EXPANSION OF AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL ASSETS OF IRAN TO VICTIMS OF TERRORISM.

SEC. 1226. EXPANSION OF AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL ASSETS OF IRAN TO VICTIMS OF TERRORISM. Section 502 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8772) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “in the United States” and inserting “by or”; (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “, or an asset that would be blocked if the asset were located in the United States,” after “unblocked)”; and (C) in the flush text at the end— (i) by inserting after “in aid of execution” the following: “, 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 execution,”; and (ii) by inserting “, without regard to concerns relating to international comity” after “resources for such an act”; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “that are identified” and inserting the following: “that are— “(1) identified” ; (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(2) identified in and the subject of proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Peterson et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., Case No. 13 Civ. 9195 (LAP).” .