Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011
Latest action · Aug 2, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
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.
- IntroducedMay 4, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is responsible for directing the commission of serious human rights abuses against Iranian citizens on or after June 12, 2009.
Amends the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to require the President: (1) upon receipt of credible information that a person may be an official of the government of Iran or acting on behalf of that government who is complicit in the commission of serious human rights abuses against Iranian citizens on or after June 12, 2009, to investigate and determine within 180 days whether the person is such a described individual; and (2) submit a list of such persons to Congress every 180 days or as new information becomes available.
Requires the President: (1) upon receipt of credible information that a person may have transferred to Iran goods or technologies, or provided post-transfer services, that may be used to commit human rights abuses to investigate and determine within 180 days whether the person engaged in such activity; (2) submit a list of such persons to Congress every 180 days or as new information becomes available; and (3) freeze the assets of a listed person.
Amends the Iran Freedom Support Act to: (1) extend the President's authority to provide financial and political assistance to support democracy in Iran through December 31, 2016; and (2) expand the forms of such assistance.
Requires the President to appoint a Special Representative on Human Rights and Democracy in Iran within the Department of State.
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary should support efforts to research and catalogue prisoners of conscience and cases of human rights abuses inside Iran, (2) the U.S. government should offer political asylum to such political prisoners as well as assisting with their relocation to other countries if requested, and (3) the Special Representative and all representatives of the U.S. government should publicly call for the release of Iranian dissidents by name and raise individual cases of Iranian dissidents and prisoners of conscience as appropriate.
Requires the President to submit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 4, 2011 to Aug 1, 2011; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | May 4, 2011 |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | May 23, 2011 | |
| R-NY | Michael G. Grimm | Jul 14, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Aug 1, 2011 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred May 4, 2011 |
| Africa Subcommittee | Referred Aug 2, 2011 | |
| Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee | Referred Aug 2, 2011 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 4, 2011 |
| Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee | Referred Jun 2, 2011 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 4, 2011 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 4, 2011 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred May 11, 2011 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
- Aug 2, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
- Jun 2, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
- May 11, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- May 4, 2011Introduced in House
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3061.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 879 | Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011 | Related bill | May 4, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote human rights and democracy in Iran.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Congressional oversight
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government studies and investigations
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International exchange and broadcasting
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Iran
- Middle East
- News media and reporting
- Protest and dissent
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sanctions
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Trade restrictions
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 4, 2011Introduced 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 bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
