Iran Ballistic Missile Prevention and Sanctions Act of 2016
Latest action · Jan 7, 2016 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedJan 7, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Iran Ballistic Missile Prevention and Sanctions Act of 2016
This bill directs the President to impose five or more sanctions with respect to a person (or an entity) that knowingly transfers to or from Iran advanced conventional weapons or ballistic missiles, or technology, parts, components, or technical information related to advanced conventional weapons or ballistic missiles.
Sanctions may include:
- prohibitions on Export-Import Bank assistance,
- prohibitions on loans from U.S. financial institutions and other financial services,
- prohibitions on foreign exchange and other banking transactions,
- prohibitions on property transactions,
- prohibitions on exports and federal procurement,
- prohibitions on equity and debt investment,
- U.S. exclusion of corporate officers, and
- imposition of sanctions on principal executive officers.
The President shall include a sanctioned person on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The President may, with prior congressional notice, waive the application of sanctions on a case-by-case basis if in the U.S. national security interests.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 7, 2016 to Apr 12, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | Jan 7, 2016 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jan 12, 2016 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jan 12, 2016 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Jan 12, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Jan 28, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jan 28, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jan 28, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Jan 28, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Feb 4, 2016 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 12, 2016 |
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 Jan 7, 2016 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2016 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2016 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2016 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 7, 2016Introduced in House
- Jan 7, 2016Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 4, January 7, 2016, page H176.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose sanctions on persons that transfer to or from Iran advanced conventional weapons or ballistic missiles, or technology, parts, components, or technical information related to advanced conventional weapons or ballistic missiles.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Iran Ballistic Missile Prevention and Sanctions Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Corporate finance and management
- Foreign loans and debt
- Foreign property
- International Affairs
- International monetary system and foreign exchange
- Iran
- Middle East
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements
- Nuclear weapons
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public contracts and procurement
- Sanctions
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Trade restrictions
- U.S. and foreign investments
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 7, 2016Introduced 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.
