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Armed Conflict Migration Act of 2023

H.R. 6367 · 118th Congress · Nov 13, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

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.

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.