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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the death threats issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran against British author Salman Rushdie and other persons associated with…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the death threats issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran against British author Salman Rushdie and other persons associated with the publication and distribution of the book.

Introduced: March 2, 1989 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Mar 14, 1989
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 14, 1989
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mar 14, 1989
Mr. Broomfield demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
Mar 14, 1989
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Mar 14, 1989
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 14, 1989
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Mar 14, 1989
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Mar 14, 1989
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Mar 14, 1989
On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
Mar 14, 1989
Mr. Lantos moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Mar 9, 1989
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 9, 1989
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Mar 9, 1989
Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations Discharged.
Mar 9, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Mar 9, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Mar 2, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 2, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Condemns the death threats issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie and other persons associated with distribution of The Satanic Verses. Calls for repudiation of such threats and the immediate withdrawal of any monetary reward or martyrdom for the murder of Rushdie.

Commends the European Community member States for condemning the threats and withdrawing their senior diplomats from Iran. Applauds President Bush for his statement of outrage against the Iranian Government's actions.

Asks that the President direct Federal agencies to cooperate with State and local law enforcement authorities to protect commercial establishments that display and distribute The Satanic Verses.

What's happening now March 14, 1989

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 8, 1989
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 8, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 102: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the death threats issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran against British author Salman Rushdie and other persons associated with the publication and distribution of the book.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-102/
MLA
"H. Res. 102: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the death threats issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran against British author Salman Rushdie and other persons associated with the publication and distribution of the book.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-102/.
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H. Res. 102, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-102/.
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[H. Res. 102: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the death threats issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran against British author Salman Rushdie and other persons associated with the publication and distribution of the book.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-102/)
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