A resolution supporting the rights of the people of Iran to determine their future, condemning the Iranian regime for its crackdown on legitimate protests, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Mar 11, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1705-1706)
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 simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedMar 11, 2020
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This resolution (1) expresses the Senate's support for the rights of the people of Iran to peacefully assemble and engage in legitimate protest; (2) condemns the Iranian regime's human rights abuses, repression of peaceful protests, and actions related to the downing of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752; and (3) calls on domestic and foreign governments, institutions, and other stakeholders to support the ability of Iranians to live in a free and open society.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2020 to Jun 30, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Mar 11, 2020 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Mar 11, 2020 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Mar 11, 2020 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jun 2, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jun 30, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Mar 11, 2020Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1705-1706)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S1705 | — | Mar 11, 2020 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution supporting the rights of the people of Iran to determine their future, condemning the Iranian regime for its crackdown on legitimate protests, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Aviation and airports
- Europe
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Iran
- Middle East
- News media and reporting
- Protest and dissent
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Ukraine
- United Nations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2020Introduced in Senate
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 resolution 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.
