3.0.0 394 2022-02-03T05:09:11Z 2022-02-03T05:09:11Z House H HR 2007-01-10 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2007-02-02T19:48:13Z Referred to 2007-01-10T15:02:00Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-01-10T15:02:05Z 2007-02-02 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Committee 2007-01-10 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2007-01-10 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-10 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-01-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 N S000344 Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] BRAD SHERMAN D CA 27 2007-01-10 True W000795 Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Joe Wilson R SC 2 2007-01-10 True C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 7 2007-01-10 True C000266 Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] STEVE CHABOT R OH 1 2007-01-10 True E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 17 2007-01-10 True D000327 Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] NORMAN DICKS D WA 6 2007-02-08 False L000293 Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] RON LEWIS R KY 2 2007-02-08 False J000285 Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15] TIMOTHY JOHNSON R IL V. 15 2007-02-08 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2007-03-28 False B001239 Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3] J. Barrett R SC Gresham 3 2007-03-28 False B001235 Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1] HENRY BROWN R SC E. 1 2007-10-15 False International Affairs Alien property Claims Class actions (Civil procedure) Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Expropriation Families Foreign Trade and International Finance Government liability (International law) Government trust funds History Hostages Iran Jurisdiction Law Married people Middle East and North Africa State-sponsored terrorism Terrorism Treaties Victims of terrorism International Affairs 00 2007-01-10 Introduced in House 2007-01-24T16:19:12Z States that: (1) it is U.S. policy to seek justice for American victims of terrorism and to hold terrorists and their state-sponsors accountable for their actions; and (2) any provision of the Algiers Accords, entered into with Iran on January 19, 1981, that purports to bar a U.S. citizen from prosecuting any claim in any U.S. court or to limit the jurisdiction of any U.S. court is hereby abrogated and deemed nonapplicable.

Directs the the Secretary of the Treasury to begin payments to a common fund to be: (1) established and administered by the certified class representatives for the former American hostages in Iran and their survivors (case number 1:00CV03110 (EGS) of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia); and (2) funded from the liquidation of blocked Iranian assets and from amounts in the Iran Foreign Military Sales Fund account (Foreign Military Sales Fund).

Sets forth fund payment amounts for each former hostage and spouse and child identified as a class member.

]]> To provide for payment of certain claims against the Government of Iran. Display Title To provide for payment of certain claims against the Government of Iran. Official Title as Introduced To provide for payment of certain claims against the Government of Iran. Introduced in House 2007-01-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr394ih/xml/BILLS-110hr394ih.xml 2007-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.