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Dear John,
We’ve got great news. All four of NIAC Action’s priority amendments have been added to the National Defense Authorization Act, which will soon pass the House of Representatives. They are:
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Reps.
Chuy
García
(D-IL)
and
Ilhan
Omar’s
(D-MN)
amendment
mandating
a
review
of
the
humanitarian
impacts
of
U.S.
sanctions.
Despite
all
of
the
sanctions
on
Iran
and
other
countries,
there
is
no
such
mandatory
sanctions
review
required
under
law,
which
is
doubly
important
amid
the
continuation
of
sanctions
and
evolution
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic.


*
Rep.
Barbara
Lee’s
(D-CA)
amendment
repealing
the
2002
authorization
to
use
military
force
against
Saddam
Hussein’s
Iraq.
Trump
twisted
this
authorization
as
justification
for
military
aggression
that
nearly
brought
the
U.S.
into
a
full-blown
war
with
Iran.


*
Reps.
Tom
Malinowski
(D-NJ)
and
Brian
Fitzpatrick’s
(R-PA)
amendment
requiring
the
Biden
administration
to
ensure
that
U.S.
sanctions
are
not
making
it
harder
for
ordinary
Iranians
to
access
the
internet
and
freely
communicate
online.
Existing
general
licensing
is
sorely
out-of-date
and,
despite
bipartisan
support,
Biden
has
yet
to
revise
its
sanctions
licensing.


*
Rep.
Ro
Khanna’s
(D-CA)
amendment
requiring
the
administration
to
detail
the
costs
and
feasibility
of
a
proposed
new
missile
defense
system
for
the
Kingdom
of
Saudi
Arabia,
Israel
and
other
states.
Hawks
had
hoped
to
push
the
weapons
system
forward
without
scrutiny,
but
Congress
is
now
raising
important
questions
about
this
new
system
that
would
double
down
on
containment
and
confrontation
of
Iran.


NIAC Action staff and allied organizations worked closely with Congressional offices to ensure that these amendments were offered and incorporated into the bill, and NIAC Action members across the country contacted their legislators to ensure that they voted the right way.
But we are not done yet.
The Senate will advance its own version of the bill before the House and Senate negotiate which amendments make it into the final bill that is passed into law. So stay tuned in the weeks ahead for important updates on how to reduce the harm of sanctions, repeal dangerous war authorizations and question the wisdom of flooding the region with new weapons systems.
Ryan Costello
Policy Director, NIAC Action Support Campaigns Like These [[link removed]]
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