3.0.0 879 2022-01-12T14:53:10Z 2022-01-12T14:53:10Z Senate S S 2011-05-04 112 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-04T18:29:12Z Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011 112 1714 HR 2011-08-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia . Related bill CRS 2011-05-04 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2011-05-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-05-04 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2011-05-04 True H.R.1905 https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1905 International Affairs Bank accounts, deposits, capital Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign aid and international relief Government studies and investigations Human rights International exchange and broadcasting Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Iran Middle East News media and reporting Protest and dissent Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Rule of law and government transparency Sanctions Technology transfer and commercialization Trade restrictions International Affairs 00 2011-05-04 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-18T12:04:53Z Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is responsible for directing the commission of serious human rights abuses against Iranian citizens on or after June 12, 2009.

Amends the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to require the President: (1) upon receipt of credible information that a person may be an official of the government of Iran or acting on behalf of that government who is complicit in the commission of serious human rights abuses against Iranian citizens on or after June 12, 2009, to investigate and determine within 180 days whether the person is such a described individual; and (2) submit a list of such persons to Congress every 180 days or as new information becomes available.

Requires the President: (1) upon receipt of credible information that a person may have transferred to Iran goods or technologies, or provided post-transfer services, that may be used to commit human rights abuses to investigate and determine within 180 days whether the person engaged in such activity; (2) submit a list of such persons to Congress every 180 days or as new information becomes available; and (3) freeze the assets of a listed person.

Amends the Iran Freedom Support Act to: (1) extend the President's authority to provide financial and political assistance to support democracy in Iran through December 31, 2016; and (2) expand the forms of such assistance.

Requires the President to appoint a Special Representative on Human Rights and Democracy in Iran within the Department of State.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary should support efforts to research and catalogue prisoners of conscience and cases of human rights abuses inside Iran, (2) the U.S. government should offer political asylum to such political prisoners as well as assisting with their relocation to other countries if requested, and (3) the Special Representative and all representatives of the U.S. government should publicly call for the release of Iranian dissidents by name and raise individual cases of Iranian dissidents and prisoners of conscience as appropriate.

Requires the President to submit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran.

]]> Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011 Display Title Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote human rights and democracy in Iran. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s879is/xml/BILLS-112s879is.xml 2011-05-04 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.