I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4189 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require congressional ap-
proval of rescissions of determinations of countries as state sponsors 
of terrorism and waivers of prohibitions on assistance to state sponsors 
of terrorism under that Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 8, 2015 
Mr. FINCHER (for himself and Mr. LUETKEMEYER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require 
congressional approval of rescissions of determinations 
of countries as state sponsors of terrorism and waivers 
of prohibitions on assistance to state sponsors of ter-
rorism under that Act. 
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 ‘‘Stop Funding for Ter-
rorism Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF RESCISSIONS OF 
DETERMINATIONS OF COUNTRIES AS STATE 
SPONSORS OF TERRORISM AND WAIVERS OF 
PROHIBITIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO STATE 
SPONSORS OF TERRORISM UNDER THE FOR-
EIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 620A of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT 
TO RESCISSIONS AND WAIVERS.— 
‘‘(1) RESCISSIONS.—In addition to meeting the 
requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (c), a determination made by the Secretary 
of State under subsection (a) may be rescinded only 
if Congress, within 45 days after receipt of a report 
under subsection (c)(2) with respect to a proposed 
rescission of such determination, enacts a joint reso-
lution the matter after the resolving clause of which 
is as follows: ‘That the proposed rescission of the de-
termination under section 620A(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 pursuant to the report sub-
mitted to the Congress on lll is hereby ap-
proved.’, the blank to be completed with the appro-
priate date. 
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‘‘(2) WAIVERS.—In addition to meeting the re-
quirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 
(d), assistance prohibited by subsection (a) may be 
provided to a country described in that subsection 
only if Congress, within 45 days after receipt of a 
report under subsection (d)(2) with respect to a pro-
posed waiver of assistance prohibited by subsection 
(a), enacts a joint resolution the matter after the re-
solving clause of which is as follows: ‘That the pro-
posed waiver of assistance prohibited under section 
620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 pur-
suant to the report submitted to the Congress on 
lll is hereby approved.’, the blank to be com-
pleted with the appropriate date. 
‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONAL
PROCEDURES.—A joint 
resolution described in paragraph (1) or (2) and in-
troduced within the appropriate 45-day period shall 
be considered in the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives in accordance with paragraphs (3) 
through (7) of section 8066(c) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act (as contained in Public 
Law 98–473), except that references in such para-
graphs to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate shall be 
deemed to be references to the Committee on For-
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eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, re-
spectively.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) takes effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and applies with respect to a proposed rescis-
sion of a determination of the Secretary of State under 
section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or 
a proposed waiver of assistance prohibited by section 620A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, that is contained 
in any report submitted under subsection (c)(2) or (d)(2), 
respectively, of such section on or after such date of enact-
ment. 
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