US Congress Senate Concurrent Resolution 14 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-30 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2583)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A concurrent resolution providing that the President may not provide sanctions relief to Iran until certain United States citizens are released from Iran. Prohibits the President from waiving, suspending, or providing relief from the application of statutory sanctions against Iran under any provision of law, or refraining from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an agreement with Iran relating to Iran's nuclear program, until the government of Iran releases to the United States the following U.S. citizens: Saeed Abedini who has been detained in Iran on charges related to his religious beliefs since September 2012; Amir Hekmati who has been imprisoned in Iran on false espionage charges since August 2011; Jason Rezaian who, as an Iranian government reporter for the Washington Post, has been unjustly held in Iran on vague charges since July 2014; and Robert Levinson who was abducted on Kish Island in March 2007.

A concurrent resolution providing that the President may not provide sanctions relief to Iran until certain United States citizens are released from Iran.

Sen. James Risch [R-ID]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-30	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2583)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/14/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/sconres14/BILLS-114sconres14is.pdf