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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3874 

To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for terrorist organizations 

in Gaza and the West Bank, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 5, 2024 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for terrorist organizations in Gaza and the West Bank, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad International Ter6 rorism Support Prevention Act of 2024’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy. 


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Sec. 4. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons and agencies and 

instrumentalities of foreign states supporting Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 

Sec. 5. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign governments that provide 

material support for the terrorist activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 

Sec. 6. Report on activities of foreign countries to disrupt global fundraising, 

financing, and money laundering activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 

Sec. 7. Miscellaneous provisions. 

Sec. 8. Determination of budgetary effects. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ADMITTED.—The term ‘‘admitted’’ has the 

4 meaning given that term in section 101(a)(13)(A) of 

5 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

6 1101(a)(13)(A)). 

7 (2) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF A FOR8 EIGN STATE.—The term ‘‘agency or instrumentality 

9 of a foreign state’’ has the meaning given that term 

10 in section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code. 

11 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 

14 of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

15 of the House of Representatives. 

16 (4) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per17 son’’ means— 

18 (A) an individual who is not a United 

19 States person; or 


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1 (B) a corporation, partnership, or other 

2 nongovernmental entity that is not a United 

3 States person. 

4 (5) MATERIAL SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘material 

5 support’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘material 

6 support or resources’’ in section 2339A of title 18, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in9 dividual or entity. 

10 (7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

11 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

12 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law13 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

14 United States; 

15 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

16 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

17 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

18 such an entity; or 

19 (C) a person in the United States. 

20 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

21 It is the policy of the United States— 

22 (1) to prevent Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 

23 Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof from ac24 cessing its international support networks; 


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1 (2) to oppose Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 

2 Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof from at3 tempting to use goods, including medicine and dual4 use items, to smuggle weapons and other materials 

5 to further acts of terrorism; and 

6 (3) to hold accountable Hamas, the Palestinian 

7 Islamic Jihad, and their international support net8 works for their attack against Israel on October 7, 

9 2023. 

10 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR11 EIGN PERSONS AND AGENCIES AND INSTRU12 MENTALITIES OF FOREIGN STATES SUP13 PORTING HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 

14 JIHAD, OR ANY AFFILIATE OR SUCCESSOR 

15 THEREOF. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im18 pose the sanctions required under subsection (c) with re19 spect to any foreign person and any agency or instrumen20 tality of a foreign state that the President determines 

21 knowingly— 

22 (1) assists in, sponsors, or provides significant 

23 financial or material support for, or financial or 

24 other services to or in support of any person de25 scribed in subsection (b); or 


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1 (2) directly or indirectly, materially engages in 

2 a significant transaction with any person described 

3 in subsection (b). 

4 (b) PERSON DESCRIBED.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—A person described in this 

6 subsection is a foreign person that the President de7 termines— 

8 (A) is a senior member of Hamas, the Pal9 estinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or suc10 cessor thereof; 

11 (B) is a senior member of the Al-Aqsa 

12 Martyr’s Brigade, Lion’s Den, or any other en13 tity that the President determines is part of the 

14 terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank and 

15 Gaza; 

16 (C) is a senior member of a foreign ter17 rorist organization designated pursuant to sec18 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) whose members directly or 

20 indirectly support any of the activities of, know21 ingly engage in a significant transaction with, 

22 or provide financial or material support for 

23 Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, any affil24 iate or successor thereof, or any person de25 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B); or 


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1 (D) knowingly provides or has provided 

2 material assistance, financial or material sup3 port, or goods or services that directly or indi4 rectly supports the terrorist activities of any 

5 foreign person described in subparagraph (A) or 

6 (B). 

7 (2) REQUIREMENT TO ISSUE GUIDANCE.—Not 

8 later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 

9 of this Act, and not later than 180 days thereafter, 

10 the President shall issue regulations or other guid11 ance to identify the persons described in this sub12 section. 

13 (c) SANCTIONS REQUIRED.— 

14 (1) FOREIGN PERSONS.—With respect to a for15 eign person subject to sanctions under subsection 

16 (a), the President shall exercise all powers granted 

17 to the President by the International Emergency 

18 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (ex19 cept that the requirements of section 202 of such 

20 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent 

21 necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all 

22 property and interests in property of the foreign per23 son if such property and interests in property are in 

24 the United States, come within the United States, or 


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1 are or come within the possession or control of a 

2 United States person. 

3 (2) AGENCIES OR INSTRUMENTALITIES OF A

4 FOREIGN STATE.—With respect to an agency or in5 strumentality of a foreign state subject to sanctions 

6 under subsection (a), the President shall impose 2 or 

7 more of the following: 

8 (A) The President may direct the Export9 Import Bank of the United States not to give 

10 approval to the issuance of any guarantee, in11 surance, extension of credit, or participation in 

12 the extension of credit in connection with the 

13 export of any goods or services to the agency or 

14 instrumentality, and the Export-Import Bank 

15 of the United States shall comply with any such 

16 direction. 

17 (B) The President may prohibit the sale of 

18 any defense articles, defense services, or design 

19 and construction services under the Arms Ex20 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to 

21 the agency or instrumentality. 

22 (C) The President may prohibit the 

23 issuance of licenses for export of any item on 

24 the United States Munitions List under section 

25 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 


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1 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)) that include the agency or 

2 instrumentality as a party to the license. 

3 (D) The President may prohibit the export 

4 of any goods or technologies controlled for na5 tional security reasons under the Export Ad6 ministration Regulations under subchapter C of 

7 chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regula8 tions, or successor regulations, to the agency or 

9 instrumentality, except that such prohibition 

10 shall not apply to any transaction subject to the 

11 reporting requirements of title V of the Na12 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et 

13 seq.). 

14 (E) The President may prohibit any 

15 United States financial institution from making 

16 loans or providing any credit or financing total17 ing more than $10,000,000 to the agency or in18 strumentality, except that this subparagraph 

19 shall not apply to— 

20 (i) any transaction subject to the re21 porting requirements of title V of the Na22 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

23 3091 et seq.); 


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1 (ii) the provision of medicines, medical 

2 equipment, and humanitarian assistance; 

3 or 

4 (iii) any credit, credit guarantee, or fi5 nancial assistance provided by the Depart6 ment of Agriculture to support the pur7 chase of food or other agricultural com8 modities. 

9 (F) The President may exercise all powers 

10 granted to the President by the International 

11 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

12 1701 et seq.) (except that the requirements of 

13 section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall 

14 not apply) to the extent necessary to block and 

15 prohibit all transactions in all property and in16 terests in property of the agency or instrumen17 tality if such property and interests in property 

18 are in the United States, come within the 

19 United States, or are or come within the pos20 session or control of a United States person. 

21 (d) CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION DETERMINATION

22 WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS SUBJECT TO

23 SANCTIONS.—Not later than 60 days after receiving a re24 quest from the chairman and ranking member of one of 

25 the appropriate congressional committees with respect to 


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1 whether a foreign person is subject to sanctions under sub2 section (a) pursuant to the criteria set forth in that sub3 section, the President shall— 

4 (1) determine if the person meets those criteria; 

5 and 

6 (2) submit a classified or unclassified report to 

7 such chairman and ranking member with respect to 

8 the determination under paragraph (1) that includes 

9 a statement of whether or not the President has im10 posed or intends to impose sanctions with respect to 

11 that person. 

12 (e) PENALTIES.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The penalties provided for in 

14 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter15 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

16 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that knowingly 

17 violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or 

18 causes a violation of regulations prescribed under 

19 section 7(b) to carry out paragraph (1) or (2)(F) of 

20 subsection (c) to the same extent that such penalties 

21 apply to a person that knowingly commits an unlaw22 ful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 

23 (2) AUTHORITIES.—The President may exercise 

24 all authorities provided to the President under sec25 tions 203 and 205 of the International Emergency 


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1 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

2 for purposes of carrying out paragraphs (1) and 

3 (2)(F) of subsection (c). 

4 (f) EXCEPTION.—The President shall not be required 

5 to impose sanctions under this section with respect to a 

6 foreign person or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign 

7 state if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate 

8 congressional committees that— 

9 (1) the foreign person or agency or instrumen10 tality (as the case may be)— 

11 (A) is no longer carrying out activities or 

12 transactions subject to sanctions under this sec13 tion; or 

14 (B) has taken and is continuing to take 

15 significant verifiable steps toward terminating 

16 activities or transactions subject to sanctions 

17 under this section; and 

18 (2) the President has received reliable assur19 ances from the foreign person or agency or instru20 mentality (as the case may be) that it will not carry 

21 out any activities or transactions subject to sanc22 tions under this section in the future. 

23 (g) WAIVER.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 

25 on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more 


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1 than 180 days, a requirement under this section to 

2 impose or maintain sanctions with respect to a for3 eign person or agency or instrumentality of a foreign 

4 state if the President— 

5 (A) determines that the waiver is in the 

6 national security interest of the United States; 

7 and 

8 (B) not less than 30 days before the waiv9 er takes effect, submits to the appropriate con10 gressional committees a report on the waiver 

11 and the justification for the waiver. 

12 (2) RENEWAL OF WAIVER.—The President 

13 may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under 

14 paragraph (1) for additional periods of not more 

15 than 180 days if the President— 

16 (A) determines that the renewal of the 

17 waiver is in the national security interest of the 

18 United States; and 

19 (B) not less than 15 days before the waiv20 er expires, submits to the appropriate congres21 sional committees a report on the renewal of 

22 the waiver and the justification for the renewal 

23 of the waiver. 

24 (h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im25 pose sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign 


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1 person or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state 

2 is in addition to the authority to impose sanctions under 

3 any other provision of law with respect to foreign persons 

4 or agencies or instrumentalities of foreign states that di5 rectly or indirectly support international terrorism. 

6 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

7 on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with 

8 respect to activities and transactions described in sub9 section (a) that are carried out on or after such date of 

10 enactment. 

11 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR12 EIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT PROVIDE MATE13 RIAL SUPPORT FOR THE TERRORIST ACTIVI14 TIES OF HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 

15 JIHAD, OR ANY AFFILIATE OR SUCCESSOR 

16 THEREOF. 

17 (a) IDENTIFICATION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

20 every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub21 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

22 report that identifies the following: 

23 (A) Each government of a foreign country 

24 that— 


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1 (i) the Secretary of State determines 

2 has repeatedly provided support for acts of 

3 international terrorism pursuant to section 

4 1754(c) of the Export Control Reform Act 

5 of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), section 40 of 

6 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

7 2780), section 620A of the Foreign Assist8 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), or any 

9 other provision of law; and 

10 (ii) the President determines has pro11 vided direct or indirect material support 

12 for the terrorist activities of Hamas, the 

13 Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate 

14 or successor thereof. 

15 (B) Each government of a foreign country 

16 that— 

17 (i) is not identified under subpara18 graph (A); and 

19 (ii) the President determines know20 ingly engaged in a significant transaction 

21 that contributes to the efforts by the gov22 ernment of a foreign country described in 

23 subparagraph (A)(i) to provide direct or 

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1 lamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor 

2 thereof. 

3 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report submitted 

4 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi5 fied form but may contain a classified annex. 

6 (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 

7 impose the following sanctions with respect to each gov8 ernment of a foreign country identified under subpara9 graph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1): 

10 (1) The United States Government shall sus11 pend, for a period of one year, United States assist12 ance to the government of the foreign country. 

13 (2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

14 the United States Executive Director to each appro15 priate international financial institution to oppose, 

16 and vote against, for a period of one year, the exten17 sion by that institution of any loan or financial or 

18 technical assistance to the government of the foreign 

19 country. 

20 (3) No item on the United States Munitions 

21 List under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export 

22 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)) or the Com23 merce Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to 

24 part 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or 


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1 any successor list), may be exported to the govern2 ment of the foreign country for a period of one year. 

3 (c) IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH

4 RESPECT TO CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—The 

5 President shall impose the following additional sanctions 

6 with respect to each government of a foreign country iden7 tified under subsection (a)(1)(A): 

8 (1) The President shall, pursuant to such regu9 lations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 

10 transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to 

11 the jurisdiction of the United States and in which 

12 the government of the foreign country has any inter13 est. 

14 (2) The President shall, pursuant to such regu15 lations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 

16 transfers of credit or payments between one or more 

17 financial institutions or by, through, or to any finan18 cial institution, to the extent that such transfers or 

19 payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the 

20 United States and involve any interest of the govern21 ment of the foreign country. 

22 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

23 (1) MILITARY USE EXCEPTION.—The President 

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1 spect to the government of a foreign country pursu2 ant to subsection (b)— 

3 (A) with respect to materials intended to 

4 be used by military or civilian personnel of the 

5 Armed Forces of the United States at military 

6 facilities in the country; or 

7 (B) if the application of such sanctions 

8 would prevent the United States from meeting 

9 the terms of any status of forces agreement to 

10 which the United States is a party. 

11 (2) HUMANITARIAN EXCEPTION.—The following 

12 activities shall be exempt from sanctions under this 

13 section: 

14 (A) The conduct or facilitation of a trans15 action for the sale of agricultural commodities, 

16 food, medicine, or medical devices to a foreign 

17 government described in subsection (a) that is 

18 not otherwise subject to the export control laws 

19 of the United States. 

20 (B) The provision of humanitarian assist21 ance to a foreign government described in sub22 section(a), including engaging in a financial 

23 transaction relating to humanitarian assistance 

24 or for humanitarian purposes or transporting 

25 goods or services that are necessary to carry 


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1 out operations relating to humanitarian assist2 ance or humanitarian purposes. 

3 (e) WAIVER.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 

5 on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more 

6 than 180 days, a requirement under subsection (b) 

7 or (c) to impose or maintain sanctions with respect 

8 to a foreign government identified pursuant to sub9 paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) if the 

10 President— 

11 (A) determines that the waiver is in the 

12 national security interest of the United States; 

13 and 

14 (B) not less than 30 days before the waiv15 er takes effect, submits to the appropriate con16 gressional committees a report on the waiver 

17 and the justification for the waiver. 

18 (2) RENEWAL OF WAIVER.—The President 

19 may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under 

20 paragraph (1) for additional periods of not more 

21 than 180 days if the President— 

22 (A) determines that the renewal of the 

23 waiver is in the national security interest of the 

24 United States; and 


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1 (B) not less than 15 days before the waiv2 er expires, submits to the appropriate congres3 sional committees a report on the renewal of 

4 the waiver and the justification for the renewal 

5 of the waiver. 

6 (3) SUNSET.—The authority of the President 

7 under this subsection shall terminate on the date 

8 that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of 

9 this Act. 

10 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im11 pose sanctions under subsection (b) or (c) with respect to 

12 each government of a foreign country identified pursuant 

13 to subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) is in addi14 tion to the authority to impose sanctions under any other 

15 provision of law with respect to governments of foreign 

16 countries that provide material support to foreign terrorist 

17 organizations designated pursuant to section 219 of the 

18 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

19 (g) TERMINATION.—The President may terminate 

20 any sanctions imposed with respect to the government of 

21 a foreign country under subsection (b) or (c) if the Presi22 dent determines and notifies the appropriate congressional 

23 committees that the government of the foreign country is 

24 no longer carrying out activities or transactions for which 

25 the sanctions were imposed and has provided assurances 


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1 to the United States Government that it will not carry 

2 out those activities or transactions in the future. 

3 (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

4 on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with 

5 respect to activities and transactions described in subpara6 graph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) that are carried out 

7 on or after such date of enactment. 

8 SEC. 6. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

9 TO DISRUPT GLOBAL FUNDRAISING, FINANC10 ING, AND MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES 

11 OF HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 

12 JIHAD, OR ANY AFFILIATE OR SUCCESSOR 

13 THEREOF. 

14 (a) REPORT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

17 President shall submit to the appropriate commit18 tees of Congress a report that includes— 

19 (A) a list of foreign countries that support 

20 Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 

21 affiliate or successor thereof, or in which 

22 Hamas maintains important portions of its fi23 nancial networks; 

24 (B) with respect to each foreign country on 

25 the list required by subparagraph (A)— 


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1 (i) an assessment of whether the gov2 ernment of the country is taking adequate 

3 measures to freeze the assets of Hamas, 

4 the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affil5 iate or successor thereof within the terri6 tory of the country; and 

7 (ii) in the case of a country the gov8 ernment of which is not taking adequate 

9 measures to freeze the assets of Hamas— 

10 (I) an assessment of the reasons 

11 that government is not taking ade12 quate measures to freeze those assets; 

13 and 

14 (II) a description of measures 

15 being taken by the United States Gov16 ernment to encourage that govern17 ment to freeze those assets; 

18 (C) a list of foreign countries in which 

19 Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 

20 affiliate or successor thereof, conducts signifi21 cant fundraising, financing, or money laun22 dering activities; 

23 (D) with respect to each foreign country 

24 on the list required by subparagraph (C)— 


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1 (i) an assessment of whether the gov2 ernment of the country is taking adequate 

3 measures to disrupt the fundraising, fi4 nancing, or money laundering activities of 

5 Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or 

6 any affiliate or successor thereof within the 

7 territory of the country; and 

8 (ii) in the case of a country the gov9 ernment of which is not taking adequate 

10 measures to disrupt those activities— 

11 (I) an assessment of the reasons 

12 that government is not taking ade13 quate measures to disrupt those ac14 tivities; and 

15 (II) a description of measures 

16 being taken by the United States Gov17 ernment to encourage that govern18 ment to improve measures to disrupt 

19 those activities; and 

20 (E) a list of foreign countries from which 

21 Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 

22 affiliate or successor thereof, acquires surveil23 lance equipment, electronic monitoring equip24 ment, or other means to inhibit communication 

25 or political expression in Gaza. 


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1 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

2 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the 

3 greatest extent possible and may contain a classified 

4 annex. 

5 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

7 thereafter for the following 3 years, the Secretary of State, 

8 the Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads of other ap9 plicable Federal departments and agencies (or their des10 ignees) shall provide to the appropriate committees of 

11 Congress a briefing on the disposition of the assets and 

12 activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 

13 successor or affiliate thereof related to fundraising, financ14 ing, and money laundering worldwide. 

15 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE16 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit17 tees of Congress’’ means— 

18 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

19 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af20 fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

21 the Senate; and 

22 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

23 Committee on Financial Services, and the Perma24 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

25 of Representatives. 


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1 SEC. 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

2 (a) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

3 (1) INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in 

4 this Act shall be construed to apply to the author5 ized intelligence activities of the United States. 

6 (2) ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIANS.—Nothing 

7 in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the Presi8 dent from providing assistance that benefits Pal9 estinians in the West Bank and Gaza if such assist10 ance is consistent with authorities and requirements 

11 under other provisions of law, including section 

12 1004(a) of the Taylor Force Act (22 U.S.C. 2378c– 

13 1(a)) and sections 620K and 620L of the Foreign 

14 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378b and 

15 2378c). 

16 (b) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall, 

17 not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

18 of this Act, prescribe regulations as are necessary for the 

19 implementation of this Act. 

20 (c) EXCEPTIONS.— 

21 (1) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

22 GOODS.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and re24 quirements to impose sanctions authorized 

25 under this Act shall not include the authority or 


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1 requirement to impose sanctions on the impor2 tation of goods. 

3 (B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 

4 the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 

5 man-made substance, material, supply or manu6 factured product, including inspection and test 

7 equipment, and excluding technical data. 

8 (2) EXCEPTION FOR APPROVED HUMANITARIAN

9 ASSISTANCE.—No foreign person, agency or instru10 mentality of a foreign state, or government of a for11 eign country may be subject to sanctions under sec12 tion (4)(c) or 5(b) with respect to the provision of 

13 humanitarian assistance to the West Bank and Gaza 

14 that was approved by the Secretary of State with the 

15 concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury. 

16 (d) TERMINATION.—This Act shall terminate on the 

17 earlier of— 

18 (1) 30 days after the date on which the Presi19 dent certifies to the appropriate congressional com20 mittees that Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic 

21 Jihad, or any successor or affiliate thereof— 

22 (A) are no longer designated as a foreign 

23 terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 

24 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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1 (B) are no longer subject to sanctions pur2 suant to— 

3 (i) Executive Order 12947 (50 U.S.C. 

4 1701 note; relating to prohibiting trans5 actions with terrorists who threaten to dis6 rupt the Middle East peace process); and 

7 (ii) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 

8 1701 note; relating to blocking property 

9 and prohibiting transactions with persons 

10 who commit, threaten to commit, or sup11 port terrorism); and 

12 (C) meet the criteria described in para13 graphs (1) through (4) of section 9 of the Pal14 estinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Public 

15 Law 109–446; 22 U.S.C. 2378b note); or 

16 (2) 3 years after the date of the enactment of 

17 this Act. 

18 SEC. 8. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

19 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

20 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010 

21 (2 U.S.C. 931 et seq.), shall be determined by reference 

22 to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

23 PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing 

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1 ate Budget Committee, provided that such statement has 

2 been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 

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