, 2025, page H4878.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To designate certain individuals as specially designated global terrorists.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Tehran Incitement to Violence Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Tehran Incitement to Violence Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Tehran Incitement to Violence Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To designate certain individuals as specially designated global terrorists.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2026Referred in Senate
- Jun 8, 2026Engrossed in House
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
