I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1530 
To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism 
Act to clarify and supplement the funding sources for United States 
victims of state-sponsored terrorism to ensure consistent and meaningful 
distributions from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Ter-
rorism Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2025 
Mr. LAWLER (for himself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. GOLD-
MAN of New York, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. GARBARINO, 
Ms. TENNEY, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. LALOTA, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MENG, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. RYAN, Mr. JOHN-
SON
of Georgia, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
MOSKOWITZ, Mr. PALLONE, and Ms. GILLEN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State 
Sponsored Terrorism Act to clarify and supplement the 
funding sources for United States victims of state-spon-
sored terrorism to ensure consistent and meaningful dis-
tributions from the United States Victims of State Spon-
sored Terrorism Fund, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Victims of 
Terrorism Compensation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS INTO UNITED 
STATES VICTIMS OF STATE SPONSORED TER-
RORISM FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404 of the Justice for 
United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act 
(34 U.S.C. 20144) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(4), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(E) FIFTH-ROUND PAYMENTS.—All fifth- 
round payments required to be authorized by 
the Special Master on or before January 1, 
2025, shall be distributed to eligible claimants 
not later than March 14, 2025, or, if an eligible 
claimant has not provided the Special Master 
with the payment information required for dis-
tribution, as soon as practicable after the date 
of receipt by the Special Master of such infor-
mation.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(C) CERTAIN ASSIGNED AND FORFEITED 
ASSETS.— 
‘‘(i) BINANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED.— 
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‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(aa) 
ALREADY
DEPOS-
ITED.—The 
sum 
of 
$898,619,225, corresponding to 
the funds, and the net proceeds 
from the sale of property, for-
feited to the United States from 
or in connection with the plea 
agreement in the proceedings 
captioned as United States v. 
Binance Holdings Limited, No. 
2:23–cr–00178 
(RAJ) 
(W.D. 
Wash. filed Nov. 14, 2023), al-
ready deposited into the Fund. 
‘‘(bb) 
ADDITIONAL 
FUNDS.—The 
sum 
of 
$1,912,031,763, corresponding to 
a portion of the funds, and the 
net proceeds from the sale of 
property, forfeited or paid to the 
United States arising from or in 
connection with the proceedings 
described in item (aa) or any re-
lated civil or administrative pro-
ceedings. 
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‘‘(cc) INTEREST.—All inter-
est earned on the amounts de-
scribed in item (aa) or (bb) from 
the date of such forfeiture or 
payment. 
‘‘(II) DEPOSIT
IN
CVF.—The 
sum of $1,505,475,575, from the 
funds, and the net proceeds from the 
sale of property, paid to the United 
States arising from or in connection 
with proceedings described in sub-
clause (I)(aa) shall be deposited into 
the Crime Victims Fund established 
under section 1402 of the Victims of 
Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 
20101). 
‘‘(III) TIMING.—An agency of 
the United States shall deposit or 
transfer into the Fund any amount 
paid by a defendant in such pro-
ceedings that is required to be depos-
ited into the Fund pursuant to sub-
clause (I), plus any interest earned 
thereon, not later than the later of— 
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‘‘(aa) 30 days after the re-
ceipt of such amount by the 
agency; or 
‘‘(bb) 15 days after the date 
of enactment of this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(ii) 
DOJ 
ASSETS
FORFEITURE 
FUND.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Fifty percent 
of the excess unobligated balance, as 
defined in section 524(c)(8) of title 
28, United States Code, of the De-
partment of Justice Assets Forfeiture 
Fund established under 524(c)(1) of 
that title, determined on the later of 
January 31, or the date of enactment 
of a final appropriations Act for each 
fiscal year, to be transferred annually 
thereafter not later than 30 days after 
the date of such determination, plus 
50 percent of any interest amount 
earned on the investment of any bal-
ance of the Assets Forfeiture Fund as 
of that date. 
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‘‘(II) TRANSFERS.—No transfer 
pursuant to this subparagraph shall 
count against any limitation on the 
use of the excess unobligated balances 
described in subclause (I) as provided 
in an annual appropriations Act or 
other legislation. 
‘‘(III) EXCLUSION
OF
RESCIS-
SIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR AFTER DE-
TERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—For pur-
poses of subclause (I), the amount of 
the unobligated balance of the Depart-
ment of Justice Asset Forfeiture 
Fund, as of September 30 of a fiscal 
year, shall be determined without re-
gard to any rescission of amounts in 
the fund for the next fiscal year in-
cluded in an appropriation Act re-
ferred to in section 105 of title 1, 
United States Code, including any an-
ticipated or potential rescission and 
any rescission given continuing effect 
for such next fiscal year under an Act 
making continuing appropriations for 
such next fiscal year. 
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‘‘(iii) 
TREASURY
FORFEITURE 
FUND.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Fifty percent 
of the excess unobligated balance of 
the Department of the Treasury For-
feiture Fund established under section 
9705 of title 31, United States Code, 
determined on the later of January 
31, or the date of enactment of a final 
appropriations Act for each fiscal 
year, to be transferred annually there-
after not later than 30 days after 
such determination, plus 50 percent of 
any interest amount earned on the in-
vestment of any balance of the Treas-
ury Forfeiture Fund as of that date. 
‘‘(II) TRANSFERS.—No transfer 
pursuant to this subparagraph shall 
count against any limitation on the 
use of excess unobligated balances de-
scribed in subclause (I) as provided in 
an annual appropriations Act or other 
legislation. 
‘‘(III) DEFINITION
OF
EXCESS 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCE.— 
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‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—In this 
clause, the term ‘excess unobli-
gated balance’ means the dif-
ference between— 
‘‘(AA) the unobligated 
balance of the Department 
of the Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund, as of September 30 of 
the fiscal year before the 
date specified in subclause 
(I); and 
‘‘(BB) the amount that 
is required to be retained in 
the 
Department 
of 
the 
Treasury Forfeiture Fund to 
ensure the availability of 
amounts in the fiscal year 
after the fiscal year de-
scribed in subitem (AA) for 
the 
purposes 
for 
which 
amounts in the fund are au-
thorized to be used. 
‘‘(bb) EXCLUSION
OF
RE-
SCISSIONS
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR 
AFTER
DETERMINATION
OF 
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AMOUNT.—For purposes of sub-
clause (I), the amount of the un-
obligated balance of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund, as of September 30 of a 
fiscal year, shall be determined 
without regard to any rescission 
of amounts in the fund for the 
next fiscal year included in an 
appropriation Act referred to in 
section 105 of title 1, United 
States Code, including any antici-
pated or potential rescission and 
any rescission given continuing 
effect for such next fiscal year 
under an Act making continuing 
appropriations for such next fis-
cal year. 
‘‘(D) INTEREST.—All interest earned on 
any amount deposited or to be deposited into 
the Fund pursuant to this section, the Amer-
ican Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act, or 
an amendment made by that Act, following re-
ceipt of such amount by any agency of the 
United States, including all interest earned on 
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the 
amounts 
described 
in 
subparagraph 
(C)(i).’’. 
(b) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 
amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to 
harm, jeopardize, or impair any amounts previously identi-
fied for equitable sharing with law enforcement or to limit 
the right of a direct crime victim to receive restitution or-
dered by a court before the date of enactment of this Act 
with respect to any offense in a matter or proceeding from 
which amounts are to be deposited into the Fund pursuant 
to the amendments made by subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. TIMING OF DEPOSIT OF PENALTIES AND FINES 
INTO THE UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF STATE 
SPONSORED TERRORISM FUND. 
(a) FORFEITED FUNDS
AND PROPERTY.—Section 
404(e)(2)(A) of the Justice for United States Victims of 
State 
Sponsored 
Terrorism 
Act 
(34 
U.S.C. 
20144(e)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘forfeited or’’; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘forfeited or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) FORFEITURES.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—All funds, 
and the net proceeds from the sale of 
property, forfeited to the United 
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States after the date of enactment of 
the American Victims of Terrorism 
Compensation Act, in a matter or pro-
ceeding arising from a violation of any 
license, order, regulation or prohibi-
tion issued under the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Trading 
with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
1 et seq.) and all funds, and the net 
proceeds from the sale of property, 
forfeited to the United States after 
the date of enactment of the Amer-
ican Victims of Terrorism Compensa-
tion Act, in a matter or proceeding in-
volving, or relating to, or arising from 
the actions of, or doing business with, 
or acting on behalf of, a state sponsor 
of terrorism, without regard to the 
nature of the offense. 
‘‘(II) SCOPE.—All funds and net 
proceeds described in this clause shall 
be deposited or transferred into the 
Fund if the state sponsor of terrorism 
was so designated at the time of the 
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penalty or fine, at any time during the 
course of any related legal pro-
ceedings, or at the time of any related 
conduct. 
‘‘(III) RULES
OF
CONSTRUC-
TION.—Nothing in this clause shall be 
construed to limit any rights to court- 
ordered restitution of any direct crime 
victim of an offense in a matter or 
proceeding from which amounts are to 
be deposited into the Fund pursuant 
to this subparagraph. Nothing in the 
American Victims of Terrorism Com-
pensation Act or an amendment made 
by that Act that clarifies the scope of 
forfeiture proceeds to be deposited 
into the Fund shall be construed to 
impact the scope or interpretation of 
criminal or civil penalties or fines that 
are required to be deposited into the 
Fund under clause (i) or (ii) of this 
subparagraph, which scope is the sub-
ject of pending litigation and shall be 
addressed in such litigation or by fu-
ture legislation as warranted, includ-
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ing as informed by the report by the 
Comptroller General of the United 
States regarding proceeds available 
for deposit to the Fund required 
under subsection (b)(1)(A)(v). 
‘‘(iv) TIMING.—An agency of the 
United States shall deposit or transfer into 
the Fund all funds, and the net proceeds 
from the sale of property, forfeited or paid 
to the United States described in this sub-
paragraph not later than the later of— 
‘‘(I) 60 days after the receipt of 
such amount by the agency; or 
‘‘(II) 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this clause.’’. 
SEC. 4. ANNUAL PAYMENTS. 
Section 404(d)(4) of the Justice for United States 
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 
20144(d)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), on January 
1, 2026, and January 1 of each calendar year 
thereafter, the Special Master or the Attorney 
General shall authorize additional payments on 
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a pro rata basis to those claimants with eligible 
claims under subsection (c)(2) to include all 
amounts received as of that date by any agency 
of the United States that qualifies for deposit 
or transfer into the Fund, plus all interest 
earned from the date of receipt of any such 
amounts through the date of deposit or transfer 
into the Fund that has not already been distrib-
uted pursuant to this subsection and is not re-
quired for the payment of administrative costs 
or compensation as set forth in subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) of subsection (b)(1). All authorized 
payments shall be distributed to the eligible 
claimants as soon as practicable in the calendar 
year of authorization, or, if the Special Master 
or Attorney General authorizes payments prior 
to January 1, not later than 1 year after the 
date of such authorization.’’. 
SEC. 5. REPORT OF FUND ACTIVITY. 
Section 404(b)(1)(A) of the Justice for United States 
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 
20144(b)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT.— 
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‘‘(I) REPORT.—On January 31 
of each year, the Special Master shall 
submit to the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
chairman and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives a re-
port on the balance and activity of the 
Fund, which shall include— 
‘‘(aa) the total amount in 
the Fund at the end of the pre-
ceding fiscal year; 
‘‘(bb) deposits into the Fund 
during the preceding fiscal year 
sufficient to identify the source, 
including, if applicable, the case 
name and the amount of each de-
posit, except to the extent that 
any sealing order requires any 
portion of such information to re-
main confidential; 
‘‘(cc) 
disbursements 
from 
the Fund during the preceding 
fiscal year sufficient to identify 
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cases qualifying for deposit under 
this Act that are not deposited 
into the Fund as a result of 
inter-agency credits, administra-
tive costs, or any other reason. 
‘‘(II) PUBLICATION.—Not later 
than March 1 of each year, the Attor-
ney General shall publish the report 
required under subclause (I) on the 
internet website of the Fund. 
‘‘(v) GAO REPORT REGARDING PRO-
CEEDS AVAILABLE FOR DEPOSIT TO THE 
FUND.—Not later than April 1, 2025, the 
Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report, which 
shall include— 
‘‘(I) a listing of all funds, and 
the net proceeds from the sale of 
property, forfeited or paid to the 
United States since January 1, 2020, 
in 
an 
amount 
greater 
than 
$10,000,000 as a criminal penalty or 
fine in any matter, sufficient to iden-
tify the source, including, if applica-
ble, the case name and the amount of 
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each forfeiture or payment, except to 
the extent that any sealing order re-
quires any portion of such information 
to remain confidential; 
‘‘(II) a listing of all funds, and 
the net proceeds from the sale of 
property, forfeited or paid to the 
United States since January 1, 2020, 
in 
an 
amount 
greater 
than 
$10,000,000 as a civil penalty or fine 
in any matter, sufficient to identify 
the source, including, if applicable, the 
case name and the amount of each 
forfeiture or payment, except to the 
extent that any sealing order requires 
any portion of such information to re-
main confidential; 
‘‘(III) an explanation of where 
each amount described in subclause 
(I) or (II) was deposited, including 
deposits into the Fund or the Crime 
Victims Fund, which shall include the 
nature of each such deposit, and the 
statutory basis for each such deposit; 
and 
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‘‘(IV) any interest amount earned 
on each amount described in sub-
clause (I) or (II). 
‘‘(vi) GAO TRIENNIAL REPORT.—Not 
later than January 1, 2027, and every 3 
years thereafter, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to Con-
gress a report— 
‘‘(I) evaluating the administra-
tion of the Fund and the sufficiency 
of funding for the Fund; 
‘‘(II) analyzing funding and pay-
ment trends; and 
‘‘(III) describing amounts out-
standing and unpaid on eligible claims 
overall, 
including 
such 
amounts 
disaggregated by victim group and by 
when victims entered the Fund.’’. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND USE OF DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE PERSONNEL. 
Section 404(b)(1) of the Justice for United States 
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 
20144(b)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) 
and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND USE OF 
DEPARTMENT
OF
JUSTICE
PERSONNEL.—The 
Special Master may utilize, as necessary, no 
more than 10 full-time equivalent Department 
of Justice personnel to assist in carrying out 
the duties of the Special Master under this sec-
tion. Any costs associated with the use of such 
personnel, and any other administrative costs of 
carrying out this section, shall be paid from the 
Fund.’’. 
SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL REPORTS. 
Section 404(d)(4)(D)(iv)(IV) of the Justice for 
United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act 
(34 U.S.C. 20144(d)(4)(D)(iv)(IV)) is amended by strik-
ing item (bb) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(bb) 
REMAINING 
AMOUNTS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment 
of the American Victims of Ter-
rorism Compensation Act, all 
amounts remaining in the lump 
sum catch-up payment reserve 
fund in excess of the amounts de-
scribed in subclauses (I) and (II) 
of clause (iii) shall be deposited 
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into the Fund under this section, 
including all interest earned on 
amounts in the lump sum catch- 
up payment reserve fund. All 
such amounts, including interest, 
shall be included in a supple-
mental fifth-round distribution to 
be authorized by the Special 
Master no later than April 1, 
2025, and distributed pursuant 
to this section no later than June 
30, 2025 to all claimants for 
whom the Special Master author-
ized fifth-round distributions.’’. 
Æ 
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