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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2346 
To require the imposition of sanctions on the Popular Resistance Committees 
and other associated entities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2025 
Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. MCCAUL, 
Ms. MCBRIDE, and Mr. LAWLER) 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 require the imposition of sanctions on the Popular Resist-
ance Committees and other associated entities, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Accountability for Ter-
rorist Perpetrators of October 7th Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM SANCTIONS WITH RE-
SPECT TO THE POPULAR RESISTANCE COM-
MITTEES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Since its founding in 2000 during the sec-
ond intifada, the Popular Resistance Committees 
(referred to as the ‘‘PRC’’) has regularly carried out 
terror attacks against Israelis, Americans, and Pal-
estinians. 
(2) The PRC’s ranks include former operatives 
from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the 
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, all of 
which are designated by the United States as foreign 
terrorist organizations. 
(3) The PRC carried out an attack in 2003 on 
a United States diplomatic convoy that injured a 
diplomat and killed 3 security guards from the 
United States. The PRC has also carried out the 
2004 murder of a pregnant Israeli woman and her 
4 daughters, aged 11, 9, 7 and 2, and the executions 
of Palestinians, including the former Palestinian Au-
thority Gaza security chief. 
(4) The PRC has been the third-largest terror 
group in the Gaza strip, after Hamas and Pales-
tinian Islamic Jihad, since as early as 2011. 
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(5) On October 7, 2023, Hamas, Palestinian Is-
lamic Jihad, and the Popular Resistance Committees 
terrorists launched a massive, unprovoked war on 
Israel by air, land, and sea, including firing thou-
sands of rockets, resulting in the deaths of 1,200 in-
nocent Israelis, Americans, and others, the abduc-
tion of 250 hostages, and widespread torture and 
sexual violence. 
(6) On October 7, 2023, the PRC issued a 
statement claiming responsibility for participating in 
the terrorist attack against Israel alongside Hamas 
and their affiliates, including the kidnap of IDF sol-
diers, and posted photos of items taken from soldiers 
killed and captured by the group as evidence. 
(7) On October 8, 2023, the PRC issued a 
statement claiming responsibility for dispatching ka-
mikaze drones during the attack on Israel. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President 
shall impose the measures described in subsection (d) with 
respect to— 
(1) the Popular Resistance Committees; 
(2) any foreign person that is an official, agent, 
or affiliate of a foreign person described in para-
graph (1); 
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