Directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in the possession of the Secretary of State relating to the report submitted to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives on July 28, 2006, pursuant to the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act.

Bill: 109-hres-985
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms sales
Biological warfare
Cabinet officers
Chemical warfare
Classified defense information
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional-executive relations
Department of State
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Iran
Middle East and North Africa
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
Official secrets
Resolutions of inquiry
Science, Technology, Communications
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives, within 14 days after adoption of this resolution, all documents in the Secretary's possession (excluding those revealing intelligence sources and methods), including notes from meetings, memos, and electronic mail records, relating to the July 28, 2006, report to the House Committee on International Relations on transfers by foreign persons to Iran of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and missile goods, services, or technology.
 
Requires in particular any document: (1) indicating the dates on which the draft report was circulated to and approved by various offices and bureaus of the Department of State; (2) relating to the date on which the report would be submitted to Congress; and (3) relating to the report briefing provided by Department officials to congressional staff on July 26, 2006.

action_date: 2006-09-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Directs the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives, within 14 days after adoption of this resolution, all documents in the Secretary's possession (excluding those revealing intelligence sources and methods), including notes from meetings, memos, and electronic mail records, relating to the July 28, 2006, report to the House Committee on International Relations on transfers by foreign persons to Iran of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and missile goods, services, or technology.
 
Requires in particular any document: (1) indicating the dates on which the draft report was circulated to and approved by various offices and bureaus of the Department of State; (2) relating to the date on which the report would be submitted to Congress; and (3) relating to the report briefing provided by Department officials to congressional staff on July 26, 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 237.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Reported by the Committee on International Relations. H. Rept. 109-689.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Reported by the Committee on International Relations. H. Rept. 109-689.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported Without Recommendation by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in House