PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 22, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025
This bill requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons (individuals and entities) that are involved with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) or Palestinian Authority (PA) system of compensation supporting acts of terrorism. The bill defines this system of compensation as payments to an individual who (1) has been imprisoned for terrorist acts against Israeli or U.S. citizens after being fairly tried, (2) died while committing such terrorist acts, or (3) is a family member of such individuals. The definition also includes compensation for individuals imprisoned for terrorism where the level of compensation is based on the length of incarceration.
Specifically, the President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that has facilitated this compensation system, including PLO and PA officials as well as entities such as the Institute for the Care of the Families of the Martyrs and the Wounded. The President must also impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons who knowingly provide significant support to, or engage in significant transactions with, any of the aforementioned persons.
The President must sanction foreign financial institutions that facilitate payments or benefits related to this compensation system by (1) prohibiting them from opening correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States, and (2) prohibiting or imposing strict conditions on the maintenance of such accounts.
The provisions of this bill shall terminate if the Department of State certifies that such compensation system has ceased.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2025 to Mar 25, 2025, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| R-WV | James C. Justice | Mar 25, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1710 | PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025 | Related bill | Feb 27, 2025 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2025Introduced in Senate
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