US Congress House Resolution 147 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 80-17)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-11-20 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Condemns the government of Iran for its persecution of religious minorities, including Saeed Abedini (a U.S. citizen sentenced to prison in Iran after being tried for his religious beliefs and convicted for undermining the government of Iran). Calls on: (1) Iran to release Saeed Abedini to the United States; and (2) the U.S. government to work aggressively for his release by designating appropriate Iranian officials for human rights abuses pursuant to the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010.

Calling for the release of United States citizen Saeed Abedini and condemning the Government of Iran for its persecution of religious minorities.

Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]
Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]
Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]
Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Trey Radel [R-FL]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-11-20	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2013-11-20	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2013-11-13	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
2013-11-13	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2013-05-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
2013-05-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
2013-04-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

SR284 (Related) 2013-11-14 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8070)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/147/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hres147/BILLS-113hres147ih.pdf