§9409 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The President must send a report about United States citizens, including dual citizens, who are held by Iran or groups Iran supports. The first report was due within 90 days after August 2, 2017, and then every 180 days. The report must say which Iranian officials were involved and summarize what the U.S. government has done to win their quick release. The report must be unclassified but can include a classified annex. It goes to these congressional recipients: Senate — Finance; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Foreign Relations; and the Senate majority and minority leaders; and House — Ways and Means; Financial Services; Foreign Affairs; and the Speaker, majority leader, and minority leader.

Title 22, §9409

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(a)Not later than 90 days after August 2, 2017, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a report on United States citizens, including United States citizens who are also citizens of other countries, detained by Iran or groups supported by Iran that includes—

(1)information regarding any officials of the Government of Iran involved in any way in the detentions; and

(2)a summary of efforts the United States Government has taken to secure the swift release of those United States citizens.

(b)The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

(c)In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees and leadership” means—

(1)the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; and

(2)the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of the House of Representatives.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of President under this section to the Secretary of State, see section 1(a) of Memorandum of President of the United States, Oct. 11, 2017, 82 F.R. 50051, set out in a note under section 9403 of this title.

§9409 Report on United States citizens detained by Iran

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Title 22, §9409

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