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2		-	Calendar No. 237
3	1		118THCONGRESS
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5	3		STSESSION H. R. 340
6		-	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7		-	NOVEMBER2, 2023
8		-	Received; read the first time
9		-	N
10		-	OVEMBER6, 2023
11		-	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
12	4		AN ACT
13	5		To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for ter-
14	6		rorist organizations, including Hamas and the Pales-
15	7		tinian Islamic Jihad.
16	8		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hamas and Other Pal-4
20		-	estinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Preven-5
21		-	tion Act’’. 6
22		-	SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 7
23		-	It shall be the policy of the United States— 8
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27		-	(1) to prevent Hamas, Palestinian Islamic 1
28		-	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 2
29		-	any affiliate or successor thereof from accessing its 3
30		-	international support networks; and 4
31		-	(2) to oppose Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 5
32		-	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 6
33		-	any affiliate or successor thereof from using goods, 7
34		-	including medicine and dual use items, to smuggle 8
35		-	weapons and other materials to further acts of ter-9
36		-	rorism, including against Israel. 10
37		-	SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-11
38		-	EIGN PERSONS SUPPORTING ACTS OF TER-12
39		-	RORISM OR ENGAGING IN SIGNIFICANT 13
40		-	TRANSACTIONS WITH SENIOR MEMBERS OF 14
41		-	HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD AND 15
42		-	OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZA-16
43		-	TIONS. 17
	9	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
	10	+	•HR 340 EH
	11	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
	12	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hamas and Other Pal-2
	13	+	estinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Preven-3
	14	+	tion Act’’. 4
	15	+	SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 5
	16	+	It shall be the policy of the United States— 6
	17	+	(1) to prevent Hamas, Palestinian Islamic 7
	18	+	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 8
	19	+	any affiliate or successor thereof from accessing its 9
	20	+	international support networks; and 10
	21	+	(2) to oppose Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 11
	22	+	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 12
	23	+	any affiliate or successor thereof from using goods, 13
	24	+	including medicine and dual use items, to smuggle 14
	25	+	weapons and other materials to further acts of ter-15
	26	+	rorism, including against Israel. 16
	27	+	SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-17
	28	+	EIGN PERSONS SUPPORTING ACTS OF TER-18
	29	+	RORISM OR ENGAGING IN SIGNIFICANT 19
	30	+	TRANSACTIONS WITH SENIOR MEMBERS OF 20
	31	+	HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD AND 21
	32	+	OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZA-22
	33	+	TIONS. 23
44	34		(a) I
45		-	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 18
46		-	date of enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 19
47		-	the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to 20
48		-	each foreign person that the President determines, on or 21
49		-	after the date of the enactment of this Act, engages in 22
50		-	an activity described in subsection (b). 23
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54		-	(b) ACTIVITIESDESCRIBED.—A foreign person en-1
55		-	gages in an activity described in this subsection if the for-2
56		-	eign person knowingly— 3
57		-	(1) assists in sponsoring or providing signifi-4
58		-	cant financial, material, or technological support for, 5
59		-	or goods or other services to enable, acts of ter-6
60		-	rorism; or 7
61		-	(2) engages, directly or indirectly, in a signifi-8
62		-	cant transaction with— 9
63		-	(A) a senior member of Hamas, Pales-10
64		-	tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 11
65		-	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 12
66		-	thereof; or 13
67		-	(B) a senior member of a foreign terrorist 14
68		-	organization designated pursuant to section 219 15
69		-	of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 16
70		-	U.S.C. 1189) that is responsible for providing, 17
71		-	directly or indirectly, support to Hamas, Pales-18
72		-	tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 19
73		-	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 20
74		-	thereof. 21
75		-	(c) S
76		-	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The President shall ex-22
77		-	ercise all of the powers granted to the President under 23
78		-	the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 24
79		-	U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and 25
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83		-	prohibit all transactions in property and interests in prop-1
84		-	erty of a foreign person described in subsection (a) if such 2
85		-	property and interests in property are in the United 3
86		-	States, come within the United States, or are or come 4
87		-	within the possession or control of a United States person. 5
	35	+	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 24
	36	+	date of enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 25
	37	+	the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to 26 3
	38	+	•HR 340 EH
	39	+	each foreign person that the President determines, on or 1
	40	+	after the date of the enactment of this Act, engages in 2
	41	+	an activity described in subsection (b). 3
	42	+	(b) A
	43	+	CTIVITIESDESCRIBED.—A foreign person en-4
	44	+	gages in an activity described in this subsection if the for-5
	45	+	eign person knowingly— 6
	46	+	(1) assists in sponsoring or providing signifi-7
	47	+	cant financial, material, or technological support for, 8
	48	+	or goods or other services to enable, acts of ter-9
	49	+	rorism; or 10
	50	+	(2) engages, directly or indirectly, in a signifi-11
	51	+	cant transaction with— 12
	52	+	(A) a senior member of Hamas, Pales-13
	53	+	tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 14
	54	+	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 15
	55	+	thereof; or 16
	56	+	(B) a senior member of a foreign terrorist 17
	57	+	organization designated pursuant to section 219 18
	58	+	of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 19
	59	+	U.S.C. 1189) that is responsible for providing, 20
	60	+	directly or indirectly, support to Hamas, Pales-21
	61	+	tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 22
	62	+	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 23
	63	+	thereof. 24 4
	64	+	•HR 340 EH
	65	+	(c) SANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The President shall ex-1
	66	+	ercise all of the powers granted to the President under 2
	67	+	the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 3
	68	+	U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and 4
	69	+	prohibit all transactions in property and interests in prop-5
	70	+	erty of a foreign person described in subsection (a) if such 6
	71	+	property and interests in property are in the United 7
	72	+	States, come within the United States, or are or come 8
	73	+	within the possession or control of a United States person. 9
	74	+	(d) P
	75	+	ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-10
	76	+	sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 11
	77	+	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 12
	78	+	apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-13
	79	+	spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or 14
	80	+	any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to 15
	81	+	the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 16
	82	+	commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 17
	83	+	that Act. 18
	84	+	(e) I
	85	+	MPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS.— 19
	86	+	(1) I
	87	+	N GENERAL.—The President may exercise 20
	88	+	all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 21
	89	+	of the International Emergency Economic Powers 22
	90	+	Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of car-23
	91	+	rying out this section. 24 5
	92	+	•HR 340 EH
	93	+	(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days 1
	94	+	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 2
	95	+	President shall issue regulations or other guidance 3
	96	+	as may be necessary for the implementation of this 4
	97	+	section. 5
	98	+	(f) W
	99	+	AIVER.—The President may waive, on a case- 6
	100	+	by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 7
	101	+	the application of sanctions under this section with respect 8
	102	+	to a foreign person only if, not later than 15 days prior 9
	103	+	to the date on which the waiver is to take effect, the Presi-10
	104	+	dent submits to the appropriate congressional committees 11
	105	+	a written determination and justification that the waiver 12
	106	+	is in the vital national security interests of the United 13
	107	+	States. 14
	108	+	(g) H
	109	+	UMANITARIAN EXEMPTION.—The President 15
	110	+	may waive the application of any provision of this section 16
	111	+	if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate con-17
	112	+	gressional committees that such a waiver is vital to facili-18
	113	+	tate the delivery of humanitarian aid and is consistent 19
	114	+	with the national security interests of the United States 20
	115	+	15 days prior to the waiver taking effect. 21
	116	+	(h) R
	117	+	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im-22
	118	+	pose sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign 23
	119	+	person is in addition to the authority to impose sanctions 24
	120	+	under any other provision of law with respect to a foreign 25 6
	121	+	•HR 340 EH
	122	+	person that directly or indirectly supports acts of inter-1
	123	+	national terrorism. 2
	124	+	SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO FOR-3
	125	+	EIGN STATES PROVIDING SUPPORT TO 4
	126	+	HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD AND 5
	127	+	OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZA-6
	128	+	TIONS. 7
	129	+	(a) I
	130	+	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 8
	131	+	date of enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 9
	132	+	the measures described in subsection (c) with respect to 10
	133	+	a foreign state if the President determines that the foreign 11
	134	+	state, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 12
	135	+	engages in an activity described in subsection (b). 13
	136	+	(b) A
	137	+	CTIVITIESDESCRIBED.—A foreign state en-14
	138	+	gages in an activity described in this subsection if the for-15
	139	+	eign state knowingly— 16
	140	+	(1) provides significant material or financial 17
	141	+	support for acts of international terrorism, pursuant 18
	142	+	to— 19
	143	+	(A) section 1754(c) of the Export Control 20
	144	+	Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)); 21
	145	+	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 22
	146	+	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 23
	147	+	(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 24
	148	+	Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 25 7
	149	+	•HR 340 EH
	150	+	(D) any other provision of law; 1
	151	+	(2) provides significant material support to 2
	152	+	Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Mar-3
	153	+	tyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or suc-4
	154	+	cessor thereof; or 5
	155	+	(3) engages in a significant transaction that 6
	156	+	materially contributes, directly or indirectly, to the 7
	157	+	terrorist activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 8
	158	+	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 9
	159	+	any affiliate or successor thereof. 10
	160	+	(c) M
	161	+	EASURESDESCRIBED.—The measures de-11
	162	+	scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign state 12
	163	+	are the following: 13
	164	+	(1) The President shall suspend, for a period of 14
	165	+	at least 1 year, United States assistance to the for-15
	166	+	eign state. 16
	167	+	(2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 17
	168	+	the United States Executive Director to each appro-18
	169	+	priate international financial institution to oppose, 19
	170	+	and vote against, for a period of 1 year, the exten-20
	171	+	sion by such institution of any loan or financial or 21
	172	+	technical assistance to the government of the foreign 22
	173	+	state. 23
	174	+	(3) The President shall prohibit the export of 24
	175	+	any item on the United States Munitions List (es-25 8
	176	+	•HR 340 EH
	177	+	tablished pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export 1
	178	+	Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778)) or the Commerce 2
	179	+	Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 3
	180	+	774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, to the 4
	181	+	foreign state for a period of 1 year. 5
88	182		(d) P
89	183		ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-6
90	184		sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 7
91	185		Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 8
92	186		apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-9
93	187		spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or 10
94	188		any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to 11
95	189		the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 12
96	190		commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 13
97	191		that Act. 14
98		-	(e) I
99		-	MPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS.— 15
100		-	(1) I
101		-	N GENERAL.—The President may exercise 16
102		-	all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 17
103		-	of the International Emergency Economic Powers 18
104		-	Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of car-19
105		-	rying out this section. 20
	192	+	(e) W
	193	+	AIVER.—The President may waive, on a case- 15
	194	+	by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 16
	195	+	the application of measures under this section with respect 17
	196	+	to a foreign state only if, not later than 15 days prior 18
	197	+	to the date on which the waiver is to take effect, the Presi-19
	198	+	dent submits to the appropriate congressional committees 20
	199	+	a written determination and justification that the waiver 21
	200	+	is in the vital national security interests of the United 22
	201	+	States. 23
	202	+	(f) I
	203	+	MPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS.— 24 9
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	205	+	(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may exercise 1
	206	+	all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 2
	207	+	of the International Emergency Economic Powers 3
	208	+	Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of car-4
	209	+	rying out this section. 5
106	210		(2) R
107		-	EGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days 21
108		-	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 22
109		-	President shall issue regulations or other guidance 23
110		-	as may be necessary for the implementation of this 24
111		-	section. 25
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115		-	(f) WAIVER.—The President may waive, on a case- 1
116		-	by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 2
117		-	the application of sanctions under this section with respect 3
118		-	to a foreign person only if, not later than 15 days prior 4
119		-	to the date on which the waiver is to take effect, the Presi-5
120		-	dent submits to the appropriate congressional committees 6
121		-	a written determination and justification that the waiver 7
122		-	is in the vital national security interests of the United 8
123		-	States. 9
124		-	(g) H
125		-	UMANITARIAN EXEMPTION.—The President 10
126		-	may waive the application of any provision of this section 11
127		-	if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate con-12
128		-	gressional committees that such a waiver is vital to facili-13
129		-	tate the delivery of humanitarian aid and is consistent 14
130		-	with the national security interests of the United States 15
131		-	15 days prior to the waiver taking effect. 16
	211	+	EGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days 6
	212	+	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 7
	213	+	President shall issue regulations or other guidance 8
	214	+	as may be necessary for the implementation of this 9
	215	+	section. 10
	216	+	(g) A
	217	+	DDITIONALEXEMPTIONS.— 11
	218	+	(1) S
	219	+	TATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENTS .—The 12
	220	+	President may exempt the application of measures 13
	221	+	under this section with respect to a foreign state if 14
	222	+	the application of such measures would prevent the 15
	223	+	United States from meeting the terms of any status 16
	224	+	of forces agreement to which the United States is a 17
	225	+	party. 18
	226	+	(2) A
	227	+	UTHORIZED INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES .— 19
	228	+	Measures under this section shall not apply with re-20
	229	+	spect to any activity subject to the reporting require-21
	230	+	ments under title V of the National Security Act of 22
	231	+	1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized in-23
	232	+	telligence activities of the United States. 24 10
	233	+	•HR 340 EH
	234	+	(3) HUMANITARIAN EXEMPTION .—The Presi-1
	235	+	dent may waive the application of any provision of 2
	236	+	this section if the President certifies in writing to 3
	237	+	the appropriate congressional committees that such 4
	238	+	a waiver is vital to facilitate the delivery of humani-5
	239	+	tarian aid and is consistent with the national secu-6
	240	+	rity interests of the United States 15 days prior to 7
	241	+	the waiver taking effect. 8
132	242		(h) R
133		-	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im-17
134		-	pose sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign 18
135		-	person is in addition to the authority to impose sanctions 19
136		-	under any other provision of law with respect to a foreign 20
137		-	person that directly or indirectly supports acts of inter-21
138		-	national terrorism. 22
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142		-	SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO FOR-1
143		-	EIGN STATES PROVIDING SUPPORT TO 2
144		-	HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD AND 3
145		-	OTHER PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZA-4
146		-	TIONS. 5
	243	+	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im-9
	244	+	pose measures under this section with respect to a foreign 10
	245	+	state is in addition to the authority to impose measures 11
	246	+	under any other provision of law with respect to foreign 12
	247	+	states that directly or indirectly support acts of inter-13
	248	+	national terrorism. 14
	249	+	SEC. 5. REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES TO DISRUPT GLOBAL 15
	250	+	FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY 16
	251	+	LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES OF HAMAS, PALES-17
	252	+	TINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD, AL-AQSA MARTYRS 18
	253	+	BRIGADE, THE LION’S DEN OR ANY AFFIL-19
	254	+	IATE OR SUCCESSOR THEREOF. 20
147	255		(a) I
148		-	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 6
149		-	date of enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 7
150		-	the measures described in subsection (c) with respect to 8
151		-	a foreign state if the President determines that the foreign 9
152		-	state, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 10
153		-	engages in an activity described in subsection (b). 11
154		-	(b) A
155		-	CTIVITIESDESCRIBED.—A foreign state en-12
156		-	gages in an activity described in this subsection if the for-13
157		-	eign state knowingly— 14
158		-	(1) provides significant material or financial 15
159		-	support for acts of international terrorism, pursuant 16
160		-	to— 17
161		-	(A) section 1754(c) of the Export Control 18
162		-	Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)); 19
163		-	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 20
164		-	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 21
165		-	(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 22
166		-	Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 23
167		-	(D) any other provision of law; 24
168		-	(2) provides significant material support to 25
169		-	Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Mar-26
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173		-	tyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or suc-1
174		-	cessor thereof; or 2
175		-	(3) engages in a significant transaction that 3
176		-	materially contributes, directly or indirectly, to the 4
177		-	terrorist activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 5
178		-	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 6
179		-	any affiliate or successor thereof. 7
180		-	(c) M
181		-	EASURESDESCRIBED.—The measures de-8
182		-	scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign state 9
183		-	are the following: 10
184		-	(1) The President shall suspend, for a period of 11
185		-	at least 1 year, United States assistance to the for-12
186		-	eign state. 13
187		-	(2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 14
188		-	the United States Executive Director to each appro-15
189		-	priate international financial institution to oppose, 16
190		-	and vote against, for a period of 1 year, the exten-17
191		-	sion by such institution of any loan or financial or 18
192		-	technical assistance to the government of the foreign 19
193		-	state. 20
194		-	(3) The President shall prohibit the export of 21
195		-	any item on the United States Munitions List (es-22
196		-	tablished pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export 23
197		-	Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778)) or the Commerce 24
198		-	Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 25
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202		-	774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, to the 1
203		-	foreign state for a period of 1 year. 2
204		-	(d) P
205		-	ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-3
206		-	sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 4
207		-	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 5
208		-	apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-6
209		-	spires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or 7
210		-	any regulations promulgated to carry out this section to 8
211		-	the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 9
212		-	commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 10
213		-	that Act. 11
214		-	(e) W
215		-	AIVER.—The President may waive, on a case- 12
216		-	by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 13
217		-	the application of measures under this section with respect 14
218		-	to a foreign state only if, not later than 15 days prior 15
219		-	to the date on which the waiver is to take effect, the Presi-16
220		-	dent submits to the appropriate congressional committees 17
221		-	a written determination and justification that the waiver 18
222		-	is in the vital national security interests of the United 19
223		-	States. 20
224		-	(f) I
225		-	MPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS.— 21
226		-	(1) I
227		-	N GENERAL.—The President may exercise 22
228		-	all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 23
229		-	of the International Emergency Economic Powers 24
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233		-	Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of car-1
234		-	rying out this section. 2
235		-	(2) R
236		-	EGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days 3
237		-	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 4
238		-	President shall issue regulations or other guidance 5
239		-	as may be necessary for the implementation of this 6
240		-	section. 7
241		-	(g) A
242		-	DDITIONALEXEMPTIONS.— 8
243		-	(1) S
244		-	TATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENTS .—The 9
245		-	President may exempt the application of measures 10
246		-	under this section with respect to a foreign state if 11
247		-	the application of such measures would prevent the 12
248		-	United States from meeting the terms of any status 13
249		-	of forces agreement to which the United States is a 14
250		-	party. 15
	256	+	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 21
	257	+	date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there-22
	258	+	after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con-23
	259	+	gressional committees a report that includes— 24 11
	260	+	•HR 340 EH
	261	+	(1) an assessment of the disposition of the as-1
	262	+	sets and activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 2
	263	+	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 3
	264	+	any affiliate or successor thereof related to fund-4
	265	+	raising, financing, and money laundering worldwide; 5
	266	+	(2) a list of foreign states that knowingly pro-6
	267	+	viding material, financial, or technical support for, 7
	268	+	or goods or services to Hamas, the Palestinian Is-8
	269	+	lamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s 9
	270	+	Den, or any affiliate or successor thereof; 10
	271	+	(3) a list of foreign states in which Hamas, the 11
	272	+	Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 12
	273	+	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor thereof 13
	274	+	conducts significant fundraising, financing, or money 14
	275	+	laundering activities; 15
	276	+	(4) a list of foreign states from which Hamas, 16
	277	+	the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Bri-17
	278	+	gade, the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 18
	279	+	thereof knowingly engaged in the transfer of surveil-19
	280	+	lance equipment, electronic monitoring equipment, 20
	281	+	or other means to inhibit communication or the free 21
	282	+	flow of information in Gaza; and 22
	283	+	(5) with respect to each foreign state listed in 23
	284	+	paragraph (2), (3), or (4)— 24 12
	285	+	•HR 340 EH
	286	+	(A) a description of the steps the foreign 1
	287	+	state identified is taking adequate measures to 2
	288	+	restrict financial flows to Hamas, the Pales-3
	289	+	tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 4
	290	+	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliates or successors 5
	291	+	thereof; and 6
	292	+	(B) in the case of a foreign state failing to 7
	293	+	take adequate measures to restrict financial 8
	294	+	flows to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al- 9
	295	+	Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den or any 10
	296	+	other designated entity engaged in significant 11
	297	+	act of terrorism threatening the peace and secu-12
	298	+	rity of Israel— 13
	299	+	(i) an assessment of the reasons that 14
	300	+	government is not taking adequate meas-15
	301	+	ures to restrict financial flows to those en-16
	302	+	tities; and 17
	303	+	(ii) a description of measures being 18
	304	+	taken by the United States Government to 19
	305	+	encourage the foreign state to restrict fi-20
	306	+	nancial flows to those entities; and 21
	307	+	(b) F
	308	+	ORM.—Each report required by subsection (a) 22
	309	+	shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest ex-23
	310	+	tent possible, and may contain a classified annex. 24 13
	311	+	•HR 340 EH
	312	+	SEC. 6. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 1
	313	+	GOODS. 2
	314	+	(a) I
	315	+	NGENERAL.—The authorities and requirements 3
	316	+	to impose sanctions authorized under this Act shall not 4
	317	+	include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions 5
	318	+	on the importation of goods. 6
	319	+	(b) G
	320	+	OODDEFINED.—In this section, the term 7
	321	+	‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man-made sub-8
	322	+	stance, material, supply or manufactured product, includ-9
	323	+	ing inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical 10
	324	+	data. 11
	325	+	SEC. 7. TERMINATION. 12
	326	+	This Act shall terminate on the earlier of— 13
	327	+	(1) the date that is 7 years after the date of the 14
	328	+	enactment of this Act; or 15
	329	+	(2) the date that is 30 days after the date on 16
	330	+	which the President certifies to the appropriate con-17
	331	+	gressional committees that— 18
	332	+	(A) Hamas or any successor or affiliate 19
	333	+	thereof is no longer designated as a foreign ter-20
	334	+	rorist organization pursuant to section 219 of 21
	335	+	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 22
	336	+	1189); 23
	337	+	(B) Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 24
	338	+	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, and 25 14
	339	+	•HR 340 EH
	340	+	any successor or affiliate thereof are no longer 1
	341	+	subject to sanctions pursuant to— 2
	342	+	(i) Executive Order No. 12947 (Janu-3
	343	+	ary 23, 1995; relating to prohibiting trans-4
	344	+	actions with terrorists who threaten to dis-5
	345	+	rupt the Middle East peace process); and 6
	346	+	(ii) Executive Order No. 13224 (Sep-7
	347	+	tember 23, 2001; relating to blocking prop-8
	348	+	erty and prohibiting transactions with per-9
	349	+	sons who commit, threaten to commit, or 10
	350	+	support terrorism); and 11
	351	+	(C) Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 12
	352	+	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, and 13
	353	+	any successor or affiliate thereof meet the cri-14
	354	+	teria described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 15
	355	+	section 9 of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act 16
	356	+	of 2006 (22 U.S.C. 2378b note). 17
	357	+	SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 18
	358	+	In this Act: 19
	359	+	(1) A
	360	+	CT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of ter-20
	361	+	rorism’’ means an activity that— 21
	362	+	(A) involves a violent act or an act dan-22
	363	+	gerous to human life, property, or infrastruc-23
	364	+	ture; and 24
	365	+	(B) appears to be intended to— 25 15
	366	+	•HR 340 EH
	367	+	(i) intimidate or coerce a civilian pop-1
	368	+	ulation; 2
	369	+	(ii) influence the policy of a govern-3
	370	+	ment by intimidation or coercion; or 4
	371	+	(iii) affect the conduct of a govern-5
	372	+	ment by mass destruction, assassination, 6
	373	+	kidnapping, or hostage-taking. 7
251	374		(2) A
252		-	UTHORIZED INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES .— 16
253		-	Measures under this section shall not apply with re-17
254		-	spect to any activity subject to the reporting require-18
255		-	ments under title V of the National Security Act of 19
256		-	1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized in-20
257		-	telligence activities of the United States. 21
258		-	(3) H
259		-	UMANITARIAN EXEMPTION .—The Presi-22
260		-	dent may waive the application of any provision of 23
261		-	this section if the President certifies in writing to 24
262		-	the appropriate congressional committees that such 25
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266		-	a waiver is vital to facilitate the delivery of humani-1
267		-	tarian aid and is consistent with the national secu-2
268		-	rity interests of the United States 15 days prior to 3
269		-	the waiver taking effect. 4
270		-	(h) R
271		-	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im-5
272		-	pose measures under this section with respect to a foreign 6
273		-	state is in addition to the authority to impose measures 7
274		-	under any other provision of law with respect to foreign 8
275		-	states that directly or indirectly support acts of inter-9
276		-	national terrorism. 10
277		-	SEC. 5. REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES TO DISRUPT GLOBAL 11
278		-	FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY 12
279		-	LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES OF HAMAS, PALES-13
280		-	TINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD, AL-AQSA MARTYRS 14
281		-	BRIGADE, THE LION’S DEN OR ANY AFFIL-15
282		-	IATE OR SUCCESSOR THEREOF. 16
283		-	(a) I
284		-	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 17
285		-	date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there-18
286		-	after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con-19
287		-	gressional committees a report that includes— 20
288		-	(1) an assessment of the disposition of the as-21
289		-	sets and activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 22
290		-	Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, or 23
291		-	any affiliate or successor thereof related to fund-24
292		-	raising, financing, and money laundering worldwide; 25
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296		-	(2) a list of foreign states that knowingly pro-1
297		-	viding material, financial, or technical support for, 2
298		-	or goods or services to Hamas, the Palestinian Is-3
299		-	lamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s 4
300		-	Den, or any affiliate or successor thereof; 5
301		-	(3) a list of foreign states in which Hamas, the 6
302		-	Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 7
303		-	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor thereof 8
304		-	conducts significant fundraising, financing, or money 9
305		-	laundering activities; 10
306		-	(4) a list of foreign states from which Hamas, 11
307		-	the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Bri-12
308		-	gade, the Lion’s Den, or any affiliate or successor 13
309		-	thereof knowingly engaged in the transfer of surveil-14
310		-	lance equipment, electronic monitoring equipment, 15
311		-	or other means to inhibit communication or the free 16
312		-	flow of information in Gaza; and 17
313		-	(5) with respect to each foreign state listed in 18
314		-	paragraph (2), (3), or (4)— 19
315		-	(A) a description of the steps the foreign 20
316		-	state identified is taking adequate measures to 21
317		-	restrict financial flows to Hamas, the Pales-22
318		-	tinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, 23
319		-	the Lion’s Den, or any affiliates or successors 24
320		-	thereof; and 25
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324		-	(B) in the case of a foreign state failing to 1
325		-	take adequate measures to restrict financial 2
326		-	flows to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al- 3
327		-	Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den or any 4
328		-	other designated entity engaged in significant 5
329		-	act of terrorism threatening the peace and secu-6
330		-	rity of Israel— 7
331		-	(i) an assessment of the reasons that 8
332		-	government is not taking adequate meas-9
333		-	ures to restrict financial flows to those en-10
334		-	tities; and 11
335		-	(ii) a description of measures being 12
336		-	taken by the United States Government to 13
337		-	encourage the foreign state to restrict fi-14
338		-	nancial flows to those entities; and 15
339		-	(b) F
340		-	ORM.—Each report required by subsection (a) 16
341		-	shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest ex-17
342		-	tent possible, and may contain a classified annex. 18
343		-	SEC. 6. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 19
344		-	GOODS. 20
345		-	(a) I
346		-	NGENERAL.—The authorities and requirements 21
347		-	to impose sanctions authorized under this Act shall not 22
348		-	include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions 23
349		-	on the importation of goods. 24
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353		-	(b) GOODDEFINED.—In this section, the term 1
354		-	‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man-made sub-2
355		-	stance, material, supply or manufactured product, includ-3
356		-	ing inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical 4
357		-	data. 5
358		-	SEC. 7. TERMINATION. 6
359		-	This Act shall terminate on the earlier of— 7
360		-	(1) the date that is 7 years after the date of the 8
361		-	enactment of this Act; or 9
362		-	(2) the date that is 30 days after the date on 10
363		-	which the President certifies to the appropriate con-11
364		-	gressional committees that— 12
365		-	(A) Hamas or any successor or affiliate 13
366		-	thereof is no longer designated as a foreign ter-14
367		-	rorist organization pursuant to section 219 of 15
368		-	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 16
369		-	1189); 17
370		-	(B) Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 18
371		-	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, and 19
372		-	any successor or affiliate thereof are no longer 20
373		-	subject to sanctions pursuant to— 21
374		-	(i) Executive Order No. 12947 (Janu-22
375		-	ary 23, 1995; relating to prohibiting trans-23
376		-	actions with terrorists who threaten to dis-24
377		-	rupt the Middle East peace process); and 25
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381		-	(ii) Executive Order No. 13224 (Sep-1
382		-	tember 23, 2001; relating to blocking prop-2
383		-	erty and prohibiting transactions with per-3
384		-	sons who commit, threaten to commit, or 4
385		-	support terrorism); and 5
386		-	(C) Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 6
387		-	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion’s Den, and 7
388		-	any successor or affiliate thereof meet the cri-8
389		-	teria described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 9
390		-	section 9 of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act 10
391		-	of 2006 (22 U.S.C. 2378b note). 11
392		-	SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 12
393		-	In this Act: 13
394		-	(1) A
395		-	CT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of ter-14
396		-	rorism’’ means an activity that— 15
397		-	(A) involves a violent act or an act dan-16
398		-	gerous to human life, property, or infrastruc-17
399		-	ture; and 18
400		-	(B) appears to be intended to— 19
401		-	(i) intimidate or coerce a civilian pop-20
402		-	ulation; 21
403		-	(ii) influence the policy of a govern-22
404		-	ment by intimidation or coercion; or 23
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408		-	(iii) affect the conduct of a govern-1
409		-	ment by mass destruction, assassination, 2
410		-	kidnapping, or hostage-taking. 3
411		-	(2) A
412		-	DMITTED.—The term ‘‘admitted’’ has the 4
413		-	meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13)(A) of 5
414		-	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 6
415		-	1101(a)(13)(A)). 7
	375	+	DMITTED.—The term ‘‘admitted’’ has the 8
	376	+	meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13)(A) of 9
	377	+	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 10
	378	+	1101(a)(13)(A)). 11
416	379		(3) A
417		-	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -8
418		-	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-9
419		-	mittees’’ means— 10
420		-	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 11
421		-	the Committee on Financial Services of the 12
422		-	House of Representatives; and 13
423		-	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 14
424		-	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 15
425		-	Urban Affairs of the Senate. 16
	380	+	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -12
	381	+	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-13
	382	+	mittees’’ means— 14
	383	+	(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 15
	384	+	the Committee on Financial Services of the 16
	385	+	House of Representatives; and 17
	386	+	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 18
	387	+	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 19
	388	+	Urban Affairs of the Senate. 20
426	389		(4) F
427		-	OREIGN STATE.—The term ‘‘foreign state’’ 17
428		-	has the meaning given such term in section 1603 of 18
429		-	title 28, United States Code. 19
430		-	~~(5) H~~
431		-	~~UMANITARIAN~~ AID.—The term ‘‘humani-20
432		-	tarian aid’’ means food, medicine, and medical sup-21
433		-	plies. 22
	390	+	OREIGN STATE.—The term ‘‘foreign state’’ 21
	391	+	has the meaning given such term in section 1603 of 22
	392	+	title 28, United States Code. 23 16
	393	+	•HR 340 EH
	394	+	(5) HUMANITARIAN AID.—The term ‘‘humani-1
	395	+	tarian aid’’ means food, medicine, and medical sup-2
	396	+	plies. 3
434	397		(6) M
435		-	ATERIAL SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘material 23
436		-	support’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘material 24
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440		-	support or resources’’ in section 2339A of title 18, 1
441		-	United States Code. 2
	398	+	ATERIAL SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘material 4
	399	+	support’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘material 5
	400	+	support or resources’’ in section 2339A of title 18, 6
	401	+	United States Code. 7
442	402		(7) U
443		-	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 3
444		-	‘‘United States person’’ means— 4
445		-	(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-5
446		-	fully admitted for permanent residence to the 6
447		-	United States; or 7
448		-	(B) an entity organized under the laws of 8
449		-	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 9
450		-	the United States, including a foreign branch of 10
451		-	such an entity. 11
	403	+	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 8
	404	+	‘‘United States person’’ means— 9
	405	+	(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-10
	406	+	fully admitted for permanent residence to the 11
	407	+	United States; or 12
	408	+	(B) an entity organized under the laws of 13
	409	+	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 14
	410	+	the United States, including a foreign branch of 15
	411	+	such an entity. 16
452	412		Passed the House of Representatives November 1,
453	413		2023.
454		-	Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
455		-	Clerk.
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460		-	118
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	415	+	Clerk. 118
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462	417		CONGRESS
463	418		1
464	419		ST
465	420		S
466	421		ESSION
467	422
468	423		H. R. 340
469	424		AN ACT
470	425		To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support
471	426		for terrorist organizations, including Hamas and
472	427		the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
473		-	N
474		-	OVEMBER
475		-	6, 2023
476		-	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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