United States · Resolution · SCONRES
S.Con.Res. 40 (111th)
A concurrent resolution encouraging the Government of Iran to grant consular access by the Government of Switzerland to Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd, and to allow the 3 young people to reunite with their families in the United States as soon as possible.
Introduced
22 September 2009
Last action
22 September 2009 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9682)
Sponsors
Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11], Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
6 December 2025
Summary
Encourages the government of Iran to: (1) grant consular access by the government of Switzerland to Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd and allow them to communicate by telephone with their families in the United States; and (2) allow Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd to reunite in the United States with their families as soon as possible.
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Timeline
22 September 2009
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9682)
Source: IntroReferral
22 September 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9682)
Source: IntroReferral
22 September 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 22 September 2009 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 September 2009
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 September 2009
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 22 September 2009
Sponsors
- Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11] · D · Sponsor
- Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfr00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Encouraging the Government of Iran to grant consular access by the Government of Switzerland to Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd, and to allow the 3 young people to reunite with their families in the United States at the soonest possible opportunity.
- related to ← A concurrent resolution encouraging the Government of Iran to allow Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd to reunite with their families in the United States as soon as possible.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/40
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/sconres/40
- us · 111-sconres-40 · source updated 6 December 2025