H.Res. 157: Opposing the lifting of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran without addressing the full scope of Iran's malign activities, including its nuclear program, ballistic and cruise missile capabilities, weapons proliferation, support for terrorism, hostage-taking, gross human rights violations, and other destabilizing activities.

H.Res. 157: Opposing the lifting of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran without addressing the full scope of Iran's malign activities, including its nuclear program, ballistic and cruise missile capabilities, weapons proliferation, support for terrorism, hostage-taking, gross human rights violations, and other destabilizing activities.

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-24 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-24 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Opposing the lifting of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran without addressing the full scope of Iran's malign activities, including its nuclear program, ballistic and cruise missile capabilities, weapons proliferation, support for terrorism, hostage-taking, gross human rights violations, and other destabilizing activities.

Plain summary

This resolution opposes lifting specified sanctions on Iran and resolves that these sanctions may be terminated only after Iran has ceased providing support for acts of international terrorism and has dismantled its nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and related technologies.

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Official text

Opposing the lifting of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran without addressing the full scope of Iran's malign activities, including its nuclear program, ballistic and cruise missile capabilities, weapons proliferation, support for terrorism, hostage-taking, gross human rights violations, and other destabilizing activities.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] · 45 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John R. Curtis (R-UT), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), Steve Womack (R-AR), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Ted Budd (R-NC), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Troy E. Nehls (R-TX), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), James R. Baird (R-IN), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

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 (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hres157.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hres>

Record fed-us-cong117-hres157 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117