This is a short description of H.R. 3783 from Open Congress:
H.R.3783 - Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012.
To provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran’s growing hostile presence and activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.
Executive Summary and background:
H.R. 3783 bill would require the Secretary of State to conduct a detailed threat assessment of Iran’s growing activity in the Western Hemisphere, develop a strategy to address those threats, and report to the Congress on the implementation and evaluation of that strategy.
Findings in the bill state that Iran is pursuing cooperation with Latin American countries by signing economic and security agreements in order to create a network of diplomatic and economic relationships to lessen the blow of international sanctions and oppose Western attempts to constrict its ambitions.
The bill seeks to protect U.S. citizens from threats from Iran and defend American interests and assets in the Western Hemisphere. The bill would state that it should be the policy of the United States to counter Iran’s growing hostile presence and activity in the Western Hemisphere by working together with U.S. allies and partners in the region to mutually deter threats to our interests by Iran.
Below you will find the final vote results.
H R 3783 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 18-Dec-2012 6:57 PM
QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Senate Amendment
BILL TITLE: An act to provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran’s growing hostile presence and activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.
| YEAS | NAYS | PRES | NV | |
| REPUBLICAN | 217 | 5 | 18 | |
| DEMOCRATIC | 169 | 1 | 21 | |
| INDEPENDENT | ||||
| TOTALS | 386 | 6 | 39 |
| Amash Duncan (TN) |
Jones Kucinich |
Massie Paul |
| Adams Aderholt Alexander Altmire Amodei Andrews Bachmann Bachus Baldwin Barber Barletta Barrow Barton (TX) Bass (CA) Bass (NH) Becerra Benishek Berg Berkley Biggert Bilbray Bilirakis Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Bishop (UT) Blackburn Blumenauer Bonamici Bonner Boswell Boustany Brady (PA) Brady (TX) Braley (IA) Brooks Broun (GA) Brown (FL) Buchanan Bucshon Buerkle Burgess Burton (IN) Butterfield Calvert Camp Campbell Canseco Cantor Capito Capps Capuano Carnahan Carney Carson (IN) Carter Cassidy Castor (FL) Chabot Chaffetz Chandler Chu Cicilline Clarke (MI) Clarke (NY) Clay Cleaver Clyburn Coble Coffman (CO) Cohen Cole Conaway Connolly (VA) Conyers Cooper Costa Courtney Crawford Crenshaw Critz Crowley Cuellar Culberson Cummings Curson (MI) Davis (CA) Davis (IL) DeFazio DeGette DeLauro DelBene Denham Dent DesJarlais Deutch Diaz-Balart Dicks Doggett Dold Donnelly (IN) Doyle Dreier Duffy Duncan (SC) Edwards Ellmers Emerson Engel Eshoo Farenthold Farr Fattah Fincher Fitzpatrick Flake Fleischmann Fleming Flores Forbes Fortenberry Foxx Franks (AZ) Frelinghuysen Fudge Gallegly Garamendi Gardner Garrett Gerlach |
Gibbs Gibson Gingrey (GA) Gohmert Goodlatte Gosar Gowdy Graves (GA) Graves (MO) Green, Gene Griffin (AR) Griffith (VA) Grimm Guinta Guthrie Gutierrez Hahn Hall Hanabusa Hanna Harper Harris Hartzler Hastings (FL) Hastings (WA) Hayworth Heck Heinrich Hensarling Herger Herrera Beutler Higgins Himes Hinchey Hinojosa Hirono Hochul Holden Holt Honda Hoyer Huelskamp Huizenga (MI) Hultgren Hunter Hurt Israel Issa Jackson Lee (TX) Jenkins Johnson (GA) Johnson (OH) Johnson, E. B. Jordan Kaptur Keating Kelly Kildee Kind King (NY) Kingston Kinzinger (IL) Kline Labrador Lamborn Lance Langevin Lankford Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latham LaTourette Latta Lee (CA) Levin Lewis (CA) Lewis (GA) Lipinski LoBiondo Loebsack Lofgren, Zoe Long Lowey Luetkemeyer Lummis Lungren, Daniel E. Maloney Manzullo Marchant Marino Markey Matheson Matsui McCarthy (CA) McCarthy (NY) McCaul McClintock McCollum McDermott McGovern McHenry McIntyre McKeon McKinley McMorris Rodgers McNerney Meehan Meeks Mica Michaud Miller (FL) Miller (MI) Miller (NC) Miller, Gary Miller, George Moore Mulvaney Murphy (CT) Murphy (PA) Myrick Nadler Napolitano Neal Neugebauer Noem Nugent Olson Olver Owens |
Palazzo Pallone Pascrell Pastor (AZ) Paulsen Payne Pearce Pelosi Perlmutter Peters Peterson Petri Pingree (ME) Pitts Platts Poe (TX) Polis Pompeo Posey Price (GA) Price (NC) Quayle Quigley Rahall Rangel Reed Rehberg Reichert Renacci Ribble Richardson Richmond Rigell Rivera Roby Roe (TN) Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rogers (MI) Rohrabacher Rokita Rooney Ros-Lehtinen Roskam Ross (FL) Rothman (NJ) Roybal-Allard Royce Runyan Ruppersberger Rush Ryan (OH) Sánchez, Linda T. Sarbanes Scalise Schakowsky Schiff Schilling Schmidt Schock Schrader Schwartz Schweikert Scott (SC) Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Scott, David Sensenbrenner Serrano Sessions Sewell Sherman Shimkus Shuster Simpson Sires Slaughter Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smith (TX) Smith (WA) Southerland Speier Stearns Stivers Stutzman Sutton Terry Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Thornberry Tiberi Tierney Tipton Tonko Towns Tsongas Turner (NY) Turner (OH) Upton Van Hollen Velázquez Visclosky Walberg Walden Walsh (IL) Walz (MN) Wasserman Schultz Waters Watt Waxman Webster Welch West Westmoreland Whitfield Wilson (FL) Wilson (SC) Wittman Wolf Womack Woodall Woolsey Yoder Young (AK) Young (FL) Young (IN) |
| Ackerman Akin Austria Baca Bartlett Berman Black Bono Mack Boren Costello Cravaack Dingell Ellison |
Frank (MA) Gonzalez Granger Green, Al Grijalva Johnson (IL) Johnson, Sam King (IA) Kissell Landry Lucas Luján Lynch |
Mack Moran Nunes Nunnelee Pence Reyes Ross (AR) Ryan (WI) Sanchez, Loretta Shuler Stark Sullivan Yarmuth |
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