[House Report 114-273]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress    }                                     {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session      }                                     {      114-273

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3457) 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; 
 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE 
 BILL (H.R. 1735) TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 FOR 
    MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY 
 CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, 
TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR 
 OTHER PURPOSES; AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND 
                               THE RULES

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 September 30, 2015.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                Mr. Byrne, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 449]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 449, by a record vote of 8 to 3, report the 
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution 
be adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3457, the 
Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act, under a closed 
rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The resolution waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The 
resolution provides that the amendment printed in this report 
shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall 
be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of 
order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The 
resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of 
the conference report to accompany H.R. 1735, the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. The resolution 
waives all points of order against the conference report and 
against its consideration. The resolution provides that the 
conference report shall be considered as read. The resolution 
provides that the previous question shall be considered as 
ordered without intervention of any motion except one hour of 
debate and one motion to recommit if applicable. Debate on the 
conference report is divided pursuant to clause 8(d) of rule 
XXII.
    Section 3 of the resolution provides that it shall be in 
order at any time on the legislative day of October 1, 2015, 
for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the 
rules and that the Speaker or his designee shall consult with 
the Minority Leader or her designee on the designation of any 
matter for consideration pursuant to this section.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 3457 includes a waiver of section 303 of the Congressional 
Budget Act, prohibiting consideration of legislation, providing 
a change in revenues for a fiscal year until the budget 
resolution for that year has been agreed to.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 3457, as amended, the Committee is not aware 
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    The waiver of all points of order against the conference 
report to H.R. 1735 and its consideration includes a waiver of 
the following:
           Clause 9 of rule XXII, which prohibits the 
        inclusion of matter in a conference report not 
        committed to the conference by either House;
           Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, 
        which prohibits consideration of legislation within the 
        jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless 
        referred to or reported by the Budget Committee;
           Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974, which prohibits consideration of legislation 
        that would cause the level of total new budget 
        authority for the first fiscal year to be exceeded;
           Section 3101 of S. Con. Res. 11, which 
        prohibits consideration of a conference report that 
        would cause a net increase in direct spending in excess 
        of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal 
        year periods beginning in 2026.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion 
to report, together with the names of those voting for and 
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 107

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to report an open rule for H.R. 
3457. Defeated: 3-8.

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........  ............
Mr. Burgess.....................................  ............  Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 108

    Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 8-3.

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Yea   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Nay
Mr. Cole........................................          Yea   Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Yea   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........  ............
Mr. Burgess.....................................  ............  Mr. Polis.........................          Nay
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Yea
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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      SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3457 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    Meehan (PA): SUBSTITUTE Prohibits the President from 
providing Iran with sanctions relief--and therefore 
implementing the nuclear agreement--until he certifies to 
Congress that Iran has paid compensation to American victims of 
its terrorism who have successfully obtained judgments in U.S. 
courts. The amendment refines the legal/technical descriptions 
of what constitutes ``lifting of sanctions'' (to ensure that it 
covers the full range of potential sanctions waivers connected 
with the nuclear deal) and the universe of ``certain 
judgments'' subject to the bill (to ensure that it captures all 
appropriate judgments against Iran since the 1996 ``state 
sponsor of terrorism'' amendment to the Foreign Sovereign 
Immunities Act).

          TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3457 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

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.

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