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Iran Accountability Act of 2016
This bill prescribes requirements for mandatory sanctions with respect to:
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), its agents, and persons or entities it owns;
Mahan Air;
Iran's support of terrorism and money laundering;
Iran's human rights abuses;
The Department of the Treasury must establish and publish in the Federal Register an IRGC watch list.
The bill prescribes prohibitions against Iran's access to the U.S. financial system.
The bill authorizes the Department of State to provide assistance to individuals and entities working in Iran to promote the rule of law and economic opportunity.
The Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 is amended to cover ballistic missiles and related technology.
The President is directed to: (1) designate within the State Department a Special Coordinator on Human Rights and Democracy in Iran; and (2) report on U.S. citizens, including dual citizens, detained by Iran or related groups.
The bill requires Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Voice of America to increase programing services to Iran.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5631 as passed House without amendment on Jul 14, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Jul 14, 2016
Iran Accountability Act of 2016
Passed
246 Yea 179 Nay 8 not voting
Party-line vote 12 of 425 voting members broke with their own party: 8 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5631 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 5631 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
3 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.