Stop Iranian Drones Act
Latest action · Jun 9, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.
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.
- IntroducedNov 30, 2021
- Passed HouseApr 27, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Iranian Drones Act
This bill expands existing provisions requiring sanctions against individuals or entities that provide certain types of weapons to Iran. Specifically, the bill modifies the provisions by adding unmanned combat aerial vehicles to the list of weapons covered by the sanctions.
The bill also requires the Department of State to periodically report to Congress on the identities of any Iranian entity that has attacked a U.S. citizen using an unmanned combat aerial vehicle. The President must designate any such entity as a foreign terrorist organization.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 136 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed424–2 | Apr 27, 2022 |
Cosponsors 77
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 30, 2021 to Apr 27, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Nov 30, 2021 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Nov 30, 2021 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Nov 30, 2021 |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Dec 1, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Dec 1, 2021 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Dec 1, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Dec 1, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Dec 1, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Dec 1, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Dec 1, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Dec 1, 2021 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Dec 1, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-MI | Peter Meijer | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Dec 20, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Jan 11, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Mike Garcia | Jan 11, 2022 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Jan 19, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 27, 2022 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Apr 27, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Apr 27, 2022 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Apr 27, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Apr 27, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Apr 27, 2022 |
Committees 3
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 Nov 30, 2021Markup Dec 9, 2021Markup Dec 10, 2021 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 30, 2021 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2022Markup Jun 9, 2022Reported Jun 9, 2022 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2022Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Jun 9, 2022Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with amendments. Without written report.
- Jun 9, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.
- Apr 28, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Apr 27, 2022Mr. Connolly moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4545–H4547Text printed H4545Recorded votes H4559enactLists H4560Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 6089, Stop Iranian Drones Act | Daniel Meuser R-PA, Gerald E. Connolly D-VA, Tom Malinowski D-NJ | Apr 27, 2022 |
| House | Notices H4508Estimated budget effects of H.R. 6089, Stop Iranian Drones Act | John A. Yarmuth D-KY | Apr 26, 2022 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 27, 2022H.R. 6089, Stop Iranian Drones ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 9, 2022
- Jan 26, 2022H.R. 6089, Stop Iranian Drones ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 10, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 206, November 30, 2021, page H6711.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN12042 | Iran’s Transfer of Weaponry to Russia for Use in Ukraine Archived | Insight | Nov 4, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3421 | Stop Iranian Drones Act of 2021 | Related bill | Dec 16, 2021 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To clarify that section 107 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applies sanctions with respect to unmanned combat aerial vehicles following a 2019 change by the United Nations providing additional clarity to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stop Iranian Drones Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Stop Iranian Drones Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Stop Iranian Drones Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Stop Iranian Drones Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2022Reported to Senate
- Apr 28, 2022Referred in Senate
- Apr 27, 2022Engrossed in House
- Nov 30, 2021Introduced 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.
