Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the United States by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony, and for other purposes.
Latest action · May 22, 2008 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2008
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Declares that preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability through economic, political, and diplomatic means is vital to U.S. national security.
Urges the President to use his authority to impose sanctions on: (1) Iranian banks engaged in proliferation activities or the support of terrorist groups; (2) international banks which conduct financial transactions with proscribed Iranian banks; (3) energy companies with large investments in the Iranian petroleum or natural gas sector; and (4) all companies which do business with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Demands that the President initiate an international effort to increase economic, political, and diplomatic pressure on Iran to suspend its nuclear enrichment activities.
Urges the President to lead a regional diplomatic effort to support the legitimate governments in the region against Iranian destabilization efforts.
Cosponsors 285
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2008 to Sep 25, 2008, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jun 3, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2008Introduced in House
- May 22, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 580 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. | Related bill | Jun 2, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Customs administration
- Diplomacy
- Energy
- Energy industries
- Export controls
- Foreign banks and banking
- Foreign leaders
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Gas industry
- International Affairs
- International banking
- Iran
- Middle East and North Africa
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Petroleum
- Petroleum industry
- Right to travel
- Sanctions (International law)
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Terrorism
- Uranium enrichment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2008Introduced in House
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 resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.
