H.R. 4691: Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act of 2023
Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 17 Apr 2024. Introduced 17 Jul 2023.
Official title: To provide for congressional review of actions to terminate or waive sanctions imposed with respect to Iran.
Vote results
- House, 17 Apr 2024: Passed, 278 Yea, 141 Nay, 0 Present, 12 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- President: Not presented to the President.
How each member voted
House
Yea (278): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); David Scott (D-GA-13); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).
Nay (141): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3).
Not voting (12): Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10).
Not in office (14): Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); George Santos (R-NY-3).
Summary
Main subject: Requires the President to report to Congress before terminating or waiving sanctions with respect to Iran or taking a licensing action that significantly alters U.S. foreign policy toward Iran, and sets a congressional review period and procedures for joint resolutions of approval or disapproval. Sec. 2
Its core areas: Presidential reports before terminating or waiving Iran sanctions; Congressional review period and limits on presidential action; Joint resolutions of approval and disapproval and their procedures.
Unexpected Items: 1 provision
These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.
Exception or delay for a subset (1)
- Sec. 2: Congressional review of certain actions relating to sanctions imposed with respect to Iran: Sets the congressional review period at 30 calendar days, but extends it to 60 calendar days for reports the President submits between July 10 and September 7 of any calendar year.
What it does
- Sec. 2: Requires the President, before terminating sanctions with respect to Iran, waiving them for a person, or taking a licensing action that significantly alters U.S. foreign policy toward Iran, to submit a report describing the proposed action and the reasons for it.
- Sec. 2: Requires each report to state whether the action is or is not intended to significantly alter U.S. foreign policy with respect to Iran.
- Sec. 2: Requires a report on an action intended to significantly alter policy to describe the alteration, the anticipated effect on U.S. national security interests, and the policy objectives for which the affected sanctions were first imposed.
- Sec. 2: Sets a review period of 30 calendar days after a report is submitted, or 60 calendar days if it is submitted on or after July 10 and on or before September 7.
- Sec. 2: Bars the President from taking the proposed action during the review period unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and bars the action if a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted.
- Sec. 2: Sets the required title and wording of joint resolutions of approval and disapproval, and sets committee discharge deadlines and floor procedures for them in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 1 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.