legislation: 114-hr-5949

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114-hr-5949 114 hr 5949 Victims Before Ransom Act International Affairs 2016-09-07 2016-09-07 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. House Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] NJ R L000567 3 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. 2023-01-11T13:33:51Z  

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