US Congress House Bill 566 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Terror-Free Skies Act This bill requires the President to report to specified congressional committees every 180 days on the Iranian government's use of commercial aircraft and related services for illicit military or other activities during the past five years. Such report shall describe the extent to which: Iran's government has used commercial aircraft, including Iran Air, or related services to transport illicit cargo to or from Iran, including military goods, weapons, personnel, electronic parts and mechanical equipment, or rocket or missile components; the commercial aviation sector of Iran has provided support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, the Bashar al Assad Regime, Hezbollah, Hamas, Kata'ib Hezbollah, or any other foreign terrorist organizations or entities designated on the specially designated national list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury; and foreign governments and persons have facilitated such activities. If the President determines in such a report that any Iranian commercial airliner has used commercial aircraft for illicit military purposes on or after January 16, 2016, the President shall designate such airline as a specially designated national and blocked person. This bill shall cease to be effective 30 days after the President certifies that the Iranian government has ceased providing support for acts of international terrorism.

Terror-Free Skies Act

Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Steve Russell [R-OK]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2017-01-13	House	Introduced in House

SB420 (Related) 2017-02-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/566/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr566/BILLS-115hr566ih.pdf