Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act
Latest action · Apr 26, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to impose visa entry and financial sanctions on a person determined to be complicit in human rights abuses committed against Iranian citizens or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran.
Requires that: (1) the list of such persons required by this Act be made available to the public and posted on the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State websites; and (2) the President consider data obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations that monitor Iran's human rights abuses in preparing such list.
Authorizes the President to: (1) not apply such sanctions in order to permit U.S. compliance with the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations and other international agreements; and (2) waive such sanctions if in the U.S. national interest.
Terminates sanctions upon presidential certification to Congress that the government of Iran has: (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased its practices of violence and abuse of Iranian citizens engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings and abuse of peaceful political activists in Iran and prosecuted those individuals responsible.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 23, 2010 to Apr 29, 2010, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Feb 26, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Feb 26, 2010 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 2, 2010 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 2, 2010 | |
| D-TN | John S. Tanner | Mar 2, 2010 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Mar 2, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Mar 2, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Mar 2, 2010 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Mar 16, 2010 | |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Mar 16, 2010 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Mar 8, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Feb 23, 2010Introduced in House
- Feb 23, 2010Referred to House Financial Services
- Feb 23, 2010Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3022 | Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act | Related bill | Feb 23, 2010 |
| HR 4649 | Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act | Related bill | Apr 26, 2010 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Detention of persons
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- Iran
- Middle East
- Protest and dissent
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sanctions
- Trade restrictions
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 23, 2010Introduced in House
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