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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Latest Action · January 24, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
This bill would amend an existing law that compensates U.S. victims of state-sponsored terrorism to specifically provide payments to former American hostages held in Iran and their families. The legislation directs that funds from a reserve account be used to pay any outstanding claims from Iran hostages within 30 days of the bill's enactment. The bill authorizes whatever funding is necessary to make full and complete payments on these claims and restricts those funds from being used for any other purpose. This measure affects former hostages from the 1979-1981 Iran hostage crisis and their families who have pending claims for compensation. The bill was introduced in January 2024 by Senators Raphael Warnock and J.D. Vance.
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