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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2086 

To prohibit the lifting of sanctions on Iran until the Government of Iran 

pays the judgments against it for acts of terrorism. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 

Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. CRUZ, and Mr. 

RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prohibit the lifting of sanctions on Iran until the Government of Iran pays the judgments against it for acts 

of terrorism. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Victims 

5 of Iranian Terrorism Act’’. 


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

2 PENDING PAYMENT OF CERTAIN JUDG3 MENTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law, the President may not take any of the actions 

6 described in subsection (b) until the President has cer7 tified to Congress that the Government of Iran has paid 

8 each judgment against Iran that is described in subsection 

9 (c). 

10 (b) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The actions described in this 

12 subsection are the following: 

13 (A) To waive, suspend, reduce, provide re14 lief from, or otherwise limit the application of 

15 sanctions described in paragraph (2) or refrain 

16 from applying any such sanctions. 

17 (B) To remove a foreign person listed in 

18 Attachment 3 or Attachment 4 to Annex II of 

19 the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action from 

20 the list of specially designated nationals and 

21 blocked persons maintained by the Office of 

22 Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the 

23 Treasury. 

24 (2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de25 scribed in this paragraph are— 


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1 (A) the sanctions described in sections 4 

2 through 7.9 of Annex II of the Joint Com3 prehensive Plan of Action; and 

4 (B) the sanctions described in any other 

5 agreement related to the nuclear program of 

6 Iran that includes the United States, commits 

7 the United States to take action, or pursuant to 

8 which the United States commits or otherwise 

9 agrees to take action, regardless of the form it 

10 takes, whether a political commitment or other11 wise, and regardless of whether it is legally 

12 binding or not. 

13 (c) JUDGMENTS.—A judgment is a judgment de14 scribed in this subsection if it is a final judgment entered 

15 by the courts of the United States or of the States— 

16 (1) that relates to a claim— 

17 (A) that was brought against Iran or its 

18 political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumental19 ities (regardless of whether the claim was also 

20 brought, or the resulting judgment was also en21 tered, against another defendant); and 

22 (B) for which the court determined that 

23 Iran (or its political subdivisions, agencies, or 

24 instrumentalities, as the case may be) was not 

25 immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of 


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1 the United States or of the States under section 

2 1605A, or section 1605(a)(7) (as such section 

3 was in effect on January 27, 2008), of title 28, 

4 United States Code; and 

5 (2) that was entered during the period begin6 ning on April 24, 1996, and ending on the date of 

7 the enactment of this Act. 

8 (d) JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION DE9 SCRIBED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Joint Comprehensive 

10 Plan of Action’’ means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 

11 Action, agreed to at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran 

12 and by the People’s Republic of China, France, Germany, 

13 the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the 

14 United States, with the High Representative of the Euro15 pean Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and 

16 all implementing materials and agreements related to the 

17 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. 

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