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Calendar No. 527 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5954 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 24, 2018 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the mean-
ing of the terms ‘‘act of war’’ and ‘‘blocked asset’’, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Terrorism Clari-
fication Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF THE TERM ‘‘ACT OF WAR’’. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2331 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
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(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) the term ‘military force’ does not include 
any person that— 
‘‘(A) has been designated as a— 
‘‘(i) foreign terrorist organization by 
the Secretary of State under section 219 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189); or 
‘‘(ii) specially designated global ter-
rorist (as such term is defined in section 
594.310 of title 31, Code of Federal Regu-
lations) by the Secretary of State or the 
Secretary of the Treasury; or 
‘‘(B) has been determined by the court to 
not be a ‘military force’.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to any civil action pending on or com-
menced after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENTS AGAINST TERROR-
ISTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2333 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting at the end following: 
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‘‘(e) USE OF BLOCKED ASSETS TO SATISFY JUDG-
MENTS OF U.S. NATIONALS.—For purposes of section 201 
of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (28 U.S.C. 
1610 note), in any action in which a national of the United 
States has obtained a judgment against a terrorist party 
pursuant to this section, the term ‘blocked asset’ shall in-
clude any asset of that terrorist party (including the 
blocked assets of any agency or instrumentality of that 
party) seized or frozen by the United States under section 
805(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act 
(21 U.S.C. 1904(b)).’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to any judgment entered before, on, 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. CONSENT OF CERTAIN PARTIES TO PERSONAL JU-
RISDICTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2334 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) CONSENT OF CERTAIN PARTIES TO PERSONAL 
JURISDICTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), for purposes of any civil action under sec-
tion 2333 of this title, a defendant shall be deemed 
to have consented to personal jurisdiction in such 
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Calendar No. 527 
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. 
JULY 24, 2018 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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