Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States law firms should not represent Iran in any judicial proceeding or other capacity to assist efforts of Iran to avoid paying compensation to victims of Iran-sponsored terrorism.

Bill: 114-hres-748
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2016-05-25
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Crime victims

Government liability

Iran

Lawyers and legal services

Middle East

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-05-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that U.S. law firms should not represent Iran in any judicial proceeding or other capacity to assist Iranian efforts to avoid paying compensation to victims of Iran-sponsored terrorism.</p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 748 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 25, 2016 Mr. Jones submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States law firms should not represent Iran in any judicial proceeding or other capacity to assist efforts of Iran to avoid paying compensation to victims of Iran-sponsored terrorism.

Whereas Iran has sponsored terrorism, including the 1996 Khobar Towers attacks, the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Lebanon, the 1998 attacks on two United States Embassies in Africa, a 1990 assassination in New York City, and various other attacks; Whereas the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Lebanon killed 220 Marines of the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines based in Camp Lejeune; Whereas section 502 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 allows assets of Iran held in the United States to be available for paying judgments relating to Iran-sponsored terrorism; and Whereas United States law firms represented Iran in Bank Markazi v. Peterson before the United States Supreme Court thus assisting efforts of Iran to avoid paying compensation to victims of Iran-sponsored terrorism: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that United States law firms should not represent Iran in any judicial proceeding or other capacity to assist efforts of Iran to avoid paying compensation to victims of Iran-sponsored terrorism.