[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 395 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 395

 Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Iran Hostage Crisis, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 31, 2019

Mr. Isakson (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Leahy) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Iran Hostage Crisis, and for 
                            other purposes.

Whereas, on November 4, 1979, 66 United States diplomats, military personnel, 
        and civilians were taken hostage from the United States Embassy in 
        Tehran by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in what became 
        known as the Iran Hostage Crisis;
Whereas 13 of the 66 American hostages were released by November 20, 1979;
Whereas 8 members of the United States Armed Forces died in an attempt to rescue 
        the hostages on April 25, 1980;
Whereas another American hostage was released on July 11, 1980, after 250 days 
        in captivity;
Whereas, after 444 days in captivity, the remaining 52 hostages were released on 
        January 20, 1981, with the signing of the Algiers Accords;
Whereas the Iran Hostages were subjected to mock executions and other forms of 
        physical and emotional torture at the hands of the Government of the 
        Islamic Republic of Iran;
Whereas the Iran Hostages and their families still suffer from the events of the 
        Iran Hostage Crisis;
Whereas the Algiers Accords prevented the Iran Hostages from taking legal action 
        to pursue compensation from the Islamic Republic of Iran for their time 
        in captivity;
Whereas many of the Iran Hostages and their families finally became eligible to 
        receive compensation through the enactment in 2015 of the Justice for 
        United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144) 
        and the creation of the United States Victims of State Sponsored 
        Terrorism Fund; and
Whereas, 40 years after its founding, the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to 
        promulgate a culture of fear, oppression, and violence as one of the 
        leading state sponsors of terrorism: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes the 40th anniversary of the Iran Hostage 
        Crisis;
            (2) honors the suffering of the Iran Hostages and their 
        families during the Iran Hostage Crisis, as well as the 
        sacrifices made by those who attempted to rescue the hostages; 
        and
            (3) supports the designation of a national day of 
        remembrance on November 4, 2019, for the Iran Hostage Crisis.
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