Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005
Latest action · Nov 22, 2005 Became Public Law No: 109-112.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 15, 2005
- Passed SenateSep 21, 2005
- Passed HouseOct 26, 2005
- To the PresidentNov 17, 2005
- Became lawNov 22, 2005Public Law 109-112
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on October 26, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 to state that the definition of "extraordinary payments in connection with the International Space Station" does not mean payments in cash or in kind made or to be made by the U.S. government prior to January 1, 2012, for work to be performed or services to be rendered prior to that date necessary to meet U.S. obligations under the Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the Civil International Space Station, with annex, signed at Washington January 29, 1998, and entered into force March 27, 2001, or any protocol, agreement, memorandum of understanding, or contract related thereto. (Under such Act the United States is prohibited from making such payments to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency unless specified determinations are made with respect to Russian cooperation in preventing proliferation to Iran, or to a foreign person identified as contributing to proliferation to Iran.)
Prohibits any U.S. agency from making extraordinary payments and any other payments (currently, such prohibition is limited to extraordinary payments) in connection with the International Space Station to a foreign person subject to specified measures under such Act or Executive Order No. 12938.
Directs the President to submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives a report that identifies each Russian entity or person to whom the United States has, since the date of enactment of this Act, made a cash or in-kind payment under the Agreement.
Requires such report to include: (1) the purpose of each payment; and (2) with respect to each such payment, an assessment that the payment was not prejudicial to preventing the proliferation of ballistic or cruise missile systems in Iran and other countries that have supported acts of international terrorism.
Applies the provisions of such Act to: (1) Syria with respect to transfers on or after January 1, 2005; and (2) transfers to or from such countries (currently, limited to transfers to Iran).
Redefines "foreign person" or "person" to include any foreign government or government entity (currently, any governmental entity operating as a business enterprise).
Retitles the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2002 as the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Sep 15, 2005Discharged Sep 21, 2005 |
Actions 21
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 22, 2005Signed by President.
- Nov 22, 2005Became Public Law No: 109-112.
- Nov 17, 2005Presented to President.
- Nov 9, 2005Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 8, 2005Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment and title amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12550-12551; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S12550-12551)
- Nov 8, 2005Cleared for White House.
- Oct 27, 2005Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
- Oct 26, 2005Mr. Rohrabacher moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Oct 26, 2005Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9240-9246)
- Oct 26, 2005DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1713.
- Oct 26, 2005Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9240-9241)
- Oct 26, 2005Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 26, 2005The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 21, 2005Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10257-10258)
- Sep 21, 2005Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10257-10258)
- Sep 21, 2005Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S10257-10258)
- Sep 21, 2005Received in the House.
- Sep 21, 2005Held at the desk.
- Sep 21, 2005Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 15, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Sep 15, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S12551Text printed S12550Amendments S12550 | George V. Voinovich R-OH | Nov 8, 2005 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2259 | Dana Rohrabacher R-CA | Nov 3, 2005 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9240–H9246Text printed H9240 | Brad Sherman D-CA, Dana Rohrabacher R-CA, Henry J. Hyde R-IL, Joseph Crowley D-NY, Ken Calvert R-CA, Ron Paul R-TX, Sherwood Boehlert R-NY, Tom DeLay R-TX, Tom Lantos D-CA | Oct 26, 2005 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10257Text printed S10257 | Richard G. Lugar R-IN, Robert F. Bennett R-UT | Sep 21, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-300 | COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 200660 pages | Appropriations Committee | May 12, 2005 |
| S. Hrg. 109-300 | DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006276 pages | Appropriations Committee | Feb 17, 2005–May 26, 2005 |
CRS reports 9
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 9
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33865 | Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements | Report | Mar 2, 2026 |
| RS20871 | Iran Sanctions Archived | Report | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R43480 | Iran-North Korea-Syria Ballistic Missile and Nuclear Cooperation Archived | Report | Jul 14, 2016 |
| RL31559 | Proliferation Control Regimes: Background and Status Archived | Report | Oct 25, 2012 |
| RL31502 | Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Law Archived | Report | Nov 30, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4003 | Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005 | Related bill | Oct 17, 2005 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to make amendments to the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 related to International Space Station payments.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- An Act to make amendments to the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 related to International Space Station payments, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by Senate
- An act to make amendments to the Iran Nonproliferation Act to 2000 related to International Space Station payments, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms sales
- Ballistic missiles
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Cruise missiles
- Executive orders
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- International Affairs
- International cooperation in astronautics
- Iran
- Middle East and North Africa
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Russia
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Space activities
- Space agreements
- Space stations
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Syria
- Technology transfer
- Terrorism
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Oct 26, 2005Engrossed Amendment House
- Sep 21, 2005Engrossed in Senate
- Sep 15, 2005Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.