Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act
Latest action · Apr 27, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedApr 27, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act
This bill requires the President to transmit to Congress every six months for five years determinations and certifications of whether, on or after January 30, 2016: (1) specified foreign financial institutions, including Iranian financial institutions, have facilitated significant transactions or provided services for foreign terrorist organizations, sanctioned foreign persons, or Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its officials, agents, or affiliates; and (2) specified foreign persons have knowingly materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services for, any such persons or entities.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 27, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Original | Apr 27, 2017 |
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 Apr 27, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2017Introduced in House
- Apr 27, 2017Referred 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. 163, no. 72, April 27, 2017, page H2941.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the President to transmit to Congress determinations and certifications of whether foreign financial institutions listed in Attachment 3 or Attachment 4 to Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action have facilitated transactions or provided services for foreign terrorist organizations, sanctioned foreign persons, or Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its officials, agents, or affiliates, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Chemical and biological weapons
- Congressional oversight
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Foreign and international banking
- Foreign property
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- Iran
- Middle East
- Nuclear weapons
- Sanctions
- Syria
- Terrorism
- Trade restrictions
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2017Introduced 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.
