Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000

Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000

Long title	An Act to provide for the application of measures to foreign persons who transfer to Iran certain goods, services, or technology, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	INA
Nicknames	Iran Nonproliferation Act of 1999
Enacted by	the 106th United States Congress
Effective	March 14, 2000
Citations
Public law	106-178
Statutes at Large	114 Stat. 38
Codification
Titles amended	50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections amended	50 U.S.C. ch. 35 § 1701
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 1883 by Benjamin A. Gilman (R–NY) on May 20, 1999 Committee consideration by House International Relations, House Science Passed the House on September 14, 1999 (419-0, Roll call vote 409, via Clerk.House.gov) Passed the Senate on February 24, 2000 (98-0, Roll call vote 12, via Senate.gov, in lieu of S.Amdt. 2820) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on March 1, 2000 (420-0, Roll call vote 028, via Clerk.House.gov) Signed into law by President William J. Clinton on March 14, 2000

The Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 is a United States Act of Congress signed into law by President Bill Clinton on March 14, 2000.^[1] The act authorizes the President of the United States to take punitive action against individuals or organizations known to be providing material aid to weapons of mass destruction programs in Iran.

See also

• Chemical Weapons Convention
• International Emergency Economic Powers Act
• Missile Technology Control Regime
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978
• Nuclear Suppliers Group
• Wassenaar Arrangement

References

External links

• Text of the Act
• Clinton Signs 'Iran Nonproliferation Act'
• "Executive Order 12938--Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. November 14, 1994.