H.R. 815: National Security Act, 2024

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Became law, 24 Apr 2024 · Public Law 118-50. Introduced 2 Feb 2023.

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 20 Apr 2024: agreed to without objection; the record lists no member’s position. In the record’s words: “Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.”
Senate, 23 Apr 2024: Motion Agreed to, 79 Yea, 18 Nay, 0 Present, 3 Not voting. The Senate’s roll call
President: Signed 24 Apr 2024 · Public Law 118-50

How each member voted

White House

Signed (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).

Senate

Yea (79): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD); Thomas R. Carper (D-DE); Jack Reed (D-RI); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Patty Murray (D-WA); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); John Thune (R-SD); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Jon Tester (D-MT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); James E. Risch (R-ID); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Joe Manchin, III (I-WV); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); John Hoeven (R-ND); James Lankford (R-OK); Todd Young (R-IN); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Steve Daines (R-MT); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Tim Kaine (D-VA); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK); Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); John Kennedy (R-LA); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); Tina Smith (D-MN); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Mitt Romney (R-UT); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Alex Padilla (D-CA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA); Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL); John Fetterman (D-PA); Pete Ricketts (R-NE); Robert Menendez (D-NJ); Laphonza R. Butler (D-CA).

Nay (18): Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Peter Welch (D-VT); John Barrasso (R-WY); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Ron Johnson (R-WI); Mike Lee (R-UT); Marco Rubio (R-FL); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Ted Budd (R-NC); Roger Marshall (R-KS); Mike Braun (R-IN); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Rick Scott (R-FL); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); Eric Schmitt (R-MO); J.D. Vance (R-OH).

Not voting (3): Rand Paul (R-KY); Tim Scott (R-SC); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).

Not in office (5): Adam B. Schiff (D-CA); Andy Kim (D-NJ); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Ben Sasse (R-NE); George S. Helmy (D-NJ).

House

Agreed to without objection: the record lists no member’s position.

Summary

Main subject: Provides fiscal year 2024 supplemental appropriations for Israel, Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific region, and also sets out sanctions, Russian sovereign asset, foreign adversary controlled application and data broker provisions. Division A, Division B, Division C, Division E, Division F, Division H, Division I

Its core areas: Israel security supplemental appropriations; Ukraine security supplemental appropriations; Indo-Pacific security supplemental appropriations, including the submarine industrial base; Sanctions on fentanyl trafficking and on Iran-related activities; Seizure and use of Russian sovereign assets for Ukraine; Foreign adversary controlled applications; Sales of sensitive personal data by data brokers to foreign adversaries.

Unexpected Items: 29 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (18)

Sec. 3111: Ten-year statute of limitations for violations of sanctions: Sets a 10-year limit for bringing civil and criminal enforcement actions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act, which cover sanctions violations generally, not only fentanyl trafficking.
Sec. 3112: Classified report and briefing on staffing of office of foreign assets control: Requires the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control to give Congress a classified report and briefing on the office's staffing, broken out by each sanctions program and each country or issue.
Sec. 3203: Report on trade-based money laundering in trade with Mexico, the People’s Republic of China, and Burma: Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to include in the next update of the national strategy on illicit finance a report on trade-based money laundering originating in Mexico or the People's Republic of China and involving Burma.
Sec. 108: Extensions: Amends the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 to change a period from six years to 12 years.
Division G, Sec. 1: Report and imposition of sanctions to harmonize with allied sanctions: Requires a report listing foreign persons sanctioned by the European Union or the United Kingdom under Russia-related regulations who also meet U.S. sanctions criteria, and allows the President to sanction those not already sanctioned.
Division G, Sec. 2: Inclusion of information on emerging technological developments in annual China Military Power report: Adds a component on emerging technological developments involving the People's Republic of China to the annual China Military Power report, covering at least five technology fields and at least 10 entities per field.
Division M, Sec. 3: Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons supporting acts of terrorism or engaging in significant transactions with senior members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad and other Palestinian terrorist organizations: Requires the President to impose property-blocking sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act on foreign persons who support acts of terrorism or transact with senior members of named Palestinian groups.
Division M, Sec. 4: Imposition of measures with respect to foreign states providing support to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad and other Palestinian terrorist organizations: Requires the President to suspend United States assistance to a foreign state for at least 1 year, and to apply other measures, if the state supports Hamas or related Palestinian groups.
Division M, Sec. 5: Reports on activities to disrupt global fundraising, financing, and money laundering activities of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad, al-aqsa martyrs brigade, the lion’s den or any affiliate or successor thereof: Requires recurring reports to Congress on the fundraising, financing and money laundering of Hamas and related groups, and on foreign states that support them.
Division O, Sec. 3: Modification and extension of Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act: Amends the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act to add sanctions criteria for members of Palestine Islamic Jihad, adds a congressional request process, and changes the sunset from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2030.
Division O, Sec. 4: Report on countering the use of human shields: Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on lessons learned, Department of Defense plans and allied efforts to counter the use of human shields by terrorist organizations.
Division O, Sec. 5: Confronting asymmetric and malicious cyber activities: Authorizes the President to impose visa and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons engaged in significant cyber-enabled activities that threaten United States national security or economic health.
Division O, Sec. 6: Sanctions with respect to threats to current or former united states officials: Requires the President to impose visa and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons who use or threaten violence against current or former United States government officials.
Division P, Sec. 4: Imposition of sanctions with respect to illicit captagon trafficking: Requires property-blocking and visa sanctions on foreign persons whose activities contribute to the illicit production and international proliferation of captagon.
Division P, Sec. 5: Determinations with respect to the government of Syria, hizballah, and networks affiliated with the government of Syria or hizballah: Requires the President to determine whether eight individuals listed by name meet sanctions criteria under the captagon division and to report the results to Congress.
Division Q, Sec. 2: Report on financing for Hamas: Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress within 180 days on the sources of financing to Hamas and on efforts to disrupt it.
Division Q, Sec. 3: Multilateral Strategy to Disrupt Hamas Financing: Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to develop a multilateral strategy, including through the G7, to disrupt Hamas financing.
Division T, Sec. 1: Budgetary effects: Provides that the budgetary effects of division D and each later division are not entered on the statutory or Senate PAYGO scorecards and are not estimated for certain budget enforcement purposes.

Funds a specific named project or event (3)

Division A, Title I, “Procurement, Defense-Wide”: Appropriates $5,200,000,000 for Procurement, Defense-Wide, of which $4,000,000,000 is for Iron Dome and David’s Sling defense systems and $1,200,000,000 is for the Iron Beam defense system, provided to the Government of Israel.
Title III, “Peacekeeping Operations”: Appropriates $10,000,000 for Peacekeeping Operations, including a U.S. contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai for force protection. ($10,000,000)
Title I, “Shipbuilding and conversion, navy”: Appropriates $2,155,000,000 for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, of which $1,955,000,000 is for the Columbia Class Submarine (AP) and $200,000,000 is for the Virginia Class Submarine (AP).

Exception or delay for a subset (7)

Sec. 306: For fiscal year 2024, section 514(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 does not apply to defense articles set aside or intended as reserve stocks in stockpiles in the State of Israel.
Sec. 3104: Penalties; waivers; exceptions: Bars sanctions under the fentanyl-trafficking subtitle against any person for transactions selling agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices, or providing humanitarian assistance, and exempts intelligence activities.
Division H, Sec. 2: Prohibition of foreign adversary controlled applications: Excludes from the definition of covered company any entity whose app or site has the primary purpose of letting users post product reviews, business reviews, or travel information. It also exempts applications with an executed qualified divestiture.
Division J, Sec. 3: Imposition of sanctions with respect to Iranian petroleum: Exempts from the Iranian petroleum sanctions humanitarian transactions and persons providing provisions to a sanctioned vessel for crew safety and care, protection of life, or vessel maintenance.
Division K, Sec. 5: Sanctions to combat the proliferation of Iranian missiles: Exempts activities subject to National Security Act reporting requirements, and authorized intelligence activities, from the Iranian missile-proliferation sanctions. It also exempts certain alien admissions.
Division N, Sec. 2: Application of foreign-direct product rules to Iran: Exempts food, medicine, medical devices, and certain communications-related services, software, or hardware from the new license requirement for foreign-produced items going to Iran.
Division R, Sec. 5: Exceptions for national security; implementation authority: Exempts intelligence activities, certain alien admissions under treaty obligations, and sales of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran and humanitarian assistance from the requirements of sections 3 and 4.

Changes a government process (1)

Sec. 508: Sets expedited House and Senate procedures, review periods and rules for a joint resolution disapproving a Presidential report on cancelling Ukraine's indebtedness, including a Senate motion to proceed requiring 16 Senators.

What it does

Division A, Title I, “Procurement, Defense-Wide”: Provides $5,200,000,000 for Procurement, Defense-Wide to respond to the situation in Israel, of which $4,000,000,000 is for Iron Dome and David's Sling and $1,200,000,000 is for Iron Beam.
Division B, Title I, “Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide”: Provides $27,930,780,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide to respond to the situation in Ukraine, of which $13,772,460,000 is for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
Title IV, “Economic Support Fund”: Provides $7,899,000,000 for the Economic Support Fund, of which $7,849,000,000 is for assistance for Ukraine, which may include budget support.
Title I, “Shipbuilding and conversion, navy”: Provides $2,155,000,000 for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, to support the submarine industrial base, with $1,955,000,000 for the Columbia Class Submarine (AP) and $200,000,000 for the Virginia Class Submarine (AP).
Sec. 505: Requires the President to transfer long range Army Tactical Missile Systems to Ukraine as soon as practicable, and allows the President to withhold the transfer on a national security determination and notice to named committees.
Sec. 507: Requires the President to enter, within 60 days, an arrangement with Ukraine on repaying the United States for certain economic assistance, and bars debt cancellation before November 15, 2024.
Sec. 104: Allows the President, after a certification, to seize Russian aggressor state sovereign assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction and deposit them in a Ukraine Support Fund that the Secretary of State uses to assist Ukraine.
Sec. 3103: Provides for the President to impose sanctions, which may include blocking property transactions, on foreign persons determined to be knowingly involved in significant trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors or related opioids.
Division H, Sec. 2: Makes it unlawful to distribute, maintain or update a foreign adversary controlled application, or provide internet hosting for it, starting 270 days after enactment, with civil penalties up to $5,000 multiplied by affected U.S. users.
Division I, Sec. 2: Makes it unlawful for a data broker to sell or otherwise make available personally identifiable sensitive data of a United States individual to a foreign adversary country or an entity it controls, enforced by the Federal Trade Commission.

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.

Changed after House passage

Compares the bill as passed by the House, 7 Mar 2023, with the final text passed by both chambers. About 1% of the wording the House passed stands in the final text.

Less than a tenth of the final text’s wording was in the text the House passed: 213 of its sections were not in it.

Removed before the final vote (3)

Sec. 1: Short title:
Sec. 2: Eligibility requirements for reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished to veterans:
Sec. 3: Modification of certain housing loan fees: