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Introduced Session

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.

Committee Categories

Patrick Meehan (R)*,  Ralph Abraham (R),  Lou Barletta (R),  Andy Barr (R),  Dan Benishek (R),  Mike Bishop (R),  Diane Black (R),  Marsha Blackburn (R),  Charles Boustany (R),  Susan Brooks (R),  Vern Buchanan (R),  Larry Bucshon (R),  Michael Burgess (R),  Bradley Byrne (R),  John Carter (R),  Jason Chaffetz (R),  Curt Clawson (R),  Mike Coffman (R),  Tom Cole (R),  Chris Collins (R),  Barbara Comstock (R),  Paul Cook (R),  Ryan Costello (R),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Ander Crenshaw (R),  John Culberson (R),  Carlos Curbelo (R),  Jeff Denham (R),  Charles Dent (R),  Ron DeSantis (R),  Scott DesJarlais (R),  Mario Diaz-Balart (R),  Robert Dold (R),  Sean Duffy (R),  Jeff Duncan (R),  Tom Emmer (R),  Stephen Fincher (R),  Michael Fitzpatrick (R),  Bill Flores (R),  Rodney Frelinghuysen (R),  Christopher Gibson (R),  Bob Goodlatte (R),  Kay Granger (R),  Morgan Griffith (R),  Brett Guthrie (R),  Gregg Harper (R),  French Hill (R),  George Holding (R),  Bill Huizenga (R),  Will Hurd (R),  Evan Jenkins (R),  Lynn Jenkins (R),  Sam Johnson (R),  David Jolly (R),  Walter Jones (R),  Dave Joyce (R),  Mike Kelly (R),  Trent Kelly (R),  Peter King (R),  Steve King (R),  Adam Kinzinger (R),  John Kline (R),  Stephen Knight (R),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Leonard Lance (R),  Bob Latta (R),  Billy Long (R),  Barry Loudermilk (R),  Thomas MacArthur (R),  Kenny Marchant (R),  Tom Marino (R),  Michael McCaul (R),  Tom McClintock (R),  Patrick McHenry (R),  David McKinley (R),  Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R),  Martha McSally (R),  Mark Meadows (R),  Candice Miller (R),  Jeff Miller (R),  John Moolenaar (R),  Tim Murphy (R),  Richard Nugent (R),  Gary Palmer (R),  Scott Perry (R),  Joseph Pitts (R),  Ted Poe (R),  Bill Posey (R),  Tom Price (R),  E. Scott Rigell (R),  David Roe (R),  Dana Rohrabacher (R),  Todd Rokita (R),  Thomas Rooney (R),  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R),  Peter Roskam (R),  Keith Rothfus (R),  Edward Royce (R),  Steve Russell (R),  Austin Scott (R),  F. James Sensenbrenner (R),  Pete Sessions (R),  John Shimkus (R),  Bill Shuster (R),  Jason Smith (R),  G.T. Thompson (R),  Patrick Tiberi (R),  David Trott (R),  Mike Turner (R),  Ann Wagner (R),  Jackie Walorski (R),  Randy Weber (R),  Brad Wenstrup (R),  Bruce Westerman (R),  Roger Williams (R),  Kevin Yoder (R),  David Young (R),  Todd Young (R),  Ryan Zinke (R), 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (on 10/05/2015)

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