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Justice for American Victims Of Terrorism Act of 2022

H.R. 8219 · 117th Congress · Jun 23, 2022 · Lineage

A BILL

To transfer certain funds from the Da Afghanistan Bank to the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Justice for American Victims Of Terrorism Act of 2022”.

Sec. 2 Transfer of Afghan bank funds into United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund

Section 404(e)(2) of title IV of division O of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (commonly known as the “Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act”) (34 U.S.C. 20144(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(C) Transfer into fund of certain assigned assets of Afghanistan—All funds of Da Afghanistan Bank that have been transferred or have been directed to be transferred into the consolidated account held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 14064 of February 11, 2022, except for the assets currently regulated by Office of Foreign Assets Control License No. DABRESERVES–EO–2022–886895–1 of February 11, 2022.”