HR 5308 · 114th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector

Terrorist Asset Seizure Reform Act of 2016

Introduced 2016-05-23· Sponsored by Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.(2016-09-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Terrorist Asset Seizure Reform Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to require each financial institution to transfer annually to it all amounts of interest it has paid on certain frozen bank accounts, which shall be deposited into the Confiscated Assets Fund establish by this bill. With respect to certain frozen assets of a foreign terrorist organization or a specially designated terrorist, including a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, at the time an asset is frozen or otherwise blocked (or within six months of enactment of this bill for an asset already frozen or blocked) Treasury shall: publish a public notice that the asset is being frozen or otherwise blocked, and give the owner of the asset and other interested parties one year to challenge such freezing or blocking. If the asset remains frozen or otherwise blocked after a year, Treasury shall require the financial institution holding the frozen asset to transfer it to Treasury. Treasury shall: deposit all money received under such asset confiscation requirements into the Confiscated Assets Fund, and sell any non-monetary assets received under the bill and deposit the proceeds into the Fund. Treas…

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Cosponsors (3)

1 Democrat2 Republicans