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Iran Hostage Act

Introduced: July 19, 2018 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Jul 19, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jul 19, 2018
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Iran Hostage Act

This bill imposes sanctions on Iranian persons who are responsible for politically-motivated harassment, abuse, extortion, arrest, trial, conviction, sentencing, or imprisonment of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident aliens with significant ties to the United States, regardless of whether such actions occurred in Iran.

What's happening now July 19, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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