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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5954 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of the terms 

‘‘act of war’’ and ‘‘blocked asset’’, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2018 

Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Mr. POSEY, Miss RICE of New 

York, and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of the terms ‘‘act of war’’ and ‘‘blocked asset’’, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Anti-terrorism Clari5 fication Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF THE TERM ‘‘ACT OF WAR’’. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2331 of title 18, United 

8 States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(6) the term ‘military force’ does not include 

7 any person that— 

8 ‘‘(A) has been designated as a— 

9 ‘‘(i) foreign terrorist organization by 

10 the Secretary of State under section 219 of 

11 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

12 U.S.C. 1189); or 

13 ‘‘(ii) Specially Designated Global Ter14 rorist (as such term is defined in section 

15 594.310 of the Code of Federal Regula16 tions) by the Secretary of State or the Sec17 retary of the Treasury; or 

18 ‘‘(B) has been determined by the court to 

19 not be a ‘military force’.’’. 

20 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 

21 section shall apply to any civil action pending on or com22 menced after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 3. SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENTS AGAINST TERROR2 ISTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2333 of title 18, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting at the end following: 

5 ‘‘(e) USE OF BLOCKED ASSETS TO SATISFY JUDG6 MENTS OF U.S. NATIONALS.—For purposes of section 201 

7 of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (28 U.S.C. 

8 1610 note), in any action in which a national of the United 

9 States has obtained a judgment against a terrorist party 

10 pursuant to this section, the term ‘blocked asset’ shall in11 clude any asset of that terrorist party (including the 

12 blocked assets of any agency or instrumentality of that 

13 part) seized or frozen by the United States under section 

14 805(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act 

15 (21 U.S.C. 1904(b)).’’. 

16 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

17 section shall apply to any judgment entered before, on, 

18 or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

19 SEC. 4. CONSENT OF CERTAIN PARTIES TO PERSONAL JU20 RISDICTION. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2334 of title 18, United 

22 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(e) CONSENT OF CERTAIN PARTIES TO PERSONAL

25 JURISDICTION.—For purposes of any civil action under 

26 section 2333 of this title, a defendant shall be deemed to 


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1 have consented to personal jurisdiction in such civil action 

2 if, regardless of the date of the occurrence of the act of 

3 international terrorism upon which such civil action was 

4 filed, the defendant— 

5 ‘‘(1) after the date of enactment of this sub6 section, accepts— 

7 ‘‘(A) assistance under chapter 4 of part II 

8 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

9 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.); or 

10 ‘‘(B) assistance under section 481 of the 

11 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

12 2291) for international narcotics control and 

13 law enforcement; or 

14 ‘‘(2) in the case of a defendant benefiting from 

15 a waiver or suspension of section 1003 of the Anti16 Terrorism Act of 1987 (22 U.S.C. 5202)— 

17 ‘‘(A) after the date that is 120 days after 

18 the date of enactment of this subsection con19 tinues to maintain any office, headquarters, 

20 premises, or other facilities or establishments 

21 within the jurisdiction of the United States; or 

22 ‘‘(B) after the date of enactment of this 

23 subsection establishes or procures any office, 

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1 tablishments within the jurisdiction of the 

2 United States.’’. 

3 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

4 section shall apply to any civil action filed after the date 

5 of enactment of this Act. 

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