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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 776 

Urging the Biden administration to rescind the release of $6,000,000,000 

in frozen Iranian funds and to lawfully enforce the Taylor Force Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 11, 2023 

Mr. LAWLER (for himself, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. 

POSEY, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. LANGWORTHY, 

and Ms. GREENE of Georgia) submitted the following resolution 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Urging the Biden administration to rescind the release of 

$6,000,000,000 in frozen Iranian funds and to lawfully 

enforce the Taylor Force Act. 

Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists carried out 

a brutal attack on Israel in which they launched thousands of missiles, slaughtered innocent civilians, including 

children and the elderly, and took over 100 hostages into 

the Gaza Strip; 

Whereas Hamas is a United States-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with strong ties to Iran; 

Whereas Iran has long provided financial support, weapons 

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tinian terror groups such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad 

and the Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineGeneral Command; 

Whereas there have been reports of Iranian involvement in 

the planning and execution of the October 7th Hamas 

terrorist attack against Israel; 

Whereas, on September 11, 2023, the Biden administration 

notified Congress about an agreement to release 

$6,000,000,000 in sanctioned Iranian funds and give 

clemency to 5 Iranian criminals in exchange for the release of 5 American hostages; 

Whereas the Biden administration’s negotiations with the terrorist Iranian regime incentivizes hostage taking and 

delegitimizes United States sanctions; 

Whereas the Biden administration has defended this illthought-out agreement by arguing that the 

$6,000,000,000 does not include any taxpayer dollars 

and are merely ‘‘Iranian funds’’ that will go toward humanitarian aid; 

Whereas at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on 

September 14, 2023, experts confirmed the clear concept 

that money is fungible, and releasing frozen dollars to 

Iran will free up other money to be spent on other activities, such as Iran’s support for terrorist groups like 

Hamas; 

Whereas, in direct contradiction of the Biden administration’s 

talking points, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stated 

‘‘This money belongs to the Iranian people, the Iranian 

Government, so the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide 

what to do with this money’’, according to his translator; 


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Whereas, on March 23, 2018, President Donald Trump 

signed into law the Taylor Force Act (22 U.S.C. 2346), 

which prohibits United States assistance from directly 

benefitting the Palestinian Authority until the Palestinian 

Authority halts payments from their Martyr’s Fund to 

individuals who commit acts of terrorism against Israel; 

Whereas the Taylor Force Act also urges United States officials to highlight this pay-to-slay policy at United Nations meetings and to urge other countries to halt payments to the Palestinian Authority; 

Whereas the Palestinian Authority continues to operate the 

Martyr’s Fund and subsidize terrorism; 

Whereas, despite the passage and continued standing of the 

Taylor Force Act, the Biden administration increased aid 

to Palestinians, refrains from highlighting the existence 

of the Martyr’s Fund at the United Nations, and encourages other countries to provide assistance to the Palestinian Authority; 

Whereas, while the fault of the attack lays on Hamas and its 

terrorist allies, the Biden administration’s continued appeasement of terrorist regimes and soft-on-terrorism policies have emboldened these barbarians; and 

Whereas, in light of Israel’s war, it is critical that the United 

States supports our ally by halting all funding to Hamas, 

the Palestinian Authority, Iran, and their terrorist allies 

complicit in the attack: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the Biden administration’s re3 lease of $6,000,000,000 in sanctioned Iranian funds 


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1 to Iran and urges the immediate rescission of the 

2 waiver that allowed for the transfer of these assets; 

3 (2) condemns the Biden administration’s viola4 tions of the Taylor Force Act and urges the law be 

5 carried out in full; and 

6 (3) supports our ally Israel in its war against 

7 terror. 

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