SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Victims 
of Iranian Terrorism Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LIFTING OF SANCTIONS ON IRAN 
PENDING 
PAYMENT 
OF 
CERTAIN 
JUDG-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may not take any of the actions 
described in subsection (b) until the President has cer-
tified to the Congress that the Government of Iran has 
paid each judgment against Iran that is described in sub-
section (c). 
(b) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The actions described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(A) To waive, suspend, reduce, provide re-
lief from, or otherwise limit the application of 
sanctions described in paragraph (2) or refrain 
from applying any such sanctions. 
(B) To remove a foreign person listed in 
Attachment 3 or Attachment 4 to Annex II of 
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action from 
the list of specially designated nationals and 
blocked persons maintained by the Office of 
Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the 
Treasury.
(2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
(A) the sanctions described in sections 4 
through 7.9 of Annex II of the Joint Com-
prehensive Plan of Action; and 
(B) the sanctions described in any other 
agreement related to the nuclear program of 
Iran that includes the United States, commits 
the United States to take action, or pursuant to 
which the United States commits or otherwise 
agrees to take action, regardless of the form it 
takes, whether a political commitment or other-
wise, and regardless of whether it is legally 
binding or not. 
(c) JUDGMENTS.—A judgment is a judgment de-
scribed in this subsection if it is a final judgment entered 
by the courts of the United States or of the States— 
(1) that relates to a claim— 
(A) that was brought against Iran or its 
political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumental-
ities (regardless of whether the claim was also 
brought, or the resulting judgment was also en-
tered, against another defendant); and 
(B) for which the court determined that 
Iran (or its political subdivisions, agencies, or
instrumentalities, as the case may be) was not 
immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of 
the United States or of the States under section 
1605A, or section 1605(a)(7) (as such section 
was in effect on January 27, 2008), of title 28, 
United States Code; and 
(2) that was entered during the period begin-
ning on April 24, 1996, and ending on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(d) JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION DE-
SCRIBED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Joint Comprehensive 
Plan of Action’’ means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
Action, agreed to at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran 
and by the People’s Republic of China, France, Germany, 
the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the 
United States, with the High Representative of the Euro-
pean Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and 
all implementing materials and agreements related to the 
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3457 
AN ACT 
To prohibit the lifting of sanctions on Iran until the 
Government of Iran pays the judgments against 
it for acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.