[House Report 118-329]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


118th Congress }                                                {   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session   }                                                { 118-329

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                  ARMED CONFLICT MIGRATION ACT OF 2023

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 December 19, 2023.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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 Mr. McHenry, from the Committee on Financial Services, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 6367]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Financial Services, to whom was referred 
the bill (H.R. 6367) to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to 
instruct the United States Executive Director at each 
international financial institution to use the voice, vote, and 
influence of the United States to provide financial assistance 
to countries that receive an influx of civilian, non-combatant 
displaced persons stemming from the armed conflict that has 
resulted from Hamas's October 2023 terrorism in Israel, to be 
used for humanitarian aid for the displaced persons, having 
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an 
amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
    The amendment is as follows:
  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE .

  This Act may be cited as the ``Armed Conflict Migration Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES ADVOCACY IN THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 
                    INSTITUTIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES 
                    THAT RECEIVE AN INFLUX OF DISPLACED PERSONS 
                    STEMMING FROM THE ARMED CONFLICT THAT HAS RESULTED 
                    FROM HAMAS'S OCTOBER 2023 TERRORISM IN ISRAEL, TO 
                    BE USED FOR HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE DISPLACED 
                    PERSONS.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director at each international financial 
institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International 
Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2))) to use the voice, 
vote, and influence of the United States to support the provision of 
financial assistance to countries that receive an influx of civilian, 
non-combatant displaced persons stemming from the armed conflict that 
has resulted from Hamas's October 2023 terrorism in Israel, to be used 
for humanitarian aid for the displaced persons, provided that such 
persons are not arbitrarily deprived of the ability to reenter the 
place from which they were displaced, consistent with 999 U.N.T.S. 171, 
and provided that the country is not a state sponsor of terrorism.
  (b) Sunset.--This section shall cease to have any force or effect on 
the earlier of--
          (1) the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of 
        this section;
          (2) the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury certifies 
        to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
        Urban Affairs of the Senate that the requirement under 
        subsection (a) is not in the national interest of the United 
        States; and
          (3) the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury certifies 
        to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
        Urban Affairs of the Senate that the armed conflict that has 
        resulted from Hamas's October 2023 terrorism in Israel has 
        ceased to be a cause of an influx of civilian, non-combatant 
        displaced persons to other countries.

                          PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

    Introduced on November 13, 2023, by Representative Emanuel 
Cleaver, H.R. 6367, the Armed Conflict Migration Act of 2023, 
would direct the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury 
(Treasury) to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each 
international financial institution to use the voice vote and 
influence to support the provision of financial assistance, in 
the form of humanitarian aid, to countries that are receiving 
migrants stemming from the ongoing attack of Hamas on Israel 
since October 7, 2023.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    This bill would direct the Secretary of the Treasury to 
instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international 
financial institution to use the voice, vote, and influence of 
the United States to support the provision of financial 
assistance to countries that receive an influx of migrants 
stemming from the armed conflict that has resulted from Hamas's 
October 2023 terrorism in Israel, to be used for humanitarian 
aid for the migrants.

                                HEARING

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(6) of rule XIII, the following 
hearing was used to develop H.R. 6367: The Subcommittee on 
National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial 
Institutions of the Committee on Financial Services held a 
hearing on October 25, 2023, titled ``How America and Its 
Allies Can Stop Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran from Evading 
Sanctions and Financing Terror.''

                        COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    The Committee on Financial Services met in open session on 
November 14, 2023, and ordered H.R. 6367 to be reported 
favorably to the House as amended by voice vote, a quorum being 
present. Before the question was called to order the bill 
favorably reported, the Committee adopted an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Cleaver by voice vote.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires the Committee to list the record votes 
on the order to report legislation and amendments thereto. H.R. 
6367 was ordered reported favorably to the House as amended by 
voice vote, a quorum being present.

                      COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS

    Pursuant to clause 3(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the findings and recommendations of 
the Committee, based on oversight activities under clause 
2(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
are incorporated in the descriptive portions of this report.

                    PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the goal of H.R. 6367 is to direct 
the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive 
Director at each international financial institution to provide 
financial assistance, in the form of humanitarian aid, to 
countries that are receiving migrants stemming from the ongoing 
attack of Hamas on Israel since October 7, 2023.

                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following is the cost estimate 
provided by the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 
402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:



   NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY, ENTITLEMENT AUTHORITY, AND TAX EXPENDITURES

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee adopts as its own the 
estimate of new budget authority, entitlement authority, or tax 
expenditures or revenues contained prepared by the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1973.

                       FEDERAL MANDATES STATEMENT

    Pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act, the Committee adopts as its own the estimate of the 
Federal mandates prepared by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office.

                      ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

    No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act were created by this 
legislation.

                  APPLICABILITY TO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

    The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to 
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public 
services or accommodations within the meaning of section 
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act.

                         EARMARK IDENTIFICATION

    Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the Committee has carefully reviewed the 
provisions of the bill and states that the provisions of the 
bill do not contain any congressional earmarks, limited tax 
benefits, or limited tariff benefits within the meaning of the 
rule.

                    DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(5) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee states that no 
provision of the bill establishes or reauthorizes a program of 
the Federal Government known to be duplicative of another 
Federal program, including any program that was included in a 
report to Congress pursuant to section 21 of the Public Law 
111-139 or the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance.

             SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Short title

    This Act may be cited as the ``Armed Conflict Migration Act 
of 2023''.

Section 2. United States advocacy in the international financial 
        institutions for financial assistance for countries that 
        receive an influx of displaced persons stemming from the armed 
        conflict that has resulted from Hamas's October 2023 terrorism 
        in Israel, to be used for humanitarian aid for the displaced 
        persons

            In General
         The Secretary of the Treasury is to 
        instruct the United States Executive Directors at the 
        international financial institutions--defined in 
        section 1701(c)(20) of the International Financial 
        Institutions Act--to use the voice, vote, and influence 
        of the United States to support, in the form of 
        financial assistance, countries that provide haven to 
        civilian, non-combatant displaced persons due to 
        Hamas's October 2023 terrorism in Israel.
         This financial assistance is to be used 
        for humanitarian aid purposes for those displaced 
        persons.
    Sunset
         This section will no longer have any force 
        or effect on the earlier of the following three 
        scenarios:
                  1. the date that is 7 years after the 
                enactment date of this section;
                  2. the date when the Secretary of the 
                Treasury certifies to both the House Committee 
                on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 
                on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs that the 
                requirement under subsection (a) no longer 
                pertains to the United States' national 
                interest; and
                  3. the date when the Secretary of the 
                Treasury certifies to both the House Committee 
                on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 
                on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs that the 
                armed conflict in Israel, which stemmed from 
                Hamas's October 2023 terrorism, is no longer 
                cause for other counties receiving influxes of 
                civilian, non-combatant displaced persons.