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Senate

Posted June 3, 2009

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S908 Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act

  • Introduced and referred to Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, April 30
  • Limits Iran’s ability to import gas and develop refining capacity by placing restriction on individuals and entities that assist in those activities.

 

S Res 71 A resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of the Baha”i minority in Iran and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

  • Referred to the Foreign Relations Committee, March 9
  • Calls on Iran to stop persecuting the Baha’i

 
 

S6 Restoring America’s Power Act 2009

  • Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders Calendar No. 6, January 7
  • Suggests the President give first priority of military resources to Pakistan and Afghanistan, shifting from Iraq

 

S1434 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010

  • 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
  • Senate version of the House bill HR 3081
  • Passed by the Appropriations Committee July 9
 
 
SJRes 18 Relating to the approval of the proposed agreement for nuclear cooperation between the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

  • Ratifies the US-UAE civilian nuclear cooperation deal
  • Introduced July 13