Sec. 4. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign governments that provide material support to Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof
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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that identifies the following: Each government of a foreign country— with respect to which the Secretary of State determines has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism pursuant to section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any other provision of law; and with respect to which the President determines has provided direct or indirect material support to Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof.
Each government of a foreign country that— is not identified under subparagraph (A); and the President determines engaged in a significant transaction so as to contribute knowingly and materially to the efforts by the government of a foreign country described in subparagraph (A)(i) to provide direct or indirect material support to Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof. Each report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. The President shall impose the following sanctions with respect to each government of a foreign country identified pursuant to subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of subsection (a)(1): The United States Government shall suspend, for a period of one year, United States assistance to the government of the foreign country. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director to each appropriate international financial institution to oppose, and vote against, for a period of one year, the extension by such institution of any loan or financial or technical assistance to the government of the foreign country. No item on the United States Munitions List (established pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2778 )) or the Commerce Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, may be exported to the government of the foreign country for a period of one year. The President shall not be required to apply sanctions with respect to the government of a foreign country pursuant to paragraph (1)— with respect to materials intended to be used by United States military or civilian personnel at military facilities in the country; or if the application of such sanctions would prevent the United States from meeting the terms of any status of forces agreement to which the United States is a party. (a)(1)(A) The President shall impose the following additional sanctions with respect to each government of a foreign country identified pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A): The President shall, pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which the government of the foreign country has any interest. The President shall, pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or payments between one or more financial institutions or by, through, or to any financial institution, to the extent that such transfers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and involve any interest of the government of the foreign country. The President may waive, on a case-by-case basis, the application of subsection
(b)or
(c)with respect to the government of a foreign country for a period of not more than 180 days, and may renew that waiver for additional periods of not more than 180 days, if the President— determines that the waiver is vital to the national security of the United States; and not less than 7 days before the waiver or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may be, takes effect, submits a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the waiver and the reason for the waiver. The authority to impose sanctions under subsection
(b)or
(c)with respect to each government of a foreign country identified pursuant to subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of subsection (a)(1) is in addition to the authority to impose sanctions under any other provision of law with respect to governments of foreign countries that provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations. The President may terminate any sanctions imposed with respect to the government of a foreign country pursuant to subsection
(b)or
(c)if the President determines and notifies the appropriate congressional committees that the government of the foreign country is no longer carrying out activities or transactions for which the sanctions were imposed and has provided assurances to the United States Government that it will not carry out the activities or transactions in the future. This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to activities and transactions described in subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of subsection (a)(1) that are carried out on or after such date of enactment.
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Sec. 4
Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign governments that provide material support to Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any affiliate or successor thereof
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