House Overwhelmingly Passes Iran Sanctions Legislation Rep. Schneider Helped Introduce

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Today, by a vote of 400 to 20, the House passed the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act (HR 850), a bill that U.S. Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) helped introduce, along with the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in March. The bill includes Schneider's amendment, which would require a formal assessment of current Iran sanctions to evaluate their effectiveness.

"The sanctions have had a crippling effect on the Iranian economy, but as Iran continues its nuclear program, we must be able to accelerate the pace and increase the intensity of sanctions to persuade the new Iranian government to abandon its efforts toward acquiring nuclear weapons capability," Schneider said. "This bill makes important improvements to existing sanctions and allows us to further isolate the Iranian economy as necessary to achieve our objectives."

The bipartisan legislation enacts stronger sanctions against Iran and its economic partners with the goal of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. The bill also targets human rights violators and individuals who engage in commerce with Iran by broadening economic sanctions and increasing oversight of the implementation and enforcement of existing sanctions.

Schneider, a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has actively called for increased economic sanctions to prevent a nuclear-capable Iran. In June, the House approved an amendment authored by Schneider to the National Defense Authorization Act that would analyze how sanctions are affecting Iran's ability to outsource its military capabilities.

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