S.1065 - Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009

A bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 as introduced.

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5/18/2009--Introduced.Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 - States that it is the policy of the United States to support the decision of state and local governments and educational institutions to divest from, and to prohibit the investment of assets they control in, persons that have inve
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5/18/2009--Introduced.Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 - States that it is the policy of the United States to support the decision of state and local governments and educational institutions to divest from, and to prohibit the investment of assets they control in, persons that have investments of $20 million or more in Iran's energy sector. Authorizes a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, or prohibit the investment of assets they control in, such persons, including financial institutions which extend them credit to so invest. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to shield any registered investment company from civil, criminal, or administrative action based upon its divesting from, or avoiding investing in, securities issued by such persons. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to shield from treatment as breaching a fiduciary duty any person divesting employee benefit plan assets from, or avoiding investing plan assets in, such persons.

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05/20/10
Barrett applauds Arizona law

...days of the session. The lawmakers gave second-reading approval of the same language that is in a bill they already passed, S.1065, governing supervised loans, but that appears to be languishing in a House committee. The Labor, Commerce and Industry Com

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12/23/09
Reid: Iran sanctions bill will get a vote

...Bayh, Lieberman and Kyl, cosponsored by 76 Senators and passed by the House 412-12, as well as the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act (S.1065), overwhelmingly passed by the House in October by a vote of 414 to 6. The Dodd-Shelby bill also contains important pr

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10/27/09
Iran sanctions clears House committee

...their committee tomorrow that will encompass the Senate version of the IRPSA (S.908), as well as the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act (S.1065), overwhelmingly passed earlier this month by the House by a vote of 414 to 6. This measure also contains provisions

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11/18/10
(Strafrecht) Revisionsentscheidung in Sachen Scheungraber heute ...

I S. 1065) und 16. Juli 1979 (BGBl. I S. 1045) zur Neuberechnung, Verlängerung und Aufhebung der Verjährungsfrist die Tat nicht mehr erfasst (vgl. näher BGH, Urteil vom 1. März 1995 – 2 StR 331/94, NJW 1995, 1297). ...

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03/29/10
Okkulte-Nazis: Holo-Hexenverfolgung

Bundesgesetzblatt I (1965) S. 315; Bundesgesetzblatt I (1969) S. 1065; Eine weitere Fristverlängerung erfolgte 1979. 7. Seihe z.B.: Semit Times, »Ivan der Schreckliche oder John Demjanjuk, Justizirrtum? Justizskandal! ...

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02/23/10
Mayor Larry Gilbert: Mayor's Corner: A Day of Action for The Day ...

Dr. Uchida asked me if I would contact our two Maine Senators to ask for their support in co-sponsoring the Senate Bill S. 1065 which will order the award of the Congressional Gold Medal. On Friday, I wrote a letter of support to ...

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