,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjai,mr4  
,pence 7for himself and ,mr4 ,gallego7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary1 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 make
 additional financial assets of the     
,government of ,iran available to pay   
compensatory damages to the victims of  
terrorism sponsored by that ,government1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,our ,obligation to ,recognize ,american
 ,heroes 7,,oorah7 ,act of #bjai 4  #b4 
,expansion of availability of financial 
assets of ,iran to victims of terrorism 
7a7 ,findings ,congress makes the       
following findings3  7#a7 ,on ,october  

#bc1 #aihc1 terrorists sponsored by the 
,government of ,iran bombed the ,united 
,states ,marine barracks in ,beirut1    
,lebanon4 ,the terrorists killed #bda   
servicemen and injured scores more4     
7#b7 ,those servicemen were killed or   
injured while on a peacekeeping mission4
  7#c7 ,terrorism sponsored by the      
,government of ,iran threatens the      
national security of the ,united        
,states4  7#d7 ,the ,united ,states has 
a vital interest in ensuring that       
members of the ,armed ,forces killed or 
injured by such terrorism1 and the      
family members of such members1 are able
 to seek justice4  7b7 ,amendments      
,section #ejb of the ,iran ,threat      
,reduction and ,syria ,human ,rights    
,act of #bjab 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #hggb7 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a77#a7--  
7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by striking  
in the ,united ,states and inserting by 
or2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by      
inserting 1 or an asset that would be   
blocked if the asset were located in the

 ,united ,states1 after unblocked72 and 
7,c7 in the flush text at the end-- 7i7 
by inserting after in aid of execution  
the following3 1 or to an order         
directing that the asset be brought to  
the ,state in which the court is located
 and subsequently to execution or       
attachment in aid of execution12 and    
7ii7 by inserting 1 without regard to   
concerns relating to international      
comity after resources for such an act2 
7#b7 in subsection 7b7--  7,a7 by       
striking that are identified and        
inserting the following3 8that are--    
7#a7 identified  2  7,b7 by striking the
 period at the end and inserting 2 and2 
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#b7 identified in and the  
subject of proceedings in the ,united   
,states ,district ,court for the        
,southern ,district of ,new ,york in    
,peterson et al4 v4 ,islamic ,republic  
of ,iran et al41 ,case ,no4 #ac ,civ4   
#iaie 7,,lap74  2  7#c7 by striking     
subsection 7e72  7#d7 by redesignating  

subsections 7c7 and 7d7 as subsections  
7d7 and 7e71 respectively2 and  7#e7 by 
inserting after subsection 7b7 the      
following3  7c7 ,personal jurisdiction  
,for purposes of this section1 the      
,united ,states ,district ,court for the
 ,southern ,district of ,new ,york shall
 have personal jurisdiction over any    
foreign securities intermediary that    
credited financial assets described in  
subsection 7b7 to an account the        
intermediary holds outside the ,united  
,states4  4