{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-5947","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 5947","kind":"bill","group":"budget","title":"To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-10-12","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-04-17","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h139","question":"On Passage","title":"To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes","result":"Passed","yea":259,"nay":160,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll139.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","date":"2024-04-17"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-10-12","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This bill terminates the presidential waiver of certain sanctions on Iran and the licenses issued by the Department of the Treasury that allowed for the transfer of previously blocked Iranian funds (namely, the approximately $6 billion of Iranian funds that the Biden Administration permitted to be transferred from restricted accounts in South Korea to restricted accounts in Qatar to facilitate the release of five U.S. citizens detained in Iran). Furthermore, the President may not exercise waiver authority related to certain accounts belonging to Iran."}],"words":84},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Terminates a waiver and Treasury licenses relating to the transfer of certain Iranian funds from the Republic of Korea to Qatar, and bars the President from allowing Iran or Iranian persons access to certain accounts.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5947/text/eh#HF1954A002F5149D6AA14F06B35DF87C8"},{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5947/text/eh#HBEB3039C721C46CEBB3F97DF46121777"}]},"core_areas":["Termination of the September 2023 sanctions waiver and related licenses for funds transferred from the Republic of Korea to Qatar","Limits on Iranian access to accounts established under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(ii)(II) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Terminates, on the date of enactment, the waiver transmitted to Congress on September 11, 2023, for the transfer of certain funds from the Republic of Korea to Qatar.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5947/text/eh#HF1954A002F5149D6AA14F06B35DF87C8"}},{"text":"Terminates, on the date of enactment, any general or specific license issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Department of the Treasury directly or indirectly related to those funds.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5947/text/eh#HF1954A002F5149D6AA14F06B35DF87C8"}},{"text":"Bars the President from reissuing any new waiver or license of the kind terminated by the section, for the same or similar purposes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5947/text/eh#HF1954A002F5149D6AA14F06B35DF87C8"}},{"text":"Bars the President, on and after enactment, from exercising the specified waiver authority to permit the Government of Iran or any Iranian person access to any account established or maintained under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(ii)(II) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5947/text/eh#HBEB3039C721C46CEBB3F97DF46121777"}},{"text":"Bars the President from issuing a general or specific license, frequently asked question, or other licensing action or guidance permitting the Government of Iran or any Iranian person to access, or benefit directly or indirectly from, such accounts.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5947/text/eh#HBEB3039C721C46CEBB3F97DF46121777"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-04-17","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5947/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5947","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5947/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-5947.png","v":"78523362816e","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5947, 118th Congress: To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes. House: 259 Yea, 160 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 17 Apr 2024."}}