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Authorizes the President to impose targeted sanctions (asset blocking, visa bans, visa revocations, and penalties) on foreign persons who refuse U.S. requests to permit humanitarian entry for Palestinians from Gaza, with reporting, waiver rules, and a five‑year sunset. Gives the President authority to suspend a country's "major non‑NATO ally" status and to suspend all foreign assistance (including security assistance) for countries that refuse such U.S. humanitarian‑entry requests. The law also expressly excludes Israel and Israeli nationals from its application.
Authorizes the President to impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) on each foreign person included in the most recent list submitted under subsection (b).
Within 60 days after enactment, the President must submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of foreign persons charged with representing a foreign government who rejected a request from the President to grant humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza.
The President must submit updated lists either (A) not later than 180 days after enactment and annually thereafter for 5 years, or (B) as new information becomes available.
The list must be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
The President shall exercise all powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), except that the requirements of section 202 of IEEPA do not apply, to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in the property and interests in property of the person if such property is in the United States, comes within the United States, or is or comes within the possession or control of a United States person.
Who is affected and how:
Palestinian civilians and Gaza residents: The statute is intended to increase pressure on foreign governments to permit humanitarian entry for Palestinians; its ultimate effect on humanitarian access depends on whether targeted governments change policy or whether practical access improves. The law itself does not create or guarantee entry mechanisms — it conditions U.S. leverage to try to secure them.
Foreign governments and officials: Governments that refuse U.S. requests risk suspension of MNNA status and of all U.S. foreign assistance (including security assistance). That could reduce military cooperation, exercises, arms sales, and budgetary aid, and could damage broader bilateral ties.
Targeted foreign persons and entities: Individuals, government officials, and organizations named on the required list can face property blocking, visa bans, visa revocations, and other sanctions or penalties — harming international business, travel, and finances.
Humanitarian organizations and UN agencies: These groups stand to gain if the threat of sanctions leads governments to permit humanitarian entry; conversely, diplomatic friction could complicate on‑the‑ground logistics and access arrangements in some cases.
U.S. foreign policy and defense partnerships: Suspending MNNA status and security assistance can hinder interoperability, training, intelligence sharing, and supply chains with affected partners and may complicate coalition operations or regional security arrangements.
Congress and oversight bodies: The measure creates new reporting flows and oversight tasks for congressional committees receiving lists and termination notices.
Risks and tradeoffs:
Net effect: The legislation adds a concrete legal tool for the President to press third countries to allow humanitarian entry of Palestinians from Gaza by attaching tangible consequences, while carving out Israel and building in congressional reporting and a time limit. It increases executive leverage but also raises diplomatic and operational risks.
Authorizes the President to exercise the powers granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to block and prohibit transactions in property of listed foreign persons, but specifies that the requirements of section 202 of IEEPA shall not apply for purposes of exercising those powers under this section. This provision directs how IEEPA authorities are to be used in carrying out this section (i.e., with an explicit exception to section 202 requirements).
Makes the civil and criminal penalties provided in subsections (b) and (c) of 50 U.S.C. 1705 applicable to any person who violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations promulgated to carry out subsection (a) of this section—thereby extending the application of those penalties to enforcement of regulations implementing this section.
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced February 7, 2025 by Andy Ogles · Last progress February 7, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House