United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5056 (110th)
Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act of 2008
Introduced
17 January 2008
Last action
17 January 2008 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sponsors
Barbara Lee, Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Maxine Waters, Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], JOHN CONYERS, EDDIE JOHNSON, Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9], LUIS GUTIERREZ, Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Earl Blumenauer, PETER DEFAZIO, JOHN LEWIS, Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act of 2008 - Directs: (1) the President to appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of easing tensions and normalizing relations between the United States and Iran; and (2) the Secretary of State to establish a Department of State office to support the work of such representative or special envoy.
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Timeline
17 January 2008
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 January 2008
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
17 January 2008
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 17 January 2008 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 January 2008
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 January 2008
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 17 January 2008
Sponsors
- Barbara Lee · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] · D · Sponsor
- Maxine Waters · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] · D · Sponsor
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] · D · Sponsor
- JOHN CONYERS · D · Cosponsor
- EDDIE JOHNSON · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] · D · Cosponsor
- LUIS GUTIERREZ · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Earl Blumenauer · D · Cosponsor
- PETER DEFAZIO · D · Cosponsor
- JOHN LEWIS · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsfa00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/5056
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5056
- us · 110-hr-5056 · source updated 14 August 2025