S 2672 Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.
SANCTIONS in the West Bank Act
To codify Executive Order 14115 imposing certain sanctions on persons undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank.
Summary
This bill codifies Executive Order 14115, which imposed sanctions on persons undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank, making those sanctions permanent law rather than executive policy. It also reinstates sanctions that were previously revoked by Executive Order 14148. The President may terminate sanctions against an individual if that person stops the sanctioned activity and provides reliable assurances of future compliance, but must notify the relevant congressional committees at least 15 days in advance (or within 3 business days if exigent circumstances apply).
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
4 cosponsors
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Peter Welch’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $8,600
- THE OLD MOUNTAIN COMPANY, INC. $3,300
- WEST FRONT STRATEGIES $2,500
- UCAR $2,300
- MINILEC SERVICE $2,000
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Peter Welch → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Aug 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. · senate
- Aug 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2025
Mr. Sanders (for Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Merkley)) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To codify Executive Order 14115 imposing certain sanctions on persons undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank.
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 “Sanctions and Accountability for Non-Compliance and Transparent Investigative Oversight for National Security in the West Bank Act” or the “SANCTIONS in the West Bank Act”.
SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS ON PERSONS UNDERMINING PEACE, SECURITY, AND STABILITY IN THE WEST BANK.
(a) In General.—United States sanctions provided for in Executive Order 14115 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to imposing certain sanctions on persons undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank), as in effect on January 19, 2025, shall—
(1) be in effect on and after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) remain in effect except as provided by subsection (c).
(b) Reinstatement of Sanctions.—Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, sanctions imposed under Executive Order 14115 and revoked by Executive Order 14148 (90 Fed. Reg. 8237) shall be reinstated.
(c) Termination.—
(1) In general.—The President may terminate the application of sanctions described in subsection (a) that are imposed with respect to a person in connection with activity conducted by the person if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committee a notice that—
(A) the person is not engaging in the activity that was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and
(B) the President has received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to sanctions described in subsection (a) in the future.
(2) Timing for notice.—The President shall submit the notice required by paragraph (1) with respect to the termination of the application of sanctions with respect to a person—
(A) except as provided by subparagraph (B), not less than 15 days before terminating the application of such sanctions; and
(B) in the event of exigent circumstances, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 3 business days after terminating the application of such sanctions.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives. <all>
Comments