West Bank Violence Prevention Act of 2025

Summary

Requires the President to impose economic and immigration penalties on foreign individuals and entities the U.S. determines are responsible for or complicit in violence, forced displacement, property destruction, or other destabilizing acts in the West Bank. Penalties include blocking of property and transactions under U.S. sanctions law and mandatory visa ineligibility and revocation, with limited exceptions and waiver authorities. The Treasury and State Departments must report to Congress on implementation and list sanctioned persons every 90 days.

• Requires the President to impose economic and immigration sanctions on persons linked to violence, forced displacement, property destruction, or terrorist activity in the West Bank.
• Blocking sanctions use IEEPA authority to freeze U.S.-connected assets and prohibit transactions with designated persons.
• Immigration penalties include mandatory visa ineligibility and immediate revocation of existing visas, with narrow exceptions and waiver authorities.
• Treasury (with State) must report to congressional committees naming sanctioned persons within 90 days of enactment and every 90 days thereafter.
• Definitions clarify who counts as a "person," "entity," and "United States person," and define terrorism for the statute's purposes.
• Designation criteria cover direct perpetrators, leaders of responsible entities, supporters and financiers, owners/controllers, and persons posing terrorism risks.
• Waivers and notice exceptions allow limited flexibility for diplomatic, law-enforcement, or national security reasons.
• Implementation relies on Treasury, State, and DHS; U.S. financial institutions and persons will face compliance obligations.
• The law targets individuals and entities rather than creating new U.S. programs or appropriations.