US Congress House Bill 4303 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on December 14 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stand with the Iranian People Act - Directs the Secretary of State to deny issuance of a visa and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to deny U.S. admission to any government official of Iran who is credibly alleged to have ordered, acquiesced to, or participated in human rights abuses against the people of Iran. Authorizes the Secretary of State to waive such ban if in the U.S. national interest. Prohibits the head of an executive agency from entering into or renewing a contract for the procurement of goods or services with a person or entity that provides censorship or surveillance technology to the government of Iran. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive such prohibition if in the U.S. national interest. States that the establishment and carrying out of operations by U.S. nonprofit organizations in Iran for the direct provision of specified humanitarian and people-to-people assistance may not be prohibited or restricted. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to require such an organization to notify the Department of the Treasury up to 14 days in advance of commencing operations in Iran. Excludes from such provision an organization that provides services or conducts transactions with any organization or entity that appears on the Department of the Treasury's Specially Designated Nationals List (a list of organizations and individuals that are restricted from doing business with the United States or U.S companies or individuals).

Stand with the Iranian People Act

Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. John Tanner [D-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-01		Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
2009-12-14		Referred to House Financial Services
2009-12-14		Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2009-12-14		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-12-14		Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2009-12-14		Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4303/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4303/BILLS-111hr4303ih.pdf