Urging the European Union to expeditiously designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization under Common Position 931, and for other purposes.
1. Short title
This resolution may be cited as the “Encouraging the European Union to Determine that the European Union Should Sanction the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Now As a Terrorist Entity Resolution” or the “Encouraging the EU to DESIGNATE Resolution”.
2. European union designation of IRGC as a terrorist organization
The House of Representatives—
(1) urges the European Union to expeditiously designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization under Common Position of December 27, 2001, on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism (2001/931/CFSP);
(2) encourages the Trump administration make European Union designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization a diplomatic priority in engagements with the European Union; and
(3) welcomes the efforts of the international community to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.