House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act

H.R. 4744Introduced Jan 9, 2018Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJan 9, 2018
Committee actionMar 15, 2018
Passed HouseApr 26, 2018 · 410–2
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 7, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4744.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4744, Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act” on March 28, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 15, 2018”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2018 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4744, 115th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-642 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on April 18, 2018.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 18, 2018 ↗
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H.R. 4744, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 5, January 9, 2018, Page H82):
Article 1, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2018 ↗
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H.R. 4744, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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

46 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 17 Democrats

17 of 46 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.

Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Sam Johnson (R-TX), David Joyce (R-OH), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Peter King (R-NY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Brian Mast (R-FL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Bill Posey (R-FL), James Renacci (R-OH), Francis Rooney (R-FL) and 16 more.

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

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