US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 21 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims. Condemns the government of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and for denying the evidence of crimes against humanity. Urges: (1) the Administration and U.S. allies to condemn the massacre and pressure the Iranian government to provide detailed information to the victims' families about their loved ones and their final resting places; and (2) the United Nations (U.N.) Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran and the U.N. Human Rights Council to create a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the massacre, gather evidence, identify the perpetrators, and bring them to justice.

Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims.

Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]
Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2016-09-21	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/159/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hconres159/BILLS-114hconres159ih.pdf