House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary of State to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael McCaul R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4228.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1497):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4228, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
17a4648a2fbcf7d08acc9bc00f7d78533b223023ccef800d5240e821d78a20c4
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
24 cosponsors — 24 Republicans
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mo Brooks (R-AL), John Carter (R-TX), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Peter King (R-NY), John Kline (R-MN), Billy Long (R-MO), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Pete Olson (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Austin Scott (R-GA), William Thornberry (R-TX), Joe Walsh (R-IL), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Todd Young (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.