3.0.0 1529 2022-11-01T05:32:24Z 2022-11-01T05:32:24Z Senate S 2019-05-16 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-16T19:46:42Z Our Obligation to Recognize American Heroes (OORAH) Act of 2019 116 2790 HR 2019-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 116 1790 S 2019-12-20 Became Public Law No: 116-92. Related bill CRS 2019-05-16 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-05-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-05-16 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2019-05-16 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2019-05-16 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2019-05-16 True J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2019-05-16 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2019-05-16 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2019-05-16 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2019-05-16 True International Affairs Civil actions and liability Crime victims Federal district courts Foreign property Government liability Iran Jurisdiction and venue Lebanon Middle East Military facilities and property Military personnel and dependents New York City Sanctions Securities Terrorism International Affairs 00 2019-05-16 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-27T16:08:30Z Supporting Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act of 2019

This bill authorizes jurisdiction over certain Iranian assets so that judgments against Iran for the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, may be collected by the victims' families. Specifically, the bill establishes personal jurisdiction for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over Iranian funds held outside the United States by any foreign securities intermediary.

]]> Supporting Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act of 2019 Display Title Supporting Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Supporting Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to make additional financial assets of the Government of Iran available to pay compensatory damages to the victims of terrorism sponsored by that Government, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1529is/xml/BILLS-116s1529is.xml 2019-05-16 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.