No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act
- Last Action
- 4/17/2024
Actions
- 2024-04-17Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 2024-04-16Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2024-04-16On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 34 (Roll no. 131). (text: CR H2423-2425)
- 2024-04-16Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 34 (Roll no. 131). (text: CR H2423-2425)
- 2024-04-16Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2434-2435)
- 2024-04-16At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- 2024-04-16DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5826.
- 2024-04-16Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2423-2426)
- 2024-04-16Mr. Wilson (SC) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2023-10-19Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 5.
- 2023-10-19Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2023-09-28Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
- 2023-09-28Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
- 2023-09-28Introduced in House
- 2023-09-28Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-09-28 (00)
No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act
This bill allows the President to deny a representative of the United Nations diplomatic entry to the United States if the individual is sanctioned under specified Executive Orders related to terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Currently, the President may deny entry to a United Nations representative if the individual is found to be engaged in specified espionage or terrorist activities directed against the United States or its allies and may pose a threat to security.
The bill also requires the President to report to Congress on certain matters regarding Iran. The President must report on
- the $6 billion transferred from restricted Iranian accounts in South Korea to restricted accounts in Qatar on August 9, 2023;
- all cases of hostage taking of a U.S. national in Iran or at the direction of Iran during the last 10 years and whether specified sanctions apply;
- blocked Iranian assets;
- international efforts to find, freeze, and forfeit assets of those connected to Iran's hostage-taking, wrongful detention, and human rights violations;
- whether the travel of U.S. persons to Iran presents an imminent danger to travelers; and
- a strategy to deter hostage-taking by U.S adversaries.
Cosponsors (12)
- Jared Moskowitz (D-FL)
- Michael McCaul (R-TX)
- Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS)
- James Baird (R-IN)
- Mark Amodei (R-NV)
- Thomas Kean (R-NJ)
- Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)
- Nancy Mace (R-SC)
- John Rutherford (R-FL)
- Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)
- Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
Subjects
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Asia
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Congressional oversight
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Foreign and international banking
- Human rights
- Iran
- Middle East
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Qatar
- Sanctions
- South Korea
- Terrorism
- Travel and tourism
- United Nations
- Visas and passports
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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