H.R. 282 - Iran Freedom Support Act
- Sponsor:
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Summary:
- This bill would hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its behavior and to support democracy in Iran. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill was voted on in the House on April 26, 2006
PASSED on April 26, 2006.
2/3 required to pass
voted YES: 397
voted NO: 21
14 voted present/not voting
Iran Freedom Support Act
H.R. 282 — 109th Congress (2005–2006)
- Summary
- This bill would hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its behavior and to support democracy in Iran. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran.
- Other Titles
- Iran Freedom Support Act
- Iran Freedom Support Act
- Iran Freedom Support Act
- Sponsor
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Co-Sponsors
- Gary Ackerman
- Robert Aderholt
- W. Akin
- Rodney Alexander
- Thomas Allen
- Robert Andrews
- Joe Baca
- Spencer Bachus
- Brian Baird
- Richard Baker
- Tammy Baldwin
- James Barrett
- Roscoe Bartlett
- Charles Bass
- Bob Beauprez
- Shelley Berkley
- Howard Berman
- Robert Berry
- Judy Biggert
- Michael Bilirakis
- Sanford Bishop
- Timothy Bishop
- Rob Bishop
- Marsha Blackburn
- Roy Blunt
- Sherwood Boehlert
- John Boehner
- Henry Bonilla
- Jo Bonner
- Mary Bono Mack
- John Boozman
- Madeleine Bordallo
- Leonard Boswell
- Allen Boyd
- Jeb Bradley
- Robert Brady
- Corrine Brown
- Sherrod Brown
- Henry Brown
- Virginia Brown-Waite
- Michael Burgess
- Dan Burton
- Ken Calvert
- David Camp
- Christopher Cannon
- Eric Cantor
- Shelley Capito
- Benjamin Cardin
- Dennis Cardoza
- John Carter
- Ed Case
- Steven Chabot
- Chris Chocola
- William Clay
- James Clyburn
- Howard Coble
- Tom Cole
- Jim Cooper
- Jerry Costello
- C. Cox
- Robert Cramer
- Ander Crenshaw
- Joseph Crowley
- Barbara Cubin
- John Culberson
- Elijah Cummings
- Randall Cunningham
- Artur Davis
- Susan Davis
- James Davis
- Danny Davis
- Lincoln Davis
- Jo Ann Davis
- Thomas Davis
- Diana DeGette
- Rosa DeLauro
- Nathan Deal
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart
- Mario Diaz-Balart
- Norman Dicks
- John Doolittle
- Michael Doyle
- Thomas Edwards
- Rahm Emanuel
- Jo Ann Emerson
- Eliot Engel
- Philip English
- Anna Eshoo
- Bob Etheridge
- Lane Evans
- Terry Everett
- Eni Faleomavaega
- Sam Farr
- Chaka Fattah
- Tom Feeney
- Michael Ferguson
- Bob Filner
- Mark Foley
- J. Forbes
- Harold Ford
- Vito Fossella
- Barney Frank
- Trent Franks
- Rodney Frelinghuysen
- Elton Gallegly
- Scott Garrett
- Jim Gerlach
- James Gibbons
- Wayne Gilchrest
- John Gingrey
- Charles Gonzalez
- Virgil Goode
- Barton Gordon
- Samuel Graves
- Raymond Green
- Mark Green
- Raul Grijalva
- Luis Gutiérrez
- Ralph Hall
- Jane Harman
- Katherine Harris
- Melissa Hart
- Alcee Hastings
- Doc Hastings
- Robin Hayes
- John Hayworth
- Joel Hefley
- Jeb Hensarling
- Walter Herger
- Tim Holden
- Rush Holt
- Michael Honda
- Steny Hoyer
- Kenny Hulshof
- Jay Inslee
- Steve Israel
- Darrell Issa
- Jesse Jackson
- William Jefferson
- Timothy Johnson
- Eddie Johnson
- Walter Jones
- Stephanie Jones
- Ric Keller
- Sue Kelly
- Mark Kennedy
- Patrick Kennedy
- Dale Kildee
- Ronald Kind
- Steve King
- Peter King
- Jack Kingston
- Mark Kirk
- John Kline
- Joseph Knollenberg
- Ray LaHood
- Steven LaTourette
- James Langevin
- Tom Lantos
- Rick Larsen
- John Larson
- Barbara Lee
- Sheila Jackson-Lee
- Sander Levin
- Jerry Lewis
- John Lewis
- Ron Lewis
- John Linder
- Frank LoBiondo
- Zoe Lofgren
- Nita Lowey
- Frank Lucas
- Stephen Lynch
- Carolyn Maloney
- Donald Manzullo
- Edward Markey
- James Marshall
- Jim Matheson
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Thaddeus McCotter
- James McCrery
- John McHugh
- Mike McIntyre
- Howard McKeon
- Michael McNulty
- Martin Meehan
- Kendrick Meek
- Gregory Meeks
- Robert Menéndez
- John Mica
- Michael Michaud
- Candice Miller
- Gary Miller
- George Miller
- Jeff Miller
- R. Miller
- Dennis Moore
- Tim Murphy
- Marilyn Musgrave
- Sue Myrick
- Jerrold Nadler
- Grace Napolitano
- Richard Neal
- Anne Northup
- Charles Norwood
- Devin Nunes
- James Nussle
- John Olver
- Thomas Osborne
- C.L. Otter
- Major Owens
- Michael Oxley
- Frank Pallone
- William Pascrell
- Edward Pastor
- Donald Payne
- Steven Pearce
- Nancy Pelosi
- Mike Pence
- Collin Peterson
- John Peterson
- Charles Pickering
- Todd Platts
- Richard Pombo
- Earl Pomeroy
- Jon Porter
- Deborah Pryce
- Adam Putnam
- George Radanovich
- James Ramstad
- Charles Rangel
- Dennis Rehberg
- Rick Renzi
- Silvestre Reyes
- Thomas Reynolds
- Michael Rogers
- Harold Rogers
- Michael Rogers
- Dana Rohrabacher
- Mike Ross
- Steven Rothman
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Edward Royce
- C.A. Ruppersberger
- Bobby Rush
- Timothy Ryan
- Paul Ryan
- Jim Ryun
- Linda Sánchez
- Loretta Sanchez
- Bernard Sanders
- H. Saxton
- Janice Schakowsky
- Adam Schiff
- David Scott
- Robert Scott
- F. Sensenbrenner
- Peter Sessions
- John Shadegg
- E. Shaw
- Christopher Shays
- Brad Sherman
- John Shimkus
- Robert Simmons
- Michael Simpson
- Ike Skelton
- Louise Slaughter
- Christopher Smith
- Lamar Smith
- Adam Smith
- Hilda Solis
- Mark Souder
- Clifford Stearns
- Ted Strickland
- Bart Stupak
- John Sullivan
- John Sweeney
- Thomas Tancredo
- John Tanner
- Ellen Tauscher
- Charles Taylor
- Lee Terry
- C. Thompson
- Bennie Thompson
- Todd Tiahrt
- Patrick Tiberi
- Edolphus Towns
- Michael Turner
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- Frederick Upton
- Christopher Van Hollen
- Peter Visclosky
- Greg Walden
- James Walsh
- Zach Wamp
- Diane Watson
- Henry Waxman
- Anthony Weiner
- David Weldon
- W. Weldon
- Gerald Weller
- Robert Wexler
- Roger Wicker
- Heather Wilson
- Addison Wilson
- Frank Wolf
- Lynn Woolsey
- David Wu
- Albert Wynn
- C. W. Young
- Donald Young
- Randy Neugebauer
- Ben Chandler
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
- George Butterfield
- Daniel Lungren
- Jim Costa
- John Salazar
- Connie Mack
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Tom Price
- Lynn Westmoreland
- John Barrow
- Daniel Lipinski
- Melissa Bean
- Michael Sodrel
- Geoff Davis
- Bobby Jindal
- Charles Melancon
- Charles Boustany
- John Schwarz
- Russ Carnahan
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Jeffrey Fortenberry
- Brian Higgins
- John Kuhl
- Virginia Foxx
- Patrick McHenry
- Dan Boren
- Michael Fitzpatrick
- Allyson Schwartz
- Charles Dent
- Bob Inglis
- Louis Gohmert
- Ted Poe
- Al Green
- Michael McCaul
- K. Conaway
- Kenny Marchant
- Henry Cuellar
- Thelma Drake
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers
- Dave Reichert
- Gwen Moore
- Luis Fortuño
- Doris Matsui
- William Shuster
- Jean Schmidt
- John Campbell
- Subjects
- Foreign policy
- Affiliated corporations
- American investments
- Armed forces
- Arms control
- Arms control agreements
- Arms sales
- Biological warfare
- Budgets
- Business
- Chemical warfare
- China
- Civil liberties
- Civil service retirement
- Commercial blacklisting
- Communications
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conventional weapons
- Defense policy
- Democracy
- Diplomacy
- Dissenters
- East Asia
- Economic assistance
- Elections
- Energy
- Executive orders
- Export controls
- Export finance
- Finance
- Financial institutions
- Foreign agents
- Foreign aid
- Foreign corporations
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- Freedom of association
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of the press
- Government contractors
- Government employees
- Government information
- Government procurement
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Human rights
- Insurance companies
- International affairs
- International broadcasting
- International finance
- Investment guaranty insurance
- Iran
- Law
- Licenses
- Malaysia
- Middle East and North Africa
- Mutual funds
- National security
- Nuclear fuels
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear weapons
- Opposition (Political science)
- Pakistan
- Pension funds
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- Petroleum
- Petroleum engineering
- Petroleum industry
- Politics and government
- President and foreign policy
- Presidential appointments
- Presidents
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- Public contracts
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- Religion
- Religious liberty
- Right of assembly
- Russia
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- Sex discrimination
- South Asia
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Subsidiary corporations
- Sunset legislation
- Tax-deferred compensation plans
- Technology
- Technology transfer
- Telecommunication
- Television stations
- Terrorism
- Trade
- Treaties
- United Nations
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Weapons systems
- Women
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Introduced 1/06/2005 Referred to Committee Passed House 4/26/2006 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result currently selected House On Passage - House - H.R. 282 To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran - Under Suspension of the Rules 4/26/2006 This bill PASSED the House 397 voted YES 21 voted NO 14 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 1/06/2005 1/06/2005 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. 1/06/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia. 4/13/2005 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 4/13/2005 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. 3/15/2006 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Put on a legislative calendar 3/15/2006 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 37 - 3. 4/25/2006 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on International Relations. H. Rept. 109-417. Put on a legislative calendar 4/25/2006 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 226. 4/26/2006 Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. 4/26/2006 Considered under suspension of the rules. 4/26/2006 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 282. 4/26/2006 FURTHER DEBATE - By unanimous consent, the House proceeded with an additional 40 minutes of debate on H.R. 282, equally divided and controlled. 4/26/2006 Considered as unfinished business. currently selected House Vote on Passage 4/26/2006 On Passage - House - H.R. 282 To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran - Under Suspension of the Rules 4/27/2006 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. 4/27/2006 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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