HR 3081 FY2010 State and Foreign Operations Appropriation Bill
Passed by Appropriations Committee on June 23
Contains $2.22 billion military aid for Israel
No US office in Jerusalem for dealing with Palestinians is allowed
Assistance to the Palestinian Authority is allowed without a special waiver from the President
The bill be voted on next by the whole House
Currently in Senate
HR 2194 Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009
Introduced and referred to House Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means Committees, April 30
Gives the President the ability to impose additional sanctions on Iran, targeting companies that help Iran import or refine petroleum
HR 1327 Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009
Ordered reported (Amended) by voice vote in the Financial Services Committee’s International Monetary Policy and Trade subcommittee, April 28
Allows state governments to force divestment from Iran
HRes 319 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should take all necessary steps to expeditiously deploy a missile defense system in Europe that will help provide such a defense to United States allies in Europe while enhancing United States defenses against missile attacks.
Referred to the Armed Committee Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, April 24
Also referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee
Focused on the threat of Iranian ballistic missiles
HR 2271 Global Online Freedom Act of 2009
Introduced May 6, referred to the Foreign Affairs and Energy and Commerce Committees
Prevents US companies from cooperating in enacting online censorship in foreign countries
HR 1605 International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2009
Referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee, March 19
Seeks the establishment of an international fund that supports joint economic development and reconciliation efforts between Palestinians and Israelis
HR 1208 Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2009
Continues and expands US sanctions on Iran, especially targeting non-proliferation
Referred to the Science and Technology Committee Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, March 5
Referred to the House Education and Labor Committee Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, April 22
Also referred to House Foreign Affairs, House Financial Services, House Oversight and Government Reform, House Ways and Means, and House Judiciary Committees
HR 591 Interrogation and Detention Reform Act of 2008 Act
Repeals the Military Commissions Act of 2006
Orders the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center and the release, transfer, or prosecution of all detainees
Allow International Red Cross access to all detainees of US intelligence
Referred to the Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, March 16
Also referred to Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Intelligence Committee
HJRes 60 Providing for the approval of the Congress of the proposed agreement for cooperation between the United States and the United Arab Emirates pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
Approves the US-UAE civilian nuclear cooperation agreement
