Block Arms to Iran Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1853
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2015-07-23
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations

Iran

Middle East

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Trade restrictions

United Nations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Block Arms to Iran Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill declares that, of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of State for &quot;Contributions to International Organizations&quot; and available for contributions to the United Nations, 20% may not be obligated or expended for that purpose if the arms embargo on Iran pursuant to Security Council Resolutions 1747 and 1929 is lifted, reduced, or otherwise eased.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1853 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 23, 2015 Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To limit the availability of funding for contributions to the United Nations if the arms embargo on Iran pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1747 and 1929 is lifted.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Block Arms to Iran Act of 2015 . 2. Limitation on funding for United Nations if arms embargo on Iran is lifted Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of State for Contributions to International Organizations and available for contributions to the United Nations, 20 percent may not be obligated or expended for such purpose if the arms embargo on Iran pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 (2007) and paragraph 8 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929 (2010) is lifted, reduced, or otherwise eased, notwithstanding paragraph 13 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 (2007) and paragraph 37 of United Nations Security Council 1929 (2010).