I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5940 
To prohibit the President from using funds appropriated under section 1304 
of title 31, United States Code, to make payments to Iran, to impose 
sanctions with respect to Iranian persons that hold or detain United 
States citizens, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 
Mr. POMPEO (for himself, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
YOUNG of Indiana, and Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Rules, and Intel-
ligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the President from using funds appropriated 
under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, to 
make payments to Iran, to impose sanctions with respect 
to Iranian persons that hold or detain United States 
citizens, 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 ‘‘No Ransom Payments 
Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) As of August 8, 2016, United States courts 
had awarded more than $55,000,000,000 in ter-
rorism-related judgments against Iran to plaintiffs 
under the terrorism exception to the jurisdictional 
immunity of a foreign state under section 1605A of 
title 28, United States Code. 
(2) Such judgments against Iran include judg-
ments relating to Iran’s involvement in the 1983 
Marine barracks bombing in Lebanon, a hostage- 
taking in Lebanon in 1984, a 1990 assassination in 
New York City, the 1996 Khobar Towers attack, the 
1998 attacks on two United States Embassies in Af-
rica, and various terrorist bombings in Jerusalem. 
(3) On November 4, 1979, more than 60 Amer-
icans were captured at the United States Embassy 
in Tehran. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage 
by the Islamic Republic of Iran for 444 days. On 
December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama 
signed into law the Justice for United States Vic-
tims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (42 U.S.C. 
10609) and established the United States Victims of 
State Sponsored Terrorism Fund to compensate 
United States victims of terrorism who either hold 
a final judgment issued against a state sponsor of 
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terrorism under the terrorism exception to the For-
eign Sovereign Immunities Act, or were taken hos-
tage from the United States Embassy in Tehran, 
Iran, in 1979, or are a spouse or child of someone 
who was taken hostage. As of August 8, 2016, the 
United States Government has failed to provide any 
of the compensation authorized under the Justice for 
United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism 
Act. 
(4) On January 17, 2016, President Barack 
Obama announced that 4 United States citizens 
(Jason Rezaian, Saeed Abedini, Amir Hekmati, and 
Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari) unjustly held by 
Iran and one United States citizen (Matthew 
Trevithick) who had been detained by Iran, but not 
charged, had been released in exchange for the re-
lease of 7 Iranian nationals jailed or facing charges 
in the United States and that the United States 
dropped its request with Interpol relating to 14 Ira-
nian nationals. At the same time the United States 
announced a settlement of an Iranian claim for 
$1,700,000,000, consisting of $400,000,000 held in 
a foreign military sales account since the 1979 Ira-
nian revolution and a settlement of $1,300,000,000 
in interest. 
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(5) On April 5, 2016, White House Spokes-
person Josh Earnest, in response to a question from 
a reporter about whether the Obama administration 
misled Congress about the Iran deal, stated: ‘‘I don’t 
think there’s any evidence to substantiate that kind 
of claim . . . I think you should take a rather dim 
view of that suggestion because Congressman 
Pompeo . . . didn’t approve the deal and certainly 
didn’t vote in favor of it.’’. 
(6) On June 9, 2016, Bloomberg News reported 
that Iran instructed its Central Bank to transfer 
$1,700,000,000 to the military of Iran, probably a 
reference to the payment described in paragraph (4). 
Overall, Iran’s military budget for 2017 increased to 
$19,000,000,000, an increase of 90 percent from 
2016. 
(7) On August 3, 2016, the Wall Street Journal 
reported that the United States had airlifted 
$400,000,000 in cash to Iran in wooden pallets with 
euros, Swiss francs, and other currencies in an un-
marked cargo plane, which was later clarified to re-
portedly be an Iran Air cargo plane. The report stat-
ed that the money came from the central banks of 
the Netherlands and Switzerland. 
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(8) On August 4, 2016, Saeed Abedini said in 
an interview on FOX Business Network that the 
hostages had to wait overnight at the airport be-
cause they were unable to leave until another plane 
arrived in Iran; the hostages left on a plane that had 
been at the airport the entire time. 
(9) General Mohammad Reza Naghdi, a com-
mander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, 
stated that ‘‘taking this money back was in return 
for the release of the American spies’’. 
(10) On August 3, 2016, State Department 
Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner stated that ‘‘there 
was no quid pro quo’’ in reaction to a question re-
garding the statement in paragraph (8). 
(11) On August 3, 2016, White House Spokes-
person Josh Earnest stated ‘‘A week delay [in se-
quencing the payments to not be perceived as a quid 
pro quo] would not have prevented [Speaker] Paul 
Ryan and [Senator] Marco Rubio from falsely claim-
ing that they’re a ransom.’’. At the same press con-
ference, Earnest stated ‘‘So it sounds to me like 
[Ryan and Rubio] are once again in a position where 
they’re making the same argument as hardliners in 
Iran in an effort to undermine the Iran nuclear 
agreement. The President made clear a year ago 
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that right-wingers in the United States were making 
common cause with right-wingers in the Iranian gov-
ernment. And, again, if they’re doing it again to try 
to justify their opposition to an agreement that has 
benefitted the American people, they can do that, 
but I think that’s going to be pretty hard for them 
to explain. Maybe there’s another letter from Sen-
ator Cotton to the Supreme Leader we don’t know 
about.’’. 
(12) On August 4, 2016, State Department 
Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner stated ‘‘The idea 
that this was all orchestrated as part of some kind 
of quid pro quo is just not accurate . . . I recognize, 
I can see, the optics of this and that people would 
draw assumptions. People do. We can’t keep them 
from doing so, but it’s just not true that there’s any 
linkage.’’. 
(13) On August 18, 2016, State Department 
Spokesperson John Kirby, in response to a question 
on whether the United States Government would not 
give Iran the $400,000,000 in cash until the United 
States citizens were released stated ‘‘that’s correct’’. 
(14) On June 24, 2015, President Barack 
Obama issued a Presidential Policy Directive on 
Hostage Recovery Activities (referred to as ‘‘PPD 
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30’’), which states: ‘‘The United States will use 
every appropriate resource to gain the safe return of 
U.S. nationals who are held hostage. But the United 
States Government will make no concessions to indi-
viduals or groups holding U.S. nationals hostage. It 
is United States policy to deny hostage-takers the 
benefits of ransom, prisoner releases, policy changes, 
or other acts of concession. This policy protects U.S. 
nationals and strengthens national security by re-
moving a key incentive for hostage-takers to target 
U.S. nationals, thereby interrupting the vicious cycle 
of hostage-takings, and by helping to deny terrorists 
and other malicious actors the money, personnel, 
and other resources they need to conduct attacks 
against the United States, its nationals, and its in-
terests.’’. 
(15) On January 27, 2014, the United Nations 
Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 
2133, which ‘‘calls upon all Member States to pre-
vent terrorists from benefiting directly or indirectly 
from ransom payments or from political consider-
ations and to secure the safe release of hostages’’. 
(16) On May 17, 2016, in a 6–2 decision, the 
United States Supreme Court rejected a challenge 
by the Central Bank of Iran to invalidate section 
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502 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 
Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8772), which makes 
Iran’s bonds frozen in a New York account available 
to enforce terrorism judgments. 
(17) As of August 8, 2016, Iran has illegally 
detained three dual Iranian-American citizens, 
Siamak Namazi, his father Baquer, and Reza 
‘‘Robin’’ Shahini. 
(18) Robert Levinson, a United States citizen, 
disappeared on March 9, 2007, after traveling to 
Kish Island, Iran, and is the longest held United 
States civilian in the history of the United States 
and Iran has not abided by the repeated pledges by 
and renewed commitment of officials of the Govern-
ment of Iran to provide their Government’s assist-
ance in the case of Robert Levinson. 
SEC. 3. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES. 
It shall be the policy of the United States— 
(1) to ensure that all outstanding judgments 
awarded to United States plaintiffs by United States 
courts against Iran have been settled before or con-
current with a settlement of Iran’s claims against 
the United States; and 
(2) to prohibit hostage-takers from the benefits 
of ransom by ensuring that the United States Gov-
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ernment does not pay ransom to a person or govern-
ment for the purpose of securing the release of un-
justly detained United States citizens, including citi-
zens who are also citizens of other countries. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS TO IRAN WITH FUNDS 
APPROPRIATED FOR THE PAYMENT OF FINAL 
JUDGMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the President may not pay final judg-
ments, awards, or compromise settlements, or interest or 
costs relating to such judgments, awards, or settlements, 
to Iran using amounts appropriated under section 1304 
of title 31, United States Code, or interest accrued on 
such amounts. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The prohibition under sub-
section (a) shall remain in effect until the date on which 
the President certifies to Congress that— 
(1) Iran has returned to the United States any 
money paid to Iran after January 1, 2016, from 
amounts appropriated under section 1304 of title 
31, United States Code; 
(2) Iran has satisfied all outstanding judgments 
against Iran awarded to United States plaintiffs by 
United States courts; and 
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(3) individuals taken hostage and held for 444 
days following the seizure of the United States Em-
bassy in Iran on November 4, 1979, have been com-
pensated from the United States Victims of State 
Sponsored Terrorism Fund established under the 
Justice for United States Victims of State Spon-
sored Terrorism Act (42 U.S.C. 10609). 
SEC. 5. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO 
IRAN AND REPORT ON FUNDS PROVIDED TO 
IRAN. 
(a) CERTIFICATION.—Before the President may pro-
vide or authorize payment of any funds to Iran on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
certify to the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the funds will not be used by Iran to engage 
in or provide support for acts of international ter-
rorism; and 
(2) Iran or groups supported by Iran are not 
unjustly detaining United States citizens, including 
United States citizens who are also citizens of other 
countries. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on whether funds paid to Iran by the 
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United States after January 1, 2016, have been used by 
Iran to engage in or provide support for acts of inter-
national terrorism. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 6. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRANIAN PERSONS 
THAT HOLD OR DETAIN UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 
with respect to— 
(1) any Iranian person involved in the kidnap-
ping or unjust detention of a United States citizen 
on or after March 9, 2007, including a United 
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States citizen who is also a citizen of another coun-
try; 
(2) any Iranian person that engages, or at-
tempts to engage, in an activity or transaction that 
materially contributes to, or poses a risk of materi-
ally contributing to, kidnapping or unjust detention 
described in paragraph (1); and 
(3) any Iranian person that— 
(A) is owned or controlled by a person de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or (2); 
(B) is acting for or on behalf of such a 
person; or 
(C) provides, or attempts to provide— 
(i) financial, material, technological, 
or other support to a person described in 
paragraph (1) or (2); or 
(ii) goods or services in support of an 
activity or transaction described in para-
graph (1) or (2). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall block, in accordance with the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of any person subject to subsection (a) 
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if such property and interests in property are in the 
United States, come within the United States, or are 
or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The 
Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 
United States, any person subject to subsection (a) 
that is an alien. 
(3) CURRENT
VISA
REVOKED.—The issuing 
consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one 
of such Secretaries) shall revoke any visa or other 
entry documentation issued to any person subject to 
subsection (a) that is an alien, regardless of when 
issued. The revocation shall take effect immediately 
and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or 
entry documentation that is in the possession of the 
alien. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS; PENALTIES.— 
(1) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
NATIONAL
EMER-
GENCY REQUIREMENT.—The requirements of section 
202 of the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply for pur-
poses of subsection (b)(1). 
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(2) COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS HEAD-
QUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
subsection (b) shall not apply if admission to the 
United States is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 
the United States. 
(3) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of regulations prescribed under subsection 
(b)(1) to the same extent that such penalties apply 
to a person that commits an unlawful act described 
in subsection (a) of such section 206. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a cor-
poration, business association, partnership, trust, so-
ciety, or any other entity. 
(2) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian per-
son’’ means— 
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(A) an individual who is a citizen or na-
tional of the Islamic Republic of Iran; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the Islamic Republic of Iran or otherwise sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the Government of the 
Islamic Republic of Iran. 
(3) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(4) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENT OF RANSOM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subsection 
(b), the President and all officers of the United States 
Government shall not make a payment to a government 
or person for the purpose of securing the release of un-
justly detained United States citizens, including United 
States citizens who are also citizens of other countries. 
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(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under subsection 
(a) does not prohibit the United States Government from 
providing assistance to United States citizens that have 
been arrested. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attor-
ney General, may take such actions, including the promul-
gation of such rules and regulations, as may be necessary 
to carry out the purposes of this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a cor-
poration, business association, partnership, trust, so-
ciety, or any other entity. 
(2) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
SEC. 8. PROHIBITION OF JUDGMENT FUND PAYMENTS TO 
STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the President and any officer of the United States 
Government may not use amounts appropriated under sec-
tion 1304 of title 31, United States Code, or interest ac-
crued on such amounts, to make any payment to a state 
sponsor of acts of international terrorism. 
(b) WAIVER.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition set forth in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to a specific payment 
or a specific payee if Congress has passed a joint 
resolution waiving the application of such prohibition 
to such payment or payee in accordance with para-
graph (2). 
(2) REFERRAL.— 
(A) SENATE.—A joint resolution that is in-
troduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(B) HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—A 
joint resolution that is introduced in the House 
of Representatives shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(3) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a 
joint resolution is referred does not report such reso-
lution (or an identical resolution) by the end of the 
20-day period beginning on the date on which the 
President submits a request described in subsection 
(d)(1)(A) to Congress— 
(A) such committee shall be immediately 
discharged from further consideration of such 
resolution; and 
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(B) such resolution shall be placed on the 
appropriate calendar of the House involved. 
(4) CONSIDERATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—On or after the third 
day after the date on which the committee to 
which a joint resolution is referred has reported 
the resolution, or the date on which the com-
mittee has been discharged under paragraph 
(3) from further consideration of the resolution, 
it is in order for any Member of the respective 
House to move to proceed to the consideration 
of the resolution if such Member announced on 
a previous day to the House concerned the 
Member’s intention to do so. 
(B) POINTS
OF
ORDER.—All points of 
order against the joint resolution or against the 
consideration of the resolution are waived. 
(C) EFFECT OF MOTION.—A motion de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) is highly privileged 
in the House of Representatives and is privi-
leged in the Senate and is not debatable. The 
motion is not subject to amendment, or to a 
motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed 
to the consideration of other business. A motion 
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
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agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. 
If a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
the joint resolution is agreed to, the respective 
House shall immediately proceed to consider-
ation of the resolution without intervening mo-
tion, order, or other business, and the resolu-
tion shall remain the unfinished business of the 
respective House until disposed. 
(D) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint resolu-
tion, and on all debatable motions and appeals 
in connection with the resolution, shall be lim-
ited to not more than 2 hours, which shall be 
divided equally between those favoring and 
those opposing the resolution. An amendment 
to the resolution is not in order. A motion fur-
ther to limit debate is in order and not debat-
able. A motion to postpone, or a motion to pro-
ceed to the consideration of other business, or 
a motion to recommit the resolution is not in 
order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not 
in order. 
(E) FINAL VOTE.—Immediately following 
the conclusion of the debate on the joint resolu-
tion and a single quorum call at the conclusion 
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of the debate if requested in accordance with 
the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on 
final passage of the resolution shall occur. In 
the Senate, adoption of the joint resolution re-
quires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of Sen-
ators, duly chosen and sworn. 
(F) APPEALS.—Appeals from the decisions 
of the Chair relating to the application of the 
rules of the Senate or the House of Representa-
tives to the procedure relating to the joint reso-
lution shall be decided without debate. 
(G) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If, before the pas-
sage by one House of a joint resolution of 
that House, that House receives a joint 
resolution from the other House, the fol-
lowing procedures shall apply: 
(I) The resolution of the other 
House shall not be referred to a com-
mittee and may not be considered in 
the House receiving it except in the 
case of final passage under subclause 
(II)(bb). 
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(II) With respect to a joint reso-
lution of the House receiving the reso-
lution— 
(aa) the procedure in that 
House shall be the same as if no 
resolution had been received from 
the other House; and 
(bb) the vote on final pas-
sage shall be on the resolution of 
the other House. 
(ii) EFFECT
ON
REMAINING
JOINT 
RESOLUTION.—Upon disposition of the 
resolution received from the other House, 
it shall no longer be in order to consider 
the resolution that originated in the receiv-
ing House. 
(c) RULES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.—This section is enacted by Con-
gress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
spectively; 
(2) as a part of the rules of each House, respec-
tively, but applicable only with respect to the proce-
dure to be followed in that House in the case of a 
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joint resolution, and supersedes other rules only to 
the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(3) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules relating to 
the procedure of that House at any time, in the 
same manner, and to the same extent as in the case 
of any other rule of that House. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) JOINT RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘joint reso-
lution’’ means a joint resolution of approval that— 
(A) is introduced during the 10-day period 
beginning on the date on which the President 
submits a request to Congress for a limited 
waiver of the prohibition set forth in subsection 
(a); 
(B) does not have a preamble; 
(C) includes, immediately after the resolv-
ing clause, the following: ‘‘That Congress ap-
proves the request submitted by the President 
on lllll’’, with the blank line being 
filled in with the appropriate date; 
(D) does not include any substantive legis-
lative text other than the text set forth in sub-
paragraph (C); and 
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(E) is titled ‘‘Joint Resolution approving 
the request of the President to waive the prohi-
bition against payments to a state sponsor of 
acts of international terrorism.’’. 
(2) STATE
SPONSOR
OF
ACTS
OF
INTER-
NATIONAL TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘state sponsor of 
acts of international terrorism’’ means a country the 
government of which the Secretary of State has de-
termined has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism for purposes of— 
(A) section 6(j) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)) (as in ef-
fect pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.)); 
(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 
(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 
(D) any other provision of law. 
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