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No United States Aid for Terrorism Act
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[S. 5589 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5589
To prohibit United States foreign assistance to the Palestinian
Authority and other Palestinian governing entities in the West Bank and
Gaza unless certain conditions are met, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 29, 2026
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To prohibit United States foreign assistance to the Palestinian
Authority and other Palestinian governing entities in the West Bank and
Gaza unless certain conditions are met, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No United States Aid for Terrorism
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On October 7, 2023, the terrorist organization Hamas
conducted a brutal attack against Israel, killing some 1,200
innocent men, women, and children, and taking approximately 250
people hostage.
(2) Forty-six United States citizens lost their lives in
the October 7, 2023, attack.
(3) The United States has provided more than $7,800,000,000
in bilateral assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and
Gaza since 1993.
(4) The Department of State's West Bank and Gaza 2024 Human
Rights Report identified significant human rights issues with
respect to the Palestinian Authority, including--
(A) credible reports of unlawful or arbitrary
killings;
(B) torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading
treatment or punishment;
(C) arbitrary arrest or detention;
(D) serious restrictions on freedom of expression
and media freedom, including violence or threats of
violence against journalists, unjustified arrests or
prosecutions of journalists, and censorship;
(E) violence or threats of violence motivated by
antisemitism;
(F) trafficking in persons, including forced labor;
and
(G) existence of the worst forms of child labor.
(5) The Department of State's West Bank and Gaza 2024 Human
Rights Report identified significant human rights issues with
respect to Hamas in Gaza, including--
(A) credible reports of unlawful killings;
(B) disappearances;
(C) severe physical abuses and cruel, inhuman, and
degrading treatment or punishment by Hamas;
(D) arbitrary arrest or detentions;
(E) serious abuses in a conflict;
(F) unlawful recruitment or use of children in
armed conflict;
(G) serious restrictions on freedom of expression
and media freedom, including violence or threats of
violence against journalists, unjustified detentions of
journalists, and censorship;
(H) crimes involving violence or threats of
violence motivated by antisemitism;
(I) trafficking in persons, including forced labor;
and
(J) existence of the worst forms of child labor.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Palestinian governing entity.--The term ``Palestinian
governing entity'' means--
(A) the Palestinian Authority;
(B) Hamas;
(C) any ministry, agency, instrumentality, or other
governmental body of the Palestinian Authority or
Hamas; and
(D) any successor, affiliated, or other Palestinian
entity that exercises governmental or administrative
authority over any portion of the West Bank or Gaza.
SEC. 4. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES BY THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
AND ANY OTHER PALESTINIAN GOVERNING ENTITY IN THE WEST
BANK AND GAZA.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in collaboration with
the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
and the Office of the Legal Adviser, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the human rights practices of the
Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and any other Palestinian governing
entity in the West Bank and Gaza.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
include the following elements:
(1) All available credible information concerning alleged
violations of internationally recognized human rights by the
Palestinian Authority or any other Palestinian governing entity
in the West Bank and Gaza, including--
(A) the denial of the right to life to Israeli
citizens, Jewish individuals, women and girls, or any
other minority group; and
(B) the use of torture or cruel, inhuman, or
degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention
without charges and trial, causing the disappearances
of persons through abduction and clandestine detention
of those persons, and other flagrant denial of the
right to life, liberty, or the security of person.
(2) A description of the steps that the United States
Government has taken to--
(A) promote respect for and observance of human
rights as part of the activities of the Palestinian
Authority or any other Palestinian governing entity in
the West Bank and Gaza;
(B) discourage any practices that are inimical to
internationally recognized human rights; and
(C) publicly or privately call attention to, and
disassociate the United States and any foreign
assistance provided for the Palestinian Authority or
any other Palestinian governing entity in the West Bank
and Gaza from, any practices described in subparagraph
(B).
(3) A description of the intended uses of all foreign
assistance provided by the United States to the Palestinian
Authority, Hamas, or any other Palestinian governing entity in
the West Bank and Gaza.
(4) A list of international organizations that--
(A) accept financial contributions from the United
States Government; and
(B) provide assistance of any kind to the
Palestinian Authority or any other Palestinian
governing entity in the West Bank and Gaza.
(c) Prohibition on Assistance to Palestinian Authority and Other
Governing Entities in the West Bank and Gaza.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph (2),
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts may
be obligated or expended to provide any direct United States
assistance, loan guarantee, or debt relief to the Palestinian
Authority or any other Palestinian governing entity in the West
Bank and Gaza, or any international organization that provides
assistance of any kind to the Palestinian Authority or any
other Palestinian governing entity in the West Bank and Gaza.
(2) Exception.--The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall
have no effect for a fiscal year if the President certifies to
Congress during that fiscal year that the Palestinian
Authority, or other Palestinian governing entity in the West
Bank and Gaza, has--
(A) publicly recognized the State of Israel;
(B) renounced terrorism;
(C) purged all individuals with terrorist ties from
security services;
(D) terminated funding of anti-American and anti-
Israel incitement;
(E) publicly renounced Hamas and the October 7,
2023, attacks perpetrated by Hamas on Israel; and
(F) honored previous diplomatic agreements.
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal, limit, or
otherwise affect any provision of Federal law imposing a restriction or
limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Authority or any other
Palestinian governing entity, except to the extent expressly provided
in this Act.
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