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Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act
To prohibit any direct or indirect United States funding for the territory of Gaza unless certain conditions are met.
Summary
This bill would prohibit the expenditure of any United States government funds in Gaza unless the President certifies to Congress that such funds will not benefit members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or other organizations designated as foreign terrorist organizations, and will not support organizations controlled or influenced by those designated terrorist organizations. The bill also requires the President to certify that any United Nations entities or offices receiving U.S. funding in Gaza are not encouraging or teaching anti-Israel or anti-Semitic ideas or propaganda. The bill requires these certifications to be submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives before U.S. government funds can be obligated or spent in Gaza. The restrictions apply to all federal funding intended for use in Gaza under this provision.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
5 cosponsors
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
Actions (2)
- Mar 25, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Mar 25, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 25, 2025
Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Banks, Mr. Budd, and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To prohibit any direct or indirect United States funding for the territory of Gaza unless certain conditions are met.
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 “Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act”.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON THE EXPENDITURE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS IN GAZA.
(a) In General.—No United States Government funds may be obligated or expended in the territory of Gaza until after the President certifies to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that such funds will be expended without benefitting any organization or persons that is—
(1) a member of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any other organization designated by the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or
(2) controlled or influenced by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any such foreign terrorist organization.
(b) United Nations Entities.—No United States Government funds may be obligated or expended in the territory of Gaza through any United Nations entity or office unless the President certifies to the congressional committees referred to in subsection (a) that such entity or office is not encouraging or teaching anti-Israel or anti-Semitic ideas or propaganda. <all>
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