Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act”.
Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act
A BILL
To prohibit any direct or indirect United States funding for the territory of Gaza unless certain conditions are met.
Sec. 2 Restriction on the expenditure for Federal funds in Gaza
In general— 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—
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
controlled or influenced by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any such foreign terrorist organization; and
all hostages who were taken to Gaza by 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) have been freed.
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 (a) that such entity or office is not encouraging or teaching anti-Israel or anti-Semitic ideas or propaganda.