Iran Payments Accountability Act of 2018
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to determine if the Government of Iran uses certain funds to: (1) sponsor any foreign terrorist organization or Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, (2) engage in violence or hostilities against U.S. civilians or service members, (3) conduct military operations in Syria, or (4) facilitate illicit narcotics activities. The applicable funds are those received by Iran as sanction relief or as a cash payment from the United States in 2016.
The Department of State must demand repayment of funds from the Government of Iran if the ODNI determines funds were used for such actions.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6774 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6774
To require the Director of National Intelligence to seek to determine
if the Government of Iran has used certain funds received by reason of
sanctions relief pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or
cash payments conveyed by the United States in early 2016 to sponsor
foreign terrorist organizations, facilitate illicit narcotics
activities, or conduct military operations in Syria, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 12, 2018
Mr. Bishop of Michigan (for himself and Mr. Conaway) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, 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
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A BILL
To require the Director of National Intelligence to seek to determine
if the Government of Iran has used certain funds received by reason of
sanctions relief pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or
cash payments conveyed by the United States in early 2016 to sponsor
foreign terrorist organizations, facilitate illicit narcotics
activities, or conduct military operations in Syria, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Payments Accountability Act of
2018''.
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION AND REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF IRAN BY REASON OF SANCTIONS RELIEF PURSUANT
TO THE JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION OR CASH
PAYMENTS CONVEYED BY THE UNITED STATES IN EARLY 2016.
(a) Determination.--
(1) In general.--The Director of National Intelligence
shall seek to determine if the Government of Iran has used any
of the funds described in paragraph (2)--
(A) to sponsor any foreign terrorist organization,
including Hamas, Hezbollah, or Iran's Revolutionary
Guard Corps;
(B) to engage in violence or hostilities against
United States nationals or members of the United States
Armed Forces;
(C) to conduct military operations in Syria; or
(D) to facilitate illicit narcotics activities.
(2) Funds described.--Funds described in this paragraph
are--
(A) funds received by reason of any action
involving any measure of statutory sanctions relief by
the United States pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action; and
(B) cash payments totaling$1,700,000,000 conveyed
by the United States Government to the Government of
Iran in early 2016.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report that contains--
(A) the determination of the Director required
under subsection (a) and a justification for the
determination; and
(B) a description of whether the cash payments
described in subsection (a)(2)(B)--
(i) constituted an exchange of cash
payments for hostages; or
(ii) were discussed as part of negotiations
for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
(2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified
annex.
SEC. 3. ACTIONS TO DEMAND REPAYMENT OF FUNDS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF
IRAN.
(a) Initial Actions.--If the determination of the Director of
National Intelligence contained in the report submitted to Congress
under section 2 is an affirmative determination, the Secretary of State
shall immediately demand repayment of funds described in section
2(a)(2) from the Government of Iran.
(b) Subsequent Actions.--Until such time as funds described in
section 2(a)(2) are repaid by the Government of Iran, the Secretary of
State shall continue to take actions to prioritize repayment of such
funds, including actions to leverage repayment of such funds in future
diplomatic engagements with the Government of Iran and through
imposition of new or increased sanctions against Iran.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Action involving any measure of statutory sanctions
relief by the united states.--The term ``action involving any
measure of statutory sanctions relief by the United States''
has the meaning given such term in section 135(c)(3) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by the Iran Nuclear
Agreement Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-17; 129 Stat.
201).
(2) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term ``foreign
terrorist organization'' means an organization designated by
the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization
pursuant to section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).
(3) Joint comprehensive plan of action.--The term ``Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action'' means the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action, agreed to at Vienna 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 European Union for Foreign Affairs
and Security Policy, and all implementing materials and
agreements, including side agreements, related to the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action, and transmitted by the President
to Congress on July 19, 2015, pursuant to section 135(a) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by the Iran Nuclear
Agreement Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-17; 129 Stat.
201).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
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