HRES 109 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

Introduced Mar 12, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Michael G. Grimm R-NY

Latest action · Jun 19, 2014 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent .

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IntroducedMar 12, 2013
Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Condemns Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

Calls on Iran to release all prisoners held solely on account of their religion.

Calls on the President and Secretary of State, in cooperation with responsible nations, to condemn Iran's continued violation of human rights and demand the release of prisoners held solely on account of their religion.

Urges the President and Secretary to impose sanctions on Iranian government officials and other individuals directly responsible for serious human rights abuses, including abuses against the Baha'i community of Iran.

Cosponsors 172

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2013 to Dec 10, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Mar 12, 2013
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Apr 10, 2013
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Apr 26, 2013
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		May 6, 2013
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		May 14, 2013
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		May 14, 2013
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		May 14, 2013
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		May 15, 2013
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		May 15, 2013
R-OK	James Lankford		May 15, 2013
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		May 15, 2013
D-WA	Adam Smith		May 16, 2013
D-VA	James P. Moran		May 20, 2013
R-NY	Peter T. King		May 20, 2013
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 21, 2013
D-UT	Jim Matheson		May 23, 2013
D-CA	Julia Brownley		May 23, 2013
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		May 23, 2013
R-IA	Tom Latham		May 23, 2013
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jun 3, 2013
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Jun 5, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jun 5, 2013
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Jun 5, 2013
D-CT	James A. Himes		Jun 10, 2013
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Jun 10, 2013
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Jun 12, 2013
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jun 12, 2013
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jun 14, 2013
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Jun 17, 2013
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jun 17, 2013
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Jun 25, 2013
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jun 26, 2013
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Jun 28, 2013
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Jul 8, 2013
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jul 8, 2013
D-NC	David E. Price		Jul 8, 2013
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Jul 8, 2013
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Jul 8, 2013
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Jul 8, 2013
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jul 8, 2013
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jul 8, 2013
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jul 8, 2013
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jul 8, 2013
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Jul 9, 2013
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Jul 16, 2013
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Jul 16, 2013
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jul 16, 2013
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jul 17, 2013
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 17, 2013
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Jul 17, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 18, 2013
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jul 18, 2013
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Jul 23, 2013
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jul 25, 2013
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jul 25, 2013
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Jul 31, 2013
R-MN	John Kline		Jul 31, 2013
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Aug 1, 2013
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Aug 1, 2013
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Aug 2, 2013
D-IL	Bill Foster		Sep 9, 2013
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Sep 9, 2013
R-NC	George Holding		Sep 9, 2013
R-NC	Howard Coble		Sep 9, 2013
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Sep 9, 2013
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Sep 17, 2013
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Sep 18, 2013
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Sep 18, 2013
R-AR	Tom Cotton		Sep 25, 2013
R-SC	Tom Rice		Oct 15, 2013
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Oct 28, 2013
R-IA	Steve King		Oct 28, 2013
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Oct 30, 2013
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Oct 30, 2013
D-NY	Grace Meng		Nov 12, 2013
D-GA	John Lewis		Nov 13, 2013
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Nov 20, 2013
D-CA	George Miller		Dec 3, 2013
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Dec 3, 2013
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Jan 3, 2014
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Jan 14, 2014
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jan 14, 2014
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Jan 27, 2014
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Jan 27, 2014
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Jan 28, 2014
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Jan 28, 2014
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Feb 3, 2014
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Feb 25, 2014
D-MA	William R. Keating		Feb 25, 2014
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Feb 27, 2014
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Mar 5, 2014
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Mar 13, 2014
R-PA	Scott Perry		Mar 13, 2014
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Mar 18, 2014
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Mar 24, 2014
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Apr 10, 2014
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Apr 28, 2014
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		May 6, 2014
D-CA	Barbara Lee		May 6, 2014
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		May 6, 2014
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		May 6, 2014
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		May 6, 2014
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		May 6, 2014
D-CA	Mike Thompson		May 6, 2014
D-CA	Sam Farr		May 6, 2014
R-PA	Tom Marino		May 6, 2014
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		May 19, 2014
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		May 19, 2014
R-MI	Kerry L. Bentivolio		May 19, 2014
D-CA	Mark Takano		May 19, 2014
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		May 19, 2014
R-OH	Steve Stivers		May 19, 2014
R-TX	Ted Poe		May 19, 2014
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		May 22, 2014
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		May 22, 2014
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		May 22, 2014
R-OR	Greg Walden		May 22, 2014
R-OH	David P. Joyce		May 28, 2014
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		May 28, 2014
D-WI	Mark Pocan		May 28, 2014
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jun 5, 2014
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jun 9, 2014
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jun 9, 2014
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jun 12, 2014
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Jun 12, 2014
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jun 12, 2014
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jun 17, 2014
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Jun 17, 2014
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Jun 17, 2014
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Jun 17, 2014
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jun 23, 2014
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Jun 24, 2014
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jun 24, 2014
R-MO	Billy Long		Jun 25, 2014
R-AK	Don Young		Jun 30, 2014
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jul 7, 2014
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Jul 7, 2014
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jul 7, 2014
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jul 8, 2014
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Jul 8, 2014
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Jul 9, 2014
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jul 9, 2014
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jul 14, 2014
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jul 14, 2014
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Jul 14, 2014
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jul 17, 2014
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 22, 2014
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Jul 22, 2014
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Jul 22, 2014
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jul 22, 2014
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jul 22, 2014
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Jul 22, 2014
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jul 22, 2014
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Jul 23, 2014
D-IN	André Carson		Sep 8, 2014
R-FL	Ron DeSantis		Sep 8, 2014
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Sep 9, 2014
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Sep 9, 2014
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Sep 10, 2014
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Sep 11, 2014
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Sep 11, 2014
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Sep 11, 2014
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Nov 12, 2014
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Nov 13, 2014
D-CA	Lois Capps		Nov 13, 2014
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Dec 3, 2014
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Dec 3, 2014
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Dec 3, 2014
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Dec 3, 2014
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Dec 8, 2014
D-FL	Patrick Murphy		Dec 8, 2014
D-NY	Steve Israel		Dec 10, 2014

Committees 1

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 Mar 12, 2013
	Africa Subcommittee	Referred May 6, 2013
	Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee	Referred May 6, 2013Markup Jun 19, 2014Reported Jun 19, 2014

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 19, 2014Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 19, 2014Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent .
May 6, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
May 6, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
Mar 12, 2013Introduced in House

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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
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1072	Steve Chabot R-OH	Jun 25, 2014
Extensions	Debate and remarks E731	James P. Moran D-VA	May 23, 2013

Research

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Printed hearings 3

Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 113-174	CONDEMNING THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN FOR ITS STATE-SPONSORED PERSECUTION OF ITS BAHA'I MINORITY AND ITS CONTINUED VIOLATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS; AND CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN TO FULFILL THEIR PROMISES OF ASSISTANCE IN THIS CASE OF ROBERT LEVINSON, ONE OF THE LONGEST HELD UNITED STATES CIVILIANS IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY33 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Jun 19, 2014
Serial No. 113-202	ONE YEAR UNDER ROUHANI: IRAN'S ABYSMAL HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD94 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Jun 19, 2014
Serial No. 113-194	PROTECTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: U.S. EFFORTS TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN124 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	May 22, 2014

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SRES 75	A resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.	Identical bill	Dec 20, 2013

Titles 1

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Official Title as Introduced: Condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

Subjects

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Text 1

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Mar 12, 2013Introduced in House

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