[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3814 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3814

  To prohibit actions that would authorize conduct of official United 
     States Government business in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 27, 2024

    Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Hagerty) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit actions that would authorize conduct of official United 
     States Government business in the Gaza Strip or 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 ``Terminating Unlawful Negligence and 
Nullifying Exemptions and Licenses to Sanctions Act of 2024'' or the 
``TUNNELS Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ACTIONS THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE CONDUCT OF OFFICIAL 
              UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUSINESS IN THE GAZA STRIP OR 
              THE WEST BANK.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President may not take any action described in subsection (c) 
if taking such action would authorize the conduct of the official 
business of the United States Government by employees, grantees, or 
contractors thereof in the West Bank or Gaza Strip that would otherwise 
be prohibited by the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations under part 
594 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on December 
20, 2022), or the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations 
under part 597 of that title (as in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act).
    (b) Application to Existing Actions.--Any action described in 
subsection (c) that was taken before the date of the enactment of this 
Act is rescinded.
    (c) Actions Described.--An action described in this subsection is 
an action that reduces the application of the Global Terrorism 
Sanctions Regulations under part 594 of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on December 20, 2022), or the Foreign 
Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations under part 597 of that 
title (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act), 
including--
            (1) any termination or waiver of the application of 
        sanctions;
            (2) any licensing action; or
            (3) any removal of any person from the list of specially 
        designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the 
        Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 
        Treasury.
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