Justice for American Victims Of Terrorism Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8219
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2022-06-23
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Justice for American Victims Of Terrorism Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill requires certain funds seized from Da Afghanistan Bank pursuant to a February 11, 2022, executive order to be transferred to the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, which provides compensation to certain U.S. persons injured in acts of international state-sponsored terrorism.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8219 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 23, 2022 Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Mr. Fitzgerald , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Hern , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. Bost , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Dunn , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Crawford , and Mr. McKinley ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , 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 transfer certain funds from the Da Afghanistan Bank to the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justice for American Victims Of Terrorism Act of 2022 . 2. Transfer of Afghan bank funds into United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund Section 404(e)(2) of title IV of division O of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (commonly known as the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act ) ( 34 U.S.C. 20144(c)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Transfer into fund of certain assigned assets of Afghanistan All funds of Da Afghanistan Bank that have been transferred or have been directed to be transferred into the consolidated account held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 14064 of February 11, 2022, except for the assets currently regulated by Office of Foreign Assets Control License No. DABRESERVES–EO–2022–886895–1 of February 11, 2022. .