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H.R. 5949

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Victims Before Ransom Act
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Committee
Latest Action · September 7, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Congress
114th (2015–2017)
Introduced
September 7, 2016
Cosponsors (3)
0D 3R
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Victims Before Ransom Act This bill prohibits the use of funds by the United States to make a payment to the government of Iran or an Iranian national relating to the settlement of any claim before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal until the President certifies to Congress that Iran has paid all compensatory damages awarded to a U.S. person or entity in a final judgment of a federal or state court arising from an act of international terrorism for which the government of Iran was determined not to be immune from the court's jurisdiction.

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