,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fggd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ab1      
#bjah,mr4 ,bishop of ,michigan 7for     
himself and ,mr4 ,conaway7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,permanent ,select ,committee on 
,intelligence1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 for a  
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,director of ,national      
,intelligence to seek to determine if   
the ,government of ,iran has used       
certain funds received by reason of     
sanctions relief pursuant to the ,joint 
,comprehensive ,plan of ,action or cash 
payments conveyed by the ,united ,states
 in early #bjaf to sponsor foreign      
terrorist organizations1 facilitate     
illicit narcotics activities1 or conduct
 military operations in ,syria1 and for 

other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,iran ,payments
 ,accountability ,act of #bjah4  #b4    
,determination and report on use of     
funds received by the ,government of    
,iran by reason of sanctions relief     
pursuant to the ,joint ,comprehensive   
,plan of ,action or cash payments       
conveyed by the ,united ,states in early
 #bjaf  7a7 ,determination  7#a7 ,in    
general ,the ,director of ,national     
,intelligence shall seek to determine if
 the ,government of ,iran has used any  
of the funds described in paragraph     
7#b7--  7,a7 to sponsor any foreign     
terrorist organization1 including       
,hamas1 ,hezbollah1 or ,iran's          
,revolutionary ,guard ,corps2  7,b7 to  
engage in violence or hostilities       
against ,united ,states nationals or    
members of the ,united ,states ,armed   
,forces2  7,c7 to conduct military      
operations in ,syria2 or  7,d7 to       
facilitate illicit narcotics activities4
  7#b7 ,funds described ,funds described

 in this paragraph are-- 7,a7 funds     
received by reason of any action        
involving any measure of statutory      
sanctions relief by the ,united ,states 
pursuant to the ,joint ,comprehensive   
,plan of ,action2 and  7,b7 cash        
payments totaling #a1gjj1jjj1jjj        
conveyed by the ,united ,states         
,government to the ,government of ,iran 
in early #bjaf4  7b7 ,report  7#a7 ,in  
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,director of ,national ,intelligence
 shall submit to ,congress a report that
 contains--  7,a7 the determination of  
the ,director required under subsection 
7a7 and a justification for the         
determination2 and  7,b7 a description  
of whether the cash payments described  
in subsection 7a77#b77;,b7-- 7i7        
constituted an exchange of cash payments
 for hostages2 or  7ii7 were discussed  
as part of negotiations for the ,joint  
,comprehensive ,plan of ,action4  7#b7  
,form ,the report required under        

paragraph 7#a7 shall be submitted in    
unclassified form1 but may contain a    
classified annex4  #c4 ,actions to      
demand repayment of funds from the      
,government of ,iran  7a7 ,initial      
actions ,if the determination of the    
,director of ,national ,intelligence    
contained in the report submitted to    
,congress under section #b is an        
affirmative determination1 the          
,secretary of ,state shall immediately  
demand repayment of funds described in  
section #b7;a77#b7 from the ,government 
of ,iran4  7b7 ,subsequent actions      
,until such time as funds described in  
section #b7;a77#b7 are repaid by the    
,government of ,iran1 the ,secretary of 
,state shall continue to take actions to
 prioritize repayment of such funds1    
including actions to leverage repayment 
of such funds in future diplomatic      
engagements with the ,government of     
,iran and through imposition of new or  
increased sanctions against ,iran4  #d4 
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,action

 involving any measure of statutory     
sanctions relief by the ,united ,states 
,the term action involving any measure  
of statutory sanctions relief by the    
,united ,states has the meaning given   
such term in section #ace7;c77#c7 of the
 ,atomic ,energy ,act of #aied1 as      
amended by the ,iran ,nuclear ,agreement
 ,review ,act of #bjae 7,public ,law    
#aad-ag2 #abi ,stat4 #bja74  7#b7       
,foreign terrorist organization ,the    
term foreign terrorist organization     
means an organization designated by the 
,secretary of ,state as a foreign       
terrorist organization pursuant to      
section #bai7;a7 of the ,immigration and
 ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4        
#aahi7;a774  7#c7 ,joint ,comprehensive 
,plan of ,action ,the term ,joint       
,comprehensive ,plan of ,action means   
the ,joint ,comprehensive ,plan of      
,action1 agreed to at ,vienna ,july #ad1
 #bjae1 by ,iran and by the ,people's   
,republic of ,china1 ,france1 ,germany1 
the ,russian ,federation1 the ,united   

,kingdom and the ,united ,states1 with  
the ,high ,representative of the        
,european ,union for ,foreign ,affairs  
and ,security ,policy1 and all          
implementing materials and agreements1  
including side agreements1 related to   
the ,joint ,comprehensive ,plan of      
,action1 and transmitted by the         
,president to ,congress on ,july #ai1   
#bjae1 pursuant to section #ace7;a7 of  
the ,atomic ,energy ,act of #aied1 as   
amended by the ,iran ,nuclear ,agreement
 ,review ,act of #bjae 7,public ,law    
#aad-ag2 #abi ,stat4 #bja74