Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights

H.Res.274

Introduced:

April 25, 2017

Congress:

115

Session:

First

Last Major Action:

December 12, 2018

Agreed to in House

This resolution condemned the Iranian government’s persecution of its Baha'i minority; urged the president to demand the release of prisoners being held on account of their religion and to impose sanctions on Iranian officials responsible for serious human rights abuses.

Sponsor/Cosponsors:

Don Beyer(D-VA)Gus Bilirakis(R-FL)Earl Blumenauer(D-OR)Suzanne Bonamici(D-OR)

Don Beyer(D-VA)Gus Bilirakis(R-FL)Earl Blumenauer(D-OR)Suzanne Bonamici(D-OR)Madeleine Bordallo(D-)Mike Bost(R-IL)Brendan Boyle(D-PA)Julia Brownley(D-CA)Vernon Buchanan(R-FL)Ted Budd(R-NC)Cheri Bustos(D-IL)GK Butterfield(D-NC)Michael Capuano(D-MA)Matt Cartwright(D-PA)Steve Chabot(R-OH)Judy Chu(D-CA)David Cicilline(D-RI)Emanuel Cleaver(D-MO)Mike Coffman(R-CO)Stephen Cohen(D-TN)Barbara Comstock(R-VA)Gerry Connolly(D-VA)Paul Cook(R-CA)Luis J. Correa(D-CA)Ryan Costello(R-PA)Kevin Cramer(R-ND)Joseph Crowley(D-)Carlos Curbelo(R-FL)Susan Davis(D-CA)Rodney Davis(R-IL)Peter DeFazio(D-OR)Mark DeSaulnier(D-CA)Susan DelBene(D-WA)Charlie Dent(R-PA)Ted Deutch(D-FL)Mario Diaz-Balart(R-FL)John Duncan Jr(R-TN)Keith Ellison(D-MN)Eliot Engel(D-)Anna Eshoo(D-CA)Adriano Espaillat(D-NY)Jeffrey Lane Fortenberry(R-NE)Mike Gallagher(R-WI)Louis Jr. Gohmert(R-TX)Vicente Gonzalez(D-TX)Sam Graves(R -MO)Garret Graves(R-LA)Glenn S. Grothman(R-WI)Brett Guthrie(R-)Luis Gutierrez(D-IL)Dennis Heck(D-WA)Jody B. Hice(R-GA)Jim Himes(D-CT)Randy Hultgren(R-IL)Hakeem Jeffries(D-NY)Lynn Jenkins(R-KS)Hank Johnson(D-GA)William Keating(D-MA)Joseph Kennedy III(D-MA)Ro Khanna(D-CA)Ruben J. Kihuen(D-NV)Derek Kilmer(D-WA)Steven King(R-IA)Steve Knight(R-CA)Doug LaMalfa(R-CA)Jim Langevin(D-RI)John Larson(D-CT)Barbara Lee(D-CA)John Lewis(D-GA)Ted Lieu(D-CA)Daniel Lipinski(D-IL)Zoe Lofgren(D-CA)Nita Lowey(D-)Ben R. Lujan(D-NM)Carolyn Maloney(D-)Tom Marino(R-PA)Roger W. Marshall(R-KS)Doris Matsui(D-CA)Tom McClintock(R-CA)James McGovern(D-MA)Cathy McMorris Rodgers(R-WA)Patrick Meehan(R-PA)Gregory Meeks(D-)Grace Meng(D-NY)Luke Messer(R-IN)Stephanie N. Murphy(D-FL)Rick Nolan(D-MN)Ralph Norman(R-SC)Eleanor Holmes Norton(D-DC)Frank Pallone Jr(D-NJ)Jimmy Panetta(D-CA)Edwin Perlmutter(D-CO)Scott Peters(D-CA)Mark Pocan(D-WI)Bill Posey(R-FL)David Price(D-NC)Jamie Raskin(D-MD)Dave Reichert(R-WA)Lisa Blunt Rochester(D-DE)Dana Rohrabacher(R-CA)Peter Roskam(R-IL)Dennis Ross(R-FL)Bobby Rush(D-IL)John Rutherford(R-FL)Jan Schakowsky(D-IL)Brad Schneider(D-IL)Kurt Schrader(D-OR)David Schweikert(R-AZ)James Jr Sensenbrenner(R-WI)Carol Shea-Porter(D-NH)Brad Sherman(D-CA)John Shimkus(R-IL)Adam Smith(D-WA)Chris Smith(R-NJ)Darren Soto(D-FL)Jackie Speier(D-CA)Mark Takano(D-CA)Claudia Tenney(R-NY)Mike Thompson(D-CA)Dina Titus(D-NV)Dave Trott(R-MI)Juan Vargas(D-CA)Ann Wagner(R-MO)Tim Walberg(R-MI)Greg Walden(R -OR)Jackie Walorski(R-IN)Debbie Wasserman-Shultz(D-FL)Bonnie Watson Coleman(D-NJ)Peter Welch(D-VT)Robert Wittman(R-VA)John Yarmuth(D-KY)Don Young(R-AK)Lee Zeldin(R-NY)

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Legislation Topics

Iran