[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 51 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2615]
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SA 1811. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2882, to reauthorize the Morris K.
Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
obligated or expended by the Department of State to take any
action to release funds or assets to Iran pursuant to the
120-day extension of the waiver, approved by the Department
on March 13, 2024, of sanctions with respect to Iran under
section 1245(d)(5) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(5)) and sections
1244(i) and 1247(f) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-
Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(i) and 8806(f)),
unlocking $10,000,000,000 in frozen assets, currently being
held in escrow Iranian accounts in Iraq, to be transferred to
third-party countries, including Oman, before being sent to
Iran.
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