Sec. 721. Expansion of availability of financial assets of Iran to victims of terrorism
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Congress makes the following findings: On October 23, 1983, terrorists sponsored by the Government of Iran bombed the United States Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The terrorists killed 241 servicemen and injured scores more. Those servicemen were killed or injured while on a peacekeeping mission. Terrorism sponsored by the Government of Iran threatens the national security of the United States. The United States has a vital interest in ensuring that members of the Armed Forces killed or injured by such terrorism, and the family members of such members, are able to seek justice.
Section 502 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8772 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— in subparagraph (A), by striking in the United States the first place it appears and inserting by or ; in subparagraph (B), by inserting , or an asset that would be blocked if the asset were located in the United States, after unblocked) ; and in the flush text at the end— by inserting after in aid of execution the following: , or to an order directing that the asset be brought to the State in which the court is located and subsequently to execution or attachment in aid of execution, ; and by inserting , without regard to concerns relating to international comity after resources for such an act ; and in subsection (b)— by striking that are identified and inserting the following:
“that are— identified ; by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: identified in and the subject of proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Peterson et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., Case No. 13 Civ. 9195 (LAP). . Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report on threats against the United States military and defense interests, personnel, and their families, posed by organizations that are designated by the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ) with connections to the Government of Iran, as determined by the Director.
The report under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
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Expansion of availability of financial assets of Iran to victims of terrorism
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