IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2278 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 9, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To direct the President to transmit to Congress a report 
on anti-American incitement to violence in the Middle 
East, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. ANTI-AMERICAN INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE IN 
THE MIDDLE EAST. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Freedom of the press and freedom of ex-
pression are the foundations of free and prosperous 
societies worldwide, and with the freedom of the 
press and freedom of expression comes the responsi-
bility to repudiate purveyors of incitement to vio-
lence. 
(2) For years, certain media outlets in the Mid-
dle East, particularly those associated with terrorist 
groups, have repeatedly published or broadcast 
incitements to violence against the United States 
and Americans. 
(3) Television channels that broadcast incite-
ment to violence against Americans, the United 
States, and others have demonstrated the ability to 
shift their operations to different countries and their 
transmissions to different satellite providers in order 
to continue broadcasting and to evade account-
ability. 
(4) Television channels such as al-Manar, al- 
Aqsa, al-Zawra, and others that broadcast incite-
ment to violence against the United States and 
Americans aid Foreign Terrorist Organizations in 
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the key functions of recruitment, fundraising, and 
propaganda. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States to— 
(1) designate as Specially Designated Global 
Terrorists satellite providers that knowingly and 
willingly contract with entities designated as Spe-
cially Designated Global Terrorists under Executive 
Order No. 13224, to broadcast their channels, or to 
consider implementing other punitive measures 
against satellite providers that transmit al-Aqsa TV, 
al-Manar TV, al-Rafidayn TV, or any other terrorist 
owned and operated station; 
(2) consider state-sponsorship of anti-American 
incitement to violence when determining the level of 
assistance to, and frequency and nature of relations 
with, all states; and 
(3) urge all governments and private investors 
who own shares in satellite companies or otherwise 
influence decisions about satellite transmissions to 
oppose transmissions of telecasts by al-Aqsa TV, al- 
Manar TV, al-Rafidayn TV, or any other Specially 
Designated Global Terrorist owned and operated 
stations that openly incite their audiences to commit 
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acts of terrorism or violence against the United 
States and its citizens. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTS.—Beginning 
6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and annually thereafter, the President shall transmit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on anti-American incitement to violence in the Mid-
dle East. 
(2) CONTENT.—The reports required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a country-by-country list and descrip-
tion of media outlets that engage in anti-Amer-
ican incitement to violence; and 
(B) a list of satellite companies that carry 
mediums described in subparagraph (A) or des-
ignated under Executive Order No. 13224. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ANTI-AMERICAN
INCITEMENT
TO
VIO-
LENCE.—The term ‘‘anti-American incitement to vi-
olence’’ means the act of persuading, encouraging, 
instigating, advocating, pressuring, or threatening so 
as to cause another to commit a violent act against 
any person, agent, instrumentality, or official of, is 
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affiliated with, or is serving as a representative of 
the United States. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(3) MIDDLE EAST.—The term ‘‘Middle East’’ 
means Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, 
the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Jordan, Kuwait, 
Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Ara-
bia, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and 
Yemen. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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