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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5463 

To suspend military assistance to countries that harbor persons that provide 

material or financial support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To suspend military assistance to countries that harbor persons that provide material or financial support to the 

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, 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 ‘‘End Financing to ISIL 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON PERSONS THAT PROVIDE MATERIAL OR 

2 FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ISIL. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

5 the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State 

6 shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional com7 mittees a report that contains the following: 

8 (1) An identification of each person that pro9 vides, directly or indirectly, material or financial 

10 support to ISIL, including purchasing oil or other 

11 materials that provide funding for ISIL or other ter12 rorist organizations operating in the region. 

13 (2) An identification of the country in which 

14 such person is located and a description of actions 

15 taken by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Sec16 retary of State to notify the government of such 

17 country that— 

18 (A) such person is located in such country; 

19 and 

20 (B) such person is providing material or fi21 nancial support to ISIL or other terrorist orga22 nizations operating in the region. 

23 (3) A description of actions taken by the gov24 ernment of such country to restrict such person 

25 from providing material or financial support to 

26 ISIL. 


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1 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

2 may be submitted in classified form to the extent nec3 essary. 

4 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

5 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com6 mittees’’ means— 

7 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

8 Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent 

9 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

10 Representatives; and 

11 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

12 Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Com13 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

14 SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO CER15 TAIN COUNTRIES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall suspend the 

17 provision of assistance described in subsection (b) to the 

18 government of a country that is identified in the report 

19 submitted under section 2 if the President determines that 

20 the government of such country has not taken actions to 

21 restrict each person that is located in such country from 

22 providing material or financial support to ISIL by not 

23 later than the date that is 30 days after the date on which 

24 the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of State 


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1 (as the case may be) has notified the government of the 

2 country as described in section 2(a)(2). 

3 (b) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—Assistance described 

4 in this subsection is assistance under the following provi5 sions of law: 

6 (1) Section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act 

7 (22 U.S.C. 2761) (relating to Foreign Military Sales 

8 authorizations). 

9 (2) Section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 

10 (22 U.S.C. 2763) (relating to the Foreign Military 

11 Financing program). 

12 (c) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall submit to 

13 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

14 President pro tempore of the Senate a notification of sus15 pension of the provision of assistance described in sub16 section (b) to the government of a country under sub17 section (a) and the reasons therefor. 

18 SEC. 4. TRANSACTIONS WITH COUNTRIES HARBORING PER19 SONS THAT PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT 

20 FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 

21 Chapter 3 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

22 U.S.C. 2771 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

23 the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 40B. TRANSACTIONS WITH COUNTRIES HARBORING 

2 PERSONS THAT PROVIDE MATERIAL SUP3 PORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except to the extent inconsistent 

5 with the purposes of this section, the prohibitions con6 tained in subsections (a) and (b) of section 40 of this Act 

7 shall apply in the case of a country described in subsection 

8 (b) to the same extent and in the same manner as such 

9 prohibitions apply in the case of a country described in 

10 subsection (d) of such section. 

11 ‘‘(b) COUNTRY DESCRIBED.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A country described in this 

13 subsection is a country the government of which the 

14 Secretary of State determines has knowledge of any 

15 persons that are located within the territory of the 

16 country that provide material support for terrorist 

17 organizations, including the selling of materials that 

18 produce income for terrorist organizations. 

19 ‘‘(2) PERSON DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 

20 term ‘person’ has the meaning given the term in sec21 tion 5 of the End Financing to ISIL Act. 

22 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—Ex23 cept to the extent inconsistent with the purposes of this 

24 section, the provisions of subsections (e), (f), (g) (other 

25 than paragraph (2) of such subsection), (h), (i), (j), (k), 

26 and (l) (other than paragraphs (1), (4), and (5) of such 


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1 subsection) of section 40 of this Act shall apply with re2 spect to the application of this section to the same extent 

3 and in the same manner as such provisions apply with re4 spect to the application of such section 40.’’. 

5 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 

7 (1) ISIL.—The term ‘‘ISIL’’ means any ter8 rorist organization referred to as the Islamic State 

9 of Iraq and the Levant, as well as any successor or10 ganization. 

11 (2) PERSON.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘person’’ 

13 means— 

14 (i) a natural person; 

15 (ii) a corporation, business associa16 tion, partnership, society, trust, financial 

17 institution, insurer, underwriter, guar18 antor, and any other business organization, 

19 any other nongovernmental entity, organi20 zation, or group, and any governmental en21 tity operating as a business enterprise; and 

22 (iii) any successor to any entity de23 scribed in clause (ii). 

24 (B) APPLICATION TO GOVERNMENTAL EN25 TITIES.—The term ‘‘person’’ does not include a 


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1 government or governmental entity that is not 

2 operating as a business enterprise. 

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