[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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