To prohibit the expenditure of amounts made available under this Act in a contract with any company that has a business presence in Iran's energy sector.
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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 634 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41 - 53. Record Vote Number: 85.
March 5, 2009
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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 634 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41 - 53. Record Vote Number: 85.
March 5, 2009
Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 634 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41 - 53. Record Vote Number: 85.
March 5, 2009
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2789, S2807-2809, S2814-2816)
March 5, 2009
Amendment SA 634 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41 - 53. Record Vote Number: 85.
March 5, 2009
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 634 proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Kyl.(consideration: CR S2761-2762; text: CR S2761)
March 4, 2009
Amendment SA 634 proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Kyl. (consideration: CR S2761-2762; text: CR S2761) To prohibit the expenditure of amounts made available under this Act in a contract with any company that has a business presence in Iran's energy sector.
March 4, 2009
Senate amendment submitted
March 3, 2009
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
Text
Submitted
SA 634. Mr. KYL (for himself and Mr. Vitter) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1105, making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: Sec. __. (a) Except as provided under subsection (b), none of the funds made available under this Act may be spent by a Federal agency in a new contract or other expenditure of Federal funds with a company identified by the Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as having a business presence in Iran's energy sector, including Iran's refineries, refined petroleum products, and oil and natural gas fields. (b) The President may waive the application of subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis, if the President-- (1) determines that such waiver is necessary for the national security interests of the United States; and (2) submits an unclassified report to Congress, with a classified annex if necessary, that describes the reasons such waiver is necessary. ______