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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3174 

To prohibit aid that will benefit Hamas, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 31, 2023 

Mr. RICKETTS (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prohibit aid that will benefit Hamas, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Support for 

5 Hamas Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA. 

7 The United States may not make any voluntary or 

8 involuntary contributions to the United Nations Relief and 

9 Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 

10 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘UNRWA’’), to any successor 


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1 or related entity, or to the regular budget of the United 

2 Nations for the support of UNRWA or a successor entity. 

3 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF ECONOMIC SUPPORT 

4 FUNDS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the amounts appro6 priated under the heading ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND in 

7 any Act making appropriations for the Department of 

8 State, foreign operations, and related programs may be 

9 obligated or expended to provide assistance to the West 

10 Bank and Gaza until the Secretary of State certifies to 

11 Congress that on or after October 7, 2023, the terrorist 

12 infrastructure in the West Bank and Gaza of Hamas and 

13 any other foreign terrorist organization (as that term is 

14 defined in section 620K of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

15 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378b), as amended by section 4) has 

16 been verifiably dismantled. 

17 (b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF CERTIFI18 CATION.—Not later than 90 days after the Secretary of 

19 State makes a certification under subsection (a), the 

20 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 

21 Congress an assessment of whether the infrastructure de22 scribed in subsection (a) has been verifiably dismantled. 

23 (c) REPORTS ON CONSULTATIONS.— 

24 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

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1 retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con2 gressional committees a report on relevant consulta3 tions with United States partners in the region, in4 cluding Israel. 

5 (2) REPORT FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION.—Not 

6 later than 90 days after the Secretary makes a cer7 tification to Congress under subsection (a), the Sec8 retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

9 committees a report on relevant consultations with 

10 United States partners in the region, including 

11 Israel. 

12 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT13 TEES DEFINED.— In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap14 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

16 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

17 Senate; and 

18 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

19 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

20 of Representatives. 

21 SEC. 4. MODIFICATIONS TO LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE 

22 TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. 

23 Section 620K of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

24 (22 U.S.C. 2378b) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Hamas-con2 trolled’’ and inserting ‘‘Hamas-inclusive’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘is effec5 tively’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Palestinian 

6 Authority’’ and inserting ‘‘employs Hamas 

7 members, or agents or affiliates of Hamas, un8 less Hamas’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (i) in the matter preceding subpara11 graph (A), by striking ‘‘Hamas-controlled’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘Hamas-inclusive’’; 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

14 ‘‘security services’’ and inserting ‘‘agencies 

15 and security services’’; and 

16 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

17 ‘‘verifiably’’ before ‘‘dismantling’’; 

18 (3) in subsection (c) in the matter preceding 

19 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘for a period of not 

20 more than 2 years’’ after ‘‘thereafter’’; 

21 (4) by striking subsection (e); 

22 (5) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub23 section (e); and 

24 (6) by amending subsection (e)(2), as so redes25 ignated, to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.— 

2 The term ‘foreign terrorist organization’ means— 

3 ‘‘(A) an organization designated as a for4 eign terrorist organization by the Secretary of 

5 State in accordance with section 219(a) of the 

6 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

7 1189(a)); or 

8 ‘‘(B) an entity designated pursuant to Ex9 ecutive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 

10 relating to blocking property and prohibiting 

11 transactions with persons who commit, threaten 

12 to commit, or support terrorism).’’. 

13 SEC. 5. MODIFICATIONS TO LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE 

14 FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. 

15 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

16 ACT OF 1961.—Section 620L of the Foreign Assistance 

17 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378c) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (b)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘pro20 vided that such assistance does not benefit 

21 Hamas or any other foreign terrorist organiza22 tion’’ after ‘‘human needs’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or in24 directly’’ after ‘‘directly’’; 

25 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 


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1 (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

2 paragraph (3); and 

3 (E) in paragraph (3)(B), as so redesig4 nated— 

5 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

6 and inserting a semicolon; 

7 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe8 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (iii) by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(iii) submits a confirmation to the 

12 appropriate congressional committees that 

13 such assistance does not directly or indi14 rectly benefit Hamas or any other foreign 

15 terrorist organization.’’; and 

16 (2) by amending subsection (e)(2) to read as 

17 follows: 

18 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION DE19 FINED.—The term ‘foreign terrorist organization’ 

20 means— 

21 ‘‘(A) an organization designated as a for22 eign terrorist organization by the Secretary of 

23 State in accordance with section 219(a) of the 

24 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(B) an entity designated pursuant to Ex2 ecutive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 

3 relating to blocking property and prohibiting 

4 transactions with persons who commit, threaten 

5 to commit, or support terrorism).’’. 

6 (b) MODIFICATIONS TO THE TAYLOR FORCE ACT.— 

7 Section 1004 of the Taylor Force Act (22 U.S.C. 2378c8 1) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter pre10 ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or indi11 rectly’’ after ‘‘directly’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (f)(1)— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘or indirectly’’ after ‘‘di14 rectly’’; and 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘or its agents or affili16 ates’’ after ‘‘the Palestinian Authority’’. 

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