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Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · Dec 14, 2017
Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to Finance Act
(Sec. 3) This bill sets forth reporting requirements with respect to the export of commercial passenger aircrafts to Iran. The Department of the Treasury must report on financial institutions conducting transactions regarding such exports. Additionally, Treasury must determine if such transactions pose a risk relating to money laundering, terrorism, or other sanctionable activities.
The President may waive the requirements of this bill under certain circumstances.
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Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] · R–TX
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 4324.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 252 - 167 (Roll no. 684).
House roll call 684 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 252 - 167 (Roll no. 684).
House roll call 684 · Individual votesOn motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 188 - 233 (Roll no. 683).
House roll call 683 · Individual votesConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9916-9918)
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions, the Chair put the question on the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Swalwell demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the motion until a time to be announced.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to prohibit financial institutions participating in certain transactions from engaging in business with a foreign entity that has been found by the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, to have engaged in or authorized cyber-attacks targeting any election held in the United States.
Mr. Swalwell (CA) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Financial Services. (text: CR H9890)
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 658, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gaetz amendment No. 1.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4324.
Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Rule provides for one hour of general debate on each bill. It also makes in order specified amendments for the bills.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 658. (consideration: CR H9880-9891; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H9880-9881)
Rule H. Res. 658 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 658 Reported to House. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Rule provides for one hour of general debate on each bill. It also makes in order specified amendments for the bills.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-452.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-452.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 21.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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