US Congress Senate Resolution 574 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 20 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-20 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6556-6557)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Condemns Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini and President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's offensive remarks and reprehensible policies aimed at Israel's destruction, and urges all United Nations (U.N.) member states to do the same. Calls on the U.N. Security Council to act against Iran for violating the U.N. Charter and further calls on all U.N. member states to fully implement existing Security Council resolutions sanctioning Iran and to take stronger unilateral diplomatic and economic measures to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Calls on the Security Council and all U.N. member states to consider targeted sanctions, travel bans, and other measures linked to the cessation of Iran's incitement to hatred and genocide. Calls for the Secretary General's Advisory Committee on the Prevention of Genocide to make recommendations to the Security Council to report on Iranian genocide threats. Calls on parties to the Genocide Convention to file a complaint against leaders in Iran before the International Court of Justice for Iran's failure to abide by its obligations under the Genocide Convention. Reaffirms the strategic partnership and friendship between the United States and Israel and reasserts the steadfast commitment of the people and the government of the United States to defend Israel's right to exist as a free and democratic state.

A resolution calling on the United Nations to take concerted actions against leaders in Iran for their statements calling for the destruction of another United Nations Member State, Israel.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]
Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-20	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6556-6557)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-resolution/574/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/sres574/BILLS-112sres574is.pdf