A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
Latest action · Jun 2, 2008 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4894)
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 simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJun 2, 2008
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Declares that: (1) preventing the government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability through economic, political, and diplomatic means is vital to U.S. national security; and (2) nothing in this resolution authorizes the use of force against Iran.
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 sanctioned 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 lead an international effort to increase pressure on Iran to suspend its nuclear enrichment activities, including by banning the importation of refined petroleum products to Iran.
Cosponsors 51
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 2, 2008 to Sep 26, 2008; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Jun 2, 2008 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Jun 2, 2008 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| R-NH | John E. Sununu | Jun 6, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Jun 9, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jun 10, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jun 10, 2008 | |
| R-TN | Bob Corker | Jun 10, 2008 | |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | Jun 11, 2008 |
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 Jun 2, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jun 2, 2008Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4894)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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 S9641 | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Senate | Text printed S4894 | — | Jun 2, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 362 | 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. | Related bill | May 22, 2008 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Commerce
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Diplomacy
- Energy
- Energy industries
- Export controls
- Foreign banks and banking
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Gas industry
- International Affairs
- International banking
- Iran
- Middle East and North Africa
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Petroleum
- Petroleum industry
- Sanctions (International law)
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Terrorism
- Uranium enrichment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2008Introduced in Senate
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