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This bill, titled the "No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act," aims to deter the government of Iran and other hostile actors from taking U.S. nationals hostage or wrongfully detaining them. It requires the President to report on sanctions under the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act, which authorizes sanctions against foreign persons responsible for or complicit in hostage-taking or unlawful detention of U.S. nationals. The bill also directs the President to review cases of hostage-taking and unlawful detention of U.S. nationals in Iran, restrict the travel of Iranian diplomats to the United Nations, report on blocked Iranian assets, coordinate international efforts to seize Iranian assets, and consider invalidating U.S. passports for travel to Iran due to the threat of wrongful detention. Additionally, the bill requires the President to develop a strategy to deter and prevent wrongful detention and hostage-taking by U.S. adversaries.