US Congress House Bill 5796 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 17 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-06-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Justice for the American Diplomats Held Hostage in Tehran Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a common fund to be administered by the class representatives and agents for the former American hostages in Iran and their survivors (case number 1:08-CV-00487 (EGS) of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia) in order to pay claims to the American hostages and to family members identified as class members. Finances the fund from: (1) fines and penalties for violations of activities with respect to any government or person by reason of a connection with Iran, and (2) seized or frozen Iranian assets or assets from persons or entities subject to Iran-related sanctions. Sets forth payment priority and amount provisions. States that the United States shall be fully subrogated with respect to payments to all rights of each individual paid under this Act against the government of Iran or the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Justice for the American Diplomats Held Hostage in Tehran Act

Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Nan Hayworth [R-NY]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. David Rivera [R-FL]
Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]
Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Robert Turner [R-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2012-05-17	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2012-05-17	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2012-05-17	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5796/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr5796/BILLS-112hr5796ih.pdf