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House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law

To condition payment to Iran of any compensation for the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS VINCENNES on July 3, 1988, on the release of the United States citizens being held hostage in the Middle East.

H.R. 3001Introduced Jul 25, 1989Policy area: International Affairs
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Chapman D-TX
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 19, 1989 — Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from State.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

33 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 18 Democrats

13 of 33 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.

John Bryant (D-TX), Albert Bustamante (D-TX), Ben Campbell (R-CO), William Dannemeyer (R-CA), Brian Donnelly (D-MA), Dennis Eckart (D-OH), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Martin Frost (D-TX), Pete Geren (D-TX), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Carroll Hubbard (D-KY), Ben Jones (D-GA), Robert Lagomarsino (R-CA), Martin Lancaster (D-NC), James Leath (D-TX), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Jim Lightfoot (R-IA), William Lipinski (D-IL), Edward Madigan (R-IL), Ron Marlenee (R-MT), Bob McEwen (R-OH), Stephen Neal (D-NC), Ron Packard (R-CA), Mike Parker (R-MS), Matthew Rinaldo (R-NJ), George Sangmeister (D-IL), Steven Schiff (R-NM), Gerry Sikorski (D-MN), James Slattery (D-KS) and 3 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Chapman.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-1 district

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Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.