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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 796 

Condemning foreign nationals in the United States who have endorsed and 

espoused the actions of foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) in Gaza 

who, on October 7, 2023, launched attacks against the State of Israel, 

and killed innocent Israeli and United States citizens. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 18, 2023 

Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas submitted the following resolution 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning foreign nationals in the United States who have 

endorsed and espoused the actions of foreign terrorist 

organizations (FTO) in Gaza who, on October 7, 2023, 

launched attacks against the State of Israel, and killed 

innocent Israeli and United States citizens. 

Whereas entry into the United States for foreign nationals to 

study, work, and travel is a privilege and intended to 

benefit the national interest of the United States; 

Whereas section 212(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII)) manVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Nov 02, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR796.IH HR796

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dates that certain aliens be ineligible for entry into the 

United States, including anyone who ‘‘endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or 

espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization’’; 

Whereas, on October 7, 2023, members of the Iran-backed 

Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other designated 

FTOs from the Gaza Strip invaded the State of Israel in 

force by land, air, and sea; 

Whereas Iran-backed FTO Hezbollah has taken responsibility 

for firing mortar shells and anti-tank missiles towards 

Israeli positions along the Lebanese border; 

Whereas leaders of Hamas have openly thanked the Islamic 

Republic of Iran for its consistent provision of funding, 

weapons, and support in the weeks before the attack; 

Whereas the terrorist invaders unleashed slaughter and cruelty against the residents of southern Israel, reminiscent 

of the worst pogroms of history; 

Whereas the terrorists operated death squads tasked with exterminating Jews, as well as hostage-taking squads 

tasked with abducting Jews for ransom, propaganda, and 

torture, if not simply sadistic pleasure; 

Whereas the terrorists murdered at least 1,300 innocent victims, including children; 

Whereas the terrorists murdered at least 30 United States 

citizens; 

Whereas the terrorists continue to hold hostage dozens of 

Israeli and United States citizens; 


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Whereas the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks represent the 

deadliest and most savage assault on the Jewish people 

since the Holocaust; 

Whereas students at our most elite colleges and universities, 

including foreign nationals, have celebrated this pogrom 

and blamed the Jews for their own slaughter at the 

hands of a savage enemy; 

Whereas Hamas called for a ‘‘Day of Rage’’ on October 13, 

2023, and some individuals in the United States have responded to this call and incited others to endorse and 

espouse Hamas’ actions against Israeli and American civilians; 

Whereas there have been violent, anti-Semitic, pro-Hamas 

riots in the streets of South Florida, Washington, DC, 

New York City, Pittsburgh, Portland, Los Angeles, and 

other cities; 

Whereas individuals, including foreign nationals, participating 

in these riots have made calls for intifada, decolonization, 

jihad, and other similar calls to eliminate the State of 

Israel; and 

Whereas organizers and participants of these riots could include foreign nationals who are in the United States on 

visas: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) calls on the President of the United States 

3 to enforce existing law to revoke visas and initiate 

4 deportation proceedings for any foreign national who 

5 has endorsed or espoused the terrorist activities of 

6 Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, or 


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1 other FTOs that have participated in terrorist at2 tacks against Israel and United States citizens be3 fore, on, or after October 7, 2023; 

4 (2) affirms that there is no equivalence between 

5 the terrorism of Hamas and its backers, on the one 

6 hand, and the military action taken by Israel in self7 defense, on the other; 

8 (3) rejects anti-Semitism in all its forms and 

9 guises, from full-throated Jew hatred to the subtle 

10 anti-Semitism that holds the State of Israel to a dif11 ferent standard than any other nation; and 

12 (4) commits to honoring the memory of the de13 ceased and never forgetting the unwarranted and 

14 unjustified assault on Israel and the Jewish people 

15 on October 7, 2023. 

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