Peace Through Strength Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3832
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2009-10-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Arab-Israeli relations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Electric power generation and transmission
Foreign and international banking
Human rights
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Land transfers
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Nuclear weapons
Oil and gas
Russia
Sanctions
Technology transfer and commercialization
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: 
Peace Through Strength Act of 2009 - Sets forth congressional findings regarding: (1) Iranian support for terrorism, (2) Iran's ballistic missile fleet; (3) Iran's nuclear program; (4) the threat to the United States of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack; (5) Iran's dependence on petroleum imports; and (6) Iranian human rights violations.
 
Sets forth U.S. policy regarding normalization of relations with Iran.
 
Amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to state that it shall be U.S. policy to encourage foreign governments to: (1) direct state-owned entities to cease all investment in Iran's energy sector and all exports of refined petroleum resources to Iran; and (2) persuade, and where possible, require private entities to cease all investment in Iran's energy sector and all exports of refined petroleum resources to Iran.
 
Directs the President, with respect to sanctions against Iran, to (1) reduce the dollar threshold for imposition of sanctions against persons making investments that contribute to Iran's petroleum resource development; (2) enlarge the scope of activities that trigger sanctions against persons providing Iran with petroleum resources which contribute to Iran's ability to develop chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons; (3) impose sanctions against persons importing Iranian goods or services other than news publications into the United States or exporting to Iran goods or technology for other than humanitarian purposes; and (4) include among listed sanctions foreign exchange, banking, and property transaction prohibitions. 
 
States that the United States is capable, willing, and ready to use military force to prevent Iran from obtaining or developing a nuclear weapons capability.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) develop military options to prevent Iran's development or deployment of a nuclear weapons capability; and (2) submit a related annual report to the appropriate congressional committees.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Armed Services, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Introduced in House