[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5082-S5083]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 5716. Mr. SCOTT of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and
Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
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At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1214. RESTRICTION ON FEDERAL FUNDS IN GAZA.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Stop
Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act''.
(b) Restriction on Direct Expenditures of Federal Funds in
Gaza.--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.
(c) 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 (b) that such entity or office is not
encouraging or teaching anti-Israel or anti-Semitic ideas or
propaganda.
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