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House vote: H.R. 5631 // July 14, 2016

Iran Accountability Act of 2016

Sponsor: Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Iran Accountability Act of 2016 This bill prescribes requirements for mandatory sanctions with respect to: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), its agents, and persons or entities it owns; Mahan Air; Iran's support of terrorism and money laundering; Iran's human rights abuses; certain Iranian individuals, including the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President of Iran; persons who conduct transactions with or on behalf of certain Iranian individuals; persons that support or are involved in Iran's ballistic missile program; and financial institutions that engage in certain transactions on behalf of persons involved in human rights abuses or that export sensitive technology to Iran. The Department of the Treasury must establish and publish in the Federal Register an IRGC watch list.

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Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

246 votes, representing 140,466,916 people56.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

179 votes, representing 102,820,335 people41.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon24656.4%
NayLost17941.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.3%