A U.S. Senate-House conference committee agreed on a bill intended to make it easier for Americans to collect on judgments against nations that sponsor terrorist attacks. The bill authorizes the courts to seize property owned by countries found responsible for sponsoring terrorist attacks, even if the assets are blocked under U.S. sanctions. The family of Alisa Flatow, an American Jewish student killed in a terrorist bombing in Israel, has been attempting to collect on a $247.5 million judgment against Iran by gaining access to frozen Iranian assets in the United States. The Clinton administration has argued that U.S. law prohibits such a move.
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