Armed Conflict Migration Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6367
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2023-11-13
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Department of the Treasury

Federal officials

Foreign aid and international relief

Foreign and international banking

Israel

Palestinians

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 268.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-11-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Armed Conflict Migration Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to support the provision of financial assistance to countries that receive an influx of civilian, non-combatant displaced persons as a result of the armed conflict from Hamas' October 2023 attacks in Israel.</p><p>The requirement sunsets on the earlier of (1) seven years after the date of enactment, or (2) the date Treasury certifies to specified congressional committees that the requirement is no longer in the national interest or that such influx has ceased.</p>

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 268 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6367 [Report No. 118–329] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 13, 2023 Mr. Cleaver introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services December 19, 2023 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 13, 2023 A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to provide financial assistance to countries that receive an influx of civilian, non-combatant displaced persons stemming from the armed conflict that has resulted from Hamas’s October 2023 terrorism in Israel, to be used for humanitarian aid for the displaced persons.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Armed Conflict Migration Act of 2023 . 2. United States advocacy in the international financial institutions for financial assistance for countries that receive an influx of displaced persons stemming from the armed conflict that has resulted from Hamas’s October 2023 terrorism in Israel, to be used for humanitarian aid for the displaced persons (a) In general The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2) )) to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to support the provision of financial assistance to countries that receive an influx of civilian, non-combatant displaced persons stemming from the armed conflict that has resulted from Hamas’s October 2023 terrorism in Israel, to be used for humanitarian aid for the displaced persons, provided that such persons are not arbitrarily deprived of the ability to reenter the place from which they were displaced, consistent with 999 U.N.T.S. 171, and provided that the country is not a state sponsor of terrorism. (b) Sunset This section shall cease to have any force or effect on the earlier of— (1) the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this section; (2) the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that the requirement under subsection (a) is not in the national interest of the United States; and (3) the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that the armed conflict that has resulted from Hamas’s October 2023 terrorism in Israel has ceased to be a cause of an influx of civilian, non-combatant displaced persons to other countries.

December 19, 2023 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6367 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 13, 2023 Mr. Cleaver introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to provide financial assistance to countries that receive an influx of civilian, non-combatant displaced persons stemming from the armed conflict that has resulted from Hamas’s October 2023 terrorism in Israel, to be used for humanitarian aid for the displaced persons.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Armed Conflict Migration Act of 2023 . 2. United States advocacy in the international financial institutions for financial assistance for countries that receive an influx of displaced persons stemming from the armed conflict that has resulted from Hamas’s October 2023 terrorism in Israel, to be used for humanitarian aid for the displaced persons (a) In general The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to support the provision of financial assistance to countries that receive an influx of civilian, non-combatant displaced persons stemming from the armed conflict that has resulted from Hamas’s October 2023 terrorism in Israel, to be used for humanitarian aid for the displaced persons. (b) Sunset This section shall cease to have any force or effect on the earlier of— (1) the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this section; (2) the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that the requirement under subsection (a) is not in the national interest of the United States; and (3) the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that the armed conflict that has resulted from Hamas’s October 2023 terrorism in Israel has ceased to be a cause of an influx of civilian, non-combatant displaced persons to other countries.