Freezing HAMAS Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 12, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Freezing and Halting Any More Alleviation of Sanctions Act or Freezing HAMAS Act
This bill reinstates any statutory sanctions against Iran that had been waived, reduced, or otherwise relieved pursuant to any agreement between the United States and Iran.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 12, 2023 to Jan 31, 2024; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Bryan Steil | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Original | Oct 12, 2023 |
| R-TN | Andrew Ogles | Oct 13, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Oct 13, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Marcus J. Molinaro | Oct 13, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Oct 13, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Oct 19, 2023 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Nov 2, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Jan 31, 2024 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 25, 2023 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Oct 25, 2023Markup Nov 14, 2023Reported Dec 5, 2024 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 25, 2023 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 25, 2023 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Dec 5, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-806, Part I.
- Nov 14, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 14, 2023Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 37 - 13.
- Oct 25, 2023Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, and Ways and Means, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Declaratory Statements H2399 | — | Apr 15, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 18, 2023H.R. 5945, Freezing HAMAS ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 14, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 167, October 12, 2023, page H5008.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3041 | A bill to reinstate certain sanctions imposed with respect to Iran. | Related bill | Oct 16, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reinstate certain sanctions imposed with respect to Iran.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Freezing HAMAS Act
- Freezing and Halting Any More Alleviation of Sanctions Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
