A resolution condemning the Government of Iran for restricting and suppressing freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of assembly, and for its human rights abuses, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Dec 22, 2009 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13792-13793; text as passed Senate: CR S13793; text of measure as introduced: CR S13790-13791)
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 22, 2009
- Agreed to in SenateDec 22, 2009
Summary
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Supports the right of the people of Iran to peacefully express their voices despite repression.
Condemns: (1) the human rights abuses and suppression of freedom committed by the government of Iran against Iranian citizens; (2) online censorship, monitoring, intimidation, and harassment conducted by the government of Iran, including threats against citizens of Iran and Iranian-Americans living in the United States; and (3) the government of Iran for violating the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Welcomes the the Department of State decision to support the free flow of information to Iranian citizens by recommending that the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issue a general license that would authorize downloads of free mass market software to Iran.
Urges implementation of the Victims of Iranian Censorship Act.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 22, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Dec 22, 2009 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Dec 22, 2009 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Dec 22, 2009 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Dec 22, 2009 |
| D-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Dec 22, 2009 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Dec 22, 2009 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Dec 22, 2009 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Dec 22, 2009 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Dec 22, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Dec 22, 2009Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S13792-13793; text as passed Senate: CR S13793; text of measure as introduced: CR S13790-13791)
- Dec 22, 2009Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13792-13793; text as passed Senate: CR S13793; text of measure as introduced: CR S13790-13791)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2009Agreed to Senate
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