115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5954 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Terrorism Clari3 fication Act of 2018’’. 

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

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

6 States Code, is amended— 

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

8 end; 

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

10 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

13 any person that— 

14 ‘‘(A) has been designated as a— 

15 ‘‘(i) foreign terrorist organization by 

16 the Secretary of State under section 219 of 

17 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

18 U.S.C. 1189); or 

19 ‘‘(ii) specially designated global ter20 rorist (as such term is defined in section 

21 594.310 of title 31, Code of Federal Regu22 lations) by the Secretary of State or the 

23 Secretary of the Treasury; or 

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

25 not be a ‘military force’.’’. 
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1 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

2 section shall apply to any civil action pending on or com3 menced after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 3. SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENTS AGAINST TERROR5 ISTS. 

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

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

8 ‘‘(e) USE OF BLOCKED ASSETS TO SATISFY JUDG9 MENTS OF U.S. NATIONALS.—For purposes of section 201 

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

11 1610 note), in any action in which a national of the United 

12 States has obtained a judgment against a terrorist party 

13 pursuant to this section, the term ‘blocked asset’ shall in14 clude any asset of that terrorist party (including the 

15 blocked assets of any agency or instrumentality of that 

16 party) seized or frozen by the United States under section 

17 805(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act 

18 (21 U.S.C. 1904(b)).’’. 

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

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

21 or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 4. CONSENT OF CERTAIN PARTIES TO PERSONAL JU2 RISDICTION. 

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

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

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

7 JURISDICTION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), for purposes of any civil action under sec10 tion 2333 of this title, a defendant shall be deemed 

11 to have consented to personal jurisdiction in such 

12 civil action if, regardless of the date of the occur13 rence of the act of international terrorism upon 

14 which such civil action was filed, the defendant— 

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

16 the date of enactment of this subsection, ac17 cepts— 

18 ‘‘(i) any form of assistance, however 

19 provided, under chapter 4 of part II of the 

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

21 2346 et seq.); 

22 ‘‘(ii) any form of assistance, however 

23 provided, under section 481 of the Foreign 

24 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291) 

25 for international narcotics control and law 

26 enforcement; or 
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1 ‘‘(iii) any form of assistance, however 

2 provided, under chapter 9 of part II of the 

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

4 2349bb et seq.); or 

5 ‘‘(B) in the case of a defendant benefiting 

6 from a waiver or suspension of section 1003 of 

7 the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 (22 U.S.C. 

8 5202) after the date that is 120 days after the 

9 date of enactment of this subsection— 

10 ‘‘(i) continues to maintain any office, 

11 headquarters, premises, or other facilities 

12 or establishments within the jurisdiction of 

13 the United States; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) establishes or procures any of15 fice, headquarters, premises, or other fa16 cilities or establishments within the juris17 diction of the United States. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

19 apply to any defendant who ceases to engage in the 

20 conduct described in paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B) 

21 for 5 consecutive calendar years.’’. 
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1 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

2 section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 

3 Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2018. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5954 

AN ACT 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify 

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