No United States Aid for Terrorism Act

Congress makes the following findings:

(1) On October 7, 2023, the terrorist organization Hamas conducted a brutal attack against Israel, killing some 1,200 innocent men, women, and children, and taking approximately 250 people hostage.

(2) Forty-six United States citizens lost their lives in the October 7, 2023, attack.

(3) The United States has provided more than $7,800,000,000 in bilateral assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza since 1993.

(4) The Department of State’s West Bank and Gaza 2024 Human Rights Report identified significant human rights issues with respect to the Palestinian Authority, including—

(A) credible reports of unlawful or arbitrary killings;

(B) torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment;

(C) arbitrary arrest or detention;

(D) serious restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, including violence or threats of violence against journalists, unjustified arrests or prosecutions of journalists, and censorship;

(E) violence or threats of violence motivated by antisemitism;

(F) trafficking in persons, including forced labor; and

(G) existence of the worst forms of child labor.

(5) The Department of State’s West Bank and Gaza 2024 Human Rights Report identified significant human rights issues with respect to Hamas in Gaza, including—

(A) credible reports of unlawful killings;

(B) disappearances;

(C) severe physical abuses and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment by Hamas;

(D) arbitrary arrest or detentions;

(E) serious abuses in a conflict;

(F) unlawful recruitment or use of children in armed conflict;

(G) serious restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, including violence or threats of violence against journalists, unjustified detentions of journalists, and censorship;

(H) crimes involving violence or threats of violence motivated by antisemitism;

(I) trafficking in persons, including forced labor; and

(J) existence of the worst forms of child labor.