S.Amdt. 204

SA 204. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. _____. JUSTICE FOR UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF STATE
SPONSORED TERRORISM.

Subsection (d)(4)(D)(iv)(IV) of the Justice for United
States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C.
20144(d)(4)(D)(iv)(IV)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating item (bb) as item (dd);
(2) by inserting after item (aa) the following:
``(bb) Iran hostages.--There are authorized to be
appropriated and there are appropriated to the Fund such sums
as are necessary to make lump sum payments for amounts
outstanding and unpaid on claims under subparagraphs (B) and
(C) of subsection (c)(2).
``(cc) Limitation.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to item
(bb) may not be used for a purpose other than to make lump
sum payments under this clause.'';
(3) in item (cc), as so redesignated, by inserting ``item
(bb) or'' before ``sublcauses''; and
(4) in item (aa), by striking ``disperses'' and inserting
``disburses''.
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