{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-589","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 589","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"MAHSA Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To impose sanctions on the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses and support for terrorism.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To impose sanctions on the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses and support for terrorism."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"MAHSA Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"MAHSA Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"MAHSA Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed 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visa-blocking sanctions on certain foreign persons (individuals and entities) affiliated with Iran."},{"k":"p","t":"The President must periodically make determinations about whether certain existing sanctions apply to specified foreign persons and impose the applicable sanctions, including determinations concerning (1) the Supreme Leader of Iran and any official in the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran, (2) the President of Iran and any official in the Office of the President of Iran, and (3) any entity overseen by the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran which is complicit in supporting human rights abuses or terrorism."}],"words":115},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the President to determine whether specified Iranian officials, entities and related persons meet the criteria for sanctions under listed sanctions authorities, to impose or pursue the applicable sanctions, and to report to Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/589/text/eh#H479F675F5A26451A9A625C9DCFAAE7EC"}]},"core_areas":["Sanctions determinations for Iran's Supreme Leader, President, their offices and affiliated persons","Reporting and congressional oversight of sanctions decisions"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the President, within 90 days of enactment and annually after that, to determine whether each foreign person described in subsection (d) meets the criteria for sanctions under the listed sanctions programs and authorities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/589/text/eh#H479F675F5A26451A9A625C9DCFAAE7EC"}},{"text":"Requires the President to impose applicable sanctions under the listed Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 provision and the section 7031(c) penalties and visa bans, and to pursue applicable sanctions under the listed Executive Orders.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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the persons that meet the criteria, the applicable programs, which sanctions are imposed, and the justification for any waiver or non-imposition.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/589/text/eh#H479F675F5A26451A9A625C9DCFAAE7EC"}},{"text":"Requires the President, within 60 days of a request from the chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs or the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, to determine whether a named person meets the criteria in subsection (d)(5) and to report on it.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/589/text/eh#H479F675F5A26451A9A625C9DCFAAE7EC"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-09-12","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/589/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/589","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/589/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-589.png","v":"201a220239a6","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 589, 118th Congress: MAHSA Act. House: 410 Yea, 3 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 12 Sep 2023."}}