3.0.0 2086 2023-01-11T13:29:44Z 2023-01-11T13:29:44Z Senate S 2015-09-28 114 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-09-28T22:38:41Z Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act 114 3457 HR 2015-10-05 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS To suspend until January 21, 2017, the authority of the President to waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions pursuant to an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran. 114 3460 HR 2016-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2015-09-28 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2015-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. N K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-09-28 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2015-09-28 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2015-09-28 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2015-09-28 True International Affairs Arms control and nonproliferation Crime victims Foreign property Government liability International law and treaties Iran Middle East Nuclear weapons Sanctions Terrorism Trade restrictions International Affairs 00 2015-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-01T16:06:31Z Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act

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.

]]> Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act Display Title Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the lifting of sanctions on Iran until the Government of Iran pays the judgments against it for acts of terrorism. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act Introduced in Senate 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2086is/xml/BILLS-114s2086is.xml 2015-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.