S.Amdt. 5716
What it does: Adds SEC. 1214. RESTRICTION ON FEDERAL FUNDS IN GAZA at the end of subtitle A of title XII
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1214. RESTRICTION ON FEDERAL FUNDS IN GAZA at the end of subtitle A of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(b) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the findings of the assessment required by subsection (a).
Inserted: SEC. 1214. RESTRICTION ON FEDERAL FUNDS IN GAZA.
Inserted: (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the "Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act".
Inserted: (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--
Inserted: (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
Inserted: (2) controlled or influenced by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any such foreign terrorist organization.
Inserted: (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.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
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:
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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Senate amendment submitted
September 27, 2022