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NEGATIVE War & Foreign Policy 118th Congress

H.R.6323 Iran Counterterrorism Act

Requires Iran to cease all support for terrorism before sanctions waivers can be granted (118th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Unverifiable preconditions eliminate diplomacy; 96% of drug shortages were technically sanctions-exempt but blocked by overcompliance.

IEEPA, 50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq. — presidential sanctions authority constrained by impossible-to-verify preconditions
  • CISADA, 22 U.S.C. § 8501 et seq.
  • HRW 'Maximum Pressure' (Oct. 2019) — bank overcompliance creates de facto embargo on humanitarian goods despite exemptions
  • WHO EMRO — 13 of 26 NCD medicines with reduced availability; 96% of shortage drugs should have been exempt from sanctions (Setayesh & Mackey 2016)
  • Lancet (2025) — Swiss pharma company fined $17M by US for delivering thalassemia medicine to Iran; counterfeit medicines flooded market
  • CEPR/Rodriguez (2023) — review of 32 studies: sanctions lead to accumulated GDP per capita declines reaching 26% (comparable to Great Depression)

Bill activity

Introduced Nov 9, 2023 by Young Kim (R-CA). 4 cosponsors as of Apr 15, 2024. Passed the House Apr 17, 2024, 271-147.

  • Reached the House floor after the House Committee on Financial Services reported it (H. Rept. 118-458), under a special rule from the Rules Committee (H.Res.1149).
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY-18) is not listed among the cosponsors of this bill. Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY-18) voted yea on the House roll call counted in grades (roll no. 140, Apr 17, 2024).
  1. IntroducedNov 9, 2023
  2. Passed HouseApr 17, 2024
  3. Passed Senate 
  4. To President 
  5. Became Law 

Latest action Apr 18, 2024: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Sponsor Young Kim (R-CA)

4 cosponsors:

Cosponsorship closed Apr 15, 2024 (118th Congress): the House Financial Services Committee reported the bill and the Foreign Affairs Committee was discharged.

Activity log

Source: Congress.gov actions
  1. Introduced in House
  2. Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the...
  3. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 19.House
  4. Vern Buchanan cosponsored (R-FL)
  5. Reported (Amended) by the House Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-458, Part I.
  6. House Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
  7. 3 members cosponsored
  8. House floor day: vote on the rule (H.Res.1149) (8 steps)
    1. Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1149 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6323, H. Res. 1143, H.R. 4691, H.R. 5947, H.R. 6046 and H.R. 4639. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6323, H....
    2. On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 124).
    3. Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 214 - 208 (Roll no. 125).
    4. Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1149.
    5. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6323, H. Res. 1143, H.R. 4691, H.R. 5947, H.R. 6046 and H.R. 4639. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6323, H. Res. 1143, H.R. 4691, H.R. 5947, and H.R. 6046 under closed...
    6. DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 6323.
    7. The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
    8. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 6323, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. McHenry demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed...
  9. House vote: Passage of the billCounted in grades
    Passed, 271-147
    Of 4 cosponsors: 4 voted yea, 0 voted nay.
    Member breakdown · Official House roll call 140
  10. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Votes on this bill

3 votes: 3 recorded roll calls and 0 decided without a recorded vote, 0 of them on amendments. Votes counted in grades are marked.

Apr 16, 20242:06 pmHouseVote to end debate on the rule (ordering the previous question)
H.Res.1149On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 124).Agreed to212-208Nay
PartyYeaNayPresentNot voting
Democratic020805
Republican212006
Independent0000
Total212208011
Official House roll call
Apr 16, 20242:13 pmHouseVote on the rule (H.Res.1149)On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 214 - 208 (Roll no. 125).Agreed to214-208Nay
PartyYeaNayPresentNot voting
Democratic020805
Republican214004
Independent0000
Total21420809
Official House roll call
Apr 17, 20246:19 pmHousePassage of the billCounted in gradesOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 271 - 147 (Roll no. 140). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: 4/16/2024 CR H2437-2438)Passed271-147Yea

Counted in grades

Of 4 cosponsors: 4 voted yea, 0 voted nay. Question voted on: Passage of the bill

PartyYeaNayPresentNot voting
Democratic5914608
Republican212105
Independent0000
Total271147013
Official House roll call

Amendments

1 amendment: 1 agreed to.

Agreed to (1)

H.Amdt.882Apr 16
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1149, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services is considered as adopted.Without a recorded vote

Iran Counterterrorism Act — imposes conditions requiring Iran to cease all terrorism support before waivers. Preconditions that are impossible to verify effectively eliminate the president's ability to pursue diplomatic agreements.