HR 3542 · 115th Congress · International Affairs
Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.(2018-02-15)
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Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act This bill states that it is U.S. policy to: (1) condemn the use of human shields by Hamas as an act of terrorism and a violation of human rights and international humanitarian law, and (2) act against those engaging in or supporting the use of human shields. The President is urged to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (U.N.) to use U.S. influence at the U.N. Security Council to secure support for a resolution imposing multilateral sanctions against Hamas's use of human shields. The President shall prohibit property transactions and U.S. entry with respect to: (1) each foreign person or entity that is a member of or acting on behalf of Hamas and that is responsible for or complicit in Hamas' use of human shields; and (2) each foreign person or entity and each agency or instrumentality of a foreign state that has significantly facilitated any act with respect to such use of human shields, provided material support to a listed person or entity, or attempted to facilitate or support such acts or persons. The President may waive a sanction for 120 days with prior congressional certification that such waiver is vital to U.S. …
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 3542, Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act
Dec 8, 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 15, 2017
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Cosponsors (20)
7 Democrats13 Republicans