I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6431 
To suspend the designation of the State of Qatar as a major non-NATO 
ally. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2023 
Mr. OGLES (for himself and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To suspend the designation of the State of Qatar as a 
major non-NATO ally. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trust But Verify Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF DESIGNATION OF THE STATE OF 
QATAR AS A MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) the designation of the State of Qatar as a 
major non-NATO ally pursuant to section 517(a)(1) 
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of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2321k(a)(1)) or any other provision if law is hereby 
suspended; and 
(2) no Federal funds may be used to reinstate 
such designation unless the President submits to the 
appropriate congressional committees a certification 
described in subsection (b). 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 
subsection is a certification that contains a determination 
of the President that the State of Qatar no longer directly 
supports, financially or otherwise, acts of international 
terrorism or foreign terrorist organizations. 
(c) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the President submits to Congress 
a certification described in subsection (b), and every 
90 days thereafter, the President, acting through the 
Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a written determination 
that the State of Qatar is continuing to meet the re-
quirements of subsection (b). 
(2) TERMINATION.—If the President submits to 
the appropriate congressional committees a written 
determination under paragraph (1) that the State of 
Qatar is not continuing to meet the requirements of 
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subsection (b), then effective beginning on the date 
of the submission of such determination— 
(A) the designation of the State of Qatar 
as a major non-NATO ally pursuant to section 
517(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k(a)(1)) or any other pro-
vision if law is hereby terminated; and 
(B) the President may not issue a separate 
designation of the State of Qatar as a major 
non-NATO ally pursuant to section 517(a)(1) 
of such Act or any other provision of law. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AFFILIATE.—The term ‘‘affiliate’’— 
(A) has the meaning given such term in 
section 230.405 of title 17, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act); and 
(B) includes a person that— 
(i) is closely associated with another 
person typically in a dependent or subordi-
nate position; or 
(ii) has a common purpose of shared 
characteristics with another person. 
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(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
(3) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or-
ganization designated as a foreign terrorist organiza-
tion by the Secretary of State in accordance with 
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(4) INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.—The term 
‘‘international terrorism’’— 
(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 2331 of title 18, United States Code; and 
(B) includes any circumstance in which the 
State of Qatar— 
(i) refuses or fails to immediately sur-
render any member or affiliate of Hamas 
or any other designated foreign terrorist 
organization to the custody of the United 
States, Israel, or a mutually agreed upon 
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third party that intends to prosecute such 
persons; 
(ii) obstructs, delays, or otherwise un-
dermines any effort to secure the imme-
diate release of every person held by the 
foreign terrorist organization Hamas be-
ginning on and after October 7, 2023; 
(iii) declines to extradite foreign na-
tionals assessed by the Secretary of State 
to have directly engaged in acts of inter-
national terrorism to countries intending to 
prosecute such foreign nationals; or 
(iv) provides or otherwise knowingly 
and intentionally facilitates the provision of 
any 
funds 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
2339C(e)(2) of title 18, United States 
Code) to Iran, Afghanistan, a state spon-
sor of terrorism, or a foreign terrorist or-
ganization. 
(5) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—The term 
‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means any country the 
government of which has repeatedly provided sup-
port for international terrorism pursuant to— 
(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 
Control Reform Act (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 
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