WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV), Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) led 22 of their colleagues in introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Solidify Iran Sanctions Act (SISA), to make permanent the sanctions established by the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. A companion bill was introduced in the Senate by Senators Tim Scott (R-SC), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH). 
  
“Despite efforts by the United States and our allies to improve regional stability and cooperation in the Middle East, Iran, a supporter and exporter of terrorism, threatens not only its neighbors, but global stability overall,” said Congresswoman Lee. “That’s why I’m joining Congresswoman Steel to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to ensure the United States retains the full sanctions authority we need to protect Americans and our allies and to check Iran’s belligerent activities across the globe. Regardless of political party, Congress must stand firm against the Iranian regime’s brutal repression of its own people, its funding of terrorism abroad, and its reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons.” 
 
“Sanctions have been critical in holding Iran accountable for its destabilizing actions, including support for terrorist proxies,” said Senator Rosen. “With Iran closer than ever to a nuclear weapon, I’m proud to join my colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation that applies pressure on the Iranian regime.” 
 
“Iran has made clear it has no interest in participating in the international community or working towards peace. Iran brutalizes its own people, most recently conducting chemical attacks on thousands of schoolgirls,” said Congresswoman Steel. “The rogue state continues to make threats against democracy and actively sponsors terrorism around the world. Through this bipartisan, bicameral legislation, we can prevent Iran from possessing nuclear weapons and further jeopardizing global peace.” 
  
“The Iran Sanctions Act is one of the most important tools in US law to compel Iran to abandon it’s dangerous and destabilizing behavior,” said Chairman McCaul. “This bill takes the long overdue step of striking the arbitrary sunset from the law, so that sanctions will only be lifted if Iran stops its threatening behavior. Iran can’t run out the clock on U.S. law.” 
 
The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 allows the President to impose sanctions on Iran that restrain the regime’s ability to fund operations that endanger U.S. military personnel, Israel, and our Arab partners, but is set to expire in 2026. The Solidify Iran Sanctions Act would permanently extend this legislation to ensure that the U.S. can place economic pressures on Iran’s energy sector to prevent the regime from acquiring the financial resources needed to support terrorism or further develop nuclear or biological weapons.  
 
You can find more information about the Solidify Iran Sanctions Act here.