[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6431 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6431
To suspend the designation of the State of Qatar as a major non-NATO
ally.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 15, 2023
Mr. Ogles (for himself and Mr. Biggs) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To suspend the designation of the State of Qatar as a major non-NATO
ally.
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 ``Trust But Verify Act''.
SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF DESIGNATION OF THE STATE OF QATAR AS A MAJOR NON-
NATO ALLY.
(a) In General.--Effective beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act--
(1) the designation of the State of Qatar as a major non-
NATO ally pursuant to section 517(a)(1) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k(a)(1)) or any other
provision if law is hereby suspended; and
(2) no Federal funds may be used to reinstate such
designation unless the President submits to the appropriate
congressional committees a certification described in
subsection (b).
(b) Certification.--A certification described in this subsection is
a certification that contains a determination of the President that the
State of Qatar no longer directly supports, financially or otherwise,
acts of international terrorism or foreign terrorist organizations.
(c) Termination.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on
which the President submits to Congress a certification
described in subsection (b), and every 90 days thereafter, the
President, acting through the Secretary of State, shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a written
determination that the State of Qatar is continuing to meet the
requirements of subsection (b).
(2) Termination.--If the President submits to the
appropriate congressional committees a written determination
under paragraph (1) that the State of Qatar is not continuing
to meet the requirements of subsection (b), then effective
beginning on the date of the submission of such determination--
(A) the designation of the State of Qatar as a
major non-NATO ally pursuant to section 517(a)(1) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2321k(a)(1)) or any other provision if law is hereby
terminated; and
(B) the President may not issue a separate
designation of the State of Qatar as a major non-NATO
ally pursuant to section 517(a)(1) of such Act or any
other provision of law.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Affiliate.--The term ``affiliate''--
(A) has the meaning given such term in section
230.405 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (as in
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act); and
(B) includes a person that--
(i) is closely associated with another
person typically in a dependent or subordinate
position; or
(ii) has a common purpose of shared
characteristics with another person.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate.
(3) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term ``foreign
terrorist organization'' means an organization designated as a
foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State in
accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(4) International terrorism.--The term ``international
terrorism''--
(A) has the meaning given the term in section 2331
of title 18, United States Code; and
(B) includes any circumstance in which the State of
Qatar--
(i) refuses or fails to immediately
surrender any member or affiliate of Hamas or
any other designated foreign terrorist
organization to the custody of the United
States, Israel, or a mutually agreed upon third
party that intends to prosecute such persons;
(ii) obstructs, delays, or otherwise
undermines any effort to secure the immediate
release of every person held by the foreign
terrorist organization Hamas beginning on and
after October 7, 2023;
(iii) declines to extradite foreign
nationals assessed by the Secretary of State to
have directly engaged in acts of international
terrorism to countries intending to prosecute
such foreign nationals; or
(iv) provides or otherwise knowingly and
intentionally facilitates the provision of any
funds (as defined in section 2339C(e)(2) of
title 18, United States Code) to Iran,
Afghanistan, a state sponsor of terrorism, or a
foreign terrorist organization.
(5) State sponsor of terrorism.--The term ``state sponsor
of terrorism'' means any country the government of which has
repeatedly provided support for international terrorism
pursuant to--
(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control
Reform Act (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A));
(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371);
(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2780); or
(D) any other applicable provision of law.
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