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	1	+	IB
	2	+	Union Calendar No. 218
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2	4		1
3	5		STSESSION H. R. 5961
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–270, Part I]
	7	+	To freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023 hostage deal between
	8	+	the United States and Iran, and for other purposes.
	9	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	10	+	OCTOBER16, 2023
	11	+	Mr. M
	12	+	CCAUL(for himself, Mr. SCALISE, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. WILSONof South
	13	+	Carolina, Mrs. R
	14	+	ODGERSof Washington, Mr. BARR, Mr. BURCHETT,
	15	+	Mrs. W
	16	+	AGNER, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. KEANof New Jersey, Mr. BAIRD, Mr.
	17	+	S
	18	+	MITHof New Jersey, Mr. ISSA, Mr. MORAN, Mr. JAMES, Mr. WALTZ,
	19	+	Mr. S
	20	+	ELF, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. MAST, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mrs. KIMof
	21	+	California, Mr. B
	22	+	UCK, Mr. MILLS, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. JACKSONof
	23	+	Texas, and Mr. L
	24	+	AWLER) introduced the following bill
	25	+	O
	26	+	CTOBER25, 2023
	27	+	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
	28	+	N
	29	+	OVEMBER9, 2023
	30	+	Additional sponsors: Mrs. G
	31	+	ONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. GREENof Tennessee, Mr.
	32	+	J
	33	+	OHNSONof South Dakota, Mr. KILEY, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr.
	34	+	F
	35	+	ITZPATRICK, Ms. DELACRUZ, Mrs. HOUCHIN, and Mr. GUTHRIE
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	39	+	NOVEMBER9, 2023
	40	+	Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Financial
	41	+	Services for a period ending not later than November 9, 2023, for consid-
	42	+	eration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the
	43	+	jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(h) of rule X
	44	+	[Insert the part printed in italic]
	45	+	NOVEMBER9, 2023
	46	+	Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee of
	47	+	the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
	48	+	A BILL
5	49		To freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023 hostage
6	50		deal between the United States and Iran, and for other
7	51		purposes.
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8	55		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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11		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Funds for Iranian 2
13		-	Terrorism Act’’. 3
14		-	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 4
15		-	Congress makes the following findings: 5
16		-	(1) On October 7, 2023, Iran-backed Hamas 6
17		-	terrorists launched a massive, unprovoked war on 7
18		-	Israel by air, land, and sea, in which they engaged 8
19		-	in the brutal murder of over 1,300 people and kid-9
20		-	napped at least 230 people who are now being held 10
21		-	hostage. 11
22		-	(2) Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and 12
23		-	Hezbollah have all been designated by the United 13
24		-	States as Foreign Terrorist Organizations pursuant 14
25		-	to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 15
26		-	Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 16
27		-	(3) Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and as-17
28		-	sociated terrorist organizations backed by Iran rou-18
29		-	tinely and unabashedly use civilians as ‘‘human 19
30		-	shields’’ to shield their weapons and terrorist mili-20
31		-	tants from legitimate military engagement, a con-21
32		-	travention of international humanitarian law and a 22
33		-	heinous violation of the rights and dignity of civilian 23
34		-	noncombatants. 24
35		-	(4) Only the cessation of Hamas’ operations, 25
36		-	the unconditional surrender of Hamas, and the im-26 3
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38		-	mediate dismantlement of Hamas and all other Iran- 1
39		-	backed terrorist organizations that participated in 2
40		-	the massacre of Israelis on and since October 7, 3
41		-	2023, will ensure that innocent Israeli and Pales-4
42		-	tinian civilian lives are saved. 5
43		-	(5) According to an unclassified United States 6
44		-	government assessment, ‘‘Iran has historically pro-7
45		-	vided up to $100 million annually in combined sup-8
46		-	port to Palestinian terrorist groups, including 9
47		-	Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and the 10
48		-	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-Gen-11
49		-	eral Command.’’. 12
50		-	(6) As National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan 13
51		-	stated on October 10, 2023, ‘‘Iran is complicit in 14
52		-	this attack in a broad sense because they have pro-15
53		-	vided the lion’s share of the funding for the military 16
54		-	wing of Hamas, they have provided training, they 17
55		-	have provided capabilities, they have provided sup-18
56		-	port, and they have provided engagement and con-19
57		-	tact with Hamas over years and years.’’. 20
58		-	(7) President Biden reached an agreement with 21
59		-	the Iranian regime to bring home Siamak Namazi, 22
60		-	Morad Tahbaz, Emad Shargi, and two additional 23
61		-	American hostages all of whom were wrongfully de-24
62		-	tained in Iran. 25 4
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64		-	SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO COV-1
65		-	ERED IRANIAN ASSETS. 2
	56	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	57	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	58	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Funds for Iranian 4
	59	+	Terrorism Act’’. 5
	60	+	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
	61	+	Congress makes the following findings: 7
	62	+	(1) On October 7, 2023, Iran-backed Hamas 8
	63	+	terrorists launched a massive, unprovoked war on 9
	64	+	Israel by air, land, and sea, in which they engaged 10
	65	+	in the brutal murder of over 1,300 people and kid-11
	66	+	napped 130 people who are now being held hostage. 12
	67	+	(2) Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and 13
	68	+	Hezbollah have all been designated by the United 14
	69	+	States as Foreign Terrorist Organizations pursuant 15
	70	+	to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 16
	71	+	Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 17
	72	+	(3) According to an unclassified United States 18
	73	+	government assessment, ‘‘Iran has historically pro-19
	74	+	vided up to $100 million annually in combined sup-20
	75	+	port to Palestinian terrorist groups, including 21
	76	+	Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and the 22
	77	+	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-Gen-23
	78	+	eral Command.’’. 24
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	82	+	(4) As National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan 1
	83	+	stated on October 10, 2023, ‘‘Iran is complicit in 2
	84	+	this attack in a broad sense because they have pro-3
	85	+	vided the lion’s share of the funding for the military 4
	86	+	wing of Hamas, they have provided training, they 5
	87	+	have provided capabilities, they have provided sup-6
	88	+	port, and they have provided engagement and con-7
	89	+	tact with Hamas over years and years.’’. 8
	90	+	(5) President Biden reached an agreement with 9
	91	+	the Iranian regime to bring home Siamak Namazi, 10
	92	+	Morad Tahbaz, Emad Shargi, and two additional 11
	93	+	American hostages all of whom were wrongfully de-12
	94	+	tained in Iran. 13
	95	+	SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO COV-14
	96	+	ERED IRANIAN ASSETS. 15
66	97		(a) I
67		-	NGENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-3
68		-	actment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanc-4
69		-	tion described in subsection (c) with respect to each for-5
70		-	eign financial institution that the President determines en-6
71		-	gages in an activity described in subsection (b). 7
	98	+	NGENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-16
	99	+	actment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanc-17
	100	+	tion described in subsection (c) with respect to each for-18
	101	+	eign financial institution and each international financial 19
	102	+	institution that the President determines engages in an 20
	103	+	activity described in subsection (b). 21
72	104		(b) A
73		-	CTIVITIESDESCRIBED.—A foreign financial in-8
74		-	stitution engages in an activity described in this subsection 9
75		-	if the institution processes, participates in, or facilitates 10
76		-	a transaction using or involving covered Iranian funds. 11
	105	+	CTIVITIESDESCRIBED.—A foreign financial in-22
	106	+	stitution or international financial institution engages in 23
	107	+	an activity described in this subsection if the institution 24
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	111	+	processes, participates in, or facilitates a transaction using 1
	112	+	or involving covered Iranian funds. 2
77	113		(c) B
78		-	LOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The sanction de-12
79		-	scribed in this subsection is the exercise of all of the pow-13
80		-	ers granted to the President under the International 14
81		-	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 15
82		-	seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all 16
83		-	transactions in property and interests in property of a for-17
84		-	eign financial institution described in subsection (a) if 18
85		-	such property and interests in property are in the United 19
86		-	States, come within the United States, or are or come 20
87		-	within the possession or control of a United States person. 21
	114	+	LOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The sanction de-3
	115	+	scribed in this subsection is the exercise of all of the pow-4
	116	+	ers granted to the President under the International 5
	117	+	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 6
	118	+	seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all 7
	119	+	transactions in property and interests in property of a for-8
	120	+	eign financial institution or international financial institu-9
	121	+	tion described in subsection (a) if such property and inter-10
	122	+	ests in property are in the United States, come within the 11
	123	+	United States, or are or come within the possession or 12
	124	+	control of a United States person. 13
88	125		(d) P
89		-	ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-22
90		-	sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 23
91		-	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 24
92		-	apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-25
93		-	spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or 26 5
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95		-	any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to 1
96		-	the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 2
97		-	commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 3
98		-	that Act. 4
	126	+	ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-14
	127	+	sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 15
	128	+	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 16
	129	+	apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-17
	130	+	spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or 18
	131	+	any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to 19
	132	+	the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 20
	133	+	commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 21
	134	+	that Act. 22
99	135		(e) T
100		-	ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 5
101		-	shall not be required to impose sanctions under this sec-6
102		-	tion with respect to a foreign financial institution or inter-7
103		-	national financial institution described in subsection (a) 8
104		-	if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate con-9
105		-	gressional committees not later than 45 days before the 10
106		-	termination of such sanctions that the Government of 11
107		-	Iran— 12
108		-	(1) no longer repeatedly provides support for 13
109		-	international terrorism as determined by the Sec-14
110		-	retary of State pursuant to— 15
111		-	(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 16
112		-	Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 17
113		-	4318(c)(1)(A)); 18
114		-	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 19
115		-	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 20
116		-	(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 21
117		-	Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 22
118		-	(D) any other provision of law; and 23
119		-	(2) has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, and de-24
120		-	velopment of, and verifiably dismantled its, nuclear, 25 6
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122		-	biological, and chemical weapons and ballistic mis-1
123		-	siles and ballistic missile launch technology. 2
124		-	(f) E
125		-	XCEPTIONRELATINGTOIMPORTATION OF 3
126		-	G
127		-	OODS.— 4
128		-	(1) I
129		-	N GENERAL.—The authorities and require-5
130		-	ments to impose sanctions authorized under this Act 6
131		-	shall not include the authority or requirement to im-7
132		-	pose sanctions on the importation of goods. 8
133		-	(2) G
134		-	OOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 9
135		-	term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man- 10
136		-	made substance, material, supply, or manufactured 11
137		-	product, including inspection and test equipment, 12
138		-	and excluding technical data. 13
139		-	SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 14
140		-	It is the sense of Congress that the terrorist-funding, 15
141		-	human rights-violating Iranian regime should receive no 16
142		-	additional funds but that basic humanitarian assistance 17
143		-	for the people of Iran is important. 18
144		-	SEC. 5. LIMITATION OF APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LI-19
145		-	CENSES. 20
146		-	(a) I
147		-	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-21
148		-	sion of law, on and after the date of the enactment of 22
149		-	this Act, the President may not— 23
150		-	(1) exercise the waiver authority described in 24
151		-	section 1245(d)(5) of the National Defense Author-25 7
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153		-	ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 and sections 1
154		-	1244(i) and 1247(f) of the Iran Freedom and 2
155		-	Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 permitting the 3
156		-	Government of Iran or any Iranian person access to 4
157		-	any account established or maintained pursuant to 5
158		-	or in accordance with section 1245(d)(4)(D)(ii)(II) 6
159		-	of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 7
160		-	Year 2012; or 8
161		-	(2) issue a general or specific license, frequently 9
162		-	asked question, or any other licensing action or 10
163		-	guidance permitting the Government of Iran or any 11
164		-	Iranian person access to or to benefit directly or in-12
165		-	directly from any account established pursuant to or 13
166		-	in accordance with any account described in 14
167		-	1245(d)(4)(D)(ii)(II) of the National Defense Au-15
168		-	thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 16
169		-	(b) I
170		-	MPORTATION OFGOODS.— 17
171		-	(1) I
172		-	N GENERAL.—The exercise of the authori-18
173		-	ties and requirements under paragraph (1) or (2) of 19
174		-	subsection (a)— 20
175		-	(A) shall not include the authority or re-21
176		-	quirement to impose sanctions on the importa-22
177		-	tion of goods; and 23
178		-	(B) shall not apply to any procurement 24
179		-	sanctions. 25 8
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181		-	(2) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 1
182		-	term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade 2
183		-	substance, material, supply or manufactured prod-3
184		-	uct, including inspection and test equipment, and ex-4
185		-	cluding technical data. 5
186		-	SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 6
187		-	In this Act: 7
	136	+	ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 23
	137	+	shall not be required to impose sanctions under this sec-24
	138	+	tion with respect to a foreign financial institution or inter-25
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	142	+	national financial institution described in subsection (a) 1
	143	+	if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate con-2
	144	+	gressional committees that the Government of Iran— 3
	145	+	(1) no longer repeatedly provides support for 4
	146	+	international terrorism as determined by the Sec-5
	147	+	retary of State pursuant to— 6
	148	+	(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 7
	149	+	Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 8
	150	+	4318(c)(1)(A)); 9
	151	+	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 10
	152	+	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 11
	153	+	(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 12
	154	+	Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 13
	155	+	(D) any other provision of law; and 14
	156	+	(2) has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, and de-15
	157	+	velopment of, and verifiably dismantled its, nuclear, 16
	158	+	biological, and chemical weapons and ballistic mis-17
	159	+	siles and ballistic missile launch technology. 18
	160	+	SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 19
	161	+	In this Act: 20
188	162		(1) A
189		-	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -8
190		-	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-9
191		-	mittees’’ means— 10
192		-	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 11
193		-	the Committee on Financial Services of the 12
194		-	House of Representatives; and 13
195		-	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 14
196		-	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 15
197		-	Urban Affairs of the Senate. 16
	163	+	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -21
	164	+	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-22
	165	+	mittees’’ means— 23
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	169	+	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 1
	170	+	the Committee on Financial Services of the 2
	171	+	House of Representatives; and 3
	172	+	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 4
	173	+	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 5
	174	+	Urban Affairs of the Senate. 6
198	175		(2) C
199		-	OVERED IRANIAN FUNDS .—The term ‘‘cov-17
200		-	ered Iranian funds’’ means any funds transferred 18
201		-	from accounts in the Republic of Korea to Qatar 19
202		-	pursuant to or under the authority or guaranty of 20
203		-	a waiver, license, assurance letter, or other guidance 21
204		-	issued pursuant to or in furtherance of the waiver 22
205		-	determination made pursuant to sections 1244(i) 23
206		-	(22 U.S.C. 8803(i)) and 1247(f) of the Iran Free-24
207		-	dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 25 9
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209		-	U.S.C. 8806(f)) and section 1245(d)(5) of the Na-1
210		-	tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2
211		-	2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(5)) that is the subject of 3
212		-	the document entitled ‘‘Waiver of Sanctions with Re-4
213		-	spect to the Transfer of Funds from the Republic of 5
214		-	Korea to Qatar’’ and was transmitted to Congress in 6
215		-	September 2023. 7
	176	+	OVERED IRANIAN FUNDS .—The term ‘‘cov-7
	177	+	ered Iranian funds’’ means any funds transferred 8
	178	+	from accounts in the Republic of Korea to Qatar 9
	179	+	pursuant to or under the authority or guaranty of 10
	180	+	a waiver, license, assurance letter, or other guidance 11
	181	+	issued pursuant to or in furtherance of the waiver 12
	182	+	determination made pursuant to sections 1244(i) 13
	183	+	(22 U.S.C. 8803(i)) and 1247(f) of the Iran Free-14
	184	+	dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 15
	185	+	U.S.C. 8806(f)) and section 1245(d)(5) of the Na-16
	186	+	tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 17
	187	+	2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(5)) that is the subject of 18
	188	+	the document entitled ‘‘Waiver of Sanctions with Re-19
	189	+	spect to the Transfer of Funds from the Republic of 20
	190	+	Korea to Qatar’’ and was transmitted to Congress in 21
	191	+	September 2023. 22
216	192		(3) F
217		-	OREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION .—The 8
218		-	term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 9
219		-	given such term under section 561.308 of title 31, 10
220		-	Code of Federal Regulations. 11
221		-	SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON QATAR. 12
222		-	It is the sense of Congress that the Government of 13
223		-	Qatar should publicly condemn Hamas, turn Hamas lead-14
224		-	ership over the United States or Israeli control, and pledge 15
225		-	never to facilitate the transfer of any covered Iranian 16
226		-	funds to Iran or any agency or instrumentality of Iran. 17
227		-	SEC. 8. REPORT ON IRANIAN INTERNET CENSORSHIP. 18
228		-	(a) I
229		-	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 19
230		-	and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to Congress 20
231		-	a report regarding Iranian internet censorship and appli-21
232		-	cable United States licensing requirements. Such report 22
233		-	shall include the following: 23
234		-	(1) An assessment of the Iranian Government’s 24
235		-	ability to impose internet shutdowns, censor the 25 10
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237		-	internet, and track Iranian dissidents, labor orga-1
238		-	nizers, political activists, or human rights defenders 2
239		-	inside Iran through targeted digital surveillance or 3
240		-	other digital means. 4
241		-	(2) An assessment of the impact of General Li-5
242		-	cense D-2, issued on September 23, 2022, on the 6
243		-	availability of private communications tools inside 7
244		-	Iran, including encryption tools to assist the people 8
245		-	of Iran in circumventing targeted digital surveillance 9
246		-	by the Iranian Government. 10
247		-	(3) A determination of whether additional up-11
248		-	dates to General License D-2 or other licenses are 12
249		-	needed to keep up with the pace of technology and 13
250		-	ensure that United States restrictions do not unin-14
251		-	tentionally inhibit the flow of vital communication 15
252		-	tools to the people of Iran, including cloud tech-16
253		-	nology, hardware, software, and services incident to 17
254		-	personal communications, including set-top boxes 18
255		-	(STB), satellites, and web developer tools. 19
256		-	(4) A strategy to ensure that resources are 20
257		-	available for digital rights experts to study Iran’s 21
258		-	online repression and identify opportunities to 22
259		-	counter it. 23
260		-	(5) A strategy to prevent the Government of 24
261		-	Iran from acquiring or developing tools that could be 25 11
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263		-	exploited against activists, including facial recogni-1
264		-	tion software. 2
265		-	(b) F
266		-	ORM.—The report required pursuant to sub-3
267		-	section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 4
268		-	include a classified annex if such annex is provided sepa-5
269		-	rately from such unclassified version. 6
270		-	(c) D
271		-	EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘targeted 7
272		-	digital surveillance’’ means the use of items or services 8
273		-	that enable an individual or entity (with or without the 9
274		-	knowing authorization of the product’s owner) to detect, 10
275		-	monitor, intercept, collect, exploit, preserve, protect, trans-11
276		-	mit, retain, or otherwise gain access to the communica-12
277		-	tions, sensitive or protected information, work product, 13
278		-	browsing data, research, identifying information, location 14
279		-	history, or online or offline activities of other individuals, 15
280		-	organizations, or entities. 16
281		-	SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 17
282		-	It is the sense of Congress that all United States al-18
283		-	lies in the Middle East should publicly and unequivocally 19
284		-	condemn the antisemitism displayed by Iranian-backed 20
285		-	terrorist groups, including Hamas. 21
286		-	SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON FUNDS. 22
287		-	No federal funds may be used to make any funds (as 23
288		-	such term is defined in section 2339C(e)(1) of title 18, 24
289		-	United States Code) available to Iran. 25 12
290		-	•HR 5961 EH
291		-	SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE HOUTHIS. 1
292		-	It is the sense of Congress that the Houthis, an Iran- 2
293		-	backed terrorist group which has hijacked a Japanese-op-3
294		-	erated cargo ship, kidnapped and tortured United States 4
295		-	citizens, and supports Hamas’ ongoing war against Israel, 5
296		-	continues to benefit from the Biden Administration’s fail-6
297		-	ure to unequivocally condemn it. 7
298		-	SEC. 12. REPORT ON POLICY RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS, 8
299		-	NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, BALLISTIC MIS-9
300		-	SILES, AND REGIONAL TERRORISM IN IRAN. 10
301		-	Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-11
302		-	ment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress 12
303		-	a report (which may contain a classified annex) outlining 13
304		-	the policy of the United States with respect to human 14
305		-	rights, nuclear proliferation, the ballistic missile program, 15
306		-	and regional terrorism in Iran. 16
307		-	Passed the House of Representatives November 30,
308		-	2023.
309		-	Attest:
310		-	Clerk. 118
	193	+	OREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION .—The 23
	194	+	term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 24
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	198	+	given such term under section 561.308 of title 31, 1
	199	+	Code of Federal Regulations. 2
	200	+	(4) I
	201	+	NTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU -3
	202	+	TION.—The term ‘‘international financial institu-4
	203	+	tion’’ has the meaning given such term in section 5
	204	+	1701(c) of the International Financial Institutions 6
	205	+	Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)). 7
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318	218		H. R. 5961
319		-	AN ACT
	219	+	[Report No. 118–270, Part I]
	220	+	A BILL
320	221		To freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the
321	222		2023 hostage deal between the United States and
322	223		Iran, and for other purposes.
	224	+	N
	225	+	OVEMBER
	226	+	9, 2023
	227	+	Reported with an amendment and referred to the Com-
	228	+	mittee on Financial Services for a period ending not
	229	+	later than November 9, 2023, for consideration of such
	230	+	provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the
	231	+	jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(h)
	232	+	of rule X
	233	+	N
	234	+	OVEMBER
	235	+	9, 2023
	236	+	Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed
	237	+	to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
	238	+	the Union and ordered to be printed
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