US Congress House Bill 5796 (Prior Session Legislation)

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June 4 2012 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Justice for the American Diplomats Held Hostage in Tehran Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a common fund to be administered by the class representatives and agents for the former American hostages in Iran and their survivors (case number 1:08-CV-00487 (EGS) of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia) in order to pay claims to the American hostages and to family members identified as class members. Finances the fund from: (1) fines and penalties for violations of activities with respect to any government or person by reason of a connection with Iran, and (2) seized or frozen Iranian assets or assets from persons or entities subject to Iran-related sanctions. Sets forth payment priority and amount provisions. States that the United States shall be fully subrogated with respect to payments to all rights of each individual paid under this Act against the government of Iran or the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Justice for the American Diplomats Held Hostage in Tehran Act

Rep Braley, Bruce L.	Rep Akin, W. Todd	Rep Baldwin, Tammy	Rep Barletta, Lou
Rep Barrow, John	Rep Berman, Howard L.	Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr.	Rep Burton, Dan
Rep Capps, Lois	Rep Chabot, Steve	Rep Clyburn, James E.	Rep Coble, Howard
Rep Coffman, Mike	Rep Cole, Tom	Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep Courtney, Joe
Rep Dent, Charles W.	Rep Duffy, Sean P.	Rep Edwards, Donna F.	Rep Forbes, J. Randy
Rep Franks, Trent	Rep Griffin, Tim	Rep Hanna, Richard L.	Rep Hayworth, Nan A. S.
Rep Heinrich, Martin	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.	Rep Hirono, Mazie K.	Rep Hultgren, Randy
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila	Rep Johnson, Bill	Rep Johnson, Timothy V.	Rep King, Peter T.
Rep Kingston, Jack	Rep Kinzinger, Adam	Rep Lance, Leonard	Rep Lewis, John
Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine	Rep Lungren, Daniel E.	Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.	Rep Marino, Tom
Rep McCollum, Betty	Rep Michaud, Michael H.	Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Mulvaney, Mick
Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Nadler, Jerrold	Rep Petri, Thomas E.	Rep Pingree, Chellie
Rep Poe, Ted	Rep Reyes, Silvestre	Rep Rigell, E. Scott	Rep Rivera, David
Rep Rokita, Todd	Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana	Rep Roskam, Peter J.	Rep Sanchez, Loretta
Rep Schock, Aaron	Rep Scott, David	Rep Sherman, Brad	Rep Shimkus, John
Rep Smith, Adrian	Rep Southerland, Steve II	Rep Terry, Lee	Rep Towns, Edolphus
Rep Turner, Robert L.	Rep Welch, Peter	Rep Wilson, Joe	Rep Wolf, Frank R.
Rep Young, Don	Rep Young, Todd C.

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2012-05-17	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2012-05-17	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2012-05-17	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN05796:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr5796ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr5796ih.pdf