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HR 9075 117th Congress House International Affairs

Support for Iranian Political Prisoners Act

Introduced: October 21, 2022 Introduced by: Schiff, Adam B. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Sep 29, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism.
Sep 29, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 29, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Support for Iranian Political Prisoners Act

This bill authorizes the Department of State to continue providing assistance to civil society organizations in Iran that support arbitrarily detained individuals. The bill calls on Iran to immediately end human rights violations of political prisoners and persons imprisoned for exercising freedom of speech. The bill also calls on Iran to allow the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights unimpeded access to investigate alleged abuses.

What's happening now September 29, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 15
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Oct 28, 2022
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Oct 25, 2022
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Oct 25, 2022
Blumenauer, Earl
· Oct 21, 2022
Eshoo, Anna
· Oct 14, 2022
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 14, 2022
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Oct 7, 2022
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Oct 7, 2022
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 29, 2022
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 29, 2022
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Sep 29, 2022
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Sep 29, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 29, 2022
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Sep 29, 2022
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Sep 29, 2022
Speier, Jackie
· Sep 29, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9075: Support for Iranian Political Prisoners Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9075/
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"H.R. 9075: Support for Iranian Political Prisoners Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9075/.
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H.R. 9075, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9075/.
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