Displaced Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries and Iran Act
Latest action · Apr 29, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
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.
- IntroducedMar 2, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Displaced Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries and Iran Act
This bill directs the President to report annually to Congress on actions the Department of State and other relevant federal departments and agencies have taken in the preceding year regarding resolution of the issue of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Iran.
The report shall include a description of:
- actions in bilateral and multilateral fora to address the issue of rights for Jewish refugees from Arab countries; and
- measures to help ensure that the interests of Jews displaced from Arab countries and Iran and of all refugees displaced as a result of the Arab-Israeli conflict, including Arabs, Jews, Christians, and other groups, are considered in any final settlement of the Middle East refugee question that is part of any comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2016 to Jul 14, 2016; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
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 2, 2016 |
| Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee | Referred Apr 29, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
- Mar 2, 2016Introduced in House
- Mar 2, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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. 34, March 2, 2016, page H1116.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the President to submit to Congress a report on actions the Department of State and other relevant Federal departments and agencies have taken regarding steps to ensure that a just, comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace accord also finds resolution of the issue of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Iran.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Displaced Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries and Iran Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 2, 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.
