To grant authority to the President to detain non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in the United States and non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in certain other countries until all United States citizens held by the Government of Iran are released and returned to the United States, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 3259 2023-01-11T13:30:23Z 2023-01-11T13:30:23Z House HR 2015-07-28 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ROHRABACHER:H.R. 3259.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H5591]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-07-28T14:05:05Z 2015-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2015-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 48 N International Affairs Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Iran Middle East International Affairs

00 2015-07-28 Introduced in House 2015-09-04T14:26:47Z This bill states that Iran is unjustly holding at least three U.S. citizens, Jason Rezaian, Saeed Abedini, and Amir Hekmati, and possibly Robert Levinson, as hostages.

The President is authorized to take necessary action to detain non-diplomatic officials of the government of Iran: (1) in the United States, and (2) in any other country whose government provides the United States with prior authorization to take such actions.

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To grant authority to the President to detain non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in the United States and non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in certain other countries until all United States citizens held by the Government of Iran are released and returned to the United States, and for other purposes. Display Title To grant authority to the President to detain non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in the United States and non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in certain other countries until all United States citizens held by the Government of Iran are released and returned to the United States, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To grant authority to the President to detain non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in the United States and non-diplomatic officials of the Government of Iran in certain other countries until all United States citizens held by the Government of Iran are released and returned to the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3259ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3259ih.xml 2015-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign 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.