A concurrent resolution providing that the President may not provide sanctions relief to Iran until certain United States citizens are released from Iran.
Latest action · Apr 30, 2015 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2583)
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2015
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Prohibits the President from waiving, suspending, or providing relief from the application of statutory sanctions against Iran under any provision of law, or refraining from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an agreement with Iran relating to Iran's nuclear program, until the government of Iran releases to the United States the following U.S. citizens:
- Saeed Abedini who has been detained in Iran on charges related to his religious beliefs since September 2012;
- Amir Hekmati who has been imprisoned in Iran on false espionage charges since August 2011;
- Jason Rezaian who, as an Iranian government reporter for the Washington Post, has been unjustly held in Iran on vague charges since July 2014; and
- Robert Levinson who was abducted on Kish Island in March 2007.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Apr 30, 2015Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2583)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Espionage and treason
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- Iran
- Middle East
- News media and reporting
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Religion
- Sanctions
- Trade restrictions
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2015Introduced in Senate
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