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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1136 
To impose sanctions on foreign persons failing to cooperate with the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2025 
Mr. OGLES introduced the following bill; which was 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 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions on foreign persons failing to cooperate 
with the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Make Gaza Great Again Act’’. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to specifi-
cally ensure the cooperation of Middle Eastern states, ex-
cluding the State of Israel, in offering humanitarian entry 
to Palestinians from Gaza. 
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SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS 
FAILING TO COOPERATE WITH THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) IMPOSITION
OF SANCTIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the President may impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to each 
foreign person included in the most recent list submitted 
pursuant to subsection (b). 
(b) LIST OF PERSONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a list of foreign persons charged with rep-
resentation of a foreign government who have re-
jected a request from the President to grant human-
itarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza. 
(2) UPDATES OF LISTS.—The President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an updated list under paragraph (1)— 
(A) not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act and annually there-
after for 5 years; or 
(B) as new information becomes available. 
(3) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
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(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-
dent by the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that 
the requirements of section 202 of such Act shall 
not apply) to the extent necessary to block and pro-
hibit all transactions in property and interests in 
property of the person if such property and interests 
in property are in the United States, come within 
the United States, or are or come within the posses-
sion or control of a United States person. 
(2) INADMISSIBILITY
OF
CERTAIN
INDIVID-
UALS.— 
(A) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.—A foreign person included in the 
most recent list submitted pursuant to sub-
section (b) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
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ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—A foreign 
person described in subparagraph (A) is also 
subject to the following: 
(i) Revocation of any visa or other 
entry documentation regardless of when 
the visa or other entry documentation is or 
was issued. 
(ii) A revocation under clause (i) shall 
take effect immediately and automatically 
cancel any other valid visa or entry docu-
mentation that is in the foreign person’s 
possession. 
(d) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 
apply to a person who violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro-
mulgated to carry out subsection (a) to the same extent 
that such penalties apply to a person who commits an un-
lawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 
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(e) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL SECU-
RITY.—The following activities shall be exempt from sanc-
tions under this section: 
(1) Activities subject to the reporting require-
ments under title V of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). 
(2) Any authorized intelligence or law enforce-
ment activities of the United States. 
(f) WAIVER.—The President may, on a case-by-case 
basis, waive the imposition of any sanction or any require-
ment under this section if the President— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional interest of the United States; and 
(2) not later than 120 days after the date on 
which the President imposes the sanctions described 
in subsection (a), and every 120 days thereafter 
until the date of termination under subsection (g), 
the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a classified report on the ex-
tent to which the President has used the waiver au-
thority under paragraph (1) during the period cov-
ered by that report. 
(g) SUNSET.—The authority to impose sanctions 
under this section shall terminate on the date that is 5 
years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(h) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY DESIGNA-
TION AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may suspend a des-
ignation made pursuant to section 517(a)(1) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k(a)(1)) and 
suspend any and all forms of foreign assistance, to include 
security assistance, for any country whose government has 
declined a request by the President to offer humanitarian 
entry to Palestinians from Gaza. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The President may, concurrent 
with written notice to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees, terminate any suspension made pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to apply to 
Israel or any national of the State of Israel. 
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