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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 3166
To prohibit official United States Government business from being conducted
in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank, to suspend foreign assistance
to the Gaza Strip until Hamas no longer exercises authority over the
Gaza Strip, and to require reports and impose sanctions with respect
to the provision of services to Hamas, financial transactions that benefit
the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the use of human shields, and for
other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER30, 2023
Mr. C
RUZintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To prohibit official United States Government business from
being conducted in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank,
to suspend foreign assistance to the Gaza Strip until
Hamas no longer exercises authority over the Gaza Strip,
and to require reports and impose sanctions with respect
to the provision of services to Hamas, financial trans-
actions that benefit the Islamic Republic of Iran, and
the use of human shields, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2
‘‘Hamas Sanctions Act of 2023’’. 3
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 4
this Act is as follows: 5
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—SANCTIONS AND REPORTS WITH RESPECT TO
PROVISION OF SERVICES TO HAMAS IN ALLIED COUNTRIES
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Statement of policy.
Sec. 103. Report on provision of services to members of Hamas in allied coun-
tries; imposition of sanctions.
TITLE II—LIMITATIONS ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS IN AND
ASSISTANCE TO THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP
Sec. 201. Prohibition on actions that would authorize conduct of official United
States Government business in the Gaza Strip or the West
Bank.
Sec. 202. Limitation on assistance to the Gaza Strip.
Sec. 203. Expansion of prohibitions on assistance to the West Bank.
TITLE III—SANCTIONS AND REPORTS WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS THAT BENEFIT IRAN
Sec. 301. Definitions.
Sec. 302. Report on certain financial transactions that benefit the Islamic Re-
public of Iran; imposition of sanctions.
Sec. 303. Prohibition on actions altering application of certain sanctions with
respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
TITLE IV—SANCTIONS AND REPORTS WITH RESPECT TO USE OF
HUMAN SHIELDS
Sec. 401. Statement of policy.
Sec. 402. Modification and extension of Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as De-
fenseless Shields Act.
Sec. 403. Report on countering the use of human shields.
Sec. 404. Recurring report on use of human shields by Iranian-funded terrorist
groups.
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TITLE I—SANCTIONS AND RE-1
PORTS WITH RESPECT TO 2
PROVISION OF SERVICES TO 3
HAMAS IN ALLIED COUN-4
TRIES 5
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this title: 7
(1) A
LLIED COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘allied coun-8
try’’ means— 9
(A) a country that is a member of the 10
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or 11
(B) a country that has been designated as 12
a major non-NATO ally under section 517 of 13
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 14
2321k). 15
(2) F
OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-16
son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 17
United States person. 18
(3) M
EMBER OR AFFILIATE OF HAMAS .—The 19
term ‘‘member or affiliate of Hamas’’ includes— 20
(A) an official, agent, member, or affiliate 21
of Hamas; 22
(B) an official, agent, member, or affiliate 23
of— 24
(i) the Palestine Islamic Jihad; 25
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(ii) the Popular Resistance Commit-1
tees; 2
(iii) the Abd Al-Qadir Al-Husseini 3
Brigades; 4
(iv) the Democratic Front for the Lib-5
eration of Palestine; 6
(v) the Lion’s Den; 7
(vi) Liwa al-Quds; 8
(vii) Liwa Fatemiyoun; 9
(viii) Liwa Zeynabiyoun; or 10
(ix) the Palestinian Mujahideen Move-11
ment; 12
(C) any successor to a person described in 13
subparagraph (A) or (B); or 14
(D) any foreign person owned or controlled 15
by a person described in subparagraph (A) or 16
(B). 17
(4) S
TATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM .—The term 18
‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the 19
government of which the Secretary of State has de-20
termined has repeatedly provided support for acts of 21
international terrorism, for purposes of— 22
(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export 23
Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 24
4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); 25
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(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 1
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 2
(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Con-3
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 4
(D) any other provision of law. 5
(5) U
NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 6
‘‘United States person’’ means— 7
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-8
fully admitted for the permanent residence to 9
the United States; or 10
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 11
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 12
the United States, including a foreign branch of 13
such an entity. 14
SEC. 102. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 15
It shall be the policy of the United States to fully 16
implement and enforce sanctions against terrorism in 17
order to counter the activities of Hamas, including by de-18
nying members or affiliates of Hamas the ability to oper-19
ate or reside in the territories of allied countries. 20
SEC. 103. REPORT ON PROVISION OF SERVICES TO MEM-21
BERS OR AFFILIATES OF HAMAS IN ALLIED 22
COUNTRIES; IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 23
(a) I
DENTIFICATION OF MEMBERS ORAFFILIATES 24
OFHAMAS.—Not later than 15 days after the date of the 25
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enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consulta-1
tion with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 2
Congress a report listing all foreign persons currently 3
known to the United States to be a member or affiliate 4
of Hamas. 5
(b) R
EPORT ONPROVISION OFSERVICES TOMEM-6
BERS ORAFFILIATES OF HAMAS INALLIEDCOUN-7
TRIES.— 8
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 9
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 10
thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation 11
with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 12
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 13
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 14
of Representatives a report on the provision of serv-15
ices to members or affiliates of Hamas in allied 16
countries. 17
(2) E
LEMENTS.—The report required by para-18
graph (1) shall include— 19
(A) a list of allied countries in the territory 20
of which members or affiliates of Hamas are 21
known to operate or reside; 22
(B) a list of any foreign persons in an al-23
lied country that provide services to members or 24
affiliates of Hamas, including— 25
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(i) lodging; 1
(ii) utilities; 2
(iii) services provided by paid lodging 3
facilities, including laundry and room serv-4
ice; 5
(iv) the provision of facilities for meet-6
ings; or 7
(v) personal banking services; 8
(C) for each country on the list required by 9
subparagraph (A), a determination of whether 10
allowing the provision of services to members or 11
affiliates of Hamas, including services described 12
in subparagraph (B), in the territory of the 13
country results in the country meeting the cri-14
teria for designation as a state sponsor of ter-15
rorism; and 16
(D) a description of actions taken by 17
United States diplomats to encourage countries 18
on the list required by subparagraph (A) to 19
cease allowing members or affiliates of Hamas 20
to operate or reside in those countries. 21
(c) S
ANCTIONS.— 22
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The President shall impose 23
the sanctions described in paragraph (2) with re-24
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spect to each foreign person on the list required by 1
subsection (a) or (b)(2)(B). 2
(2) S
ANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-3
scribed in this paragraph are— 4
(A) the sanctions applicable under Execu-5
tive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relat-6
ing to blocking property and prohibiting trans-7
actions with persons who commit, threaten to 8
commit, or support terrorism); and 9
(B) inclusion on the list of specially des-10
ignated nationals and blocked persons main-11
tained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 12
of the Department of the Treasury. 13
TITLE II—LIMITATIONS ON OFFI-14
CIAL BUSINESS IN AND AS-15
SISTANCE TO THE WEST 16
BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP 17
SEC. 201. PROHIBITION ON ACTIONS THAT WOULD AU-18
THORIZE CONDUCT OF OFFICIAL UNITED 19
STATES GOVERNMENT BUSINESS IN THE 20
GAZA STRIP OR THE WEST BANK. 21
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the en-22
actment of this Act, the President may not take any action 23
described in subsection (c) if taking such action would au-24
thorize the conduct of the official business of the United 25
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States Government by employees, grantees, or contractors 1
thereof in the West Bank or Gaza Strip that would other-2
wise be prohibited by the Global Terrorism Sanctions Reg-3
ulations under part 594 of title 31, Code of Federal Regu-4
lations, or the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions 5
Regulations under part 597 of that title. 6
(b) A
PPLICATION TOEXISTINGACTIONS.—Any ac-7
tion described in subsection (c) that was taken before the 8
date of the enactment of this Act is rescinded. 9
(c) A
CTIONSDESCRIBED.—An action described in 10
this subsection is an action that reduces the application 11
of the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations under part 12
594 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, or the For-13
eign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations under 14
part 597 of that title, including— 15
(1) any termination or waiver of the application 16
of sanctions; 17
(2) any licensing action; or 18
(3) any removal of any person from the list of 19
specially designated nationals and blocked persons 20
maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 21
of the Department of the Treasury. 22
SEC. 202. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE GAZA STRIP. 23
(a) I
NGENERAL.—None of the funds described in 24
subsection (b) may be obligated or expended unless the 25
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President, during the 90-day period immediately pre-1
ceding such obligation or expenditure, transmitted written 2
certification to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 3
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 4
House of Representatives that Hamas does not exercise 5
de facto authority over the Gaza Strip. 6
(b) F
UNDSDESCRIBED.—The funds described in this 7
subsection are Federal funds appropriated for— 8
(1) assistance to the Gaza Strip; or 9
(2) contributions to the United Nations Relief 10
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the 11
Near East, to any successor or related entity, or to 12
the regular budget of the United Nations for the 13
support of the United Nations Relief and Works 14
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East or 15
a successor or related entity. 16
SEC. 203. EXPANSION OF PROHIBITIONS ON ASSISTANCE 17
TO THE WEST BANK. 18
Section 1004(a)(1) of the Taylor Force Act (22 19
U.S.C. 2378c–1) is amended by striking ‘‘that directly 20
benefits the Palestinian Authority’’. 21
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TITLE III—SANCTIONS AND RE-1
PORTS WITH RESPECT TO 2
TRANSACTIONS THAT BEN-3
EFIT IRAN 4
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 5
In this title: 6
(1) F
OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-7
son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 8
United States person. 9
(2) U
NITED STATES PERSON .—the term 10
‘‘United States person’’ means— 11
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-12
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 13
United States; or 14
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 15
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 16
the United States, including a foreign branch of 17
such an entity. 18
SEC. 302. REPORT ON CERTAIN FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS 19
THAT BENEFIT THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 20
IRAN; IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 21
(a) R
EPORTREQUIRED.— 22
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 23
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-24
nually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 25
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to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-1
ate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 2
House of Representatives a report on the violation 3
of sanctions imposed by the United States with re-4
spect to the Islamic Republic of Iran. 5
(2) E
LEMENTS.—The report required by para-6
graph (1) shall include the following: 7
(A) A list of foreign persons that— 8
(i) knowingly conducted or facilitated 9
any significant financial transaction with a 10
foreign person relating to funds trans-11
ferred by foreign persons relating to any 12
agreement between the United States and 13
the Islamic Republic of Iran between Janu-14
ary 1, 2023, and the date of the enactment 15
of this Act, that would be subject to the re-16
strictions described in section 1245(d) of 17
the National Defense Authorization Act for 18
Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)) 19
but for the issuance of a waiver under 20
paragraph (5) of that section; 21
(ii) knowingly conducted or facilitated 22
any significant financial transaction with 23
the Central Bank of Iran or another Ira-24
nian financial institution subject to sanc-25
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tions imposed by the United States for the 1
purpose of repatriating to the Government 2
of the Islamic Republic of Iran assets sub-3
ject to the restrictions described in such 4
section 1245(d); or 5
(iii) knowingly engaged in trans-6
actions involving the exchange of Special 7
Drawing Rights issued by the Inter-8
national Monetary Fund and held by or al-9
located to the Islamic Republic of Iran into 10
United States dollars or another foreign 11
currency. 12
(B) An identification of any vessel that 13
was knowingly used by a foreign person for the 14
transportation of petroleum or petroleum prod-15
ucts from the Islamic Republic of Iran, includ-16
ing the following information for the vessel: 17
(i) The International Maritime Orga-18
nization number of the vessel. 19
(ii) The vessel identification number. 20
(iii) The current name and any past 21
name of the vessel. 22
(iv) Any maritime classification soci-23
ety providing services for the vessel. 24
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(v) The current flag under which the 1
vessel operates. 2
(vi) Any past flag under which the 3
vessel operated. 4
(vii) All owners and operators of the 5
vessel. 6
(C) A description of actions taken by the 7
Secretary of State to engage maritime classi-8
fication societies identified under subparagraph 9
(B)(iv), and foreign governments that allow ves-10
sels described in subparagraph (B) to fly their 11
flag, to ensure those societies and govern-12
ments— 13
(i) are fully aware of the sanctions, fi-14
nancial crimes, and reputational risks in-15
volved in continuing to provide services to 16
such vessels or to allow such vessels to fly 17
their flag; and 18
(ii) cease providing those services or 19
allowing such vessels to fly their flag, as 20
the case may be. 21
(b) I
MPOSITION OFSANCTIONS.— 22
(1) T
RANSACTIONS.—Notwithstanding the 23
issuance of any waiver or license, including General 24
License 8 issued by the Office of Foreign Assets 25
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Control, the President shall impose the sanctions de-1
scribed in section 1245(d)(1)(A) of the National De-2
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 3
U.S.C. 8513a(d)(1)(A)) with respect to any financial 4
institution on the most recent list required by sub-5
section (a)(2)(A). 6
(2) V
ESSELS.—The President shall— 7
(A) impose the sanctions described in Ex-8
ecutive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; re-9
lating to blocking property of weapons of mass 10
destruction proliferators and their supporters) 11
with respect to— 12
(i) each vessel identified under sub-13
section (a)(2)(B); and 14
(ii) each owner or operator of such a 15
vessel identified under clause (vii) of that 16
subsection; and 17
(B) include each such vessel, owner, and 18
operator on the list of specially designated na-19
tionals and blocked persons maintained by the 20
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Depart-21
ment of the Treasury. 22
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SEC. 303. PROHIBITION ON ACTIONS ALTERING APPLICA-1
TION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 2
TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-4
actment of this Act, the President may not take any action 5
described in subsection (c) if taking the action would sig-6
nificantly alter the application of sanctions described in 7
subsection (d). 8
(b) A
PPLICATION TOEXISTINGACTIONS.—Any ac-9
tion described in subsection (c) taken before the date of 10
the enactment of this Act is rescinded. 11
(c) A
CTIONSDESCRIBED.—An action described in 12
this subsection is— 13
(1) any termination or waiver of the application 14
of sanctions described in subsection (d); 15
(2) any licensing action with respect to such 16
sanctions; or 17
(3) any removal of any person from the list of 18
specially designated nationals and blocked persons 19
maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 20
of the Department of the Treasury. 21
(d) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-22
scribed in this subsection are sanctions under— 23
(1) section 1245(d)(1) of the National Defense 24
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 25
8513a(d)(1)); and 26
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(2) sections 1244(c)(1) and 1247(a) of Iran 1
Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 2
U.S.C. 8803(c)(1) and 8806(a)). 3
TITLE IV—SANCTIONS AND RE-4
PORTS WITH RESPECT TO 5
USE OF HUMAN SHIELDS 6
SEC. 401. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 7
It shall be the policy of the United States to fully 8
implement and enforce sanctions against terrorist organi-9
zations and other malign actors that use innocent civilians 10
as human shields. 11
SEC. 402. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF SANC-12
TIONING THE USE OF CIVILIANS AS DE-13
FENSELESS SHIELDS ACT. 14
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 3 of the Sanctioning the 15
Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 16
115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 17
(1) in subsection (b)— 18
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 19
paragraph (4); and 20
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 21
following: 22
‘‘(3) Each foreign person that the President de-23
termines, on or after the date of the enactment of 24
the Hamas Sanctions Act of 2023— 25
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‘‘(A) is a member of Palestine Islamic 1
Jihad or is knowingly acting on behalf of Pal-2
estine Islamic Jihad; and 3
‘‘(B) knowingly orders, controls, or other-4
wise directs the use of civilians protected as 5
such by the law of war to shield military objec-6
tives from attack.’’; 7
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), 8
(h), and (i) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), 9
respectively; and 10
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-11
lowing: 12
‘‘(e) C
ONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS.—Not later than 13
120 days after receiving a request from the chairman and 14
ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional 15
committees with respect to whether a foreign person meets 16
the criteria of a person described in subsection (b) or (c), 17
the President shall— 18
‘‘(1) determine if the person meets such cri-19
teria; and 20
‘‘(2) submit a written justification to the chair-21
man and ranking member detailing whether or not 22
the President imposed or intends to impose sanc-23
tions described in subsection (b) or (c) with respect 24
to such person.’’. 25
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Sanctioning the 1
Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 2
115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 3
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-4
graph (8); and 5
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-6
lowing: 7
‘‘(7) P
ALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD .—The term 8
‘Palestine Islamic Jihad’ means— 9
‘‘(A) the entity known as Palestine Islamic 10
Jihad and designated by the Secretary of State 11
as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to 12
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 13
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 14
‘‘(B) any person identified as an agent or 15
instrumentality of Palestine Islamic Jihad on 16
the list of specially designated nationals and 17
blocked persons maintained by the Office of 18
Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the 19
Treasury, the property or interests in property 20
of which are blocked pursuant to the Inter-21
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 22
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).’’. 23
(c) S
UNSET.—Section 5 of the Sanctioning the Use 24
of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115– 25
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348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘De-1
cember 31, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 2
(d) S
EVERABILITY.—The Sanctioning the Use of Ci-3
vilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 4
50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end 5
the following: 6
‘‘SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 7
‘‘If any provision of this Act, or the application of 8
such provision to any person or circumstance, is found to 9
be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, or the ap-10
plication of that provision to other persons or cir-11
cumstances, shall not be affected.’’. 12
SEC. 403. REPORT ON COUNTERING THE USE OF HUMAN 13
SHIELDS. 14
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 15
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 16
shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the 17
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the 18
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-19
tives a report that contains the following: 20
(1) A description of the lessons learned from 21
the United States and its allies and partners in ad-22
dressing the use of human shields by terrorist orga-23
nizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestine Is-24
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lamic Jihad, and any other organization as deter-1
mined by the Secretary of Defense. 2
(2) A description of a specific plan and actions 3
being taken by the Department of Defense to incor-4
porate the lessons learned as identified in paragraph 5
(1) into Department of Defense operating guidance, 6
relevant capabilities, and tactics, techniques, and 7
procedures to deter, counter, and address the chal-8
lenge posed by the use of human shields and hold 9
accountable terrorist organizations for the use of 10
human shields. 11
(3) A description of specific measures being de-12
veloped and implemented by the United States Gov-13
ernment to mobilize and leverage allied nations, in-14
cluding member nations of the North Atlantic Trea-15
ty Organization (NATO), to deter, counter, and hold 16
accountable terrorist organizations for the use of 17
human shields. 18
(4) The current status of joint exercises, doc-19
trine development, education, and training on coun-20
tering the use of human shields in multinational cen-21
ters of excellence. 22
(5) The current status of participation of mem-23
bers of the Armed Forces and Department of De-24
fense civilian personnel in any multinational center 25
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of excellence for the purposes of countering the use 1
of human shields. 2
(6) The feasibility and advisability of beginning 3
or continuing participation of members of the Armed 4
Forces and Department of Defense civilian per-5
sonnel to promote the integration of joint exercises, 6
doctrine development, education, and training on 7
countering the use of human shields into multi-8
national centers of excellence. 9
(b) D
EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘multi-10
national center of excellence’’ has the meaning given that 11
term in section 344 of title 10, United States Code. 12
SEC. 404. RECURRING REPORT ON USE OF HUMAN SHIELDS 13
BY IRANIAN-FUNDED TERRORIST GROUPS. 14
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 15
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 16
the President shall submit to the congressional defense 17
committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 18
Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 19
House of Representatives a report on the use of human 20
shields by Iranian funded terrorist groups. 21
(b) C
ONTENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-22
section (a) shall include— 23
(1) a list of Palestinian terrorist groups— 24
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(A) that receive financial assistance or 1
training primarily from Iran; or 2
(B) over which Iran exerts undue influ-3
ence; 4
(2) a list of foreign persons who are members 5
of— 6
(A) Hezbollah’s Shura Council; 7
(B) Hezbollah’s Executive Council; 8
(C) Hamas’s Politburo; 9
(D) Hamas’s Shura Council; and 10
(E) Palestine Islamic Jihad’s Shura Coun-11
cil; 12
(3) a determination, with respect to each for-13
eign person listed in paragraph (2), whether, during 14
the relevant reporting period, that person knowingly 15
ordered, controlled, or otherwise directed the use of 16
civilians protected as such by the law of war to 17
shield military objectives from attack; and 18
(4) for every positive determination under para-19
graph (3), if sanctions have not been imposed on the 20
foreign person under the Sanctioning the Use of Ci-21
vilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115– 22
348), an explanation why such sanctions were not 23
imposed. 24
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(c) RELEVANTREPORTINGPERIODDEFINED.—In 1
this section, the term ‘‘relevant reporting period’’ means— 2
(1) for the first report— 3
(A) in the case of members of Hamas or 4
Hezbollah, since the date of the enactment of 5
the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as De-6
fenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 50 7
U.S.C. 1701 note); and 8
(B) in the case of members of Palestine Is-9
lamic Jihad, since the date of the enactment of 10
this Act; and 11
(2) for subsequent reports, since the date of the 12
last report. 13
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