[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3647 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3647

   To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
  Terrorism Act to use funds in the lump sum catch-up payment reserve 
       fund to make payments to Iran hostages and their families.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2024

Mr. Warnock (for himself and Mr. Vance) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
  Terrorism Act to use funds in the lump sum catch-up payment reserve 
       fund to make payments to Iran hostages and their families.

    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 Former American Hostages 
in Iran Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. JUSTICE FOR UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM.

    Subsection (d)(4)(D)(iv)(IV) of the Justice for United States 
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 
20144(d)(4)(D)(iv)(IV)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating item (bb) as item (dd);
            (2) by inserting after item (aa) the following:
                                            ``(bb) Iran hostages.--
                                        There are authorized to be 
                                        appropriated and there are 
                                        appropriated to the Fund such 
                                        sums as are necessary to make 
                                        full and complete payments for 
                                        amounts outstanding and unpaid 
                                        on claims under subparagraphs 
                                        (B) and (C) of subsection 
                                        (c)(2), which shall be paid by 
                                        the Fund on the claims not 
                                        later than 30 days after the 
                                        date of enactment of this item.
                                            ``(cc) Limitation.--Amounts 
                                        appropriated pursuant to item 
                                        (bb) may not be used for a 
                                        purpose other than to make 
                                        payments under this clause.'';
            (3) in item (cc), as so redesignated, by inserting ``item 
        (bb) or'' before ``subclauses''; and
            (4) in item (aa), by striking ``disperses'' and inserting 
        ``disburses''.
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