[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3016 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3016

  To prohibit the use of certain funds to host Iranian officials for 
         Independence Day celebrations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2009

Mr. Burton of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                  to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the use of certain funds to host Iranian officials for 
         Independence Day celebrations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS TO HOST IRANIAN 
              OFFICIALS FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 
              INTERNATIONALLY OR DOMESTICALLY.

    (a) In General.--No funds made available to the Department of State 
or any other Federal department or agency for fiscal year 2009 may be 
used to host Iranian officials for Independence Day celebrations 
internationally or domestically.
    (b) Independence Day Celebrations Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``Independence Day celebrations'' means any celebration on any day 
relating to the July 4th Independence Day celebrations of the United 
States.
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