[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6066 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6066
To prohibit funding to international organizations that provide
resources or other support to foreign terrorist organizations, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 25, 2023
Ms. Tenney (for herself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To prohibit funding to international organizations that provide
resources or other support to foreign terrorist organizations, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Halting Appropriations for
Terrorist-supporting Institutions that Knowingly provide Valued Assets
to Hamas and Hezbollah Act'' or the ``HATIKVAHH Act''.
SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of
State shall, with respect to each international organization operating
in Gaza or Judea and Samaria to which the United States Government
provides funding, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
written certification of whether the organization complies with each of
the following requirements:
(1) The organization does not provide resources or other
support to a specified foreign terrorist organization or its
members, directly or indirectly.
(2) The organization does not cooperate or work with a
specified foreign terrorist organization or its members,
directly or indirectly.
(3) The organization does not employ or contract with a
member of a specified foreign terrorist organization, directly
or indirectly.
(4) The organization does not openly support or celebrate a
specified foreign terrorist organization or a member of a
foreign terrorist organization.
(5) No official, employee, consultant, contractor,
subcontractor, representative, or affiliate of the
organization--
(A) is a member of, is affiliated with, or has any
ties to a specified foreign terrorist organization;
(B) has advocated, planned, sponsored, or engaged
in any terrorist activity; or
(C) has called for violence against Americans.
(6) No infrastructure or resources of the organization are
being used by a specified foreign terrorist organization or any
member thereof--
(A) for terrorist activities, such as operations,
planning, training, recruitment, fundraising,
indoctrination, communications, sanctuary, storage of
weapons or other materials; or
(B) as an access point to any underground tunnel
network, or any other terrorist-related purposes.
(7) The organization is subject to comprehensive financial
audits by an internationally recognized third-party independent
auditing firm that has implemented an effective system of
vetting, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and
oversight to prevent the use, receipt, or diversion of any
resources by any foreign terrorist organization or members
thereof.
(8) The organization does not provide funds or loans to
another organization that is--
(A) a member of, is affiliated with, or has any
ties to a specified foreign terrorist organization; or
(B) otherwise engaged in terrorist activities.
(9) The organization does not hold an account or other
affiliations with financial institutions that the United States
considers or believes to be complicit in money laundering or
terrorist financing.
(b) Notifications; Suspension of Funding.--
(1) In general.--If the Secretary of State submits a
written certification to the appropriate congressional
committees under subsection (a) with respect to an
international organization indicating that the Secretary has
determined that the organization is not complying with the
requirements described in paragraphs (1) through (9) of
subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall provide a written
notification thereof to the organization which shall include
the reasons for such determination.
(2) Suspension of funding.--If the Secretary of State
submits a second consecutive written certification to the
appropriate congressional committees under subsection (a) with
respect to an international organization described in paragraph
(1) indicating that the Secretary has determined that the
organization is not complying with the requirements described
in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (a), the United
States Government shall suspend providing further assistance to
the organization until such time as the Secretary submits a
subsequent written certification to the appropriate
congressional committees indicating that the organization is
complying with such requirements.
(3) Publication in federal register.--The Secretary of
State shall publish in the Federal Register a notification with
respect to the suspension of funding to any international
organization under paragraph (2).
SEC. 3. REPORT.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the
actions being taken to implement a comprehensive plan for urging other
countries to withhold funds to any international organization that is
prohibited from receiving funding from the United States by reason of
the limitation provided for in section 2(b).
SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
The Secretary of State shall consider each United Nations agency to
be a separate international organization for purposes of applying the
provisions of this Act.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the term ``specified foreign terrorist organization''
means--
(A) Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad,
Palestine Liberation Front, Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine, or the Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps; or
(B) any other organization--
(i) designated as a foreign terrorist
organization by the Secretary of State in
accordance with section 219(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1189(a)); and
(ii) operating in Gaza or Judea and
Samaria.
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