[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3457 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3457


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 5, 2015

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To prohibit the lifting of sanctions on Iran until the Government of 
Iran pays the judgments against it for acts of terrorism, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Victims of Iranian 
Terrorism Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LIFTING OF SANCTIONS ON IRAN PENDING PAYMENT OF 
              CERTAIN JUDGMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President may not take any of the actions described in subsection (b) 
until the President has certified to the Congress that the Government 
of Iran has paid each judgment against Iran that is described in 
subsection (c).
    (b) Actions Described.--
            (1) In general.--The actions described in this subsection 
        are the following:
                    (A) To waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, 
                or otherwise limit the application of sanctions 
                described in paragraph (2) or refrain from applying any 
                such sanctions.
                    (B) To remove a foreign person listed in Attachment 
                3 or Attachment 4 to Annex II of the Joint 
                Comprehensive Plan of Action from the list of specially 
                designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by 
                the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department 
                of the Treasury.
            (2) Sanctions described.--The sanctions described in this 
        paragraph are--
                    (A) the sanctions described in sections 4 through 
                7.9 of Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
                Action; and
                    (B) the sanctions described in any other agreement 
                related to the nuclear program of Iran 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 it is legally 
                binding or not.
    (c) Judgments.--A judgment is a judgment described in this 
subsection if it is a final judgment entered by the courts of the 
United States or of the States--
            (1) that relates to a claim--
                    (A) that was brought against Iran or its political 
                subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities 
                (regardless of whether the claim was also brought, or 
                the resulting judgment was also entered, against 
                another defendant); and
                    (B) for which the court determined that Iran (or 
                its political subdivisions, agencies, or 
                instrumentalities, as the case may be) was not immune 
                from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United 
                States or of the States under section 1605A, or section 
                1605(a)(7) (as such section was in effect on January 
                27, 2008), of title 28, United States Code; and
            (2) that was entered during the period beginning on April 
        24, 1996, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Described.--In this section, 
the term ``Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action'' means the Joint 
Comprehensive Plan of Action, agreed to at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by 
Iran and by the People's Republic of 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 implementing materials and agreements related 
to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.