3.0.0 3243 2023-01-11T13:41:48Z 2023-01-11T13:41:48Z Senate S 2018-07-19 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-07-19T16:22:03Z 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 Iran Hostage Act 115 3243 S 2018-07-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2018-07-19 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2018-07-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2018-08-16 False International Affairs Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign property Government information and archives Iran Middle East Sanctions Trade restrictions Visas and passports War and emergency powers International Affairs 00 2018-07-19 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-29T14:29:16Z Iran Hostage Act

This bill imposes sanctions on Iranian persons who are responsible for politically-motivated harassment, abuse, extortion, arrest, trial, conviction, sentencing, or imprisonment of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident aliens with significant ties to the United States, regardless of whether such actions occurred in Iran.

]]> Iran Hostage Act Display Title Iran Hostage Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose sanctions with respect to Iranian persons who engage in politically-motivated harassment, abuse, extortion, or extended detention or trial of individuals in Iran, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Iran Hostage Act Introduced in Senate 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3243is/xml/BILLS-115s3243is.xml 2018-07-19 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.