HRES 139 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Calling on the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (E3) to initiate the snapback of sanctions on Iran under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015).

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 14, 2025
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

The resolution urges the E3 (the United Kingdom, France, and Germany) to invoke the snapback of United Nations (UN) sanctions against Iran under UN Security Council Resolution 2231 before the option expires on October 18, 2025. 

This resolution also (1) recognizes that Iran's possession of a nuclear weapon would threaten U.S. and global security, (2) condemns Iran's repeated violations of certain international commitments related to nuclear weapons, and (3) reaffirms that the United States maintains the right to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2025 to Apr 10, 2025, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalFeb 14, 2025
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalFeb 14, 2025
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalFeb 14, 2025
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalFeb 14, 2025
R-NYAndrew R. GarbarinoMar 11, 2025
R-ARJ. French HillApr 7, 2025
R-WAMichael BaumgartnerApr 8, 2025
R-AZAbraham J. HamadehApr 10, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 14, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  2. Feb 14, 2025Submitted in House

Related bills 1

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Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

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  1. Feb 14, 2025Introduced in House

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