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Sep 26, 2016 Referred in Senate Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations See what changed
Sep 22, 2016 Engrossed in House See what changed
Sep 6, 2016viewing Reported in House Mr. Royce (for himself, Mr. Zeldin, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Donovan, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Dent, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Trott, Mr. Young of Iowa, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Cook, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Williams) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs See what changed
Sep 6, 2016 Introduced in House Mr. Royce (for himself, Mr. Zeldin, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Donovan, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Dent, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Trott, Mr. Young of Iowa, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Cook, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Williams) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

H.R. 5931 — what changed

Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 6 Notification and certification relating to settlements of outstanding claims before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

(a)

Notification— The President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not later than 30 days prior to conducting a transaction or payment from the Government of the United States to the Government of Iran in connection with an agreement to settle a claim or claims brought before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.

(b)

Matters To be included— The notification required under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1)

The total amount of the settlement, including the total principal and interest, and an explanation of the calculation of the interest.

(2)

changed A legal analysis of why the settlement was ~~made.~~made, including a detailed description of all claims and counter-claims covered by the settlement.

(3)

A certification by the President that the settlement is not a ransom for the release of individuals held hostage by Iran.

(4)

An identification of each entity of the Government of Iran that will receive amounts from the settlement.

(5)

A certification that the funds provided to Iran under the settlement will not be used to provide support to foreign terrorist organizations, the regime of Bashar al-Assad, or other destabilizing activities.

(6)

Whether an equal amount of Iranian funds are available and accessible in the United States to satisfy judgments against Iran by victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism.

(7)

added A copy of the settlement agreement.

(8)

added A description of the disposition of any related claims that have been subrogated to the United States Government.

(9)

added A certification that the settlement is in the best interest of the United States.

(c)

Appropriate congressional committees defined— In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means—

(1)

the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and

(2)

the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

H.R. 5931 — what changed

Sec. 6 Notification and certification relating to settlements of outstanding claims before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

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