[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2667 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2667
To prevent violence in the West Bank and authorize the imposition of
sanctions with respect to any foreign person endangering United States
national security and undermining prospects for a two-state solution by
committing illegal violent acts.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2025
Mr. Booker (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Reed, Mr. Coons, Mr. Bennet,
and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To prevent violence in the West Bank and authorize the imposition of
sanctions with respect to any foreign person endangering United States
national security and undermining prospects for a two-state solution by
committing illegal violent acts.
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 ``West Bank Violence Prevention Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS THREATENING PEACE, SECURITY,
OR STABILITY OF THE WEST BANK.
(a) In General.--The President shall impose sanctions described in
subsection (b) with respect to any foreign person determined by the
President to meet any of the following:
(1) To be responsible for or complicit in, or to have
directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in
directing, enacting, implementing, planning, ordering,
participating in, enforcing, or failing to enforce policies
that would prevent, actions that threaten the peace, security,
or stability of the West Bank, including the following:
(A) An act of violence targeting civilians.
(B) A threat of violence targeting civilians with
the intent to coerce or intimidate.
(C) Efforts to place civilians in reasonable fear
of violence with the purpose or effect of necessitating
a change of residence to avoid such violence.
(D) Destruction by private persons of physical
property, without the consent of the owner, that
renders the property unusable, a residence
uninhabitable, or agricultural land unworkable.
(E) Seizure or dispossession of property by private
persons.
(2) To be or have been a leader or official of--
(A) an entity, including any government entity,
that has engaged in, or members of which have engaged
in, any of the activities described in paragraph (1) or
(5) related to the leader's or official's tenure; or
(B) an entity the property and interests in
property of which are blocked under this section as a
result of activities relating to the leader's or
official's tenure.
(3) To have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or
services to or in support of, any person the property and
interests in property of which are blocked under this section.
(4) To be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or
purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly,
any person the property and interests in property of which are
blocked under this section.
(5) To have committed or have attempted to commit, or to
have participated in training to commit, acts of terrorism
targeting the West Bank.
(6) To be a leader or official of an entity subject to
sanctions under paragraph (5).
(b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Asset blocking.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding the requirements
of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), the President shall
exercise all powers granted to the President by that
Act to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all
transactions in all property and interests in property
of any foreign person described in subsection (a), if
such property and interests in property are in the
United States, come within the United States, or are or
come within the possession or control of a United
States person.
(B) Matters to be included.--A prohibition on
transactions under subparagraph (A) includes--
(i) the making of any contribution or
provision of funds, goods, or services by, to,
or for the benefit of any person the property
and interests in property of which are blocked
pursuant to subparagraph (A); and
(ii) the receipt of any contribution or
provision of funds, goods, or services from any
such person.
(2) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
(A) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien
described in subsection (a) shall be--
(i) inadmissible to the United States;
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other
documentation to enter the United States; and
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted
or paroled into the United States or to receive
any other benefit under the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
(B) Current visas revoked.--
(i) In general.--The visa or other entry
documentation of an alien described in
subsection (a) shall be revoked, regardless of
when such visa or other entry documentation is
or was issued.
(ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under
clause (i) shall--
(I) take effect immediately; and
(II) automatically cancel any other
valid visa or entry documentation that
is in the possession of the alien.
(c) Exceptions.--
(1) Authorized intelligence activities.--Sanctions under
this section shall not apply with respect to any activity
subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any
authorized intelligence activities of the United States.
(2) Humanitarian assistance.--Sanctions under this section
shall not apply to--
(A) the conduct or facilitation of a transaction
for the provision of agricultural commodities, food,
medicine, medical devices, or humanitarian assistance,
or for humanitarian purposes; or
(B) transactions that are necessary for or related
to the activities described in clause (i).
(3) Exception to comply with international obligations and
for law enforcement.--Sanctions under subsection (b)(2) shall
not apply with respect to the admission of an alien if
admitting or paroling the alien into the United States--
(A) is necessary to permit the United States to
comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of
the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26,
1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between
the United Nations and the United States, or other
applicable international obligations; or
(B) would further important United States law
enforcement objectives.
(d) National Security Waiver.--The President may waive the
imposition of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign
person if the President determines that the waiver is in the national
security interests of the United States.
(e) Termination of Sanctions.--The President may terminate the
application of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign
person if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees that--
(1) the person--
(A) is not engaging in the activity that was the
basis for such sanctions; or
(B) has taken significant, verifiable steps toward
stopping the activity that was the basis for such
sanctions; and
(2) the President has received reliable assurances that the
person will not knowingly engage in any activity subject to
sanctions in the future.
(f) Implementation; Penalties.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all
authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and
1704) to carry out this section.
(2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this
section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry
out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same
extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in
subsection (a) of that section.
(g) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the President
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that
includes--
(1) an assessment of the implementation of this section,
including--
(A) the names of any persons that have been
designated for the imposition of sanctions under this
section;
(B) a description of the sanctions considered and
imposed with respect to each such person; and
(C) a description of the activity each such person
engaged in that was the basis for the sanctions;
(2) a list of persons for which the imposition of sanctions
was waived under subsection (d) and a detailed, specific
description of the activity each such person engaged in that
would have been the basis for imposing sanctions but for the
waiver;
(3) a description of the circumstances in the West Bank
relating to acts of violence against civilians and private
property and an assessment of whether any of such acts of
violence were against United States persons or property owned
by United States persons; and
(4) a description of the actions the United States
Government and regional partners are taking to reduce violence
against civilians and the destruction of private property in
the West Bank.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Admission; admitted; alien; etc.--The terms
``admission'', ``admitted'', ``alien'', and ``lawfully admitted
for permanent residence'' have the meanings given those terms
in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101).
(2) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural
commodity'' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of
the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
(3) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate.
(4) Entity.--The term ``entity'' means a partnership,
association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group,
subgroup, or other organization.
(5) Medical device.--The term ``medical device'' has the
meaning given the term ``device'' in section 201 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
(6) Medicine.--The term ``medicine'' has the meaning given
the term ``drug'' in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
(7) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or
entity.
(8) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity;
or
(C) any person in the United States.
(9) Terrorism.--The term ``terrorism'' means an activity
that--
(A) involves a violent act or an act dangerous to
human life, property, or infrastructure; and
(B) appears to be intended--
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian
population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a
government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government
by mass destruction, assassination, kidnapping,
or hostage-taking.
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