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H.R. 1422 · Where this bill is now

In the Senate

Passed the House Mar 16, 2026. Received Mar 17, 2026; no Senate vote yet

What this bill does

In plain words · AI-written from the official summary

Strengthens sanctions on Iran's oil sector

This bill would punish foreign individuals and companies that buy, sell, or process Iranian oil and petroleum products by blocking their ability to travel to the U.S. and freezing any property they have in the U.S. It would also sanction people connected to those companies, like subsidiaries and officers. The State Department would work to get other countries on board with enforcing these same rules, and the bill would expand a rewards program to pay people who report information about people breaking these sanctions.

How it affects you

Most everyday Americans won't feel a direct effect from this bill. However, if you work in international trade or finance, you'd need to make sure your company doesn't do business with Iranian oil operations. The bill includes exceptions for humanitarian aid and importing goods, so those activities would be allowed even with the sanctions in place.

Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Feb 18, 2025)

Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

This bill imposes sanctions on certain foreign persons (individuals and entities) that are involved in Iran's petroleum sector as well as certain associated persons. The bill also requires or authorizes actions to facilitate the enforcement of sanctions on Iran.

Specifically, the bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that, after the bill's enactment, knowingly engages in any transaction related to the processing, export, or sale of oil, condensates, gas, liquefied natural gas, or other petrochemical products in whole or in part from Iran. The President must also impose sanctions on certain foreign persons associated with a sanctioned individual or entity. For example, the President must sanction the subsidiaries and corporate officers of a sanctioned business.

The bill provides certain exceptions to these sanctions, including specifying that sanctions do not apply to the importation of goods or to conducting or facilitating transactions for humanitarian assistance.

The Department of State must establish an interagency working group that shall seek to establish a multilateral contact group to coordinate international efforts to enforce sanctions on Iran.

The bill expands the State Department rewards program to authorize a reward payment to any individual who furnishes information leading to the identification of a person (1) subject to sanctions under this bill, or (2) that has attempted or is attempting to evade sanctions under this bill.

Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.

119th Congress
1st Session
H. R. 1422

AN ACT

Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

Passed HouseMar 16, 2026 · voice voteIn the SenateNo vote yet

Sponsor: Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY-17) · Introduced Feb 18, 2025 · International Affairs · 3 versions of the text

Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 17, 2026: “Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.”

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