HR5961-118

In Committee

To freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023 hostage deal between the United States and Iran, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Oct 16, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023 hostage deal between the United States and Iran, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Foreign Policy, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HCAA547C5EA9B457197F8CECDE68520D5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act.
  • Section HB8E71EC43516403BA7D249D1AC637697: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: On October 7, 2023, Iran-backed Hamas terrorists launched a massive, unprovoked war on Israel by air, land,...
  • Section HC87F2CFCE52345CD9258643F61FEC136: 3. Imposition of sanctions with respect to covered Iranian assets On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanction...
  • Section H357B574B39484752A9EAF88EB78E6DFB: 4. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the terrorist-funding, human rights-violating Iranian regime should receive no additional funds but that...
  • Section H6491B683C96E4539BDB753466B9DAD00: 5. Limitation of applicability of certain licenses Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023 hostage deal between the United States and Iran, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Foreign Policy, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, To freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023 hostage deal between the United States and Iran, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Foreign Policy Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 4, 2023

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign …

Nov 9, 2023

Additional sponsors: Mrs. González-Colón, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Johnson …

Nov 9, 2023

Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on …

Nov 9, 2023

Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee of …

Oct 25, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Oct 16, 2023

Mr. McCaul (for himself, Mr. Scalise, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Wilson …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Foreign Policy Defense
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury

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