SAFEGUARDING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

Action: This bill expands sanctions to cover Chinese financial institutions that purchase petroleum products from Iran. The bill also requires an annual determination as to whether Chinese financial institutions have engaged in sanctionable conduct. 

Result: Signed Into Law

Date: 10/11/23

Action: This bill directs the president to issue an assessment of potential sanctions on the Supreme Leader of Iran and other senior Iranian officials by July 23, 2024 and to then impose sanctions on those officials. 

Result: Signed into Law

Date: 1/27/23

Action: This bill eliminates a sunset clause in the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, making  it a permanent requirement for the President to impose sanctions on certain individuals related to Iran’s efforts to acquire or develop certain weapons (such as chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons).

Result: Passed House.

Date: 4/28/23

Action: This bill imposes a 100% tax on assets of Russia and Belarus that have been frozen in connection with the invasion of Ukraine. The bill establishes the Ukraine Reconstruction Trust Fund to hold tax revenues created by this bill. Result: Ordered by Committee on Foreign Affairs to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 – 5

Date: 11/15/23

Action: This bill bans the United States from importing Russian crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and coal.

Result: Referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Ways and Means

Date: 2/02/2023

Action: This bill directs the Secretary of State to block Iranian officials in the brutal regime and their relatives from entry into or holding visas for the United States.

Result: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Date: 12/15/2022

Action: This bill closes the loophole that allows the sale or export of our oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to our foreign adversaries such asChina, North Korea, Russia, and Iran. 

Result: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.

Date: 1/11/23

Action: This bill closes the loophole that allows Russian oil to be laundered through third-party countries and sold in the United States as gasoline and other petroleum products.

Date: 11/15/23

Action: This bill closes a loophole the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) frequently exploits to conceal its role in lobbying efforts. 

Result: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 

Date: 2/24/2023

Action: This bill helps ensure the USVSST transparently and consistently provides compensation to more than 18,000 American victims of State Sponsors of Terrorism, including the families of the more than 3,000 victims of September 11th. Specifically, it guarantees an annual payment to victims, increases Congressional oversight over the Fund’s operations, and expands USVSST Fund personnel to ensure that the program is adequately staffed.

Result: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 

Date: 7/26/2023

Action: This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on Iranian individuals and parastatal groups that have close relationships with the Iranian government, including information regarding (1) their known sources of income, (2) their indices of corruption, (3) their involvement in key U.S. economic sectors, (4) the structures and ownership of the parastatal groups, and (5) the potential effects of imposing sanctions on these entities and individuals.

Result: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Date: 2/4/21

Action: This resolution condemns the Chinese Communist Party and its violation of the human rights of the people of China

Result: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation

Date: 06/25/2021

Action: This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Iran’s decision to enrich uranium to 20% purity (a point from which it is quicker to develop weapons-grade uranium) is escalatory and that Iran should immediately reverse this decision and abandon its pursuit of a nuclear weapon.

Result: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Date: 03/10/2021

Action: This bill requires the Department of the Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to take all necessary steps to exclude Russian government officials, to the maximum extent practicable, from certain international meetings, including the activities of the Group of 20, the Basel Committee for Banking Standards, and the Bank for International Settlements.

Result: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

Date: 03/02/2022

Action: This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to produce an assessment of Iran’s support for proxy military forces in the Middle East. It also directs the President to report to Congress a strategy to prevent Iran from expanding its power in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. Specifically, the ODNI shall report to Congress a National Intelligence Estimate (a type of intelligence community assessment) about Iran’s support for proxy forces and the increased risks that this support poses to Israel and U.S. regional interests. The estimate shall address certain specific issues, including a description of Iran-affiliated forces operating in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon and an analysis of the missile and rocket production capabilities of such forces.

Result: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Date: 07/29/2020

Action: This bill requires presidential administrations to report to Congress a comprehensive regional strategy to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham and affiliated terrorist groups that pose threats to the US and its allies.  and for other purposes.

Result: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.

Date: 3/29/2017

Action: This bill imposes sanctions with respect to Iranian persons that threaten the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq.

Result: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Date: 12/7/2017