H.Con.Res. 21: Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel.

H.Con.Res. 21: Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-09 · International Affairs · Latest: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 513 (2007): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, As Amended, HCONRES21 (2007-06-20), Passed. See all
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel.

Plain summary

Condemns Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements and policies aimed at Israel's destruction. Calls on the U.N. Security Council to charge President Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and Article 2, Section 4, of the U.N. Charter. Calls on the Security Council and all U.N. member states to consider stronger measures to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, which would be a dangerous violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a potential means of carrying out President Ahmadinejad's threats against Israel. Reaffirms the U.S.-Israeli strategic partnership and close friendship and reasserts the U.S. commitment to defend Israel's right to exist as a free and democratic state.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] · 103 cosponsors

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Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Al Green (D-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) and 43 more.

Recorded votes

House roll call 513 (2007): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, As Amended, HCONRES21 (2007-06-20): Passed

Words on this page, explained (3)

Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.
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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hconres21.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hconres>

Record fed-us-cong110-hconres21 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110