Legislation· Apr 2024Sponsored by Joe Wilson (R)
No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act
Would have let the President bar UN diplomats sanctioned for terrorism from entering the US.
Tradeoff
Would have required the President to report on $6 billion in Iranian funds moved to Qatar. Would also have set up recurring reports on Iranian hostage cases and frozen assets.
What's in it
The House passed this bill 391-34 on April 16, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.
House
Introduced
(Sep 28, 2023)
House
Committee on Foreign Affairs(Sep 28, 2023)
The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.
House
The committee voted to send it to the floor
Reported 40 - 5(Oct 19, 2023)
House
On Motion to and Pass, as Amended
Passed(Roll #131 · Apr 16, 2024)
391 yeanay 34Senate
Received from the House
on Foreign Relations(Apr 17, 2024)
- Jared Moskowitz (D-FL)
- Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS)
- James R. Baird (R-IN)
- Mark E. Amodei (R-NV)
- Thomas H. Kean (R-NJ)
- Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)
- Nancy Mace (R-SC)
- John H. Rutherford (R-FL)
- Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)
- Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
Passage votes· Apr 16, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025