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Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act

Introduced: February 23, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 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 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
Introduced in House
Feb 23, 2010
Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Feb 23, 2010
Referred to House Judiciary
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 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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4647 Related bill Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act
  • S 3022 Related bill Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2 Republican 5
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 22, 2010
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Apr 22, 2010
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Apr 13, 2010
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 13, 2010
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Apr 13, 2010
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 3, 2010
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Mar 3, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4649: Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4649/
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"H.R. 4649: Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4649/.
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