H.R. 5961 - No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act
H.R. 5961 - No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act
Hearing Information
Meeting Information
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - 12:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Amendment Deadline
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 - 10:00am View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Bill Text
Rules Committee Print 118-14PDFXML
Showing the text of H.R. 5961, as ordered reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
(as introduced)
H. Rept. 118-270, Part I PDF
Report from the Committee on Foreign Affairs to accompany H.R. 5961 (as prepared to be filed)
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 118-273PDF
Rule II PDF
H. Rept. 118-280PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-3 on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 869:
Not agreed to by a record vote of 198-225, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 218-206, on Wednesday, November 15, 2023.
MANAGERS: Massie/McGovern
1. | Structured rule for H.R. 5893. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. | Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. | Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. | Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-12 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5. | Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6. | Makes in order only those amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section 3, and pro forma amendments described in section 4. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7. | Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8. | Provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9. | Provides that the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10. | Provides one motion to recommit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11. | Closed rule for H.R. 5961. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12. | Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13. | Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118–14, modified by the amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted, and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14. | Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15. | Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their respective designees. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16. | Provides one motion to recommit. COMMITTEE ACTION: REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 9-4 on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 MANAGERS: Reschenthaler/Leger Fernández
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Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | McCaul (TX) | Republican | MANAGER’S AMENDMENT Makes changes to remove references to "International Financial Institutions" and inserts clarifying language to ensure that the bill does not constitute a revenue measure. | Considered as Adopted |
| 2 | Version 4 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Expresses a Sense of Congress that all US allies in the Middle East should publicly and unequivocally condemn the antisemitism displayed by Iranian-backed terror groups, including Hamas. | Made in Order |
| 3 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Adds a finding regarding the extent of the financial support offered to Hamas by Qatar and Turkey. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 5 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Prohibits the use of federal funds to make any funds (as such term is defined in section 2339C(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code) available to Iran. | Made in Order |
| 5 | Version 2 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Expresses a Sense of Congress that Qatar should condemn Hamas, turn over Hamas leadership to US and Israeli custody, and pledge never to facilitate the transfer of covered Iranian funds to Iran. | Made in Order |
| 6 | Version 2 | Pfluger (TX), Roy (TX), Wilson (SC), Clyde (GA), Ogles (TN), Weber (TX), Duncan (SC), Womack (AR), Bacon (NE), Hern (OK) | Republican | Revised Prohibits the President from exercising the waiver authority described in section 1245(d)(5) of the 2012 NDAA and sections 1244(i) and 1247(f) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012. | Made in Order |
| 7 | Version 4 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Expresses a Sense of Congress that the Houthis continue to benefit from the Biden Administration's unwillingness to unequivocally condemn them. | Made in Order |
| 8 | Version 1 | Kamlager-Dove (CA) | Democrat | Changes the definition of covered Iranian funds to exclude any funds that were used as a part of a transfer for hostages. | Submitted |
| 9 | Version 1 | Cherfilus-McCormick (FL), Levin (CA) | Democrat | Adds a sense of Congress that the terrorist-funding, human rights-violating Iranian regime should receive no additional funds but that basic humanitarian assistance for the people of Iran is important. | Made in Order |
| 10 | Version 1 | Jackson (IL) | Democrat | Adds a five-year sunset provision requirement. | Made in Order |
| 11 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Requires the Administration to rescind the waiver that was announced on November 14, 2023, under section 1245(d)(1) of the FY 2012 NDAA with respect to the Trade Bank of Iraq and prohibit them from putting in place a substantially similar waiver. | Submitted |
| 12 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Expresses a Sense of Congress that Russia, China, and Iran are funding bot farms across the world, which spread malicious and illicit information online. Thus, the Director of National Intelligence should investigate Iran’s particular role in funding and spreading disinformation through the use of bot farms on social media. | Submitted |
| 13 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Expresses a Sense of Congress that the Houthis are an Iranian backed proxy group that rely on support and funding from Tehran. The State Department and the Secretary of State should immediately redesignate the Houthis as Foreign Terrorist Organizations pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). | Submitted |
| 14 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Corrects the number of hostages being held by Hamas | Made in Order |
| 15 | Version 1 | Gooden (TX) | Republican | Inserts Sense of Congress language to condemn the Government of Iran for the 1988 massacre of as many as 30,000 political prisoners and calls on the U.S. government to ensure the full protection of Iranian political refugees in Albania. | Submitted |
| 16 | Version 1 | Meeks (NY) | Democrat | Adds a national security waiver, should a situation arise where waiving the sanctions would be vital to the national security interests of the United States. | Submitted |
| 17 | Version 1 | Fitzpatrick (PA) | Republican | Adds findings that condemn Hamas and Iran-backed terror groups for using human shields and that only the unconditional surrender of Hamas and other Iran-backed terror groups will save innocent civilian lives. | Made in Order |
| 18 | Version 1 | Norman (SC) | Republican | Late Withdrawn Strikes provision that gives President authority to terminate sanctions. | Withdrawn |
| 19 | Version 1 | Porter (CA), Salazar (FL) | Bi-Partisan | Late Requires the President to issue a report to Congress within 120 days of the enactment of this Act to outline Administration policy related to human rights, nuclear proliferation, the ballistic missile program, and regional terrorism in Iran. | Made in Order |
| 20 | Version 2 | Porter (CA), Tenney (NY), Lieu (CA), Salazar (FL), Fitzpatrick (PA) | Bi-Partisan | Late Revised Commissions a report regarding Iranian internet censorship and applicable United States licensing requirements. | Made in Order |
| 21 | Version 1 | Norman (SC) | Republican | Late Requires a 45 day waiting period between Presidential certification and removal of sanctions to provide an opportunity for congressional oversight. | Made in Order |
| 22 | Version 1 | Clyde (GA) | Republican | Late Imposes terrorism sanctions on Ansarallah (Houthis) and foreign persons that are members, agents, affiliates of, or owned or controlled by Ansarallah. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 169
Motion by Mr. Massie to report the rule. Adopted: 8–3
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 172
Motion by Mr. Reschenthaler to report the rule. Adopted: 9–4