Us Congress Senate Bill SB3874 Introduced / Bill

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Calendar No. 376 
118THCONGRESS 
2
DSESSION S. 3874 
To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for terrorist organizations 
in Gaza and the West Bank, and for other purposes. 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH5, 2024 
Mr. R
UBIO(for himself, Ms. ROSEN, and Mr. HAWLEY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on For-
eign Relations 
M
AY7, 2024 
Reported by Mr. C
ARDIN, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for ter-
rorist organizations in Gaza and the West Bank, 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
SECTION1.SHORTTITLE;TABLEOFCONTENTS. 3
(a)SHORTTITLE.—ThisActmaybecitedasthe 4
‘‘HamasandPalestinianIslamicJihadInternationalTer-5
rorismSupportPreventionActof2024’’. 6
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(b)TABLEOFCONTENTS.—Thetableofcontentsfor 1
thisActisasfollows: 2
Sec.1.Shorttitle;tableofcontents. 
Sec.2.Definitions. 
Sec.3.Statementofpolicy. 
Sec.4.Impositionofsanctionswithrespecttoforeignpersonsandagenciesand 
instrumentalitiesofforeignstatessupportingHamas,thePal-
estinianIslamicJihad,oranyaffiliateorsuccessorthereof. 
Sec.5.Impositionofsanctionswithrespecttoforeigngovernmentsthatprovide 
materialsupportfortheterroristactivitiesofHamas,thePal-
estinianIslamicJihad,oranyaffiliateorsuccessorthereof. 
Sec.6.Reportonactivitiesofforeigncountriestodisruptglobalfundraising, 
financing,andmoneylaunderingactivitiesofHamas,thePal-
estinianIslamicJihad,oranyaffiliateorsuccessorthereof. 
Sec.7.Miscellaneousprovisions. 
Sec.8.Determinationofbudgetaryeffects. 
SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 3
InthisAct: 4
(1)ADMITTED.—Theterm‘‘admitted’’hasthe 5
meaninggiventhatterminsection101(a)(13)(A)of 6
theImmigrationandNationalityAct(8U.S.C. 7
1101(a)(13)(A)). 8
(2)AGENCYORINSTRUMENTALITY OFAFOR-9
EIGNSTATE.—Theterm‘‘agencyorinstrumentality 10
ofaforeignstate’’hasthemeaninggiventhatterm 11
insection1603(b)oftitle28,UnitedStatesCode. 12
(3)APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-13
TEES.—Theterm‘‘appropriatecongressionalcom-14
mittees’’meanstheCommitteeonForeignRelations 15
oftheSenateandtheCommitteeonForeignAffairs 16
oftheHouseofRepresentatives. 17
(4)FOREIGNPERSON.—Theterm‘‘foreignper-18
son’’means— 19
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(A)anindividualwhoisnotaUnited 1
Statesperson;or 2
(B)acorporation,partnership,orother 3
nongovernmentalentitythatisnotaUnited 4
Statesperson. 5
(5)MATERIALSUPPORT.—Theterm‘‘material 6
support’’hasthemeaninggiventheterm‘‘material 7
supportorresources’’insection2339Aoftitle18, 8
UnitedStatesCode. 9
(6)PERSON.—Theterm‘‘person’’meansanin-10
dividualorentity. 11
(7)UNITED STATES PERSON.—Theterm 12
‘‘UnitedStatesperson’’means— 13
(A)aUnitedStatescitizenoranalienlaw-14
fullyadmittedforpermanentresidencetothe 15
UnitedStates; 16
(B)anentityorganizedunderthelawsof 17
theUnitedStatesorofanyjurisdictionwithin 18
theUnitedStates,includingaforeignbranchof 19
suchanentity;or 20
(C)apersonintheUnitedStates. 21
SEC.3.STATEMENT OFPOLICY. 22
ItisthepolicyoftheUnitedStates— 23
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(1)topreventHamas,thePalestinianIslamic 1
Jihad,oranyaffiliateorsuccessorthereoffromac-2
cessingitsinternationalsupportnetworks; 3
(2)toopposeHamas,thePalestinianIslamic 4
Jihad,oranyaffiliateorsuccessorthereoffromat-5
temptingtousegoods,includingmedicineanddual- 6
useitems,tosmuggleweaponsandothermaterials 7
tofurtheractsofterrorism;and 8
(3)toholdaccountableHamas,thePalestinian 9
IslamicJihad,andtheirinternationalsupportnet-10
worksfortheirattackagainstIsraelonOctober7, 11
2023. 12
SEC.4.IMPOSITION OFSANCTIONS WITHRESPECT TOFOR-13
EIGNPERSONS ANDAGENCIES ANDINSTRU-14
MENTALITIES OFFOREIGN STATES SUP-15
PORTING HAMAS,THEPALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 16
JIHAD,ORANYAFFILIATE ORSUCCESSOR 17
THEREOF. 18
(a)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthe 19
dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,thePresidentshallim-20
posethesanctionsrequiredundersubsection(c)withre-21
specttoanyforeignpersonandanyagencyorinstrumen-22
talityofaforeignstatethatthePresidentdetermines 23
knowingly— 24
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(1)assistsin,sponsors,orprovidessignificant 1
financialormaterialsupportfor,orfinancialor 2
otherservicestoorinsupportofanypersonde-3
scribedinsubsection(b);or 4
(2)directlyorindirectly,materiallyengagesin 5
asignificanttransactionwithanypersondescribed 6
insubsection(b). 7
(b)PERSONDESCRIBED.— 8
(1)INGENERAL.—Apersondescribedinthis 9
subsectionisaforeignpersonthatthePresidentde-10
termines— 11
(A)isaseniormemberofHamas,thePal-12
estinianIslamicJihad,oranyaffiliateorsuc-13
cessorthereof; 14
(B)isaseniormemberoftheAl-Aqsa 15
Martyr’sBrigade,Lion’sDen,oranyotheren-16
titythatthePresidentdeterminesispartofthe 17
terroristinfrastructureintheWestBankand 18
Gaza; 19
(C)isaseniormemberofaforeignter-20
roristorganizationdesignatedpursuanttosec-21
tion219oftheImmigrationandNationality 22
Act(8U.S.C.1189)whosemembersdirectlyor 23
indirectlysupportanyoftheactivitiesof,know-24
inglyengageinasignificanttransactionwith, 25
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orprovidefinancialormaterialsupportfor 1
Hamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,anyaffil-2
iateorsuccessorthereof,oranypersonde-3
scribedinsubparagraph(A)or(B);or 4
(D)knowinglyprovidesorhasprovided 5
materialassistance,financialormaterialsup-6
port,orgoodsorservicesthatdirectlyorindi-7
rectlysupportstheterroristactivitiesofany 8
foreignpersondescribedinsubparagraph(A)or 9
(B). 10
(2)REQUIREMENT TOISSUEGUIDANCE.—Not 11
laterthan60daysafterthedateoftheenactment 12
ofthisAct,andnotlaterthan180daysthereafter, 13
thePresidentshallissueregulationsorotherguid-14
ancetoidentifythepersonsdescribedinthissub-15
section. 16
(c)SANCTIONSREQUIRED.— 17
(1)FOREIGNPERSONS.—Withrespecttoafor-18
eignpersonsubjecttosanctionsundersubsection 19
(a),thePresidentshallexerciseallpowersgranted 20
tothePresidentbytheInternationalEmergency 21
EconomicPowersAct(50U.S.C.1701etseq.)(ex-22
ceptthattherequirementsofsection202ofsuch 23
Act(50U.S.C.1701)shallnotapply)totheextent 24
necessarytoblockandprohibitalltransactionsinall 25
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propertyandinterestsinpropertyoftheforeignper-1
sonifsuchpropertyandinterestsinpropertyarein 2
theUnitedStates,comewithintheUnitedStates,or 3
areorcomewithinthepossessionorcontrolofa 4
UnitedStatesperson. 5
(2)AGENCIESORINSTRUMENTALITIES OFA 6
FOREIGNSTATE.—Withrespecttoanagencyorin-7
strumentalityofaforeignstatesubjecttosanctions 8
undersubsection(a),thePresidentshallimpose2or 9
moreofthefollowing: 10
(A)ThePresidentmaydirecttheExport- 11
ImportBankoftheUnitedStatesnottogive 12
approvaltotheissuanceofanyguarantee,in-13
surance,extensionofcredit,orparticipationin 14
theextensionofcreditinconnectionwiththe 15
exportofanygoodsorservicestotheagencyor 16
instrumentality,andtheExport-ImportBank 17
oftheUnitedStatesshallcomplywithanysuch 18
direction. 19
(B)ThePresidentmayprohibitthesaleof 20
anydefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesign 21
andconstructionservicesundertheArmsEx-22
portControlAct(22U.S.C.2751etseq.)to 23
theagencyorinstrumentality. 24
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(C)ThePresidentmayprohibitthe 1
issuanceoflicensesforexportofanyitemon 2
theUnitedStatesMunitionsListundersection 3
38(a)(1)oftheArmsExportControlAct(22 4
U.S.C.2778(a)(1))thatincludetheagencyor 5
instrumentalityasapartytothelicense. 6
(D)ThePresidentmayprohibittheexport 7
ofanygoodsortechnologiescontrolledforna-8
tionalsecurityreasonsundertheExportAd-9
ministrationRegulationsundersubchapterCof 10
chapterVIIoftitle15,CodeofFederalRegula-11
tions,orsuccessorregulations,totheagencyor 12
instrumentality,exceptthatsuchprohibition 13
shallnotapplytoanytransactionsubjecttothe 14
reportingrequirementsoftitleVoftheNa-15
tionalSecurityActof1947(50U.S.C.3091et 16
seq.). 17
(E)ThePresidentmayprohibitany 18
UnitedStatesfinancialinstitutionfrommaking 19
loansorprovidinganycreditorfinancingtotal-20
ingmorethan$10,000,000totheagencyorin-21
strumentality,exceptthatthissubparagraph 22
shallnotapplyto— 23
(i)anytransactionsubjecttothere-24
portingrequirementsoftitleVoftheNa-25
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tionalSecurityActof1947(50U.S.C. 1
3091etseq.); 2
(ii)theprovisionofmedicines,medical 3
equipment,andhumanitarianassistance; 4
or 5
(iii)anycredit,creditguarantee,orfi-6
nancialassistanceprovidedbytheDepart-7
mentofAgriculturetosupportthepur-8
chaseoffoodorotheragriculturalcom-9
modities. 10
(F)ThePresidentmayexerciseallpowers 11
grantedtothePresidentbytheInternational 12
EmergencyEconomicPowersAct(50U.S.C. 13
1701etseq.)(exceptthattherequirementsof 14
section202ofsuchAct(50U.S.C.1701)shall 15
notapply)totheextentnecessarytoblockand 16
prohibitalltransactionsinallpropertyandin-17
terestsinpropertyoftheagencyorinstrumen-18
talityifsuchpropertyandinterestsinproperty 19
areintheUnitedStates,comewithinthe 20
UnitedStates,orareorcomewithinthepos-21
sessionorcontrolofaUnitedStatesperson. 22
(d)CONGRESSIONALNOMINATIONDETERMINATION 23
WITHRESPECTTOFOREIGNPERSONSSUBJECTTO 24
SANCTIONS.—Notlaterthan60daysafterreceivingare-25
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questfromthechairmanandrankingmemberofoneof 1
theappropriatecongressionalcommitteeswithrespectto 2
whetheraforeignpersonissubjecttosanctionsundersub-3
section(a)pursuanttothecriteriasetforthinthatsub-4
section,thePresidentshall— 5
(1)determineifthepersonmeetsthosecriteria; 6
and 7
(2)submitaclassifiedorunclassifiedreportto 8
suchchairmanandrankingmemberwithrespectto 9
thedeterminationunderparagraph(1)thatincludes 10
astatementofwhetherornotthePresidenthasim-11
posedorintendstoimposesanctionswithrespectto 12
thatperson. 13
(e)PENALTIES.— 14
(1)INGENERAL.—Thepenaltiesprovidedforin 15
subsections(b)and(c)ofsection206oftheInter-16
nationalEmergencyEconomicPowersAct(50 17
U.S.C.1705)shallapplytoapersonthatknowingly 18
violates,attemptstoviolate,conspirestoviolate,or 19
causesaviolationofregulationsprescribedunder 20
section7(b)tocarryoutparagraph(1)or(2)(F)of 21
subsection(c)tothesameextentthatsuchpenalties 22
applytoapersonthatknowinglycommitsanunlaw-23
fulactdescribedinsection206(a)ofthatAct. 24
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(2)AUTHORITIES.—ThePresidentmayexercise 1
allauthoritiesprovidedtothePresidentundersec-2
tions203and205oftheInternationalEmergency 3
EconomicPowersAct(50U.S.C.1702and1704) 4
forpurposesofcarryingoutparagraphs(1)and 5
(2)(F)ofsubsection(c). 6
(f)EXCEPTION.—ThePresidentshallnotberequired 7
toimposesanctionsunderthissectionwithrespecttoa 8
foreignpersonoranagencyorinstrumentalityofaforeign 9
stateifthePresidentcertifiesinwritingtotheappropriate 10
congressionalcommitteesthat— 11
(1)theforeignpersonoragencyorinstrumen-12
tality(asthecasemaybe)— 13
(A)isnolongercarryingoutactivitiesor 14
transactionssubjecttosanctionsunderthissec-15
tion;or 16
(B)hastakenandiscontinuingtotake 17
significantverifiablestepstowardterminating 18
activitiesortransactionssubjecttosanctions 19
underthissection;and 20
(2)thePresidenthasreceivedreliableassur-21
ancesfromtheforeignpersonoragencyorinstru-22
mentality(asthecasemaybe)thatitwillnotcarry 23
outanyactivitiesortransactionssubjecttosanc-24
tionsunderthissectioninthefuture. 25
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(g)WAIVER.— 1
(1)INGENERAL.—ThePresidentmaywaive, 2
onacase-by-casebasisandforaperiodofnotmore 3
than180days,arequirementunderthissectionto 4
imposeormaintainsanctionswithrespecttoafor-5
eignpersonoragencyorinstrumentalityofaforeign 6
stateifthePresident— 7
(A)determinesthatthewaiverisinthe 8
nationalsecurityinterestoftheUnitedStates; 9
and 10
(B)notlessthan30daysbeforethewaiv-11
ertakeseffect,submitstotheappropriatecon-12
gressionalcommitteesareportonthewaiver 13
andthejustificationforthewaiver. 14
(2)RENEWAL OFWAIVER.—ThePresident 15
may,onacase-by-casebasis,renewawaiverunder 16
paragraph(1)foradditionalperiodsofnotmore 17
than180daysifthePresident— 18
(A)determinesthattherenewalofthe 19
waiverisinthenationalsecurityinterestofthe 20
UnitedStates;and 21
(B)notlessthan15daysbeforethewaiv-22
erexpires,submitstotheappropriatecongres-23
sionalcommitteesareportontherenewalof 24
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thewaiverandthejustificationfortherenewal 1
ofthewaiver. 2
(h)RULEOFCONSTRUCTION.—Theauthoritytoim-3
posesanctionsunderthissectionwithrespecttoaforeign 4
personoranagencyorinstrumentalityofaforeignstate 5
isinadditiontotheauthoritytoimposesanctionsunder 6
anyotherprovisionoflawwithrespecttoforeignpersons 7
oragenciesorinstrumentalitiesofforeignstatesthatdi-8
rectlyorindirectlysupportinternationalterrorism. 9
(i)EFFECTIVEDATE.—Thissectionshalltakeeffect 10
onthedateoftheenactmentofthisActandapplywith 11
respecttoactivitiesandtransactionsdescribedinsub-12
section(a)thatarecarriedoutonoraftersuchdateof 13
enactment. 14
SEC.5.IMPOSITION OFSANCTIONS WITHRESPECT TOFOR-15
EIGNGOVERNMENTS THATPROVIDE MATE-16
RIALSUPPORT FORTHETERRORIST ACTIVI-17
TIESOFHAMAS,THEPALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 18
JIHAD,ORANYAFFILIATE ORSUCCESSOR 19
THEREOF. 20
(a)IDENTIFICATION.— 21
(1)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180days 22
afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,and 23
every180daysthereafter,thePresidentshallsub-24
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mittotheappropriatecongressionalcommitteesa 1
reportthatidentifiesthefollowing: 2
(A)Eachgovernmentofaforeigncountry 3
that— 4
(i)theSecretaryofStatedetermines 5
hasrepeatedlyprovidedsupportforactsof 6
internationalterrorismpursuanttosection 7
1754(c)oftheExportControlReformAct 8
of2018(50U.S.C.4813(c)),section40of 9
theArmsExportControlAct(22U.S.C. 10
2780),section620AoftheForeignAssist-11
anceActof1961(22U.S.C.2371),orany 12
otherprovisionoflaw;and 13
(ii)thePresidentdetermineshaspro-14
videddirectorindirectmaterialsupport 15
fortheterroristactivitiesofHamas,the 16
PalestinianIslamicJihad,oranyaffiliate 17
orsuccessorthereof. 18
(B)Eachgovernmentofaforeigncountry 19
that— 20
(i)isnotidentifiedundersubpara-21
graph(A);and 22
(ii)thePresidentdeterminesknow-23
inglyengagedinasignificanttransaction 24
thatcontributestotheeffortsbythegov-25
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ernmentofaforeigncountrydescribedin 1
subparagraph(A)(i)toprovidedirector 2
indirectmaterialsupportfortheterrorist 3
activitiesofHamas,thePalestinianIs-4
lamicJihad,oranyaffiliateorsuccessor 5
thereof. 6
(2)FORMOFREPORT.—Eachreportsubmitted 7
underparagraph(1)shallbesubmittedinunclassi-8
fiedformbutmaycontainaclassifiedannex. 9
(b)IMPOSITIONOFSANCTIONS.—ThePresidentshall 10
imposethefollowingsanctionswithrespecttoeachgov-11
ernmentofaforeigncountryidentifiedundersubpara-12
graph(A)or(B)ofsubsection(a)(1): 13
(1)TheUnitedStatesGovernmentshallsus-14
pend,foraperiodofoneyear,UnitedStatesassist-15
ancetothegovernmentoftheforeigncountry. 16
(2)TheSecretaryoftheTreasuryshallinstruct 17
theUnitedStatesExecutiveDirectortoeachappro-18
priateinternationalfinancialinstitutiontooppose, 19
andvoteagainst,foraperiodofoneyear,theexten-20
sionbythatinstitutionofanyloanorfinancialor 21
technicalassistancetothegovernmentoftheforeign 22
country. 23
(3)NoitemontheUnitedStatesMunitions 24
Listundersection38(a)(1)oftheArmsExport 25
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ControlAct(22U.S.C.2778(a)(1))ortheCom-1
merceControlListsetforthinSupplementNo.1to 2
part774oftitle15,CodeofFederalRegulations(or 3
anysuccessorlist),maybeexportedtothegovern-4
mentoftheforeigncountryforaperiodofoneyear. 5
(c)IMPOSITIONOFADDITIONALSANCTIONSWITH 6
RESPECTTOCERTAINFOREIGNGOVERNMENTS.—The 7
Presidentshallimposethefollowingadditionalsanctions 8
withrespecttoeachgovernmentofaforeigncountryiden-9
tifiedundersubsection(a)(1)(A): 10
(1)ThePresidentshall,pursuanttosuchregu-11
lationsasthePresidentmayprescribe,prohibitany 12
transactionsinforeignexchangethataresubjectto 13
thejurisdictionoftheUnitedStatesandinwhich 14
thegovernmentoftheforeigncountryhasanyinter-15
est. 16
(2)ThePresidentshall,pursuanttosuchregu-17
lationsasthePresidentmayprescribe,prohibitany 18
transfersofcreditorpaymentsbetweenoneormore 19
financialinstitutionsorby,through,ortoanyfinan-20
cialinstitution,totheextentthatsuchtransfersor 21
paymentsaresubjecttothejurisdictionofthe 22
UnitedStatesandinvolveanyinterestofthegovern-23
mentoftheforeigncountry. 24
(d)EXCEPTIONS.— 25
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(1)MILITARYUSEEXCEPTION.—ThePresident 1
shallnotberequiredtoimposesanctionswithre-2
specttothegovernmentofaforeigncountrypursu-3
anttosubsection(b)— 4
(A)withrespecttomaterialsintendedto 5
beusedbymilitaryorcivilianpersonnelofthe 6
ArmedForcesoftheUnitedStatesatmilitary 7
facilitiesinthecountry;or 8
(B)iftheapplicationofsuchsanctions 9
wouldpreventtheUnitedStatesfrommeeting 10
thetermsofanystatusofforcesagreementto 11
whichtheUnitedStatesisaparty. 12
(2)HUMANITARIAN EXCEPTION.—Thefollowing 13
activitiesshallbeexemptfromsanctionsunderthis 14
section: 15
(A)Theconductorfacilitationofatrans-16
actionforthesaleofagriculturalcommodities, 17
food,medicine,ormedicaldevicestoaforeign 18
governmentdescribedinsubsection(a)thatis 19
nototherwisesubjecttotheexportcontrollaws 20
oftheUnitedStates. 21
(B)Theprovisionofhumanitarianassist-22
ancetoaforeigngovernmentdescribedinsub-23
section(a),includingengaginginafinancial 24
transactionrelatingtohumanitarianassistance 25
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orforhumanitarianpurposesortransporting 1
goodsorservicesthatarenecessarytocarry 2
outoperationsrelatingtohumanitarianassist-3
anceorhumanitarianpurposes. 4
(e)WAIVER.— 5
(1)INGENERAL.—ThePresidentmaywaive, 6
onacase-by-casebasisandforaperiodofnotmore 7
than180days,arequirementundersubsection(b) 8
or(c)toimposeormaintainsanctionswithrespect 9
toaforeigngovernmentidentifiedpursuanttosub-10
paragraph(A)or(B)ofsubsection(a)(1)ifthe 11
President— 12
(A)determinesthatthewaiverisinthe 13
nationalsecurityinterestoftheUnitedStates; 14
and 15
(B)notlessthan30daysbeforethewaiv-16
ertakeseffect,submitstotheappropriatecon-17
gressionalcommitteesareportonthewaiver 18
andthejustificationforthewaiver. 19
(2)RENEWAL OFWAIVER.—ThePresident 20
may,onacase-by-casebasis,renewawaiverunder 21
paragraph(1)foradditionalperiodsofnotmore 22
than180daysifthePresident— 23
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(A)determinesthattherenewalofthe 1
waiverisinthenationalsecurityinterestofthe 2
UnitedStates;and 3
(B)notlessthan15daysbeforethewaiv-4
erexpires,submitstotheappropriatecongres-5
sionalcommitteesareportontherenewalof 6
thewaiverandthejustificationfortherenewal 7
ofthewaiver. 8
(3)SUNSET.—TheauthorityofthePresident 9
underthissubsectionshallterminateonthedate 10
thatis2yearsafterthedateoftheenactmentof 11
thisAct. 12
(f)RULEOFCONSTRUCTION.—Theauthoritytoim-13
posesanctionsundersubsection(b)or(c)withrespectto 14
eachgovernmentofaforeigncountryidentifiedpursuant 15
tosubparagraph(A)or(B)ofsubsection(a)(1)isinaddi-16
tiontotheauthoritytoimposesanctionsunderanyother 17
provisionoflawwithrespecttogovernmentsofforeign 18
countriesthatprovidematerialsupporttoforeignterrorist 19
organizationsdesignatedpursuanttosection219ofthe 20
ImmigrationandNationalityAct(8U.S.C.1189). 21
(g)TERMINATION.—ThePresidentmayterminate 22
anysanctionsimposedwithrespecttothegovernmentof 23
aforeigncountryundersubsection(b)or(c)ifthePresi-24
dentdeterminesandnotifiestheappropriatecongressional 25
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committeesthatthegovernmentoftheforeigncountryis 1
nolongercarryingoutactivitiesortransactionsforwhich 2
thesanctionswereimposedandhasprovidedassurances 3
totheUnitedStatesGovernmentthatitwillnotcarry 4
outthoseactivitiesortransactionsinthefuture. 5
(h)EFFECTIVEDATE.—Thissectionshalltakeeffect 6
onthedateoftheenactmentofthisActandapplywith 7
respecttoactivitiesandtransactionsdescribedinsubpara-8
graph(A)or(B)ofsubsection(a)(1)thatarecarriedout 9
onoraftersuchdateofenactment. 10
SEC.6.REPORT ONACTIVITIES OFFOREIGN COUNTRIES 11
TODISRUPT GLOBAL FUNDRAISING, FINANC-12
ING,ANDMONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES 13
OFHAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 14
JIHAD,ORANYAFFILIATE ORSUCCESSOR 15
THEREOF. 16
(a)REPORT.— 17
(1)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180days 18
afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,the 19
Presidentshallsubmittotheappropriatecommit-20
teesofCongressareportthatincludes— 21
(A)alistofforeigncountriesthatsupport 22
Hamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,orany 23
affiliateorsuccessorthereof,orinwhich 24
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Hamasmaintainsimportantportionsofitsfi-1
nancialnetworks; 2
(B)withrespecttoeachforeigncountryon 3
thelistrequiredbysubparagraph(A)— 4
(i)anassessmentofwhetherthegov-5
ernmentofthecountryistakingadequate 6
measurestofreezetheassetsofHamas, 7
thePalestinianIslamicJihad,oranyaffil-8
iateorsuccessorthereofwithintheterri-9
toryofthecountry;and 10
(ii)inthecaseofacountrythegov-11
ernmentofwhichisnottakingadequate 12
measurestofreezetheassetsofHamas— 13
(I)anassessmentofthereasons 14
thatgovernmentisnottakingade-15
quatemeasurestofreezethoseassets; 16
and 17
(II)adescriptionofmeasures 18
beingtakenbytheUnitedStatesGov-19
ernmenttoencouragethatgovern-20
menttofreezethoseassets; 21
(C)alistofforeigncountriesinwhich 22
Hamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,orany 23
affiliateorsuccessorthereof,conductssignifi-24
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cantfundraising,financing,ormoneylaun-1
deringactivities; 2
(D)withrespecttoeachforeigncountry 3
onthelistrequiredbysubparagraph(C)— 4
(i)anassessmentofwhetherthegov-5
ernmentofthecountryistakingadequate 6
measurestodisruptthefundraising,fi-7
nancing,ormoneylaunderingactivitiesof 8
Hamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,or 9
anyaffiliateorsuccessorthereofwithinthe 10
territoryofthecountry;and 11
(ii)inthecaseofacountrythegov-12
ernmentofwhichisnottakingadequate 13
measurestodisruptthoseactivities— 14
(I)anassessmentofthereasons 15
thatgovernmentisnottakingade-16
quatemeasurestodisruptthoseac-17
tivities;and 18
(II)adescriptionofmeasures 19
beingtakenbytheUnitedStatesGov-20
ernmenttoencouragethatgovern-21
menttoimprovemeasurestodisrupt 22
thoseactivities;and 23
(E)alistofforeigncountriesfromwhich 24
Hamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,orany 25
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affiliateorsuccessorthereof,acquiressurveil-1
lanceequipment,electronicmonitoringequip-2
ment,orothermeanstoinhibitcommunication 3
orpoliticalexpressioninGaza. 4
(2)FORM.—Thereportrequiredbyparagraph 5
(1)shallbesubmittedinunclassifiedformtothe 6
greatestextentpossibleandmaycontainaclassified 7
annex. 8
(b)BRIEFING.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthe 9
dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,andevery180days 10
thereafterforthefollowing3years,theSecretaryofState, 11
theSecretaryoftheTreasury,andtheheadsofotherap-12
plicableFederaldepartmentsandagencies(ortheirdes-13
ignees)shallprovidetotheappropriatecommitteesof 14
Congressabriefingonthedispositionoftheassetsand 15
activitiesofHamas,thePalestinianIslamicJihad,orany 16
successororaffiliatethereofrelatedtofundraising,financ-17
ing,andmoneylaunderingworldwide. 18
(c)APPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OFCONGRESSDE-19
FINED.—Inthissection,theterm‘‘appropriatecommit-20
teesofCongress’’means— 21
(1)theCommitteeonForeignRelations,the 22
CommitteeonBanking,Housing,andUrbanAf-23
fairs,andtheSelectCommitteeonIntelligenceof 24
theSenate;and 25
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(2)theCommitteeonForeignAffairs,the 1
CommitteeonFinancialServices,andthePerma-2
nentSelectCommitteeonIntelligenceoftheHouse 3
ofRepresentatives. 4
SEC.7.MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 5
(a)RULESOFCONSTRUCTION.— 6
(1)INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Nothingin 7
thisActshallbeconstruedtoapplytotheauthor-8
izedintelligenceactivitiesoftheUnitedStates. 9
(2)ASSISTANCETOPALESTINIANS.—Nothing 10
inthisActshallbeconstruedtoprohibitthePresi-11
dentfromprovidingassistancethatbenefitsPal-12
estiniansintheWestBankandGazaifsuchassist-13
anceisconsistentwithauthoritiesandrequirements 14
underotherprovisionsoflaw,includingsection 15
1004(a)oftheTaylorForceAct(22U.S.C.2378c– 16
1(a))andsections620Kand620LoftheForeign 17
AssistanceActof1961(22U.S.C.2378band 18
2378c). 19
(b)REGULATORYAUTHORITY.—ThePresidentshall, 20
notlaterthan180daysafterthedateoftheenactment 21
ofthisAct,prescriberegulationsasarenecessaryforthe 22
implementationofthisAct. 23
(c)EXCEPTIONS.— 24
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(1)EXCEPTIONRELATINGTOIMPORTATION OF 1
GOODS.— 2
(A)INGENERAL.—Theauthoritiesandre-3
quirementstoimposesanctionsauthorized 4
underthisActshallnotincludetheauthorityor 5
requirementtoimposesanctionsontheimpor-6
tationofgoods. 7
(B)GOODDEFINED.—Inthisparagraph, 8
theterm‘‘good’’meansanyarticle,naturalor 9
man-madesubstance,material,supplyormanu-10
facturedproduct,includinginspectionandtest 11
equipment,andexcludingtechnicaldata. 12
(2)EXCEPTIONFORAPPROVEDHUMANITARIAN 13
ASSISTANCE.—Noforeignperson,agencyorinstru-14
mentalityofaforeignstate,orgovernmentofafor-15
eigncountrymaybesubjecttosanctionsundersec-16
tion(4)(c)or5(b)withrespecttotheprovisionof 17
humanitarianassistancetotheWestBankandGaza 18
thatwasapprovedbytheSecretaryofStatewiththe 19
concurrenceoftheSecretaryoftheTreasury. 20
(d)TERMINATION.—ThisActshallterminateonthe 21
earlierof— 22
(1)30daysafterthedateonwhichthePresi-23
dentcertifiestotheappropriatecongressionalcom-24
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mitteesthatHamasandthePalestinianIslamic 1
Jihad,oranysuccessororaffiliatethereof— 2
(A)arenolongerdesignatedasaforeign 3
terroristorganizationpursuanttosection219 4
oftheImmigrationandNationalityAct(8 5
U.S.C.1189); 6
(B)arenolongersubjecttosanctionspur-7
suantto— 8
(i)ExecutiveOrder12947(50U.S.C. 9
1701note;relatingtoprohibitingtrans-10
actionswithterroristswhothreatentodis-11
rupttheMiddleEastpeaceprocess);and 12
(ii)ExecutiveOrder13224(50U.S.C. 13
1701note;relatingtoblockingproperty 14
andprohibitingtransactionswithpersons 15
whocommit,threatentocommit,orsup-16
portterrorism);and 17
(C)meetthecriteriadescribedinpara-18
graphs(1)through(4)ofsection9ofthePal-19
estinianAnti-TerrorismActof2006(Public 20
Law109–446;22U.S.C.2378bnote);or 21
(2)3yearsafterthedateoftheenactmentof 22
thisAct. 23
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SEC.8.DETERMINATION OFBUDGETARY EFFECTS. 1
ThebudgetaryeffectsofthisAct,forthepurposeof 2
complyingwiththeStatutoryPay-As-You-Go-Actof2010 3
(2U.S.C.931etseq.),shallbedeterminedbyreference 4
tothelateststatementtitled‘‘BudgetaryEffectsof 5
PAYGOLegislation’’forthisAct,submittedforprinting 6
intheCongressionalRecordbytheChairmanoftheSen-7
ateBudgetCommittee,providedthatsuchstatementhas 8
beensubmittedpriortothevoteonpassage. 9
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 10
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 11
‘‘Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad International Ter-12
rorism Support Prevention Act of 2024’’. 13
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 14
this Act is as follows: 15
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 4. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons and agencies and 
instrumentalities of foreign states supporting Hamas, the Pales-
tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 
Sec. 5. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign governments that provide 
material support for the terrorist activities of Hamas, the Pales-
tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 
Sec. 6. Report on activities of foreign countries to disrupt global fundraising, fi-
nancing, and money laundering activities of Hamas, the Pales-
tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 
Sec. 7. Miscellaneous provisions. 
Sec. 8. Determination of budgetary effects. 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 4. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons and agencies and 
instrumentalities of foreign states supporting Hamas, the Pales-
tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 
Sec. 5. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign governments that provide 
material support for the terrorist activities of Hamas, the Pales-
tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 
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Sec. 6. Report on activities of foreign countries to disrupt global fundraising, fi-
nancing, and money laundering activities of Hamas, the Pales-
tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 
Sec. 7. Modification and extension of Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as De-
fenseless Shields Act. 
Sec. 8. Confronting asymmetric and malicious cyber activities. 
Sec. 9. Sanctions with respect to threats to current or former United States offi-
cials. 
Sec. 10. Resources for sanctions implementation at the Department of State. 
Sec. 11. Report on impacts on the Islamic Republic of Iran of sanctions imposed 
by the United States. 
Sec. 12. Miscellaneous provisions. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
1
In this Act: 2
(1) A
DMITTED; ALIEN; LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR 3
PERMANENT RESIDENCE .—The terms ‘‘admitted’’, 4
‘‘alien’’, and ‘‘lawfully admitted for permanent resi-5
dence’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 6
101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 7
U.S.C. 1101). 8
(2) A
GENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF A FOREIGN 9
STATE.—The term ‘‘agency or instrumentality of a 10
foreign state’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-11
tion 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code. 12
(3) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -13
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-14
tees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations of 15
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 16
the House of Representatives. 17
(4) F
OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-18
son’’ means— 19
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(A) an individual who is not a United 1
States person; or 2
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other 3
nongovernmental entity that is not a United 4
States person. 5
(5) H
AMAS.—The term ‘‘Hamas’’ means— 6
(A) the entity known as Hamas and des-7
ignated by the Secretary of State as a foreign 8
terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of 9
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 10
1189); or 11
(B) any person identified as an agent or in-12
strumentality of Hamas on the list of specially 13
designated nationals and blocked persons main-14
tained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 15
the Department of the Treasury, the property or 16
interests in property of which are blocked pursu-17
ant to the International Emergency Economic 18
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 19
(6) K
NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 20
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means 21
that a person has actual knowledge, or should have 22
known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. 23
(7) P
ALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD.—The term ‘‘Pal-24
estine Islamic Jihad’’ means— 25
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(A) the entity known as Palestine Islamic 1
Jihad and designated by the Secretary of State 2
as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to 3
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 4
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 5
(B) any person identified as an agent or in-6
strumentality of Palestine Islamic Jihad on the 7
list of specially designated nationals and blocked 8
persons maintained by the Office of Foreign 9
Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury, 10
the property or interests in property of which 11
are blocked pursuant to the International Emer-12
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 13
seq.). 14
(8) P
ERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-15
dividual or entity. 16
(9) U
NITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 17
States person’’ means— 18
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-19
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 20
United States; 21
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 22
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 23
the United States, including a foreign branch of 24
such an entity; or 25
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(C) a person in the United States. 1
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 2
It is the policy of the United States— 3
(1) to prevent Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 4
Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof from ac-5
cessing its international support networks; 6
(2) to oppose Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 7
Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof from at-8
tempting to use the trade in and transport of goods, 9
including medicine and dual-use items, to smuggle 10
weapons and other materials to further acts of ter-11
rorism; 12
(3) following the Hamas terror attacks of October 13
7, 2023, from Gaza against Israel— 14
(A) to support the security of Israel from 15
terrorism and other violent attacks emanating 16
from Gaza; 17
(B) to oppose the forcible displacement of 18
Palestinians from Gaza; 19
(C) to support the right of Palestinians dis-20
placed during the war to return to their homes; 21
and 22
(D) to oppose the reoccupation of Gaza by 23
Israel; and 24
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(4) to hold accountable Hamas, the Palestinian 1
Islamic Jihad, and their international support net-2
works for their attack against Israel on October 7, 3
2023, and previous acts of international terrorism. 4
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-5
EIGN PERSONS AND AGENCIES AND INSTRU-6
MENTALITIES OF FOREIGN STATES SUP-7
PORTING HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 8
JIHAD, OR ANY AFFILIATE OR SUCCESSOR 9
THEREOF. 10
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 11
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 12
the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to any 13
foreign person and any agency or instrumentality of a for-14
eign state that the President determines knowingly— 15
(1) provides significant financial or material 16
support to any person described in subsection (b); or 17
(2) engages in a significant transaction with 18
any person described in subsection (b). 19
(b) P
ERSONDESCRIBED.—A person described in this 20
subsection is a foreign person that the President deter-21
mines— 22
(1) is a senior member of Hamas, the Pales-23
tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor 24
thereof; 25
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(2) is a senior member of the Al-Aqsa Martyr’s 1
Brigade or any affiliate or successor thereof; 2
(3) is a senior member of a foreign terrorist or-3
ganization designated pursuant to section 219 of the 4
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) 5
whose members directly or indirectly support any of 6
the activities of, knowingly engage in a significant 7
transaction with, or provide financial or material 8
support for Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 9
any affiliate or successor thereof, or any person de-10
scribed in paragraph (1) or (2); or 11
(4) knowingly provides assistance or financial or 12
material support that supports the terrorist activities 13
of any foreign person described in paragraph (1), (2), 14
or (3). 15
(c) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.— 16
(1) F
OREIGN PERSONS.—With respect to a for-17
eign person subject to sanctions under subsection (a), 18
the President shall exercise all powers granted to the 19
President by the International Emergency Economic 20
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the 21
requirements of section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 22
1701) shall not apply) to the extent necessary to block 23
and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-24
terests in property of the foreign person if such prop-25
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erty and interests in property are in the United 1
States, come within the United States, or are or come 2
within the possession or control of a United States 3
person. 4
(2) A
GENCIES OR INSTRUMENTALITIES OF A 5
FOREIGN STATE.—With respect to an agency or in-6
strumentality of a foreign state subject to sanctions 7
under subsection (a), the President shall impose 2 or 8
more of the following: 9
(A) The President may direct the Export- 10
Import Bank of the United States not to give ap-11
proval to the issuance of any guarantee, insur-12
ance, extension of credit, or participation in the 13
extension of credit in connection with the export 14
of any goods or services to the agency or instru-15
mentality, and the Export-Import Bank of the 16
United States shall comply with any such direc-17
tion. 18
(B) The President may prohibit the sale of 19
any defense articles, defense services, or design 20
and construction services under the Arms Export 21
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to the agen-22
cy or instrumentality. 23
(C) The President may prohibit the 24
issuance of licenses for export of any item on the 25
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United States Munitions List under section 1
38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 2
U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)) that include the agency or in-3
strumentality as a party to the license. 4
(D) The President may prohibit the export 5
of any goods or technologies controlled for na-6
tional security reasons under the Export Admin-7
istration Regulations under subchapter C of 8
chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regula-9
tions, or successor regulations, to the agency or 10
instrumentality, except that such prohibition 11
shall not apply to any transaction subject to the 12
reporting requirements of title V of the National 13
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). 14
(E) The President may prohibit any United 15
States financial institution from making loans 16
or providing any credit or financing totaling 17
more than $10,000,000 to the agency or instru-18
mentality, except that this subparagraph shall 19
not apply to— 20
(i) any transaction subject to the re-21
porting requirements of title V of the Na-22
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 23
et seq.); 24
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(ii) the provision of medicines, medical 1
equipment, and humanitarian assistance; or 2
(iii) any credit, credit guarantee, or fi-3
nancial assistance provided by the Depart-4
ment of Agriculture to support the purchase 5
of food or other agricultural commodities. 6
(F) The President may exercise all powers 7
granted to the President by the International 8
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 9
1701 et seq.) (except that the requirements of sec-10
tion 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not 11
apply) to the extent necessary to block and pro-12
hibit all transactions in all property and inter-13
ests in property of the agency or instrumentality 14
if such property and interests in property are in 15
the United States, come within the United 16
States, or are or come within the possession or 17
control of a United States person. 18
(d) C
ONGRESSIONALREQUESTSWITHRESPECT TO 19
F
OREIGNPERSONSSUBJECT TOSANCTIONS.—Not later 20
than 120 days after receiving a request from the chairman 21
and ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional 22
committees with respect to whether a foreign person is sub-23
ject to sanctions under subsection (a) pursuant to the cri-24
teria set forth in that subsection, the President shall— 25
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(1) determine if the person meets those criteria; 1
and 2
(2) submit a classified or unclassified report to 3
such chairman and ranking member with respect to 4
the determination under paragraph (1) that includes 5
a statement of whether or not the President has im-6
posed or intends to impose sanctions with respect to 7
that person. 8
(e) P
ENALTIES.— 9
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The penalties provided for in 10
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-11
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 12
1705) shall apply to a person that knowingly violates, 13
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 14
violation of regulations prescribed under section 12(b) 15
to carry out paragraph (1) or (2)(F) of subsection (c) 16
to the same extent that such penalties apply to a per-17
son that knowingly commits an unlawful act de-18
scribed in section 206(a) of that Act. 19
(2) A
UTHORITIES.—The President may exercise 20
all authorities provided to the President under sec-21
tions 203 and 205 of the International Emergency 22
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for 23
purposes of carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2)(F) 24
of subsection (c). 25
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(f) EXCEPTION.—The President shall not be required 1
to impose sanctions under this section with respect to a for-2
eign person or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign 3
state if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate 4
congressional committees that— 5
(1) the foreign person or agency or instrumen-6
tality (as the case may be)— 7
(A) is no longer carrying out activities or 8
transactions subject to sanctions under this sec-9
tion; or 10
(B) has taken and is continuing to take sig-11
nificant verifiable steps toward terminating ac-12
tivities or transactions subject to sanctions under 13
this section; and 14
(2) the President has received reliable assurances 15
from the foreign person or agency or instrumentality 16
(as the case may be) that it will not carry out any 17
activities or transactions subject to sanctions under 18
this section in the future. 19
(g) W
AIVER.—The President may waive, on a case-by- 20
case basis and for renewable periods of not more than 180 21
days, a requirement under this section to impose or main-22
tain sanctions with respect to a foreign person or agency 23
or instrumentality of a foreign state if the President— 24
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(1) determines that the waiver is in the national 1
security interest of the United States; and 2
(2) not less than 15 days before granting the 3
waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional com-4
mittees a report on the waiver and the justification 5
for the waiver. 6
(h) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 7
on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment 8
of this Act and apply with respect to activities and trans-9
actions described in subsection (a) that are carried out on 10
or after such date of enactment. 11
(i) S
UNSET.—This section shall terminate on the ear-12
lier of— 13
(1) 30 days after the date on which the President 14
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 15
that Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or 16
any successor or affiliate thereof— 17
(A) are no longer designated as a foreign 18
terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of 19
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 20
1189); 21
(B) are no longer subject to sanctions pur-22
suant to— 23
(i) Executive Order 12947 (50 U.S.C. 24
1701 note; relating to prohibiting trans-25
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actions with terrorists who threaten to dis-1
rupt the Middle East peace process); and 2
(ii) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 3
1701 note; relating to blocking property and 4
prohibiting transactions with persons who 5
commit, threaten to commit, or support ter-6
rorism); and 7
(C) meet the criteria described in para-8
graphs (1) through (4) of section 9 of the Pales-9
tinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 10
109–446; 22 U.S.C. 2378b note); or 11
(2) 3 years after the date of the enactment of this 12
Act. 13
SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-14
EIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT PROVIDE MATE-15
RIAL SUPPORT FOR THE TERRORIST ACTIVI-16
TIES OF HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 17
JIHAD, OR ANY AFFILIATE OR SUCCESSOR 18
THEREOF. 19
(a) I
DENTIFICATION.— 20
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 21
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 22
days thereafter, the President shall submit to the ap-23
propriate congressional committees a report that 24
identifies the following: 25
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(A) Each government of a foreign country 1
that— 2
(i) the Secretary of State determines 3
has repeatedly provided support for acts of 4
international terrorism pursuant to section 5
1754(c) of the Export Control Reform Act of 6
2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), section 40 of the 7
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), 8
section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 9
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), or any other pro-10
vision of law; and 11
(ii) the President determines has pro-12
vided direct or indirect material support for 13
the terrorist activities of Hamas, the Pales-14
tinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or 15
successor thereof. 16
(B) Each government of a foreign country 17
that— 18
(i) is not identified under subpara-19
graph (A); and 20
(ii) the President determines know-21
ingly engaged in a significant transaction 22
that contributes to the efforts by the govern-23
ment of a foreign country described in sub-24
paragraph (A)(i) to provide direct or indi-25
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rect material support for the terrorist ac-1
tivities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 2
Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 3
(2) F
ORM OF REPORT.—Each report submitted 4
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi-5
fied form but may contain a classified annex. 6
(b) I
MPOSITION OFSANCTIONS.—The President shall 7
impose the following sanctions with respect to each govern-8
ment of a foreign country identified under subparagraph 9
(A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1): 10
(1) The United States Government shall suspend, 11
for a period of one year, United States assistance to 12
the government of the foreign country. 13
(2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 14
the United States Executive Director to each appro-15
priate international financial institution to oppose, 16
and vote against, for a period of one year, the exten-17
sion by that institution of any loan or financial or 18
technical assistance to the government of the foreign 19
country. 20
(3) No item on the United States Munitions List 21
under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control 22
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)) or the Commerce Control 23
List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of title 24
15, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 25
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list), may be exported to the government of the foreign 1
country for a period of one year. 2
(c) I
MPOSITION OFADDITIONALSANCTIONSWITHRE-3
SPECT TOCERTAINFOREIGNGOVERNMENTS.—The Presi-4
dent shall impose the following additional sanctions with 5
respect to each government of a foreign country identified 6
under subsection (a)(1)(A): 7
(1) The President shall, pursuant to such regula-8
tions as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 9
transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to 10
the jurisdiction of the United States and in which the 11
government of the foreign country has any interest. 12
(2) The President shall, pursuant to such regula-13
tions as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 14
transfers of credit or payments between one or more 15
financial institutions or by, through, or to any finan-16
cial institution, to the extent that such transfers or 17
payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the United 18
States and involve any interest of the government of 19
the foreign country. 20
(d) M
ILITARYUSEEXCEPTION.—The President shall 21
not be required to impose sanctions with respect to the gov-22
ernment of a foreign country pursuant to subsection (b)— 23
(1) with respect to materials intended to be used 24
by military or civilian personnel of the Armed Forces 25
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of the United States at military facilities in the coun-1
try; or 2
(2) if the application of such sanctions would 3
prevent the United States from meeting the terms of 4
any status of forces agreement to which the United 5
States is a party or otherwise would not further the 6
national security interests of the United States. 7
(e) W
AIVER.—The President may waive the applica-8
tion of sanctions under this section on a case-by-case basis 9
and for renewable periods of not more than 180 days if 10
the President— 11
(1) determines that the waiver is in the national 12
security interests of the United States; and 13
(2) not less than 15 days before the granting of 14
the waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional 15
committees a report on the waiver and the justifica-16
tion for the waiver. 17
(f) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 18
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 19
apply with respect to activities and transactions described 20
in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) that are 21
carried out on or after such date of enactment. 22
(g) T
ERMINATION ANDSUNSET.— 23
(1) T
ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 24
may terminate any sanctions imposed with respect to 25
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the government of a foreign country under subsection 1
(b) or (c) if the President determines and notifies the 2
appropriate congressional committees that the govern-3
ment of the foreign country is no longer carrying out 4
activities or transactions for which the sanctions were 5
imposed and has provided assurances to the United 6
States Government that it will not carry out those ac-7
tivities or transactions in the future. 8
(2) S
UNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 9
earlier of— 10
(A) 30 days after the date on which the 11
President certifies to the appropriate congres-12
sional committees that Hamas and the Pales-13
tinian Islamic Jihad, or any successor or affil-14
iate thereof— 15
(i) are no longer designated as a for-16
eign terrorist organization pursuant to sec-17
tion 219 of the Immigration and Nation-18
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 19
(ii) are no longer subject to sanctions 20
pursuant to— 21
(I) Executive Order 12947 (50 22
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to prohib-23
iting transactions with terrorists who 24
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threaten to disrupt the Middle East 1
peace process); and 2
(II) Executive Order 13224 (50 3
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 4
property and prohibiting transactions 5
with persons who commit, threaten to 6
commit, or support terrorism); and 7
(iii) meet the criteria described in 8
paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 9 of 9
the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 10
(Public Law 109–446; 22 U.S.C. 2378b 11
note); or 12
(B) 2 years after the date of the enactment 13
of this Act. 14
SEC. 6. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES 15
TO DISRUPT GLOBAL FUNDRAISING, FINANC-16
ING, AND MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES 17
OF HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 18
JIHAD, OR ANY AFFILIATE OR SUCCESSOR 19
THEREOF. 20
(a) R
EPORT.— 21
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 22
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 23
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-24
gress a report that includes— 25
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(A) a list of foreign countries that provide 1
significant financial support for Hamas, the 2
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or 3
successor thereof, or in which Hamas maintains 4
significant portions of its financial networks; 5
(B) with respect to each foreign country on 6
the list required by subparagraph (A)— 7
(i) an assessment of whether the gov-8
ernment of the country is taking measures 9
to restrict or block access to the assets of 10
Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or 11
any affiliate or successor thereof within the 12
territory of the country; and 13
(ii) in the case of a country the govern-14
ment of which is not taking measures to 15
freeze the assets of Hamas— 16
(I) an assessment of the reasons 17
that government is not taking adequate 18
measures to freeze those assets; and 19
(II) a description of measures 20
being taken by the United States Gov-21
ernment to encourage that government 22
to freeze those assets; 23
(C) a list of foreign countries in which 24
Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 25
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affiliate or successor thereof, conducts significant 1
fundraising, financing, or money laundering ac-2
tivities; 3
(D) with respect to each foreign country on 4
the list required by subparagraph (C)— 5
(i) an assessment of whether the gov-6
ernment of the country is taking measures 7
to disrupt known fundraising, financing, or 8
money laundering activities of Hamas, the 9
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate 10
or successor thereof within the territory of 11
the country; and 12
(ii) in the case of a country the govern-13
ment of which is not taking measures to 14
disrupt those activities— 15
(I) an assessment of the reasons 16
that government is not taking measures 17
to disrupt those activities; and 18
(II) a description of measures 19
being taken by the United States Gov-20
ernment to encourage that government 21
to improve measures to disrupt those 22
activities; and 23
(E) a list of foreign countries from which 24
Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 25
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affiliate or successor thereof, acquires surveil-1
lance equipment, electronic monitoring equip-2
ment, or other means to inhibit communication 3
or political expression in Gaza. 4
(2) F
ORM.—The report required by paragraph 5
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the 6
greatest extent possible and may contain a classified 7
annex. 8
(b) B
RIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date 9
of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter 10
for the following 3 years, the Secretary of State, the Sec-11
retary of the Treasury, and the heads of other applicable 12
Federal departments and agencies (or their designees) shall 13
provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a brief-14
ing on the disposition of the assets and activities of Hamas, 15
the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any successor or affiliate 16
thereof related to fundraising, financing, and money laun-17
dering worldwide. 18
(c) A
PPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESSDE-19
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 20
of Congress’’ means— 21
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 22
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 23
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-24
ate; and 25
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-1
mittee on Financial Services, and the Permanent Se-2
lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-3
resentatives. 4
SEC. 7. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF SANCTIONING 5
THE USE OF CIVILIANS AS DEFENSELESS 6
SHIELDS ACT. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 3 of the Sanctioning the 8
Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 9
115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 10
(1) in subsection (b)— 11
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 12
paragraph (4); and 13
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-14
lowing: 15
‘‘(3) Each foreign person that the President de-16
termines, on or after the date of the enactment of the 17
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad International 18
Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2024— 19
‘‘(A) is a member of Palestine Islamic 20
Jihad or is knowingly acting on behalf of Pal-21
estine Islamic Jihad; and 22
‘‘(B) knowingly orders, controls, or other-23
wise directs the use of civilians protected as such 24
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by the law of war to shield military objectives 1
from attack.’’; 2
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), 3
and (i) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respec-4
tively; and 5
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-6
lowing: 7
‘‘(e) C
ONGRESSIONALREQUESTS.—Not later than 120 8
days after receiving a request from the chairman and rank-9
ing member of one of the appropriate congressional commit-10
tees with respect to whether a foreign person meets the cri-11
teria of a person described in subsection (b) or (c), the 12
President shall— 13
‘‘(1) determine if the person meets such criteria; 14
and 15
‘‘(2) submit a written justification to the chair-16
man and ranking member detailing whether or not 17
the President imposed or intends to impose sanctions 18
described in subsection (b) or (c) with respect to such 19
person.’’. 20
(b) D
EFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Sanctioning the 21
Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 22
115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 23
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-24
graph (8); and 25
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-1
lowing: 2
‘‘(7) P
ALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD .—The term 3
‘Palestine Islamic Jihad’ means— 4
‘‘(A) the entity known as Palestine Islamic 5
Jihad and designated by the Secretary of State 6
as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to 7
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 8
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 9
‘‘(B) any person identified as an agent or 10
instrumentality of Palestine Islamic Jihad on 11
the list of specially designated nationals and 12
blocked persons maintained by the Office of For-13
eign Asset Control of the Department of the 14
Treasury, the property or interests in property of 15
which are blocked pursuant to the International 16
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 17
1701 et seq.).’’. 18
(c) S
UNSET.—Section 5 of the Sanctioning the Use of 19
Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 115–348; 20
50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 21
31, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 22
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SEC. 8. CONFRONTING ASYMMETRIC AND MALICIOUS 1
CYBER ACTIVITIES. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 3
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-4
dent may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 5
with respect to any foreign person that the President deter-6
mines, on or after such date of enactment— 7
(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has en-8
gaged knowingly in, significant cyber-enabled activi-9
ties originating from, or directed by persons located, 10
in whole or in substantial part, outside the United 11
States that are reasonably likely to result in, or have 12
materially contributed to, a significant threat to the 13
national security, foreign policy, or economic health 14
or financial stability of the United States; 15
(2) materially assisted, sponsored, or provided fi-16
nancial, material, or technological support for, or 17
goods or services to or in support of, any activity de-18
scribed in this subsection or any person whose prop-19
erty and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 20
this section; 21
(3) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or 22
purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indi-23
rectly, any person whose property and interests in 24
property are blocked pursuant to this section; or 25
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(4) has attempted to engage in any of the activi-1
ties described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 2
(b) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 3
in this subsection are the following: 4
(1) I
NADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES .—In 5
the case of an alien— 6
(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 7
the United States or to be admitted to the United 8
States; or 9
(B) if the individual has been issued a visa 10
or other documentation, revocation, in accord-11
ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 12
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or 13
other documentation. 14
(2) B
LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The blocking, in 15
accordance with the International Emergency Eco-16
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all 17
transactions in all property and interests in property 18
of a foreign person if such property and interests in 19
property are in the United States, come within the 20
United States, or are or come within the possession 21
or control of a United States person. 22
(c) R
EQUESTS BY APPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL 23
C
OMMITTEES.— 24
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 1
receiving a request that meets the requirements of 2
paragraph (2) with respect to whether a foreign per-3
son has engaged in an activity described in subsection 4
(a), the President shall— 5
(A) determine if that person has engaged in 6
such an activity; and 7
(B) submit a classified or unclassified re-8
port to the chairperson and ranking member of 9
the committee or committees that submitted the 10
request with respect to that determination that 11
includes— 12
(i) a statement of whether or not the 13
President imposed or intends to impose 14
sanctions with respect to the person; 15
(ii) if the President imposed or intends 16
to impose sanctions, a description of those 17
sanctions; and 18
(iii) if the President does not intend to 19
impose sanctions, a description of actions 20
that meet the threshold for the President to 21
impose sanctions. 22
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS.—A request under para-23
graph (1) with respect to whether a foreign person has 24
engaged in an activity described in subsection (a) 25
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shall be submitted to the President in writing jointly 1
by the chairperson and ranking member of one of the 2
appropriate congressional committees. 3
SEC. 9. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO CUR-4
RENT OR FORMER UNITED STATES OFFI-5
CIALS. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 7
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-8
dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 9
with respect to any foreign person the President determines 10
has, on or after such date of enactment, ordered, directed, 11
or taken material steps to carry out any use of violence 12
or has attempted or threatened to use violence against any 13
current or former official of the Government of the United 14
States. 15
(b) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 16
in this subsection are the following: 17
(1) I
NADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED STATES .—In 18
the case of a foreign person who is an individual— 19
(A) ineligibility to receive a visa to enter 20
the United States or to be admitted to the United 21
States; or 22
(B) if the individual has been issued a visa 23
or other documentation, revocation, in accord-24
ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 25
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Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or 1
other documentation. 2
(2) B
LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The blocking, in 3
accordance with the International Emergency Eco-4
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all 5
transactions in all property and interests in property 6
of a foreign person if such property and interests in 7
property are in the United States, come within the 8
United States, or are or come within the possession 9
or control of a United States person. 10
(c) E
NFORCEMENT OF BLOCKING OFPROPERTY.—A 11
person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to vio-12
late, or causes a violation of a sanction described in sub-13
section (b)(2) that is imposed by the President or any regu-14
lation, license, or order issued to carry out such a sanction 15
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 16
and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-17
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as 18
a person that commits an unlawful act described in sub-19
section (a) of that section. 20
(d) W
AIVER.— 21
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The President may waive the 22
application of sanctions under this section for renew-23
able periods not to exceed 180 days if the President— 24
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(A) determines that such a waiver is in the 1
vital national security interests of the United 2
States; and 3
(B) not less than 15 days before the grant-4
ing of the waiver, submits to the appropriate 5
congressional committees a notice of and jus-6
tification for the waiver. 7
(e) T
ERMINATION ANDSUNSET.— 8
(1) T
ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 9
may terminate the application of sanctions under this 10
section with respect to a person if the President deter-11
mines and reports to the appropriate congressional 12
committees not later than 15 days before the termi-13
nation of the sanctions that— 14
(A) credible information exists that the per-15
son did not engage in the activity for which 16
sanctions were imposed; 17
(B) the person has credibly demonstrated a 18
significant change in behavior, has paid an ap-19
propriate consequence for the activity for which 20
sanctions were imposed, and has credibly com-21
mitted to not engage in an activity described in 22
subsection (a) in the future; or 23
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(C) the termination of the sanctions is in 1
the vital national security interests of the United 2
States. 3
(2) S
UNSET.—The requirement to impose sanc-4
tions under this section shall terminate on the date 5
that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of this 6
Act. 7
SEC. 10. RESOURCES FOR SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION AT 8
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 9
(a) S
ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 10
that sanctions are a vital foreign policy and national secu-11
rity tool, and as such, it is critical that the Department 12
of State and other agencies with responsibilities relating to 13
sanctions across the executive branch— 14
(1) are fully staffed, including through the 15
prompt confirmation by the Senate of a qualified 16
head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination of the 17
Department of State; and 18
(2) have the resources and infrastructure nec-19
essary for the successful development and implementa-20
tion of sanctions. 21
(b) I
NCREASINGRESOURCES AND IMPROVINGMOD-22
ERNIZATION FORSANCTIONSIMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-23
retary of State shall take steps to modernize the sanctions 24
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infrastructure and increase resources dedicated to imple-1
menting sanctions, including by— 2
(1) ensuring the Department of State has nec-3
essary subscriptions and access to open-source data-4
bases for purposes of making determinations to sup-5
port the designation of persons for the imposition of 6
sanctions; 7
(2) equipping bureaus involved in drafting and 8
reviewing evidentiary packages to support such des-9
ignations with sufficient technical resources to do so, 10
including an adequate number of workstations that 11
can be used to review classified information; and 12
(3) increasing the number of personnel dedicated 13
to making and reviewing such designations. 14
(c) R
EPORT ONMODERNIZATIONSEFFORTS.—Not 15
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 16
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 17
congressional committees a report describing steps the De-18
partment of State is taking to address challenges in the 19
ability of the Department to support the designation of per-20
sons for the imposition of sanctions. 21
(d) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 22
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for 23
fiscal year 2025 $15,000,000 to carry out this section. 24
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SEC. 11. REPORT ON IMPACTS ON THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC 1
OF IRAN OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE 2
UNITED STATES. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 4
date of the enactment this Act, the Secretary of State, in 5
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and draw-6
ing on subject-matter experts including economists and stat-7
isticians from the Department of State and the Department 8
of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congres-9
sional committees a report on the impacts on the Islamic 10
Republic of Iran of sanctions imposed by the United States. 11
(b) E
LEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 12
shall include an assessment of the following: 13
(1) The impact of sanctions imposed by the 14
United States on the following: 15
(A) Problematic activities and policies of 16
the Islamic Republic of Iran, including ballistic 17
missile development, proliferation of Iranian 18
drones and missiles to state and non-state actors, 19
uranium enrichment, and funding of terrorist 20
groups in the ‘‘Axis of Resistance’’, and how 21
sanctions have meaningfully impacted the ability 22
of such groups to operate. 23
(B) Key officials of the Iranian regime, in-24
cluding their access to alternative financial mar-25
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kets, their standard of living, and impacts to 1
their personal wealth. 2
(C) The operations of independent civil so-3
ciety organizations in Iran, including the ability 4
of such organizations to access products that 5
would allow them to document and share human 6
rights abuses, promote democratic norms, and 7
engage in political dissent. 8
(D) The efficacy of licensing actions aimed 9
at ensuring the people of Iran have access to cir-10
cumvention technologies around Iranian regime 11
firewalls and censors to promote internet free-12
dom, including General License D-2 of the De-13
partment of the Treasury. 14
(E) The standard of living of the people of 15
Iran, including— 16
(i) the impact on the purchasing power 17
of the people of Iran and their ability to af-18
ford and acquire food and medicine; and 19
(ii) changes in the size of the working 20
and middle classes in Iran, including im-21
pacts to the poverty rate in Iran. 22
(F) The growth of unofficial economies con-23
trolled by officials of the Iranian regime and 24
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members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 1
Corps. 2
(2) What industries in Iran remain unaffected 3
by such sanctions. 4
SEC. 12. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 5
(a) R
ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.— 6
(1) R
ULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON ASSISTANCE TO 7
PALESTINIANS.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-8
strued to prohibit the President from providing assist-9
ance that benefits Palestinians in the West Bank and 10
Gaza in a manner consistent with United States law, 11
including section 1004(a) of the Taylor Force Act (22 12
U.S.C. 2378c–1(a)) and sections 620K and 620L of 13
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378b 14
and 2378c). 15
(2) R
ULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON AVAILABILITY 16
OF EXISTING AUTHORITIES .—Nothing in this Act 17
shall be construed to affect the availability of any ex-18
isting authorities to issue waivers, exceptions, exemp-19
tions, licenses, or other authorization. 20
(b) R
EGULATORYAUTHORITY.—The President may, 21
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 22
this Act, prescribe regulations as are necessary for the im-23
plementation of this Act. 24
(c) E
XCEPTIONS.— 25
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(1) EXCEPTION RELATING TO INTELLIGENCE AC -1
TIVITIES.—Sanctions under this Act shall not apply 2
to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 3
under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 4
U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence ac-5
tivities of the United States. 6
(2) E
XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -7
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AC -8
TIVITIES.—Sanctions under this Act shall not apply 9
with respect to an alien if admitting or paroling the 10
alien into the United States is necessary— 11
(A) to permit the United States to comply 12
with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters 13
of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success 14
June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 15
21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 16
United States, or other applicable international 17
obligations of the United States; or 18
(B) to carry out or assist authorized law 19
enforcement activity in the United States. 20
(3) E
XCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 21
GOODS.— 22
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The requirement to block 23
and prohibit all transactions in all property and 24
interests in property under this Act shall not in-25
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clude the authority or a requirement to impose 1
sanctions on the importation of goods. 2
(B) G
OOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 3
the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 4
man-made substance, material, supply or manu-5
factured product, including inspection and test 6
equipment, and excluding technical data. 7
(4) H
UMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.— 8
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Sanctions under this Act 9
shall not apply to— 10
(i) the conduct or facilitation of a 11
transaction for the provision of agricultural 12
commodities, food, medicine, medical de-13
vices, or humanitarian assistance, or for 14
humanitarian purposes; or 15
(ii) transactions that are necessary for 16
or related to the activities described in 17
clause (i). 18
(B) D
EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 19
(i) A
GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The 20
term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the 21
meaning given that term in section 102 of 22
the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 23
U.S.C. 5602). 24
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(ii) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term 1
‘‘medical device’’ has the meaning given the 2
term ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the Federal 3
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 4
321). 5
(iii) M
EDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ 6
has the meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in 7
section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 8
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 9
(5) R
EPORT ON EXCEPTIONS .—Not later than 10
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 11
and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to 12
the appropriate congressional committees a report 13
that describes each activity that would be subject to 14
sanctions under this Act if not excepted pursuant to 15
paragraph (1) or (2). 16
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376 
118
TH
CONGRESS 
2
D
S
ESSION
 
S. 3874 A BILL 
To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support 
for terrorist organizations in Gaza and the West 
Bank, and for other purposes. 
M
AY
7, 2024 
Reported with an amendment 
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