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House Bill 5826
118th Congress(2023-2024)
No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act
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Passed House on Apr 16, 2024
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Republican
Introduced
Sep 28, 2023
Latest Action
Apr 16, 2024
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5826
Congress
118
Policy Area
International Affairs
International Affairs
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Joe Wilson
South Carolina
Republican
Amata Coleman Radewagen
American Samoa
Democrat
Jared Moskowitz
Florida
Republican
John Rutherford
Florida
Republican
Jim Baird
Indiana
Republican
Mark Amodei
Nevada
Republican
Thomas H. Kean
New Jersey
Republican
Anthony D'Esposito
New York
Republican
Claudia Tenney
New York
Republican
Kelly Armstrong
North Dakota
Republican
Nancy Mace
South Carolina
Republican
Michael McCaul
Texas
Republican
Monica De La Cruz
Texas
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on April 16, 2024
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
131
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
September 28, 2023
Actions (12)
04/16/2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
04/16/2024
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).
04/16/2024
Passed/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)
04/16/2024
Considered as unfinished business.
04/16/2024
At 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.
04/16/2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5826.
04/16/2024
Considered under suspension of the rules.
04/16/2024
Mr. Wilson (SC) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
10/19/2023
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 5.
10/19/2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
09/28/2023
Referred 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.
09/28/2023
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Apr 17, 2024 5:35:38 PM
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