TH ST CONGRESS SESSION H. R. 1850 · 8 export of any goods or services to the foreign 9 person or agency or instrumentality of the for-10 eign state, and the Export-Import Bank of

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116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1850

To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 21, 2019

Mr. MAST (for himself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. WEBER of

Texas, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr.

WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. LATTA, Mr. SCHNEIDER,

Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. CHABOT, and Mr. ENGEL) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition

to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-

sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for

Palestinian terrorism, 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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Palestinian Inter-4

national Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2019’’. 5

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 6

It shall be the policy of the United States— 7

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(1) to prevent Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 1

Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof from ac-2

cessing its international support networks; and 3

(2) to oppose Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 4

Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof from at-5

tempting to use goods, including medicine and dual 6

use items, to smuggle weapons and other materials 7

to further acts of terrorism. 8

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-9

EIGN PERSONS AND AGENCIES AND INSTRU-10

MENTALITIES OF FOREIGN STATES SUP-11

PORTING HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 12

JIHAD, OR ANY AFFILIATE OR SUCCESSOR 13

THEREOF. 14

(a) IDENTIFICATION.— 15

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 16

after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-17

nually thereafter for a period not to exceed 3 years, 18

the President shall submit to the appropriate con-19

gressional committees a report that identifies each 20

foreign person or agency or instrumentality of a for-21

eign state that the President determines— 22

(A) knowingly assists in, sponsors, or pro-23

vides significant financial or material support 24

for, or financial or other services to or in sup-25


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port of, the terrorist activities of any person de-1

scribed in paragraph (2); or 2

(B) directly or indirectly, knowingly and 3

materially engaged in a significant transaction 4

with any person described in paragraph (2). 5

(2) PERSON DESCRIBED.—A person described 6

in this paragraph is a foreign person that the Presi-7

dent determines— 8

(A) is a senior member of Hamas, the Pal-9

estinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or suc-10

cessor thereof; 11

(B) is a senior member of a foreign ter-12

rorist organization designated pursuant to sec-13

tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 14

Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) whose members directly or 15

indirectly support the terrorist activities of 16

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any 17

affiliate or successor thereof by knowingly en-18

gaging in a significant transaction with, or pro-19

viding financial or material support for Hamas, 20

the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate 21

or successor thereof, or any person described in 22

subparagraph (A); or 23

(C) directly or indirectly, supports the ter-24

rorist activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Is-25


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lamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor there-1

of by knowingly and materially assisting, spon-2

soring, or providing financial or material sup-3

port for, or goods or services to or in support 4

of, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or 5

any affiliate or successor thereof, or any person 6

described in subparagraph (A) or (B). 7

(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 8

under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi-9

fied form, but may contain a classified annex. 10

(4) EXCEPTION.— 11

(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall not 12

be required to identify a foreign person or an 13

agency or instrumentality of a foreign state in 14

a report pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) if— 15

(i) the foreign person or agency or in-16

strumentality of a foreign state notifies the 17

United States Government in advance that 18

it proposes to engage in a significant 19

transaction as described in paragraph 20

(1)(B); and 21

(ii) the President determines and noti-22

fies the appropriate congressional commit-23

tees in a classified form not less than 15 24

days prior to the foreign person or agency 25


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or instrumentality of a foreign state engag-1

ing in the significant transaction that the 2

significant transaction is in the national 3

interests of the United States. 4

(B) NON-APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph 5

(A) shall not apply with respect to— 6

(i) an agency or instrumentality of a 7

foreign state which the Secretary of State 8

determines has repeatedly provided support 9

for acts of international terrorism pursu-10

ant to section 1754(c) of the Export Re-11

form Control Act of 2018, section 40 of 12

the Arms Export Control Act, section 13

620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 14

1961, or any other provision of law; or 15

(ii) any significant transaction de-16

scribed in paragraph (1)(B) that involves, 17

directly or indirectly, a foreign state de-18

scribed in clause (i). 19

(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 20

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 21

two or more of the sanctions described in paragraph 22

(2) with respect to a foreign person or an agency or 23

instrumentality of a foreign state identified pursuant 24

to subsection (a). 25


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(2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions re-1

ferred to in paragraph (1) are the following: 2

(A) The President may direct the Export- 3

Import Bank of the United States not to give 4

approval to the issuance of any guarantee, in-5

surance, extension of credit, or participation in 6

the extension of credit in connection with the 7

export of any goods or services to the foreign 8

person or agency or instrumentality of the for-9

eign state, and the Export-Import Bank of the 10

United States shall comply with any such direc-11

tion. 12

(B) No sales of any defense articles, de-13

fense services, or design and construction serv-14

ices under the Arms Export Control Act (22 15

U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) may be made to the for-16

eign person or agency or instrumentality of the 17

foreign state. 18

(C) No licenses for export of any item on 19

the United States Munitions List that include 20

the foreign person or agency or instrumentality 21

of the foreign state as a party to the license 22

may be granted. 23

(D) No exports may be permitted to the 24

foreign person or agency or instrumentality of 25


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the foreign state of any goods or technologies 1

controlled for national security reasons under 2

the Export Administration Regulations, except 3

that such prohibition shall not apply to any 4

transaction subject to the reporting require-5

ments of title V of the National Security Act of 6

1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.; relating to con-7

gressional oversight of intelligence activities). 8

(E) The President shall prohibit any 9

United States financial institution from making 10

loans or providing any credit or financing total-11

ing more than $10,000,000 to the foreign per-12

son or agency or instrumentality of the foreign 13

state, except that this subparagraph shall not 14

apply— 15

(i) to any transaction subject to the 16

reporting requirements of title V of the 17

National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 18

413 et seq.; relating to congressional over-19

sight of intelligence activities); 20

(ii) to the provision of medicines, 21

medical equipment, and humanitarian as-22

sistance; or 23

(iii) to any credit, credit guarantee, or 24

financial assistance provided by the De-25


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partment of Agriculture to support the 1

purchase of food or other agricultural com-2

modities. 3

(F)(i) The President may exercise all pow-4

ers granted to the President by the Inter-5

national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 6

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the require-7

ments of section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 8

1701) shall not apply) to the extent necessary 9

to block and prohibit all transactions in all 10

property and interests in property of a foreign 11

person or agency or instrumentality of the for-12

eign state if such property and interests in 13

property are in the United States, come within 14

the United States, or are or come within the 15

possession or control of a United States person. 16

(ii) The penalties provided for in sub-17

sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-18

national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 19

U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that 20

knowingly violates, attempts to violate, con-21

spires to violate, or causes a violation of regula-22

tions promulgated under section 6(b) to carry 23

out clause (i) to the same extent that such pen-24

alties apply to a person that knowingly commits 25


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an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 1

that Act. 2

(iii) The President may exercise all au-3

thorities provided to the President under sec-4

tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer-5

gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 6

and 1704) for purposes of carrying out clause 7

(i). 8

(3) EXCEPTION.—The President shall not be 9

required to apply sanctions with respect to a foreign 10

person or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign 11

state identified pursuant to subsection (a) if the 12

President certifies in writing to the appropriate con-13

gressional committees that— 14

(A) the foreign person or agency or instru-15

mentality of the foreign state— 16

(i) is no longer carrying out activities 17

or transactions for which the sanctions 18

were imposed pursuant to this subsection; 19

or 20

(ii) has taken and is continuing to 21

take significant verifiable steps toward ter-22

minating the activities or transactions for 23

which the sanctions were imposed pursuant 24

to this subsection; and 25


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(B) the President has received reliable as-1

surances from the foreign person or agency or 2

instrumentality of the foreign state that it will 3

not carry out any activities or transactions for 4

which sanctions may be imposed pursuant to 5

this subsection in the future. 6

(c) WAIVER.— 7

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 8

on a case by case basis and for a period of not more 9

than 180 days, a requirement under subsection (b) 10

to impose or maintain sanctions with respect to a 11

foreign person or agency or instrumentality of a for-12

eign state if the President— 13

(A) determines that the waiver is in the 14

national security interest of the United States; 15

and 16

(B) not less than 30 days before the waiv-17

er takes effect, submits to the appropriate con-18

gressional committees a report on the waiver 19

and the justification for the waiver. 20

(2) RENEWAL OF WAIVER.—The President 21

may, on a case by case basis, renew a waiver under 22

paragraph (1) for additional periods of not more 23

than 180 days if the President— 24


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(A) determines that the renewal of the 1

waiver is in the national security interest of the 2

United States; and 3


er expires, submits to the appropriate congres-5

sional committees a report on the renewal of 6

the waiver and the justification for the renewal 7

of the waiver. 8

(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im-9

pose sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a for-10

eign person or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign 11

state identified pursuant to subsection (a) is in addition 12

to the authority to impose sanctions under any other pro-13

vision of law with respect to foreign persons or agencies 14

or instrumentalities of foreign states that directly or indi-15

rectly support international terrorism. 16

(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 17

(1) FOREIGN STATE.—The term ‘‘foreign state’’ 18

has the meaning given such term in section 1603(a) 19

of title 28, United States Code. 20

(2) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.—The term 21

‘‘agency or instrumentality’’ has the meaning given 22

such term in section 1603(b) of title 28, United 23

States Code. 24


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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 1

on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with 2

respect to activities and transactions described in sub-3

section (a) that are carried out on or after such date of 4

enactment. 5

SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-6

EIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT PROVIDE MATE-7

RIAL SUPPORT FOR THE TERRORIST ACTIVI-8

TIES OF HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 9


THEREOF. 11

(a) IDENTIFICATION.— 12


after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 14

every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub-15

mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 16

report that identifies the following: 17

(A) Each government of a foreign coun-18

try— 19

(i) with respect to which the Secretary 20

of State determines has repeatedly pro-21

vided support for acts of international ter-22

rorism pursuant to section 1754(c) of the 23

Export Control Reform Act of 2018, sec-24

tion 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, 25


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section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 1

of 1961, or any other provision of law; and 2

(ii) with respect to which the Presi-3

dent determines has provided direct or in-4

direct material support for the terrorist ac-5

tivities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 6

Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. 7

(B) Each government of a foreign country 8

that— 9

(i) is not identified under subpara-10

graph (A); and 11

(ii) the President determines engaged 12

in a significant transaction so as to con-13

tribute knowingly and materially to the ef-14

forts by the government of a foreign coun-15

try described in subparagraph (A)(i) to 16

provide direct or indirect material support 17

for the terrorist activities of Hamas, the 18

Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate 19

or successor thereof. 20

(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report submitted 21

under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi-22

fied form but may contain a classified annex. 23

(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 24


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(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 1

the following sanctions with respect to each govern-2

ment of a foreign country identified pursuant to sub-3

paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1): 4

(A) The United States Government shall 5

suspend, for a period of one year, United States 6

assistance to the government of the foreign 7

country. 8

(B) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 9

instruct the United States Executive Director 10

to each appropriate international financial insti-11

tution to oppose, and vote against, for a period 12

of one year, the extension by such institution of 13

any loan or financial or technical assistance to 14

the government of the foreign country. 15

(C) No item on the United States Muni-16

tions List (established pursuant to section 38 of 17

the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 18

2778)) or the Commerce Control List set forth 19

in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of title 15, 20

Code of Federal Regulations, may be exported 21

to the government of the foreign country for a 22

period of one year. 23

(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The President shall not be 24

required to apply sanctions with respect to the gov-25


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ernment of a foreign country pursuant to paragraph 1

(1)— 2

(A) with respect to materials intended to 3

be used by United States military or civilian 4

personnel at military facilities in the country; or 5

(B) if the application of such sanctions 6

would prevent the United States from meeting 7

the terms of any status of forces agreement to 8

which the United States is a party. 9

(c) IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH 10

RESPECT TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS IDENTIFIED 11

UNDER SUBSECTION (a)(1)(A).—The President shall im-12

pose the following additional sanctions with respect to 13

each government of a foreign country identified pursuant 14

to subsection (a)(1)(A): 15

(1) The President shall, pursuant to such regu-16

lations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 17

transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to 18

the jurisdiction of the United States and in which 19

the government of the foreign country has any inter-20

est. 21

(2) The President shall, pursuant to such regu-22

lations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 23

transfers of credit or payments between one or more 24

financial institutions or by, through, or to any finan-25


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cial institution, to the extent that such transfers or 1

payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the 2

United States and involve any interest of the govern-3

ment of the foreign country. 4

(d) WAIVER.— 5

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 6

on a case by case basis and for a period of not more 7

than 180 days, a requirement under subsection (b) 8

or (c) to impose or maintain sanctions with respect 9

to a foreign government identified pursuant to sub-10

paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) if the 11

President— 12

(A) determines that the waiver is in the 13

national security interest of the United States; 14

and 15


er takes effect, submits to the appropriate con-17

gressional committees a report on the waiver 18

and the justification for the waiver. 19

(2) RENEWAL OF WAIVER.—The President 20

may, on a case by case basis, renew a waiver under 21

paragraph (1) for additional periods of not more 22

than 180 days if the President— 23


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(A) determines that the renewal of the 1

waiver is in the national security interest of the 2

United States; and 3


er expires, submits to the appropriate congres-5

sional committees a report on the renewal of 6

the waiver and the justification for the renewal 7

of the waiver. 8

(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The authority to im-9

pose sanctions under subsection (b) or (c) with respect to 10

each government of a foreign country identified pursuant 11

to subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) is in addi-12

tion to the authority to impose sanctions under any other 13

provision of law with respect to governments of foreign 14

countries that provide material support to foreign terrorist 15

organizations designated pursuant to section 219 of the 16

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 17

(f) TERMINATION.—The President may terminate 18

any sanctions imposed with respect to the government of 19

a foreign country pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) if the 20

President determines and notifies the appropriate congres-21

sional committees that the government of the foreign 22

country is no longer carrying out activities or transactions 23

for which the sanctions were imposed and has provided 24


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assurances to the United States Government that it will 1

not carry out the activities or transactions in the future. 2

(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 3

on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with 4

respect to activities and transactions described in subpara-5

graph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) that are carried out 6

on or after such date of enactment. 7

SEC. 5. EXEMPTIONS FROM SANCTIONS UNDER SECTIONS 3 8

AND 4 RELATING TO PROVISION OF HUMANI-9

TARIAN ASSISTANCE. 10

(a) SANCTIONS UNDER SECTION 3.—The following 11

activities shall be exempt from sanctions under section 3: 12

(1) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction 13

for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi-14

cine, or medical devices to a foreign person described 15

in section 3(a)(2). 16

(2) The provision of humanitarian assistance to 17

a foreign person described in section 3(a)(2), includ-18

ing engaging in a financial transaction relating to 19

humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur-20

poses or transporting goods or services that are nec-21

essary to carry out operations relating to humani-22

tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. 23

(b) SANCTIONS UNDER SECTION 4.—The following 24

activities shall be exempt from sanctions under section 4: 25


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(1) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction 1

for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi-2

cine, or medical devices to Hamas, the Palestinian 3

Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof 4

described in section 4(a)(1). 5

(2) The provision of humanitarian assistance to 6

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affil-7

iate or successor thereof described in section 4(a)(1), 8

including engaging in a financial transaction relating 9

to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur-10

poses or transporting goods or services that are nec-11

essary to carry out operations relating to humani-12

tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. 13

SEC. 6. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES 14

TO DISRUPT GLOBAL FUNDRAISING, FINANC-15

ING, AND MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES 16

OF HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC 17


THEREOF. 19

(a) REPORT.— 20


after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 22

President shall submit to the appropriate congres-23

sional committees a report that includes— 24


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(A) a list of foreign countries that support 1


affiliate or successor thereof, or in which 3

Hamas maintains important portions of its fi-4

nancial 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 adequate 9

measures to freeze the assets of Hamas, 10

the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affil-11

iate or successor thereof within the terri-12

tory of the country; and 13

(ii) in the case of a country the gov-14

ernment of which is not taking adequate 15

measures to freeze the assets of Hamas— 16

(I) an assessment of the reasons 17

that government is not taking ade-18

quate measures to freeze those assets; 19

and 20

(II) a description of measures 21

being taken by the United States Gov-22

ernment to encourage that govern-23

ment to freeze those assets; 24


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(C) a list of foreign countries in which 1


affiliate or successor thereof, conducts signifi-3

cant fundraising, financing, or money laun-4

dering activities; 5

(D) with respect to each foreign country 6

on the list required by subparagraph (C)— 7

(i) an assessment of whether the gov-8

ernment of the country is taking adequate 9

measures to disrupt the fundraising, fi-10

nancing, or money laundering activities of 11

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or 12

any affiliate or successor thereof within the 13

territory of the country; and 14

(ii) in the case of a country the gov-15

ernment of which is not taking adequate 16

measures to disrupt those activities— 17

(I) an assessment of the reasons 18

that government is not taking ade-19

quate measures to disrupt those ac-20

tivities; and 21

(II) a description of measures 22

being taken by the United States Gov-23

ernment to encourage that govern-24


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ment to improve measures to disrupt 1

those activities; and 2

(E) a list of foreign countries from which 3


affiliate or successor thereof, acquires surveil-5

lance equipment, electronic monitoring equip-6

ment, or other means to inhibit communication 7

or political expression in Gaza. 8

(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 9

(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the 10

greatest extent possible, and may contain a classified 11

annex. 12

(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 13

date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 14

thereafter for a period not to exceed 3 years, the Secretary 15

of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads of 16

other applicable Federal departments and agencies (or 17

their designees) shall provide to the appropriate congres-18

sional committees a briefing on the disposition of the as-19

sets and activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic 20

Jihad, or any successor or affiliate thereof related to fund-21

raising, financing, and money laundering worldwide. 22

(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-23

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(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 1

Committee on Financial Services, and the Perma-2

nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 3

of Representatives; and 4

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 5

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-6

fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 7

the Senate. 8

SEC. 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 9

(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 10

shall be construed to apply to the authorized intelligence 11

activities of the United States. 12

(b) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall, 13

not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 14

of this Act, promulgate regulations as are necessary for 15

the implementation of this Act. 16

(c) TERMINATION.—This Act shall terminate begin-17

ning— 18

(1) 30 days after the date on which the Presi-19

dent certifies to the appropriate congressional com-20

mittees that Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic 21

Jihad, or any successor or affiliate thereof— 22

(A) are no longer designated as a foreign 23

terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 24


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of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 1

U.S.C. 1189); 2

(B) are no longer subject to sanctions pur-3

suant to— 4

(i) Executive Order 12947 (January 5

23, 1995; relating to prohibiting trans-6

actions with terrorists who threaten to dis-7

rupt the Middle East peace process); and 8

(ii) Executive Order 13224 (Sep-9

tember 23, 2001; relating to blocking prop-10

erty and prohibiting transactions with per-11

sons who commit, threaten to commit, or 12

support terrorism); and 13

(C) meet the criteria described in para-14

graphs (1) through (4) of section 9 of the Pal-15

estinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (22 U.S.C. 16

2378b note); or 17

(2) 3 years after the date of the enactment of 18

this Act, 19

whichever occurs earlier. 20

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 21

Except as otherwise provided, in this Act: 22

(1) ADMITTED.—The term ‘‘admitted’’ has the 23

meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13)(A) of 24


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the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1

1101(a)(13)(A)). 2

(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-3

TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-4

mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 5

the House of Representatives and the Committee on 6

Foreign Relations of the Senate. 7

(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-8

son’’ means— 9

(A) an individual who is not a United 10

States person; or 11

(B) a corporation, partnership, or other 12

nongovernmental entity which is not a United 13

States person. 14

(4) MATERIAL SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘material 15

support’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘material 16

support or resources’’ in section 2339A of title 18, 17

United States Code. 18

(5) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-19

dividual or entity. 20

(6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 21

‘‘United States person’’ means— 22

(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-23

fully admitted for permanent residence to the 24

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(B) an entity organized under the laws of 1

the United States or of any jurisdiction within 2

the United States, including a foreign branch of 3

such an entity. 4

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