[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1899 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1899

   To prohibit any direct or indirect United States funding for the 
          territory of Gaza unless certain conditions are met.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 27, 2021

  Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Ms. Ernst) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 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 can 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.
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