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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 114–273 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3457) TO PROHIBIT 

THE LIFTING OF SANCTIONS ON IRAN UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT OF 

IRAN PAYS THE JUDGMENTS AGAINST IT FOR ACTS OF TERRORISM, AND 

FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE BILL (H.R. 1735) TO AUTHORIZE 

APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF 

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND 

FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, 

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF 

MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. BYRNE, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 449] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 449, by a record vote of 8 to 3, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3457, the Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act, under a closed rule. The 

resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The resolution waives all points of order 

against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the 

amendment printed in this report shall be considered as adopted 

and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as 

amended. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or 

without instructions. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. The resolution waives all 

points of order against the conference report and against its consideration. The resolution provides that the conference report shall be 

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tion except one hour of debate and one motion to recommit if applicable. Debate on the conference report is divided pursuant to clause 

8(d) of rule XXII. 

Section 3 of the resolution provides that it shall be in order at 

any time on the legislative day of October 1, 2015, for the Speaker 

to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules and that the 

Speaker or his designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or 

her designee on the designation of any matter for consideration 

pursuant to this section. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of H.R. 

3457 includes a waiver of section 303 of the Congressional Budget 

Act, prohibiting consideration of legislation, providing a change in 

revenues for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for that year 

has been agreed to. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 3457, as amended, the Committee is not aware of any 

points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

The waiver of all points of order against the conference report to 

H.R. 1735 and its consideration includes a waiver of the following: 

• Clause 9 of rule XXII, which prohibits the inclusion of 

matter in a conference report not committed to the conference 

by either House; 

• Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction of the 

Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported by the 

Budget Committee; 

• Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

which prohibits consideration of legislation that would cause 

the level of total new budget authority for the first fiscal year 

to be exceeded; 

• Section 3101 of S. Con. Res. 11, which prohibits consideration of a conference report that would cause a net increase in 

direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning in 2026. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 107 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to report an open rule for H.R. 3457. 

Defeated: 3–8. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... ................... Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Nay 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 


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Rules Committee record vote No. 108 

Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 8–3. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Nay 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Yea Mr. McGovern ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... ................... Mr. Polis ........................................................... Nay 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Yea 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Yea 

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Yea 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Yea 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3457 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Meehan (PA): SUBSTITUTE Prohibits the President from providing Iran with sanctions relief—and therefore implementing the 

nuclear agreement—until he certifies to Congress that Iran has 

paid compensation to American victims of its terrorism who have 

successfully obtained judgments in U.S. courts. The amendment refines the legal/technical descriptions of what constitutes ‘‘lifting of 

sanctions’’ (to ensure that it covers the full range of potential sanctions waivers connected with the nuclear deal) and the universe of 

‘‘certain judgments’’ subject to the bill (to ensure that it captures 

all appropriate judgments against Iran since the 1996 ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities 

Act). 

TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3457 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act’’. 

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LIFTING OF SANCTIONS ON IRAN PENDING 

PAYMENT OF CERTAIN JUDGMENTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

the President may not take any of the actions described in subsection (b) until the President has certified to the Congress that the 

Government of Iran has paid each judgment against Iran that is 

described in subsection (c). 

(b) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The actions described in this subsection are 

the following: 

(A) To waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or 

otherwise limit the application of sanctions described in 

paragraph (2) or refrain from applying any such sanctions. 

(B) To remove a foreign person listed in Attachment 3 or 

Attachment 4 to Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan 

of Action from the list of specially designated nationals 

and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign 

Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury. 

(2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 

paragraph are— 

(A) the sanctions described in sections 4 through 7.9 of 

Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; and 


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(B) the sanctions described in any other agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran that includes the 

United States, commits the United States to take action, 

or pursuant to which the United States commits or otherwise agrees to take action, regardless of the form it takes, 

whether a political commitment or otherwise, and regardless of whether it is legally binding or not. 

(c) JUDGMENTS.—A judgment is a judgment described in this subsection if it is a final judgment entered by the courts of the United 

States or of the States— 

(1) that relates to a claim— 

(A) that was brought against Iran or its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities (regardless of whether 

the claim was also brought, or the resulting judgment was 

also entered, against another defendant); and 

(B) for which the court determined that Iran (or its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities, as the 

case may be) was not immune from the jurisdiction of the 

courts of the United States or of the States under section 

1605A, or section 1605(a)(7) (as such section was in effect 

on January 27, 2008), of title 28, United States Code; and 

(2) that was entered during the period beginning on April 24, 

1996, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(d) JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION DESCRIBED.—In this 

section, the term ‘‘Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’’ means the 

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, agreed to at Vienna on July 

14, 2015, by Iran and by the People’s Republic of China, France, 

Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the 

United States, with the High Representative of the European 

Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and all implementing materials and agreements related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. 

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