I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7914 
To require the imposition of sanctions on the Popular Resistance Committees 
and other associated entities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2024 
Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. SCHNEI-
DER) 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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(3) any foreign person that is owned or con-
trolled by a foreign person described in paragraph 
(1) or (2); and 
(4) any current or future armed organization 
the President determines is operating under the um-
brella of the Popular Resistance Committees or any 
other person described in this subsection. 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The Presi-
dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 
the President under the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.) 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 possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(B) ALIENS INADMISSABLE FOR VISAS, AD-
MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
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(i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
An alien who the Secretary of State or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-
ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 
has reason to believe, is described in 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 receive any other benefit 
under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
(ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(I) IN
GENERAL.—The issuing 
consular officer, the Secretary of 
State, or the Secretary of Homeland 
Security (or a designee of one of such 
Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 
section 221(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 
revoke any visa or other entry docu-
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mentation issued to an alien described 
in clause (i) regardless of when the 
visa or other entry documentation is 
issued. 
(II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 
A revocation under subclause (I) shall 
take effect immediately and shall 
automatically cancel any other valid 
visa or entry documentation that is in 
the alien’s possession. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) UNITED
NATIONS
HEADQUARTERS 
AGREEMENT.—The sanctions described in para-
graph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an 
alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 
United States is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement regarding 
the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 
at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 
into force November 21, 1947, between the 
United Nations and the United States, or other 
applicable international obligations. 
(B) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY AC-
TIVITIES.—Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall 
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not apply to any authorized intelligence, law en-
forcement, or national security activities of the 
United States. 
(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 that violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section, regu-
lations promulgated to carry out this section, or the sanc-
tions imposed pursuant to this section to the same extent 
that such penalties apply to a person that commits an un-
lawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 
may exercise all authorities provided to the President 
under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 
for purposes of carrying out this section. 
(f) WAIVER.—The President may, for one or more 
periods of not more than 180 days each, waive the applica-
tion of sanctions or restrictions imposed with respect to 
a foreign person under this section if the President cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees, not 
later than 15 days before such waiver takes effect, that 
the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the 
United States. 
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(g) TERMINATION.—Sanctions under this section 
may be terminated with respect to any foreign person if 
the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that— 
(1) such foreign person is no longer engaging in 
acts of terrorism, as such term is defined for pur-
poses of Executive Order No. 13224 (relating to 
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 
persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 
terrorism); or 
(2) with respect to a foreign person that is an 
entity, such entity has disbanded. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE LION’S DEN 
AND THE POPULAR RESISTANCE COMMIT-
TEES AS SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL 
TERRORISTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Since its founding in 2022, Lion’s Den has 
carried out a number of terror attacks including 
over 61 shooting attacks against Israeli soldiers and 
civilians; 
(2) The group’s ranks include former operatives 
from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the 
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, all of 
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which are designated foreign terrorist organizations 
(FTO). 
(3) Lion’s Den receives funds from designated 
FTOs Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress— 
(A) a detailed report on whether— 
(i) the Lion’s Den meets the criteria 
for designation as a Specially Designated 
Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive 
Order No. 13224 (relating to blocking 
property and prohibiting transactions with 
persons who commit, threaten to commit, 
or support terrorism) and the criteria for 
designation as a foreign terrorist organiza-
tion as set forth in section 219 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189); and 
(ii) the Popular Resistance Commit-
tees meet as a Specially Designated Global 
Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order No. 
13224; and 
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(B) if the Secretary reaches a negative de-
termination with respect to any of the entities 
listed in subparagraph (A), a detailed justifica-
tion as to which criteria have not been met. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
(c) ONGOING DETERMINATIONS REQUIRED.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report that— 
(1) identifies each new entity operating under 
the umbrella of the Popular Resistance Committees 
or any successor of the Popular Resistance Commit-
tees; 
(2) includes a determination whether each such 
entity meets the criteria— 
(A) for designation as a Specially Des-
ignated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive 
Order No. 13224 (relating to blocking property 
and prohibiting transactions with persons who 
commit, threaten to commit, or support ter-
rorism); 
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(B) for designation as a foreign terrorist 
organization as set forth in section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189); or 
(C) for the imposition of sanctions under 
section 2 of this Act; and 
(3) if the Secretary reaches a negative deter-
mination pursuant to any subparagraph of para-
graph (2) with respect to any of the entities identi-
fied pursuant to paragraph (1), a detailed justifica-
tion as to which criteria for such designation or im-
position have not been met. 
SEC. 4. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of 
Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
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