3.0.0 1065 2023-01-11T13:19:01Z 2023-01-11T13:19:01Z Senate S S 2009-05-18 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-18T21:22:36Z Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 111 1327 HR 2009-10-15 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Related bill CRS 2009-05-18 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-05-18 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-06-17 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2009-06-18 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-07-06 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-07-06 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-07-06 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2009-07-09 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2009-07-13 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2009-07-14 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-07-14 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2009-07-15 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2009-07-15 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2009-07-15 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2009-07-20 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-07-22 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2009-07-22 False H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2009-07-23 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2009-07-24 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2009-07-24 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-07-27 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2009-07-27 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-07-27 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-07-27 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2009-07-29 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2009-07-29 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2009-07-30 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-07-31 False E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2009-08-03 False B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2009-08-06 False C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2009-09-15 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2009-09-16 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2009-09-23 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-10-06 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-10-06 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2009-10-13 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-10-13 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-10-14 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2009-10-20 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2009-10-29 False Finance and Financial Sector Arms control and nonproliferation Civil actions and liability Educational facilities and institutions Employee benefits and pensions Financial services and investments Higher education Iran Middle East Nuclear power Nuclear weapons Oil and gas State and local finance U.S. and foreign investments Finance and Financial Sector 00 2009-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-09T14:31:24Z Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 - States that it is the policy of the United States to support the decision of state and local governments and educational institutions to divest from, and to prohibit the investment of assets they control in, persons that have investments of $20 million or more in Iran's energy sector.

Authorizes a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, or prohibit the investment of assets they control in, such persons, including financial institutions which extend them credit to so invest.

Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to shield any registered investment company from civil, criminal, or administrative action based upon its divesting from, or avoiding investing in, securities issued by such persons.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to shield from treatment as breaching a fiduciary duty any person divesting employee benefit plan assets from, or avoiding investing plan assets in, such persons.

]]> Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 Display Title Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1065is/xml/BILLS-111s1065is.xml 2009-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.