[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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