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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6066 

To prohibit funding to international organizations that provide resources 

or other support to foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Ms. TENNEY (for herself and Mr. BACON) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit funding to international organizations that provide resources or other support to foreign terrorist organizations, 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 ‘‘Halting Appropriations 

5 for Terrorist-supporting Institutions that Knowingly pro6 vide Valued Assets to Hamas and Hezbollah Act’’ or the 

7 ‘‘HATIKVAHH Act’’. 

8 SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION. 

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

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

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1 thereafter, the Secretary of State shall, with respect to 

2 each international organization operating in Gaza or 

3 Judea and Samaria to which the United States Govern4 ment provides funding, submit to the appropriate congres5 sional committees a written certification of whether the 

6 organization complies with each of the following require7 ments: 

8 (1) The organization does not provide resources 

9 or other support to a specified foreign terrorist orga10 nization or its members, directly or indirectly. 

11 (2) The organization does not cooperate or 

12 work with a specified foreign terrorist organization 

13 or its members, directly or indirectly. 

14 (3) The organization does not employ or con15 tract with a member of a specified foreign terrorist 

16 organization, directly or indirectly. 

17 (4) The organization does not openly support or 

18 celebrate a specified foreign terrorist organization or 

19 a member of a foreign terrorist organization. 

20 (5) No official, employee, consultant, con21 tractor, subcontractor, representative, or affiliate of 

22 the organization— 

23 (A) is a member of, is affiliated with, or 

24 has any ties to a specified foreign terrorist or25 ganization; 

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1 (B) has advocated, planned, sponsored, or 

2 engaged in any terrorist activity; or 

3 (C) has called for violence against Ameri4 cans. 

5 (6) No infrastructure or resources of the orga6 nization are being used by a specified foreign ter7 rorist organization or any member thereof— 

8 (A) for terrorist activities, such as oper9 ations, planning, training, recruitment, fund10 raising, indoctrination, communications, sanc11 tuary, storage of weapons or other materials; or 

12 (B) as an access point to any underground 

13 tunnel network, or any other terrorist-related 

14 purposes. 

15 (7) The organization is subject to comprehen16 sive financial audits by an internationally recognized 

17 third-party independent auditing firm that has im18 plemented an effective system of vetting, as deter19 mined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and over20 sight to prevent the use, receipt, or diversion of any 

21 resources by any foreign terrorist organization or 

22 members thereof. 

23 (8) The organization does not provide funds or 

24 loans to another organization that is— 

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1 (A) a member of, is affiliated with, or has 

2 any ties to a specified foreign terrorist organi3 zation; or 

4 (B) otherwise engaged in terrorist activi5 ties. 

6 (9) The organization does not hold an account 

7 or other affiliations with financial institutions that 

8 the United States considers or believes to be 

9 complicit in money laundering or terrorist financing. 

10 (b) NOTIFICATIONS; SUSPENSION OF FUNDING.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of State 

12 submits a written certification to the appropriate 

13 congressional committees under subsection (a) with 

14 respect to an international organization indicating 

15 that the Secretary has determined that the organiza16 tion is not complying with the requirements de17 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection 

18 (a), the Secretary of State shall provide a written 

19 notification thereof to the organization which shall 

20 include the reasons for such determination. 

21 (2) SUSPENSION OF FUNDING.—If the Sec22 retary of State submits a second consecutive written 

23 certification to the appropriate congressional com24 mittees under subsection (a) with respect to an 

25 international organization described in paragraph 

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1 (1) indicating that the Secretary has determined 

2 that the organization is not complying with the re3 quirements described in paragraphs (1) through (9) 

4 of subsection (a), the United States Government 

5 shall suspend providing further assistance to the or6 ganization until such time as the Secretary submits 

7 a subsequent written certification to the appropriate 

8 congressional committees indicating that the organi9 zation is complying with such requirements. 

10 (3) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—The 

11 Secretary of State shall publish in the Federal Reg12 ister a notification with respect to the suspension of 

13 funding to any international organization under 

14 paragraph (2). 

15 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

16 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 

18 of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

19 committees a report describing the actions being taken to 

20 implement a comprehensive plan for urging other coun21 tries to withhold funds to any international organization 

22 that is prohibited from receiving funding from the United 

23 States by reason of the limitation provided for in section 

24 2(b). 

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1 SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

2 The Secretary of State shall consider each United 

3 Nations agency to be a separate international organization 

4 for purposes of applying the provisions of this Act. 

5 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act— 

7 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means— 

9 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

10 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

11 of Representatives; and 

12 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

13 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

14 Senate; and 

15 (2) the term ‘‘specified foreign terrorist organi16 zation’’ means— 

17 (A) Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic 

18 Jihad, Palestine Liberation Front, Popular 

19 Front for the Liberation of Palestine, or the 

20 Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps; or 

21 (B) any other organization— 

22 (i) designated as a foreign terrorist 

23 organization by the Secretary of State in 

24 accordance with section 219(a) of the Im25 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

26 1189(a)); and 

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1 (ii) operating in Gaza or Judea and 

2 Samaria. 

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