October 15, 2009

House Committee to Consider Gas Embargo

Interesting timing of this Committee hearing announcement.
Chairman Howard Berman has decided not to wait for the outcome of next week’s meeting between the P5+1 and Iran in Vienna. Nor will he wait to see if Iran lives up to its promise to allow IAEA inspectors at the Qom nuclear facility by the October 25 deadline.
Regardless of how those events transpire, apparently the Chairman has made up his mind to pass a gas embargo as soon as possible.

FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP NOTICE

Committee on Foreign Affairs

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, D.C. 20515-0128

Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Chairman

October 15, 2009

TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
You are respectfully requested to attend an OPEN markup of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building, for the purpose of mark up of the following legislation:
DATE: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
MARKUP OF: H.R. 2194, Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009.
NOTE: Measures may be added.
By Direction of the Chairman

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