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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6196 
To require a comprehensive report on the Federal Government’s efforts to 
collect, analyze, and preserve evidence of atrocities committed during 
Hamas’s attack on Israel, public dissemination campaigns to ensure 
those responsible for the attacks are identified and prosecuted, and 
efforts to leverage international cooperation and best practices regarding 
current Israeli-Hamas war. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 2, 2023 
Mr. MOLINARO (for himself, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. OWENS, 
Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CISCOMANI, and Mr. 
GARBARINO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require a comprehensive report on the Federal Govern-
ment’s efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence 
of atrocities committed during Hamas’s attack on Israel, 
public dissemination campaigns to ensure those respon-
sible for the attacks are identified and prosecuted, and 
efforts to leverage international cooperation and best 
practices regarding current Israeli-Hamas war. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Israel-Hamas War 
Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) in its premeditated, unjustified, and deadly 
assault on Israel in years on October 7, 2023, 
Hamas militants crossing the border with a heavy 
barrage of rockets and gunmen, resulting in the 
deaths of at least 1,400 Israelis and 32 United 
States citizens, crimes that include but are not lim-
ited to— 
(A) the deliberate killing of civilians in 
their homes, including men, women, and chil-
dren; 
(B) the taking hostages that include Israeli 
and United States citizens; and 
(C) the wanton destruction of property and 
civilian infrastructure; and 
(2) and other international human rights viola-
tions. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence 
and information related to war crimes and other 
atrocities committed during Hamas’s attack on 
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Israel that began on October 7, 2023, for use in ap-
propriate domestic, foreign, and international courts 
and tribunals prosecuting those responsible for such 
crimes consistent with applicable law; 
(2) to help deter the commission of war crimes 
and other atrocities in Israel and surrounding areas 
by publicizing to the maximum possible extent, ef-
forts to identify and prosecute those responsible for 
the commission of war crimes during the full-scale 
attack of Israel that began on October 7, 2023; and 
(3) to continue efforts to identify, deter, and 
pursue accountability for war crimes and other 
atrocities committed around the world and by other 
perpetrators, and to leverage international coopera-
tion and best practices in this regard with respect to 
the current situation in Israel. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON UNITED STATES EFFORTS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and consistent with the protection of intel-
ligence sources and methods, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report, 
which may include a classified annex, describing in detail 
the following— 
(1) United States Government efforts to collect, 
analyze, and preserve evidence and information re-
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lated to war crimes and other atrocities committed 
during the full-scale attack of Israel by Hamas, in-
cluding a description of— 
(A) the respective roles of various agencies, 
departments, and offices, and the interagency 
mechanism established for the coordination of 
such efforts; 
(B) the types of information and evidence 
that are being collected, analyzed, and pre-
served to help identify those responsible for the 
commission of war crimes or other atrocities; 
and 
(C) steps taken to coordinate with, and 
support the work of, allies, partners, inter-
national institutions and organizations, and 
nongovernmental organizations in such efforts; 
(2) media, public diplomacy, and information 
operations to the world aware of efforts to identify 
and prosecute those responsible for the commission 
of war crimes or other atrocities during this conflict, 
and of the types of acts that may be prosecutable; 
and 
(3) the process for a domestic, foreign, or inter-
national court or tribunal to request and obtain 
from the United States Government information re-
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