US HB3457 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 119-0)
Status: Engrossed on October 5 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-05 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on October 5 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-05 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the President, until Iran has paid each judgment against it, from: limiting the application of specified sanctions on Iran or refraining from applying them; or removing a foreign person (including entities) listed in Attachments 3 or 4 to Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPA) from the list of designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. These sanctions are the ones contained in: sections 4 through 7.9 of Annex II of the JCPA; and any other agreement related to Iran's nuclear program that includes the United States, commits the United States to take action, or pursuant to which the United States commits or otherwise agrees to take action, regardless of the form it takes, whether a political commitment or otherwise, and regardless of whether the agreement is legally binding or not. A judgment is any final judgment entered by the courts of the United States or of the states that: relates to a claim brought against Iran or its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities and for which the court determined that none of them were immune under specified terrorism exceptions from the court's jurisdiction; and was entered between April 24, 1996, and the date of the enactment of this Act. The JCPA is the agreement signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran, China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and all related implementing materials and agreements.
Title
Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2015-10-01 - House - On Passage (Y: 251 N: 173 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-05 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| 2015-10-01 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2015-10-01 | House | On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 251 - 173 (Roll no. 533). (text: CR H6761) |
| 2015-10-01 | House | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6778-6779) |
| 2015-10-01 | House | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3457, the Chair put the question on passage and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Royce demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on passage until later in the legislative day. |
| 2015-10-01 | House | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H6768) |
| 2015-10-01 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3457. |
| 2015-10-01 | House | The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3457, consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 1735 and for motions to suspend the rules. |
| 2015-10-01 | House | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 449. (consideration: CR H6761-6768) |
| 2015-09-18 | House | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6143) |
| 2015-09-09 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
| 2015-09-09 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
HR449 (Related) 2015-10-01 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB3460 (Related) 2016-07-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
SB2086 (Related) 2015-09-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
HB3460 (Related) 2016-07-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
SB2086 (Related) 2015-09-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Subjects
Arms control and nonproliferation
Crime victims
Foreign property
Government liability
International affairs
International law and treaties
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Sanctions
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
Crime victims
Foreign property
Government liability
International affairs
International law and treaties
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Sanctions
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
