3.0.0 1534 2023-01-11T17:02:47Z 2023-01-11T17:02:47Z Senate S S 2007-05-25 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-25T16:01:16Z Iran Human Rights Act of 2007 110 3653 HR 2007-09-25 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2007-05-25 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2007-05-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS N B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2007-05-25 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2007-08-02 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-08-02 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-11-14 False International Affairs Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Democracy Government Operations and Politics Human rights Immigration Iran Middle East and North Africa Negotiations Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear weapons Regionalism (International organization) Terrorism United Nations Visas International Affairs 00 2007-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-26T16:57:36Z Iran Human Rights Act of 2007 - Amends the Iran Freedom Support Act to direct the President to appoint a special envoy for human rights in Iran within the Department of State to coordinate efforts to improve respect for the fundamental human rights of the people of Iran and work with organizations committed to promoting democracy in Iran.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) there is a direct relationship between the state of freedom and democracy within Iran and the efforts of the Iranian regime to acquire nuclear weapons and the long-term success of the global war on terror; (2) it is essential that the issue of human rights violations in Iran should remain a top U.S. foreign policy priority independent of efforts to address the nuclear threat in Iran; (3) the U.S. government should explore the possibility of a regional human rights dialogue with Iran; (4) the United Nations has a significant role to play in improving human rights in Iran; and (5) the commitment to human rights and democracy of an Iranian national who has applied for a U.S. entry visa should be considered when determining visa eligibility.

]]> Iran Human Rights Act of 2007 Display Title Iran Human Rights Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its human rights record and to support a transition to democracy in Iran. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Iran Human Rights Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1534is/xml/BILLS-110s1534is.xml 2007-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.