H.R. 340: Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act
Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 1 Nov 2023. Introduced 12 Jan 2023.
Official title: To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for terrorist organizations, including Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Vote results
- House, 1 Nov 2023: Passed, 363 Yea, 46 Nay, 0 Present, 23 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- President: Not presented to the President.
How each member voted
House
Yea (363): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14); George Santos (R-NY-3).
Nay (46): Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); André Carson (D-IN-7); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2).
Not voting (23): Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30).
Speaker, not listed (1): Mike Johnson (R-LA-4).
Not in office (12): Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2).
Summary
Main subject: Requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons and measures on foreign states that support acts of terrorism or Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Lion's Den, or their affiliates or successors, and to report to Congress on the financing of those groups. Sec. 3, Sec. 4, Sec. 5
Its core areas: Property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons supporting terrorism; Measures against foreign states supporting Hamas and other named groups; Presidential reports on fundraising, financing and money laundering by the named groups.
Unexpected Items: 2 provisions
These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.
Exception or delay for a subset (2)
- Sec. 6: Exception relating to importation of goods: Excludes the importation of goods from the sanctions authorized or required under the Act.
- Sec. 4: Imposition of measures with respect to foreign states providing support to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian terrorist organizations: Lets the President exempt a foreign state from the measures where they would block a status of forces agreement, and exempts activity under the National Security Act of 1947 reporting rules and authorized intelligence activities. It also allows a humanitarian aid waiver.
What it does
- Sec. 3: Requires the President to block property under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of foreign persons who knowingly give significant support for acts of terrorism or engage in a significant transaction with a senior member of the named groups.
- Sec. 3: Allows the President to waive sanctions on a foreign person case by case for up to 180 days, on submitting a written determination to the appropriate congressional committees 15 days beforehand that the waiver is in the vital national security interests of the United States.
- Sec. 4: Requires the President to suspend United States assistance to a foreign state for at least 1 year if it knowingly provides significant material or financial support for international terrorism or significant material support to the named groups.
- Sec. 4: Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Director to each appropriate international financial institution to oppose and vote against loans or assistance to that state's government for 1 year.
- Sec. 5: Requires the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees 90 days after enactment and every 180 days thereafter, including lists of foreign states that support the named groups or host their fundraising, financing or money laundering.
- Sec. 7: Ends the Act on the earlier of 7 years after enactment or 30 days after the President certifies that specified designations and sanctions on the named groups have ended.
Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 2 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.