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Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act

Introduced: February 23, 2010 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 26, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

Mar 8, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Feb 23, 2010

Referred to House Judiciary

Feb 23, 2010

Referred to House Ways and Means

Feb 23, 2010

Referred to House Financial Services

Feb 23, 2010

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Feb 23, 2010

Referred to House Foreign Affairs

Feb 23, 2010

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to impose visa entry and financial sanctions on a person determined to be complicit in human rights abuses committed against Iranian citizens or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran.

Requires that: (1) the list of such persons required by this Act be made available to the public and posted on the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State websites; and (2) the President consider data obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations that monitor Iran's human rights abuses in preparing such list.

Terminates sanctions upon presidential certification to Congress that: (1) the sanctioned persons have ceased complicity in human rights abuses; and (2) the government of Iran has released all political prisoners, ceased its killing and abuse of Iranian citizens engaging in peaceful political activity and prosecuted those responsible, committed itself to free elections and respect for human rights, and ceased broadcast interference.

What's happening now April 26, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

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