Iran-Libya Sanctions Act Renewed

(July 2001)

The House and Senate both overwhelmingly passed legislation that renews the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) for another five years. On July 24, 2001, the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 96-2. The House passed the legislation on July 26, 2001, by a 409-6 vote. ILSA, which was originally passed in 1996 and was set to expire Aug. 5, has been effective in slowing Iran’s ongoing weapons efforts by authorizing the president to impose sanctions on foreign companies investing in Iran’s oil and gas sectors.

Senate and House Roll Call Votes on the Extension of ILSA

Senate Vote & House Vote

Senate Vote
YEAs --- 96
Akaka (D-HI) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Breaux (D-LA) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Byrd (D-WV) Campbell (R-CO) Cantwell (D-WA) Carnahan (D-MO) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Cleland (D-GA) Clinton (D-NY) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Corzine (D-NJ) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) Daschle (D-SD) Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) Dodd (D-CT)	Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Edwards (D-NC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Fitzgerald (R-IL) Frist (R-TN) Graham (D-FL) Gramm (R-TX) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Harkin (D-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Helms (R-NC) Hollings (D-SC) Hutchinson (R-AR) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lott (R-MS)	McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Mikulski (D-MD) Miller (D-GA) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Nickles (R-OK) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Santorum (R-PA) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-NH) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Stevens (R-AK) Thomas (R-WY) Thompson (R-TN) Thurmond (R-SC) Torricelli (D-NJ) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) Wellstone (D-MN) Wyden (D-OR)
NAYs --- 2
Hagel (R-NE)	Lugar (R-IN)
Not Voting --- 2
Inouye (D-HI)	Landrieu (D-LA)

House Vote

Sources: Thomas and AIPAC