Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act

United States116th CongressHR-194House of Representatives
Updated: Jan 31, 2019

Summary

Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act This bill directs the President to impose sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations related to Iran's government. The President shall impose sanctions on Iranian persons responsible for or complicit in politically-motivated harassment, abuse, extortion, or extended detention or trial of (1) U.S. citizens and permanent residents, (2) Iranian citizens and residents, or (3) persons of Iranian origin. The sanctions shall include denial and revocation of visas, blocking of property, and restrictions on financial transactions. The immediate family members of such sanctioned individuals shall be ineligible for admission into the United States, and current visas of such family members shall be revoked. The bill also directs the Department of State to report on a strategy to prevent the Iranian government from taking hostage of or arbitrarily detaining U.S. citizens.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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.

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  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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