H.R.2570 – Maximum Pressure Act
This bill — sponsored by Rep. Nunn [R-IA-3] — aims to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran and modify other existing sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes. It states that it is the sense of Congress that (1) Iran is clearly culpable for Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, 2023, as a result of its funding, training, and coordination of Hamas and other terrorist organizations; (2) any funds directly or indirectly released to Iran, or funds freed up by the expectation of the imminent release of those funds, benefit Iran’s terrorist proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah and encourage further acts of terrorism; (3) all funds previously released to Iran be immediately frozen and that all licenses and waivers allowing funding to directly or indirectly flow to Iran be suspended immediately; and (4) the only suitable punishment for Iran’s participation in and organization of this mass murder is for the United States to halt its appeasement of the Iranian regime and to return to a policy of maximum pressure. It was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Rules, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

