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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6694 

To direct the Director of National Intelligence to take certain actions to 

evaluate the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023, and 

related intelligence sharing efforts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 11, 2023 

Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. WALTZ, and Mr. 

BERA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent 

Select Committee on Intelligence, and in addition to the Committee on 

Armed Services, 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 

A BILL 

To direct the Director of National Intelligence to take certain 

actions to evaluate the attack by Hamas against Israel 

on October 7, 2023, and related intelligence sharing efforts, 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 ‘‘7 October Hamas At5 tack Evaluation and Intelligence Sharing Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) Congress joins the Administration to un4 equivocally condemn the heinous terrorist attack 

5 perpetrated by Hamas against Israel on October 7, 

6 2023; 

7 (2) the safety and return of United States citi8 zens held hostage must be a priority; 

9 (3) the United States supports the right of 

10 Israel to self-defense; and 

11 (4) robust intelligence sharing with Israel is 

12 critical to the defense of Israel, the effort to free 

13 hostages, and the mitigation of civilian harm. 

14 SEC. 3. REPORT ON HAMAS TRAINING FOR ATTACK 

15 AGAINST ISRAEL PERPETRATED ON OCTO16 BER 7, 2023. 

17 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In19 telligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 

20 and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, shall 

21 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re22 port on the training of Hamas militants for the attack 

23 against Israel perpetrated on October 7, 2023, and any 

24 material support provided to such militants. 

25 (b) MATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

26 include the following: 


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1 (1) An assessment of the location and cir2 cumstances under which Hamas militants who per3 petrated the attack described in subsection (a) re4 ceived and conducted training. 

5 (2) An assessment of how such Hamas mili6 tants obtained the weapons and equipment used to 

7 carry out such attack. 

8 (3) An assessment of the communications prac9 tices and planning process of Hamas relevant to 

10 such attack, including with respect to operational se11 curity, and a discussion of any intelligence gaps re12 garding such practices and planning process and 

13 whether changes to the National Intelligence Prior14 ities Framework would mitigate any such gap. 

15 (4) An assessment of whether, and the extent 

16 to which, Hamas militants who perpetrated the at17 tack described in subsection (a) received advanced or 

18 tailored training from agencies or instrumentalities 

19 of foreign states, including Hezbollah, or any non20 state proxy of such a foreign state, including Iran. 

21 (5) An assessment of whether, and the extent 

22 to which, such Hamas militants received support, in23 cluding material and financial support, from any 

24 state sponsor of terrorism. 


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1 (6) An assessment of any change in threat 

2 against United States persons or interests, or to 

3 partners and allies of the United States, as a result 

4 of the attack described in subsection (a). 

5 (7) A review of the National Intelligence Prior6 ities Framework to determine if priorities remain 

7 appropriate in light of the 7 October attack, includ8 ing whether a change in priorities would mitigate 

9 any intelligence gaps identified under paragraph (3). 

10 (c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 

11 submitted in unclassified form, consistent with the protec12 tion of intelligence sources and methods, but may include 

13 a classified annex. 

14 (d) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—In 

15 this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means 

16 a country the government of which the Secretary of State 

17 has determined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export 

18 Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)), sec19 tion 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

20 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 

21 (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other provision of law, is a gov22 ernment that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 

23 international terrorism. 


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1 SEC. 4. REVIEW OF CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE SHARING RE2 LATING TO HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, AND IRAN. 

3 The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation 

4 with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Cen5 tral Intelligence Agency, shall conduct a review to deter6 mine whether increased intelligence sharing with Israel re7 lating to Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 

8 Iran, and any other entity the Director of National Intel9 ligence determines appropriate for purposes of this sec10 tion, improves the security of the United States and the 

11 allies and partners of the United States. 

12 SEC. 5. REVIEW OF CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE SHARING RE13 LATING TO CIVILIAN HARM MITIGATION. 

14 (a) REVIEW.—The Director of National Intelligence 

15 (in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Direc16 tor of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the head of 

17 any other element of the intelligence community, or other 

18 component of the Department of Defense, determined rel19 evant by the Director of National Intelligence, the Sec20 retary of Defense, and the Director of the Central Intel21 ligence Agency) shall conduct a review to determine the 

22 means by which United States intelligence sharing with 

23 Israel may achieve each of the following outcomes, respec24 tively, with respect to the conflict between Israel and 

25 Hamas: 

26 (1) The reduction of civilian harm. 


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1 (2) The improvement of the provision of hu2 manitarian assistance. 

3 (3) The limitation of damage to civilian infra4 structure. 

5 (b) REPORT.— 

6 (1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 30 days after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

8 of National Intelligence shall submit to the appro9 priate congressional committees a report containing 

10 the results of the review under subsection (a). 

11 (2) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 

12 shall be submitted in unclassified form, consistent 

13 with the protection of intelligence sources and meth14 ods, but may include a classified annex. 

15 (c) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this 

16 section, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the mean17 ing given that term in section 3 of the National Security 

18 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

19 SEC. 6. ASSESSMENT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF DEPART20 MENT OF DEFENSE. 

21 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General 

23 of the Department of Defense, in consultation with any 

24 other inspector general determined appropriate by the In25 spector General of the Department of Defense, shall subVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:00 Dec 28, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6694.IH H6694

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1 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

2 containing an assessment of whether, and the extent to 

3 which, the memoranda described in subsection (c) are 

4 being applied with respect to United States intelligence 

5 sharing with Israel (or other partners and allies of the 

6 United States) in connection with the conflict between 

7 Israel and Hamas. 

8 (b) MATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

9 include a description of the specific steps taken to imple10 ment the memoranda described in subsection (c), with a 

11 particular emphasis on such steps taken to mitigate civil12 ian harm, including the targeting criteria set forth in sec13 tion 3.E of the Presidential Policy Memorandum specified 

14 in paragraph (2) of such subsection. 

15 (c) MEMORANDA DESCRIBED.—The memoranda de16 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

17 (1) The National Security Memorandum of Oc18 tober 6, 2022, titled ‘‘National Security Memo19 randum/NSM–13’’, or successor memorandum. 

20 (2) The Presidential Policy Memorandum 

21 signed in October, 2022, governing direct action 

22 counterterrorism operations outside areas of active 

23 hostilities, or successor memorandum. 


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1 SEC. 7. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE2 FINED. 

3 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com4 mittees’’ means— 

5 (1) the congressional intelligence committees, as 

6 such term is defined in section 3 of the National Se7 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003); and 

8 (2) the Committees on Armed Services of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

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