Sec. 5. Certification required to provide funds to Iran and report on funds provided to Iran
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Before the President may provide or authorize payment of any funds to Iran on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees that— the funds will not be used by Iran to engage in or provide support for acts of international terrorism; and Iran or groups supported by Iran are not unjustly detaining United States citizens, including United States citizens who are also citizens of other countries. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on whether funds paid to Iran by the United States after January 1, 2016, have been used by Iran to engage in or provide support for acts of international terrorism.
In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.