HR 1327 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009

Introduced Mar 5, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Barney Frank D-MA

Latest action · Oct 15, 2009 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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.

IntroducedMar 5, 2009
Passed HouseOct 14, 2009
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) States that it is the policy of the United States to support the decision of state and local governments and educational institutions to divest from, and to prohibit the investment of assets they control in, persons that the have investments of more than $20 million in Iran's energy sector.

Authorizes a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, or prohibit their investment in, any person that the state or local government determines, using credible information available to the public, engages in certain investment activities in Iran. Specifies such activities as: (1) the investment of $20 million or more in Iran's energy sector; or (2) provision of oil or liquefied natural gas tankers, or products used to construct or maintain pipelines used to transport oil or liquefied natural gas, for that energy sector. Authorizes divestment, as well, from any financial institution which extend $20 million or more in credit to another person, for 45 days or more, if that person will use the credit to invest in Iran's energy sector.

Expresses the sense of Congress that a state or local government should not adopt such measures against such a person unless it has made every effort to avoid erroneously targeting the person and has verified that such person engages in such investment activities.

Declares that any measure of a state or local government authorized under this Act is not preempted by any federal law or regulation.

(Sec. 4) Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to shield any registered investment company from civil, criminal, or administrative action based upon its divesting from, or avoiding investing in, securities issued by persons that have invested in Sudan or in Iran.

(Sec. 5) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to shield from treatment as breaching a fiduciary duty any person divesting employee benefit plan assets from, or avoiding investing plan assets in, persons that have engaged in such investment activities in Iran.

(Sec. 7) Terminates this Act 30 days after the President certifies to Congress that the government of Iran has ceased: (1) providing support for acts of international terrorism and no longer satisfies the requirements for designation as a state-sponsor of terrorism; or (2) the pursuit, acquisition, and development of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and ballistic missiles and ballistic missile launch technology.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 776	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed414–6	Oct 14, 2009

Cosponsors 257

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2009 to Oct 13, 2009; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Mar 5, 2009
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Mar 5, 2009
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Mar 5, 2009
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Mar 16, 2009
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Mar 16, 2009
D-FL	Ron Klein		Mar 16, 2009
D-OH	Steve Driehaus		Mar 16, 2009
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Mar 18, 2009
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Mar 18, 2009
R-CA	Mary Bono		Mar 18, 2009
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Mar 18, 2009
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Mar 18, 2009
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Mar 18, 2009
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 18, 2009
D-TX	Gene Green		Mar 19, 2009
D-CT	James A. Himes		Mar 19, 2009
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Mar 19, 2009
D-GA	John Barrow		Mar 19, 2009
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Mar 19, 2009
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Mar 19, 2009
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Mar 19, 2009
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Mar 23, 2009
D-NJ	John H. Adler		Mar 23, 2009
D-FL	Alan Grayson		Mar 26, 2009
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Mar 26, 2009
R-TN	David P. Roe		Mar 26, 2009
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Mar 26, 2009
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Mar 26, 2009
R-OK	Mary Fallin		Mar 26, 2009
D-NH	Paul W. Hodes		Mar 26, 2009
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Mar 26, 2009
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Mar 26, 2009
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Mar 26, 2009
R-IA	Tom Latham		Mar 26, 2009
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Mar 30, 2009
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Mar 30, 2009
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		Mar 30, 2009
R-LA	John Fleming		Mar 30, 2009
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Mar 30, 2009
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Mar 30, 2009
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Mar 30, 2009
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Mar 30, 2009
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Apr 1, 2009
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Apr 1, 2009
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Apr 1, 2009
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Apr 1, 2009
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Apr 1, 2009
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Apr 1, 2009
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Apr 1, 2009
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Apr 1, 2009
R-GA	Tom Price		Apr 1, 2009
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Apr 21, 2009
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Apr 21, 2009
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Apr 21, 2009
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Apr 21, 2009
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 21, 2009
R-SC	Bob Inglis		Apr 21, 2009
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Apr 21, 2009
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Apr 21, 2009
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Apr 21, 2009
R-CA	George Radanovich		Apr 21, 2009
D-AZ	Harry E. Mitchell		Apr 21, 2009
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Apr 21, 2009
D-CA	Jane Harman		Apr 21, 2009
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Apr 21, 2009
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Apr 21, 2009
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Apr 21, 2009
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Michael E. McMahon		Apr 21, 2009
D-PA	Patrick J. Murphy		Apr 21, 2009
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Apr 21, 2009
D-VT	Peter Welch		Apr 21, 2009
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Apr 21, 2009
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Apr 21, 2009
R-OK	Tom Cole		Apr 21, 2009
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Apr 21, 2009
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Apr 22, 2009
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Apr 22, 2009
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Apr 22, 2009
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Apr 22, 2009
D-NV	Dina Titus		Apr 22, 2009
R-NY	Peter T. King		Apr 22, 2009
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Apr 22, 2009
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Apr 22, 2009
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Apr 27, 2009
D-IN	Brad Ellsworth		Apr 27, 2009
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Apr 27, 2009
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Apr 27, 2009
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Apr 27, 2009
D-IL	Deborah L. Halvorson		Apr 27, 2009
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Apr 27, 2009
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Apr 27, 2009
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Apr 27, 2009
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Apr 27, 2009
R-CA	Kevin McCarthy		Apr 27, 2009
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Apr 27, 2009
D-NY	Michael A. Arcuri		Apr 27, 2009
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Apr 27, 2009
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Apr 27, 2009
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Apr 27, 2009
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Apr 27, 2009
D-IL	Phil Hare		Apr 27, 2009
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Apr 27, 2009
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Apr 27, 2009
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Apr 27, 2009
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Apr 28, 2009
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Apr 28, 2009
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Apr 28, 2009
D-AZ	Gabrielle Giffords		Apr 28, 2009
D-CA	Joe Baca		Apr 28, 2009
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Apr 28, 2009
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Apr 28, 2009
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Apr 28, 2009
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Apr 28, 2009
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Apr 28, 2009
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Apr 28, 2009
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Apr 28, 2009
D-TX	Al Green		Apr 29, 2009
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Apr 29, 2009
R-NY	Christopher J. Lee		Apr 29, 2009
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		Apr 29, 2009
D-GA	David Scott		Apr 29, 2009
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Apr 29, 2009
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Apr 29, 2009
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Apr 29, 2009
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Apr 29, 2009
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Apr 29, 2009
D-CA	Jim Costa		Apr 29, 2009
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Apr 29, 2009
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Apr 29, 2009
R-AR	John Boozman		Apr 29, 2009
R-OK	John Sullivan		Apr 29, 2009
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Apr 29, 2009
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Apr 29, 2009
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Apr 29, 2009
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean		Apr 29, 2009
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Apr 29, 2009
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Apr 29, 2009
R-CA	Wally Herger		Apr 29, 2009
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		May 7, 2009
R-LA	Anh "Joseph" Cao		May 7, 2009
D-IL	Bill Foster		May 7, 2009
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 7, 2009
D-AL	Bobby Bright		May 7, 2009
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		May 7, 2009
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		May 7, 2009
D-PA	Christopher P. Carney		May 7, 2009
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		May 7, 2009
D-OK	Dan Boren		May 7, 2009
R-CA	Darrell Issa		May 7, 2009
R-MI	Dave Camp		May 7, 2009
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		May 7, 2009
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		May 7, 2009
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		May 7, 2009
D-RI	James R. Langevin		May 7, 2009
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		May 7, 2009
D-CO	Jared Polis		May 7, 2009
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		May 7, 2009
D-OH	John A. Boccieri		May 7, 2009
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		May 7, 2009
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		May 7, 2009
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		May 7, 2009
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		May 7, 2009
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		May 7, 2009
D-MS	Travis Childers		May 7, 2009
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		May 13, 2009
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		May 13, 2009
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		May 13, 2009
D-NY	Steve Israel		May 13, 2009
D-FL	Allen Boyd		May 18, 2009
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		May 18, 2009
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		May 18, 2009
R-NC	Howard Coble		May 18, 2009
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		May 18, 2009
D-ID	Walter Minnick		May 18, 2009
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Jun 2, 2009
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jun 2, 2009
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		Jun 2, 2009
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Jun 2, 2009
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Jun 4, 2009
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jun 9, 2009
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jun 9, 2009
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Jun 17, 2009
D-MI	Mark H. Schauer		Jun 17, 2009
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Jun 17, 2009
D-NY	Eric J. J. Massa		Jun 26, 2009
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jun 26, 2009
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Jul 13, 2009
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jul 13, 2009
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Jul 14, 2009
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 14, 2009
R-CA	John Campbell		Jul 14, 2009
R-MN	John Kline		Jul 14, 2009
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 14, 2009
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jul 14, 2009
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Jul 14, 2009
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Jul 14, 2009
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 21, 2009
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Jul 21, 2009
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jul 21, 2009
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jul 21, 2009
D-MD	Frank Kratovil, Jr.		Jul 21, 2009
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Jul 21, 2009
R-GA	John Linder		Jul 21, 2009
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jul 21, 2009
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Jul 21, 2009
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Jul 21, 2009
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Jul 21, 2009
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jul 21, 2009
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Jul 22, 2009
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jul 22, 2009
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Jul 22, 2009
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Jul 23, 2009
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jul 23, 2009
D-AL	Artur Davis		Jul 29, 2009
D-NC	Brad Miller		Jul 29, 2009
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Jul 29, 2009
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jul 29, 2009
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Jul 29, 2009
R-FL	John L. Mica		Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jul 29, 2009
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jul 29, 2009
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Jul 29, 2009
R-OH	Steve Austria		Jul 29, 2009
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jul 29, 2009
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jul 30, 2009
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Sep 8, 2009
R-IN	Dan Burton		Sep 8, 2009
D-NC	Heath Shuler		Sep 8, 2009
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Sep 8, 2009
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Sep 8, 2009
D-OH	Mary Jo Kilroy		Sep 8, 2009
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Sep 8, 2009
R-IN	Steve Buyer		Sep 8, 2009
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Sep 8, 2009
D-VA	Glenn C. Nye		Sep 14, 2009
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 14, 2009
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Sep 14, 2009
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Sep 14, 2009
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Sep 29, 2009
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Sep 29, 2009
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Sep 29, 2009
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Sep 29, 2009
R-IN	Mike Pence		Sep 29, 2009
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Sep 29, 2009
R-FL	Connie Mack		Oct 8, 2009
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Oct 8, 2009
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Oct 8, 2009
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Oct 8, 2009
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Oct 8, 2009
D-FL	Suzanne M. Kosmas		Oct 8, 2009
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Oct 13, 2009
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Oct 13, 2009
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Oct 13, 2009
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Oct 13, 2009

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Mar 5, 2009Markup Apr 28, 2009
	Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee	Referred Mar 5, 2009Hearings Mar 12, 2009Discharged Apr 28, 2009
Senate	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee	Referred Oct 15, 2009

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 15, 2009Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Oct 14, 2009Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H11351-11352)
Oct 14, 2009Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 6 (Roll no. 776). (text: CR 10/13/2009 H11191-11192)
Oct 14, 2009Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 13, 2009Mr. Frank (MA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

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In the Congressional Record 13

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
House	Debate and remarks H4599	Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ	Jun 17, 2010
House	Debate and remarks H2776	Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ	Apr 21, 2010
House	Debate and remarks H14941	Gwen Moore D-WI	Dec 15, 2009
House	Debate and remarks H13036	Mike Quigley D-IL	Nov 17, 2009
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2569	Phil Gingrey R-GA	Oct 16, 2009

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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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

May 13, 2009H.R. 1327, Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 28, 2009</p>
May 13, 2009H.R. 1327, Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 28, 2009

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
Serial No. 111-31	IRAN: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY129 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Jul 22, 2009
Serial No. 111-13	H.R. 1327, THE IRAN SANCTIONS ENABLING ACT OF 200998 pages	Financial Services Committee	Mar 12, 2009

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1065	Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009	Related bill	May 18, 2009

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009
Short Titles as Passed House: Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 15, 2009Referred in Senate
Oct 14, 2009Engrossed in House
Mar 5, 2009Introduced in House

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