Bill > S3874

This bill, the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2024, aims to impose sanctions on foreign persons and governments that provide support for the terrorist activities of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The key provisions of this bill include: 1. Requiring the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons and agencies/instrumentalities of foreign states that knowingly provide significant financial or material support to Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or their affiliates. 2. Requiring the President to impose sanctions on foreign governments that provide direct or indirect material support for the terrorist activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or their affiliates, or that engage in significant transactions that contribute to such support. 3. Requiring the President to submit a report identifying foreign countries that provide financial support for Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or in which these groups conduct significant fundraising, financing, or money laundering activities. 4. Modifying and extending the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act to include sanctions on members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad who engage in shielding military objectives with civilians. 5. Authorizing the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for malicious cyber activities that threaten U.S. national security, and on foreign persons who threaten current or former U.S. officials. The bill aims to disrupt the international support networks of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and hold accountable those who provide material support for their terrorist activities.

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