3.0.0 2365 2023-01-11T13:40:37Z 2023-01-11T13:40:37Z Senate S 2018-01-30 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-01-30T22:10:42Z Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act 115 4744 HR 2018-05-07 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2018-01-30 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2018-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2018-01-30 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2018-01-30 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2018-01-30 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2018-06-04 False International Affairs Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Human rights Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Iran Middle East News media and reporting Protest and dissent Sanctions Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity International Affairs 00 2018-01-30 Introduced in Senate 2019-01-03T21:06:25Z Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act

This bill directs the President to identify and impose sanctions against senior members of the government of Iran and other persons who are responsible for or complicit in committing serious human rights violations, or engaging in censorship, the diversion of goods intended for the people of Iran, or public corruption.

The President shall identify and impose U.S. entry and financial sanctions against persons who are responsible for or complicit in the politically-motivated intimidation, detention, or trial in Iran of U.S. citizens or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.

The Department of State shall submit to Congress a strategy to prevent elements of the Iranian regime from engaging in hostage-taking or the prolonged arbitrary detention of U.S. citizens or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.

The bill authorizes the consolidation of certain Iran-related reports.

]]> Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act Display Title Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose additional sanctions with respect to serious human rights abuses by the Government of Iran, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act Introduced in Senate 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2365is/xml/BILLS-115s2365is.xml 2018-01-30 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.